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English

Department Faculty

Dana Ringuette, Chairperson

Abella, O.; Allison, J.; Bazargan, S.; Beebe, R.; Binns, D.; Boswell, P.; Bredeson, D.; Buck, R.; Carpenter, D.; Christhilf, M.; Coleman, L.; Engles, T.; Guzlowski, J.; Hanlon, C.; Hoberman, R.; Kilgore, J.; Kory, F.; Kuipers, C.; Leddy, M.; Loudon, M.; Markelis, D.; Martone, J.; McCormick, F.; McGregor, F.; Moore, J.; Murray, R.; Panjwani, J.; Radavich, D.; Raybin, D.; Scott, M.; Searle, W.; Shonk, T.; Smith, J.; Stevens, C.; Suksang, D.; Swords, S.; Sylvia, R.; Vietto, A.; Watkins, J.; Weasmer, J.; Wixson, C.; Zahlan, A.

Department Telephone: 217.581.2428

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A/H 3103
Humanities.  (3 credits)
ENG 0990
English as a Second Language I.  (4 credits)
ENG 0995
English as a Second Language II.  (4 credits)
ENG 1000
Fundamental English.  (2 credits)
ENG 1001G
Composition and Language.  (3 credits)
ENG 1002G
Composition and Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 1091G
Composition and Language, Honors.  (3 credits)
ENG 1092G
Composition and Literature, Honors.  (3 credits)
ENG 2001
Creative Writing: Nonfiction.  (3 credits)
ENG 2003
Creative Writing: Poetry.  (3 credits)
ENG 2005
Creative Writing: Drama.  (3 credits)
ENG 2007
Creative Writing: Fiction.  (3 credits)
ENG 2009G
Literature and Human Values 1, 2, 3, 4.  (3 credits)
ENG 2011G
Literature, the Self and the World 1, 2, 3.  (3 credits)
ENG 2091G
Literature, the Self, and the World 1, 2, 3, Honors.  (3 credits)
ENG 2099G
Literature and Human Values 1, 2, 3, 4, Honors.  (3 credits)
ENG 2205
Introduction to Literary Studies.  (3 credits)
ENG 2601
Backgrounds of Western Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 2602
World Literature since the Renaissance.  (3 credits)
ENG 2603
Greek and Roman Mythology.  (3 credits)
ENG 2692
World Literature since the Renaissance, Honors.  (3 credits)
ENG 2705
African-American Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 2760
Introduction to Professional Writing.  (3 credits)
ENG 2850
Postcolonial Literatures in English.  (3 credits)
ENG 2901
Structure of English.  (3 credits)
ENG 3001
Advanced Composition.  (3 credits)
ENG 3005
Technical Communication.  (3 credits)
ENG 3009G
Myth and Culture.  (3 credits)
ENG 3010G
Literary Masterworks.  (3 credits)
ENG 3090G
Literary Masterworks, Honors.  (3 credits)
ENG 3099G
Myth and Culture, Honors.  (3 credits)
ENG 3100G
Cultural Foundations I.  (3 credits)
ENG 3110G
Cultural Foundations II.  (3 credits)
ENG 3401
Methods of Teaching Composition in the Secondary School.  (3 credits)
ENG 3402
Methods of Teaching Literature in the Secondary School.  (3 credits)
ENG 3405
Children's Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 3504
Film and Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 3600
The Bible as Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 3601
Studies in Major Writers.  (3 credits)
ENG 3604
Special Topics in Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 3606
Modern Drama.  (3 credits)
ENG 3700
American Literature: 1450 to 1800.  (3 credits)
ENG 3701
American Literature: 1800 to Mid-19th Century.  (3 credits)
ENG 3702
American Literature: Mid-19th Century to 1900.  (3 credits)
ENG 3703
American Literature: 1900 to 1950.  (3 credits)
ENG 3704
American Literature: 1950 to present.  (3 credits)
ENG 3705
American Multicultural Literatures.  (3 credits)
ENG 3706
American Regional Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 3800
Medieval British Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 3801
Chaucer.  (3 credits)
ENG 3802
Shakespeare.  (3 credits)
ENG 3803
Renaissance and Seventeenth-Century British Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 3804
Milton.  (3 credits)
ENG 3805
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 3806
British Romantic Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 3807
Victorian Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 3808
Twentieth-Century British Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 3892
Shakespeare, Honors.  (3 credits)
ENG 3901
Language and Linguistics.  (3 credits)
ENG 3903
Women, Literature, and Language.  (3 credits)
ENG 3970
Study Abroad.  (1 to 15 credits)
ENG 4275
Internship in Professional Writing.  (4 credits)
ENG 4300
Senior Seminar.  (3 credits)
ENG 4390
Senior Seminar, Honors.  (3 credits)
ENG 4644
Honors Thesis.  (3 credits)
ENG 4750
Studies in African-American Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 4752
Studies in Drama.  (3 credits)
ENG 4760
Studies in Professional Writing  (3 credits)
ENG 4761
Creative Nonfiction Writing  (3 credits)
ENG 4762
Poetry Writing.  (3 credits)
ENG 4763
Fiction Writing.  (3 credits)
ENG 4764
Play Writing.  (3 credits)
ENG 4775
Studies in Literary Criticism.  (3 credits)
ENG 4801
Integrating the English Language Arts.  (3 credits)
ENG 4850
Studies in Third World Literatures.  (3 credits)
ENG 4901
History of the English Language.  (3 credits)
ENG 4903
Young Adult Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 4905
Studies in Children's Literature.  (3 credits)
ENG 4906
Problems in the Teaching of English.  (3 credits)
ENG 4950
Literary History and Bibliography.  (3 credits)