Course Number |
Name |
Gen. Eds |
Description |
Credits |
452 |
Senior Exercise |
- |
An independent research project developed in conjunction with a 300-level literature course or a 200-level course with permission of the instructor. (See description of senior exercise under major requirements. Workload in accompanying course will be adjusted to reflect the work done for this project.) Required of all English and English and Creative Writing majors. | 1 |
454 |
Portfolio Preparation |
- |
This project is required of all English and Creative Writing majors, normally during their senior year. Offered on a P/CR/NC grading option only. | 1 |
472 |
Senior Honors Thesis |
- |
Independent Study. | 3 |
282 |
Modern American Authors |
V2 |
Works in different genres by selected modern and contemporary American authors will be studied in relation to larger literary, social, and cultural developments. Writers may include Edith Wharton, Sherwood Anderson, Robert Frost, Sterling Brown, Richard Wright, Carson McCullers, Lorraine Hansberry, Allen Ginsberg, Maxine Hong Kingston, Richard Rodriguez, Anna Deveare Smith, and Li-Young Lee. Close reading, various interpretive strategies, and research skills will be stressed. | 3 |