Course Descriptions
ENG 100 - College Reading & Writing Strategies
3 Credits
This course provides instruction in specific reading and composition strategies. A
practicum approach to reading efficiency and effectiveness will prepare students to
comprehend and retain college-level reading. A practicum approach to writing (including
sentence structure, writing patterns, and the revision process) will provide students
with skills necessary for satisfactory completion of typical college writing assignments.
This course does not fulfill the composition requirements of the Core.
This course does not fulfill the literature requirement of the Core. When taken, this course must be completed prior to ENG 110. Not open to students with credit for ENG 100B and ENG 100C.
ENG 110 - College Writing I
3 Credits
This course emphasizes the strategies students need for writing and thinking across
the curriculum. By practicing writing strategies such as argumentation, researched
writing (or writing with sources), summary, analysis, comparison and contrast, definition,
students will build the skills needed to succeed as college writers.
Each section will focus on a specific theme. Themes from previous classes have included
the following: American identity, family, love, the politics of food, Native American
culture, and biography.
This course does not fulfill the literature requirement for the Core. Not open to
students with credit for ENG 101.
ENG 111 - College Writing II
3 Credits
Building upon the research skills from ENG 110, this course focuses primarily on academic
research writing. Intensive reading and writing will be used to develop knowledge
of analytical techniques in the liberal arts. There will be specific emphasis on reading
strategies, library research, integrating sources, argumentation, and the MLA method
of documentation.
Each section will focus on a specific theme. Themes from previous classes have included
the following: American identity, family, love, the politics of food, Native American
culture, and biography.
This course does not fulfill the literature requirement of the Core. Prerequisite:
ENG 101 or 110. Not open to students with credit for ENG 102.
ENG 214 - Introduction to Literature
3 Credits
This course is an introduction to literature which offers students the opportunity
to read and appreciate a wide variety of poetry, fiction, and drama. Students will
work on polishing their writing and oral communication skills as they learn about
literary genres.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111.
ENG 215A - Survey of British Literature I
3 Credits
Surveys predominantly the traditional, canonical writers of England of the Anglo-Saxon
period, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Enlightenment. The course emphasizes
historical and cultural influences on writers such as the Beowulf poet, Chaucer, Shakespeare,
Donne, Spenser, Milton, Pope, Swift, and Samuel Johnson. The history of English—its
dialects and levels of usage—is also covered.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111.
ENG 215B - Survey of British Literature II
3 Credits
Surveys the major writers of England from the Romantic and Victorian periods and through
the twentieth century. The course emphasizes historical and cultural influences on
writers such as Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, George Eliot, Arnold, Browning, Joyce,
Eliot, and Woolf. The history of English—its dialects and levels of usage—is also
covered.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111.
ENG 216 - Survey of American Literature
3 Credits
Surveys the major writers of the United States from colonial times through the twentieth
century. The course emphasizes historical and cultural influences on writers such
as Emerson, Whitman, Melville, Twain, and Faulkner.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111.
ENG 220 - Professional Writing
3 Credits
This course emphasizes writing platforms used in the professional world but rarely
explored in composition or creative writing courses. Students will learn strategies
for reviewing books, films, food, etc., as well as techniques of successful blogging,
sports writing, travel writing, translation, and other types of writing used by professional
writers. This course does not fulfill the literature requirement. Prerequisites: ENG
110-111. May be repeated up to six credits.
ENG 222 Creative Writing I
3 Credits
A beginning course in creative writing. This class focuses on the processes of discovery
and invention, the analysis of contemporary literary works, discussion of student
manuscripts, and oral presentation of creative writing. A variety of genres are introduced
and studied. This course fulfills the literature requirement. Prerequisites: ENG 110-111.
May be repeated up to six credits.
ENG 260 - Novels
3 Credits
A study in the forms, techniques, and historical evolution of the novel through the
discussion of a particular theme, author, group of authors, or literary movement.
A particular course’s focus will be reflected in its title when it is offered.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111. May be repeated up to six credits on different topics.
ENG 261 - Short Stories
3 Credits
A study in the forms, techniques, and historical evolution of the short story as a
literary genre through the discussion of authors, themes, and literary movements.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111.
ENG 262 - Poetry
3 Credits
A study in the forms, techniques, and historical evolution of poetry through the discussion
of a particular theme, author, group of authors, or literary movement. The course’s
focus will be reflected in the course titles in the course offering bulletins.
Prerequisites: ENG 110-111 or 101-102. May be repeated up to six credits on different
topics.
ENG 263 - Drama
3 Credits
A study in the forms techniques and historical evolution of drama through the discussion
of a particular theme, author, group of authors, or literary movement. The course’s
focus will be reflected in the course titles in the course offering bulletins.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111. May be repeated up to six credits on different
topics.
ENG 279A - CORE: Conflict & Community
3 Credits
How are communities—particularly the idea of the common good—affected by large-scale
conflict? What happens to individuals and society when divergent or opposing definitions
of the common good clash? This course seeks to explore answers to these questions
through the lens of a particular major United States conflict (the Vietnam Way, for
example).
Using memoirs, novels, poems, and film—and by interviewing participants, veterans,
and survivors of conflict—we will attempt to gain not only an understanding of the
various communities affected by that conflict but also lasting insight into the effects
of war and other social upheavals on the idea of the common good.
Prerequisites: CORE 179 or appropriate transfer status. Pre- or Co-requisite: ENG
102 or ENG 111. This course fulfills the Arts requirement (Literature).
ENG 279D - CORE: Studies in Trauma Literature
3 Credits
Collective memory is not simply the memories shared by a cultural group. Often associated
with the Holocaust, this concept concerns the act of “bearing witness,” of acknowledging
trauma in order to bring about social healing. This course will examine visual, written,
and physical memorials to the Holocaust, September 11, and other twentieth century
tragedies.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or ENG 110-111; CORE 179 or appropriate transfer credit.
This course fulfills the Arts requirement (Literature).
ENG 320 - Women's Literature
3 Credits
Explores the roles women have played in the history of literature and explores the
contributions of female artists. The course also addresses issues of empowerment,
marginalization, and voice. Some sections may include a service-learning component.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111.
ENG 322 - Creative Writing II
3 Credits
An intermediate course in creative writing. This class focuses on the means and methods
of production, presentation, and publication used by creative writers. The course
may focus on a specific genre, such as poetry, fiction, or playwriting, or creative
nonfiction. Grammar and language acquisition are emphasized, and non-print media are
also included. Prerequisites: ENG 222 or consent of instructor. May be repeated up
to six credits.
ENG 326 - The Art of the Essay
3 Credits
This course provides extensive opportunities for experienced writers to develop advanced
stylistic techniques essential to good writing. The focus ranges from microscopic
(nuances in grammar) to macroscopic (writing theory), as well as the means by which
we read and write for different purposes. Non-print media also included. Recommended
for those interested in professional writing, teaching, and especially for the English
major planning graduate study.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111. Does not fulfill the literature requirement.
ENG 330 - Major Authors
3 Credits
This course offers an in-depth examination of a single author, or auteur, whose life
and works comprise an important contribution to the field of literature. The focus
of a particular course will be reflected in the title.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111. May be repeated for up to six credits on different
authors.
ENG 340 Journal Editor
3 Credits
This option, similar to an internship, is for students who wish to receive credit
for assuming editorial responsibilities for Gesture, Ohio Dominican’s journal of literature
and art. Responsibilities range across the entire process of producing the journal:
soliciting submissions; convening selection committees; visioning and marketing; managing
the budget; working with peers, a faculty advisor, and the publisher to produce the
journal; meeting publishing deadlines; and other duties. Prerequisites: ENG 222 or
permission of Gesture’s faculty adviser. May be repeated up to six credits.
ENG 342 - African Literature
3 Credits
A general survey of African literature including the oral traditions that formed its
background. Students will examine various forms of African artistic expression including
oral literature, short story, and novels. Students will read literary texts originally
written in English or in English translation. Reading of primary texts will be supplemented
with critical essays and documentary films.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111. This course fulfills the diversity, global,
and multicultural requirement.
ENG 343 - The Literature of American Diversity
3 Credits
A study of literary works and authors not usually included in the traditional canon
because of race, ethnic background, gender, age, or other factors. The class includes
works by the minority cultures of African-American, Native American, Asian-American,
and Hispanic-American as well as other groups left outside the mainstream of the American
experience.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111. This course fulfills the diversity, global,
and multicultural requirement.
ENG 344 - 19th Century American Literature
3 Credits
By reading authors such as Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman, students will
study what is often called “the American Renaissance.” In addition, understanding
of romanticism, realism, and other major literary trends of the time, will be developed,
discussed, and analyzed.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111.
ENG 346 - 20th Century American Literature
3 Credits
A representative study of the poetry, drama, and fiction of the United States since
1900.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111.
ENG 348G - Film & Literature
3 Credits
By reading and analyzing literature in relationship to film, filming techniques, and
film's history, this course will explore the often complex and frequently competitive
relationship between film and literature. Students analyze print and non-print materials,
while also creating print and non-print projects.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111.
ENG 351 - Romanticism
3 Credits
Students will study how the Romantic writers in England and the United States contributed
to new ways of thinking about nature, the individual, God, art and other issues. Includes
such writers as Wordsworth, Keats, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, Emerson, Thoreau, Irving,
Hawthorne, and Poe.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111.
ENG 352 - Victorian Literature
3 Credits
This class explores how Victorian writers reacted to a time of industrialization,
profound changes in science (evolution, for instance), social upheaval, religious
doubt, and views of art, and how these issues relate to the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries. Authors typically covered include Dickens, the Bronte sisters, Thackeray,
Gaskell, Tennyson, Arnold, Browning, Newman, Trollope, and Wilde.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111.
ENG 353 - 20th Century British Literature
3 Credits
A study of the literature of Modernism and its aftermath, focusing on the poetry,
drama, and fiction of Great Britain since 1900. Authors will include such figures
as Joyce, Woolf, Eliot, Conrad, and Beckett.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111.
ENG 357 - World Literature
3 Credits
A study of selected masterpieces, in English translation, by international authors
whose native language is not English. There will be an exploration of interplay between
English-language and other language literatures, discussion of the place of translation,
analysis of universal motifs, and exposure to authors not widely read in the United
States.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111. This course fulfills the diversity, global,
and multicultural requirement.
ENG 379 - The Epic Tradition
3 Credits
A study of the tradition, form, and content of the epic from Homer to Milton. Emphasizes
the role of the hero and deals with issues such as war, nature, human progress or
regress, and theodicy.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111.
ENG 379A - CORE: Feast & Famine: Class & Culture in Literature & Film
3 Credits
This course examines the question of justice by examining the haves and have-nots
in literature and film. Issues revolving around race, class, and gender will be raised
through the analysis of a variety of literary genres and films. This course fulfills
the diversity, global, and multicultural requirement and the Arts requirement (Literature).
Prerequisite: CORE 179 or appropriate transfer status; ENG 102 or ENG 111.
ENG 379B - CORE: Rebels in Literature & Music
3 Credits
This course examines rebellion in literature (in fiction and non-fiction) and music
(for example rock and roll, its roots in blues and gospel, and influences on alternative
and rap) as social, personal, and political defiance of authority in order to advance
principles of justice regarding the individual as related to community and the divine.
Prerequisite: CORE 179 or appropriate transfer status; ENG 102 or ENG 111.
ENG 422 Writing Portfolio
3 Credits
In this capstone for the creative writing minor, students select and polish a representative
sample of their writing for inclusion in a professional-quality writing portfolio.
Emphasis is on revision strategies, metacognitive processes, and self-assessment,
as well as strategies for presenting and publishing the work. Prerequisites: ENG 220
and 322, or permission of instructor.
ENG 460 - The Age of Chaucer
3 Credits
A study of Chaucer and other major writers of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111.
ENG 463 - The Age of Shakespeare
3 Credits
A study of the major works of Shakespeare and other dramatists from the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries. This course will focus on various genres.
Prerequisites: ENG 101-102 or 110-111.
ENG 479 - CORE: Literature Theory/Practice
3 Credits
This course offers students the opportunity to develop their professional, career,
writing, and analytic skills through a variety of assignments. Students will not only
read great works of literature, they will also learn about career development and
the world of literary theory in order to better prepare them for the more advanced
research activities of graduate and professional schools.
The course is organized around issues regarding literature and the acquisition of
knowledge. How do we know what we know? What is art? Who determines the canon and/or
a great work of art? What is literary theory and interpretation? And, importantly,
how have these questions been answered differently throughout the ages.
The literature readings have been chosen to illustrate the close relationship, rather
than the divisions, between literature and theory. In the end, the course asks students
to 1) determine the truths they have learned about literature, and 2) examine how
they know or came to know these truths.
Prerequisites: Completion of junior core seminar, junior status, or permission of
instructor and ENG 205.
ENG 1/2/3/485 - Special Topics
1 - 3 Credits
Advanced courses on writers or subjects of special significance or interest to groups
of students or faculty.
ENG 2/3/486 - Independent Study
3 Credits
This class gives students the chance to develop individual creative, critical, and
research projects. Includes Honors Program research.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor, academic advisor, division chairperson.
ENG 497 - Internship
3 Credits
Supervised fieldwork of 160 hours in creative writing, professional writing, or other
activities in English language and literature. Students will be expected to meet regularly
with the division chairperson.
Prerequisites: junior standing, 3.000 average in major, consent of instructor, academic
advisor, and division chairperson; successful completion of application requirements
for internship.
PRS 205 - News Writing
3 Credits
Theory and practice of news gathering, writing, and editing with emphasis on the print
and electronic media. Projects include straight news reporting as well as feature
stories. Topics include determining news value, research, interviewing skills, writing
for the ear as well as for the eye, and media critique.
PRS 329 - Power-packed Writing for Public Relations & Marketing Communications
3 Credits
Intensive writing course that exposes students to all types of public relations writing
including news releases, brochures, speeches, newsletters, annual reports, case studies,
advertising copy, memos and crisis communication. Students will hone their skills
while producing writing samples for their professional portfolios.
Prerequisite: PRS 201.
THR 305 - Playwriting
3 Credits
Using Aristotle’s six elements, students will analyze plays and then write short monologues,
scenes, and finally a one-act play. The focus on dialogue and conflict in this course
will energize all forms of creative writing. Prerequisites: ENG 110 and ENG 111.