ENGLISH (ENGL)
ENGL 0370 Basic Grammar & Composition. Three semester hours.
Sentence construction, principles of basic grammar, the writing of paragraphs and other basic writing skills as determined by the instructor. Students completing course successfully will earn University credits but not credit toward graduation. Prerequisite: high-school English or equivalent course.
ENGL 1301 English Composition. Three semester hours.
Fundamentals of expository and analytical prose, including the principles of library use, research, and documentation of information sources. Emphasizes grammatical and basic rhetorical concept and practices essential to writing competency. Passing the course is contingent upon passing an exit examination. Prerequisites: ENGL 0370, a satisfactory score on standard assessment tests, or exemption from TASP.
ENGL 1302 English Composition II. Three semester hours.
This course encourages students to reflect analytically upon reading and writing by examining rhetorical and literary devies and their use in a number of writing assignments. Prerequisite: ENGL 1301
ENGL 2311 Technical Writing. Three semester hours.
Concentrates on technical and business writing, with attention to outlines, abstracts, technical reports, informational and instructional process narratives, internal memoranda, and correspondence. Substantial writing required. Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 or equivalent course.
ENGL 2322 British Literature Through Neoclassicism. Three semester hours.
A study of notable developments, works, and authors in the literature of Britain through Neoclassicism. Substantial writing required. Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 or equivalent course.
ENGL 2323 British Literature from the Romantics to the Present. Three semester hours.
Focus on major periods, movements and authors from the Romantics through modern times. Substantial writing required. Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 or equivalent course.
ENGL 2327 American Literature to the Civil War. Three semester hours.
Covers major literary development, authors, and works in American literature through the Civil War. Substantial writing required. Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 or equivalent course.
ENGL 2328 American Literature from the Civil War to the Present. Three semester hours.
Introduces notable authors such as Whitman, Twain, Dickenson, James, Crane, Hemingway, Faulkner, ONeill, Frost, Eliot, Brooks, Wright, etc. as well as evolutions in literary taste and practices. Substantial writing required. Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 or equivalent course.
ENGL 2332 Survey of World Literature to 1650. Three semester hours.
Familiarizes the student with several non-English literary traditions and gives them an understanding of the inter-relatedness of cultures and civilizations. Substantial writing required. Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 or equivalent course.
ENGL 2333 Survey of World Literature Since 1650. Three semester hours.
A study of several non-European literary traditions in the past three centuries, including African, Indian, Persian, Chinese, and Japanese. Substantial writing required. Prerequisite: ENGL 1302 or equivalent course.
ENGL 3301 English for the Professions. Three semester hours.
An advanced composition course designed to help the students achieve a professional level of writing, this course will stress fact-finding, analysis, synthesis, and documentation. Although mastery of grammar and mechanics will be expected, these elements will not constitute more than a minor part of the course. Previous catalog and transfer students must take course no later than the second semester of their junior year, regardless of the number of hours taken, and every semester thereafter until passed with a grade of "C" or better. Prerequisites: ENGL 1301 and ENGL 1302 or equivalent courses. May not be taken concurrently with prerequisites. Course does not substitute for English 3361 or 4381. Laboratory fee $5.00.
ENGL 3302 History of American Literature. Three semester hours.
An in-depth analysis of American literature from the colonial beginnings to the present, stressing the relationship between literature and the historical background of the nation, as well as the various genres associated with each period.
ENGL 3309 Southwestern Literature. Three semester hours.
Designed to help students attain, through wide, relevant reading, a knowledge of the history and an understanding of the people who live and have lived in the southwest quadrant of the United States.
ENGL 3310 Young Adult Literature. Three semester hours.
This course covers the literature written for adolescents and includes generic (poetry, drama, fiction) and thematic considerations as well as a historical perspective.
ENGL 3311 History of English Literature. Three semester hours.
This course is a study of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the presnt, stressing the relationship between literature and the historical background of the British, as well as the various genres associated with each period.
ENGL 3314 Literature in Transition. Three semester hours.
The course builds upon the knowledge of literature gained at sophomore level. Will study major literary works that reflect the significance of social, political, and philosophical factors in bringing about a shift in literary taste and practice from a certain period to another in the history of British and American literature. May be repeated once when topic changes.
ENGL 3316 Twentieth-Century Poetry. Three semester hours.
Reading of English and American poetry published since 1900 including the work of such writers as Yeats, De la Mare, Housman, Rich, Sexton, Frost, Eliot, and Plath. Prerequisite: nine hours of English.
ENGL 3323 Childrens Literature. Three semester hours.
Designed to help produce competencies in the understanding of the history of literature of children. A broad examination of literature often taught to children, and techniques useful in using literature as a teaching material with children through their early adolescent years.
ENGL 3324 Multicultural Children's Literature. Three semester hours.
Advanced study of the genre Multicultural Childrens Literature. Special emphasis will be placed on Hispanic literature. Literature will be studied in translation and/or in the original language. Prerequisite: ENGL 3323.
ENGL 3326 Studies in World Mythology. Three semester hours.
Designed to help students understand the nature, cause, and use of myths through wide reading in various mythologies. Special emphasis upon the effects found in American life of the Classical, Norse, and Judeo-Christian traditions; and upon myth as a contemporary phenomenon.
ENGL 3329 Studies in a Genre of American Literature. Three semester hours.
The material covered will be American and limited largely to a particular type of writing such as: (1) poetry, (2) fiction, or (3) drama. Not to be taken by students who have had an equivalent course at the sophomore level. May be repeated once when topic changes.
ENGL 3339 History of the English Language. Three semester hours.
The English language from Anglo-Saxon times to present day. Prerequisite: nine hours of English.
ENGL 3347 General Linguistics. Three semester hours.
Designed to produce competencies in using and understanding general language principles, phonetics, semantics, syntax, and socio-psycho-linguistics. May not be taken by a person who has had English 4309.
ENGL 3348 Old English Language. Three semester hours.
A mastery of basic Old English grammar and vocabulary and a reading of a variety of sample texts.
ENGL 3351 History of World Literature. Three semester hours.
An in-depth analysis of literature in translation from Judeo-Christian times to the present. Designed to help students see the continuity of literature through time and the similarities of literatures from different cultures.
ENGL 3361 The Composition Process. Three semester hours.
This course is designed so that participants become familiar with the process and elements involved in the acts of composition in oral and written form (e.g., considerations of subject, purpose, audience, point-of-view, mode, tone, style).
ENGL 4301 Shakespeares Major Plays. Three semester hours.
Designed to produce competencies in the types of plays which Shakespeare wrote and techniques for understanding and critiquing them as well as exposure to the most well known of his works. Prerequisite: three hours of British Literature. *May be taken for graduate credit.
ENGL 4306 Studies in a Genre of English Literature. Three semester hours.
The material covered will be limited largely to a particular type of writing such as (a) poetry, (b) fiction, (c) drama. Not to betaken by students who have had an equivalent course at the sophomore level. May be repeated once when topic changes.
ENGL 4309 Advanced English Grammar. Three semester hours.
Designed to produce competencies in understanding the English language in its theory, sound, words, grammar (both traditional and modern grammars), and its spelling. *May be taken for graduate credit.
ENGL 4321 American Dialects. Three semester hours.
Designed to help a student distinguish the differences between Standard American English and the various forms of English spoken and written in various geographic areas and social levels in the United States. Special emphasis on Texas English as it is used along the Rio Grande and in other areas of the state. Prerequisite: twelve semester credit hours in English. *May be taken for graduate credit.
ENGL 4326 Studies in World Folklore. Three semester hours.
Designed to produce competencies in understanding the processes of folklore, a general knowledge of many folklores (with special emphasis on American and Texas border areas), and the usefulness of folklore in general culture and the schoolroom. *May be taken for graduate credit.
ENGL 4335 Chicano/a Literature. Three semester hours.
A readings course in the literature written by Mexican Americans from 1848 to the present, this course explores poetry, fiction and drama from a historical and thematic approach. *May be taken for graduate credit.
ENGL 4336 British Novel. Three semester hours.
This course will study the continuum of novelistic tradition in Britian. The works of such authors as Richardson, Fielding, Austen, the Bronte sisters, George Eliot, Dickens, Hardy, Woolf, etc. may be surveyed as reflection of spciopolitical, theological, and sexual aspects of British life. Prerequisite: ENGL 2322, ENGL 2323 or consent of instructor.
ENGL 4337 A Survey of the American Novel. Three semester hours.
This course will focus on different movements in the development history of the American novel by studying novelists from Cooper, Melville, and Hawthorne through Steinbeck, Pynchon, and Cisneros. Prerequisite: ENGL 2327, ENGL 2328 or consent of instructor.
ENGL 4338 Minority Voices. Three semester hours.
Designed to help students attain, through wide, relevant reading, an understanding of the United States culture as one of many peoples and ways of life; and literature itself as a device for securing equality among them. *May be taken for graduate credit.
ENGL 4347 Contrastive Linguistics. Three semester hours.
Designed to produce competencies in an understanding of the similarities and differences between English and Spanish and in teaching both languages to students who have one of them as a native tongue. Prerequisites: ENGL 3347 or ENGL 4309, and knowledge of Spanish as approved by the instructor. *May be taken for graduate credit.
ENGL 4355 History of Literary Thought.. Three semester hours.
This course is an introduction to the major philosophies of Horace, Longinus, Sidney, Dryden, Pope, Kant, Coleridge, Arnold, Nietzsche, and Eliot. Prerequisite: ENGL 2322, ENGL 2323, ENGL 2327, ENGL 2328,ENGL 2333. May be taken for graduate credit.
ENGL 4381 Specialized Writing. Three semester hours.
This course is designed to help a student reach a writing goal agreed upon as relevant by the student and the instructor. Involves individualized writing assignments. Not a substitute for ENGL 3361. May be repeated once for credit. *May be taken for graduate credit.
ENGL 5301 Problems in the Teaching of English. Three semester hours.
May be either a study in-depth of one aspect of the teaching of English or a thorough investigation of the range of problems facing the English teacher. May not be repeated for credit.
ENGL 5302 Problems in the English Language. Three semester hours.
The course can focus on any of the specific areas in the study of the English language, phonology, morphology, sytax, or semantics, or on any specific area of linguistic study--sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, etc.--as it pertains to the study of the English language. May be repeated once when topic changes.
ENGL 5303 Problems in Comparative Literature. Three semester hours.
An in-depth study of an area of literature not originally written in English. The course may deal with a period, an area, a theme, or a literary type. Readings are in English. May be repeated once when topic changes.
ENGL 5304 General Linguistics. Three semester hours.
Survey of the basic concepts of modern linguistics as they relate to the structure of English. Units include the fundamentalstructure of the English language, phonetics, morphology, syntax, and accidence. Prerequisite: twelve hours of English. ENG 504)
ENGL 5305 Milton. Three semester hours.
Survey of the major writings of Milton as they relate to the politics, history, and culture of England during the reign of Charles I, the Interregnum, and the Restoration. Works will include: Areopagitica, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Sampson Agonistes. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
ENGL 5306 Chaucer. Three semester hours.
Survey of major works of Chaucer with significant textual and critical information about his works. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
ENGL 5307 Problems in American Literature. Three semester hours.
An in-depth study of a theme, an idea, a literary type, a period or school of literature, or a particular writer in American Literature. Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated once when topic changes.
ENGL 5308 Problems in English Literature. Three semester hours.
An in-depth study of a theme, an idea, a literary type, a period or school of literature, or a particular writer of English literature. Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated once when topic changes.
ENGL 5309 Seminar in Literature and Languages. Three semester hours.
An in-depth study of a special problem in language and/or literature. May not be repeated for credit.
ENGL 5310 Old English Literature. Three semester hours.
Basic texts in Old English, especially Beowulf. Prerequisite: ENGL 3348 AND graduate standing.
ENGL 5311 Studies in Medieval Literature. Three semester hours.
An in-depth study of a theme, an idea, a literary type, a school of literature, or a particular writer of the medieval period. May be repeated once when topic changes. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
ENGL 5313 The Continental Novel. Three semester hours.
Familiarizes students with major works by such novelists as Goethe, Balzac, Flaubert, Zola, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Mann and Solzhenitsyn. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
ENGL 5323 Bibliographical Issues in Children's Literature. Three semester hours.
Selection of materials for children based on personal and curriculum-needs for the young child to young adult age groups, studies of historical development. Critical analysis, study of and use of folklore, poetry, imagination and informational literature. Contemporary realism and literature of multi-ethnic cultures. Preparation of bibliographies and displays, storytelling, and annotation writing, oral and written reports, book talks, critical evaluations, and the sharing of reading experience. Research on reading interest. Promotion of intercultural understanding through media studies. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
ENGL 5324 Bibliographic Issues in Young Adult Literature. Three semester hours.
Selection of materials for young adults based on personal and curriculr needs for the young adult. Study of development of the genre, critical analysis of texts, preparation of oral and written reports and book talks, compilation of bibliographies, presentation of displays, and enhancement through media studies. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
ENGL 5339 History of the English Language. Three semester hours.
The English language from Anglo-Saxon times to present day.
ENGL 5347 Contrastive Linguistics. Three semester hours.
The study of the structure of the English language as contrasted with other languages types (Indo-European and non-Indo-European). An examination of historical linguistics, also includes the comparison of sound systems and systematic changes in language. Prerequisites: ENGL 3347, ENGL 5304 plus three additional hours of English.
ENGL 5350 Theory and Practice of Literary Criticism. Three semester hours.
Major theories of literary criticism from a historical perspective. Functional emphasis in critical practice. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
ENGL 5360 Bibliography and Literary Research. Three semester hours.
Introduction of basic techniques of research and scholarly procedures in literature and linguistics. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
ENGL 5365 Seminar in Rhetoric. Three semester hours.
Traditional and modern theories of rhetoric. Topics may include specific theorists, issues in rhetoric or innovative trends in the study of rhetoric. May be repeated twice when topic changes.
ENGL 5398 Thesis. Three semester hours.
To be scheduled by the student in consultation with his/her major professor. Prerequisite: graduate standing and permission of the major instructor/advisor.
ENGL 5399 Thesis. Three semester hours.
To be scheduled by the student in consultation with his/her major professor. Prerequisite: graduate standing and permission of the major instructor/advisor.