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35 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 101College Writing 3 CH

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 115Grammar and Punctuation Workshop (1.0 CH) This course provides a review of grammar and

punctuation principles that prepares students for stronger academic and professional writing. It is conducted as a workshop. Pass/Fail grading.

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 120Introduction to Literature (3.0 CH) An introduction to fiction, poetry, and drama, to techniques of

literary interpretations and analysis, and to literary criticism and research. ENG 190 – Science Fiction and Fantasy (3.0 CH) A course introducing students to the genre of science fiction and fantasy. (P: ENG 101).

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 190Science Fiction and Fantasy 3 CH

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 205Stratford Experience 3 CH

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 210British Literature to Romanticism 3 CH

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Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 212Creative Nonfiction (3.0 CH) Creative nonfiction is a technical course treating the theoretical and

practical aspects of various genres of magazine writing and creative nonfiction such as the personal essay, travel writing, biography, autobiography, the memoir, and literary journalism. (P: ENG 101 or permission of the instructor).

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 220British Literature 1798 to Present (3.0 CH) This course is a survey of major British authors—poets

and prose writers—from the Romanticism to Contemporary periods. As such, it provides an extensive and representational sampling of writing from the period ranging from 1789-2021 C.E. and familiarizes students with the variety literary genres that dominated this time frame. This course also parallels the historical, philosophical, artistic, religious, sociological, and political developments of British culture by exploring the literary recordings of the human spirit from the Romantic Age to the present day, by authors living in the “British” Isles: England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. (P: ENG 101)

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

ENG 225Shakespeare; Page to Stage (3.0 CH) A hybrid course of equal parts analysis, research, and

performance intended to simultaneously highlight some of the Bard’s lesser-known (to scholars and actors alike) while helping students develop critical and creative thinking, scholarly writing skills, and performance technique. This course fulfills Thiel College’s creative core requirement. (P: ENG 101).

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 235American Literature Survey 3 CH

Elective Courses: Any 3 other departmental courses not taken to fulfill the previous requirements ENG _____ ENG Elective 1 3 CH ENG _____ ENG Elective 2 3 CH ENG _____ ENG Elective 3 3 CH TOTAL: 18 CH English Certificates for non-Majors The English Department offers certificates in each of the specializations that are available to non-majors. Certificates may be taken to complement the student’s chosen major, to demonstrate proficiency in a chosen area, and to permit the study of a desired cluster of courses in a manageable fashion. English certificates require at least 9 credit hours, and students must earn a C-minus or better in all courses to count toward the English certificate. The English Department offers the following certificates: 191

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 241Children’s Literature 3 CH

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 242Digital Rhetoric (3.0 CH) A course designed to engage students not only in the technical (how-to)

aspects of work with digital communication and composition media and technologies, but also with the critical analysis of that media. (P: ENG 101). 194

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

ENG 246Adolescent & Young Adult Literature (3.0 CH) A survey of literature available for teenage readers

Students will examine literature for adolescents and young adults, read a representative sample of that literature and investigate the issues such as censorship and the influence of the media pertinent to this area of study. (P: ENG 101)

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 260Professional Writing

34 CH In addition, majors select one of the following tracks for completion of the Major Requirements: Advertising and Marketing Track

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 267Survey of World Literature 3 CH

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Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 270Advanced Composition and Research 3 CH

Literature Survey Courses: In addition to the required Minor courses, students must take one of the following to qualify for the English minor:

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

ENG 282Poetry Writing (3.0 CH) A technical course teaching the theoretical and practical aspects of writing

poetry. (P: ENG 101 or Permission of the instructor) ENG 284 – Fiction Writing (3.0 CH) A technical course teaching the theoretical and practical aspects of writing fiction. (P: ENG 101 or Permission of the instructor) ENG 286 – Creative Writing: Drama (3.0 CH) A technical course treating the theoretical and practical aspects of writing dramatic works for performance on the stage. (P: ENG 101 or Permission of Instructor) ENG 290 – Literature of World Mythology (3.0 CH) An introduction to the major myths of classical antiquity and a survey of the theories of myth interpretation, with special reference to the importance of myth in modern literature. (P: ENG 101).

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

ENG 284Creative Writing: Fiction 3 CH

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 286Creative Writing: Drama 3 CH

COMM Introduction to Screenwriting 3 CH 283

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 290Literature of World Mythology

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Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 300Introduction to Creative Writing 3 CH

TOTAL: 9 CH English Certificate in Literature Studies Any 3 of the following:

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 312Topics in the Novel (3.0 CH) A topics course related to the history of the novel chosen by the

instructor. Examples included the development of the novel, the 19th century novel, and the 20th century novel. May be repeated if a different topic is offered with permission of the Department. (P: ENG 101 and ENG 120).

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Repeatable: May be repeated if a different topic is offered with permission of the Department.
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 317Linguistics (3.0 CH) A study of the language universals, phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax

lexicon, and pragmatics –the typed of linguistics, and the nature and causes of language change. (P: ENG 101, ENG 125, ENG 235, or permission of the instructor.)

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

ENG 325Exploring Literary New England (3.0 CH) A travel class in which students will investigate literary

homes, museums and related sited in the northeastern United States. Sites such as Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts; the Mark Twain Home in Hartford, Connecticut; and the Robert Frost homestead in Derry, New Hampshire will be included. (P: ENG 235 and permission of the instructor)

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

ENG 330World Drama

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Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 335Persuasive Writing 3 CH

COMM Writing for Mass Media 3 CH 282

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 337Drama into Film 3 CH

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 340Shakespeare 3 CH

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Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 347Literary Theory and Criticism 3 CH

TOTAL: 9 CH 192

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 352Topics in Drama 3 CH

TOTAL: 9 CH English Certificate in Children’s and Young Adult Literature Any 3 of the following:

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

ENG 385Survey of Literature by Women

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Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
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ENG 425Independent Study (1.0 CH) Variable CH available. A project, thesis, or reading program carried out

under the supervision of a faculty member in the English Department. For English majors and well qualified non- majors. (P: junior standing, 3.25 cumulative GPA, permission of the instructor, department chair and student's academic advisor).

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

ENG 430Cooperative Education (1.0 CH) Variable CH available. An internship-based course in which students

apply skills learned in the discipline.

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

ENG 494Ruthanne Beighley Seminar 3 CH

Distribution Courses (12 CH) In addition to taking 21 credit hours of Foundation Courses, students must also take 3 credit hours from each of the following categories: Professional Writing, Creative Writing, Literature, and Drama, totaling 12 credit hours Specialization Courses (6 CH) In addition to the Foundation Courses, students must take an additional 6 CH from the list of electives below to earn the English Major. Selecting two courses from one of the four subfields qualifies as a Specialization in that area. Selecting two courses from different Specializations qualifies as a Generalized English Major. Only one elective may be taken outside of the English Department to count toward the Major.

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

ENG 495English Senior Capstone (3.0 CH) A special topics course with seminar meeting for discussion and

presentation of research. (P: senior standing and completion of ENG 120, ENG 215, ENG 235, ENG 267, and ENG 270) 196

Subject: ENG
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026
Source: www.thiel.edu

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