This course integrates the principles of interpreting including the understanding and knowledge of the three different modes of interpretation, its code of ethics, theoretical aspects of the discipline of interpretation and their implications in the interpreting process. Prerequisite: grade of B or higher in SPAN-305 or entry exam for the interpretation certificate program.

This course is structured to facilitate the observation, recognition, and assessment of facts and overall patterns of the contexts for the behavior and actions of individuals, families, and communities within and across cultures in order to promote appreciation, respect for differences, and effective communication. This course will also explore the role of ethics and ethical behavior when depicted against cultural and or spiritual beliefs. Prerequisite: 301 or concurrent.

Examines a theme, symbol, or image in Western and/or non-Western literature to consider how texts reveal, respond to, and influence culture or cultural change over time. Topics will vary in specificity and may explore more than one genre, literary-historical period, or culture. 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. Concurrent enrollment in the Advanced Writing Tutorial required.

This course introduces students to digital rhetoric, critical AI literacy, and what it means to compose and read digital texts through human-computer interaction and the way that affects both writers and readers. Based on a critical-ethical stance for generative AI engagement, students are also introduced to AI ethics as they relate to reading and writing, and they gain experience with practical applications for using AI in the writing process.

Course will be flexible to allow focus on a survey of women poets, on regional writers, on North and South American poets, or on a single theme or topic. 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. Concurrent enrollment in the Advanced Writing Tutorial required. Consent of department required. Prerequisite: 104 or C or higher in 105 or C or higher in 195.

The workshop-based writing tutorial runs concurrently with all English 300-level literature courses. In this course, students will advance the knowledge they receive in their literature classes and receive attentive faculty support to develop the writing and literary-analytical skills necessary to succeed as an English major. Department consent required. Concurrent enrollment in at least one 300-level literature class. Required of all students enrolled in 300-level literature classes.

Students in this course will draw from social justice-related literacy theories to read and analyze selections of prose and poetry especially suitable for a middle or high school audience. Readings will be drawn from a range of contemporary diverse authors whose stories and poems represent a variety of cultural and social contexts and viewpoints. Prerequisite: ENGL 104 or105 or 195. SJE

Provides practical training for upper division students who tutor first-year writing students in Viterbos Academic Resource Center. Students build skills necessary for work in publishing, editing, and teaching. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: grade of C or higher in 104 or 105 or 195.

Preparation and public defense of a senior thesis appropriate to the students concentration. Weekly seminar meetings and workshops. Typically one credit of the course in the fall involves developing a proposal with an annotated bibliography and beginning drafting of the project, under the mentorship of two faculty members in the department. Typically, two credits of the course in the spring involve drafting, revising, and presenting the project in a public forum. May be repeated for credit.

Courses on topics of interest to English students offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Prerequisites as determined by instructor. Restricted to students with junior standing or higher. May be repeated for credit. For specific section description, click to the Section Details in VitNet.