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April 4, 2022 2024-10-25 20:01The English program offers major concentrations in literary studies and creative writing along with a major in English education. Students who focus on literary studies will immerse themselves in principal works of the Western and non-Western traditions. Whether analyzing themes, characters, styles, or synthesizing ideas, students develop the analytical and communication skills that are exceptional preparation for rich and rewarding personal and professional lives. Students who pursue creative writing will discover and refine their own voices in poetry, fiction, and playwriting. Studying both literature and the complex craft of writing, they learn to view texts as a bridge to self-discovery and creative engagement with the world and its rich literary traditions. English education students take extensive coursework in English and education curricula to prepare them for careers as middle school and/or high school English teachers. We are pleased to say that our English education program has an excellent record of placing students in teaching jobs.
Major Learning Outcomes
Literary Studies
Students who graduate with a concentration in literary studies will:
- Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the major authors and movements of British and American literature;
- Interpret literary texts, employing appropriate techniques and terms of literary analysis;
- Demonstrate an understanding of multiple theoretical perspectives of literary analysis, including feminist, formalist, psychoanalytic, and historicist perspectives; and
- Demonstrate well-developed skills in reading closely, thinking critically, and communicating effectively in writing.
Creative Writing
Students who graduate with a concentration in creative writing will:
- Apply effective writing processes to creative work, including brainstorming, invention, drafting, revision, and editing;
- Utilize close reading, critical thinking, and analytical writing skills;
- Display the professional habits of active creative writers: participate in workshop, give public readings, review literary magazines, and submit work for publication according to professional standards of manuscript preparation;
- Articulate a thorough knowledge of important figures, movements, and genres of contemporary and historical literature;
- Demonstrate a command of grammar and conventions of Standard Written English; and
- Employ craft techniques in a substantial body of fiction, creative nonfiction, and/or poetry.
English Education
Students who graduate with a concentration in English education will be able to:
- Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the major authors and movements of British and American literature;
- Interpret literary texts, employing appropriate techniques and terms of literary analysis;
- Demonstrate an understanding of multiple theoretical perspectives of literary analysis, including feminist, formalist, psychoanalytic, and historicist perspectives;
- Demonstrate well-developed skills in reading closely, thinking critically, and communicating effectively in writing;
- Understand how students differ in their approaches to learning and create instructional opportunities that are adapted to learners from diverse cultural backgrounds and with exceptions;
- Understand and use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students in the development of critical-thinking, problem-solving, and performance skills;
- Use an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation;
- Use knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
Literary Studies Concentration
A minimum of 33 semester hours is required, including:
ENG 252: Close Reading of Poetry
ENG 331: Literary Criticism
ENG 359: History and Grammar of English
ENG 471: Studies in Shakespeare
ENG 490: Literary Studies Capstone
Choose one of the following courses:
ENG 272: British Literature: 800 to 1800
ENG 273: British Literature: 1800 to Present
Choose one of the following courses:
ENG 282: American Literature: Origins to 1865
ENG 283: American Literature: 1865 to Present
Choose two of the following courses:
ENG 204: Introductory Poetry Writing
ENG 205: Introductory Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENG 206: Introductory Fiction Writing
ENG 325: Professional Writing
ENG 365: Journalism
Choose one of the following courses:
ENG 223: Introduction to Native American Literature
ENG 224: Introduction to African-American Literature
ENG 246: Contemporary World Fiction
Also required: three additional credits in 300-level English or higher.
Creative Writing Concentration
A minimum of 36 semester hours is required, including:
ENG 122: Introduction to Creative Writing
ENG 482: Creative Writing Capstone
ENG 491: Literary Journal I
ENG 493: Literary Journal II
Choose two of the following:
ENG 204: Introductory Poetry Writing
ENG 205: Introductory Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENG 206: Introductory Fiction Writing
Choose one of the following: (offered on a two-year rotation)
ENG 374: Advanced Poetry Writing
ENG 375: Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENG 376: Advanced Fiction Writing
Choose one of the following:
ENG 325: Professional Writing
ENG 365: Journalism
Choose one of the following: (offered on a three-year rotation)
ENG 343: Readings in Contemporary Poetry
ENG 345: Readings in Contemporary Creative Nonfiction
ENG 346: Readings in Contemporary Fiction
Choose one of the following:
ENG 272: British Literature: 800 to 1800
ENG 273: British Literature: 1800 to Present
ENG 471: Studies in Shakespeare
Choose one of the following:
ENG 282: American Literature: Origins to 1865
ENG 283: American Literature: 1865 to Present
ENG 445: The American Novel
ENG 447: The American Short Story
ENG 452: American Poetry in the 20th Century
Choose one of the following:
ENG 223: Introduction to Native American Literature
ENG 224: Introduction to African-American Literature
ENG 246: Contemporary World Fiction
Major in English Education
A minimum of 36 semester hours is required, including:
ENG 252: Close Reading of Poetry
ENG 331: Literary Criticism
ENG 354: Writing Consultant Practicum
ENG 359: History and Grammar of English
ENG 471: Studies in Shakespeare
EDC 320: Teaching Content Courses in Secondary Education
Choose one of the following courses:
ENG 272: British Literature: 800 to 1800
ENG 273: British Literature: 1800 to Present
Choose one of the following courses:
ENG 282: American Literature: Origins to 1865
ENG 283: American Literature: 1865 to Present
Choose two of the following courses:
ENG 204: Introductory Poetry Writing
ENG 205: Introductory Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENG 206: Introductory Fiction Writing
ENG 325: Professional Writing
ENG 365: Journalism
Choose one of the following courses:
ENG 223: Introduction to Native American Literature
ENG 224: Introduction to African American Literature
ENG 246: Contemporary World Fiction
Also required: three additional credits in 300-level English or higher.
In addition, students must complete all of the requirements of the professional education program for secondary teaching (grades 5-12) as described in the “Education” section of the catalog.
Minor Learning Outcomes
Literary Studies
Students who graduate with a minor in literary studies will be able to:
- Demonstrate a foundational understanding of the major authors and movements of British and American literature;
- Apply skills in close reading and writing;
- Synthesize information from literary texts and apply the major perspectives of literary analysis to the text(s).
Creative Writing
Students who graduate with a minor in creative writing will be able to:
- Utilize craft fundamentals of creative writing;
- Evaluate the creative work of peers using knowledge of writing craft; and
- Approach creative writing as a multi-stage process.
English Education
Students who graduate with a minor in English education will be able to:
- Demonstrate and apply the understanding of language, including structure, history, conventions, oral discourse, reading processes, writing processes, and literature in a variety of literary modalities (print, digital, and non-print examples);
- Read closely, think critically, solve problems, and communicate effectively in writing and speaking in relation to writing and literature;
- Empathize with various cultural backgrounds with perspectives, including American Indians;
- Participate in positive social interaction, active engagement, and self-motivation to contribute to a community of learners;
- Employ verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom;
- Exhibit command of correct English grammar and appropriate disciplinary formats.
Minor in Literary Studies
A minimum of 18 semester hours is required, including:
ENG 252: Close Reading of Poetry
ENG 331: Literary Criticism
Choose one of the following:
ENG 272: British Literature: 800 to 1800
ENG 273: British Literature: 1800 to Present
Choose one of the following:
ENG 282: American Literature: Origins to 1865
ENG 283: American Literature: 1865 to Present
Also required: six additional credits in 300-level literature or higher.
Minor in Creative Writing
A minimum of 18 semester hours is required, including:
ENG 122: Introduction to Creative Writing
ENG 204: Introductory Poetry Writing
ENG 205: Introductory Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENG 206: Introductory Fiction Writing
Choose one of the following: (offered on a two-year rotation)
ENG 374: Advanced Poetry Writing
ENG 375: Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENG 376: Advanced Fiction Writing
Choose one of the following: (if a specific-genre course, genre may not overlap with course chosen from previous list)
ENG 343: Readings in Contemporary Poetry
ENG 345: Readings in Contemporary Creative Nonfiction
ENG 346: Readings in Contemporary Fiction
ENG 374: Advanced Poetry Writing
ENG 375: Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENG 376: Advanced Fiction Writing
ENG 491: Literary Journal I
*Note: No repeated courses will be counted toward the 18 required semester hours.
Minor in English Education
A minimum of 27 semester hours is required, including:
ENG 205: Introductory Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENG 252: Close Reading of Poetry
ENG 331: Literary Criticism
ENG 354: Writing Consultant Practicum
ENG 471: Studies in Shakespeare
ENG 320: Teaching Content Courses in Secondary Education
Choose one of the following:
ENG 223: Introduction to Native American Literature
ENG 224: Introduction to African-American Literature
ENG 246: Contemporary World Fiction
Choose one of the following:
ENG 272: British Literature: 800 to 1800
ENG 273: British Literature: 1800 to Present
Choose one of the following:
ENG 282: American Literature: Origins to 1865
ENG 283: American Literature: 1865 to Present
In addition, students must complete all of the requirements of the professional education program for secondary teaching (grades 5-12) as described in the “Education” section of the catalog.
EDC 320 – Teaching Content Courses in Secondary Education
Semester: Fall and Spring
Semester hours: 3
This course requires focused study and consultation with a practicing educator in the secondary field of study, blending with traditional coursework and exploration into the methods and materials specific to the content area. Students will also be required to explore the professional organization specific to their field of study. Music education students are exempt from this course.
Prerequisite: EDC 040, admission to the teacher education program; junior or senior standing required
ENG 090 – Support ESL I
Semester: Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 3
These credits will count for the semester in which the course is taken but will not be counted toward the 120 credits needed for graduation. Students for whom English is a second language may request this course or may be required to take this course, which will help build intermediate academic English skills. The course will be customized to meet the needs of a particular student or group of students.
ENG 091 – Support ESL II
Semester: Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 3
These credits will count for the semester in which the course is taken but will not be counted toward the 120 credits needed for graduation. Students for whom English is a second language may request this course or may be required to take this course, which will help build intermediate academic English skills. The course will be customized to meet the needs of a particular student or group of students.
ENG 103 – Advanced ESL I
Semester: Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 3
These credits will count for the semester in which it is taken but will not be counted toward the 120 credits needed for graduation. This advanced-level course is offered to students for whom English is a second language and who wish to refine their English language skills. The course will be customized to meet the needs of a particular student or group of students.
ENG 104 – Advanced ESL II
Semester: Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 3
These credits will count for the semester in which the course is taken but will not be counted toward the 120 credits needed for graduation. This advanced-level course is offered to students for whom English is a second language and who wish to refine their English language skills. The course will be customized to meet the needs of a particular student or group of students.
ENG 118 – Foundations of Academic Writing
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 3
This course introduces students to the basic skills necessary for writing effectively at the college level and prepares students for the writing demands of other college courses. Students explore many types of writing projects, beginning with a personal essay and ending with a formal critique. Using writing theory, the course emphasizes writing as a process, the importance of revising, and the value of peer editing and evaluating. This course may not be taken to satisfy core curriculum requirements.
ENG 119 – College Writing I: Rhetoric and Writing
Semester: Fall and Spring
Semester hours: 3
This course is an introduction to college writing. Students critically read and discuss texts, learn that writing is a process, experiment with academic prose, develop the skills necessary to create and support a thesis, practice incorporating research into their analysis, and develop grammatical and stylistic competence. Students keep a portfolio of their work, which includes a self-evaluation of their writing progress. This course fulfills a core curriculum requirement. It cannot be used to fulfill any major or minor requirement.
ENG 120 – College Writing II: Research and Argumentation
Semester: Fall and Spring
Semester hours: 3
Designed to follow ENG 119, students analyze texts and create effective writing based on their insights. Students practice generating questions that lead to the formation of complex theses and effective support. Building on the idea of integrated knowledge, students develop strategies aiding them in cross-disciplinary and multi-cultural reasoning. They compose essays deploying diverse strategies, such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, analysis, and argumentation. Students keep a portfolio of their work, which includes a self-evaluation of their writing progress. This course fulfills a core curriculum requirement. It cannot be used to fulfill any major or minor requirement.
Prerequisite: ENG 119
ENG 122 – Introduction to Creative Writing
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 3
This workshop course introduces students to the writing of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. We will discuss a range of fundamentals, including image, voice, character, form, conflict, and metaphor. Utilizing all stages of the writing process—invention, drafting, revision, and editing—students will produce original in work in each of the three genres. Students will also become familiar with the process of workshopping their peers’ writing.
ENG 204 – Introductory Poetry Writing
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 3
This workshop course introduces students to formal and free verse and focuses on the basic elements of poetry writing, including image, sound, rhythm, line break, and metaphor. Students will read the work of accomplished authors, complete numerous and varied writing exercises, read and critique the work of their peers, and weekly write and revise poems.
Prerequisite: ENG 119
ENG 205 – Introductory Creative Nonfiction Writing
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 3
This workshop course focuses on the conventions and forms of creative nonfiction. Topics include scene, reflection, character, metaphor, and other fundamentals; specific forms include flash, lyric essay, and memoir. Students will read the work of accomplished authors, complete numerous and varied writing exercises, read and critique the work of their peers, and write and revise several graded assignments.
Prerequisite: ENG 119
ENG 206 – Introductory Fiction Writing
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 3
This workshop course focuses on the basic elements of fiction writing, including character, point of view, conflict, plot, and setting. Students will read the work of accomplished authors, complete numerous and varied writing exercises, read and critique the work of their peers, and write and revise several short stories.
Prerequisite: ENG 119
ENG 223 – Introduction to Native American Literature
Semester: Fall; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
This course is an examination of selected literature produced by such Native American writers as Momaday, Welch, Erdrich, McNickle, Silko, and others. Students will consider issues of genre, history, and politics as they relate to American literature. Special emphasis is given to the oral tradition and its relationship to contemporary American writing.
ENG 224 – Introduction to African American Literature
Semester: Fall; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
This course is a study of selected topics in African American literature and criticism. Topics vary but may include such areas as the literature of civil rights, African American memoir, captivity and freedom narratives, African American poetry, theories of race and class, and black feminist writing, among others.
ENG 242 – Modern Dramatic Literature
Semester: Fall; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
Focusing on script analysis, students consider diverse trends in playwriting and theatrical performances over the past 100 years as viewed through the works of the major playwrights of Europe and the United States. Trends studied include expressionism, surrealism, cubism, and absurdism. This course encourages cross-cultural understanding.
ENG 244 – Literature and the Environment
Semester: Spring; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
This course is a comparative study of the environmental imagination as expressed in literature. By reading and discussing a wide range of literary texts, students investigate timeless and more urgent questions, such as “What is nature?; “What is our responsibility to the environment?”; and “How do various cultures express their relation to the natural world?”.
ENG 245 – Travel Literature
Semester: Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
Students in this course explore the world of travel writing through the diverse narratives of selected contemporary and classic travel writers. The course emphasizes literary analysis, with particular attention paid to understanding the cultural and historical contexts of this literature.
ENG 246 – Contemporary World Fiction
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 3
This course introduces students to recent prose fiction, with special attention paid to non-Western and non-American works.
ENG 247 – War Literature
Semester: Spring; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
Students explore how a variety of writers through time have represented the tragedy, trauma, and psychology of war. The course covers fictional and non-fictional works from various historical and literacy periods as well as genres such as epic and lyric poetry, romance, and drama.
ENG 252 – Close Reading of Poetry
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 3
Students are introduced to the genre of poetry. The course provides students with a foundation in the methods of detailed reading and analysis essential to an understanding of poetry and, more broadly, to the study of literature. The course addresses the basics of prosody, poetic devices such as diction, metaphor, image, and tone, and major verse forms such as the sonnet, elegy, ode, ballad, dramatic monologue, and free verse. The texts reflect the continuity and variation in the history of British and American poetry and provide a sample of works from the 16th century to the present.
ENG 270 – Literature of Montana and the American West
Semester: Spring; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
This course examines literature written by and about people living in Montana and the western United States, including American Indians, women, and immigrants.
ENG 272 – British Literature: 800 to 1800
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 3
The first in the sequence of two British literature surveys, this course provides an introduction to the formative period of British language and literature. Students read representative works from the Anglo-Saxon, Middle English, Renaissance, Restoration, and 18th century periods against their literary, historical, linguistic, and philosophical backgrounds.
ENG 273 – British Literature: 1800 to Present
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 3
The second in the sequence of two British literature surveys, this course introduces students to Romantic, Victorian, Modern, and Postmodern literature, analyzing selected texts, from the end of the 18th century to the end of the 20th, against their literary, historical, ideological, and cultural backgrounds.
ENG 282 – American Literature: Origins to 1865
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 3
This course provides a survey of major literary works from the Puritan, Enlightenment, and Romantic periods. Emphasis is placed on such figures as Edwards, Franklin, Emerson, Hawthorne, Poe, Thoreau, Jacobs, Whitman, Douglass, Melville, and Dickinson. The literature is examined in the context of literary, historical, and philosophical backgrounds.
ENG 283 – American Literature: 1865 to Present
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 3
This course provides a survey of major literary works since the Civil War. Emphasis is placed on such figures as Twain, James, Crane, DuBois, Chopin, Wharton, Toomer, Cather, Hughes, Hemingway, and Stevens. The literature is examined in the context of literary, historical, and philosophical backgrounds.
ENG 299 – Directed Reading
Semester: Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 1-3
This course allows a student to devise and pursue independent study in an area agreed upon in consultation with, and supervised by, a faculty member. Students should be either a major or minor and have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or greater.
ENG 322 – Renaissance Literature
Semester: Fall; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
Students examine the Renaissance as expressed in British literature. Typical subjects of study include the early humanism of More; the courtly poetry of Wyatt and Surrey; the sonnets of Drayton, Sidney, and Wroth; the chivalric romance of Spencer; the satire of Nashe; the drama of Kyd, Marlow, Shakespeare, Webster, Jonson, and Ford; the essays of Francis Bacon; and the poetry of Donne, Herbert, Herrick, and Marvel.
ENG 325 – Professional Writing
Semester: Fall and Spring
Semester hours: 3
This course teaches concepts, practices, and skills for communicating technical, scientific, or business-related information. Topics include understanding how people read, designing documents, incorporating graphics, writing about statistical results, rewriting, editing, and using the Internet. This course may be especially useful for non-English majors, providing them with the tools and techniques to communicate their messages effectively.
Prerequisite: ENG 119
ENG 331 – Literary Criticism
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 3
This course introduces students to current controversies in literary criticism. The course discusses approaches to literary analysis such as deconstruction, cultural criticism, and postcolonialism. Students typically use a casebook method, observing how critics from divergent backgrounds interpret a single text. Students critique these various approaches and refine their own critical practices.
ENG 333 – British Romantic Literature
Semester: Fall; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
This course examines a wide range of British Romantic texts. Students read and analyze selected works against the literary, historical, and philosophical background of late 18th and early 19th century England. Representative authors include Blake, Radcliffe, Wordsworth, Wollstonecraft, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, and DeQuincy.
ENG 334 – The British Novel
Semester: Spring; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
This course surveys the rise and development of the British novel. It includes an analysis of such 18th century writers as Defoe, Sterne, Fielding, Radcliffe, and Burney; early 19th-century writers such as Austen, Shelley, and Scott; such Victorian novelists as Dickens, the Brontë sisters, Eliot, Thackeray, Trollope, and Hardy; and such Modernists as Conrad, Woolf, Joyce, Forster, and Lawrence.
ENG 338 – Literature, Film, and Media
Semester: Spring; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
This course investigates interrelations among literature, film, and other forms of non-print media. Subject matter will include literary works, films, television, web-content, and emerging technologies through which cultural narratives are increasingly transmitted and developed. Theories of audience reception, textual production, and modes of critical interpretation will be emphasized.
ENG 343 – Readings in Contemporary Poetry
Semester: Spring; Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 3
This course familiarizes students with various forms of and approaches to contemporary poetry. With a focus on both tradition and innovation, we will read widely from recent works of poetry, and students will experiment with numerous poetry-writing techniques and styles drawn from our readings. The class emphasizes students’ dual roles as creative writers and critics/reviewers, and coursework includes critical as well as creative assignments. This course does not fulfill a core requirement in literature.
Prerequisite: ENG 204
ENG 345 – Readings in Contemporary Creative Nonfiction
Semester: Fall; Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 3
This course familiarizes students with various forms of and approaches to contemporary creative nonfiction. With a focus on both tradition and innovation, we will read widely from recent works of creative nonfiction, and students will experiment with numerous nonfiction writing techniques and styles drawn from our readings. The class emphasizes students’ dual roles as creative writers and critics/reviewers, and coursework includes critical as well as creative assignments. This course does not fulfill a core requirement in literature.
Prerequisite: ENG 205
ENG 346 – Readings in Contemporary Fiction
Semester: Fall; Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 3
This course familiarizes students with various forms of and approaches to contemporary fiction. With a focus on both tradition and innovation, we will read widely from recent works of fiction, and students will experiment with numerous fiction-writing techniques and styles drawn from our readings. The class emphasizes students’ dual roles as creative writers and critics/reviewers, and coursework includes critical as well as creative assignments. This course does not fulfill a core requirement in literature.
Prerequisite: ENG 206
ENG 354 – Writing Consultant Practicum
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 3
Students examine current scholarship in writing center theory and practice and develop instructional approaches to collaborative learning. Course discussions stemming from these readings, subsequent research that students conduct, and students’ routine observations of writing consultants inform several writing projects.
Prerequisite: ENG 119, ENG 120, and official endorsement from faculty member
ENG 359 – History and Grammar of English
Semester: Fall; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
Students are introduced to the linguistic and theoretic approaches to the study of English, including phonology and morphology. Students pursue an in-depth study of syntax, focusing on the grammar of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences. Students also review the history of English from proto-Germanic to the development of regional dialects, cultural variations, and “global” English.
ENG 362 – Literary Modernism
Semester: Fall; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
Students examine the major movement in Western art in the first half of the 20th century as reflected in representative literary texts. Attention is focused on the questions: What is modernism? What is its relation to naturalism and realism? How does literary art fuse with the other arts during this period? Authors may include Joyce, Stein, Pound, Eliot, Williams, Cather, Toomer, Ford, Lawrence, Woolf, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner.
ENG 365 – Journalism
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 3
Students will explore journalism’s cultural, social, and political roles while also practicing the craft itself. From studying journalism’s critical role in an open society, the law and ethics of journalism, and convergence — to skillful interviewing, writing, reporting, and editing techniques — students will apply basic principles of style and story organization for print, broadcast, and multimedia articles. This course is available to all RMC students and is recommended for all students participating on the student newspaper.
ENG 370 – Religion and Literature
Semester: Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 3
A study of religious issues, conflict, and hopes in modern literature. Studied works will vary from year to year, but they may include texts by authors such as Melville, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Flannery O’Connor, and John Updike. This is a writing-intensive course.
ENG 374 – Advanced Poetry Writing
Semester: Fall; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
This workshop is an extension and intensification of ENG 204. This course will further investigate the conventions of poetry writing (e.g., image, rhythm, metaphor) and introduce additional poetic forms, including the sestina, villanelle, and prose poem. Students will produce and revise a wide range of poems, culminating in a chapbook of poems. In addition, students will memorize and recite several poems, identify suitable print and online markets for their work, and submit for publication.
Prerequisite: ENG 204
ENG 375 – Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing
Semester: Spring; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
This workshop course is an extension and intensification of ENG 205. The course will further investigate the conventions of creative nonfiction (e.g., complex characterization, setting, reflection/interpretation) and introduce additional forms of narrative nonfiction, such as travel writing and profile. In addition to numerous short writing samples, students will produce and revise a feature-length piece of narrative nonfiction. Students will also learn how to conduct and incorporate research and interviews into their writing and how to pitch projects to editors for publication.
Prerequisite: ENG 205
ENG 376 – Advanced Fiction Writing
Semester: Fall; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
This workshop course is an extension and intensification of ENG 206. This course will further investigate the conventions of fiction writing (e.g., voice, point of view, complex characterization) and introduce additional forms of fiction writing, such as linked short stories and flash fiction. In addition to numerous exercises, students will produce and revise 25+ pages of original work. Students will also identify suitable print and online markets for their work and submit for publication.
Prerequisite: ENG 206
ENG 418 – Writing and Publishing in New York City
Semester: Spring; Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 3
Students will meet regularly throughout the term and spend eight days in New York City attending workshops and seminars on publishing, editing, and freelance writing. They meet professional writers, editors, and agents who introduce them to all aspects of the writing and publishing professions. Students also visit museums and attend cultural and literary events.
Prerequisite: ENG 120
ENG 445 – The American Novel
Semester: Spring; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
Students examine American novels from the 19th century to the present. Attention is given both to the genre of the novel as well as to the individual literary works. Content varies, but representative topics include the way in which personal and national identities are shaped or defined in the fictional texts, the role of the marketplace in influencing literary practice, and the relation between American fiction and philosophy.
ENG 447 – The American Short Story
Semester: Spring; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
Students are introduced to the genre of the short story, emphasizing major American writers from the 19th century to the present. Particular attention is directed to historical and cultural backgrounds. Students cultivate skills in critical analysis by focusing on issues of character, plot, theme, point of view, setting, tone, style, and other literary devices as they function within the context of individual stories.
ENG 450 – Internship
Semester: Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 1-12
This course is a guided work experience in an already established place of business. The student must arrange the internship in agreement with the instructor and the Office of Career Services. The internship should relate to the student’s major or minor area of study. Contract is required. Pass/no pass grading.
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing
ENG 452 – American Poetry in the 20th Century
Semester: Fall; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
An in-depth study of American poetry in the 20th century, focusing on representative poets in the context of literary and cultural history. Representative poets include Pound, Lowell, H.D., Eliot, Frost, Stevens, Williams, Oppen, Niedecker, Sexton, Rich, Kerouac, Rexroth, and Ronan. Particular emphasis is on developing and strengthening students’ skills in the close reading of poetry.
ENG 456 – Studies in Drama
Semester: Fall; Alternate years
Semester hours: 3
Students examine authors, themes, and/or movements significant in British, American, European, or world drama. It includes reading and analysis of selected plays. Focus is on variety in period, type, and technique. Content varies.
ENG 471 – Studies in Shakespeare
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 3
Students engage in the advanced study of Shakespeare’s works, analyzing them within their literary, historical, theatrical, linguistic, and cultural contexts. Particular attention in this course is devoted to the major critical and theoretical approaches to Shakespeare, providing a foundation for students intending to go to graduate school in English or teach English at the secondary level.
Prerequisite: ENG 272 recommended
ENG 482 – Capstone in Creative Writing
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 3
This course is the capstone for the creative writing concentration. In this course, the students will produce advanced creative writing work, put together their final portfolios (including both writing new work and revised previous works), and organize a public reading.
Prerequisite: ENG 122 and one of the following: ENG 204, ENG 205, or ENG 206
ENG 490 – Literary Studies Capstone
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 3
In this course, students will design, develop, and research an independent literary project in a selected area of literary studies, culminating in a major research essay that demonstrates mastery of the critical, analytical, theoretical, and writing skills essential to the advanced study of literature. Students will work independently and collaboratively under the supervision of an English faculty member.
Prerequisite: senior standing
ENG 491 – Literary Journal I
Semester: Fall
Semester hours: 3
This course focuses on the production of The Rocky Mountain Review, the undergraduate literary journal. In this course, we will read other literary journals and review submissions to The Rocky Mountain Review, hold meetings to determine what pieces will be accepted, and design the journal itself.
Prerequisite: ENG 122, ENG 204, ENG 205, ENG 206, or permission of the instructor
ENG 493 – Literary Journal II
Semester: Spring
Semester hours: 3
This is a continuation of ENG 491: Literary Journal I. In this course, we will bring the annual issue of The Rocky Mountain Review to completion. Editors will meet to complete submission review, complete correspondence with rejected and accepted authors, and finish journal design and production.
Prerequisite: ENG 122, ENG 204, ENG 205, ENG 206, or permission of the instructor
ENG 499 – Directed Reading
Semester: Offered at discretion of department
Semester hours: 1-3
This course allows a student to devise and pursue independent study in an area agreed upon in consultation with, and supervised by, a faculty member. Students should be either a major or minor and have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or greater.
Prerequisite: junior or senior standing
- Nicholas Plunkey, Professor
- Ashley Kunsa, Associate Professor
- Gayle Fallon, Assistant Professor
- Henrietta Goodman, Assistant Professor
- Maclain Scott, Assistant Professor
- Jeremy Wolf, Instructor
Contact
Office of Student Records
Rocky Mountain College
Prescott Hall
1511 Poly Drive
Billings, MT 59102