4000

A course designed to allow students to demonstrate the skills and knowledge acquired in their work as English majors. This demonstration will involve three levels of assessment. First, students must make a public demonstration of their mastery in a presentation of their work. Second, students must submit a portfolio deemed acceptable by the department committee. Third, students must complete exams for certification or entry into a selected graduate program of study. As a capstone, this course is required of all majors and must be taken during the student's final semester of work.

Part- or full-time, paid or unpaid supervised work experience in an English-related field, either off campus or on campus in an approved department. Students will complete a combination of course-related and job-related tasks designed to provide professional and vocational experience in the discipline. Both the faculty of record and on-site mentors will evaluate the student’s performance. This course must be taken in conjunction with ENGL 4100.

Study of representative comedies, histories and tragedies by William Shakespeare. Parallel readings of other plays, poems, and criticism.

Prerequisite: One ENGL 3000-level course, excluding 3100.

Study of Geoffrey Chaucer's major works, in Middle English, with emphasis on The Canterbury Tales. 
Prerequisite: One ENGL 3000-level courses-excluding 3100.

Study of John Milton's life and works, with emphasis on Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained.  
Prerequisite: One ENGL 3000-level courses-excluding 3100.

Study of methods and materials of literary research and interpretation. Introduction to major contemporary theories. Emphasis on close reading of literary texts in their historical contexts.

Prerequisite: One ENGL 3000-level course, excluding 3100.

Part or full-time supervised experience in an English-related field off campus, with emphasis on opportunities abroad. Students will complete a combination of course-related and job-related tasks designed to provide professional/vocational experience in the discipline. Both the faculty of record and on-site mentors will evaluate the student’s performance. Trip fee. This course must be taken in conjunction with or the Summer prior to ENGL 4100.