ENG3002 American Renaissance, Realism, & Naturalism
3 credits. A study of the major themes and literary movements from the early 19th century to the dawn of modernism in the 20th century. Prerequisite(s): ENG1303 and (ENG1304 or ENG1305 or ENG1306 or ENG1307)
ENG3003 American Modernism
3 credits. A study of the prose of major American writers from the dawn of modernism to the 1950s. Prerequisite(s): ENG1303 and (ENG1304 or ENG1305 or ENG1306 or ENG1307)
ENG3004 Twentieth Century American Literature
3 credits. Analysis of selected works of American fiction, drama, and nonfiction from WWII to the present. Prerequisite(s): ENG1303 and (ENG1304 or ENG1305 or ENG1306 or ENG1307)
ENG3005 Early American Literature: Beginning to Modernism
3 credits. A focused study of particular authors, texts, or themes in American literature from approximately 1600 to 1945. Authors may include Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, O’Neill, Frost, and Fitzgerald, among others.
ENG3006 Late American Literature: Post-War to Contemporary
3 credits. A focused study of particular authors, texts, or themes in American literature from approximately 1945 to the present. Authors may include Williams, Ellison, Miller, Vonnegut, O’Connor, Angelou, Morrison, McCarthy, Dillard, and Erdrich, among others.
ENG3010 Multicultural American Writers
3 credits. An analysis of selected works of contemporary American minority writers, including Asian-Americans, African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Native Americans. Prerequisite(s): ENG1303 and (ENG1304 or ENG1305 or ENG1306 or ENG1307)
ENG3102 British Authors before 1700
3 credits. A study of major British authors from the 14th through the 17th centuries with emphasis on Chaucer, Spenser, Milton, and on the literary and religious issues in their writing. Prerequisite(s): ENG1303 and (ENG1304 or ENG1305 or ENG1306 or ENG1307)
ENG3109 Shakespeare
3 credits. An analysis of plays by William Shakespeare including comedies, histories, and tragedies. Prerequisite(s): ENG1303 and (ENG1304 or ENG1305 or ENG1306 or ENG1307)
ENG3111 British Authors from 1700 to 1832
3 credits. A study of British literature during the 18th and early 19th centuries, including the novels, poems, and essays. Prerequisite(s): ENG1303 and (ENG1304 or ENG1305 or ENG1306 or ENG1307)
ENG3112 British Authors from 1832 to 1950
3 credits. A study of selected British authors of the Victorian and early modern ages with emphasis on ideas, interpretation, and historical impact. Prerequisite(s): ENG1303 and (ENG1304 or ENG1305 or ENG1306 or ENG1307)
ENG3113 Early British Literature: Medieval to Romantic
3 credits. A focused study of particular authors, texts, or themes in British literature from approximately 1350 to 1830. Authors may include Chaucer, Spenser, Marlowe, Donne, Milton, Swift, Pope, Austen, Wordsworth, and Coleridge, among others.
ENG3114 Late British Literature: Victorian to Contemporary
3 credits. A focused study of particular authors, texts, or themes in British literature from approximately 1830 to the present. Authors may include Tennyson, Browning, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, Yeats, Woolf, C. S. Lewis, Beckett, and Heaney, among others.
ENG3207 Literature of the Modern World
3 credits. A study of 19th and 20th century literary work from around the world, not including British and American authors. Key issues are cultural understanding and the movement from realism to modernism. Prerequisite(s): ENG1303 and (ENG1304 or ENG1305 or ENG1306 or ENG1307)
ENG3225 Literary Criticism
3 credits. A study and analysis of the development of literary theories and interpretations of texts. Prerequisite(s): ENG1303 and (ENG1304 or ENG1305 or ENG1306 or ENG1307)
ENG3302 Creative Writing
3 credits. An opportunity for students as writers to communicate literature born of experience, introspection, and conviction, to afford them the discovery of power of expression. Prerequisite(s): ENG1303 and (ENG1304 or ENG1305 or ENG1306 or ENG1307)
ENG3303 Advanced Expository Writing
3 credits. A study and practice in a variety of nonfiction prose forms to develop a lively and effective writing style, using models from classic essays to contemporary literary nonfiction. Prerequisite(s): ENG1303 and (ENG1304 or ENG1305 or ENG1306 or ENG1307)
ENG3310 Interpersonal Communication
3 credits. The theory and practice of communication in formal and informal settings, focusing on relationships, conflict resolution, and small-group dynamics. Prerequisite(s): junior or senior standing
ENG3311 Advanced Christian Rhetoric
3 credits. An advanced speaking intensive course using rhetorical skills with an emphasis on Christian apologetics, devotional writing, and oral presentation. Prerequisite(s): ENG1303, junior or senior standing
ENG3312 The Art of Public Speaking for Pastors
3 credits. A speaking intensive course for developing rhetorical skills with an emphasis on great speeches in history, the public reading of sacred Scripture, devotional writing, Christian apologetics, and oral presentation.
ENG3322 Structure of English
3 credits. A study of linguistics including an introduction to the theories and methods of comparative grammars. Prerequisite(s): ENG1303
ENG3330 Film and Mass Media Literacy
3 credits. A critical overview of the rhetorical uses and impact of film and mass media within the broader cultural milieu. In addition to the primary emphasis of film, other topics include music, television and new media. Prerequisite(s): ENG1303 and (ENG1304 or ENG1305 or ENG1306 or ENG1307)