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ECON 373 - Econometrics
This course is an introduction to the theories, techniques, and applications of econometrics. It focuses on the assumptions and methods of estimation; on hypothesis testing and on the forecasting of economic regression models.
Prerequisites: ECON 200 and 201 or ECON 205; STAT 190 or STAT 290.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ECON 402 - Economic Development
The purpose of this course is to provide a detailed analysis of the causes of economic growth and structural changes in an economy that take place when growth occurs. Attention is given to theories of economic development and growth as they apply to developed and developing economies, as well as policy options and modes of analysis. Other areas of discussion include income distribution, employment, education, savings, fiscal and monetary policy, foreign investments and foreign aid.
Prerequisites: ECON 130, or ECON 200 and 201, or ECON 205.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ECON 403 - International Trade Theory and Policy
This course examines the basis for international trade by focusing on traditional trade theory: Ricardian and Heckscher-Ohlin models, growth and technological change and factor mobility. Other topics of discussion include commercial policy, economic integration, and the relationship between trade and economic growth and development. Additional topics may include more recent approaches in trade theory and imperfect competition.
Prerequisite: ECON 300.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ECON 411 - Economics of Public Expenditures
This course analyzes the economic impact and influence of government activity on the economy. Topics of discussion include: public goods theory; public expenditure analysis and evaluation; public choice and fiscal politics; fiscal federalism and the relationships among governments at different levels, including transfers and grants; social insurance and welfare programs, as well as cost-benefit analysis.
Prerequisite: ECON 201 or ECON 205; STAT 190 or STAT 290; ECON 300 is recommended.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ECON 412 - International Monetary Theory and Policy
This course examines the theory of international capital markets, exchange rate regimes, and balance of payments problems. It also examines the mechanism for the adjustment of balance of payments disequilibria (i.e. deficits and surpluses) and the consequences of the macroeconomic interdependence of nations within the framework of different international monetary systems, and their effects on a country’s welfare.
Prerequisite: ECON 303.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ECON 414 - Comparative Economic Systems
This course examines the structures, characteristics, and problems confronted by the major economic systems of the world in a comparative framework. It also discusses the implications of the major transformations of these systems for the United States. This course normally covers the communist, industrialized capitalist, market socialism, and planned socialist systems. Inter-country comparisons are emphasized to understand why some systems are more successful than others.
Prerequisites: ECON 200 and 201, or ECON 205.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ECON 467 - Labor Economics
Economic analysis applied to the study of the labor market. Topics studied include: the goals and economic impacts of labor unions; the supply and demand for labor; the work incentive effects of anti-poverty and income support programs; human capital investment decisions such as those involving education and on-the-job training; compensating wage differentials; and an economic analysis of discrimination.
Prerequisites: ECON 201 or ECON 205; STAT 190 or STAT 290. ECON 300 is recommended.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ECON 471 - Internship: Economics
On-the-job specialized training in fields generally accepted as needing economics field experience to complement the student’s academic training. May be taken on a pass/fail basis only. A special application procedure is required and must be completed the semester prior to starting the internship.
Credits: 3-12 hours
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ECON 472 - Internship Evaluation and Analysis
Research, evaluation, and analytical analysis of internship experiences. Pre-arrange one semester before enrollment.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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ECON 479 - Senior Seminar in Economics
The capstone experience for the economics major. Students produce an empirical research paper on an economic topic of their choosing, based on sound theoretical foundations and a review of the relevant literature, and give a PowerPoint presentation on their project. Students are presented information on graduate and professional school opportunities in economics and related disciplines and career opportunities for those with undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics. A section of the course focuses on the major professional awards conferred upon prominent economists, the recipients of those awards, and contributions to economics of those who have been recognized by these prizes. This course will also give students an appreciation of the widespread applicability of economics in the modern world and make them think about how and why economists may be different from others.
Prerequisites: completion of or concurrent registration in ECON 300, ECON 303, and ECON 373 or STAT 378; junior or senior economics major or minor.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (fall only)
NOTE: This is a writing-enhanced course.
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ECON 486 - Readings in Economics
Selected reading on a specific subject in economics to be assigned by the instructor.
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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ECON 498 - Seminar: Economics
Selected topics in economics.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ECON 510 - Managerial Economics
The application of economic concepts and models to problems encountered in business management and public administration.
Prerequisites: ECON 300 and STAT 190 or STAT 290.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ECON 510G - Managerial Economics
The application of economic concepts and models to problems encountered in business management and public administration.
Prerequisites: ECON 300 and STAT 190 or STAT 290.
Credits: 3 hours
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ECON 554 - Independent Studies: Economics
An opportunity for students to organize and conduct research projects of their own choice with the help of faculty supervision.
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-8 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ECON 554G - Independent Studies: Economics
An opportunity for students to organize and conduct research projects of their own choice with the help of faculty supervision. Prior permission of instructor required.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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ECON 620G - The Economics of Sustainability
This course examines the economics of the sustainable use of natural resources, and the consequences of failure to do so. Topics covered will include: problems associated with optimal usage and management of common-pool resources; environmental regulation; the impact of government taxes and subsidies; environmental benefit estimation methods; cost-benefit analysis; sustainable agriculture; energy policy; transportation policy; and urban design. The Excel spreadsheet program will be used to do cost-benefit analysis.
Prerequisite: ECON 201 or equivalent.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (summer only)
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ECU 355 - Tropical Field Research and Natural History of Ecuador
Explores the diversity of tropical terrestrial floral and faunal communities and the ecological processes that shape them. This course will expose students to the complexity of a tropical rainforest ecosystem, introduce them to the diversity of plants and animals, and introduce field research methods that help researchers better understand the organisms within this ecosystem.
Prerequisites: BIOL 108, BIOL 103, or BIOL 106 with a grade of C or better. While not required, BIOL 301 is also preferred.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
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ED 100 - Elementary Education: Pre-MAE Seminar
Four one-hour sessions designed to orient, explain and review both the MAE elementary program and State of Missouri teaching/certification requirements. Normally taken spring semester of the freshman year.
Credits: 0 hours
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ED 389 - Foundations of Education
An overview of historical, legal, philosophical, political, and social aspects of public education and of teaching as a career.
Prerequisites: sophomore status and a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher.
Credits: 2 hours
NOTE: This is a writing-enhanced course.
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ED 393 - Classroom Experiences
A field experience of 45-60 clock hours is taken concurrently with ED 393.
Credits: 0 hours
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ED 393 - Clinical Experiences in Teaching
A course designed to provide a basic readiness for teaching, preliminary to the Management of Instruction course. ED 393 is an introduction to “what to teach and how to teach” with three articulated components: seminar, clinical, and field. (A field experience of 45-60 clock hours is required through concurrent enrollment in ED 393 Classroom Experiences.) Additionally, students enrolled in the course will complete all the requirements for obtaining a substitute teaching certificate with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Prerequisites: ED 389 with a grade of C or higher (or concurrent enrollment in ED 389), 55 clock hours of Exploratory Field Experience, junior status, and a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher.
Credits: 3 hours
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ED 483 - Independent Study in Education
Intensive study of an educational issue.
Prerequisite: permission of faculty and Department Chair of Education.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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ED 500 - The Psychology of Adolescence
Issues related to physical, sexual, intellectual, moral, emotional and social development of the adolescent will be addressed. (Recommended prior to ED 672G.)
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (fall only)
NOTE: This is a writing-enhanced course.
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ED 500G - The Psychology of Adolescence
Issues related to physical, sexual, intellectual, moral, emotional and social development of the adolescent will be addressed. (Recommended prior to ED 672G.)
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (fall only)
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ED 550 - Introduction to Gifted and Talented
This course explores the nature and needs of gifted learners. Participants will investigate concepts of intelligence and giftedness, methods used to identify gifted learners and issues related to special populations of gifted learners. Participants will link the philosophy of gifted education, learner characteristics, understandings about intelligence, identification procedures, and curriculum into coherent and defensible services for gifted learners. Key issues in gifted education will be addressed.
Prerequisite: ED 593.
Credits: 3 hours
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ED 550G - Introduction to Gifted and Talented
This course explores the nature and needs of gifted learners. Participants will investigate concepts of intelligence and giftedness, methods used to identify gifted learners and issues related to special populations of gifted learners. Participants will link the philosophy of gifted education, learner characteristics, understandings about intelligence, identification procedures, and curriculum into coherent and defensible services for gifted learners. Key issues in gifted education will be addressed.
Prerequisite: ED 593.
Credits: 3 hours
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ED 593 - Psychological Foundations of Education
Covers aspects of psychological theory and life span development applicable to teaching at all grade levels. Emphasis on social, emotional, and cognitive development, learning, motivation, student characteristics, critical thinking, classroom management, and use of technology as a tool for learning.
Prerequisites: (Minimum grade of C in ED 389 and ED 393 [or concurrent enrollment in ED 393]), senior status, and cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher.
Credits: 3 hours
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ED 601G - Measurement and Evaluation
General principles of measurement and the evaluation of student achievement and teacher/program effectiveness. The major themes of the course are assessment, validity, reliability and utility. Emphasis is on construction and analysis of classroom measures and interpretation of standardized measurement results, as well as the proper use of measurements for sound reflective decision-making. Use of spreadsheets is required.
Prerequisites: Admission to the MAE Program and STAT 190 or STAT 290 or their equivalents.
Credits: 3 hours
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ED 603G - Content Area Academic Literacy
This course examines theories of comprehension and retention and the application of strategies to be used with comprehension of expository and artistic prose writing.
Prerequisite: Admission to MAE Program and ED 393 with a grade of “C” or higher.
Credits: 3 hours
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ED 605G - Psychology of Exceptional Children
An examination of the educator’s rights and responsibilities in educating students with gifted and handicapped conditions; current philosophy and terminology in gifted and special education programs; and the programming implications of students from culturally diverse backgrounds.
Credits: 3 hours
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ED 607G - Applied Educational Psychology
Examines learning, attitudes, motivation, and human relations as they apply to teaching taken concurrently with ED 609G.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAE Program.
Credits: 3 hours
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ED 608G - Management of Instruction
Development of basic philosophical, planning and implementation skills related to the preparation and teaching of the curriculum for elementary school students. Content and processes from the fields of mathematics, social studies and science are the primary disciplines covered. Concepts from art and music will also be included. Students will be provided with a systematic understanding of how to structure knowledge in the content areas in ways that such knowledge can be translated to and assimilated by elementary students. Technology is used to support the development and implementation of student learning experiences and in the construction of an electronic portfolio process. Field experience in the public school classroom will help provide the pre-service teacher with practice in facilitating the processes of learning. The course is a preparatory experience for the responsibilities of the internship in the Master of Arts in Education program. An accompanying field experience totaling 60 clock hours is required (30 hours in spring semester and 30 hours in summer). ED 608G Part I (3 hours) is offered Spring semester only; ED 608G Part II (3 hours) is offered Summer only. Part I is a prerequisite for Part II and both are prerequisites for ED 609G Teaching Internship.
Prerequisites: Admission to the MAE Program and a minimum grade of “C” in ED 389 and ED 393. Minimum grade of “C” or concurrent enrollment in ED 593.
Credits: 6 hours
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ED 608G - Teaching Experience: Elementary Education/Primary
A minimum of 30 hours of advanced field experiences taken concurrently with ED 608G Part I in spring semester and with ED 608G Part II in summer.
Prerequisites: Admission to the MAE Program and a minimum grade of “C” in ED 389 and ED 393. Minimum grade of “C” or concurrent enrollment in ED 593.
Credits: 0 hours
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ED 609G - Teaching Internship
A minimum of a public school semester of full-time participation as a junior member of a school faculty under the guidance of mentor teachers, administrators, and University representatives. Extensive experience is provided in all facets of a teacher’s role. Seminars conducted by University personnel assist interns in assessing their experiences, in refining their performance, and in completing University coursework that includes field components. Students who complete a one-semester internship must enroll for a minimum of 8 hours of ED 609G. All students who complete a full year internship must enroll for a minimum of 8 hours of ED 609G each semester of the internship. The maximum number of credit hours allowed for a full-year internship is 17. Students who complete a practicum for an additional certification area must enroll for a minimum of 3 hours of ED 609G.
Prerequisites: Admission to MAE Program and clearance on criminal record check and child abuse/neglect screening; Secondary/K-12 - ED 601G, XX 608G, ED 603G. See also the section “Advanced Content in the Teaching Specialty” for specific prerequisites according to the teaching area; Elementary - ED 601G, ED 608G, ED 621G, ED 622G.
Credits: 3-9 hours
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ED 621G - Psychology of Reading
Combining theory and practice, this course presents the study of research, observation, and modeling opportunities to develop criteria for selecting procedures and materials that encourage children to read. Topics include effective classroom structures for reading instruction, as well as a variety of strategies for promoting word recognition and comprehension. This course should be taken before ED 623G.
Credits: 3 hours
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ED 622G - Integrating the Language Arts
This course combines theory and practice through the study of historical and recent trends in language arts instruction. Emphasis will be placed on the effective means of organizing the various components of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will observe and model appropriate instruction for students at a variety of developmental levels (primary, middle school and secondary).
Prerequisite: Previous or concurrent enrollment in ED 621G.
Credits: 3 hours
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ED 623G - Reading Assessment and Implementation
Provides prospective teachers with an understanding and application of reading assessment and research-based reading strategies.
Prerequisite: ED 621G and admission to MAE Program.
Credits: 3 hours
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ED 625G - Human Relations in Education
Examination of values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, to increase personal awareness and translate this awareness into skills and techniques useful for teachers in a pluralistic society.
Prerequisites: ED 389 and ED 393.
Credits: 3 hours
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ED 632G - Research/Applied Educational Psychology
Examines research methodologies, designs, collecting and analyzing data, and writing and presenting findings through completion of an action research project. Digital portfolio is completed and active on-line participation is required. This course is an optional replacement for ED 607G and ED 681G.
Prerequisites: Admission to the MAE program and permission of specialty area coordinator. Co-requisite: ED 609G.
Credits: 4 hours
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ED 635G - Mathematical Concepts in Primary Curricula
This is an elective course in the MAE curriculum directly addressing the conceptualization of the fundamental principles of primary mathematics for elementary and middle school teaching candidates. The essential question deals with how various mathematics curricula tie the underlying principles of fundamental mathematics to the procedures taught to primary and middle school children in western curricula and in Asian curricula. The purpose of the course is to prepare MAE candidates and certified teachers to facilitate the deeper understanding of fundamental mathematics for elementary and middle school children. The academic instructional methods include lecture, readings on comparative mathematics education, discussion, exploration and analysis of various primary mathematics curricula, and development of a unit and lesson plans from one of the curricula focused on the conceptualization of the fundamental principles underlying the procedure(s) on which the unit is focused. Assessment of mathematics achievement will also be addressed, and students will be encouraged to design action research studies to be applied to the units they develop in the course.
Prerequisites: ED 393 or equivalent with a grade of “B” or higher; or equivalent professional experience and prerequisites.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (spring, summer)
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ED 650G - Identification of Gifted
This course will focus on identifying students for gifted programs. Students will learn about the processes and recommendations for identifying gifted students and will study how culture, economics, and family roles impact identification. Students will also become familiar with different identification tools and apply their knowledge of gifted learners to create an identification process for a school.
Prerequisite: ED 550/550G or equivalent course with grade of “C” or higher.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (odd calendar years)
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ED 651G - Curriculum for Gifted
During this course, participants will learn how to develop, implement, and evaluate effective curriculum, instruction, and assessment to improve learning for gifted students. We will discuss gifted education theory, curriculum development theory, systems thinking, higher order thinking, questioning skills, creative thinking, technology use, differentiation, and assessment. In addition, we will examine how curriculum design for gifted can impact curriculum for all students.
Prerequisite: ED 550/550G or equivalent course with grade of “C” or higher.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (odd calendar years)
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ED 652G - Meeting the Affective Needs of Gifted
This course will focus on the affective needs of gifted students by exploring research and material relevant to the social and emotional components of giftedness. Topics will include the following: the role(s) of the educator, motivational issues, relationships, perfectionism, common areas of psychological response, gifted children and youth with special needs, underachievement, and promising practices and interventions for meeting the affective needs of gifted children.
Prerequisite: ED 550/550G or equivalent course with grade of “C” or higher.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (odd calendar years)
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ED 672G - Middle School Philosophy, Organization and Curriculum
This course focuses on the rationale for the development of the middle school and the custom-tailored organizational structure for students making the transition from childhood to adolescence. Emphasis will be placed on how the middle school meets the developmental needs of the emerging adolescents.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (spring only)
Recommended prerequisite is ED500 or ED 500G.
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ED 675G - Mentoring Initial Educators
Being a mentor for interns is a time-consuming and extremely important role. This course is designed to give mentors knowledge and skills for induction of preservice teachers. Mentors will learn how to evaluate interns, engage in action research cycles with their interns, discuss best practices, learn response to intervention for diverse learners, discuss professional development opportunities including Professional Learning Communities, and learn cognitive coaching.
Credits: 3 hours
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ED 681G - Research Study in Education
The student, in consultation with his/her internship supervisor, will design and carry out an empirical research study. All MAE students are required to take ED 681G for at least one hour of credit to complete the MAE degree. Music and Exercise Science students will be exempt from enrollment in ED 681G.
Credits: 1 hour
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EGY 300 - Cairo Field Study
This summer two-week course is a field study of the city of Cairo incorporating literature, history, archaeology, and art in an historical examination of the city through readings, on-site visits, and student writing. English is the language of instruction.
Credits: 1-2 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
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ENG 152 - Academic Writing: Non-Native Speakers
A writing course for students whose native language is not English. Emphasis is on developing competencies for meeting the demands of writing in an academic setting. These include: advanced reading strategies, critical thinking, writing conventions of English, and intercultural issues. Vocabulary development and grammar are integrated into the course.
Prerequisite: Placement Exam. Contact the International Student Affairs Office.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This is a writing-enhanced course.
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ENG 154 - Academic Speaking: Non-Native Speakers
A speaking course for students whose native language is not English. Emphasis is on developing competencies for meeting the demands of oral participation in an academic setting. These include: advanced listening strategies, individual and group presentations, and classroom interaction. Vocabulary and grammar are integrated into the course.
Prerequisite: Placement Exam. Contact the International Student Affairs Office.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENG 190 - Writing as Critical Thinking
Writing as Critical Thinking requires students to read, think, and write carefully and critically, using instructor and peer response as well as self-assessment for revision. Students generate topics that are of interest to them as well as to the communities to which they belong, at Truman State University and beyond. Students are expected to anticipate the demands of various audiences and purposes as they explore questions and issues raised in readings and discussion. Academic honesty and the conventional use of academic sources are also expected, as is the skilled use of academic prose. Excellent writers can challenge this course and satisfy the Essential Skills writing requirement by presenting a portfolio of college-level writing for assessment. Contact the English and Linguistics Department Chair.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Writing as Critical Thinking Essential Skill of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 204 - Creative Writing
Techniques of writing poetry and fiction as well as an analysis of selected works as a basis for student creative writing.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: This is a writing-enhanced course.
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ENG 206 - Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Mystery
An exploration and evaluation of one of three topics in a single semester, with appropriate background readings and criticism. Students will read and write about a variety of works in the selected genre. This course fulfills the Aesthetic Mode-Literature requirement in the Liberal Studies Program. May be repeated for a total of 9 hours. Subjects rotate.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 209 - Applying Literary Theory
Extensive writing about literature to strengthen the student’s competence in both individual expression and analytical writing. Students will learn to use at least three theoretical approaches in writing about literature. Students should take ENG 209 by their sophomore year, possibly along with their first literature course in the major.
Prerequisite: English major or English minor.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Required for all English majors.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: This is a writing-enhanced course.
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ENG 225 - World Literatures: Chronology
This course takes a chronological approach in examining literature from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Australia and Oceania, Europe, and the Americas. Each class will consider major works from at least three time periods (Ancient, Middle, Golden, Dynastic, Early Modern, Modern, Contemporary) and at least two distinct cultures. The course will consider the structural, ideological, historical, or cultural significance of various works of merit within the selected periods. Lectures and presentations will be given on historical, cultural, and intellectual background. The focus of each section will be indicated in the class schedule.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 226 - World Literatures: Topics
This course examines topics in literature from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Australia and Oceania, Europe, and the Americas. The topic for each session may vary. Instructors will select authors from different periods to demonstrate how various ideologies, genres, genders, classes, and times have dealt with questions posed by the relationship between literature and the topic. Analysis will stress both works’ intrinsic values and their contributions to world cultures. Lectures and presentations will be given on historical, cultural, and intellectual background. Course may be taken more than once for credit under different topics.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: The Post-Colonial Literature section of ENG 266 fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
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ENG 245 - British Literatures: Chronology
This course takes a chronological approach in analyzing British Literature. Each class will examine at least three consecutive periods in British Literature (Old English, Medieval, Renaissance, 17th Century, 18th Century, Romanticism, Victorian, Modern, Contemporary). ENG 245 British Literatures: Chronology considers the structural, ideological, historical, or cultural significance of various works by important writers within the selected periods. The focus of each section will be indicated in the class schedule. Possible combinations might be: 1) Old English, Medieval, Renaissance; 2) Medieval, Renaissance, 17th Century; 3) Renaissance, 17th Century, 18th Century; 4) 17th Century, 18th Century, Romanticism; 5) 18th Century, Romanticism, Victorian; 6) Romanticism, Victorian, Modern; and 7) Victorian, Modern, Contemporary
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 246 - British Literatures: Topics
This course analyzes the relation between aesthetic concerns and topics in British literature. The topic for each section may vary but will be indicated in the course schedule listings. Instructors will select authors from different periods to demonstrate how various ideologies, genres, genders, classes and times dealt with questions posed by the relationship between literature and the topic. Lectures and presentations will be given on historical, cultural, and intellectual background. Course may be taken more than once for credit under different topics.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 250 - Shakespeare
An examination of representative comedies, histories, tragedies, romances, and poems significant in understanding Shakespeare’s development as a poet and dramatist. This course provides students with knowledge concerning the cultural, historical, theatrical, and literacy context of Shakespeare’s art.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program. This course does not count toward the English major.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
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ENG 265 - American Literatures: Chronology
This course takes a chronological approach in analyzing American literature. Each class will examine at least three consecutive periods in American Literature (Pre-Colonial, Romantic, Realism and Naturalism, Modern, Contemporary). ENG 265 American Literatures: Chronology considers the structural, ideological, historical, or cultural significance of various works by important writers within the selected periods. The focus of each section will be indicated in the class schedule. Possible combinations may be: 1) Pre-Colonial, Colonial, Romantic; 2) Colonial, Romantic, Realism and Naturalism; 3) Romantic, Realism and Naturalism, Modern; and 4) Realism and Naturalism, Modern, Contemporary.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 266 - American Literatures: Topics
This course analyzes the relation between aesthetic concerns and topics in American literature. The topic for each section may vary but will be indicated in the course schedule listings. Instructors will select authors from different periods to demonstrate how various ideologies, genres, genders, classes, and times have dealt with questions posed by the relationship between literature and the topic. Lectures and presentations will be given on historical, cultural, and intellectual background. Course may be taken more than once for credit under different topics.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
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ENG 280 - Film Form and Sense
The study of cinema as a major force in contemporary culture. This course examines film production, establishes a working vocabulary, and considers various approaches to film analysis in order to improve our interaction with cinematic images. The course discusses: how does film communicate meaning? What are the distinctive qualities of film? How can we better look at, talk about, write about, and think about film? In addition to selected Hollywood and non-Hollywood films, the course considers documentaries, animation, and experimental films.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Fine Arts Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 306 - Topics: Women Writers
Studies in individual women writers, genres, periods, or approaches significant in the development of female literary traditions. May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: Some sections of this course are writing-enhanced.
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ENG 307 - 20th Century World Literature
This is a period course whose focus will change depending on faculty expertise in order to provide students with reading experience in contemporary literatures across cultures and/or in particular cultures other than American or British.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 308 - Mythology
Myths and mythic patterns inherent in world cultures and literatures, including classical Greek and Roman, South American, North American, African, Asian, Sumerian, and Germanic civilizations.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 315 - Studies in Shakespeare
An in-depth analysis of the tragedies, comedies, histories, romances, or poems and one or more topics in Shakespeare Studies. Topics will vary from semester to semester and will be indicated in the semester class schedule. Topics may include: Shakespeare and Genre Theory; Shakespeare and Critical Theory; Shakespeare and Gender Theory. This course is intended for English and Theatre majors and does not substitute for ENG 250 Shakespeare in the LSP.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 316 - Chaucer
Detailed study of Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde, with some consideration of Chaucer’s minor poems.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 320 - Asian Literature
A survey of major works from one or more Asian cultures- Japanese, Chinese, Indian, etc. Classic and contemporary texts will be studied both as reflections and as creators of their culture’s human insights. May be repeated for a total of up to 9 credit hours.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 321 - International Literatures in English
Intended to suggest the richness and diversity of literature written in English, this course will focus on the Anglophone literature of a particular nation or continent (e.g. Canada, India, Africa).
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 322 - Studies in World Cinema: Topics
An analysis of selected areas of World Cinema through viewings and discussions of major national schools or genres or directors. Topics will vary from semester to semester and will be indicated in the semester class schedule. May be repeated under different topics as elective in the English major.
Prerequisite: ENG 280.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 325 - Middle Eastern Literature
An overview of the literary heritage of the peoples of the Middle East, focusing on one or more of the following: a national literature (e.g. Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew); an historical period (ancient, renaissance, contemporary); a major work (the Torah, the Bible, the Qur’an); or a major genre (oral poetry, historiography, modern fiction).
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 326 - Literature of American Minorities: Topics
Readings in previously isolated or marginalized American minorities - major works in oral and literary traditions, including one or more of the following, for instance: Chinese, Jewish, Latino, Native, African, Roman Catholic. May be repeated under different topics.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 330 - North American Indian Literature
Students will read a selection of stories, poems, and novels by American Indian authors, situating these texts within the relevant tribal groups and historical periods. They will learn some of the cultural values expressed, and the literary strategies employed by these authors. The course may focus on specific tribal groups, time periods, or literary movements.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 331 - African American Literature
Selected stories, poems, literary non-fiction, drama and oral works of African-American traditions, situating these writings in historical, cultural, and aesthetic contexts. The course may focus on specific periods, authors, or literature.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 335 - Introduction to Semiotics
Semiotics is the study of signs, how they are formulated, and how human beings utilize them in all facets of communication. From our daily speech and interactions with others to the billboards and advertisements that surround us, we experience various layers of semiotic involvement. This course aims to provide an introductory-level explanation of semiotic theories with a focus on their social implications (social semiotics).
Credits: 3 hours
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ENG 336 - Nonfiction: Literacy in America
This course is designed to give students a hands-on educational experience with literacy by using service-learning. Topics include but are not limited to: different kinds of literacy, who is allowed to be literate, and what it means to be literate.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course
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ENG 341 - Old English Literature
English poetry and prose to 1066, in translation, with Continental antecedents.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 342 - Medieval Literature
Middle English non-Chaucerian poetry and prose, with some influential non-British medieval works.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 343 - British Renaissance Literature I
Tudor and Elizabethan poetry, prose, and drama from 1500 to 1603. Includes figures such as More, Elyot, Wyatt, Spenser, and Marlowe.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 344 - British Renaissance Literature II
Early Stuart and Commonwealth literature from 1603 to 1660, from Donne to Milton. Includes Jacobean and Caroline drama, Cavalier and metaphysical poetry, and essays and letters. Highlights Paradise Lost.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 345 - Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature
British literature from 1660 to 1798. Focuses on Restoration drama, satire, and burlesque works, essays, biography, the novel, and poetry. Includes figures such as Dryden, Defoe, Behn, Pope, Swift, Moore, Fielding, and Johnson.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 346 - British Romantic Literature
The Romantic period and its major authors. Includes figures such as Blake, Austen, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, the Brontës, Shelley, and Keats.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 347 - British Victorian Literature
Representative works of British literature from 1837 to 1901. Includes figures such as Ruskin, Dickens, Arnold, Newman, the Brownings, Tennyson, Eliot, and Hardy.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 348 - Modern British Literature
British literature from 1900 through World War II.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 349 - Contemporary British Literature
British literature since World War II.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 353 - American Authors
Study of a major American author or two or more writers whose lives and works share common features. The course emphasizes biographical, historical, and cultural interpretations of authors’ craft and work.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 355 - Introduction to Literary Genres: Poetry
This course gives a solid grounding in poetic form and structure by examining the ways poetry redefines the range of what is possible in the genre. This class serves students interested in literary studies, pedagogy and creative writing. While focusing on formal aspects, the course also moves toward contextual readings.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 356 - Introduction to Literary Genres: The Novel
An advanced class in genre, this class analyzes the way novelists redefine the range of what is possible in this genre. The course examines issues of genre, character, voice, narrative and related formal elements as well as considering the emergence of the novel as a literary form and its evolution.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 357 - Introduction to Literary Genres: The Short Story
Designed for students interested in literary studies, pedagogy and creative writing, this course examines the divergences and continuities in the evolution of the short story. The class draws on a range of critical approaches such as discourse analysis and narratology and explores how numerous practitioners have employed classic elements of plot, characterization, etc.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 358 - Introduction to Literary Genres: Nonfiction
This course examines key developments and conventions in literary nonfiction and focuses on memoir and personal essay, as well as literary journalism and forms which increasingly strive toward hybridity. This class is designed for students interested in literary studies, pedagogy and creative writing.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course
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ENG 365 - Folklore
After a brief history of folklore as an academic discipline, this course will focus on methods of fieldwork and its analysis.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry and the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the LSP.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: This is a writing-enhanced course.
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ENG 366 - Early American Literature
Studies in a range of native and colonial traditions of oral and written literatures during a range of periods, from the 15th Century through the late Federalist and early romantic writers such as Tenney, Irving, and Cooper.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 367 - American Romanticism
American Romanticism as seen in the works of such writers as Poe, Whitman, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Melville.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 368 - American Realism and Naturalism
American Realism and Naturalism as seen in the works of such writers as Twain, Crane, Dreiser, Cather, London, Dickinson, Glasgow, and Chopin.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 369 - Modern American Literature
American literature between the World Wars.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 370 - Contemporary American Literature
American literature after World War II.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Literature Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 375 - Career Seminar for English Majors
An investigation of careers in literature, linguistics, law, teaching, writing, and business for students who are majoring in English.
Credits: 1 hour
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ENG 395 - Queer Theory
The study of representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people in the arts, humanities, and critical theory. In juxtaposing traditional categories and canons with the perspectives of people marginalized as “queer,” the course explores how knowledge is constructed and norms are established.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 398 - Contemporary Literary Criticism
Major contemporary schools of criticism from structuralism and post-structuralism to the Frankfurt school, reader response, feminism, Marxism, psychoanalytic approaches, and postmodernism aesthetics.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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ENG 399 - History of Literary Criticism
Major critical thought from Aristotle through Sir Philip Sidney to Wilson, Brooks, and Trilling.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: Honors Scholar Course.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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