2022-23 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    May 13, 2024  
2022-23 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Course descriptions are listed alphabetically by discipline name. The discipline abbreviation appears in parentheses immediately after the discipline name. The Schedule of Courses issued each semester by the Office of Academic Records lists courses alphabetically by discipline abbreviation, not discipline name. See the following table for a list of all disciplines listed alphabetically by discipline abbreviation.

Courses are offered in rotation. The frequency of course offerings is designated by (F) for fall semester, (Sp) for spring semester, (Su) for summer semester, or (as needed). If a course is offered only in odd or even numbered years, the designation will include -odd or -even. Frequency designations are located in Courses Offered by the Department at the end of each departmental section.

Courses taken for Graduate Credit (numbered 500 or above) have additional requirements for completion with graduate credit. Graduate students will be expected to perform at a more rigorous level. Additional content will be required. Graduate students will be expected to complete additional projects.

Modern Foreign Language courses designated as Elementary or Intermediate must be taken and passed in sequence. Placement tests are given in the Department Office, upon request, to students with prior experience with French, German, or Spanish in order to place them at an appropriate level.

 

Engineering

  
  • ENGR 410 - Senior Design I


    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Working in teams, students conduct an engineering design project while working under the direction of a faculty adviser. Students are required to organize and develop a plan for accomplishing project activities; establish goals, objectives and design requirements; gather information; develop concepts; perform trade studies, analyses and engineering assessments; and develop engineering design packages that may include system diagrams, schematics, CAD models and assembly and part drawings. A summary poster presentation required.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and approval of the student’s adviser.
  
  • ENGR 411 - Senior Design II


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

     

    A continuation of ENGR 410. Working in teams, students complete the design project defined in ENGR 410. This capstone design project requires that students apply knowledge gained in previous coursework to solve practical, open-ended engineering problems encountered on a realistic project having deadlines and performance requirements. Some projects may require hardware fabrication and product realization. A final report, poster and presentation are required.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 301  and ENGR 410 .

  
  • ENGR 413 - Engineering Management


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    Human, quality, organizational, legal and ethical aspects of the engineering profession.

    Prerequisite(s): instructor’s approval.
  
  • ENGR 440 - Energy Systems


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    A continuation of ENGR 340 . Applications involving entropy as a property and The Second Law of Thermodynamics. Thermodynamic analyses of vapor power cycles, gas power cycles, refrigeration cycles, nozzles and psychrometric applications. Analyses of reactive gas mixtures, hydrocarbon fuels and combustion.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 121  and ENGR 340 .
  
  • ENGR 450 - Reinforced Concrete Design


    Credit(s): 4
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    When Offered: Fall

    Reinforced concrete as a modern construction material. Aggregate and Portland cement properties and mix design. Structural analysis and design of rectangular beams, T-beams, beam-columns and one-way floor slabs using the American Concrete Institute (ACI) 318 code. Standard lab tests and design project with test verification. Determination of wind and earthquake loads. Use of computer spreadsheets.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 351 .
  
  • ENGR 451 - Geotechnical Engineering


    Credit(s): 4
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    When Offered: Spring

    Introduction to soil mechanics, shallow foundations and retaining structures. Soil identification and classification, compaction, effective stress, consolidation, shear strength, vertical and lateral stress and slope stability. Standard lab tests. Response of soil to foundation and retaining structure loads, including settlements and stability. Design of shallow foundations and retaining structures.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 220 .
    Corequisite(s): ENGR 351 .
  
  • ENGR 452 - Steel Design


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Structural analysis and design of beams, columns, axial members, frames and connections using the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Manual. Use of computer spreadsheets.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 351 .
  
  • ENGR 453 - Pavement Design and Analysis


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    When Offered: Spring

    Design principles of highway pavements. Pavement stresses and strains. Flexible and rigid pavement materials testing and mix design. Thickness design of asphalt and concrete pavements. Pavement distresses and evaluation.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 220 .
  
  • ENGR 454 - Computational Hydraulics and Computational Hydrology Modeling


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Basic functional Geographic Information Systems skills necessary to support hydraulic and hydrologic modeling are covered. The underlying equations supporting the computational modeling of open channel hydraulics and practical, engineering hydrology, are reviewed. A series of exercises composed of practical applications utilizing widely used and accepted computational hydraulic and computational hydrologic software.

    Prerequisite(s): instructor’s approval.
  
  • ENGR 455 - Timber Design


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Identify the structural properties of wood and the effects of various physical, environmental, and manufacturing factors upon wood strength and stiffness. Design solid-sawn and engineered wood structural members such as beams, columns, and beam columns. Design plywood structures. Analyze and design structural connections for wood and engineered wood structures. Design wood diaphragms and shear walls.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 351 .
  
  • ENGR 456 - Environmental Engineering I


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    When Offered: Spring

    Fundamental concepts in environmental engineering dealing with water, air, and land pollution and other areas such as environmental laws and regulations, mass balance approach, and pollution control technologies. Basic principles of water and wastewater characteristics and treatments. The course will include design components related to drinking water treatment plants, waste water treatment plants, and distribution systems.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 121   and ENGR 341  or instructor approval.
  
  • ENGR 457 - Environmental Engineering II


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    Advanced topics in environmental engineering with an emphasis on system analysis and design. Laws and regulations and design component governing the storage, transportation, treatments and disposal of municipal waste. Other topics include sustainability, energy resources, green engineering, risk assessment. The course will include design components of sewer systems, advanced wastewater treatment plants and landfills.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 456 .
  
  • ENGR 459 - Engineering Design and Construction Management


    Credit(s): 2
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    An introduction to construction engineering and management concepts. Topics include understanding the design process. Introduction to engineering design as it relates to the preparation of contract drawings and the ability to read and properly interpret drawings. Understanding construction delivery and procurement methods, types of construction contracts, project planning, estimating and scheduling, quality assurance and control in the design and construction process, health and safety, and engineering ethics in the context of design and project management.

    Corequisite(s): ENGR 410 .
  
  • ENGR 460 - Microprocessors and Computer Organization


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Computer organization, memory hierarchy, digital interfacing, use of microprocessors in common consumer applications, study of contemporary general and special purpose architectures. Three lecture hours.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 231 , ENGR 232 , ENGR 233  and CSCI 221 .
  
  • ENGR 461 - Communication Systems


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Analog and digital communication systems, information coding, modulation, signal processing techniques, software and hardware implementations, contemporary wireless, audio and video applications.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 231 , ENGR 311 , and ENGR 316 .
  
  • ENGR 462 - Linear Control Systems Design


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    When Offered: Fall

    An interdisciplinary approach to the theory of control system analysis and design. Block diagrams, transfer functions, stability, steady state error, time response, root locus and Bode techniques, lead/lag compensators and design of PID controllers.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 232 , ENGR 241 , and ENGR 315 .
  
  • ENGR 463 - Electrical Power Systems


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Fundamentals of power systems analysis, transformers, per-unit analysis, transmission line parameters, transmission lines, and power flow.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 201 , ENGR 315  and ENGR 332 .
  
  • ENGR 464 - Engineering Electromagnetics


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Application of physical laws of electricity and magnetism to the design of electrical components, including resistors, capacitors, inductors, and transmission lines. Transient and steady-state behavior of electromagnetic waves.

    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 221 , ENGR 232  and MATH 320 .
  
  • ENGR 465 - Electric Machines


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Introduction to magnetic circuits and transformers, electromechanical energy conversion principles, three-phase Circuits and power, phasors, DC motors and generators, induction machines, synchronous machines and drives, inverters, DC-DC conversion, and motor control.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 332  and PHYS 221 .
  
  • ENGR 466 - Digital Systems Design


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Techniques and strategies for designing digital systems.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 231 .
  
  • ENGR 467 - Embedded Systems Laboratory


    Credit(s): 1
    When Offered: As needed

    The fundamentals of integrating micro-controllers, sensors, and actuators to create embedded systems. One three-hour lab. 

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 231 ENGR 232 ENGR 233 , and CSCI 221  
  
  • ENGR 471 - Heat Transfer


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    An introduction to the theory of conduction, convection and radiation and their use in engineering applications. Steady and transient heat transfer solutions with analytical and numerical solutions. An introduction to heat exchanger analysis and multi-phase heat transfer.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 317  and ENGR 341 .
  
  • ENGR 472 - Kinematics/Dynamics of Machines


    Credit(s): 4
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 3
    When Offered: Fall

    Analysis and synthesis of mechanisms and machine systems subjected to dynamic forces and motion constraints. Topics covered include classical analysis and synthesis of mechanisms, computer modeling and simulation of machine dynamics, rotating unbalance and analysis and synthesis of cams and geared systems.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 241 , ENGR 315 , ENGR 317 , and MATH 320 .
  
  • ENGR 473 - Machine Design


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Fundamental principles, including stress analysis and design considerations for static and fatigue strength. Design and selection criteria for mechanical components including fasteners, bearings, gears, and miscellaneous elements used in mechanical systems.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 371  and ENGR 472 .
  
  • ENGR 476 - Applied Finite Element Analysis Lab


    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3
    When Offered: Spring

    Introduction to the application of the finite element method to the solution of stress, vibration, heat transfer, and fluid dynamics problems using commercial finite element software.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 371  and ENGR 472 .
    Corequisite(s): ENGR 473 .
  
  • ENGR 477 - Gas Dynamics


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    An examination of topics in one-dimensional compressible flows. Topics include sonic velocity, Mach numbers, isentropic flow, nozzles, diffusers, normal and oblique shocks, flow with friction and heating.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 341 .
    Corequisite(s): ENGR 317 .
  
  • ENGR 481 - Industrial Robotics


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    When Offered: Fall

    Introduction to the design, programming and integration of robotic systems in industrial applications. Topics include manipulator kinematics, analysis of a motion manipulator, manipulator dynamics, design of manipulator mechanisms and various linear and non-linear manipulator control methods.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 317  or CSCI 221 .
    Corequisite(s): ENGR 483 .
  
  • ENGR 483 - Industrial Controls I


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    When Offered: Fall

    Programmable logic controllers and associated hardware. Electrical hardware including digital I/O, switches, and relays. Mechanical hardware including pneumatic and hydraulic system fundamentals. Emphasis on information at the device and machine levels.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 231 .
    Corequisite(s): ENGR 232  and ENGR 233 .
  
  • ENGR 484 - Industrial Controls II


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    When Offered: Spring

    A continuation of ENGR 483 . Analog I/O, PID control loop setup and tuning, and PLC networking. Emphasis on information at the device, machine, and system levels.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 232 , ENGR 233  and ENGR 483 .
  
  • ENGR 485 - Polymer Manufacturing Processes


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Analysis of polymer and elastomeric material behavior in processing, mechanics of processing, identification of appropriate processes, diagnosis of process related problems and mathematical modeling of process designs.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 301  (Mechanical Concentration) and ENGR 310 .
  
  • ENGR 486 - Quality Engineering


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As needed

    Practical and statistical engineering methods to improve product quality and process design in a manufacturing environment. Topics covered will include manufacturing metrology, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), statistical process control and methods (SPC), quality standards, and the use and performance of measuring devices in the manufacturing environment.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 311 .
  
  • ENGR 487 - Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Design


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As needed

    A study of fluid power components and their application in engineered systems including design criteria, system performance, and standardized symbols and schematics. Performance characteristics and differences are discussed.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 241  and ENGR 341 .
  
  • ENGR 489 - Heat Treating and Physical Metallurgy


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    When Offered: As needed

    Applied and theoretical coverage of the heat treating of metal alloys. The relationship within metals of the microstructure to the mechanical properties and their manipulation through chemical, thermal, and mechanical processing. Two lecture hours and one three-hour lab.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 310  
  
  • ENGR 490 - Special Topics (Title of Topic)


    Credit(s): 1-3
    Lecture Hours: 1-3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Selected topics relating the state-of-the-art in engineering science and engineering design. Engineering subjects which are of current interest and importance but are not covered in depth in any other course. May be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisite(s): Approval of advisory committee and dean.

Engineering, Civil

  
  • CIEG 354 - Advanced Land Surveying and Geomatics


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 3
    When Offered: As Needed

    Principles of the Global Positioning Systems (GPS), mapping surveys, mapping, astronomical observations, control surveys and geodetic reductions, state plane coordinates, boundary surveys, surveys of public lands, construction surveys, horizontal curves, vertical curves, volumes, photogrammetry and an overview of geographic information systems.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 350 .
    Crosslisted With: AGET 354  
  
  • CIEG 454 - Land Surveying with GPS


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 2
    When Offered: As Needed

    Land surveying techniques and methodologies using survey-grade Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Topics include: the GPS signal, biases and solutions, GPS receivers and GPS surveying methods (static, differential GPS [DGPS], kinematic, pseudokinematic, rapid static, on-the-fly and real-time kinematic [RTK]), coordinates, planning a GPS-based survey, observing (equipment, reconnaissance, monumentation, logistics) and postprocessing. Techniques for proper utilization of RTK and DGPS.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 454 .
    Crosslisted With: AGET 454  
  
  • CIEG 456 - Boundary Control and Legal Principles


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Role of the surveyor in boundary establishment, creating GLO boundaries, creating nonsectionalized boundaries, locating easements and reversions, resurveying and retracing sectionalized lands, locating sequential conveyances, locating simultaneously created boundaries and locating combination descriptions and conveyances. Fundamentals associated with the ownership, transfer and description of real property; federal and state nonsectionalized land surveys; and riparian and littoral boundaries. Surveyor ethics, liability and professionalism.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 350 .
    Crosslisted With: AGET 456 
  
  • CIEG 458 - Subdivision Site Planning and Development


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 2
    When Offered: As Needed

    Physical elements of designing land subdivision including: sustainability and site design, site analysis, site grading (soil properties, slope stability, erosion and sediment control), designing for people, street and parking lot design, infrastructure (cul-de-sac design, parking lot design, streets, etc. ), landscape restoration (wetlands, streams, vegetative cover, erosion damage, brownfield redevelopment, etc. ), site layout, vegetation in the site plan, project management issues, historic landscapes and preserving the land and landscape and culture.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 350 .
    Crosslisted With: AGET 458  

Engineering, Industrial

  
  • INEG 310 - Operations Management


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    Management of business transformation processes. A survey of the basic concepts, principles and practices involved in the design, implementation, operation and control of business processes (operations) in contemporary business organizations. Emphasis is placed on the integration of the operation function with other disciplines to foster achievement of strategic and tactical goals in both manufacturing and service organizations. Topical coverage includes operations strategy, product/service design, process design, contemporary quality management, forecasting, capacity planning, facility location and layout, work design and scheduling, production planning and control with a broad emphasis on goal-driven process and productivity management and quality management.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 210  and either MGT 300  or MGT 301 , or ENGR 311  and Instructor Approval.
    Crosslisted With: MGT 310 
  
  • INEG 312 - Introduction to Management Science


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Introduction to quantitative methods used in business decision making. Topical coverage includes mathematical programming, dynamic and network programming, multi-objective decision modeling, decision theory, simulation, inventory models and waiting lines. Computer software will be used to analyze application problems in business and economics.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 201  and MGT 310 , or INEG 310 .
    Crosslisted With: MGT 312 
  
  • INEG 330 - Process Control and Improvement


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    A methodology for selecting, defining, measuring, stabilizing, evaluating and improving both production and service processes is presented. A variety of analytical methods are utilized in the sequence of instruction including the seven simple tools of quality, metrology, SPC, process capability analysis and experimental design.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Crosslisted With: MGT 330 
  
  • INEG 332 - Quality Management Systems


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: As needed

    Covers the American Society of Quality (ASQ) Body of Knowledge Sections I, II & IV. Addresses the evolution of quality from the beginning of the 20th Century to the present day. Includes topics from elements of current Quality Management Systems and Auditing to important elements of every Quality Management System essential to the success of active management systems.

  
  • INEG 334 - Process and Service Design and Control


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: As needed

    Covers the American Society of Quality (ASQ) Body of Knowledge Sections III & IV. Explores management and control of processes, products, and services. Within this class, the student will learn about the importance of monitoring and measurement systems in quality. Included within this class is a workshop that provides hands on experience with measurement tools (Gage Reliability & Reproducibility, Bias, Accuracy, Linearity, Stability, Discrimination and Measurement Uncertainty).

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 210  or ENGR 311  
  
  • INEG 336 - Quantitative Methods and Improvement


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: As needed

    Covers the American Society of Quality (SAQ) Body of Knowledge Sections V & VI. Addresses the mathematical tools needed in the monitoring and measurement activities used in a quality management system environment. Includes methods for Continual Improvement of processes, systems, products and personnel.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 210  or ENGR 311  
  
  • INEG 402 - Industrial Safety


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Accident prevention, control and record keeping, safety standards, codes and laws. Fundamentals of industrial hygiene, occupational safety and health. Organization and development of safety programs.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or instructor’s approval.
  
  • INEG 412 - Service Operations Management


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    A study of operations management specific to the service sector. Emphasis is on formulating service strategy, designing and improving the service delivery system, and matching supply and demand in service operations. Topics include strategic positioning and service strategy, internet strategy, environmental strategy, new service development, managing service experiences, front- and back- office interface, offshoring and outsourcing, analyzing processes, service quality, yield management, inventory management, and waiting time management.

    Prerequisite(s): MGT 310  or INEG 310 .
    Crosslisted With: MGT 412 

English

  
  • ENGL 105 - English Composition


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    Introduction to the fundamentals of written discourse. Study of rhetoric, grammar, and style as means to effective prose, with an emphasis on the writing process. Writing Center visits embedded in assignments. Readings and concomitant writing assignments. Predominantly a skills course. Mandatory placement. Students may also elect to take ENGL 105 in place of ENGL 111  to receive extra support during the writing process. Students must complete ENGL 105 and ENGL 112  or ENGL 113  in sequence. In order to proceed to ENGL 112 , students must complete ENGL 105 with a grade of C or higher.

  
  • ENGL 111 - English Composition


    (TBR: ENGL 1010)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    Introduction to the fundamentals of written discourse. Study of rhetoric, grammar and style as means to effective prose. Readings and concomitant writing assignments. Predominantly a skills course. Students must complete ENGL 111 and ENGL 112  in sequence. In order to proceed to ENGL 112 , students must complete ENGL 111 with a grade of C or higher.

  
  • ENGL 111H - Honors English Composition


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    An introduction to written discourse for students with Enhanced ACT scores in English of 28 or above.

  
  • ENGL 112 - English Composition


    (TBR: ENGL 1020)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    Further study of written English and practice in composition. Readings and research writing with documentation. Predominantly a skills course. Students must complete ENGL 111  and 112 in sequence. For successful completion of ENGL 112, students must earn a grade of C or higher.

  
  • ENGL 112H - Honors English Composition


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    An introduction to written discourse for students with Enhanced ACT scores in English of 28 or above.

  
  • ENGL 113 - English for Technical Writers


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring, As Needed

    Technical writing is the art and science of translating complex information into the language used by the intended audience. Technical writing is widely used in career paths, including computer science, robotics, bioengineering, and agriculture. The intent of this class is to prepare students majoring in one of the applied sciences for the type of technical writing that they will be exposed to within their specific career. Students engage in conveying technical information in a clear, concise, and coherent manner to a variety of audiences. Exercises are taught through a variety of genres such as risk analysis reports; instructional memos; design/use/analysis reports; and technical reports. Key competencies include collecting, analyzing, and organizing information. In order to proceed to ENGL 113, students must complete ENGL 105  or ENGL 111  with a grade of C or higher.

  
  • ENGL 200 - Introduction to English Studies


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Principles of and practice in literary analysis, including the opportunity to read and evaluate major texts, study rhetorical principles, and explore various theoretical approaches to literature. Because ENGL 200 explores basic concepts of literary study, it should be taken early in a student’s career.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 250 - British Literary Tradition


    (TBR: ENGL 2210)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    English literature from Beowulf through the Neoclassic period.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 250H - Honors British Literary Tradition


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Even

    The literature of Britain from its beginnings through the eighteenth century. Limited class size allowing in-depth discussions, projects and presentations. Open to students who have demonstrated superior academic quality.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 251 - British Literary Tradition


    (TBR: ENGL 2220)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    English literature from the Romantic period to the present. ENGL 251 may be taken before ENGL 250 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 251H - Honors British Literary Tradition


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    The literature of Britain from the romantic period to the present. ENGL 251H may be taken before ENGL 250H . Limited class size allowing in-depth discussions, projects and presentations. Open to students who have demonstrated superior academic quality.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113  and department approval.
  
  • ENGL 260 - American Literary Tradition


    (TBR: ENGL 2110)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    American literature from the pre-Colonial period through the Romantic period.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 260H - Honors American Literary Tradition


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    American literature from the pre-Colonial period through the Romantic period. Limited class size allowing in-depth discussions, projects and presentations. Open to students who have demonstrated superior academic quality.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113  and departmental approval.
  
  • ENGL 261 - American Literary Tradition


    (TBR: ENGL 2120)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    American literature from the Realistic period to the present. ENGL 261 may be taken before ENGL 260 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 261H - Honors American Literary Tradition


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    American literature from the Realistic period to the present. ENGL 261H may be taken before ENGL 260H . Limited class size allowing in-depth discussions, projects and presentations. Open to students who have demonstrated superior academic quality.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113  and departmental approval.
  
  • ENGL 263 - African-American Literary Tradition


    Credit(s): 3
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    A study of African-American literature from 1920 to the present, with some attention to the earlier development of the tradition. ENGL 263 may be taken before ENGL 260.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 105  or ENGL 111  and ENGL 112  or ENGL 113  
  
  • ENGL 270 - World Literature


    (TBR: ENGL 2310)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    A survey of world masterpieces (excluding American and British writers) from the beginnings through the Renaissance.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 271 - World Literature


    (TBR: ENGL 2320)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    A survey of world masterpieces (excluding American and British writers) from the eighteenth century to the present. ENGL-271 may be taken before ENGL 270 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 305 - The Art of the Essay


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Advanced study in the theory and practice of expository writing.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
    Crosslisted With: ENGL 505
  
  • ENGL 310 - Fiction Workshop


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Principles of and practice in writing fiction.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
    Crosslisted With: ENGL 510
  
  • ENGL 311 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Principles of and practice in writing creative nonfiction.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
    Crosslisted With: ENGL 511
  
  • ENGL 315 - Poetry Workshop


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Principles of and practice in writing poetry.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
    Crosslisted With: ENGL 515
  
  • ENGL 320 - Introduction to Linguistics


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    A linguistic study of sound system, word structure and syntax. Some attention to etymology and social and regional dialects.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 520
  
  • ENGL 325 - Technical Communications


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Introduction to written, oral and electronic media in professional fields such as criminal justice, engineering, agriculture and business. Topics include memoranda, letters, proposals, feasibility reports, oral presentations and on-line communications.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113  and one course within the student’s major field of study.
    Crosslisted With: ENGL 525
  
  • ENGL 330 - Topics in World Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    A study of selected authors, genres, or periods from world literature (Eastern and Western) in translation. Specific topics may include Greek and Roman Drama, Medieval European literature, the modern European novel, Russian literature and Japanese literature. Students may repeat course with variation in topic.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 530
  
  • ENGL 335 - Holocaust Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    A study of literature of and about the Holocaust through selected texts in English and in translation.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 535
  
  • ENGL 341 - Topics in American Literature before ENGL 1900


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    A study of selected authors, movements and periods in American literature before 1900. Specific offerings may include Colonial American literature, American Renaissance, American Realism and Naturalism, nineteenth-century American Poetry, or nineteenth-century Women Writers. Students may repeat course with variation in topic.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 541
  
  • ENGL 343 - Literatures of Contemporary America


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Even

    A study of literature representative of the many cultural groups in America, with emphasis on aspects of race, ethnicity, religious background and gender since 1945.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 543
  
  • ENGL 345 - Black Writers in America


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Prose, poetry and drama by black authors.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 545
  
  • ENGL 350 - Women Writers: Gender, Race and Class


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    A historical survey of women writers, including contemporary writers, which focuses on women writers’ concern with and presentation of issues such as race, ethnicity, religion and class. American and British authors will be represented.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 550
  
  • ENGL 355 - Folklore


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    A survey of folk literature and its significance as an aid to understanding racial and cultural heritage.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 555
  
  • ENGL 360 - Sixteenth-Century British Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    A study of British literature written between 1485 and 1603 excluding Shakespeare.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 560
  
  • ENGL 365 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    A study of English literature from 1660 to 1798.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 565
  
  • ENGL 370 - Romantic Prose and Poetry


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Even

    A study of English literature from 1789 through the early nineteenth century.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 570
  
  • ENGL 375 - Development of English Drama


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Even

    A survey of English drama from the Medieval beginnings to Shaw and Wilde.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 575
  
  • ENGL 380 - Modern Drama


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    Major British, American and Continental playwrights since Ibsen.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 580
  
  • ENGL 385 - Modern Poetry


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    Major twentieth-century poets and movements in England and America and their nineteenth-century predecessors.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 585
  
  • ENGL 390 - Playwriting


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    Writing exercises, scenes and one-act plays which may be performed in the lab theater.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113  and THEA 110  and THEA 220  or by permission of the instructor.
    Crosslisted With: ENGL 590
  
  • ENGL 395 - Literature and Film


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    A study of the interrelationships between literature and film, from such perspectives as genre, aesthetics, and adaptation studies. American and British authors will be represented.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 595
  
  • ENGL 401 - Studies in British and Commonwealth Writers Since ENGL 1660


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    An intensive study of one to four authors from England, Scotland, Ireland, or the Commonwealth (Canada, New Zealand, Australia, India and South Africa) writing after 1660.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 601
  
  • ENGL 420 - History of the English Language


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    The development of English from its Indo-European backgrounds to the present day. Elementary readings in Old and Middle English illustrating various stages of the language.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 620
  
  • ENGL 425 - Practical English Grammar


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Study of system and pattern implicit in the English language. Basic sentence patterns, inflections, determiners, parts of speech, expansions, complementation and usage.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 625
  
  • ENGL 435 - Fantasy Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    A study of the genre’s genesis and of works of Fantasy literature in the 19th and 20th centuries.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 635
  
  • ENGL 440 - Southern Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    A study of humorists, local colorists and realists in relation to the Southern tradition in literature from William Byrd to the present.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 640
  
  • ENGL 445 - The American Novel to Faulkner


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    Representative novels from the beginnings to Faulkner, with attention to the historical development of the genre.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 645
  
  • ENGL 450 - Introduction to Literary Criticism


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    The concepts, terminology and procedures of formal literary study with readings in representative critics.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 650
  
  • ENGL 460 - Early English Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    A survey of Old and Middle English literature in translation (excluding Chaucer) from the beginnings to 1485.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 660
  
  • ENGL 465 - Victorian Prose and Poetry


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    A study of English literature from 1832 to 1901.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 665
  
  • ENGL 470 - The British Novel to Joyce


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    Representative novels to Joyce, with attention to the historical development of the genre in Great Britain.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 670
  
  • ENGL 475 - Modern Novel


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Even

    Major twentieth-century novelists and movements, primarily in Great Britain and America.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 675
  
  • ENGL 480 - Chaucer


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    A study of representative works read in Middle English, with attention to the cultural context.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 680
  
  • ENGL 485 - Shakespeare


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    A study of representative poems and plays, with attention to the cultural background and to the theater of Shakespeare’s age.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 685
  
  • ENGL 490 - Seventeenth-Century British Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    A study of the British literature written between 1603 and 1660 including Milton’s entire career.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 690
  
  • ENGL 493 - Seminar [Title TBA] in Film Studies


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Special topics in Film Studies. May be repeated with variation in topic.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 693
 

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