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ENGL - English

English Courses Open to All Majors:

English courses numbered 200-290 are open to all Occidental students of any major who have completed the first-year fall CSP writing seminar. No more than two may be counted toward the English major.

Upper Level English Courses:

English courses numbered 300-385 are designed primarily for English majors and students from other majors with some experience in reading and writing about literature at an advanced level. Successful completion of one 100-level or 200¬level English course or junior or senior standing is required for these courses. In some cases individual instructors may require additional prerequisites as listed below.

• ENGL 142 Joyful Noise! On Black Literature and Musicality
• ENGL 155 Science as Fiction -- Philip K. Dick
• ENGL 178 Shakespeare and Film
• ENGL 189 The American Experience in Literature
• ENGL 241 The "Deviant"
• ENGL 273 American Poetry, Politics, and Pleasure
• ENGL 274 Women Writers
• ENGL 280 Creative Writing
• ENGL 281 Creative Writing: Poetry
• ENGL 287 Early British Literary Traditions
• ENGL 288 Modern British Literary Traditions
• ENGL 289 The American Experience in Literature
• ENGL 290 Introduction to Literary Methods
• ENGL 310 Medieval Literature
• ENGL 311 Premodern Romance
• ENGL 322 Renaissance Literature
• ENGL 341 Race, Law, and Literature
• ENGL 345 American Literature Before 1900
• ENGL 347 19th Century Novel and Bollywood Cinema
• ENGL 365 Contemporary Literature
• ENGL 370 Literary Criticism
• ENGL 372 Major Figures in Literature
• ENGL 377 Literature and Other Arts
• ENGL 380 Creative Writing: Writing Identity
• ENGL 382 Advanced Creative Writing
• ENGL 390 Junior Seminar in English
• ENGL 397 Independent Study in English
• ENGL 490 Senior Seminar: Comprehensive Project
• ENGL 499 Honors in English
• ENGL 999 Comprehensive Examination