43 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 100Critical Reading and Writing3
This course develops the student’s ability to express ideas clearly in essays and to increase the student’s reading ability through a personal and critical exploration of texts. Through a recursive process of reading and writing, the student will be introduced to drafting, revising, and editing techniques. In addition to learning structures for communicating ideas, the student will also be introduced to principles of language choices, word usage, as well as rules for varied sentence structures and grammar. No student who has passed ENG 101, ENG 102, or HNR 112 with a C or better is permitted to enroll in this course. Concurrent To be taken concurrently with ENG 101 .
In ENG 101, students are introduced to processes for writing, reading, researching, and thinking that are both critical and reflective. Students explore expressive, informative, analytical, and persuasive aims of discourse that help them respond to a variety of academic and workplace writing situations. This general composition course with an emphasis on genres is delivered in a “blended” teaching environment. ENG 101, designed for subsequent success in effective written communication, is a prerequisite to ENG 102 . English Writing Core Course
Building on the experiences in ENG 101 , ENG 102 challenges students to further strategies for writing, reading, thinking critically, researching, and thinking reflectively. This general composition course emphasizes flexibility of response to a variety of writing contexts and conventions. Students research topics with opposing viewpoints, and write various source-based arguments. Active note-taking processes and skills for formal writing that are foundational for communication and collaboration in academic and professional environments are emphasized. The course assignments may be designed around a theme or a topic, or a student may self-select a topic, depending upon the instructor’s syllabus.
ENG 101 English Writing Core Course/ Writing Intensive Course
ENG 103Dimensions of Literature3
Students are introduced to the literary genres of fiction, poetry, and drama with the goal of developing an appreciation and understanding of how works of literature are created.
ENG 102 . English Literature Core Course/ Writing Intensive Course
ENG 104The Many Faces of Comedy3
In this course, students engage in an exploration of comedy in literature, film, and related art forms. Individual comic works are studied in depth, along with the forms, styles, and major theories of comedy, and related literary and film criticism. Students continue the development of their critical abilities through written and oral presentations.
ENG 102 . English Literature Core Course/ Writing Intensive Course
ENG 120World Mythology3
This course investigates world mythology and a sampling of the narratives that have served - and still continue to serve - as touchstones to a shared human cultural consciousness. Images in art and film supplement literary examples.
ENG 102 . English Literature Core Course/ Writing Intensive Course
ENG 126Special Topics in English
Credit Varies Neumann University periodically offers Special Topics courses in English [ENG] that reflect specific topics of study which are not part of the standard University curriculum. These courses would take the form of an intensive study of a selected theme, genre, or literary phenomenon, such as science fiction, the art of nonfiction, the Franciscan influence on the lyric, or Arthurian romance. Special Topics courses in English that are numbered at the 126/226 level are generally open to all students and may be designated as Core courses. Courses at the 326 level are specifically designed for students at either the junior or senior level, while courses at the 426 level are only open to students with senior standing. For any given semester, course title(s) and content area(s), as well as any specified prerequisites in addition to those listed below, are published during the preceding semester. Permission of the instructor may also be required before a student can register for any Special Topics course.
ENG 200Children’s Literature: Windows on the World3
This introductory literature course, especially recommended for Early Elementary (PK-4)/Special Education (PK-8) majors, surveys a wide range of classic and contemporary children’s literature. Students explore the historical development of this body of literature, the challenge of defining it, its roles as mirror and shaper of culture, and some of the resources and organizations available for those who teach literature to children. Students are encouraged to develop at least one special interest paper on non-required texts.
ENG 102 English Literature Core Course/ Writing Intensive Course
ENG 204Nature Writing3
This course will introduce you to the literary genres of non-fiction, fiction, and poetry through writing that explores the natural world and our place in it. Through reading, discussion, writing and reflection, you will develop an understanding of how these works are crafted and how they illustrate and explore essential and universal issues that are relevant to our lives, from the ecological to the sublime. You will also engage creatively with the writing process by composing original works modeled on those forms and approaches to nature writing that we are reading. You will have the opportunity to write journals, essays, travelogues, short fiction and poetry that has nature as a subject, theme or literary device.
ENG 101 Literature Core Advanced writing option for the Major or Writing Minor Poetry option for the Major
ENG 205Literature of the Otherworldly and Arcane3
Students are engaged in an interdisciplinary exploration of literary expressions of the relationship between God and the universe, including the poetic, dramatic, cinematic, and narrative articulation of individual faith experience both in biblical and non-biblical writing. Through a special focus on expressions of spiritual quest, mystical and apocalyptical experiences, and the mystery of evil, students come to an appreciation of the way in which religious beliefs and traditions illuminate the forms, ideas, and significance of particular classical and contemporary works of literature.
ENG 102 . English Literature Core Course/ Writing Intensive Course
ENG 220The World of Drama3
The World of Drama is designed to make students conversant with dramatic structures for several significant periods in literary history, and to nurture a lifelong appreciation for this genre. Drama blends narrative text with performative arts. Plays are intended to be performed in theatrical productions, and often they are adapted to film. Students will read and analyze select plays that were written and performed at different times-from ancient Greece to the 21st century. Through close analysis of characters’ dialogue, action in the plot, setting that is both historic and sociocultural, students will consider a range to conflict that complicates characters’ lives, yet allows students to consider their values in relation to those portrayed in the drama. For several plays, students will analyze a film adaptation.
ENG 102 . English Literature Core Course/ Writing Intensive Course
ENG 226Special Topics in English
Credit Varies Neumann University periodically offers Special Topics courses in English [ENG] that reflect specific topics of study which are not part of the standard University curriculum. These courses would take the form of an intensive study of a selected theme, genre, or literary phenomenon, such as science fiction, the art of nonfiction, the Franciscan influence on the lyric, or Arthurian romance. Special Topics courses in English that are numbered at the 126/226 level are generally open to all students and may be designated as Core courses. Courses at the 326 level are specifically designed for students at either the junior or senior level, while courses at the 426 level are only open to students with senior standing. For any given semester, course title(s) and content area(s), as well as any specified prerequisites in addition to those listed below, are published during the preceding semester. Permission of the instructor may also be required before a student can register for any Special Topics course.
This course serves to expand and sharpen one’s natural responses to poetry by developing an understanding of poems through creative and imaginative reflection together with analytical procedures that focus on the elements of poetry and the way they work together to shape a poem and involve the reader.
ENG 102 . English Literature Core Course/ Writing Intensive Course
ENG 235Peer Tutoring of Writing3
The goals of this course are to survey contemporary theory in the field of composition studies, use the central concepts of this field to gain greater understanding of the teaching and tutoring of writing at both the secondary and postsecondary levels, apply the insights of this understanding to aid students’ abilities to critique and revise both their own writing and that of students encountered in peer tutoring arrangements, and to increase competence in analytical thinking, writing, and research skills.
ENG 240The Art of the Short Story: Mirrors of Experience3
The short story is studied as a genre and art form with special emphasis on the styles of literary imagination and critical theories which are used to investigate them. Course content ranges from the beginnings of the short story to its modern manifestations. The achievements of major figures and the cultural contexts within which they wrote are investigated.
ENG 102 . English Literature Core Course/ Writing Intensive Course
ENG 250Young Adult Literature: Educating the Imagination3
This course, especially recommended for prospective teachers of English, explores a representative sampling of literature suitable for study in secondary schools, such as award winning books intended for junior high youth, classic and contemporary coming-of-age fiction, other novels dealing with significant social issues, one or two plays, and a selection of poems. Attention is given to the historical development of literature for young people, its roles as mirror and shaper of culture, and to critical approaches, organizations, and instructional resources relevant to teaching literature in the new millennium. Students are encouraged to develop at least one special-interest paper on non-required texts.
ENG 102 . English Literature Core Course/ RISES-certified Course/ Writing Intensive Course
ENG 274Creative Writing: Fiction3
This introduction to the craft and art of writing short stories or a novella is conducted as a writer’s workshop. Students are encouraged to share character sketches, structures for stories, and brief narratives in a mutually supportive small-group environment. Feedback, the cornerstone of improving writing, is emphasized as a critical component of the revision process. To understand different techniques for developing setting, plot, structure, character development, tone, and style, students read models of exemplary stories to analyze the writers’ techniques. A portfolio is required as part of the student’s evaluation.
This introduction to the craft and art of writing poetry is conducted as a writer’s workshop in which students are encouraged to share poems that they write in a mutually supportive small- group environment. To understand types of poetry, students also read models of exemplary poems to analyze structure and style and, occasionally, to imitate. A portfolio is required as part of the student’s evaluation.
ENG 276Creative Writing: Scriptwriting for Theater and the Electronic Media3
Students examine scriptwriting principles and practices for the stage, as well as for informational, persuasive, and entertainment programming in radio and television. Course work includes the creation and critique of scripts in addition to the study of scripting techniques. The course also focuses on working methodologies, formats, client satisfaction, and the effective use of the written word within visual and auditory contexts.
Designed as a writing workshop, this course improves each writer’s prose style, structure, and content as well as challenges each student to develop nonfiction essays about topics of personal interest. Models of nonfiction essays in the creative nonfiction genre are examined to see how published writers develop and execute their ideas. Structural patterns for organizing several types of nonfiction essays, such as the memoir, personal essay, literary journalistic essay, critical essay, and segmented essay are studied.
This exploration of Shakespeare examines his great works as representative of their age, yet as a transformative influence on the English language and on our understanding of human nature. Students are introduced to recurrent Shakespearean themes and motifs, significant issues in Shakespearean scholarship and theatrical performance, and the diverse art forms and reinterpretations that continue to expand his timeless legacy.
By comparing two different art forms which use works of literature and films adapted from those works, this course attempts to establish the definitive characteristics of both art forms, their relative strengths and weaknesses, and the problems of film adaptation through analysis, discussion, and film script projects.
ENG 310American Literary Heritage: 17th - 19th Centuries3
This study of American literature from its beginnings through the end of the 19th century offers an in-depth consideration of representative prose, poetry, and fiction. Students explore prevailing themes and literary strategies, as well as the vision and values underlying this literature.
The rise of romanticism in the 18th century and its further transmutations in the succeeding century are studied with readings from the works of prominent British writers of the Romantic and Victorian periods.
Credit Varies Neumann University periodically offers Special Topics courses in English [ENG] that reflect specific topics of study which are not part of the standard University curriculum. These courses would take the form of an intensive study of a selected theme, genre, or literary phenomenon, such as science fiction, the art of nonfiction, the Franciscan influence on the lyric, or Arthurian romance. Special Topics courses in English that are numbered at the 126/226 level are generally open to all students and may be designated as Core courses. Courses at the 326 level are specifically designed for students at either the junior or senior level, while courses at the 426 level are only open to students with senior standing. For any given semester, course title(s) and content area(s), as well as any specified prerequisites in addition to those listed below, are published during the preceding semester. Permission of the instructor may also be required before a student can register for any Special Topics course.
A representative treatment in translation of African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Hispanic literatures demonstrates the vibrancy of the global imagination and the richness of foreign cultures.
Literary masterpieces from the European continent which highlight the search for meaning in human life are analyzed in this course. Important continental writers such as Goethe, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Colette, and Calvino are examined in translation.
This course explores theories about composing processes and how they affect the ways in which educators teach and assess writing. Topics include writing assignments; responding to written texts; evaluating written performance; teaching rewriting; developing positive attitudes about writing; understanding diverse composing processes; discovering strategies for shaping discourse; teaching grammar and sentence fluency; developing sequenced writing tasks that are connected to reading; and integrating computers and writing to support learning. A service learning experience is required.
This course surveys English literature from the Renaissance to the beginnings of Romanticism, an age paradoxically characterized by great wit and sentiment. Drama, poetry, and the birth of the novel are studied through the works of both canonical figures such as Milton, Wycherley, Defoe, and Johnson, and also previously marginalized authors crucial to an understanding of the period such as Cavendish, Behn, Finch, and Montagu.
ENG 365The Age of Enchantment: Medieval Literature3
Adventure, magic, mystery, and romance form the backdrop of this course which highlights Old and Middle English literature (excluding Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales). Legends such as those of King Arthur and his Round-Table knights and of Tristan and Isolde and their magic philtre of undying love show how language, theme, and motif constitute the ageless enchantment of the medieval period.
ENG 375The Golden Age: English Renaissance Literature3
The English Renaissance - the age of Shakespeare and the other literary giants of the Elizabethan period - is widely regarded as the time when English literature reached its greatest height. Against the rich and colorful background of that age, this course explores the timeless works, ideas, and innovations of such major writers as Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton.
This course surveys American writing in the first half of the 20th century, an exciting period of great artistic innovation and rapid change. Significant trends and developments are explored and related to their intellectual and historical backgrounds.
This course examines the works of important British and Irish authors of the first half of the 20th century. Students review the historical, literary, and artistic contexts that brought about the movement called Modernism which had a major influence on all the arts in an increasingly metropolitan world. Authors were influenced by or reacting to a wide range of Victorian concepts and ideas as well as the impact of World War I, resulting in ground-breaking creative approaches to themes, forms, and structure in poetry, fiction, and drama, as seen in the works of authors such as Conrad, Joyce, Lawrence, Yeats, Woolf, and Eliot.
This study of the development of the novel in 18th- and 19th-century England includes reading and discussion of representative novels from Richardson to Hardy and focuses on style, narrative form, and characterizations.
In this course, students are provided with an opportunity to explore some of the most important movements in aesthetic theory and literary criticism, from Aristotle to Deconstruction and beyond. Through the close readings of primary literary texts, coupled with primary critical and theoretical articles, students learn to both understand and apply these methods of inquiry to literature.
This course offers a study of the historical development of the English language, its contemporary variants, and its present-day functioning as a communication system. Students who intend to teach, who are preparing for graduate school, or who are interested in communication theory will find this course particularly rewarding.
Credit Varies Neumann University periodically offers Special Topics courses in English [ENG] that reflect specific topics of study which are not part of the standard University curriculum. These courses would take the form of an intensive study of a selected theme, genre, or literary phenomenon, such as science fiction, the art of nonfiction, the Franciscan influence on the lyric, or Arthurian romance. Special Topics courses in English that are numbered at the 126/226 level are generally open to all students and may be designated as Core courses. Courses at the 326 level are specifically designed for students at either the junior or senior level, while courses at the 426 level are only open to students with senior standing. For any given semester, course title(s) and content area(s), as well as any specified prerequisites in addition to those listed below, are published during the preceding semester. Permission of the instructor may also be required before a student can register for any Special Topics course.
Representative works from diverse cultures from both within the United States and around the world are examined and evaluated in critical detail, as students explore how literary techniques and themes reflect the modern world and its concerns.
Major developments in global drama from Ibsen, Brecht, and Pinter, to Baldwin, Lorca, Gomez-Pena and others are studied in this course, as well as film adaptations of their works. Readings from selected works and from dramatic theory and film criticism, as well as influences that affected styles and techniques of 20th-century theater, are also examined. When possible, attendance at productions is arranged.
This advanced writing course takes an interdisciplinary approach to such higher-level essay forms as definition; cause and effect; comparison and contrast; and analogy. Students develop their thinking and writing skills required by each form. Revising processes focus on applying conventions for improved style. This course is strongly recommended for those students who are interested in attending either law school or graduate school.
This is an advanced level of the writer’s workshop in which students are encouraged to share poems that they write in a mutually supportive small- group environment. Students continue reading models of exemplary poems to analyze structure and style and, occasionally, to imitate. A portfolio is required as part of the student’s evaluation.
As an appreciation and analysis of literature by both men and women through gender-focused readings, “Feminist” and “reader-response” criticism are two ways of unraveling the biases that gender roles, literary influences, reader expectations, and human relationships create in a literary work of art. Milton, Lawrence, Hemingway, the Brontës, the Shelleys, Glaspell, Dinesen, and others are the focus of discussion of gender issues in fiction, poetry, and drama from Genesis to the 20th century.
