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ENG 407C - Advanced Professional Communication
Analyzes a range of professional writing topics, applying rhetorical theories and techniques to specific professional writing situations, especially within organizations.
Credits 3
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ENG 409A - Visual Rhetoric
Study of the persuasive and aesthetic effects that visual elements have on readers/users in print and online documents. Visual elements include typography, graphics, images, color, paper or screen textures, alignment, and multimedia.
Credits 3
Prerequisites and .
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ENG 409B - Rhetoric and the Environment
Studies discourse about environmental topics using classical and contemporary rhetorical theory. The focus is on non-fiction prose and specialized genres including websites and technical documents. Students will learn a theoretical framework to analyze environmental discourse, and also gain practice in producing works of environmental rhetoric.
Credits 3
Prerequisites and .
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ENG 410A - Semantics
Study of meanings in the English language using the principles of discourse analysis, speech act theory, and pragmatics: analyzing advertising, political rhetoric, interpersonal relationships, and literature.
Credits 3
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ENG 411A - Linguistics for English Majors
Applies the principles of linguistics to the analysis of English poetry and prose.
Credits 3
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ENG 411B - Principles of Modern Grammar
Surveys the structure of contemporary English grammar. Examines the workings of the English language from a linguistic perspective, concentrating primarily on sentence structure.
Credits 3
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ENG 414A - History of the English Language
History and development of the English language from its beginnings.
Credits 3
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ENG 414B - Development of American English
Introduction to the history of the English language in America and to the regional and social varieties of English which have resulted from this development. Includes survey of distinctively American vocabulary, pronunciation, spelling, and syntax.
Credits 3
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ENG 415B - Old English I
Study of the language and literature of England in the Anglo-Saxon period. After a review of the grammar, students will read basic prose and poetry in Old English. English majors may substitute this course for one semester of foreign language.
Credits 3
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ENG 415C - Old English II
Continuation of the study of Old English through the reading of more complex literary texts such as Beowulf, the poems of the Exeter Book, the writings of Aelfric, etc.
Credits 3
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ENG 416C - Special Problems in English
Workshops in language and literature.
Credits (1-6)
May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits.
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ENG 422A - Topics in Literary Theory
Selected topics and issues in literary and cultural theory.
Credits 3
Prerequisites and .
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
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ENG 423A - Modern Literature
Survey of modern writing, with emphasis on the sources of contemporary literary theories and techniques.
Credits 3
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ENG 425A - Themes of Literature
Study of themes, ideas, or literary attitudes significant in literary history.
Credits 3
May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
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ENG 426A - Religion and Literature
Insights and relationships of religious themes, beliefs, and assumptions as they may bear upon the analysis of literary texts.
Credits 3
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ENG 426B - Mythology
Study of mythologies, such as Greek, Roman, and Native American, in cultural context.
Credits 3
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ENG 427B - Gender and Literature
(Same as WMST 427B.) Study of gender and literature through the ages. Focus may be aesthetic, historical, or thematic.
Credits 3
May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.
Notes Topics may vary.
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ENG 429A - Early American Humor
Investigation of the writings of American humorists from the eighteenth century through Mark Twain. Examines works by anonymous writers as well as humorists of New England, the Old Southwest, and the Far West.
Credits 3
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ENG 429B - Modern American Humor
Investigation of the writings of American humorists from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, including the works of Mark Twain, James Thurber, Dorothy Parker, Woody Allen, and Tom Robbins.
Credits 3
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ENG 429C - Literature of the American West
Study of literature of the American West.
Credits 3
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ENG 430A - Major Figures in British Literature
Seminar on one or more major figures in English literature.
Credits 3
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
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ENG 432A - Chaucer
Study of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, with emphasis on the Canterbury Tales.
Credits 3
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ENG 434A - Shakespeare: Tragedies
Intensive study of Shakespeare’s major tragedies.
Credits 3
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ENG 434B - Shakespeare: Comedies and Histories
Intensive study of Shakespeare’s major comedies and histories.
Credits 3
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ENG 435A - Milton
Intensive study of Milton’s poetry and selected prose.
Credits 3
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ENG 436A - Major Figures in American Literature
Seminar on one or more major figures in American literature.
Credits 3
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
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ENG 440A - Medieval English Literature
Study of the literature written in England from the sixth through the fifteenth century. Topics may include dream visions, romance, heroic poetry, saints’ lives, etc.
Credits 3
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits provided that the content is different.
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ENG 440B - Gender and Early Literature
(Same as WMST 440B.) Study of gender, sexuality, and literature from the beginning to the Early Modern period.
Credits 3
Notes Topics may vary.
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ENG 441A - The Renaissance
Study of English literature of the sixteenth century, primarily Elizabethan.
Credits 3
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ENG 441B - Gender and Renaissance Literature
(Same as WMST 441B.) Study of gender and literature in the Renaissance.
Credits 3
Notes Topics may vary.
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ENG 442A - The Seventeenth Century
Study of English literature from 1603 to 1660.
Credits 3
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ENG 443A - Restoration and Augustan Literature
Study of British literature from 1660 to 1740. Topics may include the genres of neoclassical drama and mock-epic, satire from Dryden through the Scriblerians, the periodical essay, and the birth of aesthetics.
Credits 3
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ENG 443C - Later Eighteenth-Century Literature
Study of eighteenth-century British literature after 1740. Topics may include the growth in female authorship, the Johnson circle, and cultural contexts such as feminism and nationalism.
Credits 3
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ENG 444B - The Romantic Poets
Major poets in the Romantic Movement.
Credits 3
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ENG 445B - Victorian Poetry
Poetry of the middle and later nineteenth century.
Credits 3
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ENG 445C - Nineteenth-Century Prose Writers
Major prose writers of the Romantic and Victorian periods and their intellectual and literary milieu.
Credits 3
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ENG 446A - Modern British Literature
Study of British writing since 1900, including fiction, drama, and poetry.
Credits 3
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ENG 446B - Gender and Modern British Literature
(Same as WMST 446B.) Study of gender and literature in the British tradition.
Credits 3
Notes Topics may vary.
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ENG 449A - British Literature I
Major authors and works in British literature from the beginning through the eighteenth century.
Credits 3
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ENG 449B - British Literature II
Major authors and works in British literature from the nineteenth century to the present.
Credits 3
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ENG 451A - American Literature I
Major figures and movements from the beginnings to the Civil War.
Credits 3
Prerequisites and .
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ENG 451B - American Literature II
Major figures and movements from the Civil War to the present.
Credits 3
Prerequisites and .
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ENG 452A - American Literature, 1620-1800
Study of American writing through 1800.
Credits 3
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ENG 452B - American Literature, 1800-1865
Study of American literature from 1800 to 1865.
Credits 3
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ENG 453A - American Literature, 1865-1918
Study of American literature from the Civil War through World War I.
Credits 3
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ENG 453B - American Literature, 1918-Present
Study of American literature from 1918 to the present.
Credits 3
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ENG 454B - Gender and Modern American Literature
(Same as WMST 454B.) Study of gender and literature in the American tradition.
Credits 3
Notes Topics may vary.
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ENG 460 - The American Short Story
Survey of the short story in America from the beginnings to modern times.
Credits 3
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ENG 460A - Heroic Epic
Comparative approach to the forms, themes, and manners of performance of the epic and closely related genres.
Credits 3
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ENG 461A - The Study of Poetry and Poetics
Provides the student with the basic tools for the intelligent reading of poetry by extensive reading of poetry by English and American authors.
Credits 3
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ENG 462A - Modern British Poetry
Study of British poetry since 1900.
Credits 3
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ENG 462C - Modern American Poetry
Study of American poetry since 1900.
Credits 3
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ENG 463A - Classical Drama in Translation
(Same as CLA 450.) Study of major Greek and Latin playwrights.
Credits 3
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ENG 464A - English Drama to 1642
Survey of medieval and Renaissance drama to the closing of the theaters.
Credits 3
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ENG 465B - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama
Survey of English drama from 1660 to 1800.
Credits 3
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ENG 466A - Nineteenth-Century Drama
Study of world drama in the nineteenth century.
Credits 3
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ENG 467A - Modern British Drama
Study of British drama from Shaw to the present.
Credits 3
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ENG 467B - Modern American Drama
Study of American drama since 1900.
Credits 3
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ENG 470A - The British Novel l
Study of the British novel from its origins to about 1800. Topics may include the rise of the novel from the materials of romance and realism, the formative decade of the 1740s, and the subgenres of Gothic and historical fiction.
Credits 3
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ENG 470B - The British Novel II
Study of the British novel from about 1800 to 1914. Topics may include the role of serialization and the circulating library and subgenres such as the bildungsroman, the social-problem novel, and imperial Gothic.
Credits 3
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ENG 471A - Modern English Novel
British fiction from Conrad to 1945.
Credits 3
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ENG 471B - Contemporary English Novel
British fiction since 1945.
Credits 3
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ENG 473A - The Early American Novel
Study of the development of the novel in America to the time of Twain.
Credits 3
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ENG 473B - The Modern American Novel
The American novel from Twain through 1945.
Credits 3
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ENG 473C - The Contemporary American Novel
The American novel since 1945.
Credits 3
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ENG 476A - Studies in British Film
(Same as FIS 493.) Study of the history of British film emphasizing analysis of a variety of films. Examines particular genres, directors, and traditions peculiar to British film and the relationship of British film to England’s broader cultural development.
Credits 3
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ENG 476B - History of the American Film
(Same as FIS 494.) Examination of the films of major directors from D.W. Griffith in the Biograph period (1908-1912) to the present. Filmmakers such as John Ford, Howard Hawks, Orson Welles, George Cukor, Robert Flaherty, Frank Capra, Raoul Walsh, and others.
Credits 3
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ENG 477A - Film and Literature
(Same as FIS 495.) Comparative study of the relations of prose, poetry, and drama to the structure and themes of the cinema, from Dickens to the present.
Credits 3-6
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
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ENG 477B - The American Hero in Film and Literature
(Same as .) Traces the origins and the development of the American hero from roots in myth, folklore, and history to the 1950s.
Credits 3
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ENG 477C - Genre Studies in Film
(Same as FIS 497.) Individual examinations of genre structures and themes, with emphasis on the development and the history of genres.
Credits 3
May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
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ENG 481A - Comparative Literature
Intensive analysis of selected masterpieces of the Western world to the beginning of Romanticism.
Credits 3
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ENG 481B - Modern Comparative Literature
Intensive analysis of selected masterpieces of the Western world from Romanticism to the twentieth century.
Credits 3
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ENG 484A - The Bible as Literature
Study of selected books of the Old and New Testaments as literature in their broader cultural contexts.
Credits 3
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ENG 485A - Asian Literature
Study of modern and contemporary Asian literature, including comparison and contrast with Western literature and culture.
Credits 3
Notes Content varies by semester.
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ENG 486A - Postcolonial Theory
Examines the significance of the Other in the ex-colony. The course reflects on colonialism, independence, subordination, hybridity, resistance, and ideology. Authors studied may include Frantz Fanon, C.L.R. James, Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak, Malcolm X, Stephen Greenblatt, among others.
Credits 3
Prerequisites and .
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ENG 486B - Postcolonial Literature
Probes literature from the ex-colony: Africa, the Caribbean, Ireland, India, America, Canada, Australia. Authors studied may include V.S. Naipaul, Derek Walcott, Wole Soyinka, Salman Rushdie, Jamaica Kincaid, Toni Morrison, Claude McKay, Maya Angelou, David Dabydeen, Chinua Achebe, among others.
Credits 3
Prerequisites and .
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ENG 491B - Environmental Literature
Study of environmental literature, both fiction and non-fiction.
Credits 3
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ENG 494A - Native-American Literature
Literature of Native-American peoples, oral traditions through contemporary works.
Credits 3
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
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ENG 495A - Early African-American Literature
(Same as .) Study of early African-American literature, with emphasis upon the historical development of the African-American tradition in creative and critical writing.
Credits 3
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ENG 495B - Modern African-American Literature
(Same as ) Study of recent and contemporary works of African‑American literature.
Credits 3
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ENG 496A - Themes in Modern Chicano Literature
(Same as ETS 489.) Intensive study of major themes and techniques in the prose, poetry, and theater of Chicano writers since 1950.
Credits 3
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ENG 496B - Early Latino/a Literature
Examines prose and poetry by Latino and Latina writers from the colonial era through the end of the nineteenth century in the United States.
Credits 3
Prerequisites and .
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ENG 496C - Contemporary Latino/a Literature
Examines prose and poetry by Latino and Latina writers since 1900 in the United States.
Credits 3
Prerequisites and .
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ENG 499 - Independent Study
Open to juniors and seniors with consent of the department chair and an assigned instructor.
Credits (1-3)
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
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ENS 100 - Humans and the Environment
Introduction to the relationship of humans and the environment. Selected aspects of current thinking and research concerning the impact of industrialization and urbanization on environmental quality, including the population explosion; the potential decline of the affluent society by the depletion of natural resources; the pollution of air, land surface, and water; and the public agencies and policies designated to solve environmental problems.
Credits 3
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ENS 301 - Science Seminars for Teachers
Weekly seminars pertaining to newsworthy topics in the sciences. Designed for primary and secondary educators and presented by UNLV faculty and area scientists. May be taken for one or three credits; the three-credit option requires a library research paper. One credit S/F only; three credits grade only.
Credits (1-3)
Prerequisites Bachelor’s degree in education or teaching certificate.
Notes S/F grading only.
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ENV 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science
Introduction to the relationship of humans and the environment. Selected aspects of current thinking and research concerning the impact of industrialization and urbanization on environmental quality, including the population explosion; the potential decline of the affluent society by the depletion of natural resources; the pollution of air, land surface and water; the public agencies and policies designated to solve environmental problems.
Credits 3
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ENV 105 - Experiential Learning
Participation in a project or supervised study of an environmental topic outside the traditional classroom situation.
Credits (1-3)
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
Notes Must be prearranged with faculty approval.
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ENV 202 - Environmental Regulations
Study of the federal and state environmental laws covering EPA, DOT, and OSHA regulations which apply to hazardous materials, substances, and hazardous wastes. The Clean Air and Clean Water Acts also included.
Credits 3
Prerequisites .
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ENV 205 - Environment and Development
Many environmental issues faced by developing countries differ fundamentally from those familiar to Americans. Discovers interactions between development, population growth and the environments and evaluates the value of possible interventions.
Credits 3
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ENV 206 - Introduction to Climate Change
Explores the range of issues associated with the current climate change debate. Students will learn the current state of climate science, understand the data and models that lead the scientific community to conclude that climate change is happening, that humans are a significant cause, and that climate change is expected to continue over the next century. Examine potential solutions to climate change.
Credits 3
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ENV 220 - Introduction to Ecological Principles
Introduction for environmental studies students to the major ecological principles at work in the environment. Focuses not only on these principles, but also on understanding the processes that underlie them.
Credits 3
Lab/Lecture/Studio Hours Three hour lecture.
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ENV 350 - Sustainable Urban Planning and Design
Examines methods for organizing the structure and function of cities, including land use, buildings, and infrastructure, in order to bring them into greater harmony with natural surroundings. Also focuses on understanding how to reduce the ecological impacts of the urban footprint and to better understand urban connections to natural resources.
Credits 3
Prerequisites , .
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ENV 360 - Environmental Assessment Methods
Uses the scientific method to examine aspects of environmental and social systems important for environmental research and management. Introduces a range of data collection and analysis methods and gives students practical experience in applying assessment methods to key landscape, physical, chemical, biological and sociological parameters through class and field exercises.
Credits 4
Prerequisites , , .
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ENV 377 - Environmental Economics
(Same as ECON 307.) Economics of environmental quality and resource development. Consideration of public policies to account for environmental pollution to air, water, and land resources.
Credits 3
Prerequisites Junior standing and or .
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ENV 407 - Environment and Society
(Same a SOC 407.) Focuses on the conflict between private rights and the public interest and the extent to which this conflict affects society in the environmental arena.
Credits 3
Prerequisites or .
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ENV 410 - Environmental Policy
Fundamental principles of policy and politics that shape environmental protection strategies in this nation and abroad.
Credits 3
Prerequisites .
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ENV 411 - Environmental Risk Management
(Same as PUA 404.) General approaches to solving environmental risk problems. Students develop a “toolbox” of basic risk analysis and management methods, as well as the appropriate role of these methods in effective public and private decision making. Introduces risk analysis methods and explores policy implications of those methods.
Credits 3
Prerequisites .
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ENV 420 - Environmental Impact Analysis
Detailed language and intent of the National Environmental Policy Act. Case studies used as the vehicle for presenting detailed aspects of Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements.
Credits 3
Prerequisites ENV 410.
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ENV 430 - Land Use Management
(Same a AAL 430.) Planning, implementation, and evaluation of land use covering both non-urban and urban situations. Emphasis on sustainable use with a focus on conservation of valuable terrestrial resources as well as energy. Constraints related to individual property rights and distribution of wealth treated.
Credits 3
Prerequisites .
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