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Course Descriptions

The numbers in parentheses following course titles indicate (1) hours per week of lecture, (2) hours per week of laboratory and (3) semester credit hours. An asterisk (*) following these three figures indicates variable or alternative credit, and the last figure represents the maximum variation in semester credit hours. In general, credit hours for these variable courses may range from one to the number indicated.

The frequency of offering follows the meeting and credit hour information. Courses offered every year are designated by semester(s) only. Courses offered every other year are designated by semester and odd/even year.

Note: Since most courses are not offered every semester, students should be aware that failure to take a required course when it is offered may delay graduation.

Any course may be offered on demand should sufficient interest be demonstrated and should a qualified instructor be available. “Demand” courses with a defined content will be offered as regularly as practical for the host department.

At the end of the course description, the following information will be given when applicable: laboratory information, corequisites (“concurrent enrollment”) and prerequisites, cross listed courses (“same as”), special fees, and pertinent information about the use of the course.

Courses and Numbering

All courses are listed alphabetically by course prefix and numerically within each prefix. The department and college assignments are also noted. ACU uses a three-digit course numbering system. Courses numbered 100 to 299 are lower-level courses (primarily for freshmen and sophomores). Courses numbered from 300 to 499 are upper-level, or advanced, courses (primarily for juniors and seniors). Courses numbered 500 to 799 are graduate courses. All courses numbered 000 to 099 do not count toward graduation or GPA.

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Some courses have prerequisites, which must be met before a student may register for that course. In some cases, a student may have special knowledge, skills or background that will enable him or her to perform well in a given class without meeting its prerequisites. Such a student should seek special permission from the department and/or instructor offering the course. Courses listed as corequisite must be taken together. Students should refer to the most recent catalog for course corequisites, prerequisites, and restrictions.

Course Sequencing

Some courses have recommendations of a previous course(s) for appropriate sequencing. Such recommendations are not prerequisites; the system will allow any student meeting a course’s prerequisites to enroll for a course regardless of whether the student meets the sequencing recommendations. Students are cautioned, however, to follow sequencing recommendations when all of the courses in the sequence are on their degree plans.

Guided Study, Special Topics, and Tutorial Courses

Each department may offer Guided Study (also called Independent Study) courses (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700); Special Topics courses (140, 240, 340, 440, 540, 640, 740); or Tutorial courses (generally offered to students at Study Abroad locations) as special needs dictate and/or available faculty allow. The first number will indicate the level of the course. Special Topics courses are offered on a one-time basis, to take advantage of particular faculty expertise, or to allow a department to develop a course for permanent inclusion in the inventory of courses. Generally, Special Topics and Tutorial courses may be included in the Semester Schedule when they are offered; Guided Studies will not be included in the Semester Schedule.

The Texas Common Course Numbering System

The Texas Common Course Numbering System (TCCNS) has been designed for the purpose of aiding students in the transfer of general academic courses between colleges and universities throughout Texas. Common courses are freshman and sophomore academic credit courses that have been identified as common by institutions that are members of the common course numbering system. The system ensures that if the student takes the courses the receiving institution designates as common, then the courses will be accepted in transfer.

For further information contact the transfer course coordinator in the Registrar’s Office.
 

Education
  

  • EDUC 686 - Reframing Learning

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Establishes the framework for moving a school culture from a focus on teaching to a focus on learning.
  

  • EDUC 687 - Managing Data to Improve Student Learning

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on data-driven decision-making and skills necessary to meet the needs of all children and to reach accountability expectations. Special emphasis is on action for continuing analysis of the gaps between goals for student learning and student performance.
  

  • EDUC 688 - Creating Effective Learning Environments

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Explores and investigates current research-based practices and theories about ways to promote meaningful learning for all members of the school community. Emphasis is on factors and conditions within the school’s circle of influence that enhance learning.
  

  • EDUC 691 - Education Workshop

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    A course designed to meet an immediate need of teachers in a specific area. May be repeated. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information.
  

  • EDUC 697 - Instructional Coaching

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    This course will directly address how to mentor, coach, and consult with colleagues; provide professional development for faculty; and make decisions based on converging evidence from research. Drawing on the comprehensive course sequence, students will also be able to facilitate appropriate, research-based instruction by communicating and collaborating with educational stakeholders.

English
  

  • ENGL 003 - Academic Literacies

    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 2
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

    Theory and practice in critical reading and expository writing to prepare students for college-level reading and writing. A review of grammar and editing skills will also be included. Required for students (1) with an ACT English subscore of 15 or below or (2) with an equivalent SAT verbal score or (3) who have exited the highest level of ESL and have no ACT or SAT scores. Requires concurrent enrollment in ENGL 004 . Does not satisfy the University Requirements composition requirement and is non-graduation credit.
  

  • ENGL 004 - Academic Literacies Workshop

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 1
    Credit Hours: 1
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

    Practice in critical reading and expository writing facilitated by computer-aided instruction. A review of grammar and editing skills will also be included. Required for students (1) with an ACT English sub-score of 15 or below or (2) with an equivalent SAT verbal score or (3) who have exited the highest level of ESL and have no ACT or SAT scores. Requires concurrent enrollment in ENGL 003 . Does not satisfy the University Requirements composition requirement and is non-graduation credit.
  

  • ENGL 006 - Academic Composition Workshop

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 1
    Credit Hours: 1
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

    Practice in reading and writing expressive and informative essays. Some persuasive writing will be included. A review of grammar and editing skills will also be included. Required of students (1) with an ACT English score of 16 -18 or equivalent SAT Verbal score or (2) who have completed ENGL 003  and ENGL 004 . Requires concurrent enrollment in ENGL 106 . Does not meet the University Requirements composition requirement and is non-graduation credit.
  

  • ENGL 007 - Rhetoric and Persuasion Workshop

    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 1
    Credit Hours: 1
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

    Practice in analyzing and writing persuasive essays. Some researched writing will be included. A review of editing and revision skills will also be included. Required of students who took ENGL 006  and ENGL 106 . Requires concurrent enrollment in ENGL 107 . Does not meet University Requirements composition requirement and is non-graduation credit.
  

  • ENGL 106 - Academic Composition

    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 2
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

    Theory and practice in reading and writing expressive and informative essays. Some persuasive writing will be included. A review of grammar and editing skills will also be included. Required of students (1) with an ACT English score of 16-18, SAT Critical Reading (old SAT) score of 400-460, or SAT Reading + Writing (new SAT) score of 410-490 or (2) who have completed ENGL 003  and ENGL 004 . Requires concurrent enrollment in ENGL 006 . The combination of ENGL 106 and ENGL 007  satisfies the University Requirements composition requirement and one hour of elective credit.
  

  • ENGL 107 - Rhetoric and Persuasion

    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 2
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

    Theory and practice in analyzing and writing persuasive essays. Some researched writing will be included. A review of editing and revision skills will also be included. Requires concurrent enrollment in ENGL 007 . Prerequisite: ENGL 106   and ENGL 006 . The combination of ENGL 106  and 107 satisfies the University Requirements composition requirement and one hour of elective credit.
  

  • ENGL 111 - Composition and Rhetoric

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    The theory and practice in reading and writing analytical and persuasive essays. Prerequisite: Meet one of the following - SAT Critical Reading score (old SAT) of 470 or above; SAT Reading + Writing score (new SAT) of 500 or above; ACT English score of 19 or above; or writing placement testing into ENGL 111. May be used to satisfy University Requirements.
  

  • ENGL 112 - Composition and Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    Expository, critical, and persuasive writing with research based on the reading of literary works. Prerequisite: ENGL 107  or ENGL 111 . May be used to satisfy University Requirements.
  

  • ENGL 221 - Major British Writers I

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    From the Beowulf poet to Samuel Johnson. Recommended for English majors and future teachers. Prerequisite: Completion of freshman English requirements as required by degree plan. May be used to satisfy University Requirements.
  

  • ENGL 222 - Major British Writers II

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    From the eighteenth century to the present. Recommended for English majors and future teachers. Prerequisite: Completion of freshman English requirements as required by degree plan. May be used to satisfy University Requirements.
  

  • ENGL 231 - World Literature I

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall

    Survey of world masterpieces outside the English and American traditions, with emphasis on continental literature from the Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance periods. Prerequisite: Completion of freshman English requirements as required by degree plan. May be used to satisfy University Requirements.
  

  • ENGL 232 - World Literature II

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    Survey of world masterpieces after 1700, with attention to the connections between culture and literature. Prerequisite: Completion of freshman English requirements as required by degree plan. May be used to satisfy University Requirements.
  

  • ENGL 262 - American Literature Before 1900

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    From Native American myth to the turn of the century. The course emphasizes the multicultural voices, both male and female, that constitute American literature. Prerequisite: Completion of freshman English requirements as required by degree plan. May be used to satisfy University Requirements.
  

  • ENGL 263 - American Literature After 1900

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    From the early 20th century to the present. The course emphasizes the multicultural voices, both male and female, that constitute American literature. Prerequisite: Completion of freshman English requirements as required by degree plan. May be used to satisfy University Requirements.
  

  • ENGL 301 - Introduction to the Major

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall

    The introduction to the major is a three-hour course designed to introduce English majors to selected seminal works of literature across the world, beginning with ancient texts and continuing to 1950. It will equip students with a foundational framework with which to begin their classes in the major. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore requirements for English majors.
  

  • ENGL 311 - Literary Theory and Criticism

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

    Readings of major critical texts from Plato to the present, with practice in writing original criticism according to major literary approaches. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 320 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    Writing of literary works grounded in factual reality, using techniques of novelists and poets. Includes autobiography, nature writing, travel narrative, cultural criticism, spiritual memoir. Involves peer review; offers strategies for revision and publication. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 321 - Screenwriting

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

    Fundamentals of storytelling and film structure, including character development, conflict, scene writing, and dialogue. Students write short film scripts as well as the first act of a feature-length film. Prerequisite: Completion of sophomore literature requirement.
  

  • ENGL 322 - Fiction Workshop

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall

    Writing of fiction with guidance from lectures and class members’ critiques. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 323 - Poetry Workshop

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, odd years

    Writing of poetry with guidance from lectures and class members’ critiques. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 324 - Play Writing Workshop

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: on demand

    A basic method of developing a play script with critiques and readings by actors. Includes workshop by professional playwright. Same as THEA 457.
  

  • ENGL 325 - Advanced Composition

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    Analysis of the writing process, step by step, with practice in the major types (description, narration, evaluation, exposition, persuasion, and research) and with emphasis on revision. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore literature requirements and Junior standing. Designed for future teachers and writers. A writing-intensive course.
  

  • ENGL 326 - Business and Professional Writing

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    Introduction to the theory and accepted practices of composition in occupational fields, including correspondence, report writing and presentations based on content in upper-level courses in the student’s major field. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore literature requirements and Junior standing.
  

  • ENGL 327 - Scientific and Technical Writing

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    Prepares students to write and edit technical and scientific forms of discourse appropriate for academe and the work place. Documents will be written both individually and collaboratively. Oral presentations will be made throughout the semester. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore literature requirements.
  

  • ENGL 328 - Social Justice: A Rhetoric

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring, odd years

    The course offers analysis of discursive and non-discursive texts on social justice through various rhetorical approaches. Its emphasis is on the use of rhetorical analysis to critique policies, power structures, and equity in the texts. Prerequisite: Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 329 - Rhetoric as Written Discourse

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring, even years

    A survey of major rhetorical texts from classical times to present. Emphasis on the development of rhetorical theory as it relates to written discourse. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements. COMM 491 may be substituted for this course.
  

  • ENGL 330 - Advanced English Grammar

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall

    Current trends in the analysis of the English language. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements. Recommended for future teachers.
  

  • ENGL 331 - Narrative for Film and New Media

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall

    Principles of storytelling, including myth and screenplay structure, as used in movies, graphic novels, and interactive gaming. Close study of fantasy and science fiction narratives. Workshop format involves peer review. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 332 - Introduction to Film Studies

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall

    Survey of cinema from the silent era to today with an emphasis on fluency in cinematic language, genre, and production. Film studies represent more than simply looking at movies through a literary lens but learning to see how different filmmakers approach the fusion of image, sound, and story. Prerequisite: Completion of sophomore literature requirement.
  

  • ENGL 333 - Studies in World Cinema

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    Survey of significant directors beyond Hollywood/British cinema with key texts in film studies of the last half-century. Students will refine written arguments directed toward popular and scholarly audiences. Prerequisite: Completion of sophomore literature requirement.
  

  • ENGL 351 - Literature for Young Adults

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    A content reading course emphasizing literature and other materials for middle school and high school students. Attention is given to major authors, ground-breaking books, and contemporary materials in various genres. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements and Junior standing. May not be used to satisfy University English literature requirement.
  

  • ENGL 362 - American Literature Before 1860

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall

    A survey of the major writers before the Civil War. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 363 - American Literature After 1860

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring, Summer

    A survey of the major writers since the Civil War. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 376 - Fiction

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, even years

    Novels and short stories that seem to have earned a permanent reputation. May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 377 - Drama

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Oxford: on demand; Abilene: Spring, odd years

    Survey of significant plays from ancient Greeks to the present. May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 378 - Poetry

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring, even years

    Advanced study of poetry that seems likely to endure. May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 380 - Interactive Narratives

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, even years

    English 380 introduces the lexicon and theoretical models for the study of interactive narratives (from games, social media, fan literature, or other emerging media). Students will explore how meaning is generated through these narratives, demonstrating the knowledge they gain through reflective writing, researched writing, and project-based assignments. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 401 - Guided Study: Literary Criticism

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: on demand

    This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 402 - Guided Study: Writing

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: on demand

    This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 406 - Guided Study: American Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: on demand

    This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 407 - Guided Study: General Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: on demand

    This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 409 - Guided Study: British Literature After 1700

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: on demand

    This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 410 - Language and Literature Internship

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Summer

    Designed for students who obtain internships requiring or allowing for college credit. Can be taken for 2 or 3 credits, depending on the number of hours required by the internship. This course is available for variable credit. Please see your advisor for more information. Prerequisite: Junior or Senior status.
  

  • ENGL 432 - Introduction to Linguistics

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    Introduction to linguistics including topics such as phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, pragmatics, language acquisition, regional and social language variation, and historical linguistics. Emphasis varies to suit the needs of the class. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 441 - Topics in Literary Criticism and Bibliography

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: on demand

    May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 442 - Topics in Writing

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: on demand

    May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 443 - Topics in the English Language

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: on demand

    May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 445 - Topics in Teaching English and Reading

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: on demand

    May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 446 - Topics in American Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: on demand

    May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 447 - Topics in General Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: on demand

    May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 448 - Topics in British Literature Before 1700

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: on demand

    May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 449 - Topics in British Literature After 1700

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: on demand

    May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 459 - English for Secondary Teachers

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall

    Specialized instruction in the content and methods of teaching and testing oral and written composition, grammar, and literature in secondary schools. Required for English certification. Prerequisite: 6 hours of upper-level English.
  

  • ENGL 464 - American Novel

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, even years

    A study of significant novels. May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 470 - Multicultural Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    An introduction to and a study of literature by various cultures in the United States. Includes both general backgrounds and specific authors and works. May be repeated as content varies. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 471 - Literature and Belief

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, odd years

    A survey of classic literary texts concerned with faith, doubt, and Christian spirituality from Augustine to the present. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 472 - Film and Belief

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    A detailed study of recent and classic films with emphasis on their theological elements and how they are manifestations of culture. Students will develop viewing discernment and the ability to assess and write about thematic elements of films in genres, including romantic comedy, drama, independent, and foreign film. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements and Junior standing.
  

  • ENGL 473 - Rhetoric and Belief

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, even years

    This course focuses on the intersections of rhetoric and belief. Students examine traditional religious discourse and consider the rhetorical nature of that discourse, as well as examine ways that belief - not just faith in a transcendent being - permeates much (if not all) rhetorical discourse. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 481 - Medieval British Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring, even years

    A survey of major medieval texts with special emphasis on Middle English and Chaucer. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 483 - Shakespeare

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, Summer

    An introduction to comedies, histories, and tragedies with attention to major critical approaches to Shakespearean drama. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 484 - Seventeenth-Century British Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring, odd years

    English poetry and prose of the 17th century, with emphasis on Donne, Herbert, and Milton. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 495 - Eighteenth-Century British Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, odd years

    A survey of major works and authors with some emphasis on drama. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 496 - Nineteenth-Century British Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, even years

    A survey of Romantic and Victorian poetry and prose, 1780-1900, with emphasis on the major writers. Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 497 - Twentieth-Century British Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring, even years

    Selected writing from British authors throughout the century, covering at least three genres (fiction, poetry, drama, or nonfiction). Prerequisite: Completion of Sophomore English requirements.
  

  • ENGL 499 - Studies in World Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

    A senior seminar using contemporary theoretical and critical approaches to selected literatures of the world. Provides a practical introduction to a range of literatures through application of current tools and methods of literary analysis in a discussion setting. Prerequisite: Senior standing. For majors only. A capstone and writing-intensive course.
  

  • ENGL 520 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    Writing of literary works grounded in factual reality, using techniques of novelists and poets. Includes autobiography, nature writing, travel narrative, cultural criticism, spiritual memoir. Involves peer review; offers strategies for revision and publication.
  

  • ENGL 522 - Fiction Workshop

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall

    Writing of fiction with guidance from lectures and class members’ critiques.
  

  • ENGL 523 - Poetry Workshop

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, odd years

    Writing of poetry with guidance from lectures and class members’ critiques.
  

  • ENGL 525 - Advanced Composition

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    Analysis of the writing process, step by step, with practice in the major types (description, narration, evaluation, exposition, persuasion, and research) and with emphasis on revision. A writing-intensive course.
  

  • ENGL 526 - Business and Professional Writing

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    Introduction to the theory and accepted practices of composition in occupational fields, including correspondence and report writing based on content in upper-level courses in the student’s major field. Some oral work required.
  

  • ENGL 529 - Rhetoric as Written Discourse

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring, even years

    A survey of major rhetorical texts from classical times to present. Emphasis on the development of rhetorical theory as it relates to written discourse.
  

  • ENGL 530 - Advanced English Grammar

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall

    Current trends in the analysis of the English language. Recommended for future teachers.
  

  • ENGL 532 - Introduction to Linguistics

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    Introduction to linguistics including topics such as phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, pragmatics, language acquisition, regional and social language variation, and historical linguistics. Emphasis varies to suit the needs of the class.
  

  • ENGL 551 - Literature for Young Adults

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    A content reading course emphasizing literature and other materials for middle school and high school students. Attention is given to major authors, ground-breaking books, and contemporary materials in various genres.
  

  • ENGL 558 - Teaching English as a Second Language

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    An introduction to the methods and techniques of teaching English as a second language. Prerequisite: ENGL 330 .
  

  • ENGL 562 - American Literature Before 1860

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall

    A survey of the major writers before the Civil War.
  

  • ENGL 563 - American Literature After 1860

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring, Summer

    A survey of the major writers since the Civil War.
  

  • ENGL 564 - American Novel

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, even years

    A study of significant novels. May be repeated as content varies.
  

  • ENGL 570 - Multicultural Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring

    An introduction to and a study of literature by various cultures in the United States. Includes both general backgrounds and specific authors and works. May be repeated as content varies.
  

  • ENGL 571 - Literature and Belief

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, odd years

    A survey of classic literary texts concerned with faith, doubt, and Christian spirituality from Augustine to the present.
  

  • ENGL 572 - Film and Belief

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, even years

    A detailed study of recent and classic films with emphasis on their theological elements and how they are manifestations of culture. Students will develop viewing discernment and the ability to assess and write about thematic elements of films in genres, including romantic comedy, drama, independent, and foreign film.
  

  • ENGL 576 - Fiction

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, even years

    Novels and short stories that seem to have earned a permanent reputation. May be repeated as content varies.
  

  • ENGL 577 - Drama

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Oxford: on demand; Abilene: Spring, odd years

    Survey of significant plays from ancient Greeks to the present. May be repeated as content varies.
  

  • ENGL 578 - Poetry

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring, even years

    Advanced study of poetry that seems likely to endure. May be repeated as content varies.
  

  • ENGL 581 - Medieval British Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring, even years

    A survey of major medieval texts with special emphasis on Middle English and Chaucer.
  

  • ENGL 583 - Shakespeare

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, Summer

    An introduction to comedies, histories, and tragedies with attention to major critical approaches to Shakespearean drama.
  

  • ENGL 584 - Seventeenth-Century British Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring, odd years

    English poetry and prose of the 17th century, with emphasis on Donne, Herbert, and Milton.
  

  • ENGL 595 - Eighteenth-Century British Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, odd years

    A survey of major works and authors with some emphasis on drama.
  

  • ENGL 596 - Nineteenth-Century British Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, even years

    A survey of Romantic and Victorian poetry and prose, 1780-1900, with emphasis on the major writers.
  

  • ENGL 597 - Twentieth-Century British Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring, even years

    Selected writing from British authors throughout the century, covering at least three genres (fiction, poetry, drama, or nonfiction).
  

  • ENGL 610 - Studies in American Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

    Emphasis upon literary, social, and intellectual currents as seen in certain significant writings. May be repeated as topics vary for up to 9 hours credit.
  

  • ENGL 612 - Studies in British Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

    May emphasize genres, themes, or individual writers. May be repeated as topics vary for up to 9 hours of credit.
  

  • ENGL 613 - Literary Theory and Faith

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall

    Various topics in contemporary literary criticism and theory. May be repeated as topics vary for up to 9 hours of credit.
  

  • ENGL 615 - World Literature

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Spring, odd years

    Selection of texts for this course ranges freely over the globe, engaging literary works from all countries and cultures. When texts for study are selected from the non-Anglophone world, they are presented in English translation.
  

  • ENGL 620 - Literary Research Methods and Publication

    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Credit Hours: 3
    Terms Offered: Fall, even years

    An intense, step-by-step guided research experience introducing students to advanced literary research methods, presentation, and publication.
 

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