Department of Languages & Literature

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Department Chair and Coordinator of English

Faculty

Driessen, Gauthier, Jeter, Johnston, McGinty-Johnston, Whitlock: Coordinator of Spanish

The Department of Language and Literature’s mission is to cultivate students’ personal, intellectual, and spiritual growth, equipping students for lives of learning, leading, and serving. By focusing on both language and literature, the faculty offer courses that provide students with a historical perspective, cultural awareness, and analytical skills that help students to think, speak, and write well and apply knowledge wisely.

The English requirement in the Central Curriculum is based on three courses designed to improve written communication and increase knowledge of the historical and cultural significance of literature through a Christian worldview. EN 101  concentrates on personal, reflective writing to strengthen the ability to focus on a significant thesis and develop a clearly organized essay with grammatical correctness. EN 102  introduces the student to integrating research in writing through literary analysis. EN 200  or EN 201  provides additional practice in persuasive writing with an emphasis on the longer, more complex, literary analysis essay with the use of documented research.

Each student entering the University Writing Program must present ACT scores. Students who score below an 18 in English indicate the need for additional preparation and will be required to take EN 091   and/or EN 100  before enrolling for EN 101 . Students entering without any ACT score in English will be required to take an entrance exam or begin with EN 091 .

Degrees

The department offers the following degrees:

Programs

• Bachelor of Arts in English
• Bachelor of Arts in Spanish

• English Minor
• Spanish Minor

Courses

• EL 103 Advanced Grammar
• EL 105 ESL - Reading and Comprehending
• EL 106 Advanced Writing
• EL 107 Reading and Vocabulary
• EL 110 Speaking/Listening
• EL 111 Listening and Comprehension
• EL 112 Conversational English
• EN 091 English Fundamentals
• EN 100 College English
• EN 101 Composition I
• EN 102 Composition II
• EN 200 Literary Perspectives: Survey of British Literature
• EN 201 Literary Perspectives: Survey of American Literature
• EN 205 Honors World Literature
• EN 212 Christ
• EN 213 A Journey Through American Culture
• EN 270 Introduction to Critical Approaches to Literature
• EN 301 Technical and Professional Writing
• EN 319 Medieval Literature
• EN 320 The Renaissance
• EN 321 Restoration and Eighteenth Century
• EN 322 The Romantics
• EN 323 The Victorians
• EN 355 Introduction to Creative Writing
• EN 360 Advanced Grammar and Linguistics
• EN 361 Advanced Writing
• EN 370 Shakespeare
• EN 375 Early American Literature
• EN 376 American Renaissance
• EN 377 American Realists and Naturalists
• EN 378 African-American Literature
• EN 380 Twentieth Century American Literature
• EN 381 Twentieth Century British Literature
• EN 385 Literature of the Bible
• EN 392 World Literature
• EN 400 Special Studies in English
• EN 401 The English Novel
• EN 402 The American Novel
• EN 410 Folklore and Mythology
• EN 445 Southern Literature
• EN 446 Louisiana Literature
• EN 450 Modern Poetry
• EN 451 Modern Drama
• EN 455 Advanced Poetry Writing
• EN 456 Advanced Fiction Writing
• EN 457 Advanced Creative Nonfiction
• EN 460 C. S. Lewis
• EN 465 English Praxis Prep
• EN 471 Comparative Literature: Global Perspectives

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