| ENG 0102: Writing Tutorial (2) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: Score of two to three on English Placement test. Supports work done in ENG 2201 through a series of conferences with the instructor. Students must be enrolled in the designated section of ENG 2201 to take this course but not in any other section. Credits for this course do not apply toward graduation. |
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| ENG 1110: Literature and Faith (5) Offerings |
| Examines the treatment of belief and disbelief in literature shaped by various Christian traditions and by a variety of social and literary contexts. Instructor may choose to focus on American, British, or contemporary literature. |
| Attributes:Arts and Humanities B
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| ENG 2201: Intermediate College Writing (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: Score of two, three or four on English Placement test. Improves upon elementary college-writing skills through readings, discussion, and the assignment of writing tasks typically found in college coursework. Tutorial sessions in the Writing Center may be required. |
| Attributes:Writing Skills Competency
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| ENG 2215: Imaginative Writing (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisites: (ENG 1110 or 2225 or 2230 or 2234 or 2248 or 2251 or 2252 or 2253 or 3334) and (ENG 2201 or score of five to six on English Placement test). Fosters the vision and skills necessary for effective writing of poetry and fiction. |
| Attributes:Writing Skills Competency
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| ENG 2225: Introduction: Literary Studies (5) Offerings |
| An introduction to various contemporary approaches to the study of literature, with emphasis on scholarly research, thinking, and writing. Includes consideration of Christian approaches to criticism. Designed for students intending to major in English. |
| Attributes:Writing "W" Course
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| ENG 2230: Literature of American West (5) Offerings |
| Explores poetry, essays, and fiction associated with the "Idea of the West" developed on the North American continent over the past two centuries. Particular emphasis is given to the importance of place in shaping the literature and the spirituality of writers in the West. |
| Attributes:Arts and Humanities B
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| ENG 2234: Literature by Women (5) Offerings |
| A study of poems, stories, plays, and essays written in English by women. The course will include classic as well as rediscovered women writers, and will examine the significant themes, the literary forms, and the social contexts of literature written by women. |
| Attributes:Arts and Humanities B
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| ENG 2248: New International Fiction (5) Offerings |
| Explores recent fiction from around the world, featuring international authors who write in English (e.g., Ngugi Wa Thiongo, Salman Rushdie) or have been strongly influenced by British or American literature (e.g., Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, Assia Djehar). |
| Attributes:Arts and Humanities B
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| ENG 2251: Eng Lit:Beginning Thru Milton (5) Offerings |
| Surveys the first three periods of English literary history: Old English, including the eighth-century Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf; Middle English, including Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; and English Renaissance, concluding with Milton's 17th-century Paradise Lost. |
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| ENG 2252: Eng Lit: Restoration-Victorian (5) Offerings |
| Surveys major authors, themes, genres and movements in British literature of the 18th and 19th centuries, including intellectual and social contexts. |
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| ENG 2253: Amer Lit:Beginnings to 1900 (5) Offerings |
| Surveys major authors, themes, genres, and movements in American literature from the colonial era through the modern period, including intellectual and social contexts. |
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| ENG 3000: British Isles Orientation (1) Offerings |
| Introduces students to the literary and cultural landscape of the British Isles. Orients students to the academic work of the ensuing British Isles Quarter, and to the challenges and opportunities of traveling and studying in Britain. Addresses practical matters such as financial aid, British Isles Quarter itinerary, travel safety, and post-quarter travel. Graded pass/fail. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3001: South Africa Studies Orientatn (3) Offerings |
| Introduces students to the literacy and cultural landscape of South Africa. Examines South African film and poetry to introduce the history of apartheid and the Truth and Reconciliation commission. Orients students to the academic work of the ensuing South Africa Study Program. Addresses cultural diversity and the challenges of cultural shock. Prepares students for practical matters such as itinerary, safety concerns, interpersonal and academic expectations, and preparations for service learning. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3180: Advanced Grammar (3) Offerings |
| This basic grammar course brings insights from both traditional and generative-transformational approaches to explain how language works. Especially designed for teachers of English, it also introduces students to parts of speech, phrases, and clauses, as well as to grammatical and mechanical rules for generating standard American English. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3205: Writing in the Professions (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2201 or score of five to six on English Placement test. Develops abilities associated with writing tasks in the professions, including reports, correspondence, proposals, and procedure manuals. Emphasizes role of persuasion in routine and special writing tasks. Also addresses visual design in the preparation of documents and the impact of digital technologies on writing in the professional workplace. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course, Writing Skills Competency
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| ENG 3208: Professional & Bus Writing-M (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: Writing course or score of 5-6 on English Placement Test. Reviews basic written-commmunication skills and strategies before moving on to practice in fundamentals of professional communication: professional correspondence, business reports, proposals, oral presentations. Emphasis is placed on persuasion, ethics and the impact of digital technologies on business communication. May not be taken for credit if ENG 3207 Business Writing has previously been taken. Offered only by Media. |
| Attributes:Media, Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
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| ENG 3235: Literature American Renaissanc (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2253 or permission of instructor. Focuses on the first flowering of American literature in the difficult years before the Civil War. Includes works by such writers as Emerson, Thoreau, Douglass, Hawthorne, Melville, Stowe, Whitman and Dickinson. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3246: European Lit: Homer to Dante (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 1110, 2230, 2234, 2248, or 3334. Explores the literary heritage of British and American literature through intensive study of selected classics in translation, including works by authors such as Homer, Sophocles, Virgil, and Dante. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3247: European Lit: Cervantes-Camus (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 1110, 2230, 2234, 2248 or 3334. Explores the literary heritage of British and American literature through intensive study of selected classics in translation, including works by such authors as Cervantes, Goethe, Dostoevsky, and Camus. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3301: Advanced Expository Writing (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2201 or score of five to six on English Placement test. Moves students beyond the academic essay and shows them techniques for addressing an audience beyond the academy. Focuses on the exploratory, open-ended essay as a lens for examining topics chosen by students in consultation with the instructor. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course, Writing Skills Competency
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| ENG 3310: Elements of Prosody (2) Offerings |
| For English majors and others interested in exploring in greater depth the workings of poetry, with particular attention paid to the relationship between the elements that make up the poem (rhythm, structure, sound qualities ? the "music" of the poem) and where those elements take us. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3311: Elements of Narrative (2) Offerings |
| For English majors and others interested in exploring in greater depth the field of narratology, with particular attention paid to the relationship between the elements of narrative (story, plot, point of view, etc.) and their larger philosophical implications. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3316: Workshop in Writing Poetry (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2215 or permission of instructor. Refines skills and techniques necessary for the effective writing of poetry. Students examine the work of professional poets from the perspective of apprentice to the craft. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3317: Workshop in Writing Fiction (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2215 or permission of instructor. Refines skills and techniques necessary for the effective writing of short fiction. Students analyze the work of professional fiction writers from the perspective of apprentices to the craft. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3318: Creative Nonfiction (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2215 or 3301, or permission of instructor. Examines the literary essay, emphasizing contemporary authors such as Diane Ackerman, Annie Dillard, and Barry Lopez; "schools" such as the new journalists and the environmental essayists; and publications such as The New Yorker and The Atlantic. Special attention will be paid to students' development as writers of nonfiction. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course, Writing Skills Competency
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| ENG 3334: American Ethnic Literature (5) Offerings |
| Traces the expression in novels, plays, poems, and essays of the minority groups who have been a part of the American people, particularly emphasizing the writing of African Americans. |
| Attributes:Arts and Humanities B, Upper-Division
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| ENG 3336: American Realism (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2253 or permission of instructor. Focuses on the development of realism and naturalism in the era of modernization following the Civil War. Includes work by such writers as Howells, James, Twain, Chopin, Crane, Dreiser, and Wharton. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3338: Contemporary Fiction (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2252 or 2253, or permission of instructor. Considers British and American fiction published after 1945, including both realistic and postmodern works by such writers as Carver, DeLillo, Ishiguro, Murdoch, Nabokov, O'Connor, and Pynchon. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3345: Medieval English Literature (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2251 or permission of instructor. Studies Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and Medieval English masterpieces, with special emphasis on Beowulf and on the works of the Pearl Poet. Culminates in a study of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Malory's Morte D'Arthur. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3346: Lit of English Renaissance (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2251 or permission of instructor. Considers the Golden Age of Elizabeth I and the darker days that followed, as seen through the works of Wyatt, Spenser, Sidney, Raleigh, Shakespeare, Bacon, Milton, and other contemporaries. Special attention given to written explication of poems by Donne, Herbert, and Marvell. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3347: 18th-Century Literature (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2252 or permission of instructor. Considers 18th-century British literature in the context of the Enlightenment. Focuses on new understandings of the self and society that illuminate many of our contemporary assumptions. Includes works by such writers as Defoe, Dryden, Swift, Fielding, Pope, and Johnson. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3348: Romantic Poetry and Fiction (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2252 or permission of instructor. Studies selected works of such British Romantic writers, including Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, and the Shelleys. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3351: Victorian Literature (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2252 or permission of instructor. Studies selected works from the age of Queen Victoria in Britain, including such authors as Dickens, Bronte, and Rossetti. Attends especially to the various ideologies of the 19th century in relation to contemporary culture, including questions of gender, technology, empire, and faith. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3352: Modern Fiction (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2252 or 2253, or permission of instructor. Studies major fictional works of the early 20th century, including novels and short stories by such authors as Conrad, Faulkner, Hemingway, Lawrence, Joyce, and Woolf. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3380: African Literature (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2225 or 2248. Examines the work of a variety of authors from the continent of Africa in the light of colonialism and its aftermath. Focuses primarily on English-language writers such as Achebe, Coetzee, Dangarembga, Fugard, Gordimer, Ngugi, and Soyinka. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3381: Middle Eastern Literature (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2225 or 2248. Examines the work of a variety of authors from the East/Middle East in the light of colonialism and exile. Focuses primarily on English-language works by such writers as Satrapi, Hosseini, Naipaul, and Rushdie as well as translations of El Saadawi, Mahfouz, or Pamuk. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 3382: South African Lit & Theater (5) Offerings |
| Introduces students to the literature and culture of South Africa. Examines the work or a variety of authors and playwrights. Requires original research based on viewing performances in South Africa. |
| Attributes:Arts and Humanities B, Upper-Division
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| ENG 4225: Senior Literature Seminar (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2225 or permission of instructor. Studies a major text, its context, and its reception. Examples of the kind of text to be considered include the Aeneid, Canterbury Tales, Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, Middlemarch, and Ulysses. Students will complete a significant literary essay that draws upon their skills and experience as English majors. May be repeated for credit up to 10 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:English Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| ENG 4226: Senior Creative Writg Seminar (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 3316, 3317, or 3318. An advanced craft seminar for senior English majors pursuing the creative writing option in fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction. Students will complete a major project in their genre, consisting of new and revised work, which may serve as an application portfolio for post-graduate study in creative writing. Through techniques of peer review, deep structural analysis, and extremely close reading of works by novice and professional writers, we'll explore the conscious choices good writers make at the level of the word, the sentence, and beyond. May be repeated for credit up to 10 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:English Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| ENG 4316: Advanced Poetry Writing (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 3316. A writing workshop for experienced writers of poetry. Also addresses such topics as poetry magazines, small presses, agents and editors, the submission process, and current trends in publishing. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| ENG 4317: Advanced Fiction Writing (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 3317. A writing workshop for experienced writers of fiction. Also addresses such topics as fiction magazines, publishing houses, agents and editors, the submission process, and current trends in publishing. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| ENG 4318: Advanced Creative Nonfiction (3) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 3318. A writing workshop for experienced writers of creative nonfiction. Also addresses such topics as literary magazines, publishing houses, agents and editors, the submission process, and current trends in publishing. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| ENG 4334: Americn Ethnc Lit:Special Topc (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2253 or permission of instructor. Explores various topics pertinent to the lives and literature of ethnic Americans. Depending on topic, focus may be on Native-American, African-American, Latino/Latina or Asian-American authors. Offered alternate years. May be repeated for credit up to 10 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 4425: Modern Poetry (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2252 or 2253, or permission of instructor. Concentrates on how to read, understand, evaluate, and enjoy the work of major modern poets, including Yeats, Pound, Eliot, Stevens, Williams, and Moore. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 4426: Contemporary Poetry (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisites: ENG 2252 or 2253, or permission of instructor. Considers British and American poetry from 1945 to the present. If possible, students should take ENG 4425 first. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 4445: Shakespeare (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2251 or permission of instructor. Considers Shakespeare's comedies, histories, tragedies, and romances while studying his art and thought in relation to the Elizabethan background. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 4601: History of English (3) Offerings |
| Examines Anglo Saxon, Middle, and Modern forms of English in historical development. Includes phonology, morphology, syntax, and some discussion of the relationship of each language stage to literary expression during its era. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 4661: The Best of C.S. Lewis (3) Offerings |
| Identifies basic literary, philosophical, and theological categories of Lewis' works. Studies the great themes that permeate Lewis' literature by examining his major works. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 4685: History of Literary Theory (5) Offerings |
| Prerequisite: ENG 2225 or permission of instructor. Studies the major issues and schools of literary theory in terms of their historical development. The course is especially appropriate for advanced majors. It also provides a useful synthesis for those who might be considering graduate studies in English. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| ENG 4899: Senior Capstone in English (3) Offerings |
| Provides senior English majors with an opportunity to gather their thoughts on faith and literature, to explore their vocations as life-long readers and writers, and to evaluate their educational experiences at SPU. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
Restrictions:English Majors only. Senior students only. |
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| ENG 4900: Independent Study (1-5) Offerings |
| Independent Study May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| ENG 4921: Dir Readings C S Lewis Circle (1-5) Offerings |
| Offers directed study in the fiction and/or literary criticism of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Charles Williams. Examples of the belles-lettres: Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (Lewis), The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien), The Man Born to Be King (Sayers), and Descent into Hell (Williams). |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 4922: The British Novel (5) Offerings |
| Surveys the history of the British novel through selected readings from the 18th century to the present day. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 4930: English Practicum (1-5) Offerings |
| For advanced students who wish to assist as tutors, discussion leaders, and readers in lower-division English classes. May be repeated for credit up to 6 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| ENG 4940: Coop Ed:English Internship (1-5) Offerings |
| Applies writing skills in varied employment settings; possibilities include public relations offices, newspapers, and other informational services. Students may suggest their own internships in consultation with the faculty supervisor as long as writing skills are used and other internship criteria are met. May be repeated for credit up to 6 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| ENG 4941: Coop Ed:English Internship (1-5) Offerings |
| Applies writing skills in varied employment settings; possibilities include public relations offices, newspapers, and other informational services. Students may suggest their own internships in consultation with the faculty supervisor, as long as writing skills are used and other internship criteria are met. May be repeated for credit up to 6 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| ENG 4950: Special Topics (3-5) Offerings |
| Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit up to 5 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 4953: Writng Workshop:Special Topics (1-5) Offerings |
| Offers an intensive writing experience in a small workshop setting. Genres, themes, and locations vary. May be repeated for credit up to 10 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division, Writing "W" Course
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| ENG 4954: Literature Abroad:Spec Topics (5) Offerings |
| Offers advanced study of special topics in literature written in English while participating in SPU study abroad programs. Genres, themes, and locations vary. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| ENG 4970: Independnt Research in English (5) Offerings |
| Under the direction of the English faculty, qualified students bound for postgraduate study will design and complete a senior project: either an article-length scholarly paper or a substantial creative writing project. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:English Majors only. Senior students only. |
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