Courses of Study - William Jewell College

Courses of Study – English
353. Internship. 1-4 cr. hrs. A program offering
majors hands-on experience in job situations. The
internship experience is carefully designed to augment
the skills in effective thinking, reading and
writing that English majors develop in the classroom.
Prerequisites: Minimum 3.0 GPA and permission
of the instructor.
378. Major Woman Author. 4 cr. hrs. A study of
one or several major women writers. The course
introduces students to sociological and psychological
critical analyses of texts and to the process of
research. Prerequisite: ENG 260, or concurrent
enrollment in ENG 260.
379. Major Minority Author. 4 cr. hrs. A study of
the fiction, poetry, and drama of one or several major
twentieth-century minority writers. Students will
read and analyze literary works from archetypal,
sociological, and psychological critical approaches.
Special emphasis will be placed on the works of
African American writers. Prerequisite: ENG 260, or
concurrent enrollment in ENG 260.
380. Major American Author. 4 cr. hrs. A study
of the major works of a significant American
author. The course introduces students to biographical
critical analyses of the author’s work. The
course also introduces the student to more sophisticated
methods of literary research than those
employed in courses at the 200 level, including
extensive work with secondary sources. Prerequisite:
ENG 260, or concurrent enrollment in ENG 260.
Offered fall semester.
385. Major British Author 4 cr. hrs. A study of
the major works of a significant British author such
as Shakespeare. The course introduces students to
biographical critical analyses of the author’s work.
The course also introduces the student to more
sophisticated methods of literary research than
those employed at the 200 level, including extensive
work with secondary sources. Prerequisites:
ENG 260, or concurrent enrollment in ENG 260.
Offered spring semester.
390. Major World Author. 4 cr. hrs.A study of
the major works of an internationally known
author. The course introduces students to biographical
critical analyses of the author’s work. The
course also introduces the student to more sophisticated
methods of literary research than those
employed in courses at the 200 level, including
extensive work with secondary sources. Prerequisite:
ENG 260, or concurrent enrollment in ENG 260.
Offered spring semester, odd-numbered years.
465. English Literature Survey I. 4 cr. hrs. A
study of selected major writers from the middle
ages through the 18th century in England.
Prerequisite: one major author course. Offered fall
semester, even-numbered years.
475. English Literature Survey II. 4 cr. hrs. A
study of selected major writers of the Romantic,
Victorian and Modern periods in England.
Prerequisite: one major author course. Offered fall
semester, odd-numbered years.
485. U.S. Literature Survey. 4 cr. hrs. A study of
selected major writers in U.S. literary history from
1800 and including major U.S. ethnic literature.
Prerequisite: one major author course.
496. English Capstone. 2 cr. hrs. A study of the
most important modern schools in literary criticism
and the methods by which they derive form and
meaning from texts. Students will undertake a systematic
examination of the philosophical bases of
the approaches to literature used in previous literature
courses and will discuss the practical value of
each of these approaches for literary research.
Offered fall semester.
497. Senior Project. 2 cr. hrs. This course is
designed as the final experience in the English
major with the literature emphasis, serving in part
to assist students in the transition from academic to
professional life. The focus of the semester will be
on the production for publication of one of the following:
an analysis of literary work, a creative
work, or an interdisciplinary writing project, for
those students with a double major. The topic will
be chosen in consultation with the instructor.
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