Introduces students to effective listening, writing, and presenting skills for business and other professional activities.

The writing of non-fictional prose. Not for first year students.

A study of world authors who are not British or American but whose work is written in English. Authors covered may include writers from South Africa, Canada, India, the West Indies, Nigeria or other countries where English serves as a first or common language.

Study of representative poems by 20th-century and contemporary poetry.

Comparative study of fiction and drama, and the feature motion pictures inspired by them.

Origin of the language and its development; exercises on vocabulary origin and semantic change and important dictionaries.

Variable content course focusing on writing reviews and scholarly essays in criticism about genres, recurrent themes, or major filmmakers/dramatists. Does not count toward the major or minor.

This course explores fiction written by Catholic writers and analyzes and discusses how their faith manifests itself in their novels and short stories.

This course will utilize writing theory and technique to train students to be student consultants for the Aquinas College Writing Center. Specifically, the course will equip students to assist Writing Center visitors with key elements of the writing process, including but not limited to: idea generation, thesis development/topic focus, organization, revision, editing, grammar correction (usage and punctuation), discipline-specific documentation and formatting. Instructor permission required.

Intensive study of literature of 19th and 20th century America, to be determined by instructor. Credits may be earned under different specific titles.

Writing course focusing on basic practices and principles of modern newspaper reporting.

Writing, reporting and/or editing for campus newspaper. Prerequisite: Instructor approval.

Intensive study determined by instructor. Credits may be earned under different specific titles.

This course will examine how Iceland’s unique landscape is shaped by both the fire of volcanoes and the ice of glaciers. The course will then turn to the island’s settlement by the Norse exploring Iceland’s medieval cultural efflorescence, which produced explorers such as Erik the Red as well as the great literary tradition of the Norse sagas, before finally turning to some of the environmental changes that threatened the community’s existence in the late medieval and early modern periods. The class will conclude with an exploration of Iceland’s place in the contemporary world, its social, economic, and ecological challenges, and its cultural dynamism

The writing of fiction and the study of its elements. Prerequisite: EH210.

The writing of scripts for the stage and/or screen and the study of the elements of script writing. Prerequisite: EH210.

Major literary productions from Beowulf (8th century) through the 16th century. Old and Middle English texts, with exception of Chaucer, studied in translation. Prerequisite: EH221 with a grade of C or higher. This course is not accepted for General Education credit.

Study of representative poetry, prose, and drama from the Victorian Age to World War I. Prerequisite: EH221 with a grade of C or higher. This course is not accepted for General Education credit.

A survey of American writing from the first European colonization of North America through the first fifty years of the American federation. Prerequisite: EH221 with a grade of C or higher. This course is not accepted for General Education credit.

Study of representative examples of American literature since World War I era. Prerequisite: EH221 with a grade of C or higher. This course is not accepted for General Education credit.

Intensive study of literary topics and/or authors determined by instructor. Credits may be earned under different specific titles.

Individually negotiated program of readings on selected topic established by contract between instructor and student. Contracts filed with Registrar. Prerequisite: Approval of the department chairperson.

Offered fall semester. Secondary English majors and minors are required to take either EN400 or EH400. These courses cannot be double counted to fulfill requirements for both English major/minor and Education. This course introduces students to current theories about the teaching of writing, gives them practice as writers of expressive and expository writing, and provides them with practical strategies for teaching writing as a process in secondary classrooms. Prerequisite: EN201/501 or Michigan Teaching Certificate. Field Component: variable hours tutoring at a self-selected grade level.

This is the capstone course for English Majors with Writing Emphasis. Students will divide their coursework between workshopping and editing their portfolios, completing a readings exam (a companion essay which reflects upon their writing process while citing specific texts/authors, and/or literary styles influential to their development), and researching professional opportunities related to their degree.