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Main Departmental Office
Auditorium Building, Room 112

Mailing address:
1155 Union Circle #311307
Denton, TX 76203-5017
940-565-2050
Fax: 940-565-4355

Web site: www.engl.unt.edu

Undergraduate Advising Office
Auditorium Building, Room 114

David Holdeman, Chair

Faculty 

The Department of English provides students with opportunities to develop skills in written and oral communication; to gain knowledge of American and British literature, world literature, and major literary types; and to gain experience in creative writing. All courses are open to non-majors except ENGL 2500  and ENGL 4700 .

The study of English language and literature not only prepares students for teaching on all levels from elementary school to college but also equips them to assume positions of responsibility in business, industry and government as managers and supervisors, personnel specialists, consultants, analysts, editors, and other important leadership roles. English is widely recognized as a foundation discipline for many professions, such as law, journalism, theology, psychology and international diplomacy.

To be an English major or minor is to experience the great literature and thought of our culture and to be prepared to enter the professional world with personal enrichment and insights into the workings of human nature.

Programs of study

Programs offered by the department, including concentrations under the English major, are listed below.

Endorsement in English as a Second Language

See the certification advisor in the College of Education for details.

Programs

• English with a concentration in Creative Writing, BA
• English with a concentration in Language Arts, BA
• English with a concentration in Literature, BA
• English with a concentration in Writing and Rhetoric, BA

• English minor

• English Language Arts and Reading teacher certification

Courses

• ENGL 1310 - College Writing I
• ENGL 1311 - Honors Composition I
• ENGL 1313 - Computer Assisted College Writing I
• ENGL 1315 - Writing About Literature I
• ENGL 1320 - College Writing II
• ENGL 1321 - Honors Composition II
• ENGL 1323 - Computer Assisted College Writing II
• ENGL 1325 - Writing About Literature II
• ENGL 2100 - Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENGL 2210 - Masterpieces of World Literature from the Ancients Through the Early Renaissance
• ENGL 2211 - Masterpieces of World Literature from the Ancients Through the Early Renaissance
• ENGL 2220 - Masterpieces of World Literature Since the Renaissance
• ENGL 2221 - Survey of World Literature Since the Renaissance
• ENGL 2322 - British Literature to 1780
• ENGL 2323 - British Literature 1780 to Present
• ENGL 2327 - American Literature to 1870
• ENGL 2328 - American Literature from 1870 to Present
• ENGL 2352 - Readings in the Short Story and Novel, Especially Modern American Literature and Culture
• ENGL 2362 - Readings in Poetry and Drama, Especially Modern American Works
• ENGL 2500 - Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills
• ENGL 2900 - Special Problems
• ENGL 2910 - Special Problems
• ENGL 2996 - Honors College Mentored Research Experience
• ENGL 3140 - Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction
• ENGL 3150 - Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry
• ENGL 3160 - Intermediate Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
• ENGL 3200 - Rhetorical History and Historiography
• ENGL 3360 - Survey of Classical Literature
• ENGL 3430 - British Literature to 1780
• ENGL 3431 - Introduction to Early Medieval Literature
• ENGL 3432 - Introduction to Late Medieval Literature
• ENGL 3433 - Medieval Women Writers
• ENGL 3434 - British Renaissance Drama
• ENGL 3435 - British Renaissance Poetry
• ENGL 3436 - Introduction to Eighteenth-Century British Literature
• ENGL 3440 - British Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present
• ENGL 3441 - Introduction to Romantic Literature
• ENGL 3442 - Introduction to Victorian Literature
• ENGL 3450 - Short Story
• ENGL 3830 - American Literature to 1870
• ENGL 3831 - Introduction to the Literature of the Colonial Americas
• ENGL 3832 - Nineteenth-Century American Poetry
• ENGL 3833 - The American Renaissance
• ENGL 3840 - American Literature 1870 to the Present
• ENGL 3843 - Twentieth-and Twenty-first Century American Poetry
• ENGL 3844 - Contemporary Native American Literature
• ENGL 3845 - Nineteenth-Century Literature of the U.S.-American West
• ENGL 3846 - Mexican American Non-Fiction and Criticism
• ENGL 3847 - American Realism
• ENGL 3850 - The Literature of Texas and the Southwest
• ENGL 3910 - Special Studies in Literature
• ENGL 3911 - Topics in British Literature
• ENGL 3912 - Topics in American Literature
• ENGL 3913 - Topics in World Literature
• ENGL 3920 - Survey of Ethnic Literatures
• ENGL 3921 - African-American Literature
• ENGL 3922 - Chicano Literature
• ENGL 3923 - American Jewish Writers
• ENGL 3924 - Women’s Literature
• ENGL 3996 - Honors College Mentored Research Experience
• ENGL 4100 - Advanced Fiction Writing
• ENGL 4110 - Advanced Poetry Writing
• ENGL 4120 - Advanced Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
• ENGL 4150 - Literary Criticism
• ENGL 4160 - Advanced Expository Writing
• ENGL 4185 - Advanced Academic Writing
• ENGL 4195 - Advanced Grammar and Usage
• ENGL 4200 - Studies in Modern Rhetoric
• ENGL 4230 - Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing Studies
• ENGL 4290 - World Drama
• ENGL 4300 - Modern Drama
• ENGL 4400 - American Fiction
• ENGL 4410 - Chaucer
• ENGL 4420 - Poetry
• ENGL 4430 - Shakespeare
• ENGL 4431 - Studies in Medieval Literature
• ENGL 4432 - Studies in Renaissance Literature
• ENGL 4433 - Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British Literature
• ENGL 4434 - Studies in Romantic Literature
• ENGL 4435 - Studies in Victorian Literature
• ENGL 4440 - Milton
• ENGL 4450 - Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)
• ENGL 4470 - British Drama
• ENGL 4480 - American Drama
• ENGL 4500 - British Fiction
• ENGL 4600 - Continental European Fiction
• ENGL 4650 - Literature and the Environment
• ENGL 4660 - Literature and the Holocaust
• ENGL 4700 - Methods of Teaching Language Arts in the Secondary Grades
• ENGL 4760 - Specialized Expository Writing
• ENGL 4800 - Special Seminar in Literature or Language
• ENGL 4831 - Studies in the Literature of the Eighteenth-Century Americas
• ENGL 4832 - Studies in 19th Century American Literature
• ENGL 4841 - Studies in Modern Irish Literature
• ENGL 4842 - Studies in Modernist Literature
• ENGL 4844 - Studies in Modern American Literature
• ENGL 4845 - Studies in Contemporary American Literature
• ENGL 4850 - Literature in Context
• ENGL 4900 - Special Problems
• ENGL 4910 - Special Problems
• ENGL 4920 - Cooperative Education in English

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