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(H) Humanities and Performing ArtsEN – English (continued)EN 370History and Practice of RhetoricThis course introduces students to the mainmovements, figures, theories and key terms inthe history of rhetoric, with a focus on how therhetorical tradition bears on reading, writingand textual analysis. 3:0:3EN 380Literary Theory and CriticismAn examination of key questions incontemporary theory and its historical roots,along with the practice of literary criticism today.English Majors only. 3:0:3EN 384Professional Learning Experience for EnglishPrerequisite: English major only, junior orsenior status, and permission of instructor.Designed to support successful completion ofan on- or off-campus internship by providingacademic readings, research, and dialogue toenhance the experiential learning. At least onesemester prior to enrolling, the student mustsubmit a description of the internship andproposed academic complement for approval byhis/her faculty mentor. 3:0:3EN 387Theory and Teaching of WritingPrerequisite: EN 105, EN 106, WCTAn introduction to composition theory forEnglish majors in the writing concentration,the course will engage students in the studyof writing. Some consideration will be givento theories which overlap in composition andliterature. Students will produce a major writingproject, which will include a self-reflectiveanalysis of their process. 3:0:3EN 411Advanced Creative WritingPrerequisite: EN 311This course develops advanced creative writingskills by focusing exclusively on one literarygenre. Students will participate in writingworkshops; undertake close critical analysesof their own work and the works of others;and explore the techniques, conventions, andstructures of the focus genre. 3:8:3EN 440ShakespeareA survey of major comedies, histories, tragedies,and non-dramatic poetry. 3:0:3EN 450Romanticism in LiteratureA study of the Romantic movement inEuropean literature, particularly English, withparticular emphasis on the later eighteenth andearly nineteenth centuries. 3:0:3EN 490Capstone SeminarPrerequisite: EN 380 for literatureconcentration majors; strongly suggested forwriting concentration majors.The seminar will focus on a general topic inEnglish studies on the model of an academicconference. Students will develop 20-minuteconference papers in the first portion of thecourse and deliver them before the class and aninvited audience in a series of seminar meetingslate in the semester. Attention will be paid toboth the research and the rhetorical demand ofthis task and to the relationship between eachindividual contribution and the wider topic. 3:0:3(SS) Social and Administrative SciencesFI – FinanceFI 201Personal Financial ManagementA study of individual and family financialmanagement concepts and techniques whichassist persons to become informed consumers andefficient managers of personal resources. 3:0:3FI 325Risk and InsuranceAn introduction to the basic principles ofinsurance and risk management from theperspective of the individual and familyconsumer; consideration is given to businessrisk management. 3:0:3286