Requirements in first-year English must be completed before a student takes any other English courses.

1300 Developmental Writing
Basic composition skills offered for students who have failed the TASP writing test or for those who need developmental work before taking English 1310. Does not count toward any degree offered by the university. Expository writing as a means of exploring and shaping ideas. Emphasis on critical reading and improvement of essays through revision.

1310 College Writing I
Expository writing as a means of exploring and shaping ideas. Emphasis on critical reading ant the improvement of essays through revision.

1320 College Writing II
Continuation of English 1310. Expository writing as a means of analyzing and understanding texts. Research paper required.

Requirements in sophomore English must be completed before a student takes any advanced work in English. Students required to take six semester hours of literature may choose any two of the following courses unless their degree program specifies a particular sequence: English 2310, 2320, 2330, 2340. Only six semester hours of sophomore literature may be taken for credit. Students who earn a B or better in the first sophomore course may, with permission from the chair of their major department and school dean, elect to take an advanced literature course in lieu of the second sophomore course.

2310 British Literature before 1785
Representative authors and works of British literature from the beginnings through the neoclassical period.

2320 British Literature Since 1785
Representative authors and works of British literature from the Romantic period to the present.

2330 World Literature before 1600
Representative authors and works of literature from the ancient world to the early modern world. Reading may come exclusively from the western tradition or from various literary traditions, such as those of Asia and Africa.

2340 World Literature since 1600
Representative authors and works of literature from the modern world. Readings may come exclusively from the western tradition or from various literary traditions, such as those of Asia and Africa.

2359 American Literature before 1865
Representative authors and works of American literature from the beginnings through the Civil War.

2360 American Literature since 1865
Representative authors and works of American literature from the Civil War to the present.

Junior-Senior Courses

(WI) 3301 Literature and the Contemporary Reader
Current approaches to literature with attention to reading strategies and artistic techniques and conventions. (Required for majors; open to minors; should be taken immediately after completing the 6-hour sophomore requirement.)

(WI) 3302 Film and Video Theory and Production.
The study of film and narrative theory combined with the practice of videography and video editing.

(WI) 3303 Technical Writing.
The study and practice of expository writing in technical and scientific professions. Emphasis on planning, writing, revising, editing, and proofreading proposals, reports, and other forms of professional communication for a variety of audiences. Computer technology included.

(WI) 3304 Professional Writing
The principles of expository writing adapted for the workplace. Prepares students in non-technical fields to write documents commonly used in professional settings. Students complile a writing portfolio suitable for a job search or for application to professional school. Computer technology included.

(WI)3307 Introduction to the Study of Film
An introduction to various theoretical approaches to the study of film and to important debates within film theory.

(WI) 3309 The Southwest in Film
A survey of films of the Southwest, emphasizing the history and cultural diversity of the region as represented on screen.

(Wl) 3311 Advanced Writing and Reading
The nature of the language and the reasons which underlie the elementary rules of spelling, grammar, rhetoric, and style.

(Wl) 3313 Software Documentation for Computer Science Majors
A companion to CS 3398, covering the composition techniques, including planning, organization, revision, standard language use, and audience analysis, necessary for producing the required documents and reference manuals for software documentation.

(Wl) 3315 Creative Writing
A critical seminar for writers of fiction, poetry, and articles. Creativity, criticism, and revision are emphasized.

(Wl) 3316 Film and Prose Fiction
A comparative study of major novels and the films which have been made from them.

3319 The Development of English
Origin and growth of the English language with particular attention to phonological, morphological, and grammatical changes; history of dialects, spelling, and dictionaries; sources of vocabulary.

(Wl) 3320 Literary Criticism
A study and application of critical approaches from Aristotle to the present, with emphasis on problems of modern criticism.

(Wl) 3321 The Short Story
The short story throughout the world since Poe and Gogol.

(Wl) 3322 The European Novel
Major continental novelists from Cervantes to the present, read in translation.

(WI) 3323 Modern Poetry
Modern poetry in English and English translation.

(Wl) 3325 Russian Literature in Translation.
An examination of major nineteenth- and twentieth-century works of Russian literature, in translation, from three points of view: their literary value (use of language, style, characterization, theme, structure, techniques); their relation to and influence on European literature; and their illumination of Russian culture and history.

(WI) 3326 American Drama on Film
Masterpieces of American drama and the films which have been made from them.

(WI) 3327 Types of World Drama
Examples of world drama and film adaptations from Aeschylus to Ibsen.

(Wl) 3328 Types of World Drama in English (Modern)
Significant examples of world drama in English from Ibsen to O'Neill, Williams, and Miller.

(WI) 3329 Mythology
A study of myths in ancient cultures, mythic patterns in modern literature, and Hollywood as mythmaker

(Wl) 3331 African-American Literature
African-American poetry, drama, and fiction.

(Wl) 3333 Early American Literature: The New World, the Colonies, and the American Renaissance
A survey of American literature from its beginnings to 1865.

(WI) 3335 American Literature, 1865-1930: The Rise of Realism, Naturalism, and Modernism
A survey of American literature from the Civil War to 1930.

(WI) 3336 American Literature, 1930 to the Present: From Modernism to Contemporary Forms.
A survey of American literature from 1930 to the present.

(Wl) 3338 The American Novel
A study of the novels and pertinent criticism from the beginnings in America.

(Wl) 3340 Special Topics in Language and Literature
Courses proposed and taught occasionally by different English faculty members. Past emphases have included Nature Writing and Literature and Art. May be repeated with a change of emphasis.

(WI) 3341 Studies in World Literature
Selections from ancient and modern literature in Western and/or non-Western cultures.

3342 Editing
A study of editing, to include instruction in making editorial changes, preparing MSS for typesetter, marking galley and page proof; fundamentals of layout and design ; problems and possibilities in desktop publishing; and the current status of electronic publications.

(Wl) 3343 The Interdisciplinary Approach to Literature
The study of a single author, (e.g., Saul Bellow, Charles Dickens, Flannery O'Connor, or Virginia Woolf), from an interdisciplinary perspective.

(WI) 3344 Chicano/a Narrative and Social History
A survey of narratives written by U.S. citizens of Mexican descent.

(Wl) 3345 Southwestern Studies I: Defining the Region
The first of two courses in a broad interdisciplinary survey of geophysical, cultural, social, literary, and political history of the Southwest that emphasizes regional and ethnic expressions of culture in architecture, art, economics, law, literature, philosophy, and politics.

(Wl) 3346 Southwestern Studies II: Consequences of Region
The second of a two-course sequence in a broad interdisciplinary survey of geophysical, cultural, social, literary, and political history of the Southwest, emphasizing regional and ethnic expressions of culture in architecture, art, economics, law, literature, philosophy, politics, popular culture, religion, social science, and technology.

(WI) 3347 American Poetry
A study of American poetry from its beginnings to the present.

(WI) 3348 Creative Writing:  Fiction.
A seminar for writers of fiction, with emphasis on creativity, criticism, and revision.  Prerequisite:  English 3315.

(WI) 3349 Creative Writing: Poetry
A seminar for writers of poetry with emphasis on creativity, criticism, and revision. Prerequisite: English 3315.

(WI) 3350 Medieval European Literature
Studies of medieval contexts, genres, and writings across Europe.

(WI) 3351 Anglo-Saxon Language, Literature, and Culture
An introduction to Old English life and writings from early culture through Beowulf (texts in modern translation).

(Wl) 3352 Medieval English Literature.
Studies of important non-Chaucerian writings in the Middle Ages, some in modern translations.

(Wl) 3353 British Poetry and Prose of the Sixteenth Century
Major poets and prose writers from Moore to Spenser.

(Wl) 3354 Shakespeare
Selected plays from the earliest through Hamlet.

(Wl) 3356 British Poetry and Prose of the Seventeenth Century
Prose and poetry from Donne and Bacon to Milton and Dryden.

(Wl) 3357 English Literature of the Restoration and Augustan Periods, 1660-1750
The development of classicism through Pope and Swift.

(Wl) 3359 English Literature, 1750-1800
The decline of classicism and the romantic beginning.

(Wl) 3362 The English Romantics
English poetry and prose of the Romantic Age.

(Wl) 3365 Victorian Literature
Developments in Victorian poetry and prose as these apply to the students' cultural backgrounds.

(Wl) 3368 The English Novel
English prose fiction.

(Wl) 3370 Twentieth-Century British Literature
Selected poetry, fiction, and drama since 1900.

(Wl) 3385 Children's Literature
A survey of traditional and contemporary literature for children with attention to literary history, aesthetic qualities, and critical approaches.

(Wl) 3386 Adolescent Literature
A survey designed to provide a critical philosophy and working repertoire of literature for adolescents.

(Wl) 3388 Women and Literature
A survey of women's writing in English, in various genres, over a period of some 600 years (fourteenth century to the present).

(Wl) 3389 The Discipline of English
The nature of English studies as a formal field, its components and their relationships. Open only to candidates with 90 semester credit hours.

(WI) 3390 Problems in Language and Literature
Independent study with individualized reading list, research project, and tutorial sessions, focused on a special problem in language and/or literature. May be taken only with permission from the Chair of the Department of English, the Director of Advanced Studies, and the assigned professor.

(WI) 3392 Women Writers of the Middle Ages
Religious and secular writings by women from the early Church through the fifteenth century.

(WI) 3393 Introduction to Canadian Literature

4310 Modern English Syntax
A study of English syntax as described by traditional, structural, and transformational grammarians, with major emphasis on transformational-generative syntax.

(Wl) 4323 Studies in Autobiography and Biography
Selected works in autobiography and biography.

(Wl) 4325 Literature of the Southwest
The literature of Texas and the surrounding territory; various types of non-fiction prose, fiction, and poetry.

(Wl) 4334 The Concord Writers
Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, with attention to intellectual backgrounds and literary relationships.

(WI) 4348 Senior Seminar in Fiction Writing.
An advanced seminar in the writing of fiction, with emphasis on imaginative thinking and critical evaluation of manuscripts, peer critique, and preparation of manuscripts for submission for publication.  Prerequisite:  English 3348.

(WI) 4349 Senior Seminar in Poetry Writing.
An advanced seminar in the writing of poetry. Imaginative thinking and critical evaluation of manuscripts, peer critique, and preparation of manuscripts for submission for publication will be emphasized. Prerequisite: English 3349.

(Wl) 4351 Chaucer and His Time
The works of Chaucer, and their significance in an important literary and social era.

(Wl) 4355 The Later Shakespeare
The problem comedies, through the tragedies, to the plays of the final years; emphasis on reading in depth the plays, significant critical materials, and selected plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries.

(Wl) 4358 Milton
Milton's longer poems and most important prose writing.