English

B.A. Degree - English Major

In addition to the general education requirements, majors in English must complete a program of 42 s.h.

All survey courses 12 s.h.

ENGL2310 English Literature to 1800 3 s.h.

ENGL2320 English Literature from 1800 to 1919 3 s.h.

ENGL2330 American Literature to 1900 3 s.h.

ENGL2340 20th Century English and American Literature 3 s.h.

Upper-division literature electives 6 s.h.

Creative writing 6 s.h. of the following:

ENGL2410 Creative Writing: Poetry 3 s.h.

ENGL2420 Creative Writing: Fiction 3 s.h.

ENGL3540 Screenwriting 3 s.h.

Advanced Composition: in addition to the advanced composition course required by general education, students must take any two of the following: 6 s.h.

ENGL3200 Advanced Composition: Business and Professional Writing 3 s.h.

ENGL3210 Advanced Composition: Essay Writing 3 s.h.

ENGL3220 Advanced Composition: Technical Report Writing 3 s.h.

ENGL3250 Advanced Composition: Honors 3 s.h.

ENGL3270 Advanced Composition: Media Writing 3 s.h.

ENGL3280 Advanced Composition: Newswriting 3 s.h.

ENGL3110 Critical Theory 3 s.h.

ENGL3410 Structure of English 3 s.h.

ENGL3480 Cultural Studies 3 s.h.

ENGL4150 Senior Project 3 s.h.

English Minor

A minor in English requires 18 or more semester hours in English including ENGL3410 or ENGL3480 and two of the following: ENGL2310, ENGL2320, ENGL2330, ENGL2340.
The following courses are not acceptable for credit in the minor: ENGL1410, ENGL1440, ENGL1470, ENGL1480, ENGL3200-3280, ENGL3370.

Cinema Studies Minor

A minor in Cinema Studies requires 18 or more semester hours from the following:

ENGL2510 Principles of Cinema Studies 3 s.h.

ENGL3110 Critical Theory or

ENGL3480 Cultural Studies 3 s.h.

ENGL3520 American Cinema History 3 s.h.

Other Cinema Studies electives (ENGL2520, ENGL3510, ENGL3520, ENGL3530, ENGL3540, ENGL4490) 9 s.h.

Teacher Certification in English

1. FOR ENGLISH MAJORS WHO WANT A SECONDARY ENDORSEMENT (5-12): In addition to satisfying major requirements, English majors desiring an English/Language Arts secondary endorsement (5-12) in Iowa must complete the Teacher Education Program (with ENGL3370 Methods of Teaching English as the appropriate methods course).
2. FOR NON-ENGLISH MAJORS WHO WANT A SECONDARY ENGLISH ENDORSEMENT (5-12): Non-English majors desiring a secondary English/ Language Arts endorsement (5-12) in Iowa must complete the Secondary Education Program (with ENGL3370 Methods of Teaching English as the appropriate methods course), a major in a secondary teaching field and the following courses:
   
   ENGL1410 Modern Rhetoric or
   ENGL1440 English Honors 3 s.h.
   ENGL3200 Advanced Composition: Business and Professional Writing or
   ENGL3210 Advanced Composition: Essay Writing or
   ENGL3220 Advanced Composition: Technical Report Writing 3 s.h.
   COMM1200 Speech Communication: An Introduction 3 s.h.
   ENGL2310 English Literature to 1800 or
   ENGL2320 English Literature from 1800 to 1919 3 s.h.
   ENGL2330 American Literature to 1900 3 s.h.
   ENGL3410 Structure of English 3 s.h.
   Approved English Electives 6 s.h.

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ENGL1410 Modern Rhetoric 3 s.h.
Designed to help students improve their writing skills by combining extensive writing practice with a study of the various forms of written discourse (exposition, narration, argumentation, description). Prerequisite for students with Enhanced ACT English score below 15, an SAT English score below 400, or a COMPASS English Placement score below 70: DEVL1250 or two high school English courses, one of which must be or prominently require composition (not creative writing), with a grade of "C" or better in both. (Students whose native language is not English must have the approval of the instructor of English as a Second Language before enrolling in Modern Rhetoric.) Goal 1b, 4c1, 4ab (Goal 1B Catalog 0809+)

ENGL1440 English Honors 3 s.h.
Designed to help exceptional students improve their writing skills and increase their understanding of their linguistic environment by combining extensive writing practice with a study of language, the basic principles of logic, and the various forms of written discourse (exposition, narration, argumentation, description). Admission by selection only. Goal 1b, 4c1, 4ab (Goal 1B Catalog 0809+)

ENGL1500 Introduction to Literature 3 s.h.
Introduction to the major genres of literature: fiction, poetry and drama. Designed for students with little or no background in literature. Recommended as preparation for other literature courses. Goal 2b, 4c1 (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

ENGL2000 Individual Study 1-3 s.h.

ENGL2220 Frankenstein in Text and Film 3 s.h.
Examines the history of the Frankenstein myth by studying several significant film representations as well as Mary Shelley's text. Addresses psychoanalytic, feminist, historicist, and Marxist interpretation of Shelley's important text. (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)(Goal 2B Catalog 0910+)

ENGL2270 Literature by Women 3 s.h.
This interdisciplinary class offers close, careful readings of a range of literary works by women writers from the English-speaking world. These texts describe their authors’ sometimes problematic, sometimes triumphant relationships to culture and society. The material is arranged chronologically from the middle ages to the present in order to suggest a general historical overview of women’s experiences in western culture. Also this structure should help readers see that there is an important female literary tradition that, for several centuries, has coexisted with, revised, and influenced male literary models. We will explore both the diversity and commonality of women’s experiences, as expressed in issues like culture, race, class, sexual preference, education, geography, and religion. Goal 2b, 3, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)(Goal 2B Catalog 0910+)

ENGL2310 English Literature to 1800 3 s.h.
An introduction to major English writers and literary movements from the Old English period through the 18th century with emphasis on Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton. Goal 2b, 3 (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

ENGL2320 English Literature from 1800 to 1919 3 s.h.
An introduction to major English writers and literary movements from the Romantic Period through the First World War. Goal 2b, 3 (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

ENGL2330 American Literature to 1900 3 s.h.
Survey of American writers beginning with the Colonial period and continuing throughout the 19th century. Goal 2b, 3 (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

ENGL2340 Twentieth-Century English and American Literature 3 s.h.
Survey of the major English and American writers of the 20th century. Emphasis on poetry and fiction. Goal 2b, 3 (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

+ ENGL2410 Creative Writing: Poetry 3 s.h.
Designed to increase students’ understanding and appreciation of poetry through extensive poetry writing and class discussion. Emphasis on poetry as a means of self-discovery as well as an art form. Goal 4ab (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

+ ENGL2420 Creative Writing: Fiction 3 s.h.
Designed to increase students’ understanding and appreciation of fiction through extensive fiction writing and class discussion. Emphasis on fiction as a means of self-discovery as well as an art form. Goal 4ab (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

+ ENGL2500 Introduction to Mass Media (Also COMM2500) 3 s.h.
Introduction to the primary mass media forms — newspapers, books, magazines, radio, television, sound recording, movies, and the Internet — to gain an understanding of the ways they operate. Included are industries based on mass media—journalism, advertising, and public relations—as well mass media theory, law, and ethics. Emphasis on critical thinking about the mass media. Goal 4ab

ENGL2510 Principles of Cinema Studies 3 s.h.
Study of cinema as an artistic endeavor, form of rhetoric, cultural mirror, and purveyor of ideology. Introduces the fundamentals of the discipline, to include vocabulary, concepts of film production, film reception, film analysis, film interpretation, and film criticism. The stylistic elements of film, as well as the defining role of the director as artist and storyteller, are examined. Exploration of the artistic, commercial, entertainment, and ideological relationships between cinema and American culture, along with practice in the film literacy skills needed to qualitatively assess and communicate cinema's artistic and cultural contributions. Goal 2b, 3. (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

ENGL2520 Film Adaptations of Literature 3 s.h.
A representative sampling of literary adaptations to film. Designed to increase understanding of the relationship between and interdependence among cinema and literature. Goal 2b (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

ENGL2550 The Politics in/of Cinema 3 s.h.
An analysis of films that take politics as their narrative topic. "Politics" will be defined in two ways. The first way examines the various and sometimes conflicting ways films portray politics, politicians, criminals, the law, and government. The second way examines how films question or reinforce stereotypes centering on issues of race, gender, class, and sexuality. Ultimately, the course foregrounds such questions as "how stable is the boundary between politics and art," and "what does it mean to call a work of art political." Goals 2b, 10. (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)(Goal 2B Catalog 0910+)

ENGL2560 Korea: The Forgotten War 3 s.h.
An interdisciplinary exploration of the Korean War. After establishing the historical context for the conflict, the course examines diverse perspectives on the war. Depictions of the war through memoirs, fiction, poetry, and film are all examined, analyzed, and discussed. The course focuses (1) on the technical elements of fiction, non-fiction, and film that create aesthetic response and meaning, (2) on issues of genre and historical representation, and (3) on the meaning of the Korean War experience for participants, individual writers/filmmakers, and for American society. Goal 2b, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)(Goal 2B Catalog 0910+)

ENGL2570 Protest and Propaganda
An investigation of propaganda and social protest films, novels, and art of the 20th century. Analysis of how political or social struggle is fused into a creative, entertaining, or aesthetic product for purposes of affecting social change. Issues pertaining to the use of culture as a political tool will be discussed. Goal 2b, 10 (Goal 10 Catalog 0809+)(Goal 2B Catalog 0910+)

ENGL2900 Topics in English 3 s.h.
Special studies in English designed primarily for the non-English major. Content may vary and will be announced at time of offering. When content changes, course may be repeated for credit.

ENGL3000 Individual Study 1-3 s.h.

+ ENGL3110 Critical Theory 3 s.h.
Advanced study of literary, cultural, and moving image theory, and the application to written and filmic texts. For literature and cinema studies concentration majors. Goal 2b, 4b

ENGL3150 Film, Theatre, and the American Dream 3 s.h.
Explores a fundamental component of American mythology referred to as "The American Dream." Examines some of the ways in which the American Dream has been defined, promulgated, and evaluated in films and plays. Implications of gender, ethnicity, income, geography, and historical period on perceptions of the American Dream also will be investigated. (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

ENGL3200 Advanced Composition: Business and Professional Writing 3 s.h.
Designed to increase the writing skill of upper-division students. Strong emphasis on writing for professional purposes. Techniques of writing for specified audiences. Practice in planning and writing, in self-criticism, and in editing. Prerequisites: ENGL1410 and Junior standing. Goal 1b, 4c1, 4ab (Goal 1C Catalog 0809+)

ENGL3210 Advanced Composition: Essay Writing 3 s.h.
Designed to increase the writing skill of upper-division students. Emphasis on critical thinking, reading and writing and on applying complex principles of style. Prerequisites: ENGL1410 and Junior standing. Goal 1b, 4c1, 4ab (Goal 1C Catalog 0809+)

ENGL3220 Advanced Composition: Technical Report Writing 3 s.h.
Designed to increase the writing skill of upper-division students. Focus on writing that enables readers to act—to meet needs or perform tasks associated with their jobs. Emphasis on technical reports, both formal and informal. Prerequisites: ENGL1410 and Junior standing. Goal 1b, 4c1 (Goal 1C Catalog 0809+)

ENGL3250 Advanced Composition: Honors 3 s.h.
Designed to increase the writing skill of upper-division Honors students. Emphasis on the interconnections of critical thinking, reading, writing and the sustained scholarly research process. Prerequisites: ENGL1410 or ENGL1440 and Junior standing. Admission for Honors students or by instructor consent. Goal 1b, 4c1, 4ab (Goal 1C Catalog 0809+)

ENGL3270 Advanced Composition: Media Writing 3 s.h.
An introduction to writing for broadcast and print media. Emphasis is on writing clear, concise, and concrete prose appropriate to most mass media audiences. Course also includes an introduction to the principles of advertising and public relations writing. Prerequisites: ENGL1410 and junior standing. Goal 1b, 4ab (Goal 1C Catalog 0809+)

ENGL3280 Advanced Composition: Newswriting 3 s.h.
Designed to increase students’ knowledge of newswriting and to help them develop skills in writing news stories. Includes study and practice of the principles of clear and forceful newspaper writing. Also includes practice in news gathering, story planning, copy editing and proofreading. Prerequisites: ENGL1410 and junior standing. Goal 1b, 4c1, 4ab (Goal 1C Catalog 0809+)

+ ENGL3370 The Methods of Teaching English 3 s.h.
Presents an overview of the secondary school curriculum in English and methods of teaching English including language, composition, and literature. Special emphasis on a review of teaching grammar and the development of a unit lesson plan. Required of prospective English teachers.

+ ENGL3400 Literary Genre 3 s.h.
Designed to focus on a single genre: prose fiction, poetry, drama, or nonfiction. Topic announced at time of offering. May be repeated for credit when category changes. (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

+ ENGL3410 The Structure of English 3 s.h.
Study of English grammar with special attention to its structure at the word and clause level. Goal 2b, 4c1, 4ab

+ ENGL3440 Major English Author 3 s.h.
An intensive study of the work of a single English author, with attention given to his or her literary, historical, and social milieu. May be repeated for credit when subject changes. Goal 2b, 3 (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

+ ENGL3450 Major American Author 3 s.h.
An intensive study of the work of a single American author, with attention given to his or her literary, historical, and social milieu. May be repeated for credit when subject changes. Goal 2b, 3 (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

+ ENGL3460 Periods in Literary History 3 s.h.
A detailed study of a single literary age. Work will focus on the literature of the period, but attention will also be given to the historical, intellectual, and artistic background. Subjects will vary, chosen from the following: Chaucer and His Contemporaries; Literature of the English Renaissance; Restoration and 18th Century Literature; Romantic and Victorian Literature and Contemporary English Literature; Contemporary American Literature. May be repeated for credit when subject changes. (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

ENGL3480 Cultural Studies 3 s.h.
Explores cultural systems of meaning and attendant issues of power, particularly in terms of class, gender, nation, race, nature, and sexuality. Emphasis on commercial and media culture.

+ ENGL3510 Major Film Genre 3 s.h.
A focused exploration of an individuals film genre, with emphasis on the common themes and features, as well as the innovative artistic and technical elements, of films that make up the category. Similarities and differences between literary and film interpretations will receive special attention. The genre's contribution to America's cultural identity, as well as changing gender, racial, and ethnic roles, will be highlighted. Subjects will vary, but may include the following: Western, horror, science fiction, war film, romantic comedy, film noir, musical, international films, Shakespearean film, crime drama, courtroom drama, prison films, independent films, and the documentary. May be repeated for credit when subject changes. Prerequisite: ENGL2510. Goal 2b, 3 (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

ENGL3520 American Cinema History 3 s.h.
A detailed study of the following film eras: Silent and Early Sound Eras, Hollywood's Classical or "Golden Age," and the Post-Classical era. Work will focus on the films of the period, along with production values and methods, but attention will also be given to the historical, intellectual, and artistic background. Recurring themes and innovative technical and artistic approaches will be highlighted. Changing gender, racial, and ethnic roles will be analyzed. Goal 2b (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

+ ENGL3530 Digital Filmmaking 3 s.h.
A hands-on introduction to digital film production and editing. Introduces the technical knowledge need to investigate the creative possibilities of composition, light, motion, color and sound in shooting digital film. Examines the fundamentals of nonlinear editing, including continuity development, logging clips, audio tracks, and transitions. Prerequisites: ENGL2510 or instructor consent. Goal 2b, 3, 8 (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)

+ ENGL3540 Screenwriting 3 s.h.
Intensive exploration of and hands-on practice in screenwriting, with emphasis on format, plot, character development, and dialogue. Prerequisite: ENGL2510 or instructor consent. Goal 2b

ENGL3900 Topics in English 1-3 s.h.
Study of selected topics of interest in English, to be announced prior to the semester when the course is offered. May be repeated for credit as topics change.

ENGL4000 Individual Study 1-3 s.h.

ENGL4150 Senior Project 3 s.h.
Planning, preparing, and presenting a senior project in the student's area of concentration.

ENGL4300 Internship in English 1-3 s.h.
Off-campus practical experience in a communication related professional setting. Offers an opportunity for application of communication skills and knowledge in monitored individual learning setting related to student’s academic and career interests. Pass/Fail only. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of six hours.

ENGL4400 Practicum in Information Services (Also COMM4400) 1-3 s.h.
On-campus practical experience in college relations office, admissions office, media center or alumni relations office. Offers an opportunity for study in a monitored individual learning setting. Pass/Fail only. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and permission of the appropriate college official. Repeatable to a maximum of six hours.

+ ENGL4490 Major Film Director 3 s.h.
An intensive study of the body of work of a single film director, with attention given to his or her artistic, literary, historical, or social milieu. Critical analysis will focus on visual style and narrative structure of some of the director's most famous scenes. Subjects will vary, but may include the following: Griffith, Welles, Riefenstahl, Capra, Hitchcock, Ford, Kubrick, Scorcese, Stone, Coppola, Marshall, and Lee. May be repeated for credit when subject changes. Prerequisite: ENGL2510. Goal 2b, 3 (Goal 3B or 3C Catalog 0809+)