EGL (English)
EGL 1003 Basic Writing
Three hours
Basic writing is a course designed for students who need to improve written communication prior to taking the Core Curriculum requirement (EGL 1013). This course equips students with a firm knowledge of the fundamentals of composition, standard English grammar, punctuation, and style. The course develops college-level reading, writing, and thinking skills; practical writing skills such as generating and focusing ideas for essays, composing drafts, and polishing (revising and editing) drafts; critical reading skills such as annotating, summarizing, responding, discussing, and synthesizing assigned readings; and critical thinking skills such as analysis; argumentation, and persuasion. Prerequisite: below a 20 on the ACT-English.
Offered fall semester
EGL 1013 English I: Composition
Three hours
Writing in a variety of modes and styles for different audiences and purposes. The sequence of written assignments builds on writing from personal experience and gradually integrates perspectives from published sources. A short, research-based essay is required.
Offered each semester
EGL 1023 English II: Literary Analysis and Research
Three hours
An introduction to the analysis of literary texts through reading and researching a selection of short stories, poems, dramas, and novels. In addition to essays of analysis of such works, a substantial research paper is required. Prerequisite: EGL 1013.
Offered each semester
EGL 1083 Honors: English I, Composition
Three hours
A course which has as its thematic core the ethnographical study of local cultures. Focus is on primary and secondary research methods, problem solving, and speaking skills. Methods include experiential, reflective, integrative, and collaborative learning, and teaching by way of field experiences, group projects, interviews, guest speakers, and seminar-type participation. Prerequisite: admission to the Honors Program or permission of the Honors Committee.
Offered fall semester
EGL 1093 Honors: English II, Literary Analysis and Research
Three hours
An introduction to the analysis of literary texts, including poetry, drama, short fiction, and the novel. Methods may include collaborative learning, field experience, group projects, guest speakers, and seminar-type participation. Assignments will include analysis and response to literary texts and a short documented scholarly research paper, leading up to a longer research project in which the student works with a selected text, the author of that text, and secondary sources to analyze the production of texts in context. Prerequisites: admission to the Honors Program or permission of the Honors Committee, and EGL 1013 (or Honors equivalent).
Offered spring semester
EGL 1221 Introduction to English Studies
One hour
A seminar that explores the disciplines of language and literature, exposes students to departmental faculty and to graduates in the discipline, and prepares students for their work at JBU and for the decisions they will make regarding the professional world.
Offered fall semester
EGL 2213 World Literature I
Three hours
Readings from the major writers of the Western World from antiquity through Renaissance. Includes readings from related non-Western literature. A scholarly paper is required. Prerequisite: EGL 1023.
Offered fall semester (odd-numbered years)
EGL 2223 World Literature II
Three hours
Readings from writers of the Western World from the Enlightenment through the contemporary period. Includes readings from related non-Western literature. A scholarly paper is required. Prerequisite: EGL 1023.
Offered spring semester (even-numbered years)
EGL 2243 Young Adult Literature
Three hours
An introduction to young adult literature as a genre, including an overview of the history of the field, experiences with representative samples of the literature, and guidelines to be used in the promotion and evaluation of such works for use in the classroom and family settings. Prerequisite: EGL 1023.
Offered fall semester (odd-numbered years)
EGL 2273 Introduction to Creative Writing
Three hours
This course will provide a forum for the beginning writer to learn and explore the conventions of creative nonfiction, short fiction, and poetry. Students will read widely and write extensively, learning to appreciate the creative process and developing a vocabulary for the craft. Prerequisite or corequisite: EGL 1023.
Offered fall semester (odd-numbered years)
EGL 2393 Advanced Composition
Three hours
This course offers rhetorical techniques and practice in different styles of writing. The course provides an overview of rhetoric and composition pedagogy, acquainting students with the ways college English has been taught as well as its origins within American universities. Assignments, which emphasize professional and educational writing conventions, include exercises on the rhetorical effects of word choice, syntax, and paragraph organization; a series of essays and professional papers; a lesson plan and oral report on one of the assigned readings; and daily reading and writing homework. Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or equivalent.
Offered spring semester
EGL 2413 American Literature to 1900
Three hours
Major American writers from colonial times through the nineteenth century. A scholarly paper is required. Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or equivalent.
Offered fall semester (even-numbered years)
EGL 3313 Medieval Literature
Three hours
A study of early English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the fifteenth century. Authors may include Chaucer, Langland, and Kempe; anonymous works may include Beowulf, The Dream of the Rood, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Most works are read in translation; however, the course introduces students to broad concepts in the history of the English language. A scholarly paper is required. Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or equivalent.
Offered fall semester (odd-numbered years)
EGL 3321 Writing Center Practicum
One hour
Experience in Writing Center methods through participant-observation, readings, and periodic staff meetings. Three hours of tutoring (peer reviews and grammar advice on student writing) each week and a weekly memo are required, plus web reports on each shift. Prerequisite: EGL 2393. Prerequisite or corequisite: EGL 3363.
Offered each semester
EGL 3323 Renaissance Literature
Three hours
A study of the masterpieces from the English Renaissance. A scholarly paper is required. Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or equivalent.
Offered spring semester (even-numbered years)
EGL 3333 Shakespearean Drama
Three hours
Representative comedies, tragedies, histories, and romances. A scholarly paper is required. Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or equivalent.
Offered spring semester (odd-numbered years)
EGL 3341 Literary Magazine Practicum
One hour
The production of a literary magazine designed, planned, organized, edited, executed, and disseminated entirely by students. Prerequisites: EGL 2393 and sophomore standing.
Offered spring semester (odd-numbered years)
EGL 3343 Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature
Three hours
A study of the major writers, genres, and issues of this period. Authors may include Dryden, Behn, Pope, Richardson, Johnson, and Burney; issues may include British colonialism and slavery, the rise of the novel, and the beginnings of British feminism. A scholarly paper is required. Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or equivalent.
Offered fall semester (even-numbered years)
EGL 3353 Nineteenth Century British Literature
Three hours
A study of the major British writers of the Romantic and Victorian periods. A scholarly paper is required. Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or equivalent.
Offered spring semester (odd-numbered years)
EGL 3363 Advanced English Grammar
Three hours
An intensive study of the systems of English grammar and an introduction to the history of the English language. Prerequisite: EGL 2393.
Offered fall semester
EGL 3583 Curriculum and Instruction: TESOL
Three hours
Methods and materials for teaching English to non-English speakers. Course addresses classroom strategies for teaching elementary children through adults survival English, and English for other specific purposes. Includes the skills to evaluate, select, access, and implement appropriate ESL materials and teaching strategies. (Same as ED 3583). Prerequisite: ED 2133.
Offered upon sufficient request
EGL 3713 Literary Theory
Three hours
A study of the primary texts of literary criticism and aesthetics from Plato to the present. Focuses on developing knowledge and application of the various ideas from the different schools of thought. Prerequisites: EGL 1013, 1023, and one upper-level literature course. Prerequisite or corequisite: RPH 3003.
Offered fall semester (odd-numbered years)
EGL 4003 Masterpieces of Literature
Three hours
Selections from ancient to contemporary world literature in drama, prose, and poetry. A capstone of the Core Curriculum. Prerequisites: EGL 1023, HST 1013, 1023, and RPH 3003.
Offered each semester
EGL 4043 Masterpieces of Literature: Ireland
Three hours
A reading-intensive overview of the literary history of Ireland through examination of selected works of writers William Butler Yeats, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, C. S. Lewis, and others. A scholarly paper is required. May substitute for EGL 4003 in the Core Curriculum. Prerequisites: EGL 1023, HST 1013, and 1023.
Offered summer, Irish Studies Program
EGL 4473 Creative Writing Workshop: Selected Genres
Three hours
Study of and practice in a designated genre or subgenre of creative writing, such as poetry, fiction, nonfiction, writing from faith, or screenwriting. Students submit original work for class critique. Significant writing, reading, and participation are required. May be repeated for credit in a different genre/subgenre. Prerequisite: EGL 2273.
Offered spring semester
EGL 4483 Selected Topics: Literature
Three hours
In-depth study of a literary topic of interest. Options: a. Author, b. Period, c. Genre, d. Topic. A scholarly paper is required. Topics will be chosen from a wide variety of possibilities stemming from the interest of the professor or from requests by students. Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or equivalent.
Offered each semester
EGL 4611, 4612, 4613 Independent Study/Research
One to three hours
Independent study supervised by a member of the English faculty. A scholarly paper and/or a significant research project is required. Enrollment by consent of the department.
Offered upon sufficient request
