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Course Descriptions

Course Description Notes

Northern Kentucky University has established abbreviations for its various disciplines. These abbreviations, which are printed next to the name of each discipline in the following course descriptions, should be used in preparing course schedules and at other times when referring to specific courses.

Following course titles in parenthesis is the number of semester hours of credit in the course. Listed below the course title are the number of classroom and lab/studio hours in the course, course prerequisites and co-requisites, and the semesters in which the course is taught.

Many courses satisfy NKU general education requirements under guidelines of the Kentucky Transfer Policy. If a particular course is approved for general education credit, a two-letter general education category designation follows the course title. The category for which the course is approved is listed in full beneath the course description. The general education category designations are:

OC – Oral Communication
WC – Written Communication
AH – Arts and Humanities
QR – Quantitative Reasoning
NS – Natural Sciences
SB – Social and Behavioral Sciences

Please refer to the General Education section of this catalog for complete information.

The university reserves the right to withdraw or modify courses of instruction at any time.
 

English
  

  • ENG 404 Arthurian Legend (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of medieval origins of the legend of King Arthur. May also consider post-medieval transmission of the Arthurian tradition in literary texts, film, etc. TRADITIONS (PRE-1800, PRE-1900).
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 411 Elizabethan Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    The period of Marlowe, Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare. TRADITIONS (PRE-1800, PRE-1900).
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 412 Seventeenth Century Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Dramatic works written in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. TRADITIONS (PRE-1800, PRE-1900).
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 414 English Renaissance Drama (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Shakespeare’s predecessors and contemporaries. Pre-1800 British Literature credit. GENRES.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 418 Gender and Early Modern Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Explores constructions of femininity and masculinity in literature of the early modern period (Renaissance and/or 17th and 18th centuries). IDENTITIES.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 420 Pre 1800 Exploration/Travel Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 semester hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Comparative study of the rhetoric, contexts, and uses of pre-1800, pre-1900 exploration and travel narratives, particularly those depicting cross-cultural encounters and non-western landscapes. TRADITIONS.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 421 Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Significant works of literature written between 1660 and 1798; satire, comedy of manners, novel, and poetry in the context of social backgrounds. TRADITIONS (PRE-1800, PRE-1900).
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 422 Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Ideas and themes in several works, or in a single major writer, or in a circle of writers; content varies. May be repeated for credit when content varies. TRADITIONS (PRE-1800, PRE-1900).
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

    ♦
  

  • ENG 425 Eighteenth Century British Novel (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Critical approaches to selected novels by British authors ranging from Daniel Defoe and Samuel Richardson to Frances Burney and Jane Austen; novelistic modes such as picaresque, epistolary, gothic, and novel of manners. TRADITIONS (PRE-1800, PRE-1900).
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 430 Advanced Poetry Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 231 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Intensive advanced practice in poetry writing, concentrating on form and poetics. CREATIVE WRITING.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 431 Screenwriting (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 231  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Analysis of professional and student screenplays completion of a script for feature length film, episode of a contemporary TV show, adaptation of a novel or short story, docudrama, or documentary film. CREATIVE WRITING.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 432 Novel Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 231 .
    Taught: Fall only
    Explores the particular requirements of the novel form. Examines the creation of effective characterization, setting, themes and plots. Demands substantial reading, writing, and outside research. CREATIVE WRITING.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 433 Novel Writing II (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 432 .
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    Continuation of Novel Writing I focusing on issues specific to writing the middle and ending of a novel. CREATIVE WRITING.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 434 Advanced Fiction Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 231  or equivalent
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Intensive advanced practice with a primary focus on writing short fiction, concentrating on the narrative techniques required for drafting, revising, and publishing short fiction.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 436 Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 231  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Intensive advanced practice in creative nonfiction writing, concentrating on experiential immersion and structural approach to personal narrative and literary reportage.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 442 Studies in British Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Works reflecting a common theme, genre, or literary movement. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Post-1800 British Literature credit. TRADITIONS.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

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  • ENG 450 Capstone in English Studies (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 250  and senior standing.
    Taught: Fall and spring Spring
    Explores major questions, ideas, and practices in English Studies, culminating in a project that applies skills and knowledge acquired in training as English majors.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 451 British Romanticism (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 semester hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A study of the major works and theories from the age of Blake, Wordsworth, and Byron. TRADITIONS (PRE-1900).
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 452 Victorian Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Poetry, fiction, prose, and myth in the age of Tennyson, Hardy, Carlyle, and Eliot. TRADITIONS (PRE-1900).
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 453 Victorian Poetry (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 semester hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    An exploration of the major works of poetry in the British Victorian period. GENRES
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 455 British Narrative Fantasy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Survey of British narrative fantasy from the Middle Ages though the 21st century. GENRES.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 456 The Gothic in Literature and the Arts (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of the Gothic mode in literature and other arts, such as architecture, film, and the visual arts. GENRES.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 461 Nineteenth Century American Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Major authors of 19th century American fiction, essays, and poetry. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (PRE-1900).
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • ENG 462 Modern American Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Trends in form and content in 20th century American writing. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (POST-1900).
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • ENG 463 Studies in Regional American Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Various regional literatures, e.g., those of Kentucky and southern Appalachia. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. IDENTITIES.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

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  • ENG 464 Studies in American Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Works reflecting a common theme, genre, era, or literary movement. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

    ♦
  

  • ENG 467 Studies in African-American Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 semester hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Various periods and kinds of African American literature: issues of ethnicity/race and sex/gender; cultural, political, economic, and social issues. May be repeated when topics vary. IDENTITIES.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

    ♦
  

  • ENG 468 Gender in 19th-Century American Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Investigates ways in which gender informs literature in 19th century American society and how literature reflects gender. IDENTITIES.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 470 Twentieth Century British Novel (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Aesthetic and analytical approach to major British novels of the 20th century. GENRES.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 472 Studies in British Modernism (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Literature by such major authors as Woolf, Eliot, Yeats, and Joyce and their circles, and selected movements defining British Modernism, 1910 to 1950; disillusionment with Victorian values; impact of World War I; innovation in aesthetic form. TRADITIONS (POST-1900).
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 473 Studies in Contemporary British Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Post-1950 British Literature by selected authors, reflecting aesthetic, social, political, intellectual, and economic trends. TRADITIONS (POST- 1900).
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 474 Studies in Postmodern Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Twentieth-century literature written primarily after WWII and representing a conscious attempt to move beyond the modes and thematics of the High Modernists. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (POST-1900).
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • ENG 475 Post-Colonial Literature and Theory (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Development of major themes, techniques, and theories of post-colonial writing, including issues of appropriation, literary hybridity, cultural hegemony, and Otherness. IDENTITIES.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 477 Irish Literary Renaissance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Works associated with the Irish Literary Renaissance (1880-1939), a movement dedicated to creating a literature based on Irish history, legend, and folklore. Writers may include Yeats, Joyce, Synge, Gregory, O’Casey. IDENTITIES.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 494 Senior Seminar (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of literature.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Intensive study of a specific topic or problem.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 496 Internship: Various (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 , ENG 151, or equivalent, with department approval.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Duties associated with on- or off-campus, paid or unpaid, employment in business, government, education, or the nonprofit sector, which involve substantial work in writing and/or editing projects, under the supervision of a faculty member in the English Department. May be repeated to a total of 6 semester hours.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • ENG 497 Projects: Writing (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): written consent of a full- time member of the Faculty of English.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Independent study for advanced students undertaking projects in creative, expository, or journalistic writing.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • ENG 499 Independent Study of British Literature (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of literature and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Open to outstanding students.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 500 Poetry (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of poetry. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. GENRES.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

    ♦
  

  • ENG 501 Drama (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of dramatic literature. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. GENRES.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

    ♦
  

  • ENG 505 Medieval Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of literature from the Medieval period. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (PRE-1800, PRE- 1900)
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • ENG 515 Readings in Western Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of literature from the Renaissance. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (PRE-1800, PRE-1900)
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • ENG 525 Restoration and 18th-Century Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of Restoration and 18th-century literature. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (PRE-1800, PRE- 1900)
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • ENG 530 Readings in the English Language (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of literature at the undergraduate level.
    Taught: Spring only
    Topics about the language and its use: specialized readerships, applications, and theories. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

    ♦
  

  • ENG 531 English Grammar for Teachers of ESOL (2 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester units of literature and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Review of English grammar from pedagogical point of view. Does not count toward English major.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 535 Teaching High School Writing (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Teacher Education Program and EDU 311 (Admission to Secondary Field Experience); or Admission to MAT Program or MA English program; or possession of valid secondary teaching certificate.
    Taught: Fall only
    Methods and theories in the teaching of high school writing. Required of all students majoring in English who seek secondary certification.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 537 Teaching High School Literature (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Teacher Education Program and EDU 311 (Admission to Secondary Field Experience); or Admission to MAT Program or MA English program; or possession of valid secondary teaching certificate.
    Taught: Fall Only
    Methods and theories in the teaching of high school literature. Required of all students majoring in English who seek secondary certification.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 541 Linguistics for Teachers of ESOL (2 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester units of literature and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Overview of linguistics for teachers of ESOL. Does not count toward English major.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 542 Teaching and Practice/Creative Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Activities, materials, objectives, theory, practice, and curricula for teaching writing at the middle and secondary school levels. Does not satisfy methods course requirements for any Kentucky teaching certificate program.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 544 Research/Methods in Professional Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to key theories and research methods in professional writing. WRITING STUDIES.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 546 Grant Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102  or equivalent or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Theory and practice of preparing and analyzing grant applications. Special focus on the grant process in academic settings. WRITING STUDIES. Open to graduate students and, with permission of instructor, advanced undergraduate students.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 550 Playwriting Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 231  or equivalent or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Intensive exploration of playwriting theory, approach, creativity, and style. Focus on developing the individual playwright’s method and practice through creation of drama, research, and engagement with the theater community.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 552 Screenwriting Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 231  or equivalent or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced exploration of the elements and techniques of film production and screenwriting. Focus on style and form; camera, geography, staging, balance, timing, and rhythm; business analysis of films and screenplays; and role of the screenwriter and other personnel.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 556 Composition Theories (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study in composition/rhetoric. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

    ♦
  

  • ENG 560 American Literature Before 1865 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semester of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of American literature written before 1865. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (PRE-1900)
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • ENG 565 American Literature After 1865 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of American literature written after 1865. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • ENG 570 American Folklore (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 151H , ENG 102  or equivalent or graduate level standing.
    Taught: Variable-chck w/dept
    Study of oral, customary, and material genres of folklore in different American folk groups.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENG 575 20th Century British Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of British literature written in the twentieth century. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (POST-1900)
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • ENG 580 Studies in Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of literature at the undergraduate level.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Special topics in literature; genres, interdisciplinary subjects, individual authors. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

    ♦
  

  • ENG 581 Major Authors (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of one or more major literary authors. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

    ♦
  

  • ENG 582 Special Topics in Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of special topics in literary studies. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • ENG 584 Literary Publishing and Editing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102  or equivalent or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Current trends and challenges in publishing explored through research and practical editing of literary journals and other projects.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦

English Developmental
  

  • ENGD 080 Writing Laboratory (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 1 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): ENGD 090 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Supplementary writing instruction in small-group setting. Offered on a pass/fail basis. Not applicable toward graduation.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENGD 090 Writing Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): ENGD 080 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Practice in a variety of writing forms, selecting topics, working through the writing process, and conferring with instructor and peers. Not applicable toward graduation. For students needing additional preparation for ENG 101 .
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENGD 094 Integrated Reading/Writing (4 credits)

    Hours: 4 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Develop academic literacy skills, strategies, and habits of mind; improve the quality and fluency of writing through extensive practice in critical reading and the writing process; prepare students for college-level writing and reading. Not applicable towards graduation; for students who are below college level in reading or English.
    Repeatable: No

English International
  

  • ENGI 080 Writing Laboratory for International Students (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 1 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): ENGI 099 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Supplementary writing instruction in small-group setting. Offered on a pass/fail basis. Not applicable toward graduation.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENGI 094 Integrated Reading/Writing for Int’l (4 credits)

    Hours: 4 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    The purpose of ENGI 094 is to help students improve the quality and fluency of their wiring in English, prepare them for college-level writing, and give them extensive practice in the writing process. In addition to regular and frequent writing, students will gain an appreciation of reading by choosing books of interest, increase their reading fluency, improve their reading comprehension, and be prepared for college-level reading. This is a 4 credit course, not applicable towards graduation, for students who are below college level for reading and English. A student with only one deficiency will also benefit from the reading and writing integration of this course. ENGI 094 is a pre-requisite for ENG 101 .
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENGI 099 Writing Workshop for International Students (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): ENGI 080 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Practice in a variety of writing forms, selecting topics, working through the writing process. For international students needing additional preparation for ENG 101 . Not applicable toward graduation.
    Repeatable: No

Entrepreneurship
  

  • ENTP 201 Entrepreneurial Mindset (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): None
    Taught: Fall and spring
    The entrepreneurial mindset can be utilized to develop self-efficacy, leadership, resourcefulness, creativity and comfort with ambiguity. Students will study, apply and absorb an entrepreneurial mindset as an approach to viewing the world, recognizing problems and developing real-world creative solutions. Students will also develop an appreciation for failure as learning experiences.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENTP 202 Opportunity Recognition (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201 
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Students will explore ways to shape and evaluate opportunities by understanding key industry, market, and competitive factors.  Students will learn how to determine if an idea is a viable opportunity for value creation, how to apply critical thinking skills, and how best to seize the opportunities they have identified.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENTP 290 Idea Validation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 202 
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Students will work in teams to learn how to turn a great idea into a great company.  They will develop a company and evaluate their idea by testing it with potential customers. Using the customer and market feedback gathered, they will use agile development to rapidly iterate their product.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENTP 305 Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing
    Taught: Fall and spring
    This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the entrepreneurial thought processes of creativity, innovation, and critical thinking as well as the business planning process. It provides students with a framework in which to conduct a feasibility analysis that will help prepare them for a potential entrepreneurial venture. Not open to entrepreneurship majors or minors.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 320 Social Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Fall only
    Introduce students to the concepts, practices, and challenges of social entrepreneurship in the U.S. and around the world. Topics include the relationship between traditional entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship; the impact of social entrepreneurs on society; and the skills needed to be a successful social entrepreneur.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 375 Entrepreneurial Skills & Marketing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing
    Taught: Fall and spring
    A strategic marketing process approach will be illustrated including marketing plans,  the innovation process, and implementation of product, price, place and promotion goals.  Topics will also include how to get business assistance, business locations, licenses and permits, registering your business, determining legal structure, and managing innovation.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 376 New Venture Financing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 150  or ACC 200  and ACC 201 , ENTP 201  
    Taught: Fall only
    Many new ventures and innovation fail due to inadequate funding. Major sources of funding for new ventures are reviewed and evaluated in this course, including: venture capital, informal investors, banks, investment banks, suppliers, buyers and the government. Some of the topics for this course include valuation, “guerilla financing,” joint ventures, strategic alliances, private placements, IPOs and management buyouts.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 378 Emerging Enterprise Law (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201  
    Taught: Spring only
    This course involves the study of legal issues surrounding emerging enterprises, including, new venture formation, choice of legal entity, financing, siting and leases, intellectual property, debtor-creditor relations, contracts and employment law.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 379 Technology and Innovation Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201  
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course is designed to explore the concepts of change, innovation, and corporate venturing. Issues associated with entrepreneurial behavior and the development and implementation of programs to encourage entrepreneurship (creating value through innovation in midsize and large firms are explored.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 394 Topics: Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Specialized topics of student and business community interest. Topics for current offering listed in Schedule of Classes. With department approval may be repeated for elective credit when topics change.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 9

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  • ENTP 396 Entrepreneurial Internship (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Students will intern at a nascent or early stage business venture that will provide the student an opportunity to learn to apply entrepreneurial problem solving skills and theoretical knowledge obtained through coursework to actual business situations and problems. The student should plan on spending a minimum of 10 hours per week for 10 weeks at the internship.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 433 New Venture Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201  and certification of major in business or declared minor in ENTP
    Taught: Spring only
    As an integrative course in management; this class emphasizes managing growing companies in an increasingly professional manner, while maintaining a spirit of entrepreneurship. Topics will include strategic and operational planning, financial planning and measuring and controlling performance; managing innovation, marketing the entrepreneurial organization, managing human resources in rapidly growing firms, and exit strategies.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 485 Entrepreneurship Capstone (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 290 , ENTP 375 , ENTP 376 , Senior Standing, and Certified Major.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Advanced, intensive experience designed to complete a student’s undergraduate study of entrepreneurship. Seminar that enables students to interact with experienced entrepreneurs.  Students are expected to include a substantial educational component that builds on knowledge and expertise from an accumulation of previous entrepreneurship courses. 
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENTP 497 Writing the Business Plan (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 150  or ACC 200  and ACC 201 , ENTP 201 , ENTP 375  and ENTP 376 ; senior standing and certification of major in business or declared minor in ENTP.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Students will study the basic components and varied audiences for the business plan. Each student will write a business plan and will be required to present the plan to a panel of business leaders.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 499 Independent Study (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201  and certification of major in business or declared minor in ENTP.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Students pursue a topic or project of interest to them. Meeting times arranged with instructor.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

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Environmental Science
  

  • ENV 110 Introduction to Environmental Science and Issues - NS (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    A non-laboratory introduction to the basic tenets of environmental science and issues including: the biological and physical components of ecosystems; human impacts on the functionality of ecosystems; and the economic, political, and legal aspects of environmental decision making. A requirement for entry into the environmental science program.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Natural Science
  

  • ENV 110H Honors Introduction to Environmental Science and Issues - NS (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): A minimum score of 24 on ACT.
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    A non-laboratory introduction to the basic tenets of Environmental Science and Issues including: the biological and physical components of ecosystems, human impacts on the functionality of ecosystems, and the economic, political and legal aspects of environmental decision making.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Natural Science
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  • ENV 115 Orientation to Environmental Science Careers (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    An introduction to environmental careers and post-graduate options. Activities will include visits to local businesses, corporations, agencies, and organizations specializing in environmental work.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENV 220 Protecting Water Resources - NS (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): A minimum score of 22 on the ACT math section or equivalent.
    Taught: Fall only
    An overview of water resources and threats. Focus is on U.S. waters, the Clean Water Act, storm-water, and reducing storm-water pollution of water resources.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Natural Science
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  • ENV 220L Protecting Water Resources Laboratory - SL (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): ENV 220 .
    Taught: Fall only
    A laboratory course to accompany ENV 220 . Applied exercises in water quality assessment, land use, and storm-water management.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Natural Science
  

  • ENV 291W Advanced Writing in Environmental Science - WC (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 101  or ENG 151, ENV 110 , and BIO 151 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Introduction to scientific literature, experimental design, research, and proposal development. Advanced techniques in information search and retrieval, scientific writing, and effective presentation. General education credit: Written Communication II
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Written II
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  • ENV 294 Topics in Environmental Science (1-5 credits)

    Hours: 1-5 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Intensive study of specialized subject matter in environmental science. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENV 308 Science Communication (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENV 110  or BIO 151  or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall Only
    Introducing and developing skills in communicating environmental science to the general public using film, radio, and photographs. The course is organized around three modules (photography, radio, and filmmaking). Students will learn the fundamentals, spend time examining and discussing successful examples, and then work in small groups with community partners to create materials.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENV 350 Environmental Toxicology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 151  and CHE 121 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A non-laboratory course for students in biology, chemistry or environmental science. The course will cover principles of toxicology and environmental genetics, and the movement, degradation, biotransformation, and accumulation of toxic chemicals in the environment over time. Case studies examine differences across species and habitats from the tundra to the tropics.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENV 394 Topics: Environmental Science (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing in environmental science.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    In depth study of specialized subject matter in environmental science. May be repeated for credit once when topic varies.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • ENV 395 Study Abroad in Environmental Science (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    An opportunity for students to engage in one or more departmentally- approved courses abroad; topic listed in schedule of classes when course is offered. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENV 396 Internship: Environmental Science (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Experiential learning at institutions, universities, or businesses specializing in Environmental work. Course may be repeated for new internship project. Open only to students majoring in Environmental science or minoring in Environmental studies.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • ENV 408 Ecology of the City (4 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 304  and GEO 418 .
    Co-requisite(s): ENV 408L .
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    Using ecological theory to understand the links between the structure and function of cities. Topics covered include socio-ecological frameworks, solutions to modern environmental concerns as they relate to urban areas, the role of interdisciplinary research in urban ecology, human-environment interactions, and creating sustainable cities.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENV 408L Ecology of the City Laboratory (0 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): ENV 408 .
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    Laboratory to accompany ENV 408 .
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENV 492 Directed Research: Environmental Science (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3-9 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENV 291W  and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Development and completion of a research project chosen in conjunction with instructor and approval of environmental science director. Final project report is required. For students majoring in environmental science.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • ENV 493 Seminar: Environmental Science (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENV 110  or BIO 123 , and junior standing.
    Taught: Spring only
    Discussion and analysis of current environmental problems. For junior and senior students majoring in environmental science or minoring in environmental studies.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENV 578 Environmental Issues for Educators (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Information and application of environmental issues for classroom use. Interrelationship of local issues and global issues. Required field trips.
    Repeatable: No
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