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Inventory of Undergraduate Courses *Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are not counted toward the requirement of no fewer than 33 credits in advanced courses for majors in this department. §Independent work means not less than three additional hours each week of conference, research, independent reading, and writing as assigned by the instructor. The student's grade is determined in part by the successful completion of this independent work. Composition ENGL. 1001 - English Composition A ENGL. 1002 - English Composition B ENGL. *1003 - Approaches to Learning a Modern Language ENGL. 1010 - English Composition I ENGL. *1012 - English Composition II: Seminar in Expository Writing ENGL. 2115 - Advanced Exposition and Peer Tutoring ENGL. 2116 - Advanced Exposition Creative writing ENGL. 2301 - Introduction to Creative Writing ENGL. 2302 - Writing Prose Nonfiction ENGL. 3301 - Writing Fiction I ENGL. 3302 - Writing Fiction II ENGL. 3303 - Creative Writing Workshop: Young Adult and Children's Fiction ENGL. 3304 - Writing Poetry I ENGL. 3305 - Writing Poetry II ENGL. 3306 - Writing Plays I ENGL. 3307 - Writing Plays II ENGL. 3308 - Writing for Musical Theater ENGL. 4301 - Advanced Seminar in Creative Writing ENGL. 5301 - Advanced Tutorial in Creative Writing Journalism ENGL. 4404 - Advanced Multimedia Journalism ENGL. 4405 - History of News: From Colonial Times to the Present The English language ENGL. 3520 - History of the English Language ENGL. 3521 - Applied Linguistics ENGL. 3522 - Practical English Grammar ENGL. 3523 - Introduction to Semiology ENGL. 3524 - Sociolinguistics ENGL. 3525 - Introduction to Natural Language Processing ENGL. 3526 - Introduction to African American English English literature ENGL. 2001 - Literature, Ethnicity, and Immigration ENGL. 2002 - Ideas of Character in the Western Literary Tradition ENGL. 2003 - Italian American Literature and Film ENGL. 2004 - Literature and Film ENGL. 2006 - Text/Context ENGL. 2007 - The Emergence of the Modern ENGL. 2008 - The Quest for Ethnic, Cultural, and National Identities in Literature ENGL. 2009 - Introduction to Literary Studies ENGL. 2120 - Overview of Literary Study I: Representative Selections of World Literature ENGL. 2121 - Overview of Literary Study II: Representative Selections of World Literature ENGL. 3111 - Medieval Literature ENGL. 3112 - Chaucer ENGL. 3120 - Poetry and Prose of the Sixteenth Century ENGL. 3121 - Poetry and Prose of the Seventeenth Century ENGL. 3122 - Shakespeare I ENGL. 3123 - Shakespeare II ENGL. 3124 - English Drama from the Beginnings to 1642, Exclusive of Shakespeare ENGL. 3125 - Milton ENGL. 3131 - Poetry and Prose of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century ENGL. 3132 - English Drama of the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century ENGL. 3133 - The Eighteenth-Century Novel ENGL. 3140 - Chief Romantic Poets ENGL. 3141 - Chief Victorian Poets ENGL. 3142 - Major English Novels of the Nineteenth Century ENGL. 3143 - Thematic Studies in the Nineteenth-Century Novel ENGL. 3145 - British Literature in Transition from 1885 to 1914 ENGL. 3171 - Modern British Fiction to 1950 ENGL. 3172 - Modern British Poetry ENGL. 3173 - Modern Irish Literature and Culture ENGL. 3234 - Britain and the Transatlantic World ENGL. 3287 - Aspects of Fiction ENGL. 3288 - Genre Fiction ENGL. 3606 - European Novel of the Nineteenth Century ENGL. 3607 - Modern European Novel ENGL. 3608 - Modern Short Story and Novella ENGL. 3609 - Contemporary European Novel ENGL. 3610 - Modern European Drama ENGL. 3611 - Contemporary European Drama ENGL. 3613 - Folk Literature and Fairy Tale ENGL. 3614 - Medieval Literature ENGL. 3615 - Literature of the Renaissance ENGL. 3616 - Baroque and Classicism ENGL. 3617 - European Romanticism ENGL. 3618 - Modernist Movements in Twentieth-Century Literature ENGL. 3619 - African Literature ENGL. 3620 - Caribbean Sexualities ENGL. 3621 - Indian Literature ENGL. 3622 - New Literature of Latin America ENGL. 3623 - Caribbean Literature ENGL. 3624 - Yiddish Short Stories and Poetry in Translation ENGL. 3625 - Holocaust Literature ENGL. 3629 - Special Topics ENGL. 3631 - Introduction to Israeli Literature in Translation ENGL. 3632 - African Oral Literature ENGL. 4601 - Cross-Cultural Seminar Postmodernism and contemporary discourses ENGL. 3154 - American Literature, 1945-2000 ENGL. 3162 - Black Women's Fiction ENGL. 3166 - Contemporary U.S. Women Writers: Diverse Cultural Perspectives ENGL. 3174 - Contemporary British Writing from 1950 to the Present ENGL. 3180 - Literature and Cultural Diversity ENGL. 3187 - Women and Literature ENGL. 3191 - Literature and Psychology ENGL. 3193 - Contemporary Literary Criticism and Theory ENGL. 3194 - Introduction to Postcolonial Literature and Theory ENGL. 3240 - Global Romanticism ENGL. 3256 - Contemporary Native American Literature ENGL. 3265 - Twenty-First-Century World Literature ENGL. 3281 - Literature and the Environment ENGL. 3282 - Literature of Migration ENGL. 3289 - Asian American Pacific Islander Experience Through Literature ENGL. 3290 - Asian Caribbean Literature ENGL. 3292 - Memory Studies ENGL. 3293 - Politics through Literature ENGL. 4109 - Seminar in Postmodernism and Contemporary Discourses Special studies & approaches ENGL. 3157 - American Folklore ENGL. 3158 - African-American Folklore ENGL. 3159 - New York City Folklore ENGL. 3165 - The Immigrant Experience in Literature, Film, and Photography ENGL. 3170 - Modern Drama to 1950 ENGL. 3177 - Theories and Practice of Composition ENGL. 3181 - From Epic Tradition to Epic Vision ENGL. 3182 - The Lyric Tradition: Imagery, Structure, and Meaning ENGL. 3183 - The Bible as Literature ENGL. 3184 - Comedy ENGL. 3185 - Tragedy ENGL. 3186 - Romance ENGL. 3188 - Makings of Pastoral Myth ENGL. 3189 - Literature for Young People ENGL. 3190 - The Literature of Fantasy ENGL. 3192 - Special Topics in Literature ENGL. 3195 - Directing Television Adaptation. Analysis and Production ENGL. 3196 - Orality, Literacy, and Computer Technology ENGL. 5100 - Internship ENGL. 5101 - Independent Research ENGL. 5102 - Independent Study American literature ENGL. 3151 - American Renaissance ENGL. 3152 - American Realism and Naturalism ENGL. 3153 - American Literature, 1900-1945 ENGL. 3156 - Private Lives: American Autobiography ENGL. 3160 - African-American Literature to 1930 ENGL. 3161 - Modern African-American Literature ENGL. 3163 - Brooklyn in Literature ENGL. 3164 - Introduction to Italian American Literature ENGL. 3167 - Transnational America ENGL. 3169 - Black Theater ENGL. 3254 - Twenty-First-Century American Literature ENGL. 3286 - Twenty-First-Century Innovative U.S. Poetries Seminars ENGL. 4101 - Seminar in the Middle Ages ENGL. 4102 - Seminar in the Renaissance ENGL. 4103 - Seminar in the Eighteenth Century ENGL. 4104 - Seminar in the Nineteenth Century and Romanticism ENGL. 4105 - Seminar in American Literature and Culture ENGL. 4106 - Seminar in British and Anglophone Authors ENGL. 4107 - Seminar in American Authors ENGL. 4108 - Seminar in Modernism ENGL. 4110 - Queer Literary Studies ENGL. 4111 - Seminar in Children's and Young Adult Literature ENGL. 4112 - Interdepartmental Humanities Seminar ENGL. 4113 - Introduction to History and Literature ENGL. 4114 - Theory of History and Literature ENGL. 5600 - Independent Research Honors courses ENGL. 5103 - Senior Thesis ENGL. 5104 - Senior Thesis I ENGL. 5105 - Senior Thesis II DISCLAIMER The City University reserves the right, because of changing conditions, to make modifications of any nature in academic programs and requirements of the university and its constituent colleges without advanced notice. Students are advised to consult regularly with college and department counselors concerning their programs of study. Access the college's current and recent course bulletins.
*Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are not counted toward the requirement of no fewer than 33 credits in advanced courses for majors in this department. §Independent work means not less than three additional hours each week of conference, research, independent reading, and writing as assigned by the instructor. The student's grade is determined in part by the successful completion of this independent work.
Composition
Creative writing
Journalism
The English language
English literature
Postmodernism and contemporary discourses
Special studies & approaches
American literature
Seminars
Honors courses
The City University reserves the right, because of changing conditions, to make modifications of any nature in academic programs and requirements of the university and its constituent colleges without advanced notice. Students are advised to consult regularly with college and department counselors concerning their programs of study.
Access the college's current and recent course bulletins.