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213 courses with the subject ENG, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ENG 100Being a College Writer 3
Writing instruction and practice to develop awareness of audience, context, and purpose to enable success in academic writing courses. Focus on metacognition, embodied writing processes, and use of models to help writers gain fluency and confidence.
A course in academic writing, focused on analysis, argument, and critical reflection. Instruction in writing for specific audiences, purposes, and contexts, with attention to drafting, revising, and compilation of a final portfolio.
A course in research-based writing, focused on analysis, argument, and critical reflection. Instruction in research methodologies as relevant to academic writing projects.
ENG 103Essentials of Professional and Business Writing 3
Focus: written skills needed for workplace success. Emphasizes process strategies for clear, concise, and accurate messages. Develops skills in producing professional documents, analyzing the writing of others, and collaborating on written assignments.
Critical reading and analysis of American and British novels, short stories, and narrative poems. Attention to historical, cultural, and literary backgrounds as appropriate.
Critical reading and analysis of British and American lyric, dramatic, and narrative poetry. Attention to historical, cultural, and literary backgrounds as appropriate.
Critical reading and analysis of British and American drama. Attention to historical, cultural, and literary backgrounds, especially the Continental dramatic background, as appropriate.
Intensive study of a limited number of plays (and perhaps some sonnets) using such approaches as textual analysis, historical material, filmed versions, attendance at productions, discussion, writing, and performance study.
Introductory survey of literature written in English by authors from regions outside the United States and the British Isles—the West Indies, India, Canada, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.
ENG 112Interconnected Foundations of American Democracy 3
This course analyzes the foundations of American democracy in their global context by examining the crucial role of literary and rhetorical texts in creating the “imagined community” that grounds American identities.
This course teaches listening, speaking, and writing for oral delivery in the context of literature and literary studies. Students focus on dramatic and performative aspects of different literary genres (drama, poetry, fiction), practicing modes of ethical interpersonal communication as they develop their capacities in oral communication and persuasion.
Reading carefully and writing effectively are foundations of successful careers and integral to meaningful lives. This course uses asset-based mentorship, collaborative projects, and core humanities skills to develop the talents students bring to the course as a foundation for future success. Specific topics may vary with the instructor.
ENG 123Speaking Out for Change: Advocacy Communication Across Contexts 3
This course teaches listening, speaking, and writing in public contexts, with special attention on embodied and multimodal delivery. Students practice interpersonal communication formally and informally as they develop their capacities in oral communication.
This course considers numerous voices shaping democratic ideals and institutions in the U.S. We’ll investigate how writers and speakers have defined, expanded, and limited access to democratic institutions. We’ll deepen our understanding of democratic ideals and strengthen our capacities for the critical thinking practices that a functioning democracy requires.
An exploration of literature in relation to mental and physical health and wellness. Variable topics and time periods, with emphasis on how literature represents, challenges, and changes historical and contemporary ideas about health and well-being.
Examines representations of gender in literary and other texts (e.g., film and photography) as they relate to identities shaped by multiple structures or systems of community or exclusion, including, among others, sexuality, race, class, age, and ability.
Examines representations of race and ethnicity in literary and other texts as they relate to identities shaped by multiple structures or systems of community or exclusion, including, among others, gender, sexuality, religion, class, age, and ability.
Reading and analysis of the most influential literary texts of Non-Western cultures, ancient through modern; readings include translations of prose and poetry from Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
Explores relationships between literature, culture, and sports; considers literary portrayals of exceptional and athletic bodies alongside investigations of athleticism, race, gender, and embodiment.
Variable topics, with emphasis on regional interconnections. Offerings may include Europe at War, World Women Writers, Literature and Revolution, and Holocaust Literature.
Variable topics, with emphasis on regional interconnections. Offerings may include South Asian Diaspora, Comparative Indigenous Writings, Postcolonial Childhood, Afro-Caribbean Writers, and Australasian Writers.
Exploration of the relationships between literary and extraliterary arts such as music, visual arts, cinema, and architecture. Extraliterary focus will vary.
ENG 211Major British Authors: Medieval to Eighteenth Century 3
Major poets, dramatists, satirists read within the context of their times: Marie de France, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Behn, Pope, Swift, and others.
ENG 212Major British Authors: Romantic to Modern 3
Major authors of the Romantic, Victorian and Modern periods studied in relation to their times and traditions: Wordsworth, Tennyson, Yeats, Joyce, and others.
Introduction to the craft and practice of writing poetry, including reading and analysis of published poems, creative writing exercises, and submission of poems for group workshop discussion.
Course focused on public-oriented writing around topics linked to students' academic interests; students engage in reflection and develop public-facing arguments connected to an issue of concern for them.
Introduction to the craft and practice of writing fiction, including reading and analysis of published stories, creative writing exercises, and submission of short fiction for group workshop discussion.
Students will examine and articulate through presentations and collaborative formal discussions how traditional elements of storytelling can be augmented with interactive and/or multisensory narrative techniques. Students will conceptualize, pitch, and execute their own multimodal projects, which may include graphic stories, audio stories, podcast and videogame scripts, and hypertext writing.
Historical and critical study of texts from various kinds of speculative fiction, such as fantasy, science fiction, and utopian and/or dystopian writing.
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May be repeated once for credit when topic changes.
Students explore how games reflect and produce individual and cultural values, through features such as aesthetics, interactivity, narratives, settings, emotions, and embodied experiences.
Study of the composition and language of texts related to health, medicine, and wellness in historical and contemporary cultural contexts in the following realms: personal, interpersonal, medical, public health, health policy.
ENG 241Food and Literature: Culture, Identity, and Place 3
Literature reflects and shapes culture—and so does food. This course examines diverse texts in which food figures importantly. How does it promote health and wellness, continue cultural traditions, or speak to environmental concerns? This course is for everyone who likes to grow, buy, cook, eat, or share food.
This course offers a survey of writings in the American colonies and the United States before the Civil War, including foundational documents in American democracy.
Relationship between the English language as a system and individual uses of language. Techniques for describing language, theories about language, and introduction to the structure and history of English.
Introduction to language in its sociocultural context. Topics include geographical and social dialects, language and identity, domains of language use, language attitudes, and the nature of multilingual societies.
ENG 270Big Questions in the Humanities and Fine Arts 3
This class explores how the study of literature and rhetoric addresses significant philosophical, historical, and social issues with a focus on topics related to critical thinking in the humanities and fine arts. Topics will vary depending on instructors.
This class explores how the study of literature and rhetoric addresses significant philosophical, historical, and social issues with a focus on topics related to health and wellness. Topic will vary depending on instructor.
This class explores how the study of literature and rhetoric addresses significant philosophical, historical, and social issues with a focus on topics related to diversity and equity. Topic will vary depending on instructor.
ENG 273Big Questions in Global Engagement and Intercultural Learning 3
This class explores how the study of literature and rhetoric helps situate readers in global contexts and engage across cultures. Topics will vary depending on instructors.
ENG 290Social Movement and Social Justice Rhetorics 3
Drawing on historical and contemporary social movements, the course focuses on verbal and non-verbal rhetorical strategies of groups and individuals attempting to effect social change, and their opponents' counter-strategies.
In this course, students will develop facility with critical tools for analysis, inquiry, interpretation, and research that they can use to approach many different types of texts. Topic will vary depending on instructor.
This course introduces students to a range of methodologies for understanding and analyzing literature. Through an exploration of literary and cultural theory, criticism, and historical contexts, this College Writing course prepares students for research-based inquiry in literary and cultural studies.
Introduction to contemporary rhetorical theory and practice; practice with writing and reading in a variety of genres/disciplines using tools of rhetoric.
Designed for students of all majors, this course addresses the rhetorical dimensions of the advocacy and implementation of ideas and projects in professional and social arenas.
Focus on the historical and critical study of the Young Adult genre; examination of themes; strategies of effective reading; discussion techniques for teachers.
Selected literary topics—themes, authors, genres, periods—with emphasis on their relationships to physical and cultural settings associated with the literature. Residence abroad.
Literature from South Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Australia, and Canada marked by the experience of European colonialism. Topics include non-European literary forms, colonization, political resistance, nationalism, gender, postcolonial predicaments.
Exploration of how literature treats human rights violations and how human rights norms shape stories. Topics will vary and may include such subjects as genocide, hunger, child soldiers, censorship, torture.
ENG 320Journalism III: Feature Writing and Reviewing 3
Writing workshop: values and journalistic practices in writing feature articles and reviews; includes book reviewing and critical writing on other arts.
Introduction to formal study of the English language, including intensive review of structural and transformational grammars. Other topics of interest to teachers of English, including geographical and social dialects and teaching composition. Course satisfies a Program requirement for prospective English teachers.
Principles of written discourse with a survey of techniques of teaching composition. Instruction in composing, editing, and criticizing written discourse.
ENG 324Teaching Writing in Elementary and Middle Grades 3
Principles of written discourse with a survey of techniques of teaching composition in the middle and elementary grades. Instruction in composing, editing, and criticizing written discourse.
ENG 327Writing for Professionals and Entrepreneurs 3
Principles of written communication emphasizing clarity, precision, audience analysis, arrangement, and collaboration applied to a variety of professional and entrepreneurial writing tasks and workplace settings; includes elements of summaries, reports, and proposals.
Study of women as readers, writers, and characters in literature. Attention to questions of literary canon and to women¿s position in drama, the novel, and poetry.
Fiction, poetry, drama of the modern and contemporary South. Emphasis on Southern perspectives, values, traditions. Faulkner, Welty, Wright, Tate, O'Connor, Percy, and others.
Introduction to Dante's Divine Comedy in English translation. Students examine and interpret Dante's epic poem and minor works; his sources and circumstances; and literature in English influenced by his works.
Chaucer's major poetry examined within the context of medieval cultural traditions. Readings in the early dream visions, Troilus and Criseyde, and selected Canterbury Tales. Attention given to language and pronunciation.
Culture of the Middle Ages. Selected reading in English literature from Beowulf to Malory. Works in Anglo-Saxon and some in Middle English in translation.
Earlier English Renaissance lyric, romance, prose, and drama; study of humanist backgrounds and contexts; emphasis on development of thought and style.
Main lines of thought and style noted in major writers of the later Renaissance from Donne and Jonson through Milton. Emphasis on lyric and metaphysical poetry.
ENG 346English Literature from Victorian to Modern 3
Critical study of English literature from the end of Victorian period to beginning of the modern era. Features such writers as Pater, Wilde, Yeats, Shaw, Hardy, Conrad, Ford, and Wells.
ENG 348Contemporary British Literature and Culture 3
Post-1945 British literature in cultural, political/historical context. Topics include history, social class, sexuality, gender, race, immigration, post-imperial nostalgia, realism, the legacy of modernism, postmodernism, and cultural studies.
ENG 350The Twentieth-Century British and Irish Novel 3
Development of the British and Irish novel from Conrad through end of World War II, featuring such writers as Forster, Lawrence, Joyce, Woolf, Huxley, Orwell, West, and Greene.
A study of the avant-garde literature of the early twentieth-century, focusing on poetry, prose, and drama by writers such as Marcel Proust, Virginia Wolf, T. S. Eliot, Franz Kafka, and others.
British and American poetry 1945 to present. Emphasis on themes and styles, with particular attention given to classical sources, world history, and modern innovations in technique.
ENG 360The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century 3
Selected writers of the Restoration and eighteenth century in a historical, literary, and cultural context: Dryden, Behn, Finch, Pope, Swift, Haywood, Johnson, and others.
Introduction to theories of genre and scholarship on writing across disciplines. Students investigate the communication practices of a selected academic community and propose a discipline-specific research project.
The Bible as part of the world's great literature. Designed to give students a better comprehension of the Bible through study of its origins, history, structure, and literary qualities.
Literature in the New World to 1820. Topics include exploration and contact, Puritanism, the Great Awakening, the Revolution, and the rise of captivity and travel narratives and the novel.
Survey of selected major romantic writers, c. 1800–1900: Irving, Bryant, Cooper, Prescott, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and authors from the Brahmin and Transcendentalist groups. Authors and topics will vary.
Survey of major realistic and naturalistic writers, c. 1860–1920: Stowe, Twain, Howells, James, Chopin, Dreiser, Chesnutt, Wharton, Glasgow, and others. Authors and topics will vary.
Survey of various forms of American life-writing, such as autobiographies, diaries, letters, journals, tribal history, narrative poetry, and travel writing; and affiliated critical work.
Exploration of some important post-1800 literary texts about "nature," of ecocritical theories, and of affiliated social movements, with particular attention to place-based differences.
Critical, cultural, and historical study of the English drama—excluding Shakespeare—from medieval plays to eighteenth-century comedy: Marlowe, Jonson, Webster, Dryden, Congreve, Sheridan, and others.
Study and writing of personal narratives related to illness, healthcare, and wellness. Taking into account physical and mental illness, students will consider the impacts of gender, race, socioeconomic status, citizenship, and other elements of identity on access to care and explore the craft of effective storytelling in rendering these narratives.
ENG 390Studies in Writing Feedback and Writing Center Theory & Practice 3
Instruction and practice in crafting meaningful, productive feedback on writing and other communication for various contexts; studying principles of writing center theory, including writing center history, philosophy, and pedagogy; expanding knowledge of rhetoric through analysis, synthesis, reflection, and peer review.
An introduction to the issues and practices in contemporary publishing in America, from acquiring, editing, and preparing manuscripts to their publication as printed books and e-books.
Field experience for junior and senior English majors and minors with a newspaper or magazine publisher. Academic supervision provided by Internship Coordinator and direction in field provided by job supervisor.
Field experience for junior and senior English majors and minors in jobs related to English studies. Academic supervision provided by Internship Coordinator and direction in field provided by job supervisor.
Internship experience at one of the Multiliteracy Centers involving consultation experience and/or special projects. Academic supervision provided by Internship Coordinator and direction in the center provided by a Multiliteracy Center director.
Language and literature of the Anglo-Saxon period (AD 600–1100). The language is studied primarily in conjunction with literary texts in the context of their history and culture.
Origins and development of the English language, methods of historical language study, and competing theories of linguistic change. Practical emphasis on reading and analysis of texts in Old, Middle, and Early Modern English.
Exploration of the concepts and motivations of literary citizenship, focusing on its collaborative nature and its potential to enhance both your practice as a writer and your professional presence.
ENG 422Teaching Composition: Theories and Applications 3
Theories of the composing process and of discourse generally as they apply to the problems of teaching composition. Background studies in language and other related areas. Specific approaches to teaching composition, their rationales and their comparative usefulness.
ENG 424Writing-Advanced: Analytical and Technical 3
Problems of organization and expression in books, articles, and reports. For those writing for publication or whose work in business or government requires a great deal of writing.
Advanced workshop in writing fiction. Discussion of student fiction supplemented by readings of fiction and essays about fiction by historical and contemporary masters of the genre.
Advanced workshop in writing poetry. Discussion of student poetry supplemented by readings of poetry and essays about poetry by historical and contemporary masters of the genre.
Examines gender and creativity, women's place in literary tradition, and connections among art, gender, race, and class. Focuses on contemporary theory and on literary works from one historical period.
A literary editing practicum with a focus on The Greensboro Review, UNCG's literary magazine publishing fiction and poetry since 1966. This hands-on course will give students a deeper understanding of editorial duties and skills. With mentorship from fulltime journal staff, the practicum offers experience across editing, production, and publicity.
ENG 435Entrepreneurship and Independent Press Publishing 3
Exploration, analysis, and participation in independent press publishing from inception to final product while practicing the entrepreneurial strategies needed to begin a successful venture.
Examines the historical, pedagogical, ideological and theoretical threads of literacy studies, debates and programs. Includes training/tutoring fieldwork in local literacy programs, primarily in the public libraries.
This course is a topics-based independent reading, research, or writing. Available to qualified students upon the recommendation of an instructor and approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Origins and development of the English language, methods of historical language study, and competing theories of linguistic change. Practical emphasis on reading and analysis of texts in Old, Middle, and Early Modern English.
ENG 522Teaching Composition: Theories and Applications 3
Theories of the composing process and of discourse generally as they apply to the problems of teaching composition. Background studies in language and other related areas. Specific approaches to teaching composition, their rationales and their comparative usefulness.
ENG 535Entrepreneurship and Independent Press Publishing 3
Exploration, analysis, and participation in independent press publishing from inception to final product while practicing the entrepreneurial strategies needed to begin a successful venture.
ENG 601English Studies: Content, Methods, and Bibliography 3
A general consideration of the discipline of English, the most useful materials and approaches, and the objectives, problems, and issues in the study of language and literature.
ENG 602Electronic Research, Writing, and Editing 3
Theory and application of computer technology in the study of language, rhetoric and composition, and literature, including related ethical, social, and philosophical issues.
ENG 604Electronic Discourse and User Documentation 3
The study of such user documentation as reference manuals, tutorials, and operating procedures in its traditional, paper-based form and its transformation into electronic form.
Exploration of the concepts and motivations of literary citizenship, focusing on its collaborative nature and its potential to enhance both your practice as a writer and your professional prescence.
Workshop in writing and publishing essays and nonfiction literature (including biography, autobiography, literary and cultural criticism, and extended forms of investigative and analytical reporting).
Literature in the New World to 1820. Topics include exploration and contact, Puritanism, the Great Awakening, the Revolution, and the rise of captivity and travel narratives and the novel.
ENG 632Greensboro Review Literary Magazine Practicum 3
Literary editing with a focus on the editorial practices of The Greensboro Review. Requirements include weekly readings, multimedia viewing/listening assignments, editorial quizzes focusing on The Chicago Manual of Style, response and reflection assignments, defense of your favorite submissions, editorial query letters, and help with proofreading two issues.
Principal authors, from colonial times to the present, and literary movements related to the development and influence of the Southern tradition in American literature.
Survey of literary theory from the linguistics of Saussure through recent developments such as poststructuralism, feminist theory, reception theory, and cultural studies. Emphasis on relationships among language, culture, and literature.
Analysis of online rhetorics, digital literacies, and Internet/multimedia technologies as applicable to research on readers and writers interacting within online environments.
ENG 675Scholarly and Critical Writing for the Profession 3
Instruction in scholarly and professional writing for doctoral students in English. Emphasis on writing for presentation and publication in the field. Practice in disciplinary conventions through in and out-of-class exercises.
Practice in planning and conducting college-level classes under guidance of senior faculty member. Research project in conjunction with internship, under guidance of supervisor and assigned faculty.
Seminar in history and theory of feminist rhetorics and feminist approaches to teaching. Examines feminist writing and teaching in cultural, social, and racialized contexts.
ENG 690History of Rhetoric: Classical through Renaissance 3
Origins, developments, and competing views of rhetoric from classical antiquity into the 17th century; intersections of rhetoric and public discourse, poetics, education, and gender.
ENG 691History of Rhetoric: Enlightenment through Contemporary 3
Developments and competing views of rhetoric from the Enlightenment to the present; intersections of rhetoric and public discourse, poetics, education, and gender.
ENG 702Theories, Methods, or Pedagogy: Selected Topics 3
Introduction to developments in several theoretical areas (such as New Materialisms), methodologies (such as new formal analysis), or pedagogies (such as behaviorism).
ENG 703Cultural and Historical Change: Selected Topics 3
Focuses on primary texts ranging across two or more periods as conventionally construed within the faculty member's discipline, with attention to the uses and limitations of customary boundaries (e.g., chronological, geographical, canonical, or disciplinary).
ENG 707Alternative Paradigms and Emerging Fields: Selected Topics 3
Explores alternative critical paradigms and emerging fields in literary studies. Enables students to master the new analytical strategies pioneered by the specific approaches being considered and to understand the constant development of the discipline in response to new material, cultural, and political pressures.
ENG 713Studies in Seventeenth-Century British Literature 3
Selected writers, topics, and genres characteristic of the Stuart era in English literature. Topics include 17th century English lyrics and 17th century prose.
ENG 720Studies in 19th-Century British Literature and Culture 3
Topics in British literature c. 1800-1900, such as genres, aesthetic movements, individual writers or groups of writers, revolution and empire, gender and sexuality, race and slavery, and class and industrialization.
Study of literary modernism in the period 1890-1940, with particular emphasis on the range of textual and ideological experiment characteristic of the era.
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May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
ENG 737Studies in Multi-Ethnic American Literature 3
Literatures of American ethnic groups, especially less-taught texts written by Chicano/Latino/Latina-, Asian-, African-, Native-, and Euro-Americans (Jewish, Italian, Irish, German, etc.).
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Repeatable
May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.