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Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree  

ENG	2013, 2023	World Literature*	6
ENG	3063, 3073	Survey of American Literature	6
ENG	3083, 3093	Survey of English Literature	6
		Directed English Electives**	18
		Total Major Requirements	36

   *These six hours meet the general education requirement normally fulfilled by Masters of Western Literature (ENG 2683).

 **The department strongly recommends that students choose elective courses that will expose them to a broad range of genres and historical periods.

 In order to receive a degree with a major in English, a student must complete a minimum of six (6) semester hours of upper-division work in English with a grade of "C" or better at Henderson, regardless of the number of hours of transfer credit.

Major Requirements for the BA with Teacher Licensure 

In addition to the requirements listed above, students seeking teacher licensure in English must earn a minimum of 9 (nine) hours of 3000- or 4000-level courses in English at Henderson and earn a grade of C or better in each course.  ENG 4843 Special Methods: English may not be used to fulfill this requirement.  Directed English Electives must include ENG 3163 Modern Grammar, ENG 4453 Advanced Composition, and ENG 3563 Young Adult Literature for Teachers.  Students seeking Teacher Licensure must also complete the Professional Education Curriculum for 7-12 teachers [listed under Adolescence/Young Adulthood Curriculum (7-12) in the Teachers College chapter of this catalog] and must fulfill the requirements for Education Track BA/BS (shown in The Senior College section of Undergraduate Curricula chapter of this catalog). 

Minor Requirements 

ENG	2013, 2023	World Literature*	6
ENG	3063, 3073	Survey of American Literature
		or	6
ENG	3083, 3093	Survey of English Literature	3
ENG	3163	Modern Grammar	3
		Directed English Elective
		Total Minor Requirements**	18

*These six hours meet the general education requirement normally fulfilled by Masters of Western Literature (ENG 2683).

 **If students minoring in English desire to be certified to teach, they must take an additional six hours of electives, including ENG 4453Advanced Composition. English minors taking the Survey of American Literature must choose elective courses in English literature; likewise, those taking the Survey of English Literature must choose elective courses in American literature (24 hours required for certification).

Writing Specialization Minor

 The writing specialization minor in English is designed for students planning to enter careers or professions, such as business, law, public administration, journalism, the sciences, and other areas in which writing ability is a crucial qualification.
     

Course			Hours	Semester Offered
ENG	2133	Logic and Argument	3	Fall
ENG	3163	Modern Grammar*	3	Fall, Spring, Summer
ENG	3613	Technical Writing	3	Fall, Spring
ENG	4453	Advanced Composition*	3	Fall, Spring
ENG	4983	Advanced Creative Writing*+	3	Spring (odd-numbered years)

       
 One (1) elective from the following list:

MMC	4223	Magazine and Feature Writing	3
MMC	4293	Creative Non-fiction	3
MMC	4303	Online Journalism	3
		(Check with Communicationand Theatre Arts Department)

        
 *May count as English Major electives
 +Prerequisite: ENG 2503 Intro to Creative Writing
 
Courses in English

ENG 0423.  Basic English. A course designed for those students with ACT scores in English in a range mandated by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. The course emphasizes a basic review of grammar and usage.  It provides individualized instruction and laboratory writing experience, in order to better prepare students for required writings in ENG 1463. (ENG 0023 is a nondegree-credit course. If required, course must be completed with a "C" or better before taking ENG 1463.)

ENG 1463.  Freshman English A. A course designed primarily to develop in the student the ability to think coherently, to write clearly and effectively, to gain knowledge of the structure of the language, and to read with understanding and appreciation. The course includes the study of grammar and its application in essays of 350-500 words. Must be completed with a "C" or better before taking ENG 1473.  Prerequisite: ACT score in English of 19,  or equivalent score on alternate test, or a “C” or better in ENG 1422.

ENG 1473.   Freshman English B. A course designed as a sequel to ENG 1463 to refine the ability to think logically and coherently, to write clearly  and effectively, to gain further knowledge of the structure of the language, and to read with understanding, critical acumen, and appreciation. The study of short stories, poetry, drama, and essays provides topical ideas for essays of 5001000 words. Must be completed with a "C" or better before enrolling in any other English course. Prerequisite for other courses in English.

ENG 1803.  Honors Freshman English. A course focusing on the writing process, particularly as it relates to analysis, evaluation, and argumentation. The study of fiction, poetry, and drama provides the student the opportunity to read carefully and critically, to cultivate an appreciation of literature, and to work toward both oral and written expression characterized by clarity, coherence, completeness, economy, specificity, and correctness. Substitutes for ENG 1473, Freshman English B. Prerequisite: honors standing.

ENG 2013.  World Literature I.  A survey of major works of classical, continental, and English literature through the Renaissance. Representative authors include Homer, Aeschylus, Plautus, Euripides, Virgil, Ovid, Marie De France, Alfonsi, Dante, Boccaccio, Chaucer, Petrarch, Machiavelli, Marguetrite De Navarre, Cervantes, De Vega, Shakespeare, and Milton.  Also included are Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and portions of Gilgamesh and The Thousand and One Nights. Prerequisites: ENG 1463 and ENG 1473 (or equivalent preparation) with a “C” or better.  Counts toward the English major and minor. Counts toward the English major and minor.

ENG 2023.  World Literature II. A survey of   major   works of continental, British, and American literature from the Enlightenment to the present.  Representative authors include Moliere, Racine, Swift, Pope, Voltaire, Rousseau, Goethe, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Dickinson, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekov, Ibsen, Baudelaire, Yeats, Eliot, Stevens, Proust, Joyce, Kafka, and Faulkner. Prerequisites: ENG 1463 and ENG 1473 (or equivalent preparation) with a “C” or better.  Counts toward the English major and minor.

ENG 2133.  Logic and Argument.  A writing course designed to develop reasoning skills, persuasion techniques, and revising strategies in order to maximize effectiveness of argumentation.  By examining readings on both sides of controversial issues, students will learn to evaluate evidence, identify errors in logic, and prepare counterarguments. Class discussion on the readings and the issues will also give students opportunity to develop public debating skills.  Does not count toward English major or minor.

ENG 2503.  Creative Writing. A combination lecture/workshop course in which students will produce and critique original works of poetry and fiction.  Students will also study issues related to contemporary literary styles and publication (both in print and on the Internet).  Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of freshman English requirements.

ENG 2683.  Masters of Western Literature. A general education course designed to provide the student with the opportunity to read, analyze, evaluate, discuss, write about, and come to appreciate representative works by such masters of Western literature as Homer, Sophocles, Virgil, Dante, Chaucer, Montaigne, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Milton, Voltaire, Swift, Goethe, Wordsworth, Keats, Emerson, Whitman, Tennyson, Dostoevsky, Ibsen, Joyce, O'Neill, and Faulkner.  Prerequisites: ENG 1463 and ENG 1473 (or equivalent preparation) with a “C” or better.  Counts toward the English major and minor.

ENG 2793.  Masters of Western Literature-Honors.   A general education course designed to provide the student with the opportunity to read, analyze, evaluate, discuss, and come to appreciate representative works by such masters of Western literature as Homer, Sophocles, Virgil, Dante, Chaucer, Montaigne, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Milton, Voltaire, Swift, Goethe, Wordsworth, Keats, Emerson, Whitman, Tennyson, Dostoevsky, Ibsen, Joyce, O'Neill, and Faulkner.  Group and individual projects will augment the curriculum. Prerequisites: ENG 1463, ENG 1473 (or equivalent preparation) with a “C” or better, and honors standing.  Counts toward the English major and minor.
 
ENG 3043.  NonWestern Literature.  A study of the literature of those cultures not included in the Western tradition.  Texts read in the course will include those by Africans, Asians, Latin Americans, and writings from the nations of Islam.  Readings may include classical non-Western works at the discretion of the instructor; however, the major focus of the course will be on more contemporary texts to provide students with some insight into divergent world views as seen through modern non-Western literature.

ENG 3063.  Survey of American Literature I. A survey covering significant writers and works from the colonial period through the Civil War, including such authors as Edwards, Franklin, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Whitman, and Dickinson.

ENG 3073.  Survey of American Literature II. A survey covering significant American writers after the Civil War up to the contemporary period, including such authors as Clemens, James, Crane, Frost, Eliot, Anderson, Faulkner, Hemingway, Steinbeck, and O'Connor.

ENG 3083.  Survey of English Literature I. A view of the history and development of English letters from the AngloSaxon period to the end of the 18th century. Writers covered include the Beowulfpoet, Chaucer, Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Lyly, Donne, Jonson, Milton, Bacon, Dryden, Swift, and Pope.

ENG 3093.  Survey of English Literature II. A continuation of ENG 3083 covering the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in English letters. Writers emphasized usually include Blake, Burns, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Carlyle, Newman, Tennyson, Browning, Huxley, and Hopkins.

ENG 3103, 5103. (WI) Shakespeare. A study of a number of comedies, romances, and tragedies. Focus is on character development and poetry.

ENG 3123, 5123. (WI) Renaissance Literature of England.  A survey of the major historians, poets, and dramatists of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, excluding Shakespeare.

ENG 3163, 5163.  Modern Grammar.  An analysis of the English language according to traditional, structural, and transformational methods.  Content includes the analysis of sentence patterns, morphology, basic transformations, form and structure classes.  Required for certification in English.

ENG 3173, 5173. (WI) Modern Drama. A study of American and European drama from 1890 to 1960. Plays will be selected from the works of dramatists such as Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekov, Shaw, Sartre, Brecht, Miller, O'Neill, Williams, and Yeats.

ENG 3313.  Review Composition.  A thorough review of English composition. Required for graduation unless exempted by examination.  Counts as three hours of elective credit.  Prerequisites are grades of C or better in freshman English requirements.  May not be counted toward the English major or minor. Grade of "C" or better required.

ENG 3323, 5323. (WI) Greek Drama. A study of tragedy and comedy from the classical Greek period. Plays will be selected from the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes.

ENG 3563, 5563.  Young Adult Literature for Teachers.  This course focuses on the teaching of literature in the junior and senior high schools.  Prospective teachers of this age group learn the basics of text selection and rationale as well as activity design for pre-, during, and post-reading; also included are lessons on designing effective assignments, writing objectives, and meeting state standards.  Required for Teacher Licensure in English.

ENG 3593, 5593. (WI) English Novel: 1830-1950. A study of major English, Victorian, and modern novels. This course will include novels by such authors as Dickens, Thackeray, Trollope, the Brontes, Eliot, Hardy, Butler, Carroll, Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, Lawrence, Forster, Cary, and Waugh.

ENG 3613,  5613.  Technical Writing. A service course for majors in mass media, business, preengineering, nursing, prelaw, and the sciences. The course includes  instruction and projects, as well as group work. Does not count toward English major or minor.  Required for Writing Specialization minor. Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of the freshman English requirements.

ENG 3653, 5653. (WI) Medieval Literature. Representative works in English literature dating from 450 to 1500.  Texts may include, but are not limited to, Beowulf; Piers Plowman; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Canterbury Tales; Morte d’Arthur; Everyman; Second Shepherds’ Play; and mystery, miracle, and morality plays.

ENG 3673, 5673. (WI) English Novel to 1830. A study of major English novels of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Readings will be drawn from the works of novelists such as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, Sterne, Goldsmith, Mackenzie, Radcliffe, Austen, Scott, Peacock, and Mary Shelley.

ENG 3963, 5963.  Special Topics.  This course focuses on various genres and themes in literature and language as well as individual authors.  Topics may include, but are not limited to, black literature, Native American literature, Asian or Asian-American literature, Spanish or Hispanic literature, contemporary American poetry, American drama, Chaucer, Milton, Faulkner, or any other topic the department deems suitable.  Because course content will vary, students may take this course twice for six hours of credit.  Prerequisites:  Junior standing or consent of the instructor.

ENG 4193, 5193. (WI) Victorian Literature. A study of prose and poetry of the Victorian era focusing upon Macaulay, Carlyle, Newman, Mill, Huxley, Arnold, Tennyson, Ruskin, Browning, Rossetti, and Swinburne.

ENG 4203, 5203. (WI) English Romantic Literature. A study of the tenets of Romanticism in English literature and a survey of representative writers of the English Romantic Period.

ENG 4213, 5213.  English and Its Development. A study of the evolution of English. An examination of the structure of the language, its position in the world and its relation to other tongues, the wealth of its vocabulary, and the sources from which that vocabulary has been and is being enriched.

ENG 4223, 5223. (WI) American Novel. A study of major American novelists from 1820 to the present. The course will cover such representative authors as Cooper, Hawthorne, Melville, Crane, James, Twain, Dreiser, Norris, Dos Passos, Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Bellow.

ENG 4303, 5303. (WI) Literature of the South. A study of the development of Southern literature from the colonial beginnings to the present. Principal works of various Southern writers are studied to determine the nature and techniques of this regional literature and to view its prominent station in national literature.

ENG 4353, 5353. (WI) Eighteenth Century English Literature. A survey of poetry and prose (no novels or drama) of the period, beginning with some outstanding Restoration writers and extending through the preRomantics.

ENG 4403, 5403. Topics in Women’s Literature.  This course will focus on poetry, prose, and/or drama by women.  Topics will vary.  For example, the course may be a survey of literature written by women of a particular period, movement, or culture, an examination of the works of an individual woman writer, or a cross-cultural exploration of a particular theme within women’s literature.  As course content varies, students may take this course twice. 

ENG 4453, 5453. (WI) Advanced Composition.   An    emphasis    on   writing   compositions   ranging   from  the personal essay   to  advanced   forms  of   analytical, expository, and  research papers. Attention will  be paid to scholarly writing appropriate to the  discipline  of the individual   student,  with   readings   in various disciplines and study and application of the style guides of those disciplines (MLA for English).  In addition to a series or shorter compositions, the course will require one extensive documented research project and paper.  Issues in scholastic publication will also be studied.  Required for certification in English.  Prerequisites:  Satisfactory completion of the freshman English requirements.

ENG 4483, 5483.  Acquisition of English as a Second Language.  A course introducing the theory of acquisition of English as a second language, including the various stages of language development.  It will examine the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional factors impacting on acquisition of English as a second language. Emphasis will be placed on instructional strategies promoting acquisition of English as a second language. This course is designed for students seeking an ESL Endorsement. This course does not substitute for EDU 4873, Special Methods: Foreign Language.  (This course in not applicable to the M.L.A.)

ENG 4533, 5533. (WI) The Romantic Movement in American Literature. A study of the characteristics of the American Romantic Movement in literature and a survey of representative writers of the period.

ENG 4583, 5583. (WI) International Short Story. A study of the short story as a genre, including its history and development up to the present. Writers from various countries will be represented.

ENG 4603, 5603. (WI) Contemporary Literature. An emphasis on postWorld War II American and British fiction with some attention to nonfiction, poetry, and drama.

ENG 4633, 5633. (WI) Introduction to Literary Criticism. A study of the various approaches to literary criticism, their historical development, and their practical applications. Students will also examine the close relationship between criticism and literary research.

ENG 4643, 5643. (WI) Rhetoric and Composition. This course reviews rhetorical theories from classic through contemporary, with an emphasis on the application of theory to the teaching of composition.  Includes grounding in the development of composition as an academic discipline as well as modern uses and misuses of rhetoric in the public sphere.

ENG 4663, 5663. (WI) Introduction to Linguistics. A survey of major historical schools of linguistics with emphasis upon contemporary theory and its application to the understanding and teaching of English.

ENG 4753. Writing Specialization Seminar.  The Writing Specialization Seminar involves a semester-long writing/editing project tailored to the interests of individual students.  Ideally, each project puts to use skills and knowledge acquired via other courses within the minor.  Individual and class conferences are held, and short reports are due weekly.  Projects can encompass a wide variety of interests and needs from the individual (creative writing) to the community-based (technical writing).

ENG 4813.  Topics in Women’s Literature.

ENG 4843. Special Methods: English. Special  methods in the teaching of  English.  Required for Teacher Licensure in English.  Does not count toward English major or minor.

ENG 4983  Advanced Creative Writing.  In this course, students will not only continue to develop and refine the portfolios they started in Intro to Creative Writing, but will also delve more deeply into the intellectual life of the writer.  To that end, contemporary fiction and poetry will be analyzed through a series of book reviews and formal explications of individual poems and stories.  Furthermore, students will also gain valuable editing experience by developing an issue of Proscenium.