university of nevada

Course Descriptions

English

  • Admission to courses may be gained through instructor permission.

  • New students must register for ENG 098, 100I, 105, 106, 101 or 102, based on the test scores listed below. Students whose scores indicate placement in ENG 098 may ask for placement evaluation. (This does NOT guarantee placement above ENG 098.) Contact the Core Writing Program Office (775-784-6709) if you wish to exercise this option.

  • Placement information (on ACT and SAT examination scores, alternative placement) is available on the Core Writing Program web page.

  • Students whose college entrance examination scores place them into ENG 100I may take this course by itself as a prerequisite to ENG 101.

  • Students whose college entrance examination scores place them into ENG 100I may take this course in combination with ENG 105 and 106 (for five credits total) as a prerequisite to ENG 102.

  •  ACTSAT/Verbal
    ENG 09817 or below430 or below
    ENG 100I18 to 20 440 or below
    ENG 105/10618 to 20440 or below
    ENG 10121 to 29510-670
    ENG 10230 or above680 or above
    ENG 321Requires junior classification

    *Transfer students who have completed one or more college-level courses should contact the Core Writing Program office to determine placement.

    *ENG 303 OR JUNIOR STANDING IS A PREREQUISITE FOR ALL 400-LEVEL COURSES.

    *ADMISSION TO GRADUATE STANDING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH IS REQUIRED AS A PREREQUISITE FOR ALL 700-LEVEL COURSES.


    ENG 010:ORAL ENGLISH FOR NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS
    ENG 011:ENGLISH LABORATORY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
    ENG 098:PREPARATORY COMPOSITION
    ENG 100I:COMPOSITION INTENSIVE
    ENG 101:COMPOSITION I
    ENG 102:COMPOSITION II
    ENG 104:INTRODUCTION TO INVESTIGATIVE WRITING
    ENG 105:CRITICAL READING
    ENG 106:EDITING FOR STYLE
    ENG 112:ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
    ENG 113:COMPOSITION I FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
    ENG 114:COMPOSITION II FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
    ENG 131:INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE
    ENG 181:VOCABULARY AND MEANING
    ENG 203:INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDY
    ENG 205:INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION AND POETRY
    ENG 223:THEMES OF LITERATURE
    ENG 235:SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE I
    ENG 236:SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE II
    ENG 240:SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
    ENG 244:INTRODUCTION TO FICTION
    ENG 252:INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA
    ENG 261:INTRODUCTION TO POETRY
    ENG 265:NATURE IN LITERATURE
    ENG 266:POPULAR LITERATURE
    ENG 271:INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE
    ENG 281:INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE
    ENG 282:INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE AND LITERARY EXPRESSION
    ENG 297:READING AND INTERPRETING
    ENG 298:WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE
    ENG 300:NEVADA IN LITERATURE
    ENG 303:INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
    ENG 304:AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
    ENG 305:FUNDAMENTALS OF CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION I
    ENG 306:FUNDAMENTALS OF CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION II
    ENG 307:FUNDAMENTALS OF CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY I
    ENG 308:FUNDAMENTALS OF CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY II
    ENG 311:TRANSATLANTIC SURVEY I
    ENG 312:TRANSATLANTIC SURVEY II
    ENG 321:EXPOSITORY WRITING
    ENG 331:LITERARY THEMES
    ENG 340:MYTH AND ARCHETYPE
    ENG 345:LITERATURE OF ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE U.S.
    ENG 400A/600A:TOPICS IN WRITING
    ENG 401B/601B:ADVANCED NON-FICTION
    ENG 403A/603A:ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION I
    ENG 403B/603B:ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION II
    ENG 404A/604A:ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY I
    ENG 404B/604B:ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY II
    ENG 405A/605A:PROFESSIONAL EDITING AND PUBLISHING
    ENG 408B/608B:TUTORING STUDENT WRITERS
    ENG 408C/608C:TEACHING OF COMPOSITION
    ENG 409A/609A:WRITING PROJECT
    ENG 411B/611B:PRINCIPLES OF MODERN GRAMMAR
    ENG 412A/612A:LINGUISTICS
    ENG 412B/612B:APPLIED LINGUISTICS
    ENG 412D/612D:INTRODUCTION TO PHONOLOGY
    ENG 413A/613A:SOCIOLINGUISTICS
    ENG 413B/613B:HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS
    ENG 413C/613C:TOPICS IN LINGUISTICS
    ENG 414A/614A:HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
    ENG 415A:OLD ENGLISH
    ENG 415D/615D:INTRODUCTION TO OLD NORSE
    ENG 416B/616B:LANGUAGE AND GENDER
    ENG 421A/621A:MODERN LITERARY CRITICISM
    ENG 422A/622A:TOPICS IN LITERARY THEORY
    ENG 425A/625A:STUDY OF LITERARY THEMES
    ENG 425B/625B:TOPICS IN LITERATURE
    ENG 427A/627A:WOMEN AND LITERATURE
    ENG 428A/628A:CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
    ENG 429C/629C:LITERATURE OF THE AMERICAN WEST
    ENG 430A/630A:MAJOR FIGURES IN BRITISH LITERATURE
    ENG 431A:BEOWULF
    ENG 432A/632A:CHAUCER
    ENG 433A/633A:SHAKESPEARE: TRAGEDIES AND HISTORIES
    ENG 433B/633B:SHAKESPEARE: COMEDIES AND ROMANCES
    ENG 435A/635A:MILTON
    ENG 436A/636A:MAJOR FIGURES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
    ENG 440A/640A:MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE
    ENG 441A/641A:THE RENAISSANCE
    ENG 442A/642A:THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
    ENG 443B/643B:RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE
    ENG 444A/644A:THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT
    ENG 445A/645A:THE VICTORIAN PERIOD
    ENG 447A/647A:CONTEMPORARY BRITISH LITERATURE
    ENG 449A/649A:BRITISH LITERATURE I
    ENG 449B/649B:BRITISH LITERATURE II
    ENG 450A/650A:STUDIES IN TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERATURE
    ENG 451A/651A:AMERICAN LITERATURE I
    ENG 451B/651B:AMERICAN LITERATURE II
    ENG 454A/654A:STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LITERATURE
    ENG 461B/661B:TWENTIETH CENTURY BRITISH AND AMERICAN POETRY
    ENG 462B/662B:AMERICAN POETRY
    ENG 462D/662D:AMERICAN POETRY, 1865-1945
    ENG 462E/662E:AMERICAN POETRY, 1945-PRESENT
    ENG 464B/646B:DRAMA BEFORE SHAKESPEARE
    ENG 465A/665A:ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN DRAMA
    ENG 465B/665B:RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA
    ENG 466B/666B:MODERN DRAMA
    ENG 468A/668A:CONTEMPORARY DRAMA
    ENG 470A/670A:THE BRITISH NOVEL I
    ENG 470B/670B:THE BRITISH NOVEL II
    ENG 471C/671C:TWENTIETH CENTURY BRITISH FICTION
    ENG 472A/672A:THE AMERICAN NOVEL I
    ENG 472B/672B:THE AMERICAN NOVEL II
    ENG 475A:AMERICAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
    ENG 475B/675B:LITERARY NONFICTION
    ENG 480A/680A:STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
    ENG 480B/680B:TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
    ENG 482A/682A:LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES
    ENG 483A/683A:INTERNATIONAL FICTION OF THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES
    ENG 484A:THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE
    ENG 486A/686A:STUDIES IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE AND THEORY
    ENG 490A:GENDER AND SEXUAL IDENTITY IN LITERATURE
    ENG 491A/691A:MAJOR TEXTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT
    ENG 491C/691C:TOPICS IN CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT
    ENG 492A:LANGUAGE, SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
    ENG 492B:LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND CULTURE
    ENG 492C/692C:LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
    ENG 493A/693A:AMERICAN IDEAS
    ENG 494A/694A:NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
    ENG 494B:LITERATURE OF NATIVE AMERICANS AND EUROPEAN AMERICANS
    ENG 495C/695C:AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
    ENG 497A/697A:TOPICS IN MULTI-CULTURAL LITERATURE
    ENG 497B:ETHNICITY, GENDER AND AMERICAN IDENTITY
    ENG 498A:INTERNSHIP IN ENGLISH
    ENG 499A:INDEPENDENT STUDY
    ENG 519:ADVANCED EXPOSITORY WRITING FOR INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS
    ENG 615:PHONEMICS AND COMPARATIVE PHONETICS
    ENG 616:LINQUISTIC FIELD METHODS
    ENG 705:SEMINAR IN CREATIVE WRITING
    ENG 711:INTRODUCTION TO GRADUATE STUDY
    ENG 713:PROBLEMS IN LANGUAGE
    ENG 714:PROBLEMS IN MODERN GRAMMATICAL STUDY
    ENG 715:SEMINAR IN PHILOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS
    ENG 717:OLD ENGLISH
    ENG 718:BEOWULF
    ENG 720:PROBLEMS IN MEDIEVAL ENGLISH
    ENG 721:PROBLEMS IN THE HISTORY OF LITERARY CRITICISM
    ENG 722:PROBLEMS IN LITERARY THEORY
    ENG 723:PROBLEMS IN THEMES AND IDEAS IN LITERATURE
    ENG 724:TOPICS IN LITERATURE
    ENG 725:PROBLEMS IN THE NOVEL
    ENG 726:PROBLEMS IN LITERARY FORM
    ENG 728:COLLOQUIUM
    ENG 729:PROBLEMS IN CONTEMPORARY RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION
    ENG 730:THE CRAFT OF WRITING
    ENG 731:RESEARCH IN RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION
    ENG 732:PROBLEMS IN WRITING
    ENG 733:CLASSICAL THROUGH MEDIEVAL RHETORIC
    ENG 734:WRITING IN THE ACADEMY
    ENG 735:SEMINAR IN RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION
    ENG 736:INTERNSHIP
    ENG 737:COLLEGE TEACHING IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
    ENG 739 R:RENAISSANCE THROUGH CONTEMPORARY RHETORIC
    ENG 741:PROBLEMS IN EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE
    ENG 743:PROBLEMS IN LATER AMERICAN LITERATURE
    ENG 745:SEMINAR IN ECOCRITICISM AND THEORY
    ENG 749:SPECIAL TOPICS IN LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
    ENG 753:PROBLEMS IN CHAUCER
    ENG 758:PROBLEMS IN TEACHING WRITING
    ENG 761:PROBLEMS IN THE EARLY RENAISSANCE
    ENG 762:PROBLEMS IN 17TH CENTURY LITERATURE
    ENG 764:PROBLEMS IN NON-SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA
    ENG 765:PROBLEMS IN SHAKESPEARE
    ENG 767:PROBLEMS IN MILTON
    ENG 771:PROBLEMS IN THE AGE OF REASON
    ENG 775:PROBLEMS IN THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT
    ENG 778:SEMINAR IN TEACHING WRITING
    ENG 781:PROBLEMS IN THE VICTORIAN AGE
    ENG 783:PROBLEMS IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE
    ENG 784:PROBLEMS IN 20TH CENTURY BRITISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE
    ENG 785:PROBLEMS IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LITERATURE
    ENG 786:TOPICS IN ANGLOPHONE LITERATURE
    ENG 787:PROBLEMS IN CONTEMPORARY BRITISH LITERATURE
    ENG 788:PROBLEMS IN MODERN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
    ENG 790:SPECIAL TOPICS
    ENG 791:SPECIAL TOPICS
    ENG 795:COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
    ENG 797:THESIS
    ENG 799:DISSERTATION
    ENG 899:GRADUATE ADVISEMENT