ENG 100. Developmental English (Institutional Credit Only) (4)

A course for the student who scores below the grade level of 10.5 on the COMPASS test administered during orientation for new students, and who must enroll in English 100. This course is designed for the student who needs the appropriate basic skills in writing to perform effectively at the college level. The course strengthens the student’s knowledge and utilization of grammar in both oral and written communication. Particular foci of the course are on the system of grammar, sentence purpose, style and construction, and paragraph function in conjunction with selected fictional and non-fictional works. Enrollment in the course requires four (4) days of class attendance per week and one (1) day of laboratory work per week in the Learning Resource Center. Eligibility to exit the course requires a minimum grade of "C" in the class and a score of 10.5 or above on the COMPASS post-test.

ENG 131. Ideas and Their Expressions I (3)

A general education requirement. This first course in the sequence of freshman composition focuses on different rhetorical techniques for writing effective, clear, well-organized, and well-developed short themes. It aims to provide students with a basic competence in the skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. A grade of "C" or better is required. The instructor does not give the "D" grade.

ENG 132. Ideas and Their Expressions II (3)

A general education requirement. This second course in the sequence of freshman composition stresses how to write effective analytical and argumentative themes and how to research a topic and document primary and secondary sources. The final exam for ENG 132 is the English Proficiency Examination (EPE). However, students must maintain an average of "C" or better in course work to be eligible to take the exam. Passage of the EPE is required for all Voorhees College students, including those who have transferred from other institutions. Prerequisite: Eng 131

ENG 231. Introduction to Literature (3)

A general education requirement. This course exposes students to different literary genres such as poetry, short fiction, and drama; instructs students in writing short critical papers; and introduces students to basic literary terms and the ideas that can enhance their understanding, interpretation, and appreciation of literature. Selected authors include women and at least one Euro-American, one African-American, one Latino-American, one Asian-American and one Native-American. The course includes foreign literature in translation. The course aims to provide students with a basic competence in the skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation essential to understanding intellectual ideas and principles. Prerequisites: ENG 131, and ENG 132. A grade of "C" or better is required. The instructor will not give a "D" grade.

ENG 232. World Literature I (3)

An English major requirement. This course explores chronologically, from the 18th century to the present, themes and techniques of literary masterpieces from different cultures of the world: Prerequisite: ENG 231.

ENG 233. World Literature II (3)

An English major requirement. This course is a study of mostly pre-18th century major texts and the cultural contexts that formed them.

ENG 234. History and Structure of the English Language

An English major requirement. This course provides a historical study of the development of forms and usage in the English language from the Old English period to the present as they relate to the communicative process. It also provides a systematic study of the principles of grammar, both traditional and transformational.

ENG 330. Literary Criticism (3)

An English major requirement. This course formally introduces English majors to literary studies as a discipline. Students familiarize themselves with influential theoretical and practical approaches to reading literature and writing about it. Critical reading/writing approaches to include New Criticism and its post structuralist opponents. A library research paper that applies one of the theories is required. Prerequisite ENG 132 (including passing the EPE).

ENG 331. British Literature I (3)

An English major requirement. This first of a two-course chronological survey of the development of British literature focuses on the major writers/works, dominant literary types, and dominant themes or thoughts of each of the historical periods from Old English to the 19th Century. Selected Old-English and Middle-English texts to include Beowulf, The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, and several tales from The Canterbury Tales.

ENG 332. British Literature II (3)

An English major requirement. This course surveys chronologically the development of British literature. This sequence focuses on the major writers/works, dominant literary types, and dominant themes or thoughts of each of the periods from the 19th century to the present.

ENG 333. Advanced Composition (3)

An English major requirement. This course provides extensive practice in the writing of expository, critical and argumentative prose. It strengthens or reinforces writing skills acquired or developed in ENG 132.

ENG 339. Shakespeare (3)

An English major requirement. This course engages in a critical study of selected histories, comedies, tragedies, and sonnets by Shakespeare. It allows students to study Shakespeare in both Elizabethan and contemporary contexts and focuses on Shakespeare’s themes and styles.

ENG 431. American Literature I (3)

An English major requirement. This course is the first half of a chronological survey of American literature from the colonial times to 1865. It focuses on major male and female writers, their major works, their basic themes and styles, and the cultural contexts of the texts and identifies stylistic and thematic patterns in American literature. Authors will include Euro-Americans, African-Americans, Latino or Latino-Americans, Asian-Americans, and Native-Americans.

ENG 432. American Literature II (3)

An English major requirement. This is the second half of the chronological survey of American literature from 1865 to the present. It focuses on major male and female writers, their major works, their basic themes and styles, and the cultural contexts of the texts, while identifying stylistic and thematic patterns in American Literature. Authors studied will include Euro-Americans, African-Americans, Latino or Latino-Americans, Asian-Americans, and Native Americans.

ENG 433. African-American Literature (3)

An English major requirement. This course is a chronological survey, from the colonial times to the present, of major African-American male and female writers, their major works, their basic themes and styles, and the cultural contexts of the texts. It identifies stylistic and thematic patterns in African-American literature.

ENG 434. Modern Poetry in English (3)

An English major requirement. This course is a critical chronological survey of modern international poetry in English or in English translation with a focus on selected American, European, African, and Asian poems/poets.

ENG 435. The Novel in English (3)

An English major requirement. This course is a critical chronological survey of the development of the novel from the beginning to the present. Selected texts/authors will include more British and US-American novels/novelists.

ENG 437. Modern Drama in English (3)

An English major requirement. This course studies basic themes and styles of selected major twentieth-century plays in English or in English translation.

ENG 449. Senior Seminar I (1)

An English major requirement. This course is designed to enable students to sort out, review, and integrate major authors, works, themes, styles, and movements in British and American literature in preparation for writing a senior thesis. Students are required to select a topic that focuses on a particular aspect or trend in literature and conduct an in-depth research on that topic.

ENG 450. Senior Seminar II (2)

An English major requirement: This course is designed to afford student the opportunity to write and revise their theses under supervision. It closes out the two-part course and culminates with the completion of the senior thesis and the defense of that thesis before the English faculty.