English Courses

English Composition Requirement
All students at Southern Connecticut State University must take two semesters of English composition (ENG 100 — Composition I and ENG 101 — Composition II) with the following exceptions:

• Students who place into ENG 098 — Composition Writing Lab, or ENG 099 — English for Foreign Students, upon placement examination;
• Students who place into ENG 101 — Composition II, upon placement examination;
• Students who transfer from other institutions with ENG 100 equivalent credit.With the exception of transfer students who have prior credit in English composition, placement into English composition courses is by examination only. The English composition placement examination is offered each year in April, May, June, July, and October.

Contact Professor Kelly Ritter, Coordinator of Composition (392-7048) with questions about the English composition courses sequence or the English composition placement examination.

University Literature Requirement
The following courses satisfy the University Requirement for literature:
ENG 211 — Major British Authors I
ENG 212 — Major British Authors II
ENG 213 — Major American Authors
ENG 214 — Major World Authors I
ENG 215 — Major World Authors II
ENG 217 — Themes in Literature

All students may elect additional sophomore literature courses as free electives.
Prerequisites in English ENG 101 is a prerequisite for any higher-numbered course in English or literature. All students must take any one of the sophomore literature courses to be eligible for any advanced course in English or literature.

ENG 98 — Composition: Writing Lab
A writing laboratory offering individual guidance to students in need of intensive training and practice in basic writing skills before taking ENG 100. Does not satisfy the freshman composition requirement. By assignment only. 0 credits.

ENG 99 — English for Foreign Students
Instruction and practice in oral and written college-level English. Individual drill, as needed, in grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. Does not satisfy the freshman composition requirement. By assignment only. 3 credits.

ENG 100 — Composition
Instruction and practice in expository writing with appropriate readings and discussion to emphasize the importance of responsible and effective use of language. Does not satisfy the freshman composition requirement. By assignment only. 3 credits.

ENG 101 — Composition II
Continuation of work on writing skills begun in English 100 with a focus on intellectually demanding texts to develop critical reading and critical writing skills. A research paper will be required. By assignment only. Satisfies the freshman composition requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 200 — Intermediate Composition
Course in expository writing, teaching the command of language.

ENG 201 — Introduction to Creative Writing
Emphasis on the basic craft of writing poetry and stories. Selections from contemporary literature are used as creative writing models. Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits.

ENG 202 — Introduction to Poetry Writing
Exercises in the fundamentals of poetry writing: meter, figurative language, tone, and structure. Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits.

ENG 203 — Introduction to Fiction Writing
Exercises in character, conflict, point of view, tone, plot, setting, scene, and narration — culminating in a complete short story. Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits.

ENG 211 — Major British Authors I
Major authors of British literature to 1700, such as Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, and Dryden. Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits.

ENG 212 — Major British Authors II
Major authors of British literature from 1700 to the present, such as Pope, Johnson, Wordsworth, Austen, Dickens, George Eliot, Thackeray, Browning, T.S. Eliot, Joyce, Woolf, and Shaw. Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits.

ENG 213 — Major American Authors
Major authors of American literature, such as Hawthorne, Melville, Thoreau, Whitman, Twain, Chopin, Cather, Wharton, Hurston, James, O’Neill, and Faulkner. Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits.

ENG 214 — Major Authors of the Western World I
Major authors of the Western world through the Renaissance, such as Homer, Sappho, Sophocles, Dante, Cervantes, Rabelais, and Montaigne. Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits.

ENG 215 — Major Authors of the Western World II
Major authors of the Western world from the Renaissance to recent times, such as Moliere, Goethe, Dostoyevsky, Ibsen, Proust, DeBeauoir and Sartre. Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits.

ENG 217 — Themes in Literature
A major theme in world and/or British and/or American literature, such as the Hero, Romantic Love, Politics, will be explored through an examination of the texts of important authors. Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits.

ENG 240 — Professional Writing: Theory and Practice
The study of how language works in written expression, from articles in trade journals to poetry. Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits

ENG 301 — Introduction to Literary Analysis and Critical Theory
Introduction to literary criticism and theory, rhetorical terms, documentation formats, and literary critical thinking. Prerequisite: ENG 101 and University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 302 — Intermediate Poetry Writing
Continued practice and instruction in the craft of writing poetry. Prerequisite: ENG 202 or departmental permission. 3 credits.

ENG 304 — Technical Writing and Communication
Interpreting specialized and technical information for readers at various levels and preparing material for publication. Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits.

ENG 306 — Intermediate Fiction Writing
Continued practice and instruction in the craft of writing fiction. Prerequisite: ENG 203 or departmental permission. 3 credits.

ENG 312 — English Grammar Systems
Study of three major English grammar systems (traditional, structural, and transformational), including some history of the language. Emphasis on modern linguistic principles and on social, regional, and functional varieties of English usage. Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits.

ENG 313 — The Study of Words
The study of the formation and derivation of words. Emphasis on English words and forms derived from Latin and Greek elements. Prerequisite: ENG 101.

ENG 314 — Poetry
Study of the nature and elements of poetry and of traditions associated with various poetic forms. Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits.

ENG 316 — Writing for Business and Industry
Practice in gathering and analyzing data and in writing and editing specialized reports, manuals, and correspondence. Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits.

ENG 325 — English Medieval Literature
A study of the major prose, poetry, and drama of the medieval period in England. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 329 — Modern British Poetry
Representative twentieth-century British poets, with emphasis on Yeats, Eliot, Pound, and Auden. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 331 — British Novel to 1900
Major and minor novelists including such writers as Defoe, Fielding, Richardson, Behn, Austen, Thackeray, Eliot, and Hardy. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 339 — Modern British Novel
Prominent 20th-century British novelists. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 342 — Shakespeare I: 1564-1601
A study of the development of Shakespeare’s dramatic art through a reading of the histories, comedies, and tragedies from the earliest works through Twelfth Night. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 343 — Shakespeare II: 1601-1616
A study of Shakespeare’s mature art through a reading of the problem comedies, the great tragedies, and the dramatic romances. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 344 — Shakespeare's Contemporaries
A selection of plays by Shakespeare's most notable and creative peers, who wrote during a high point in English dramatic production. May include works by Marlowe, Kyd, Jonson, Dekker, Marston, Middleton, Webster, Ford, and Elizabeth Cary. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 360 — Early American Writers
The major works in the age of settlement, revolution, and early romanticism. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 361 — American Renaissance
American writing of the mid-nineteenth century: Romanticism, Sentimentalism, Transcendentalism. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 362 — American Realism
American writing from after the Civil War to the turn of the century. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 365 — Literature of the American West
Study of the literature about the trans-Mississippi West. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 366 — American Poetry
Study of American poetry. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 367 — Poetic Theory: Contemp. American Free Verse
Intensive study of contemporary poetry theory with an emphasis on free verse and its development in 20th-century American poetry: prosodic and rhythmic devices. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 371 — Literature Into Film
An examination of the dynamics involved in the cinematic renderings of literary narratives. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 380 — Chaucer
Chaucer’s poetry with special emphasis on The Canterbury Tales. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 383 — American Women Writers
A study of American women writers of the 17th century to the present including Bradstreet, Dickinson, Chopin, Cather, Wharton, Hurston, and O’Connor. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 397 — Internship in Teaching Writing
An internship in one of the introductory-level, writing-focused courses offered by the English Department for an upperdivision student with particular interests and strengths in writing. Prerequisite: upperdivision standing. 3 credits.

ENG 402 — Advanced Poetry Writing
Workshop in poetry writing for advanced students. Prerequisite: ENG 302 or departmental permission. 3 credits.

ENG 405 — Techniques of Teaching Composition
The course provides intensive experience through writing
and analysis with a variety of techniques to stimulate and evaluate many forms of writing. For prospective English teachers. Prerequisite: ENG 101. 3 credits.

ENG 406 — Advanced Fiction Writing
Workshop in fiction writing for advanced students. Prerequisite: ENG 306 or departmental permission. 3 credits.

ENG 407 — Writing the Novel I
Students approach the difficulties of writing a novel from outline and synopsis to character analyses and sample chapter. Prerequisite: ENG 203 or departmental permission. 3 credits.

ENG 408 — Writing the Novel II
Students continue to develop plot, conflict, and theme in a long fictional work. Prerequisite: ENG 407 or departmental permission. 3 credits.

ENG 415 — History of the Language
Historical, cultural, political, and linguistic survey of the origins and development of the English language. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 421 — Feminist Theory and Literary Criticism
Inquiry into the fundamental problems of feminist thought, critical theory, and literary criticism. 3 credits.

ENG 423 — Contemporary African-American Novelists
An examination of recent African-American novelists such as Morrison, Naylor, Johnson and Wideman, with particular emphasis on emerging writers. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 424 — The Harlem Renaissance
An examination of the major poets and writers of fiction of the Harlem Renaissance, including Toomer, Johnson, Thurman, McKay, Larsen and Hughes. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 428 — Victorian Age Literature
British Literature of the Victorian era, 1837-1901. Prerequisite: University literature requirement.ENG 444 — 18th Century British Literature
Study of the British writers of the 18th century. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 447 — American Drama
American dramatic literature from colonial times to the present. Plays by Tyler, Boucicault, Mowatt, Howard, Herne, Moody, O’Neill, Wilder, Williams, Albee, and others. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 452 — Renaissance in England
Literature of the Renaissance in England, excluding Shakespeare. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 454 — 17th Century British Literature
A survey of the major non-dramatic writers (poets as well as prose writers) and the literary movements. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 455 — 19th Century British Literature: 1837-1900
Major writers from Tennyson to Hardy. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 458 — Romantic Poets
Major British Romantic writers: Blake, Scott, Dorothy Wordsworth, William Wordsworth, Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, Byron, Keats. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 459 — British Drama
A study of the development of British drama from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, using representative plays to illustrate continuity and change. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 463 — 20th Century American Novel
Representative 20th-century American novels. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 484 — Milton
Study of Milton’s Poetry. Prerequisite: University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 486 — Seminar in American Literature
Intensive study of a major writer or a selected topic, with choices changing each term. Prerequisite: open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have completed the University Literature Requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 487 — Seminar in British Literature
Intensive study of a major writer or a selected topic, with choices changing each term. Sections limited to 15 students. Prerequisite: open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have completed the University literature requirement. 3 credits.

ENG 497 — Internship in Teaching Writing
An internship in one of the introductory-level, writing-focused courses offered by the English Department for an upperdivision student with particular interests and strengths in writing. Prerequisite: Upperdivision standing. 3 credits.

ENG 498 — Professional Writing Internship
Practical experience in writing and editing reports, correspondence, and technical materials for area businesses, industries, and government and community agencies directed by a company supervisor and a faculty member. Prerequisite: one professional writing course and B or above on the professional writing exam or departmental permission. 3 credits.

ENG 499 — Independent Study
Prerequisite: departmental permission. 3 credits.