ENL 130 College Writing
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Introductory writing course which provides assistance in generating, organizing, and developing ideas; adjusting writing to different audiences; maintaining focus and coherence; and peer-editing. Students receive additional help with grammar, mechanics, and sentence level issues. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 131 Academic Writing
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Emphasis on writing expository and argumentative papers. Students explore a topic to generate ideas, support ideas with evidence, identify audience, maintain focus, decide on strategies of organization and development, engage in research and documentation, and revise with attention to style and standard usage. Instructors complement class instruction with individual conferences. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 201 The Journal
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Orientation to the study of English, focusing on the use of the journal as a tool to integrate reading and writing while creative, logical, and critical thinking are applied to literature. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 202 Writing Across the Curriculum
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Gives students the opportunity to combine interdisciplinary writing and subject matter in order to work with specific community/cultural issues. Students may be asked to write for audiences relevant to their own areas of study. Students may also be asked to write for specific audiences in the Detroit-metro area. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 204 Introduction to Business Writing
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Introduction to the writing of informational and persuasive forms used in the daily activity of business. Special attention is paid to professional standards of writing, the situations business writers face, and expectations of audiences. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 205 Introduction to Creative Writing
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Emphasis on the valuable tension between individual vision and the demands that various genres (poetry, short story, dialogues, drama, etc.) place on the individual's creativity. Emphasizing both practical tools for creative writing and their relationship to nurturing the imagination, the course serves students seeking to discover their own creative voice, as well as those going into teaching and/or upper-level creative writing courses. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 235 The Study of Fiction
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Discussion and close analysis of several forms of fiction, designed to improve critical skills and increase understanding of the genre of fiction and its role as a cultural artifact. By the end of the semester, students should be conversant with the basic elements and terminology used in the study of fiction. In addition, upon completion of the course, students should have an awareness of a variety of critical perspectives. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 236 Diverse Voices in Fiction
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Introduces students to careful literary analysis by focusing on texts drawn from diverse voices in U.S. literatures. Students explore how these authors negotiate the relationships of the aesthetic, cultural, and political in their works, and how interchanges between established and new literatures change each. By the end of the semester, students should be conversant with the basic elements and terminology used in the study of fiction. In addition, upon completion of the course, students should have an awareness of a variety of critical perspectives. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 245 The Study of Poetry
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Discussion and close analysis of poems, designed to improve critical skills, increase understanding of the genre of poetry, and show how poets voice the human concerns of their time. Discussion and close analysis of several forms of poetry, designed to improve critical skills and increase understanding of the genre of poetry and its role as a cultural artifact. By the end of the semester, students should be conversant with the basic elements and terminology used in the study of poetry. In addition, upon completion of the course, students should have an awareness of a variety of critical perspectives. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 255 Studies in the Film
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
A study of the development of film and important films from principal film-producing countries, along with the artistry of the directors who produced them. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 265 The Study of Drama
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Discussion and close analysis of drama, designed to improve critical skills and increase understanding of plays. By the end of the semester, students should be conversant with the basic elements and terminology used in the study of drama. In addition, upon completion of the course, students should have an awareness of a variety of critical perspectives. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 280 Introduction to Media Studies
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Introduces students to a growing field of research rooted in critical analysis of film, television, radio, and digital media. Students combine the study of media theory with the completion of real-world projects that examine the process involved in media production and reception. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 285 African American Literature
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Critically examines the work of African-American authors, and analyzes these works within a context of issues essential to the African-American experience, including: the construction of "blackness," notions of black masculinity and femininity, and representations of the black body. Students are exposed to a wide variety of texts that comprise the African-American literary tradition, including those by authors such as Toni Morrison, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and Amiri Baraka. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 295 The Study of Folklore
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
An exploration of folktales, urban legends, and folkways of local folk groups, those in the U.S., and groups in other countries. The dynamic and various nature of the folk process is examined in terms of theories of the function and resilience of folk performances. Students may document folklore of their own groups. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 301 Writing of Fiction
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
ENL 205 or permission of the Creative Writing Director
Students explore the craft of creating fiction by reading, writing, and revising short stories. Working in small groups is a key component in the revision of student work. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 302 Writing of Poetry
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
ENL 205 or permission of the Creative Writing Director
Exploration of the craft of writing poetry, with emphasis on tapping creative sources of observation and memory, study of poetic uses of language, and the writing and revising of a variety of poems. Peer critiquing forms a key component in the course. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 303 Technical Writing
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Practical application of basic technical writing principles and acceptable guidelines in scientific and industrial reporting. Students use an audience-centered approach on lab and field studies, memoranda, progress reports, detailed instructions, and typical formal documents. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 305 Freelance Writing for Print and Web
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
An introduction to the interdisciplinary forms and content of creative non-fiction. Particular attention is paid to the strategies and styles of writing short pieces of arts criticism and magazine-length personal profiles. Students identify markets, audiences, and a personal writing voice that enable them to sell non-fiction to commercial markets. In addition to traditional tree-press markets, students write for the burgeoning Internet market and other e-press venues. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 306 Research and Research Writing
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Study of the reasons and rationale for engaging in research. Through various topics, issues, or community/cultural problems, students will use research to discover and produce new ideas or responses. Students will learn advanced techniques in gathering research through field work, interviews, and computer retrieval. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 311 American Literature to 1865
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Survey of the major trends and figures in American literature from the beginnings through the Civil War. Alongside classic figures such as Rowlandson, Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau, Melville, Douglass, Stowe, and Dickinson, the class explores previously marginalized writers. Students also learn about contemporary theoretical approaches to early American literature as well as the cultural contexts of antebellum writing. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 312 American Literature, 1865 to 1920
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Survey of the literature of the U.S. and the social forces that shaped it from the Civil War through the 1920s. Issues and subjects likely to be addressed include: the expanding notion of American identity, changing gender relations, the struggles of African Americans and immigrant groups, Psychological Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, and revisions of the literary canon. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 320 Medieval Literature
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Survey of the major trends and representative figures of the Middle Ages, including Beowulf, Chaucer, Langland, the Gawain Poet, Middle English lyrics, the cycle plays, Everyman, and Malory. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 321 Renaissance Literature
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Survey of the major trends and representative figures of the Renaissance (excluding Shakespeare, who is taken up in ENL 463). Students study the work of Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, Donne, Jonson, Webster, Bacon, and the Cavalier poets. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 322 English Literature of the 18th Century
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Survey of the major trends and representative figures of the "long" Eighteenth Century. Authors studied include Milton, Congreve, Behn, Swift, Dryden, Pope, and others. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 323 English Literature of the 19th Century
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Survey of the major trends in English poetry and prose from the Romantic Period through the Victorian Age. In addition to stalwarts Wordsworth, Keats, Carlyle, Arnold, Browning, Ruskin, Tennyson and Pater, students study the Pre-Raphaelites and other less known but influential authors. A novel by Austen, Dickens, Eliot, or Hardy may be assigned. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 326 History of the English Language
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
The study of the English language in various contextual and historical forms. Consideration may be given to economic, political, historical, technological, literary, linguistic, gendered, or racial usages of and influences on English. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 334 Transatlantic Modernisms
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Provides both an introduction to and a critical examination of U.S. and British literatures between WWI and WWII. Topics include but are not limited to the following: modernist aesthetics and formal experimentations, the intersections of literature and the visual arts, war and technology, literature and politics, the cultural construction of gender, race and sexual orientation, and metropolitan life. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 335 Post-1945 Literature
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Survey of the major trends and representative figures in U.S. and British literatures and cultures after World War II. Subjects likely to be covered include: the Beats; magical realism; feminism; postmodern, postcolonial, and identity-based literatures; and experimental modes such as docu-drama and hypertext. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 370 Study of the Novel
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Study of the history, development, and generic conventions of the novel. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 375 Film Genres
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Study and critique of popular and alternative film genres, such as Science Fiction, Horror, Film Noir, Road Movies, Historical, etc. The focus is on the history, development, technique, and larger social and political functions of film genres. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 376 The Art of the Film
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Study of the twentieth century's unique art form, the film, with emphasis on the collected work of a director or on a theme. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 390 Children's Literature
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Exploration of values inherent in the major genres of children's books. Emphasis is on developing critical skills for evaluating literature used in pre-school, elementary, and middle school grades. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 391 Young Adult Literature
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
An interdisciplinary, transnational exploration of young adult/adolescent literatures. Genres studied include poetry, short story, novel, and film. Emphasis is placed on issues of race, class, and gender, and on the young adult reader. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 395 Folklore Archiving
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Students work with a computer on one or more topics in the University's Folklore Archive. | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 398 Independent Study
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Intensive study in an area chosen by the student for independent work under the direction of a specialist. | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 401 Advanced Writing of Fiction
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
ENL 301, and admission by Enrollment Portfolio or formal acceptance into the Creative Writing Track
An intensive course, limited to 12 students, helping accomplished fiction writers to hone and direct their talent. Small-group critiquing, mentoring by faculty and invited writers, and participation in campus and public readings help serious students deepen and expand their work. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 402 Advanced Writing of Poetry
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
ENL 302, and admission by Enrollment Portfolio or formal acceptance in the Creative Writing Track
An intensive course, limited to 12 students, helping accomplished student poets to develop their talents through challenging writing assignments and the study of selected poets. Students participate in small-group critiques, give a formal reading toward the end of the semester, and submit work for publication inside and outside the university. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 404 Advanced Screen Writing
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
An advanced course in scriptwriting, building on skills mastered in ENL 304. Offered in an intense and supportive workshop setting, students will critique, edit and revise their own work as well as the work of peers. A final product will consist of a 90-120 page script prepared to meet market/publication standards. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 405 Editorial Processes and Products
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
ENL 305
Based in the established and emerging publications of the University, the course teaches students to identify and evaluate a publication's critical focus and target audience. Students then master skills that bring a publication to press: introductory design and layout, document flow, peer review processes, correspondence standards, electronic pre-press, cost-effective printing, marketing / distribution issues, and online versions of print texts. Prepares students for work in the fields of popular and academic publishing. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 409 Modern American English
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
An introduction to writing instruction in education and English studies. Concentration may be on practical teaching matters, linguistics, educational reform, usage of technology in writing instruction, history of writing in American English studies, and other related issues. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 460 Topics in Literary History
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Topics courses examine texts brought together under a particular interpretive approach, as well as the cultural contexts and factors that influence the creation, consumption, and evaluation of literary works. Emphasis also is given to the ways in which literature can shape those contexts. The specific emphasis of any "topics" section will be announced in the schedule book, but the titles below indicate the focus of each course. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 461 Topics in Literature and Science
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Topics courses examine texts brought together under a particular interpretive approach, as well as the cultural contexts and factors that influence the creation, consumption, and evaluation of literary works. Emphasis also is given to the ways in which literature can shape those contexts. The specific emphasis of any "topics" section will be announced in the schedule book, but the titles below indicate the focus of each course. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 462 Topics in Genre
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Topics courses examine texts brought together under a particular interpretive approach, as well as the cultural contexts and factors that influence the creation, consumption, and evaluation of literary works. Emphasis also is given to the ways in which literature can shape those contexts. The specific emphasis of any "topics" section will be announced in the schedule book, but the titles below indicate the focus of each course. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 463 Topics Authorial Studies
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Topics courses examine texts brought together under a particular interpretive approach, as well as the cultural contexts and factors that influence the creation, consumption, and evaluation of literary works. Emphasis also is given to the ways in which literature can shape those contexts. The specific emphasis of any "topics" section will be announced in the schedule book, but the titles below indicate the focus of each course. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 464 Topics in Race
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Topics courses examine texts brought together under a particular interpretive approach, as well as the cultural contexts and factors that influence the creation, consumption, and evaluation of literary works. Emphasis also is given to the ways in which literature can shape those contexts. The specific emphasis of any "topics" section will be announced in the schedule book, but the titles below indicate the focus of each course. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 465 Topics in Gender
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Topics courses examine texts brought together under a particular interpretive approach, as well as the cultural contexts and factors that influence the creation, consumption, and evaluation of literary works. Emphasis also is given to the ways in which literature can shape those contexts. The specific emphasis of any "topics" section will be announced in the schedule book, but the titles below indicate the focus of each course. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 466 Topics in Class
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Topics courses examine texts brought together under a particular interpretive approach, as well as the cultural contexts and factors that influence the creation, consumption, and evaluation of literary works. Emphasis also is given to the ways in which literature can shape those contexts. The specific emphasis of any "topics" section will be announced in the schedule book, but the titles below indicate the focus of each course. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 467 Topics in Cultural Studies
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Topics courses examine texts brought together under a particular interpretive approach, as well as the cultural contexts and factors that influence the creation, consumption, and evaluation of literary works. Emphasis also is given to the ways in which literature can shape those contexts. The specific emphasis of any "topics" section will be announced in the schedule book, but the titles below indicate the focus of each course. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 468 Topics in World Literature
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Topics courses examine texts brought together under a particular interpretive approach, as well as the cultural contexts and factors that influence the creation, consumption, and evaluation of literary works. Emphasis also is given to the ways in which literature can shape those contexts. The specific emphasis of any "topics" section will be announced in the schedule book, but the titles below indicate the focus of each course. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 469 Topics in Religion
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Topics courses examine texts brought together under a particular interpretive approach, as well as the cultural contexts and factors that influence the creation, consumption, and evaluation of literary works. Emphasis also is given to the ways in which literature can shape those contexts. The specific emphasis of any "topics" section will be announced in the schedule book, but the titles below indicate the focus of each course. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 480 Literary Criticism
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
ENL 235, 245, 265, or 280 (or permission of the instructor)
Study of major critical theories and their practical application to determine the strength and limitations of each approach. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 490 Senior Seminar
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Prerequisites:
Senior standing.
Content will vary based on the expertise of the professor. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ENL 491 E-Crit Design Laboratory
| Credit Hours | Recitation/Lecture Hours | Studio Hours | Clinical Hours | Lab Hours |
Based in the multimedia E-Crit Lab, this course engages students in the practices and theories of "Digital Culture" by emphasizing a critical approach to technology. Projects range from practical to highly experimental and include Web design, digital video, animation, and live presentations. The Design Lab is a required component of the E-Crit major, but is open to all students. Recommended prerequisite: CIS 103 Web Productivity Tools or basic web design skills. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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