SEMINAR IN THE MAJOR

ENGL 403

Explores current theory and research on the writing process and analyzes disciplinary genres and conventions. Teaches strategies for helping writers revise their work. As Undergraduate Writing Fellows, students will help their peers improve their writing in courses across the curriculum. For students accepted into the Writing Fellows Program. For students accepted into the Writing Fellows program

ENGL 906

Study of a theme in the English language.

ENGL 795

Study of a topic in English language and literature.

ENGL 879

Study of a topic or theme in literature.

ENGL 204

What does writing do? How? For whom? How and why do writers and readers compose texts that have an impact? Approaches these enduring questions of English studies from the perspective of Composition Rhetoric, one of English's subfields. Emphasizing critical reading and writing and built around a central theme that varies by semester, the course prepares students to analyze historical and/or contemporary examples of how writing creates communities, influences beliefs, and shapes knowledge.