Major comedies, histories, and tragedies studied as poetry and as drama; selections from the sonnets. This course exists as both a 200-level course for Core Curriculum students and as a more challenging 300-level course required for English majors and minors and open to other interested students and to those who need UD credit. Prerequisite: 104 or C or higher in 105 or C or higher in 195. LA

Examines multiple works by a single author in American literature to consider themes, topics, and development of work over time. This course exists as both a 200-level course for Core Curriculum students and as a more challenging 300-level course required for English majors and minors and open to other interested students and to those who need UD credit. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: 104 or C or higher in 105 or C or higher in 195. LA

As a comparison to The Writers Practice I, this workshop provides students with additional reading and writing support in a small group setting. Course activities will facilitate extended practice reading and analyzing texts along with drafting, editing, and revising various pieces of writing. Required: concurrent enrollment in ENGL 103.

In this introduction to college writing, students learn to read closely to summarize, analyze, and respond to literary texts and relevant scholarship. Students also practice the basic conventions of college essay writing, including crafting a thesis, organizing evidence, and achieving sentence-level effectiveness. By semesters end, students write a thesis-driven literary analysis supported by library research. Placement into this course requires an ACT English score of 18-22. Grade of C required to pass the course. Prerequisite to ENGL 104. WCI, IL

The second of two required first-year composition courses in the core curriculum, ENGL 104 builds on the skills established in ENGL 103. Students focus on reading a variety of texts, writing arguments, and incorporating research. They are also introduced to the fundamentals of multimodal composition, which culminates in a final project of their choosing. Prerequisite to all other English classes. Grade of C required to pass the course. Prerequisite: Grade of C or higher in 103 or transfer placement. WCI, IL

This accelerated first-year writing course develops students skills in college-level analysis and argument. In addition to critically reading literary and expository texts, students work in small group workshops to write literary analyses, researched arguments, and multimodal compositions. Grade of C required to pass. Placement into this course requires an ACT English score of 23 or higher. WCI, IL

Students in this practicum experience work collaboratively to create Viterbos journal of first-year writing, Backspace. Through working on this project, students build skills in professional communication, editing, and document and magazine design. Required for first-year English majors but open to English minors as well. May not be repeated for credit.

Designed specifically for students enrolled in the Honors Program, this first-year writing seminar facilitates students development into skilled practitioners of college-level argument through practice, guidance, and collaborative learning. In addition to reading complex texts critically, writing frequently, and completing several major assignments of increasing complexity, students will work with a similar group in a lab setting on the processes of writing. Writing assignments include literary analysis and researched argument essays using sources as wide ranging as literature, visual sources, film, and scholarly articles. Topics or themes for the course vary from year to year. Restricted to students admitted to the Honors Program. WCI, IL

The course will be flexible to allow for a survey of English, European, North or South American writers, for the history of the genre, or for a thematic or topical focus. INstruction will focus on developing the language and interpretive skills necessary to analyze literature written in English. Prerequisite: 104 or C or higher in 105 or C or higher in 195. Restricted to students whose primary language is not English. LA

Student orally defends their dissertation. They revise their dissertation to respond to comments from their committee and submit their final, revised dissertation. Requires permission of dissertation chair and/or Program Director. Prerequisite: 772. Graded CR/NC.