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24-25 Courses for 1st-Year Students

CourSE Name

COURSE NUMBER

FALL 2024 FYS*  

Portraits of an Artist (W)

(ENGL 009H, FYS*)
Grendel's Workshop  (ENGL 009R, FYS*) 
U.S. War Culture (W) (ENGL 009W, FYS*)
   

Fall  2024 Gateway**

 

Shakespeare (ENGL 020, Gateway**)
US Fiction 1945 to present  (ENGL 052B, Gateway**)
   
SPRING 2025 FYS*  
Narcissus and the History of Reflection (W) (ENGL 009E, FYS*)
Between Memoir and Autobiographical Fiction (ENGL 009N, FYS*)
SPRING 2025 Gateway**  
Comedy (W) (ENGL 011, Gateway**)
The New Negro vs. Jim Crow (W) (ENGL 064A, Gateway**)
Lyric Poetry (W)  (ENGL 071B, Gateway**)

* FYS – First Year Seminar

** Gateway – Open to first-year students through seniors, Gateway courses are designed to be excellent first (or second) English literature courses for any student; there are no prerequisites. Gateway courses pay special attention to one or more of the following: close reading, historical context, secondary (i.e., theoretical or critical) reading, or genre.