English

Paige Horst, Chairperson

http://www.radford.edu/content/chbs/home/english.html

Undergraduate Program

Designed to afford students an integrated, comprehensive learning program, the English major teaches students the fundamental ways of organizing knowledge in the discipline. Majors may earn either a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree; both degrees prepare students for continued study in advanced programs, for teaching, or for entry into various professions where critical and creative thinking, writing and other communication and problem solving skills are valued and employed.

The major incorporates a writing in the discipline (WD) requirement which integrates instruction in writing and the use of writing as a powerful learning tool into the whole curriculum, following a sequenced and coordinated plan. Students take four WD courses throughout the major.

Academic Programs

English, B.A. (E, A)  

English, B.S. (E, A)  

Creative Writing Minor (E)  

English Minor (E, A)  

Health Humanities Minor (E)  

Literature and Cultural Analysis Minor (A)  

Literature and Expression Minor (E)  

Professional Writing Minor (E)  

Graduate Program

The graduate program in English leading to a Master of Arts or Master of Science degree prepares students for teaching at the secondary and college levels, for continued study in pursuit of the doctoral degree and for entry into various professions where critical thinking and writing are valued and employed. For further information, consult the Radford University Graduate Catalog.

Programs

• Creative Writing Minor (E)
• English Minor (E, A)
• English, B.A. (E, A)
• English, B.S. (E, A)
• Health Humanities Minor (E)
• Literature and Cultural Analysis Minor (A)
• Literature and Expression Minor (E)
• Professional Writing Minor (E)

Courses

• ENGL 109 - Writing Lab
• ENGL 111 - Principles of College Composition (GE)
• ENGL 112 - Critical Reading and Writing in the Digital Age (WI) (GE)
• ENGL 200 - Literary Texts and Contexts (GE)
• ENGL 201 - Readings in World Literature (GE)
• ENGL 202 - British and Commonwealth Literature (GE)
• ENGL 203 - Readings in American Literature (GE)
• ENGL 210 - Narratives of Illness, Disability, and Caretaking (WI) (GE)
• ENGL 215 - Writing about Games
• ENGL 230 - British and Commonwealth Literature I (GE)
• ENGL 231 - British and Commonwealth Literature II (GE)
• ENGL 240 - American Literature (GE)
• ENGL 300 - Introduction to English Studies (WD) (WI)
• ENGL 306 - Professional Writing (WI)
• ENGL 307 - Business Writing (GE) (WI)
• ENGL 308 - Professional Writing Technologies
• ENGL 309 - Fiction Writing (WI) (GE)
• ENGL 310 - Poetry Writing
• ENGL 311 - Playwriting
• ENGL 312 - Creative Nonfiction Writing
• ENGL 313 - Studies in Composition (WI)
• ENGL 315 - Game Design
• ENGL 321 - The Study of Fiction
• ENGL 322 - The Study of Poetry
• ENGL 323 - The Study of Drama
• ENGL 402 - Teaching Writing: Theories and Practices
• ENGL 403 - Grammar and Style for Writers
• ENGL 406 - Topics in Professional Writing
• ENGL 407 - Professional Editing
• ENGL 409 - Advanced Fiction Writing
• ENGL 410 - Advanced Poetry Writing
• ENGL 411 - Advanced Playwriting
• ENGL 414 - Topics in Literature
• ENGL 420 - Introduction to Literary Criticism (WD)
• ENGL 423 - Teaching Reading in the English Classroom
• ENGL 424 - The Study of Children’s Literature
• ENGL 425 - The Study of Adolescent Literature
• ENGL 428 - Planning and Teaching Seminar
• ENGL 431 - Medieval Literature
• ENGL 433 - Renaissance Literature
• ENGL 434 - Seventeenth Century Literature
• ENGL 435 - Restoration and Eighteenth Century
• ENGL 437 - Romanticism
• ENGL 438 - Victorian Literature
• ENGL 439 - Modern British Literature
• ENGL 442 - Early American Literature
• ENGL 443 - The American Renaissance
• ENGL 444 - American Realism and Naturalism
• ENGL 445 - Modern American Literature
• ENGL 446 - Appalachian Folklore
• ENGL 447 - Appalachian Literature
• ENGL 449 - African American Literature
• ENGL 450 - Native American Literature
• ENGL 451 - Contemporary Literature
• ENGL 453 - The Female Literary Tradition
• ENGL 454 - Literature and the Environment
• ENGL 463 - Grammar and Language for Teachers
• ENGL 464 - The History of the English Language
• ENGL 465 - English Linguistics
• ENGL 470 - The Author in Context (WD) (WI)
• ENGL 472 - Readings in Shakespeare (WI)
• ENGL 488 - Final Honors Project
• ENGL 490 - Highland Summer Conference Writers’ Workshop
• ENGL 495 - English Internship
• ENGL 496 - Senior Seminar (WD)
• ENGL 498 - Independent Study
• HHUM 210 - Narratives of Illness, Disability, and Caretaking (WI) (GE)
• HHUM 410 - Health Humanities Capstone Experience
• HHUM 498 - Independent Study/Capstone Experience