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English Course Descriptions (from MSU catalog) |
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English Courses at Mississippi State UniversityNOTE: Entering freshmen may enter honors or special sections of first-semester composition depending on standard and other tests. Students with ACT scores in English of 18 or under take EN 1003, from 19 to 28 take EN 1103, and of 29 and above take EN 1163 or EN 1103H (honors). International students of non-English background will be placed in composition sections appropriate to their needs as determined by TOFEL scores. EN 0103. Basic English. (3) (Prerequisite: A score of 15 to 18 on the English section of the ACT). Three hours lecture. A study of grammar and mechanics as basic to composition, with emphasis on the sentence and the paragraph. Does not count toward any degree. EN 1103. English Composition I. (3) (Prerequisite: A score of 17 or above on the English section of the ACT or EN 1003). Three hours lecture. A study of logical and rhetorical principles and organizational strategies that contribute to effective writing. 1103H. Honors section open through invitation only. The analytical study and frequent practice of interdisciplinary writing coupled with the analytical study of major literary genres - fiction, poetry, and drama. EN 1113. English Composition II. (3) (Prerequisite: EN 1103, 1163, or 1183). Three hours lecture. An expanded study of and practice in stylistics, logic, and research as contributions to analytical writing. 1113H. Honors section open through invitation only. Continuation of EN 1103H. EN 1163. Accelerated Composition I. (Prerequisite: A score of 29 or above on the English section of the ACT or consent of the instructor). Three hours lecture. An expanded study of and practice in stylistics, logic, and research as contributions to expository writing, designed for students who exhibit command of basic rhetorical principles. EN 1173. Accelerated Composition II. (3) (Prerequisite: EN 1163 or consent of the instructor). Three hours lecture. An expanded study of and practice in stylistics, logic, and research as contributions to analytical writing, with emphasis on extensive study of diverse rhetorical models. EN 2203. Introduction to Literature. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of freshman composition). (Not open to English majors or honors students who complete EN 1183 or 1193). Three hours lecture. The critical and appreciative study of masterpieces in various genres chosen from English and world literature. EN 2213. English Literature. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of freshman composition). Three hours lecture. A survey of English literature from the beginning to the Romantic Period. EN 2223. English Literature. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of freshman composition). Three hours lecture. A Survey of English Literature from the Romantic Period to the present. EN 2243. American Literature. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of freshman composition). Three hours lecture. A survey of American literature from the beginning to Whitman. EN 2253. American Literature. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of freshman composition). Three hours lecture. A survey of American Literature from Whitman to the present. EN 2273. World Literature. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of freshman composition). Three hours lecture. Selected writings of Greece, Rome, and Medieval European translation. EN 2283. World Literature. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of freshman composition). Three hours lecture. Selected writings of the non-English-speaking world from the Renaissance through the Twentieth Century. EN 2434. Literature and Film. (4) (Prerequisite: Completion of English composition requirements). Three hours lecture. One laboratory. Introduction to literary and cinematic techniques, methods of analysis, and structures. EN 2443. Introduction to Science Fiction. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements of the student’s major field). Three hours lecture. A study of major science fiction writers of the past two centuries, with emphasis on human experience in a technological society. EN 2453. The Icelandic Sagas. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of freshman composition). Three hours lecture: A survey, in English, of the sagas and their relationship to history, mythology, and other medieval literatures. (Same as FL 2453). EN 2990. Special Topics in English. (1-9) Credit and title to be arranged. This course is to be used on a limited basis to offer developing subject matter areas not covered in existing courses. (Courses limited to two offerings under one title within two academic years). EN 3223. Writing for Architects. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of freshman composition; junior standing). Three hours lecture. Development of writing ability by reading, analyzing thematic architectural material, and by writing. Lecture; group discussions of grammar, rhetoric stylistics, etc. EN 3303. Creative Writing. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of freshman composition). Three hours lecture. Basic techniques in writing fiction and poetry; meter and rhyme, metaphor and image, plot, characterization, dramatic detail. EN 3363. American Literary History. (3) (Prerequisite: 3 hours of literature or consent of the instructor; students taking EN 3363 cannot earn credit toward an English major for EN 2243 or 2253). Three hours lecture. Major writers, genres, periods, and trends in American literature with particular emphasis on critical techniques and resources useful to students of literature. EN 3413. Advanced Composition. (3) (Prerequisite: Twelve hours of English). Three hours lecture. An advanced expository writing course and general introduction to research methods and materials in language and literature. EN 3423. Descriptive English Grammar. (3) (Prerequisite: Twelve hours of English). Three hours lecture. Advanced course in English grammar. EN 3513. Women and Literature: Selected Topics. (3) (Prerequisites: Completion of freshman composition). Three hours lecture. A study of literary works by or about women. Texts are selected according to theme, genre, and/or historical period. EN 4000. Directed Individual Study. Hours and credits to be arranged. EN 4223/6223. Principles of Legal Writing. (3) (Prerequisites: Junior standing and completion of English requirements). Three hours lecture. Introduction to prose of the legal profession, emphasizing rhetorical strategy and style. Advanced composition, including work with contracts, letters, regulations, memoranda of law, and briefs. EN 4303/6303. Craft of Poetry. (3)(Prerequisite: EN 3303 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. The craft and practice of writing poetry. EN 4313/6313. Craft of Fiction. (3)(Prerequisite: EN 3303 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. The craft and practice of writing fiction. EN 4323/6323. Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. A survey of literary criticism from Plato to the present. EN 4333/6333. Literature of the South. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. A critical survey of Southern writers past and present. EN 4343/6343. African American Literature. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. A study of African American literature, especially that of the Twentieth Century. EN 4353/6353. 20th Century Critical Theory. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. A study of major twentieth-century strategies of interpretation, including psychoanalysis, Marxism, structuralism, feminism, deconstruction. EN 4403/6403. Introduction to Linguistics. (3) (Prerequisite: Twelve hours of English). Three hours lecture. The descriptive and historical study of language; linguistic analysis and comparisons; language classification; language in its social and cultural setting. (Same as AN 4403/6403) EN 4413/6413. History of the English Language. (3) (Prerequisite: Twelve hours of English). Three hours lecture. The origin and development of the English language, structural and phonetic changes; conventions of modern usage. EN 4433/6433. Approaches to TESOL. (3) (Prerequisite: EN 4403 or EN 3423 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Methodology of Teaching English as a Second Language, with emphasis upon theory of second language acquisition, teaching techniques, and evaluation of relevant textbooks. EN 4443/6443. English Syntax. (3) Three hours lecture. Grammatical analysis of English with emphasis on pedagogical applications to teaching English as a foreign/second language. EN 4463/6463. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. (3) (Prerequisite: EN 4403/6403 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. A survey of the major theories of language acquisition, concentrating on accounts of second language acquisition. EN 4503/6503. Shakespeare. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. Shakespeare’s plays through 1599. EN 4513/6513. Shakespeare. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. Shakespeare’s plays from 1600. EN 4523/6523. Chaucer. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. Studies in the major works of Chaucer. Readings in Middle English. EN 4533/6533. Milton. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. The principal writings of Milton, including all of PARADISE LOST and PARADISE REGAINED, and some of the chief prose works. EN 4623/6623. Language and Culture. (3) (Prerequisite: EN 4403/6403 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Examination of language as a part of culture, a source of knowledge about other aspects of culture, and a social behavior. (Same as AN 4623/6623 and SO 4623/6623). EN 4633/6633. Sociolinguistics. (3) (Prerequisites: EN 4403 or consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Examination of relationship between language and society, and how, when, and why people in speech communities use language varieties. (Same as AN 4633/6633 and SO 4633/6633). EN 4643/6643. The Eighteenth-Century British Novel. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. A study of major eighteenth-century British novelists. EN 4653/6653. The Nineteenth-Century British Novel. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. A study of the major nineteenth-century British novelists. EN 4663/6663. The Twentieth-Century British and Irish Novel. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. A study of British and Irish novelists from Conrad and Woolf to Rushdie and Byatt, as well as literary movements including modernism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism. EN 4703/6703. English Literature of the Sixteenth Century. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. A study of Renaissance literature in England exclusive of Shakespeare’s plays. EN 4713/6713. English Literature of the Seventeenth Century. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. Seventeenth-century literature exclusive of Shakespeare’s plays. EN 4723/6723. The Restoration and Swift. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. British poetry, prose, and drama, 1660-1700, and Swift. EN 4733/6733. Eighteenth-Century Literature. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. British poetry, prose, and drama of the Eighteenth Century excluding Swift. EN 4803/6803. Types of Twentieth-Century Drama. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. The development of modern American, British, and Continental drama since Ibsen. EN 4813/6813. The Twentieth-Century World Novel. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. Major world novelists of the Twentieth Century, excluding British, Irish, and American. EN 4823/6823. Twentieth-Century Poetry. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. Chief American and British poets; their verse technique and their contribution to poetic art. EN 4863/6863. The Romantic Poets and Prose Writers. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. An intensive study of the major Romantic poets— Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Byron, Coleridge—along with some of the non-fiction prose of the period. EN 4883/6883. Victorian Poets and Prose Writers. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. Intensive study of Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Swinburne, and other Victorian poets, along with some of the non-fiction prose of the period. EN 4903/6903. American Literature: 1800-1860. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. Studies in Irving, Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne, the Transcendentalists, and Southern Humorists. This course cannot be taken before EN 2243. EN 4913/6913. American Literature: 1860-1900. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. Studies in Twain, Whitman, Dickinson, James, Crane, and others. This course cannot be taken before EN 2253. EN 4923/6923. Twentieth-Century American Novel. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. A study of the American novel since Dreiser. EN 4933/6933. Survey of Contemporary Literature. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. Significant trends in European and American literature since the outbreak of World War II. EN 4943/6943. Form and Theory of Fiction. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. Theoretical aspects of fictional technique, genre, style; readings include novels, short stories, and writings about the craft of fiction. Recommended complement to creative writing courses. EN 4953/6953. Form and Theory of Poetry. (3) (Prerequisite: Completion of English requirements in the student’s major). Three hours lecture. Poetic theory; formal conventions, techniques, and innovations in the tradition of English and American poetry. Recommended complement to creative writing courses. EN 4990/6990. Special Topics in English. (1-9) Credit and title to be arranged. This course is to be used on a limited basis to offer developing subject matter areas not covered in existing courses. (Courses limited to two offerings under one title within two academic years). EN 6013. Internship in Compositional Theory and the
Teaching of College Writing. (3) (Prerequisite: Acceptance as a EN 7000. Directed Individual Study. Hours and credits to be arranged. EN 8000. Thesis Research/Thesis. Hours and credits to be arranged. EN 8103. Graduate Research in English. (3) Three hours lecture. A required introduction to fields of study and to scholarly research and writing in English language and literature. EN 8333. Studies in Southern Literature. (3) Three hours lecture. Studies in the literature of the U.S. South. EN 8513. Studies in English Literature to 1485. (3) EN 8523. Studies in English Literature 1485-1660. (3) EN 8533. Studies in English Literature 1660-1832. (3) EN 8543. Studies in English Literature 1832-1900. (3) EN 8553. Studies in American Literature to the CivilWar. (3) EN 8563. Studies in American Literature from the CivilWar to 1914. (3) EN 8573. Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature. (3) EN 8583. Selected Topics in Language and Literature. (3) EN 8593. Studies in Post-Colonial Literatures. (3) Three hours lecture. Studies in the literatures of the English-speaking world, excluding Great Britain and the United States. EN 8990. Special Topics in English. (1-9) Credit and title to be arranged. This course is to be used on a limited basis to offer developing subject matter areas not covered in existing courses. (Courses limited to two offerings under one title within two academic years). The information on this page is identical to that found in the 2004-2005 Bulletin of Mississippi State University. |
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