USF 1997-98 Undergraduate Catalog - Pages 78 - 79 | Course Descriptions |
All first-time-in-college students are required to take Freshman English (a sequential two-semester course of study) in accordance with the following conditions:
The program in English provides options in English and American literature, creative writing, and professional and technical writing. The literature option covers the major periods of English and American literature. The creative writing option includes training in writing and coverage of English and American literature. The professional and technical writing option combines the study of English and American literature with an introduction to writing found in the professional workplace. The English Education program is described under the section for the College of Education. Major requirements for English majors are listed below. A grade of "D" will not be counted toward fulfilling the major requirements. Students may not use more than one Directed Study toward meeting the major requirements.
Eleven courses (33 hrs.) as follows:
This option is designed for aspiring writers of fiction or poetry. In addition to giving credit for writing through a variety of course offerings, it provides information about procedures for publishing.
Note: Except for CRW 3311, the courses above must be taken in sequence. CRW 3311 may be taken at any time after CRW 3111 is completed.
Additional course requirements: The student must select six literature courses from those listed in OPTION I. Two courses must be from group "1," two more from group "2," and one from group "3." At least two of the courses must have either an ENL or LIT prefix.
Note: Except for CRW 3111 the courses above must be taken in sequence. CRW 3111 may be taken at any time after CRW 3311 is completed.
Additional course requirements: Same as for the Fiction Writing option above.
This 36-hour program allows undergraduates to concentrate their studies in professional writing, wherein they will master special writing skills demanded by industry, business, government, and the professions. Semester-long internships may be arranged by the English Department with local businesses, industries, and professional organizations. Interns will earn three credit hours and, in some cases, receive compensation for their duties.
Students choosing this concentration will also assure themselves of a core of liberal arts studies since they must take 21 credit hours of literature courses in addition to 15 hours of composition courses.
English and American Literature Minor (15 hours)
Creative Writing Minor (15 hours)
Professional and Technical Writing Minor (15 hours)
Students wishing to transfer to USF should complete the A.A. degree at the community college. Some courses required for the major may also meet General Education Requirements thereby transferring maximum hours to the university. A minimum of 60 semester hours must be completed at the university unless prior approval is secured. If students transfer without an A.A. degree and have fewer than 60 semester hours of acceptable credit, the students must meet the university’s entering freshman requirements including ACT or SAT test scores, GPA, and course requirements.
The transfer student should also be aware of the immunization, foreign language, and continuous enrollment policies of the university.
Students should complete the following prerequisite courses listed below at the lower level prior to entering the University. If these courses are not taken at the community college, they must be completed before the degree is granted. Unless stated otherwise, a grade of “C” is the minimum acceptable grade.
Suggested electives:
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AML 3031 AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO 1860 (3)
A study of representative works from the period of early settlement through American Romanticism, with emphasis on such writers as Cooper, Irving, Bryant, Hawthorne, Emerson, Melville, Thoreau, and Poe, among others.
AML 3032 AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM 1860 TO 1912 (3)
A study of representative works of selected American Realists and early Naturalists, among them Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, Howells, Crane, Dreiser, Wharton, Robinson, Dunbar, and Johnson.
AML 3051 AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM 1912-1945 (3)
A study of poetry, drama, and fiction by such writers as Pound, Stein, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Porter, Toomer, Cummings, Williams, Anderson, Steinbeck, Wright, West, Stevens, Henry Miller, and others.
AML 3453 HISTORICAL PERPSECTIVES IN EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE (3)
Examines American Literature from the Colonial Period to the Civil War as a manefestation of geographical, political, social, and intellectual forces. Will not be counted toward the English major.
AML 3604 AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE -6A -XLW (3)
A study of African-American literature from the nineteenth century to the present, including the works of such writers as W.E.B. Dubois, Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, LeRoi Jones, and Nikki Giovanni. (Also offered in Africana Studies.)
AML 4111 NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN NOVEL (3)
A study of the American novel from its beginnings through 1900, including such novelists as Cooper, Hawthorne, Melville, James, Twain, Crane, and Dreiser, among others.
AML 4121 TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN NOVEL (3)
A study of major trends and influences in American prose fiction from 1900 to the present. Includes works by such writers as Hemingway, London, Wharton, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, West, Mailer, Bellow, Ellison, Donleavy, Updike, Vonnegut, and others.
AML 4261 LITERATURE OF THE SOUTH (3)
A study of the major writers of the "Southern Renaissance," including writers such as Faulkner, Wolfe, Caldwell, Hellman, McCullers, O'Connor, Warren, Styron, Tate, Davidson, and Dickey.
AML 4330 SELECTED AMERICAN AUTHORS (3)
The study of two or three related major authors in American literature; the course may include such writers as Melville and Hawthorne, Hemingway and Faulkner, James and Twain, Pound and Eliot, Stevens and Lowell, etc. Specific topics will vary. May be repeated twice for credit with different topics.
CRW 2100 NARRATION AND DESCRIPTION -6A (3)
A study of narrative and descriptive techniques in prose. By making the student sensitive to language usage, it is designed to bridge the gap between expository writing and imaginative writing.
CRW 3111 FORM AND TECHNIQUE OF FICTION -6A (3)
A study of short narrative forms such as the anecdote, tale, character sketch, incident, monologue, epistolary story, and short story as they have been used in the development of fiction and as they exist today.
CRW 3112 FICTION I -6A (3)
PR: CRW 3111. An introduction to fiction writing, beginning with a practical study of the various elements of fiction and proceeding through the many processes of revision to arrive at a completed work of art.
CRW 3121 FICTION II -6A (3)
PR: CRW 3111, CRW 3112. A fiction workshop which provides individual and peer guidance and direction for student writing and which also attempts to encourage the development of critical skills.
CRW 3311 FORM AND TECHNIQUE OF POETRY (3)
An examination of the techniques employed in fixed forms from the couplet through the sonnet to such various forms as the rondel, ballad, villanelle, sestina, etc. Principles in the narrative, dramatic, and lyric modes are also explored.
CRW 3312 POETRY I (3)
PR: CRW 3311. An introduction to poetry writing utilizing writing exercises employing poetic language and devices; the exercises progress to the writing of both rhymed and unrhymed metrical and non-metrical forms.
CRW 3321 POETRY II (3)
PR: CRW 3311, CRW 3312. A poetry workshop which provides individual and peer guidance and direction for the student's writing and which also attempts to encourage the development of critical skills.
CRW 4120 FICTION III (3)
PR: CRW 3111, CRW 3112, CRW 3121. An advanced fiction workshop wherein works may be carried over from CRW 3121 or longer forms such as the novel may be begun. May be taken twice for credit.
CRW 4320 POETRY III (3)
PR: CRW 3311, CRW 3312, CRW 3321. An advanced poetry workshop wherein students are expected to create works exhibiting a firm knowledge of the principles explored in the preceding courses. May be taken twice for credit.
CRW 4930 SELECTED TOPICS IN CREATIVE WRITING (1-4)
PR: 12 hours of CRW courses or CI. The focus of the course will be governed by student demand and instructor interest. Topics to be covered may include writing the literary essay, writing in mixed genres, and utilizing popular conventions in serious works. May be repeated up to 8 credit hours.
ENC 1101, 1102 FRESHMAN ENGLISH -6A -EC (3,3)
Instruction and practice in the skills of writing and reading. Courses must be taken in numerical sequence.
ENC 1121 FRESHMAN ENGLISH: HONORS -6A -EC (3)
Honors Section of ENC 1101. Reserved for students in the University's Honors Program.
ENC 1122 FRESHMAN ENGLISH II: HONORS -6A -EC (3)
PR: ENC 1121. Honors Section of ENC 1102. Reserved for students in the University's Honors Program.
ENC 2210 TECHNICAL WRITING -6A (3)
Effective presentation of technical and semi-technical information.
ENC 3213 PROFESSIONAL WRITING -6A (3)
Introduction to the techniques and types of professional writing, including correspondence and reports most often found in business, technical, and scientific communities.
ENC 3310 EXPOSITORY WRITING -6A (3)
A course teaching the techniques for writing effective prose, excluding fiction, in which student essays are extensively criticized, edited, and discussed in individual sessions with the instructor.
ENC 4260 ADVANCED TECHNICAL WRITING (3)
PR: ENC 2210, or ENC 3310, or CI. Advanced Technical Writing is a course designed to develop writing skills of a high order: technical exposition; technical narration, description, and argumentation; graphics; proposals; progress reports; physical research reports; and feasibility reports.
ENC 4311 ADVANCED COMPOSITION (3)
PR: ENC 3310 or CI. Instruction and practice in writing effective, lucid, and compelling prose, with special emphasis on style, logical argumentation, and critical thinking.
ENC 4931 SELECTED TOPICS IN PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WRITING (3)
PR: ENC 3213, ENC 2210, or ENC 3310 or CI. Focus of the course will be determined by student demand and instructor interest. Topics to be covered may include legal writing, the conventions of business writing, and writing for the social sciences.
ENG 4013 LITERARY CRITICISM (3)
A study of the works of major literary critics from Aristotle to the present, with emphasis on their meaning, their implied world view, and their significance for our own time and literature.
ENG 4060 HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (3)
The evolution of language from Anglo-Saxon through Middle English to Modern English. Development of the English lexicon. Changes in the pronunciation, syntactic, and semantic systems; discussion of the forms which influenced them.
ENG 4906 INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH (1-4)
Directed study in special projects. Special permission of chairperson required.
ENG 4907 DIRECTED READING (3)
Readings in special topics.
ENL 3015 BRITISH LITERATURE TO 1616 (3)
A survey of representative prose, poetry, and drama from its beginnings through the Renaissance, including such poems and figures as Beowulf, Chaucer, Malory, More, Hooker, Skelton, Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, and Jonson.
ENL 3230 BRITISH LITERATURE 1616-1780 (3)
A survey of 17th Century and Neoclassical Literature, including such figures as Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughan, Marvell, Milton, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Boswell, and Goldsmith.
ENL 3251 BRITISH LITERATURE 1780-1900 (3)
The poetry and poetics of the Romantic figures, with attention to the continuing importance of romantic thinking in contemporary affairs and letters; a survey of representative figures of the Victorian and Edwardian periods, including poetry, prose, and drama.
ENL 3273 BRITISH LITERATURE 1900-1945 (3)
Survey of poetry, drama, and fiction of such writers as Eliot, Yeats, Thomas, Conrad, Shaw, Joyce, Lawrence, Huxley, Woolf, Forster, Waugh, Owen, Auden, O'Casey, and others.
ENL 3331 EARLY SHAKESPEARE (3)
A study of from six to eight of Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and early tragedies, ending with Hamlet. Special attention to developing the student's ability to read and interpret the text.
ENL 3332 LATE SHAKESPEARE (3)
A study of from six to eight of Shakespeare's problem plays, major tragedies, and late romances. Special attention to developing the student's ability to read and interpret the text.
ENL 4122 BRITISH NOVEL THROUGH HARDY (3)
A study of early and later British novels such as Fielding, Smollett, Sterne, Austen, Scott, Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy, among others.
ENL 4132 BRITISH NOVEL: CONRAD TO THE PRESENT (3)
A critical study of British fiction from 1900 to the present, with emphasis on such writers as Conrad, Lawrence, Joyce, Woolf, Huxley, Orwell, Burgess, Murdoch, Golding, and others.
ENL 4171 HISTORY OF BRITISH DRAMA TO 1912 (3)
A study of the history of British Drama from its liturgical origins to the beginning of the twentieth century, exclusive of Shakespeare. Included are the mystery and morality plays, and representative works by Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, Dryden, Congreve, Sheridan, and Wilde, and others.
ENL 4303 SELECTED AUTHORS (3)
The study of two or three related major figures in English, American, or World Literature. The course may include such writers as Fielding and Austen, Keats and Yeats, Joyce and Flaubert, etc. Specific topics will vary. May be taken twice for credit with different topics.
ENL 4311 CHAUCER (3)
An intensive study of The Canterbury Tales and major critical concerns.
ENL 4338 ADVANCED STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE (3)
PR: ENL 3331 or ENL 3332, or CI. Intensive study of selected plays of Shakespeare, with special attention to significant critical issues and to the Elizabethan and Jacobean cultural setting.
ENL 4341 MILTON (3)
Study of the poetry and major prose of John Milton, with special emphasis on Paradise Lost.
LIN 3670 ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND USAGE (3)
A course in the basics of traditional English grammar designed as a complement to our composition and creative writing courses, as a review for those students who will take preprofessional exams, and as a basic course for students interested in improving their knowledge of English. Will not be counted toward the English major.
LIN 4671 TRADITIONAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR (3)
A course primarily using the sentence diagram to present a detailed analysis of the parts of speech, verb tenses, sentence functions, and other basic grammatical classifications of traditional English grammar.
LIN 4680 STRUCTURE OF AMERICAN ENGLISH (3)
An introductory survey of traditional, structural, and generative transformational grammars and their techniques for the analysis and description of linguistic structure in general, and contemporary American English, in particular.
LIT 2000 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE -6A (3)
The nature and significance of literature in its various forms: fiction, drama, poetry; emphasis on the techniques of reading literature for informed enjoyment. Will not be counted toward the English major.
LIT 2010 INTRODUCTION TO FICTION -6A -HP (3)
A study of the short story and novel as literary forms; approached from an historical perspective though not restricted to any historical period. Will not be counted toward the English major.
LIT 2021 CURRENT SHORT FICTION (3)
Traditional and experimental short stories of this generation: such writers as Updike, Malamud, O'Connor, Roth, Barth, Ionesco, and Barthelme. Will not be counted toward the English major.
LIT 2030 INTRODUCTION TO POETRY -6A (3)
A study of the poem as literary form; approached from an historical perspective though not restricted to any historical period. Will not be counted toward the English major.
LIT 2040 INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA -6A -HP (3)
A study of the major forms of drama as literature and theatre; approached from an historical perspective though not restricted to any historical period. Will not be counted toward the English major.
LIT 2046 DRAMA: TEXTS AND FILMS (3)
A study of the great works of drama, with emphasis on recent forms and themes. Films will demonstrate the possibilities of visualization. Will not be counted toward the English major.
LIT 2091 CURRENT NOVELS (3)
A study of major British and American novels since WW II; attention will be given to the cultural influences and recent literary trends. Will not be counted toward the English major.
LIT 2310 FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION (3)
A survey of fantasy and science fiction in England and America from Mary Shelley to the present; includes such writers as Poe, Melville, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, among others. Will not be counted toward the English major.
LIT 2931 SELECTED TOPICS IN ENGLISH STUDIES (1-4)
Varying from semester to semester, the course examines in depth a predominant literary theme or the work of a select group of writers. Will not be counted toward the English major.
LIT 3022 MODERN SHORT NOVEL (3)
A study of the novella from the nineteenth century to the present. Writers include: James, Dostoevsky, Camus, Styron, Nabokov, Gardner, Roth, Vonnegut, among others.
LIT 3043 MODERN DRAMA (3)
A study of such modern and contemporary dramatists as Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Pirandello, Shaw, O'Neill, Pinter, Stoppard, Brecht, Beckett, and Ionesco.
LIT 3073 CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE -6A -XLW (3)
An introduction to the fiction, poetry, and drama written since 1945--American, British, Continental, or Multicultural. Focus may be on one, two, or all three genres or on works from any combination of nationalities.
LIT 3101 LITERATURE OF THE WESTERN WORLD THROUGH THE RENAISSANCE -6A (3)
A study in English of the great works of Western Literature from its beginnings through the Renaissance, including the Bible, Homer, Sophocles, Plato, Euripides, Virgil, Cicero, Dante, Petrarch, Machiavelli, and Rabelais, among others.
LIT 3102 LITERATURE OF THE WESTERN WORLD SINCE THE RENAISSANCE -6A (3)
A study in English of the great works of Western Literature from the Neoclassic to the Modern Period, including such writers as Moliere, Racine, Voltaire, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Ibsen, Kafka, Gide, Sartre, and Camus, among others.
LIT 3103 GREAT LITERATURE OF THE WORLD - 6A -XMW -XLW (3)
PR: Junior/Senior standing. A survey of world literature including samples from the ancient and modern era, western and eastern traditions, male and female writers, and various ethnic cultures. Focus on values/ethics, race, ethnicity, and gender; thinking and writing skills. Will not be counted toward the English major.
LIT 3144 MODERN EUROPEAN NOVEL (3)
A study of the Modern European novel in translation as it developed from the nineteenth century to the present, including such writers as Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Kafka, Hesse, Camus, and Solzhenitsyn.
LIT 3155 TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERATURE -HP (3)
Examines major literary works of the 20th Century written in English and explores ways authors have expressed the age, its great issues and conflicts, in order to gain an historical perspective that will help relate the present to the recent past. Designed for non-majors, but majors may take it by special arrangement.
LIT 3301 CULTURAL STUDIES AND THE POPULAR ARTS -6A -XMW -XLW (3)
A study of twentieth century culture as it is represented in film, fiction, and other cultural artifacts.
LIT 3374 THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE -XMW (3)
Major emphasis on literary types, literary personalities of the Old and New Testaments, and Biblical archetypes of British and American literary classics. Fall Semester, Old Testament; Spring Semester, New Testament. Course may be repeated for credit with change of content; may be counted only once toward the English major.
LIT 3383 THE IMAGE OF WOMEN IN LITERATURE (3)
A survey of feminism, antifeminism, sexual identity, the feminine mystique, stereotyped and liberated female images from Sappho to the present, with special emphasis on women writers and on the emergence of the women's movement. Will not be counted toward the English major. (Also offered under Women's Studies.)
LIT 3410 RELIGIOUS AND EXISTENTIAL THEMES (3)
Theological and philosophical ideas, allusions, and symbols in the writings of Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Mann, Joyce, Eliot, Camus, Sartre, among others.
LIT 3451 LITERATURE AND THE OCCULT -6A -XMW -XLW (3)
An introduction to the occult tradition as a major ingredient in English, Continental, American, and Multicultural literature; analysis of the origins, classifications, and areas of the various magic arts from classical times through the present. Will not be counted toward the English major.
LIT 3700 SURVEY OF POETRY (3)
A chronological sampling of the major poems written in English from the Middle Ages to the present. Recommended as the first course in the poetry option.
LIT 4011 THEORY OF FICTION (3)
Intensive study of the genres and varieties of fiction to ascertain the theoretical and technical problems involved in the work of fiction.
LIT 4386 BRITISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE BY WOMEN -6A -XLW -XMW (3)
Survey of women's literary tradition in England and America from the seventeenth century to the present. Thematic focus includes self, marriage, sexuality, madness, race, and generations. Open to majors and non-majors. Writing intensive.
LIT 4930 SELECTED TOPICS IN ENGLISH STUDIES (1-4)
The content of the course will be governed by student demand and instructor interest. It will examine in depth a recurring literary theme or the work of a small group of writers. Special courses in writing may also be offered under this title. May be repeated with different topics.
REA 1105 ADVANCED READING (3)
Designed to help students develop maximum reading efficiency. The course includes extensive instruction and laboratory practice in the improvement of adequate rates of reading, vocabulary, and comprehensive skills. An independent study approach is also available for students who prefer to assume responsibility for their own progress. Will not be counted toward the English major.
REA 1605 LEARNING STRATEGIES WITHIN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES (2)
To provide within any academic discipline the necessary learning strategies needed for success related to academic coursework. Practice of learning strategies will be within the framework of the student's coursework, providing direct transfer to academic area material. Will not be counted toward the English major.
REA 2405 SPEED READING DEVELOPMENT (2)
A course designed to develop speed reading techniques on various levels of difficulty. Emphasis is placed on comprehension via numerous practice drills. Will not be counted toward the English major. (S/U only.)
REA 2505 VOCABULARY (3)
A practical course in rapid vocabulary improvement for students in all areas. Stress is on words in context. Will not be counted toward the English major.
WST 4262 LITERATURE BY AMERICAN WOMEN OF COLOR - 6A -XLW (3)
An introduction to contemporary women writers of color in the U.S.: Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/U.S. Latinas. Readings will include literature and contextual articles on historical and cultural issues. Will not be counted toward the English major. (May also be taken for credit in Women's Studies.)
WST 4263 THIRD WORLD WOMEN WRITERS -6A -XLW (3)
Introduces the literature of women from various anglophone countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia; some U.S. writers will be included to represent a third world diasporic consciousness. Will not be counted toward the English major. (May also be taken for credit in Women's Studies.)
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