English Courses
Semester
specific course desciptions
125. Introduction to Dramatic Scripts.
Students are introduced to the formal aspects of play texts and develop
the critical skills necessary to read plays and critique live and video
performances. Representative dramas from the Greeks to the present
are investigated in terms of character development, dialogue, settings
and central ideas, as well as their original theatrical contexts: theatre
architecture, stage conventions, scenic devices, costuming and
acting techniques. The emphasis in this course is on analysis of scripts
and the relationship among performance conditions, cultural context
and dramatic conventions. Also offered as Performance and Communication
Arts 125.
190. Introduction to Literary Forms
In this course, students will be introduced to the concept of
literary genres. Each section of the course will focus on a single genre — poetry,
fiction, drama — with a view to describing and illustrating its
major characteristics. Emphasis will be placed upon the varieties that
exist within generic types, and students will be exposed to examples
drawn from a wide historical range. In the process of studying the particular
literary form, students will also learn to respond critically to the
challenges posed by literary texts and will receive guidance in the composition
of effective written responses to those texts.
201. Introduction to Newswriting.
A general study of journalistic principles and methods as well
as extensive practice in the gathering and writing of news. Emphasis
is on newspaper journalism.
212L.The London Stage.
Offered as part of St. Lawrence’s program in England.
Students read, view and discuss plays being produced in London during
the semester. The formal study of the plays and their productions is
supplemented by frequent attendance at various forms of theatre and occasional
tours and lectures. Students with some background in drama may petition
to take this course as 312L and substitute an independent project for
the regular course work.
215. Dramatic Texts in Context.
How does a director decide what play to do and the style in which
to do it? Answers to these questions are the guiding principles for
the investigation of staging practices and plays that span from ancient
Greece to those of 19th-century Europe. Students examine how theatrical
space, scenery and props altered the theatre-going experience. In the
end, we focus attention on how knowing the theatrical and cultural
contexts of plays can help theatre practitioners make informed choices. Also
offered as Performance and Communication Arts 215.
220. Introduction to African Literature.
This course introduces students to a wide range of literature,
including poetry, plays and fiction, from many parts of Africa. The purpose
is to explore the cultural fertility and diversity of literary production
in an area of the world unfamiliar to most Americans. In addition, students
gain insight into topics central to African/Third-World studies, such
as the reaction and resistance to colonialism and the forging of complex
cultural identities in a post-colonial culture. Also offered through
African Studies.
223. Playwriting.
This course explores the processes of composition characteristic
of the playwright. In a series of weekly assignments, various aspects
of the art are introduced: characterization, dialogue, dramatic action
and others. The course concludes with the writing of a one-act play.
Students read exemplary plays from the modern repertoire. Also offered
as Performance and Communication Arts 223.
224. Caribbean Literature in English.
A survey of literature by authors from formerly British colonies:
Jamaica, Trinidad, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Kitts and Dominica. This
course considers colonial and postcolonial fiction, poetry and non-fiction
by writers from various ethnic groups, including people of African, East
Indian, Chinese and European descent. Representative authors are Derek
Walcott, Jamaica Kincaid, V.S. Naipaul, Jean Rhys, George Lamming, Edgar
Mittelholzer, Olive Senior, Erna Brodber and Michelle Cliff. Also
offered through Caribbean and Latin American Studies.
225, 226. Survey of English Literature.
These courses provide an overview of British literature beginning
with the Anglo-Saxon period and extending into the 20th century. English
225 covers some works in Old and Middle English (Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales),
poetry and drama from the Renaissance, including Shakespearean drama,
and extends from the Restoration up to 1700. English 226 includes selections
from Neo-classical, Romantic, Victorian and modern British literature.
Students contemplating graduate study in English are strongly encouraged
to take both courses. Also offered through European Studies.
228. Irish Literature.
This is a cultural studies course on 20th-century Ireland with
a focus on literature. The literary texts are placed in conversation
with cinematic and musical texts as well as with historical and political
contexts. The course examines the ways literature has been used to create
and represent the postcolonial nation of Ireland, what stories it tells
about history, identity and nationhood. Attention will be paid to the
vexed relationship between the Irish nation/culture/people and the divided
polities that occupy the island today. The readings include drama, fiction
and poetry, both from the early 20th century and from the contemporary
period. Authors include Yeats, Joyce, Lady Gregory, Synge, O’Casey,
Friel, Nuala O’Faolain, Edna O’Brien, Heaney, Muldoon, Doyle
and other contemporary writers. Also offered through European Studies.
230. Introduction to African-American
Literature.
Beginning with a consideration of Frederick Douglass and the
slave narratives of the 19th century, the course concentrates on the
writers of the “Harlem Renaissance” and follows the development
of African-American writing in poetry, fiction and drama to the present
day. Representative authors are Douglass, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen,
Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Gloria Naylor, Toni Morrison, Connie
Porter and August Wilson. Also offered through U.S. Cultural
and Ethnic Studies.
237, 238. Survey of American Literature.
A survey of major and minor works and writers that have shaped
the American literary tradition from 1620 to the present, with particular
attention to historical and social backgrounds. English 237 concentrates
on writers from the colonial period to 1900, including Taylor, Edwards,
Bradstreet, Franklin, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Whitman,
Dickinson, Twain and James. English 238 covers the literature of the
20th century, including works by Dreiser, Wharton, Cather, Frost, Eliot,
Stevens, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, O’Neill, Wright and Flannery
O’Connor. English 238 also offered through U.S. Cultural
and Ethnic Studies.
239. Introduction to Canadian Literature.
The background and development of Canadian literature in English.
Though beginning with a survey of late 19th- and early 20th-century writing,
the course emphasizes post-1920 Canadian literature, especially that
written since 1940.
241. Techniques of Fiction.
An introductory study of basic technical problems and formal
concepts of fiction writing. John Cheever once suggested that fiction “is
a sort of sleight-of-hand that displays our deepest feelings about
life.” Cheever, a recognized master of the short story, is not
alone in expressing truths through imagined experience. As beginning
fiction writers, students will mine autobiography, secondary research
and other sources for ideas that pique their artistic interests. Through
close reading of published fiction and nonfiction on the writer’s
craft, students will learn how to shape their material into compelling
stories using characterization, point of view, time, setting and other
narrative techniques.
242. Techniques of Poetry.
An introductory study of prosody and poetics. Class attention
is divided among student writing, theory and published models. Weekly
writing assignments address a variety of technical issues connected with
both traditional and experimental verse, while reading assignments provide
examples to follow or possibilities for further study. Matters of voice,
affect, intuition, chance and imagination are given as much attention
as those analytic skills nec-essary for clear communication. All students
are required to share their oral and written work for group discussion
and critique.
243. Creative Non-Fiction Writing.
An introductory study of basic technical problems and formal
concepts of the literary essay. Students read and write essays on various
topics, including travel, personal experience, landscape, natural science
and politics. Weekly written exercises and student essays are read
aloud and discussed in class.
244. Techniques of Screenwriting.
An introductory study of basic technical problems and formal
concepts of screenwriting. The study of produced screenplays and formal
film technique, along with writing scene exercises, builds toward the
construction of a short (50-minute) script. Also offered as Performance
and Communication Arts 244 and through Film Studies.
247. Special Studies in Language and Literature.
The content of each course or section of the course is different and
is announced in the Class Schedule. Open to all students.
250. Methods of Critical Analysis.
This course will introduce students to a range of scholarly methods
used to interpret literary works. While each section of the course
may focus on a different theme or on a different group of primary texts,
all sections will aim to encourage students to recognize and to apply
a variety of literary critical methods. In addition, students will
learn the citation and formatting conventions most commonly employed
in the field of literary study.
255. African-American Drama.
African-American drama is a tradition that has unique themes
and forms with sources in African ritual, language, gesture and folklore;
the Southern Baptist Church; the Blues; and jazz. Through this course,
students will examine plays, read essays, view videos and listen to music
to discover the qualities that make this drama a vital resource of African-American
culture and an important social and political voice. Playwrights include
Amiri Baraka, Adrienne Kennedy, George C. Wolfe, Alive Childress, Ntozake
Shange, Ed Bullins and August Wilson. Also offered as Performance
and Communication Arts 255 and through U.S. Cultural
and Ethnic Studies.
263. Native American Fiction.
This course concentrates on Native American fiction in English,
most of it produced in the 20th century. It suggests some of the subjects
and themes common to Native American literature in general and examines
some of the forms and techniques used to treat them. Writers represent
a broad spectrum of Native American cultural groups and may include Louise
Erdrich, Linda Hogan, John Joseph Mathews, N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Silko
and James Welch. Also offered through Native American Studies.
290. Expository Writing.
A course for students who have successfully completed the First-Year
Program and who want further work in writing and revising expository
essays. Students write for a variety of audiences and in a variety of
forms, everything from personal narratives to the academic essay. The
course addresses both rhetorical and formal concerns: organization, voice,
prose rhythm, clarity. Writers are regularly asked to discuss their work
in peer workshops. Prerequisite: First-Year Program or equivalent.
295. Nature and Environmental Writing.
This is a course designed for students who want to explore the
specific genre of nature writing — the intersection of self and the natural
world. We will explore how this genre combines the observational, scientific “eye” with
the personal, narrative “I” through readings in non-fiction
anthologies, novels and/or memoirs. Students will also spend time writing
their own essays on nature and the environment, which will reflect
different objectives within the genre, such as the political essay,
the literary field study and the personal essay. Students will write
three essays and one revision in addition to keeping a “naturalist’s
journal,” due at the end of the semester. Discussion of the reading
will be interspersed with workshop sessions throughout the semester. Also
offered as Environmental Studies 295 and through Outdoor Studies.
306. Advanced Screenwriting Workshop.
An extension and intensification of English 244. Students are
expected to work independently on the preparation of two feature-length
screenplays. Workshop format emphasizes the revision and editing process.
Prerequisite: English 244. Also offered as Performance and Communication
Arts 306 and through Film Studies.
307. The Short Story.
An exploration of the evolution of the modern short story with
special emphasis on the American tradition from World War I to the present.
Representative authors include Chekhov, Joyce, Kafka, Anderson, Fitzgerald,
Hemingway, Porter, Cheever, Baldwin, Updike, Barthelme, Carver, Oates,
Munro, Cisneros, Alexie. Prerequisites: two lower-level English courses.
308. Advanced Creative Non-Fiction Writing.
The students’ own writing provides much of the material
for this course, although essays by contemporary writers are read and
studied. Students are given opportunities to use non-fiction topics and
forms of their own choice. Special attention is paid to problems of voice
and narrative method, in particular to the role of narrators in mediating
what is observed. The revision and editing process is also emphasized.
Prerequisite: English 243. Also offered through Outdoor Studies.
309. Feature Writing.
Introduction to newspaper and magazine feature writing. In addition
to writing shorter features of various types, students produce a representative
profile, which involves locating an individual who represents a newsworthy
group or issue, researching the issue, conducting several interviews
with the subject, with experts in the field and with acquaintances of
the subject, and combining all this into a long feature. Prerequisite:
English 201.
310. Advanced Fiction Writing.
Building upon the craft techniques acquired in Techniques of
Fiction, students will encounter authors who challenge basic assumptions
about the nature of fiction through writing narratives that experiment
with the givens of traditional story forms. Discussion of student-produced
manuscripts in a workshop setting is one of a number of pedagogies employed
in the class. Emphasis is on writing improvement through increasing awareness
of the technical dynamics of the short story genre and through cultivating
an understanding of contemporary idioms and the uses of the imagination.
Prerequisite: English 241.
311. Advanced Poetry Workshop.
An extension and intensification of English 242. The class meets
regularly in a workshop setting to critique student poems and assigned
readings, to experiment with collaborative projects, and to discuss issues
of contemporary poetic theory. All students are required to complete
a formal manuscript of finished poems and to read from their work in
public. Prerequisite: English 242r.
312L. The London Stage.
Offered as part of St. Lawrence’s program in England.
Students attend the same plays as the English 212L class but undertake
an independent project instead of the regular class work. Prerequisites:
two English courses, one of which must include the study of drama, and
permission of the instructor.
315. Chaucer.
A study of Chaucer’s major works, Troilus and Criseyde and The
Canterbury Tales. Prerequisites: two lower-level English courses
or permission of the instructor. Also offered through European Studies.
316. English Literature of the Middle
Ages.
Readings comprise representative texts from Old and Middle English,
including Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Piers
Plowman, medieval drama and the Morte D’Arthur. Prerequisites:
two lower-level English courses or permission of the instructor. Also
offered through European Studies.
317. Renaissance Poetry.
A study of the romantic, spiritual and political poetry written
by English men and women of the 16th and 17th centuries. Poets covered
include Marlowe, Shakespeare, Herbert, Sidney, Wroth, Herrick and Donne.
Prerequisites: two lower-level English courses. Also offered through
European Studies.
319, 320. Shakespeare.
An intensive study of Shakespeare’s plays. English 319
concentrates on the comedies and histories, 320 on the tragedies. Prerequisites:
two lower-level English courses. Also offered as Performance and
Communication Arts 319, 320 and through European Studies.
322. Milton.
An intensive study of Milton’s development as poet and
public figure, including all of his major poetry and representative samples
of his political prose. Prerequisites: two lower-level English courses. Also
offered through European Studies.
323. African Drama: Voices of Protest
and Selfhood.
This course introduces students to the theatrical developments
in South Africa in the apartheid and post-apartheid eras. The purpose
is to foster awareness of the potency of drama for political protest
and for social change in postcolonial Africa. Issues about gender and
racial discrimination, as well as the challenge of technocracy and European
values to traditional beliefs and customs, are the primary focuses for
study. Also offered as Performance and Communication Arts 323 and
through African Studies.
324. Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama.
A study of English popular drama, 1580 to 1640. Prerequisites:
two lower-level English courses. Also offered as Performance and
Communication Arts 324 and through European Studies.
325. 18th-Century English Literature.
This course often has a thematic focus: during a recent semester
the study of 18th-century English literature and culture concentrated
on the relationship between low and high culture, the popular
and the polite. The course asked, to what degree can these categories
be separated, and in what ways do they intersect or merge in writings
of this period? How do texts fit within these categories? What determines
these categories — genre? audience? circulation? subject? publication
format? Course texts include works by canonical figures such as Pope,
Swift and Johnson, women writers and precursors of romanticism. Prerequisites:
two lower-level English courses. Also offered through European Studies.
328. English Romanticism.
A study of English romantic literature in its historical and
philosophical contexts. Authors normally studied include Blake, Wordsworth,
Coleridge, Percy and Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, Byron and Keats. Prerequisites:
two lower-level English courses. Also offered through European Studies
and Outdoor Studies.
331. American Romanticism: 1830-1860.
A study of representative American writers of the Romantic period,
including Cooper, Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, Poe
and Whitman. Prerequisites: two lower-level English courses.
332. American Realism: 1860-1900.
This course focuses on developments in American literature from
the Civil War to the First World War, examining such movements as realism,
local colorism and naturalism, and attending to contemporary social issues
to which the literature responds: the aftermath of the Civil War and
reconstruction, racism, the woman question, immigration, industrialization
and urban poverty, rural life and westward expansion. Readings include
works by realists such as Mark Twain, W.D. Howells, Edith Wharton and
Stephen Crane, and works by less well-known writers like W.E.B. Dubois,
Charles Chesnutt, Rebecca Harding Davis, Abraham Cahan and Kate Chopin.
Prerequisites: two lower-level English courses.
338. 20th-Century Avant-Garde.
Students are exposed to theoretical writings, dramatic texts and performances
that reflect the continuing experimentation in the theatre since the
1890s. Students examine artistic reactions to a post-Darwinian and
post-Freudian worldview and are exposed to the various methods in which
playwrights and theatre practitioners have grappled with finding new
ways of articulating what it means to be human in an industrialized
world. Prerequisites: Performance and Communication Arts 125 or 215,
English 190 or permission of instructor. Also offered as Performance
and Communication Arts 338 and through European Studies.
339. The 18th Century
Novel.
The novel is a relatively new genre, a form that emerged in
the eighteenth century and differed from previous ones in appearing only
in print. Why did the English novel originate at this time? What did
authors imagine it as being and doing? And how did the genre evolve throughout
the eighteenth century? To answer these questions, we will situate the
novel within its historical contexts, examining English politics and
culture. We will also survey the century’s most influential novels
and assess the development of subgenres such as the epistolary novel,
the Gothic and the novel of manners.
340.
The Victorian Novel.
The Victorians ran the greatest global power of their time and
struggled with many of the same issues as we do — both public (technology,
prejudice, pollution) and private (love, marriage, family). This course
examines their novels within this context, starting with realistic works
(such as the hilarious Vanity Fair and Barchester Towers)
and ending with a few novelistic forms that arose or resurfaced at the
end of the period (sci-fi, horror, detective fiction). The course typically
covers works by Dickens, the Brontes, Thackeray, Collins, Trollope, Gaskell
and Eliot. Prerequisites: two lower-level English courses. Also offered
through European Studies.
344. Ethnic American Women Writers.
This course focuses on the writings of women from four major
American ethnic groups: African-American, Native American, Asian-American
and Latin American. Works are examined as products of particular ethnic
traditions as well as products of a common female American literary heritage.
Writers may include Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Gloria Naylor, Louise
Erdrich, Leslie Silko, Amy Tan, Maxine Hong Kingston, Sandra Cisneros
and Julia Alvarez. Prerequisites: two lower-level English courses.
346. American Literature and the Environment.
A study of the literary response to the taming of the American
wilderness. The course focuses on the close association of nature and
art in American literature, examining how American writers, in shaping
story and poem, have tried to reconcile the processes and values associated
with “wilderness” and “civilization.” Some attention
is given to the historical and cultural backgrounds of the wilderness
theme. Writers such as Crevecoeur, Jefferson, Cooper, Thoreau, Melville,
Twain, Whitman, Jewett, Frost, Faulkner, Cather, Steinbeck, McPhee and
Dillard are studied, but an effort is made to choose works not usually
taught in the surveys of American literature. Prerequisites: two lower-level
English courses or permission of the instructor. Also offered as
Environmental Studies 346 and through Outdoor Studies.
347. Special Studies in Language and Literature.
The content of each course or section of the course is different
and is announced when the Class Schedule is published prior
to registration. Prerequisites: two lower-level English courses.
349. Modern British and American Poetry.
A survey of modern poetries from the Anglo-American canon. Major
authors include Thomas Hardy, A.E. Houseman, W.B. Yeats, Robert Frost,
D.H. Lawrence, Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, William
Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, Robinson Jeffers, e.e. cummings, Marianne
Moore, W.H. Auden, Philip Larkin, Robert Lowell, Gwendolyn Brooks, Dylan
Thomas and Sylvia Plath. The general aim of the course is to strengthen
our capacity to read carefully and experience more deeply the work of
a wide variety of poets.
350. 20th-Century Realism.
After Ibsen, realistic drama continued to be written by other
dramatists in continental Europe, Great Britain and the United States.
In this course, students observe how different playwrights used the form
of realism: as a vehicle for social and political ideas, as an instrument
for expressing “folk” consciousness and as the formal basis
for experience conceived symbolically or lyrically. Plays are selected
from the works of dramatists such as Lorca, O’Neill, Hellman, Williams,
Gorky, Miller, Hansberry, Wilson, Synge, O’Casey, Durrenmatt, Osborne,
Handke and Pinter. Prerequisites: two lower-level English courses. Also
offered through European Studies.
352. Contemporary Literature and the Environment.
A study of the contemporary literary response to rising national
interest in the natural world and rising awareness about the danger to
natural resources. Although readings will be predominantly in prose (novels
and essays), some poetry will be included. Among the questions the authors
ask: as we approach the natural world, how can we move beyond metaphors
of dominion? What are the biases of gender, geography and culture that
we bring to our inquiry? What is the relationship between the human and
the “natural”? What does it mean to fully invest ourselves
in our local environment? Also offered as Environmental Studies 352
and through Outdoor Studies.
353. Modern British Fiction.
A consideration of the techniques, forms and themes of the major
modern fiction writers, including Conrad, Lawrence, Joyce, Woolf, Forster
and others writing between 1900 and 1930. Prerequisites: two lower-level
English courses. Also offered through European Studies.
354. The Modern American Novel.
A study of modern American novelists from Dreiser, Cather and
Lewis through Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner and important writers of
the 1930s. Prerequisites: two lower-level English courses.
355. Contemporary British Novel.
A survey of post-World War II British fiction, including such novel-ists
as Graham Greene, Doris Lessing, V.S. Naipaul, William Golding, Iris
Murdoch, A.S. Byatt and John Fowles. Prerequisites: two lower- level
English courses. Also offered through European Studies.
356. Contemporary American Novel.
An introduction to American literary works since World War II
for the purpose of illuminating the variety of forms that contemporary
literature has taken. Although the novel is the genre emphasized most
in the course, short stories, novellas, works of creative non-fiction
and graphic novels have also been included. Authors whose work has recently
been studied in this course include Barthelme, Didion, Elkin, Ellison,
Erdrich, Heller, McGuane, Millhauser, Morrison, Naylor, O’Brien,
Pynchon, Spiegelman and Updike. Prerequisites: two lower-level English
courses.
357. Postcolonial Literature and Theory.
This course introduces a distinct way of organizing literary
study, substituting for the study of national traditions (such as British,
American or Canadian) the notion of postcoloniality as a global condition
affecting not only literature but also categories we use to think about
human experience: relations between colonizers and colonized and between
culture and power; identity, authenticity and hybridity; roots, motherland,
mother tongue; nationality. Readings will include contemporary literature
produced in the Indian subcontinent, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific,
Africa, Canada and the Caribbean, as well as important theoretical texts
about postcoloniality. Also offered as Philosophy 357 and Global
Studies 357.
358. Canadian Fiction.
An examination of Canadian prose since 1920. Though concentrating
on the novel, the course pays significant attention to the short story.
Prerequisites: two lower-level English courses.
359. American Women Writers.
A survey of the contributions of women writers to the development
of the American literary tradition. Representative writers include Stowe,
Jewett, Freeman, Chopin, Cather, Wharton, Porter, Morrison, Godwin and
Rich. Prerequisites: two lower-level English courses or permission of
the instructor.
362. The English Language.
A study of the origins and development of the English language
with primary emphasis upon general principles of grammar and meaning.
Attention is given to the sounds and forms of Old English and Middle
English, as well as to psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic questions
about modern speech and writing. Prerequisites: two lower-level English
courses or permission of the instructor. Also offered through European
Studies.
367. Feminist Postcolonial Theory.
Postcolonial theory addresses issues of identity, culture, literature
and history arising from the social context of colonization, resistance
to colonization, liberation from colonization, and the formation of
new nations. It crosses the boundaries of the social sciences and humanities
in its approach to theory and analysis of the discourses used to constitute
colonial and postcolonial subjects. Because nation formation tends
to mandate a united sense of identity, the contributions and identities
of women and minority peoples are often erased in the evolution of
postcolonial nationalisms. In this course we begin with some classic
texts of postcolonial theory before moving to a focus on specifically
feminist debates and texts within postcolonial studies. Literature
and film are used in dialogue with theoretical texts to examine questions
about gender and women’s issues in various societies. Also
offered as Global Studies 367 and Philosophy 367.
368. Contemporary American Poetry.
A survey of the major “schools” of poets during
the 1950s and 1960s. Emphasis will be given to the Beat poets (Kerouac,
Ginsberg, Corso, Ferlinghetti, Di Prima, McClure); the Black Mountain
poets (Olson, Creeley, Duncan, Dorn, Baraka); the New York poets (O’Hara,
Schuyler, Berrigan, Ashbery); and the Confessional poets (Lowell, Sexton,
Berryman, Plath). While a great deal of attention will be given to primary
texts, poetic theory and social history will also be examined. Prerequisites:
two lower-level English courses.
389, 390. Projects for
Juniors.
Student-initiated projects involving significant study and writing
carried out through frequent conferences with a faculty sponsor. Prerequisites:
junior standing and a 3.0 GPA in English. Proposals must be approved
by the department projects committee in the preceding semester (by
the Friday before pre-registration week).
409. Internships in Communications.
The department sponsors a limited number of closely supervised
internships on campus. There are various prerequisites for these and
an application process for enrollment. Information about internships
is available in the English department office. The internship counts
as a writing course.
450 SYE: Senior Seminar.
SYE seminars are designed to provide students with the opportunity
to apply the knowledge and skills they have developed in their own
progress toward completion of the major. Seminars will vary in topic,
but each will require participants to complete a substantial writing
project and to contribute both formally and informally to classroom
discussions.
489,
490. SYE: Projects for Seniors.
Student-initiated projects involving significant study and writing
carried out through frequent conferences with a faculty sponsor. Prerequisites:
senior standing and a 3.0 GPA in English. Proposals must be approved
by the department projects committee in the preceding semester. Fulfills
SYE requirement for those eligible.
495. Honors Projects for Seniors.
This course is offered in the fall semester only and is for
students working on an independent project to submit for departmental
honors in the spring semester. Students meet regularly with their individual
project advisor and as a group several times during the semester for
guidance about conducting research, revising and preparing thesis manuscripts.
Prerequisites: senior standing, a 3.5 GPA in English and approval by
the departmental projects committee in the preceding semester. Fulfills
SYE requirement for those eligible. Offered only in the fall.