English at Ozarks

Course Descriptions

ENG 1013 COMPOSITION I
This course introduces students to college-level academic writing.  Its primary emphasis is on effective composition strategies (clear and concise theses and topic sentences; ample and varied support; effective introductions, conclusions, and transitions; clear and appealing style).  A strong secondary emphasis is on critical reading of material from across the curriculum (the humanities, the social sciences, the natural sciences, business, and education).  Grammar and usage are reviewed as needed, and standard, edited English is expected of all students.  Students must have at least a 20 English ACT score to enroll in Composition I with no additional requirements.  Students with an English ACT score of 18-19 must elect one of the following options:  enroll in supplemental instruction to be taken concurrently with Composition I or enroll in Written Communication.  All freshmen entering the Jones Learning Center must enroll in Fundamentals of Communication.

ENG 1023 COMPOSITION II
This course introduces students to college-level research.  Students conceive and conduct small-scale research projects in three different academic areas.  Meeting entirely in the university library, the course begins with a project that provides a hands-on introduction to scholarly research.  Its second project emphasizes peer review and revision.  Its final project strives for independent work.  Prerequisite:  Completion of ENG 1013, Composition I with a grade of C- or higher.

ENG 2003 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
A study of the four genres (poetry, drama, the short story, and the novel) of imaginative literature.  The course concentrates on critical thinking and reading skills.  Prerequisite:  ENG 1013, Composition I.

ENG 2013 THEMES IN LITERATURE
This variable-topic course introduces students to literature while focusing on a particular theme or topic.  In it, students will explore at least two literary genres, lyric poetry and either prose fiction or drama.  While doing so, they will learn to analyze and evaluate various elements of literature:  plot, character, setting, symbolism, imagery, metaphor, sound, rhythm, form.  Recent offerings include Modern African-American Literature, Literature and Place, Women and Literature, Literature and the Environment, Modern Southern Literature, and Yeats and Ireland.  This course may be repeated for elective credit provided the theme or topic is different.  Prerequisite:  ENG1013, Composition I.

ENG 2023 INTRODUCTION TO GRAMMAR
A study of the structure of the English language based upon the principles of the traditional system of grammar but complemented by the insights of the structural and transformational systems.

ENG 2101 PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION IN ENGLISH
This course will explore various career options open to English majors.  The primary emphasis of the course will be the preparation necessary for four different professional sequences:  graduate school; law school; secondary education; careers in public relations, development, or other business fields.  A secondary emphasis will fall on various social factors that contribute to professional success.  This course should be taken during the spring of a student’s sophomore year.

ENG 2213 CLASSICAL GREEK LITERATURE
This course will explore a variety of works of Classical Greek literature.  It will begin with Homer’s epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, which formed the basis of the Greek paideia.  Attitudes and values prevalent in classical Greek culture will be explored through the odes of Pindar and the lyrics of Sappho and the poets of the Greek anthology.  The course will conclude with a consideration of Greek drama, including Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes. 

ENG 2223 CLASSICAL ROMAN LITERATURE
This course will explore a variety of works of Roman literature.  A major emphasis will be with Virgil’s epic, the Aenid.  Attitudes and values prevalent in Roman culture will be explored through the poetry of Catullus, Ovid, Horace, Juvenal, and Lucretius.

ENG 2233 LITERARY PERSPECTIVES ON THE BIBLE
This course will explore the Bible as a text of sacred literature.  Emphasis will fall on the conventions for reading its various genres.  With respect to the Hebrew Bible, it will begin with history, move back to myth, and then move forward to prophecy.  The lyrics of the Psalms will be a major emphasis, as will the wisdom literature of Ecclesiastes.  This portion of the course will conclude with Job.  With respect to the New Testament, the major focus will be the synoptic gospels and the Gospel of John.  The course will conclude with a consideration of apocalyptic literature, as represented by the Book of Revelation.

ENG 2303 LYRIC POETRY
The course introduces lyric poetry from inside and out.  Considering matters such as imagery, metaphor, sound, rhythm, and form, students will analyze lyric poems.  Putting this knowledge to work, they will also write lyrics that reflect what they have learned from their academic study.  Prerequisite:  ENG 1013, Composition I.

ENG 3003 LITERATURE FOR YOUNG ADULTS
This course introduces students to a range of classic and contemporary fiction and poetry written for or about young adults.  Although literary analysis and appreciation will be the principal focus of the course, an important secondary emphasis will be selecting and teaching literature to young adults, taking into account their development and needs.  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature: ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 3113 ROMANTIC LITERATURE
This course will trace the development of British literature from the French Revolution to the Industrial Revolution.  A major focus will be the poetry of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats.  The course will also trace the development of the novel through Austen, Shelley, and Scott.  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 3123 VICTORIAN LITERATURE
This course will trace the development of British literature from the Industrial Revolution through the 1890s.  A major focus will be the novels of writers such as Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot, Trollope, Hardy, and Conrad.  The course will also trace the development of the poetic tradition through Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, and Hopkins.  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission. 

ENG 3133 MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE
This course will trace the development of British literature during the Modernist movement, from its origins in the 1890s through the Second World War.  A major focus will be the novels of writers such as Joyce, Lawrence, Woolf, and Forster.  The course will also trace the development of the poetic tradition from the poets of the 1890s through the High Modernists, particularly in the work of Yeats.  The dramas of Wilde and Shaw will also be considered.  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 3213 AMERICAN ROMANTICISM
This course will trace the development of American literature from the emergence of a distinctly American literary culture, in the work of Irving and Cooper, through the end of Civil War.  Major writers featured include Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, and Dickinson.  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 3223 AMERICAN REALISM
This course will trace the development of American literature from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution through the 1890s.  A major focus will be the novels of writers such as Howells, Twain, Dreiser, Norris, Wharton, and James.  The course will also trace the development of the poetic tradition from popular and experimental poets of the 1870s through the “genteel” poets of the 1890s.  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 3233 MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE
This course will trace the development of American literature from turn of the century through the Second World War.  A major focus will be the novels of writers such as Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Hemingway, and Steinbeck.  The course will also trace the development of the poetic tradition in the work of writers such as Frost, Pound, Eliot, Stevens, and Williams.  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 3243 CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
This course will treat representative writers and literary movements in Britain and America since the Second World War.  A major focus will be the idea of canonicity and the various forces that contribute to canonical status.  Special attention will be paid to postcolonial British literature and ethnic American literature.  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 3303 LITERARY THEORY
This course will introduce students to major critical approaches to literature and to the theory that underpins them.  These will include New Criticism, Marxist criticism, psychoanalytic criticism, structuralist criticism, reader-response criticism, feminist criticism, deconstruction, New Historicism, and postcolonial criticism.  Criticism and theory will be viewed in the context of the institutional changes of English as a discipline.  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 3313 FEATURE WRITING
This course will teach students to report and write features for various newspapers, magazines, and other publications.  Emphasizing story telling, human interest, and analysis, it will focus on profiles, criticism, and extended narratives. Prerequisite: ENG 1023, Composition II.

ENG 3323 TECHNICAL WRITING
This course will teach students to convey complex information in readily understandable language.  Focusing on science and technology, it will emphasize abstracts, laboratory and research reports, descriptions of processes and mechanisms, operation and maintenance instructions.  Prerequisite: ENG 1023, Composition II.

ENG 3333 GRANT AND PROPOSAL WRITING
This course will teach students to address funding proposals for both academic and civic programs to foundations, government agencies, and other sources.  As a part of the course, students will attempt to secure funding for one or more projects or programs related to Ozarks, the local area, or their home town or area.  Prerequisite: ENG 1023, Composition II.

ENG 3703 LANGUAGE ARTS PEDAGOGY
This course serves as a study of pedagogy used in the teaching of middle- school language arts curriculum.  It addresses basic models, strategies, and skills necessary for teaching language arts content. Course will utilize lectures, speakers, candidate projects, and field experiences.  The purpose of this course is to prepare candidates for successful middle- level classroom teaching in the fields of language arts content through providing candidates with knowledge of the basic principles of instructional planning and presentation to include a repertoire of basic teaching models, strategies, and skills.  The course will emphasize methods that actively engage students in learning and offer specific consideration for the integration of social studies and language arts.

ENG 4113 MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
This course will trace the development of British literature from its emergence during the Anglo-Saxon era through the end of the Plantagenet era.  The course will begin with Beowulf and the Old English poetic tradition.  However, its major focus will be the poetry of the Ricardian period:  Chaucer, Langland, Gower, the Gawain-poet.  Alongside the poetic tradition, the origin and development of the English drama will also be examined.  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 4123 CHAUCER
This course will survey the major poetic works of Geoffrey Chaucer, particularly Troilus and Criseyde and The Canterbury Tales.  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 4133 SIXTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE
This course will trace the development of British literature during the Tudor period.  A major focus will be the poetry of writers such as Wyatt, Sidney, Marlowe, and Spenser.  The course will also trace the development of the English drama from the opening of the theaters through the end of the Elizabethan period (as exemplified in the work of playwrights such as Kyd, Marlowe, and Jonson).  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 4143 SHAKESPEARE
This course will survey the major dramatic works of William Shakespeare, including representative comedies, tragedies, histories, and romances.  A secondary emphasis will be his sonnets and other poetic works.  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 4153 EARLY 17TH-CENTURY LITERATURE
This course will trace the development of British literature during the Jacobean and Caroline periods.  A major focus will be the poetry of writers such as Donne, Jonson, and Herbert.  The course will also trace the development of the English drama from the turn of the century through the closing of the theaters (as exemplified in the work of playwrights such as Jonson, Webster, Ford, and Middleton). Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 4163 MILTON
This course will the major works of John Milton.  Although some attention will be paid to his prose writings, the bulk of the course will focus on his poetry, particularly on Paradise Lost.  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 4173 RESTORATION AND 18TH-CENTURY LITERATURE
This course will trace the development of British literature during the Restoration and eighteenth century.  A major focus will be the origins of the English novel in the work of writers such as Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding.  The course will also examine the poetry of writers such as Dryden and Pope as well as the prose of writers such as Swift and Johnson.  Some attention will also be paid to the drama, particularly during the Restoration period.  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 4203 LITERATURE OF EARLY AMERICA
This course will trace the development of America through its literature.  Beginning with the public and private letters of the settlers in the Jamestown, Plymouth, and Massachusetts Bay colonies, the course will treat at some length the literature of colonial America, including works by such writers as Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin.  Its principal emphasis, though, will be on the literature of the early republic, including Common Sense, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Federalist Papers as well as various letters, speeches, and other papers of the Founders.  Prerequisite:  ENG 2003, Introduction to Literature; ENG 2013, Themes in Literature; or instructor permission.

ENG 4901 SENIOR SEMINAR
The first portion of each student’s capstone experience, this course attempts to draw together all of the aims of the English program.  One major emphasis involves preparation for future careers (including organized study for the GRE, the LSAT, and the Praxis II).  Another involves preparation for the culmination of collegiate work (research and reading in preparation for the senior thesis).  Various forms of academic assessment will also fall within the scope of this course.

ENG 4903 SENIOR THESIS
The culmination of all academic work in English, the senior thesis represents original research on a topic of each student’s own choosing.  Each thesis should reflect a familiarity with literary history, an understanding of literary genre, an awareness of interpretive perspective, and a mastery of research methods.  Accepted senior theses will be placed on permanent reserve in the special collection of Robson Library.

ENG 4911 SENIOR SEMINAR IN HISTORY AND LITERATURE
The first portion of each student’s capstone experience, this course attempts to draw together all of the aims of the English program.  One major emphasis involves preparation for future careers.  Another involves preparation for the culmination of collegiate work (research and reading in preparation for the senior thesis).  Various forms of academic assessment will also fall within the scope of this course. Prerequisite:  Senior status.

ENG 4913 SENIOR THESIS IN HISTORY AND LITERATURE
The culmination of all academic work in history and literature, the senior thesis represents original research on a topic of each student’s own choosing.  Students will complete a senior thesis and present the results of their research in a public forum.  Accepted senior theses will be placed on permanent reserve in the special collection of Robson Library.

Note:  Introduction to Literature (ENG 2003), Themes in Literature (ENG 2013), or the permission of the instructor is a prerequisite for all courses offered as special studies (ENG 2783 or 4783) or seminars (ENG 3983).

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