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| 100 | Developmental English (3). Institutional credit only. Required for admission to ENG 101 for students judged by the English department to need added instruction in writing skills before enrolling in ENG 101 and/or whose ACT English scores are 17 or below (SAT verbal scores are 360 or below). This course does not fulfill the core requirement, nor does it count toward the 124 hours required for graduation. Must be passed with a C- or above to enter 101. |
| 101 | Freshman English I (3). Instruction in the writing process to develop skill in producing expository and persuasive writing, including the research essay. Emphasis on the Christian responsibility to use language effectively and ethically. Must be passed with a C- or above to enter ENG 102. |
| 102 | Freshman English II (3). Prereq: ENG 101 with at least a C-. An introduction to the literary genres and critical writing. Emphasis on critical reading and evaluation of literary texts from a Christian perspective. |
| 121 | Advanced Freshman English (3). Open only to freshmen judged by the English department to be exceptionally proficient in English. An introduction to the literary genres and instruction for development of skill in expository and critical writing, including the research essay. Emphasis on critical reading and evaluation of literary texts from a Christian perspective. If students pass ENG 121 with a grade lower than C, they must successfully complete ENG 101. Students failing ENG 121 must successfully complete ENG 101 and 102. |
| 130 | Practicum: Campus Yearbook (1). Prereq: Instructor’s permission. An introductory course designed to teach the fundamentals of photojournalism: copy layout, graphics, and design. The laboratory and backdrop for this course is the Belhaven campus yearbook. The course requires attendance at lectures, seminars, and yearbook staff meetings. May be repeated for up to three hours of elective credit. This course does not count toward the communications or English major or minor, nor does it count toward the creative writing programs. |
| 131 | Practicum: Campus Newspaper (1). Prereq: Instructor’s permission. An introductory course designed to teach the fundamentals of news writing, news style, newsgathering, news evaluation, and media ethics. The laboratory and backdrop for this course is the Belhaven College campus newspaper. The course requires attendance at lectures, seminars, and newspaper staff meetings. May be repeated for up to three hours of elective credit. This course does not count toward the communications or English major or minor, nor does it count toward the creative writing programs. |
| 132 | Principles of Editing: Campus Literary Journal (1). Prereq: Instructor’s permission. An introductory course designed to teach the fundamentals of publication editing, design, and production. The laboratory and backdrop for this course is the Belhaven campus literary journal, The Brogue. Students will meet once a week for seventy-five minutes for lecture, discussion, and staff work. Typically, The Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) will be the text for the course, and students will be graded on their adherence to this Manual in their editorial work. This course does not count toward the communications or English major or minor. The course may be repeated for up to three hours of elective credits for English majors. Students pursuing the BFA in creative writing must complete at least one semester of ENG 132. |
| 199 | Creative Writing Colloquy (0). Informal weekly meeting for the purpose of discussing works in progress. Participants will bring drafts of current works and discuss them under the direction of a creative writing instructor. Four semesters required for creative writing majors and minors. Grade limited to Credit or No Credit. |
| 201, 202 | Survey of British Literature (3, 3). Prereq: ENG 102 or 121. A survey spanning from the Anglo-Saxons and culminating in contemporary authors with the division of the courses occurring after the Restoration and 18th century. Emphases are on major authors, literary historical periods, and basic interpretive skills. |
| 203, 204 | Survey of World Literature (3, 3). Prereq: ENG 102 or 121. A survey of major continental authors and their writings, the literary historical periods, and the linguistic cultures of various nations. ENG 203 covers the Greco-Roman and Hebrew-Christian periods through the Renaissance; ENG 204 from the Enlightenment to the modern and postmodern eras. |
| 205, 206 | Survey of American Literature (3, 3). Prereq: ENG 102 or 121. ENG 205 is a survey which begins with the colonial authors and concludes with the Transcendentalists. ENG 206 surveys the period from approximately 1900 to the present. Emphases are on major authors, the emergence and shaping of American literature, and basic interpretive skills. |
| 210 | Experiential Writing (1). Prereq: Six hours selected from ENG 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, or instructor’s permission. Designed to teach adult students how to prove college-level learning through essay writing about life experiences. Students will write at least one acceptable essay that discusses the application and results of principles taught in a Belhaven College course for which credit is sought. Writing lab time is offered, but is optional. |
| 211 | Introduction to Creative Writing (3). Prereq: ENG 102 or 121. Designed for students interested in learning and practicing the craft of creative writing, including writing poetry, fiction, and the nonfiction essay. Discussion of the biblical foundations for creative expression through words and of the Christian writer’s responsibility to art, society, and God. Workshop format. |
| 302 | History and Grammatical Structures in English (3). Prereq: Six hours toward the survey course requirements or instructor’s permission. A systematic study of traditional English grammar. Includes summaries of language acquisition and the history of the language. Not accepted toward the English requirement for the B.A. degree in humanities. May not be taken as an independent study. |
| 303 | Effective Writing in Bibliography and Research (3). Prereq: Six hours toward the survey course requirements or instructor’s permission. Instructive guidance in the effective writing of extensive research papers of literary criticism written according to the MLA guide to documentation. The student is led through a mastery of the progressive steps of the research and writing procedure. Course includes summaries of literary theories. May not be taken as an independent study. |
| 304 | Advanced Poetry Writing (3). Instructor’s permission. Designed for students interested in practicing advanced techniques of writing poetry in both traditional and open forms. Covers topics including line, form, meter, sound, image, and figurative language. Requires students to submit poems for publication and to participate in a public poetry reading. Workshop format. |
| 305 | Advanced Fiction Writing (3). Prereq: ENG 211 or instructor’s permission. Designed for students interested in practicing advanced techniques of writing fiction. Covers topics including perspective, character, setting, plot, dialogue, and voice. Requires students to submit stories for publication and to participate in a public fiction reading. Workshop format. |
| 306 | Advanced Nonfiction Writing (3). Prereq: ENG 211 or instructor’s permission. Designed for students interested in practicing advanced techniques of writing nonfiction essays, including such subgenres as memoir, literary journalism, nature writing , travel essays, spiritual narratives, and humorous essays. Requires students to submit essays for publication and to participate in a public reading. Workshop format. |
| 330 | Photojournalism Editing: Campus Yearbook (3). Prereq: Instructor’s permission. Editing within the context of photographic copy layout, graphics, and design. The laboratory and backdrop for this course is the Belhaven College campus newspaper. The course requires attendance at lectures, seminars, and yearbook staff meetings. May be repeated for six hours of elective credit. This course does not count toward the communications or English major or minor, nor does it count toward the creative writing programs. |
| 331 | News Editing: Campus Newspaper (3). Prereq: Instructor’s permission. Editing of stories, writing headlines, developing and teaching acceptable writing skills, using basic computer systems, and becoming familiar with the Associated Press stylebook. The laboratory and backdrop for this course is the Belhaven College campus newspaper. The course requires attendance at lectures, seminars, and newspaper staff meetings. May be repeated for six hours of elective credit. This course does not count toward the communications or English major or minor, nor does it count toward the creative writing programs. |
| 400 | Classical Literature in Translation (3). The course will cover various genres of Greek Literature, including a close study of specific texts in translation. Topics to be covered will include epic and lyric poetry, tragic and comic drama, history, philosophy and oratory. Authors studied will include Homer, Pindar, Plato, and three major tragedians: Aristophanes, Thucydides, and Demosthenes. |
| 401 | British Literature Before 1500 (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from ENG 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, or instructor’s permission. Beginning with Anglo-Saxon poetry, the content of the course proceeds through Middle English romance and Arthurian legend to an emphasis on Chaucer. |
| 413 | Literature of the Renaissance (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. Exclusive of Shakespeare, the content of the course includes British drama, non-dramatic poetry, and prose from 1500 through the Commonwealth period: Sidney and Spenser through Milton. |
| 415 | Shakespeare (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. Study of the major plays and sonnets. |
| 420 | Seventeenth-Century British Literature (3). A study of the prose, poetry, and drama of England from the ascension of James I to the Restoration of Charles II. A widely diverse and prolific body of writers including Drayton, Donne, Herbert, Suckling, Lovelace, Browne, Hobbes, Burton, Walton, Jonson, Webster, Middleton, and Ford will be introduced. |
| 425 | The Restoration and Eighteenth Century (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. Includes the dramatists, poets, novelists, and essayists of England during the Restoration and 18th century, ending with Boswell and Johnson. |
| 436 | Romantic British Literature (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. Beginning with Blake, students read through the works of major British Romanticists (e.g., Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats). Emphasis is upon poetry, but prose is included. |
| 440 | Victorian British Literature (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. A study of the intellectual, spiritual, and social movements of the 19th century, with special emphasis upon the relation of these trends to current fads and problems. This examination includes major Victorian poets (e.g., Tennyson, Browning, and Arnold) as well as prose commentators and novelists (e.g., Eliot, Scott, and Hardy). |
| 445 | Modern British Literature (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. An in-depth survey of major writers of poetry, drama, and fiction from 1890 to the present, including Irish writers. The literature in the course moves philosophically from modern to postmodern. |
| 450 | Development of the British Novel (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. A critical and historical study of the English novel from its beginnings with Defoe to the experimentation within the modern period. The course describes the novel as a particular genre with well-defined antecedents. |
| 452 | Emergence of American Literature (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. An in-depth survey from the Federal period proceeding through the American Renaissance, Melville, Dickinson, and regional writers, and ending with the literary movements of Realism and Naturalism. Emphasis is on the development of a national literature. |
| 455 | Literature of the South (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. Beginning with the Southern writers of the colonial South and proceeding through the Fugitives to the present. Investigation of the topical and thematic dimensions of this unique literary heritage, which includes, but is not limited to, the African-American writers Frederick Douglass, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison. |
| 457 | Development of the American Novel (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. Representative American novelists from Brown and Hawthorne to the modern era. Emphasis on changes in the genre through the historical periods, both in regard to stylistic form and thematic content. |
| 461 | Development of British and American Poetry (3). An in-depth study of the development of Western poetry. In addition to analyzing the characteristic themes and subjects of various individual poets and periods, students will learn about the nuances of prosody (e.g., line breaks, stanzaic form, rhyme schemes, and rhythm patterns) relevant to the writers and movements. |
| 462 | Modern Drama (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. A study of the major plays and playwrights of the 20th century, including British, Irish, American, and continental dramatists. |
| 465 | Contemporary American Literature (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. A study of American poetry, drama, and fiction from 1910 to the present. The course builds on American realism and naturalism and proceeds into the modern and postmodern eras. |
| 470 | The Bible as Literature (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. An examination of the literary forms, themes, and purposes of selected genres from the Old and New Testaments. Course surveys the writings in their literary, historical, and sacred contexts. |
| 473 | Christian Masterpieces (formerly Christian Writers of the Western Tradition) (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. A study of major Christian works of the Western literary tradition from Augustine to T.S. Eliot. |
| 480 | Special Topics in English Studies (3). Prereq: Six hours selected from selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. Covers selected topics not studied extensively in other courses. May be repeated for differing topics. |
| 481 | Capstone Workshop in Creative Writing (3). Prereq: Senior standing, ENG 211, and two 300 level creative writing courses or instructor’s permission. Designed for students interested in completing significant projects for publication. Students declare individual projects in one area of creative writing (e.g. a collection of poems, short stories, or essays; a long prose work) at the beginning of the semester, then completes the project under the direction of the instructor. Each student must defend his or her creative work and philosophy of aesthetics paper before a faculty committee. Workshop format. |
| 482 | Special Topics Writing Workshop (3). Prereq: ENG 211 or consent of instructor. Designed for students who want to write in specific genres, including the following: the novel or novella, fantasy fiction, historical fiction, extended works of creative nonfiction, literary journalism, long poems or poem sequences, writing for children, etc. Each time the workshop is offered, it will focus on a particular genre. At times, this may be taught by a visiting writer. Requires students to submit essays for publication and to participate in a public reading. Workshop format. |
| 490 | Tutorial (1-3). Prereq: Six hours selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. An opportunity for students with the requisite background in English studies to do advanced research work on selected topics or to engage in an advanced creative writing project. Offered by arrangement with an English department faculty member. |
| 492 | Internship (1-3). Prereq: Six hours selected from selected from literature survey courses, or instructor’s permission. Supervised practical experience in a position that calls upon skills developed by the English major. May be within the English department or an approved public or private company or agency. Open to junior or senior English majors. Approval of the departmental chair and the division chair must be obtained. The course is graded on a pass/fail option. Refer to “Student Intern Programs and Practicums” for further requirements. |
| 494 | Teaching Creative Writing (3). Prereq: Senior standing and consent of director of creative writing program.. Designed to introduce students to the pedagogy of creative writing instruction. Topics covered will include the design and facilitation of writer’s workshops, teaching techniques, formulation of lesson plans, assignment design, feedback and response strategies, and methods for teaching various age groups (children, adults, seniors, etc.). The first half of the semester will focus on lesson design and preparation. During the last half of the semester, each student will complete a supervised internship in a local school, tutoring center, neighborhood center, nursing home, senior citizen’s center, etc. The Director of the Creative Writing program will assist students in finding a teaching venue. |
