80 courses with the subject EL, 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.
EL 101WRITING AND RESEARCH4
Writing and Research offers instruction in academic writing with special attention to rhetorical situations, preparing students to enter academic conservations through awareness of audience, discourse conventions, and research strategies. Writing and Research, as first tier course in Saint Vincent College's Writing Program, introduces you to the kinds of writing tasks and skills required by your academic courses and helps you develop your skills in persuasive and analytical writing. By following the Three Stages of Good Writing Practice and applying the Six Principles of Good Writing, you will learn how to become a more self-aware and focused writer. Your writing process will sharpen as you practice gathering and evaluating others' ideas, including and weighing your own ideas, developing those ideas in your drafts, critiquing one another's writing, and revising your drafts into finished, polished papers. Discussions of readings, assignments, and papers will aim to help you practice audience awareness, critical reading, information literacy, and research skills. As you work on informal exercises and formal essays, you will increase your grammatical proficiency, enhance your understanding of style, and develop an academic voice.
This first-year writing course develops students' ability to read analytically, think critically, and write formal, documented essays that incorporate readings. Through four formal essay assignments, students learn how to apply the Six Principles of Good Writing as a compositional guide and rubric for evaluation. To improve their management of the writing process, students practice the Three Stages of Good Writing Practice, and to prepare them for future assignments, students learn how to use outside sources responsibly and how to document sources properly. All students must complete this course to satisfy the Core Curriculum. This course does not count toward the English major. 3 credits
This literature course is an introduction to college-level literary studies. Students will become familiar with a variety of literary texts drawn from the genres of short fiction, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction, and will learn the formal features that distinguish these genres. Just as importantly, students will develop the reading and analytical skills needed to appreciate more fully the intellectual and emotional rewards that literary writing offers to its active, interested readers. Such readers will be able to apply these skills to other disciplines and will find reading literature to be not merely a dry academic exercise, but a means by which they can more richly understand themselves and their world.
In this writing course, students will learn about the nature and role of journalism in a democratic society and practice and publish their own news writing. Along with the function and ethics of journalism, students will learn how to determine what is newsworthy, gather information and check sources, structure a news article, compose various kinds of feature articles, write paragraphs and sentences in a journalistic style, and edit their own writing and that of others. Students submit completed articles to the college's student newspaper; if accepted for publication, those articles receive bonus points. 3 credits 183
3 Modern Languages 203 and/or 204 course (student may take both to count toward the minor). Sanctity of Life (18 credits) The interdisciplinary Sanctity of Life minor explores questions of rs are human dignity across the academic disciplines of theology, r philosophy, science, politics, and social science. The minor is housed in the Theology Department and administered through 3 the Saint Vincent Center for Catholic Thought and Culture e 3 (CCTC). Our desire is to provide a rigorous program based on 3 an integrated understanding of human life to better orient 3 ourselves to what Saint Pope John Paul II called a Culture of 4 Life and a Civilization of Love. Deeply animated by our college’s mission as a Catholic, Benedictine, and liberal arts institution, the t minor provides an academically robust program that fully 3 explores a broad range of human-life questions with an open 3 heart seeking truth, listening to others, and responding both 3 courageously and charitably to the challenges we face as citizens 3 and humans in the 21st century. Surveying the world today, the 3 message of Life has never been more urgent. 3 Consider for instance perennial questions of human life emphasized by the COVID-19 pandemic such as: 116
This creative writing course introduces the fundamentals of creative writing craft in three genres: poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Students read and discuss short contemporary texts and respond to in-class writing prompts. In the workshop element of the course, students give and receive peer feedback on their drafts and collaboratively explore strategies for revision. Students produce a final portfolio of revised work in all three genres. This course is a prerequisite for advanced courses in Creative Writing and may not be taken after students have enrolled in advanced courses in Creative Writing.
In this literature course, students will read fiction and poetry and watch films by and about leaders and leadership. Through these readings, students will gain a greater understanding on ways in which the definition of leadership has evolved, and how leadership has adjusted to suit changing circumstances. Readings from Machiavelli and other classic authors will set the tone for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and films that depict the lives and struggles of those who have chosen to lead or who have been thrust into positions of responsibility and consequence. Students will maintain a reading blog and perform a final writing exercise.
This literature course examines the various roles assumed by women, both as characters and authors, to issues such as the possibility of a particularly female aesthetic and literary tradition. Readings may include Rowson, Jacobs, Austen, Woolf, Mukerjee, Morrison, among other writers, and consider texts across space, time, class, and ethnicity. Discussion-oriented class; requirements include weekly papers or reading reflections, quizzes, group presentation, final, and class discussion.
LITERATUR LITERATURE; BEGININGS TO PRESENT This course in American Literature explores the prevalence of American leaders and their powerful voices, from the colonial era through present day. Throughout the evolution of literary genres, themes, and forms, this course explores the leaders and voices that helped define and develop the American literary tradition. In this writing and reading based class, students will read short works by famous American leaders and authors that helped shape the way we see the world today. Students will take reading comprehension quizzes and write three response-based literary papers.
This introductory literature course takes a geographical approach to world literature. Readings may include novels, short stories, poetry, drama and film from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. All reading is in English. Authors might include (but are not limited to) Gabriel García Márquez, Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Arundhati Roy, Haruki Murakami, Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mahmoud Darwish, Anna Akhmatova, Elena Ferrante and many others. Class members acquire skills in reading imaginative literature with attention to language and culture; they respond to questions and prompts on a weekly basis. The course is writing-designated; students must complete one short essay and two long ones.
This linguistics course examines the history of English from a technical standpoint and also from a political, social, and even religious perspective. Students begin with an overview of linguistic theory. Then, concentrating on such linguistic phenomena as Grimm's Law and the Great Vowel Shift, they examine how Anglo- Saxon (Old English) became middle English, and how that in turn evolved into modern English. They also analyze how historical, psychological, and social forces have shaped modern English and what forces may shape it in the future. Student progress is measured by periodic quizzes, discussion boards, three essays, and class participation. This course is required of all English majors seeking secondary certification to teach English.
In this literature course, students examine the history, artistry, and cultural impact of contemporary popular music by reading the work of critics from academia, mainstream music journals, and the underground press. Students read about and discuss such issues as genre, audience, image, aesthetic value, history, race, and gender. Also, students examine and learn how to analyze the prose style of such popular music critics as Cohn, Marcus, Christgau, Bangs, and Tate. Finally, students develop their ability to write criticism by learning how to listen critically, establish aesthetic criteria, and apply them in written pieces. Students must compose a series of worksheets, deliver an oral report, take a midterm and final, and complete a course project, which may be creative.
In this literature course, students read and discuss several key Shakespeare plays and screen a variety of film adaptations from such directors as Kurosawa, Jarman, Zeffirelli, and Olivier. Students will learn how to watch films critically, to understand various approaches to adapting a written text to film, and to express their discoveries effectively through discussion and writing. This course requires a reading and screening journal, as well as a midterm and final exam.
This literature course explores the evolution of literary genres, themes, and forms from the colonial era through the present. This course explores the poetry, fiction, and various narrative forms that help define and develop the American literary tradition. In this discussion-oriented class, readings include a multitude of short works. Students take reading comprehension quizzes and write three- to-four papers.
This course in short fiction explores the short form. Short stories, flash fiction, novellas, and graphic novels all have a place in short fiction. Literature crosses cultures and continents to cultivate community and express identity; the short forms it takes have been ripe for innovation and experimentation. Unifying topics are chosen by the instructor and may include: minority literature, gender studies, the urban experience, the rural experience, immigrant literature, genre study, leadership, or more. Students will take a thematic approach while reading, interpreting, discussing, and analyzing short fiction. Three credits.
This literature course studies the major themes and artistic innovations in African American literature from the Africans' diaspora in the 17th century to the present. Moving from slave narratives, songs, and early American documents through the aftermath of slavery, into the Harlem or New Negro Renaissance, through the Civil Rights Movement, and arriving at contemporary literature and the election of our first African American president, this course provides an historic and literary overview of African American literary production. Course requirements include short unit response papers, a group presentation, unit quizzes, final exam, and class participation.
This literature course explores the major poetry and prose of Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Snyder, and others within a framework of post-WWII history, art, literature, and music. Students write a series of short papers, take a midterm and final exam, deliver oral presentations, and submit a course project, which may consist of creative work. 3 credits
This literature course will examine literature by Catholic authors from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Students will read and discuss works by such writers as Gerard Manley Hopkins, G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy Day, Flannery O’Connor, and Shusaku Endo, among others, and so explore the ways that the writer’s faith affects their imaginations, their views of moral conflict and of character, and their spirituality. The readings and the specific focus of the course may vary from semester to semester. Work may include a midterm, a final, a research paper, quizzes and other short assignments, and class participation.
This literature course offers students unique opportunity for more focused study of literary periods, figures, genres, creative writing modes, and interdisciplinary topics. Topics vary from semester to semester, and students should consult the registration booklet for specific descriptions of courses offered. 3 credits
This creative writing course offers students unique opportunity for more focused study of topics in Creative Writing. Topics vary from semester to semester, and students should consult the registration booklet for specific descriptions of courses offered. 3 credits
This writing course offers students unique opportunity for more focused study of topics and methodologies in Professional Writing. Topics vary from semester to semester, and students should consult the registration booklet for specific descriptions of courses offered. 3 credits
This literature course offers students unique opportunity for more focused study of topics in Children's Literature. Topics vary from semester to semester, and students should consult the registration booklet for specific descriptions of courses offered. 3 credits
This writing course is designed to guide SSS-TRIO students through the process of creating believable characters and presenting them to the reader effectively. The characters they create will exemplify specific leadership traits, but will be required to break beyond idealism into realism. We will discuss how to avoid unnecessary exposition, how to choose a perspective, and how to construct a story within the scope of flash fiction and short stories - the usual starting place for fiction writers. Students will write several short pieces, focusing on character development and presentation. They will then write a final paper comparing their character to George Milton from Of Mice and Men, and determine which is a better leader based on the characteristics discussed in class.
In this study-abroad literature course, students will read key texts by such Irish writers as W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, and Sean O'Casey and then travel to Ireland walk down the Irish streets and meadows that inspired their work. The class will meet infrequently at SVC; the majority of the class time will take place during a week-long trip to Dublin and County Sligo, where students will attend lectures, tour author's homes and museums, and retrace the steps of the characters they have read. Required work includes an online reading blog, two short papers, and an oral presentation.
In this study-abroad literature course, students will experience Shakespeare's plays in the city in which they were first performed. Before travelling to London, students will read the play texts and exchange their interpretations through blog posts. In London, students will visit key sites, hear lectures from scholars and actors, and see the plays that they have read at the two preeminent Shakespeare theaters: Shakespeare's Globe in London and the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon, the bard's birthplace. In London, students will maintain a journal that will include their impressions of the city and reviews of the plays. 3 credits
This is a travel course and an introductory literature course. In it, students will explore the literature produced by expatriate American writers who came to Paris for inspiration, artistic freedom, or freedom from bigotry. Though a wide variety of writers will be considered, special emphasis will be placed on the writers of the Lost Generation, the Paris Noir movement, and the Beat Generation. During spring break, we will travel to Paris, where students will explore the streets, cafes, parks, and museums that fired the imaginations of these writers. Required work includes an online reading blog, two short papers, and an oral presentation. Fee.3 credits.
This is a Travel Course. EL 168, with EL 165-Literary Dublin, EL 166-Shakespeare's London, EL 167-Americans in Paris constitute the English Department's "Literary Explorer" series, a group of courses that enables students to experience literature in at its sources, deepening their understanding and appreciation of that culture's history and literature, and thereby meeting the core goal of "demonstrating an informed understanding of their historical, cultural, and political location within a global context." In this class, students will gain a greater appreciation for the rich literary, cultural, and political history of Florence, Italy through reading key literary texts, visiting the city during spring break, and exploring a relevant topic in depth. We will read texts drawn from the late medieval to the high renaissance period, roughly 1300 to 1550. During this period, some of western history's greatest literature, painting, sculpture, and architecture was produced in this small city. 3 credits. Students must pay for the spring break trip to Florence.
This course is a period-by-period survey of major European and American works describing China. From the study of these texts, we will begin to understand the shaping and changing of the images of China. For Medieval texts on China, we will read The Travels of Marco Polo, The Travels of Odoric of Pordenone and The Travels of Sir John Mandeville. !6th-century texts on China will include Certain reports of China, learned through the Portugals there imprisoned . . . by Galeote Pereira and The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China . . . by Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza. The Journals of Matteo Ricci, Bellum Tartaricum, or the Conquest of the Great and most renowned Empire of China by Martin Martinius (Martino Martini) and The Conquest of China, By the Tartars: A Tragedy by Elkanah Settle will be the focus for the 17th-century. For 18th- century France, we will read various works related to China by Voltaire, and, for 18th-century England, The Citizen of the World by Oliver Goldsmith and texts related to the Macartney Embassy to China. Works by Bret Harte and Mark Twain and Chinese Characteristics by Arthur Smith will present the 19th-century American image of China. Ezra Pound and The Good Earth by Pearl Buck will be read as representative of the 20th-century view of China. One purpose of this course is to introduce how the images of 186
The Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone, as it is now often called, is generally considered the greatest of traditional Chinese novels. Its name in Chinese is Honglou meng??? (HLM hereafter). It was first published in 1791. The author of the first 80 chapters is Cao Xueqin ??? (d. circa 1763); and the last 40 chapters are said to be by Gao E ??(c. 1738- c. 1815), the editor of the first printed edition. In this course we will read each week usually about 12 or 13 chapters from the English translation of HLM. There are two complete English translations. One by Yang Xianyi and Glady Yang (3 volumes) and another by David Hawkes and John Minford (5 volumes). Students can read either one of these translations. During class, I will first discuss the chapters having been read, especially the literary and writing techniques used in those chapters as well as character analysis. Next, students will present oral reports on those chapters, based on their written report. Students who know Chinese are welcome to write about the quality of the English translations. In the final part of the class, I will introduce a book and article written in English about HLM.
This course is the first of a three-course series on Chinese literature. It will introduce Chinese literature from the Zhou Dynasty (1046 to 221 BCE) to the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907 CE). During the eras covered for this course, the word 'literature' had a much broader meaning than it does today, so in addition to imaginative texts, including poetry and prose in translation, we will also study works of philosophy and history. The main survey to be used is Anthology of Chinese Literature, Volume I: From Early Times to the Fourteenth Century edited by Cyril Birch (1965). Students' work will include weekly readings, written reports that will be the basis for oral reports, and a final paper.
In this class, we will read the English translations of popular Chinese folklore, legends, and myths. These include the tale of Mulan, the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, the legend of He Shi Bi, the myth of Nu Wa, and many more fascinating stories from China's rich oral traditions and folk literature. We will look through the lens of gender and intercultural communication studies to analyze how these stories evolved throughout history and how they were told differently in mainstream and vernacular cultures. Additionally, we will examine a number of adaptations of these stories in film, TV series, opera, and dance by Chinese and Chinese American authors, and compare the differences in terms of language, theme, moral, and functionality. This course will also expose students to the vibrant folklore communities in China and talk about folklore's contributions to the formation of cultural identities. 3 credits.
This course is the second of a three-course series on the history of Chinese literature. It will introduce Chinese literature from the Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Chinese Literature III will look at 20th-century Chinese from the Republican Period (1911-1949) and that of the People's Republic (1949- ). In Chinese Literature II literary texts from these dynasties will be studied: Song Dynasty (960-1279), Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644), and Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The focus of this course, besides introducing the literature of these four dynasties through readings in anthologies, will be on three of the major works of fiction produced: Outlaws of the Marsh, Journey to West, Jin Ping Mei, and Dream of the Red Chamber, also known as The Story of the Stone. Drama from the Yuan Dynasty will be read, too. Student grades will be based on written reports (40%), oral reports (30%), and class participation (30%).
In this discussion-based literature course, students explore the ways in which literature, art, music, and film have responded to injustice, censorship, and militarism. Papal encyclicals, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the U.S. Bill of Rights establish the moral basis for an analysis of a diverse group of artists that includes John Stuart Mill, John Milton, Mary Wollstonecraft, James Baldwin, Henry David Thoreau, Bob Dylan, Rebecca Harding Davis, Larry Kramer, Adrienne Rich, Tim O'Brien, and Abbie Hoffman. Students will maintain a reading blog, deliver an oral report, and take a midterm and final.
In this introductory literature course, students will study the history of books and printing from the ancient world to the present. The course will focus on books as artifacts, as vessels of knowledge and literary creativity, and as indicators of literacy, public taste, and power. To delve into book history, students will explore the unique resources in Saint Vincent rare books collection.
or EL 205 Advanced Writing 3 Take one 100-level EL course (1 course/ 3 credits): EL 1XX Any 100-level course with EL prefix 3 Take three 200-level EL course (3 course/ 9 credits): EL 2XX Any 200-level course with EL prefix 3 EL 2XX Any 200-level course with EL prefix 3 EL 2XX Any 200-level course with EL prefix 3 Take one elective course (1 course/ 3 credits): The elective can be an English elective, core elective, or interdisciplinary course upon approval 3 Entrepreneurship (18 Credits) Required (5 courses/ 15 credits):
In this advanced creative writing workshop, students deepen their study of poetic craft while beginning to navigate the landscape of contemporary poetry and poetics. In weekly reading assignments, students explore the variety of forms, questions, and impulses driving poetry today, building a context for their own writing in the genre. Requirements include one term paper; and weekly writing and workshop of poems, which culminate in a final portfolio of original work. Prerequisite: EL 110 or permission of instructor. 3 credits
In this advanced creative writing workshop, students deepen their study of the craft of short fiction. Students read modern and contemporary short story collections in addition to a book of short fiction craft. This course requires extensive reading assignments- usually one short story collection per week, plus chapters from a craft book-in addition to the writing and workshop discussion of stories for the final portfolio project.
Advanced Writing explores writing across the curriculum and in multiple academic disciplines, taking special consideration of contextualized expectations within writing communities. This class develops a bird's eye view of knowledge production, rhetorical 187
In this intermediate literature course, students engage in an intensive study of selected tragedies, comedies, and history plays from both traditional and contemporary perspectives. Students will trace Shakespeare's plays to their sources, examine dramatic conventions, review the plays' formal literary qualities, and situate the plays in thei historical and philosophical context. Also, students will read these plays through such theoretical lenses as deconstruction, gender studies, new historicism, and postcolonialism. Course requirements include a midterm and final exam, a critical summary of a scholarly article, a reading blog, and a term paper.
This advanced literature course focuses on the major texts of Spenser, Donne, and Milton. Along with their close reading of the primary texts, students will locate these texts within the religious, political, and philosophical crises that distinguish the early modern era. The course familiarizes students with the criticism of these writers and their work by requiring that they write a short essay, deliver an oral presentation on a scholarly article, take a midterm and final exam, and compose a research-based paper.
While Romanticism in Europe enjoyed its high period in the first half of the nineteenth century, this upper-level course examines romanticism as a cultural influence with principles that predate 1798, and which reach beyond 1840. While the canonical Romantic writers- Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley and Keats-occupy center stage, thinkers and ideas influencing them and modifying their work are given significant attention, especially neo-classicism, touring, the French Revolution, feminism, and landscape painters. Genres include poetry, polemics and fiction. Students of sophomore standing or above complete two literary analyses, participate in four workshops, and take a final exam.
This creative writing course serves as a hands-on introduction to the editorial and production processes involved with publishing a book in the small press poetry market. Students work directly with Eulalia Books, a poetry-in-translation press on campus, while exploring the phenomenon of small press publishing in a broader sense. Readings and discussions focus on the historical, aesthetic, ethical, and social dimensions of independent publishing, with a focus on how small presses form a subversive space for new literatures to emerge. A series of practical workshops run by editor, book artists, and writers will introduce students to the aesthetics of publishing handmade books, from design (typography, layout) and printing techniques (screen-printing, letterpress), to important digital and print formats (blog, zine, chapbook). Beyond workshop attendance and reading, requirements are a review of a small press, weekly blog posts, and a final publishing project.
Take one elective course (1 course/ 3 credits): The elective can be an English elective, core elective, or interdisciplinary course upon approval 3 Management (18 -21 Credits) Accounting requirement (3 to 6 credits):
This literature course offers students unique opportunity for more intensive study of literary periods, figures, genres, creative writing modes, and interdisciplinary topics. Topics vary from semester to semester, and students should consult the registration booklet for specific descriptions of courses offered. 3 credits
This creative writing course offers students the opportunity for more intensive study of a specialized topic in creative writing. Topics vary from semester to semester, and students should consult the registration booklet for specific descriptions of courses offered. for English majors.
This topical advanced literature course explores American representations of childhood in landmark fiction. Primary texts may include Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, James's The Turn of the Screw, Wharton's The Children, Harper's To Kill a Mockingbird, Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, and Morrison's The Bluest Eye. These writers were foundational in articulating both what adults imagined childhood to be and how children may actually act and think. Discussion-oriented class, readings include both primary texts and critical essays. Assignments include weekly short papers and essay reading rubrics, artifact analysis in coordination with the Fred Rogers Archive and researched term paper.
OBJECT LESSONS, & CHILDHOOD This course homes in Fred Rogers' children's television show, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Three orientations guide inquiry into Rogers' artistic vision. First, narrative strategy will be explored as we chart Rogers' whimsey as he spins out overlapping and surprising narrative arcs. Second, we consider the many everyday objects Rogers includes on his program-from puppets to plants to puzzles-which Rogers' uses to help children learn about man-made and natural things, the people who make them, and the values they evoke. Third, children, as the primary audience, will be considered. Here, the focus will be on twentieth century conceptions of childhood-currently conceived as post-childhood. In addition to watching Rogers' television program, students will complete readings about Fred Rogers, by Fred Rogers, as well as critical essays in narrative theory, new materialism, and childhood studies. Weeks to be considered might include Divorce, Families, Superheroes, Making an Opera: Windstorm in Bubbleland, Caring for the Environment, Going Away and Coming Back, Learning, or Competition Week.
This course is designed to prepare English majors to complete their Senior Projects. Primarily, this preparation will be a review and practice of skills and knowledge that English majors have developed in other courses, including their ability to read an analyze primary texts, their ability to generate and shape a topic, their understanding and ability to apply literary theory, and their skills in library research Students will complete a series of preliminary assignments that will culminate in the submission of a formal proposal for their Senior Project.
This course is a self-designed travel experience in English that provides students the opportunity to broaden their global perspective and professionalize through experiential fieldwork. The travel design and duties must be approved by the assigned faculty member. Students produce documentation and reflections on their travel experience to demonstrate career readiness. Students should enroll for this course before the semester in which they will travel.
In this course, topics of research are chosen and developed by the student with the guidance of the professor directing the study. May be repeated. Variable credit.
In this mastery-level course, senior majors concentrating in Literature and Teaching Certification will write 20-30 essays of literary criticism under the supervision of the course's instructor and a second reader, whom the student writer will select based on that reader's expertise. The fundamental requirement of the course is the completion of the project, but students must also submit outlines and drafts, conference regularly with the instructor and/or other readers as specified and deliver a public presentation of an excerpt of their projects. Only English majors with senior standing will be admitted to this course.
In this mastery-level course, senior majors concentrating in Creative Writing and Literary Translation will write or translate works of fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry prefaced by an aesthetics statement; students concentrating in Publishing will complete an individual publishing project of their own design, accompanied by a paper. The fundamental requirement of the course is the completion of the project, but students must also submit outlines and drafts, conference regularly with the instructor and deliver a public presentation of an excerpt of their projects. Only English majors with senior standing will be admitted to this course.
In this course, students work in a professional setting in order to extend their learning experience beyond college into the world of work; relevant experiences can take the form of internships, field work, and cooperative programs, particularly in advertising, public relations, journalism, and communications. Students may or may not be paid, depending on the policy of the employer. May be repeated. Variable credit.
This course is a self-designed travel experience in English that provides students the opportunity to broaden their global perspective and professionalize through experiential fieldwork. The travel design and duties must be approved by the assigned faculty member. Students produce documentation and reflections on their travel experience to demonstrate career readiness. Students should enroll for this course before the semester in which they will travel.
Concentrations*: By the end of their freshman year, English majors, in consultation with their English advisors, should choose one of the five following concentrations, each of which has required courses and experiential component recommendations: Literature: Required courses (in addition to the Introductory and Intermediate required of all concentrations): • One 100-level literature elective (3 cr.) • Two 200-level literature Electives (6 cr.) Recommended experiential component: • Internships: any internal or external internship • Travel: Conference travel, travel course, or study abroad See page 299 for typical eight semester degree plan. * Teaching Certification: Required Courses (in addition to the Introductory and Intermediate courses required of all concentrations; no exceptions): • EL 119: History of the English Language (3 cr.) • CL 129: Young Adult Literature (3 cr.) • One Shakespeare course EL 214, 127, or 165 (3 cr.) • One British Literature or Global Literature Course EL 114 or
