63 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 1300Introduction to College Writing3
Credits: 3 hrs. This course is designed to introduce students to the principles and practices of college writing. Through intensive writing practice, students concentrate on mastering the basic composition skills needed to communicate effectively. Placement in this writing depends upon the student’s level of proficiency as measured by a departmental examination. (Students enrolled in this course receive a grade of “P” or “F”. Credit for this course is not counted toward the total hours needed for graduation.)
Credits: 3 hrs. This writing course leads to self-discovery and finding one’s voice. Students will be introduced to a variety of written pathways to self-discovery, including the autobiography, the manifesto, the sermon, and the critical essay. Students will write essays and will blog about themselves and their personal journeys of self-discovery.
Credits: 3 hrs. This course focuses on the gaze, masquerade, and hybridity in literature. Students will learn about the “masks” writers and readers assume through an examination of masquerade in literature. Students will identify and examine the gaze, masquerade, and hybridity in and beyond texts while analyzing themselves and their visual culture. Students will demonstrate their understanding of these concepts through blogging, role-playing, and the creation of individual and group presentations.
ENG 1305Thinking and Writing Critically About Literature3
Credits: 3 hrs This course focuses upon the application of rhetorical and linguistic principles to the critical examination of various works of literature. Students will develop proficiency in reading literary works and use critical analysis skills to discuss, evaluate, and write about these works of art, their style and the context in which they were written. Works from various literary genres, will be utilized in a substantial number of writing assignments focused on both honing writing skills and the critical analysis of the literature presented.
WRI 1301 - Introduction to Academic Writing or ENG 1313 - Writing in a Digital World Student Learning Outcome: Written Communication Area of Knowledge: Literature WSSU Student Learning Outcome: Written Communication Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: May 2025 Effective Date: Fall 2025
ENG 1311English as a Second Language (ESL)3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed to teach non-native speakers and Limited English Proficient students the fundamentals of standard English through listening, speaking, reading, and writing and to develop and refine these skills. Emphasis is placed on proficiency in using vocabulary and syntax in context. Teaching/learning strategies are designed specifically for adults. Special attention will be given to age-appropriate and career-specific skills development through the selection of definite ESL activities and educational materials and media. Individualized sessions are offered according to the native language of each speaker/student.
Credits: 3 hrs In this course, students will write effectively in print and digital environments and will work through the writing process with an emphasis on revision. Traditional writing assignments include narration, description, exposition, argumentation, and research. New media writing assignments may include blogs, multimedia storytelling, short essays, and digital research projects. Students will work individually and collaboratively, and projects will be peer-critiqued using evaluative rubrics. The course will conclude with a final reflective digital portfolio.
Credits: 3 hrs. The purpose of this course is to help students improve their proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking by keeping abreast of current events. Students will have extensive opportunities to read, listen to, discuss, and write about local, national, and international current events to improve their proficiency in written communication skills. Throughout the semester, projects will be peer critiqued using evaluative rubrics. The course will conclude with a final writing portfolio.
Credits: 3 hrs In this course, students are introduced to black writers of speculative literature, including Octavia Butler, Tananarive Due, and Derrick Bell. Through a series of readings and writing assignments, students will examine ways in which writers grapple with key themes typically addressed in speculative literature: communication (alien contact, time travel), political structures (utopias / dystopias, post-apocalyptic environments), impact of science (drugs and diseases), and religion.
WRI 1301 - Introduction to Academic Writing or ENG 1313 - Writing in a Digital World WSSU Student Learning Outcome: Written Communication Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: May 2025 Effective Date: Fall 2025
ENG 1323Writing in a Digital World3
Credits: 3 hrs In this course, students will write effectively in print and digital environments and will work through the writing process with an emphasis on revision. Traditional writing assignments include narration, description, exposition, argumentation, and research. New media writing assignments include blogs, multimedia storytelling, and digital research projects. Students will work individually and collaboratively, and projects will be peer-critiqued using evaluative rubrics. The course will conclude with a final reflective digital portfolio.
Credits: 1 hr The course trains students to serve as writing consultants in the Writing Center. Students will be introduced to writing theory and explore tutoring methods designed to help improve writing skills, including prewriting, organization, development, support, documentation, and proofreading.
Must have earned at least a B in Freshman Composition I and II, and must provide writing samples and letters of recommendation from faculty.
ENG 2115Practicum in English1
Credits: 1 hr. This course is designed for freshman and sophomore students interested in teaching English, grades 9-12. Opportunities are provided to explore approaches to teaching English through practicum assignments in local secondary schools.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a study of select world literature from its beginnings to the seventh century and represents a variety of genres, cultures, genders, and traditions. Students use various writing techniques to construct meaning from the text.
Credits: 3 hrs This course of study of select literary works represents a variety of genres, cultures, genders, and traditions and is from the seventeenth century and beyond. Attention is given to the intellectual and cultural backgrounds of the works and their interaction with their sociohistorical contexts. Students use various writing techniques to construct meaning from the text.
ENG 2304Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales from Around the World3
Credits: 3 hrs. In this course, students will discover that fairytales offer far more than magic and childhood whimsy as they re-examine the fairytale genre through a scholarly lens. Students will explore common themes within the fairytale genre. Readings include variations of familiar fairytales such as “Cinderella,” “The Three Pigs,” and “Rapunzel” as told in countries around the world. Universal in nature, fairytales provide cultural insight into the countries telling or “retelling” the narrative.
Credits: 3 hrs This course focuses on the cross-cultural experiences of women as expressed in their literature. An important focus of the course is to highlight universal aspects of women’s lives through exploration of common themes such as patriarchy, women’s resistance, exile, traditional customs, rebellion, political repression, sexual violence, marriage, and family. Selections will include literature from South America, North and West Africa, and Asia. A broad theme in the course, as depicted through women’s voices, is the ways in which women respond to oppression and articulate feminist consciousness. The course will incorporate critical analysis of the literary elements of plot, characterization, symbolism, irony, setting, theme, point of view, style, and poetic techniques.
Credits: 3 hrs This is a critical survey of the diverse literature of the United States from its beginnings to the Civil War. Emphasis is placed on the interpretation and appreciation of the literature studied.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a critical study of diverse literature of the United States from the Civil War to the present. Emphasis is placed on the interpretation and appreciation of literature.
ENG 1305- Thinking and Writing Critically About Literature or ENG 1315- Black Speculative Literature
ENG 3132Review of English Usage1
Credits: 1 hr. This course assists more advanced students in reviewing what is considered to be standard English usage in the academic, business, and professional worlds. Emphasis is placed mastery of standard items, combined with the study of major reference works and handbooks.
This course introduces English/language arts teacher candidates to classroom management techniques, theory and practice, and the assessment of student learning. Candidates will be assigned a mentor who will work with them throughout their matriculation at the university. They will develop a notebook of teaching strategies and assessment methods and instruments, keep a journal reflecting on their mentoring experience, and use their reflections to compose a final paper focusing on the impact of the mentoring experience, particularly as it has prepared them for the methods course and the clinical experience.
Credits: 1 hr. This course is a follow-up to Junior Practicum I and will reinforce theory introduced in the first course through activities which allow students (1) to work through classroom management problems (case studies, scenarios, role play, workshops on conflict resolution and negotiation, etc.) and (2) to become familiar with the variety of classroom assessment tools and practices currently used by our public school partners. Candidates will continue to work with their mentors and to develop their reflection journal focusing on the application of theories learned in Junior Practicum I.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is an introduction to linguistics with emphasis on theory, method, and terminology. Language structures, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics are examined in relation to historical, descriptive, and generative linguistics. Social uses of language and language variationare also studied.
Credits: 3 hrs. This course focuses on the development of mature skills in composition, with special emphasis on collaborative work and revision. Students do reflective, expository, and persuasive writing and critique their own and others’ work. Attention is given to document design, online research, and additional forms of written communication.
Credits: 3 hrs. This course provides students an opportunity to study and practice basic techniques for writing and editing technical materials for both the general audience and the specialist (for students in technical majors such as computer science.)
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a critical study of the literary periods, movements and major authors of British literature from its beginnings through the Restoration and eighteenth century.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a critical study of the literary periods, movements and major authors of British literature from the Romantic Period through the twentieth century.
Credits: 3 hrs This course will focus on major novels by a number of important writers from former European colonies in Africa, the South Pacific, the Caribbean, and India. Students will also study texts and films that provide historical background on colonialism and an introduction to postcolonial theory.
ENG 2301 or ENG 2302 , junior status; or permission of the instructor Student Learning Outcome: AK- Literature Area of Knowledge: Literature
ENG 3311Studies in African-American Literature3
Credits: 3 hrs This course will focus on various aspects of African American Literature: literary movements (The Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, Literature since 1975), dominant themes (gender relationships, protest literature, colorism, African American masculinity, slavery and freedom, sexuality, etc.), literary criticism. The themes of the course may vary each time that it is taught.
ENG 2301 - World Literature I or ENG 2302 - World Literature II or permission of instructor
ENG 3313Studies in American Literature3
Credits: 3 Hrs This course covers major American authors and literary movements, spanning from the Colonial Period to the Contemporary Era. Discussions will focus on dominant themes found in the literature, which may include the construction of an American identity, minority voices (Native Americans, Latinos, African Americans, women, LGBTQ), and persuasive writing (political, ethical). The theme of the course may vary each time that it is taught.
Credits: 3 hrs This course examines the phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics of present-day English. Attention is given to the history and varieties of modern English and to varied approaches to the study of English grammar. Students discuss issues related to the study of language, including dialect variation and levels of usage.
Credits: 3 hrs This survey course is designed to study the Bible its authors, themes and genres. Emphasis is placed on literary and critical analysis and appreciation of the works.
Credits: 3 hrs This course enables students to acquire a broad knowledge of the literature of the African diaspora (particularly Africa, the Caribbean, and South America) as articulated by its writers. Emphasis will be placed on critical analysis and appreciation of selected works as well as on discussion of the societies and cultures they represent.
Credits: 3 hrs This course will focus on modern innovators in the tradition of the African American novel, such as Charles Chesnutt, Richard Wright, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and others.
Credits: 3 hrs This survey course presents an introduction to literature for children of all ages and stages. Emphasis is placed on analyzing children’s literature. Extensive reading, writing, and library research else are required.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a critical study of a topic or area of interest not covered. The content and emphasis may vary at each offering. Course announcements will ordinarily be made during the preceding semester. This course may be repeated for credit up to a total of 6 semester hours with permission of the department chair.
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may be repeated for credit up to a total of 6 semester hours with permission of the department chair.
Credits: 3 hrs This survey course explores a variety of literature of special interest to middle grades and senior high school students. Students read and evaluate classics in literature as well as literature which falls into the contemporary and popular mold. Field-based semester projects included in this course allow students to examine the nexus between theories of teaching literature and classroom practice.
ENG 3349The Vernacular in African-American Literature and Culture3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed to introduce students to the vernacular tradition in African American Literature through an examination of the folk literature, the sermons, prayers, songs, etc. that are primarily a part of the oral tradition of black expression. This course is designed to increase students’ awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of the richness of the African American vernacular and the significant role it plays in the literature written by African Americans.
ENG 2301 / ENG 2302 , Junior Status, or permission of instructor
ENG 3350The History of the British Novel3
Credits: 3 hrs This course will trace the developments in the great tradition of the British novel from its beginning with the eighteenth century realists through the early twentieth century experimental novelists. Representative selections from Defoe, Fielding, Richardson, Sterne, Smollett, Austen, and Scott; from the Brontes, Thackeray, Trollope, Dickens, Eliot, Meredith, Hardy, Lawrence, Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, and Forster will form the content of the course.
Credits: 3 hrs This course introduces the student to theories and practices of literary criticism through an examination of representative critical writing. Students will analyze selected texts.
ENG 3306 - British Literature I Level of Knowledge this Course Address(es): Breadth WSSU Student Learning Outcome: Critical Thinking
ENG 3356Seventeenth Century English Literature3
Credits: 3 hrs This course offers a critical study of the poets from Donne to Vaughn, and of such prose writers as Bacon, Donne, and Browne. Consideration is given to such dramatists as Johnson, Webster, and Ford.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a critical study of the poetry, prose, and non-Shakespearean drama of the era. In poetry, the emphasis is placed upon Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser, Raleigh, and Shakespeare; in translation, upon Florio’s Montaigne; in drama, upon Marlowe, Kyd, Greene, and Peele.
ENG 2301 - World Literature I and ENG 2302 - World Literature II Level of Knowledge this Course Address(es): Breadth WSSU Student Learning Outcome: Critical Reading, Thinking and Writing Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: January 2023
ENG 3363Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature3
Credits: 3 hrs This course offers study in British literature from 1660 to 1798. Attention is given to Dryden, Pope, Swift, the periodical essay, Johnson, the decline of Classicism, and the beginnings of Romanticism.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a critical study of selections from the works of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Some attention is given to the prose of the period and to minor poets.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a critical study of selected American writers of the period. In a particular semester, special emphasis may be on writers associated with any of the major developments such as the Rise of American Romanticism, the Transcendentalists, and the Rise of Realism.
Credits: 3 hrs. This course focuses upon an important body of American literature often neglected and provides insight into the black experience in America up to the present. Some attention is also given to the black writer in Africa.
Credits: 3-6 hrs. This internship is designed to give the student practical experience in career-related areas. Arrangements to enroll must be made during the semester prior to the internship.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed for prospective teachers. Students read and do research in modern composition theory and strategies for teaching writing. Practicum experiences will permit prospective teachers to observe teachers teaching and evaluating student writing at the level they intend to teach. Prospective teachers will also gain practical experience evaluating writing and developing improvement plans for students.
Credits: 3 hrs. This course is designed for the non-teaching major. Students read and research modern composition theory and strategies for writing professional papers and journal articles. Students engage in practicum with the goals of producing a minimum of one publishable paper.
Credits: 3 hrs The seminar is designed to give students an opportunity to review, consolidate, and extend their study as English majors and to consider this study in a context of interrelatedness of subject matter and concern for English as a discipline. Permission required.
ENG 3302 - Advanced Composition , ENG 3306 - British Literature I and ENG 3307 - British Literature II
ENG 4312Film Theory and Criticism3
Credits: 3 hrs This course explores the relationship of the English language to the Indo-European language family and traces the history of its development from Old English through Middle and Early Modern English to the present day.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed to show the relations of the English language to the Indo-European language family and to trace the history of its development from Old English through Middle and Early Modern English to the present day.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is interdisciplinary, combining literature and history. Students must have the instructor’s permission before repeating this course to receive credit for both HIS 4326 and ENG 4326.
Credits: 3 hrs This course will introduce students to major modern African American women writers. The focus will be on dominant themes, issues, and the literary devices found in the texts.
ENG 4344African-American Cultural Texts: 1965 to the Present3
Credits: 3 hrs This course explores the issue of race and gender as well as provides a survey of 20th century African-American culture texts. By focusing on the cultural construction of gender as it is manifested in various texts and traditions, students will examine authors, themes, and movements of significance in African-American literature and popular culture. The course begins with the Black Arts/Black Power movements of the 1960s and charts the emergence of various literary and popular culture texts within the African American experience, up to the election of Barack Obama in 2008.
Credits: 3 hrs A student may make application for independent study on a semester project in the major area. Such study requires the approval of the department chair and the department academic advisor. Students will be expected to produce a work of substantial length for the purpose of publication. Also, students must complete all other depth area requirements prior to taking the course.
At least nine (9) hours completed in one English Depth Area Level of Knowledge this Course Address(es): Capstone WSSU Student Learning Outcome: Written Communication Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: May 2025 Effective Date: Fall 2025
ENG 4353Principles and Methods of Teaching English I3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed to provide the prospective teacher of English in the senior high and middle school with the needed competencies to select, organize, and effectively use materials for strengthening the communication skills of students. Special attention will be given to the examination of textbooks and to the evaluation of instruction within the area. Credit will not be allowed for work of less than C quality.
An average of C or better in English courses and admission to the Teacher Education Program.
ENG 4361Chaucer3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is an introduction to the study of Chaucer’s poetry with primary emphasis on the Canterbury Tales . In-class reading, translation, and commentary on the levels of language, literature, and social history are combined with readings in modern English translation.
Credits: 3 hrs This course provides a study of Minton’s prose and poetry in the literary and social context of the era. Emphasis will be placed upon the major poems.
