25-26 Courses for 1st-Year Students
| Course Name | COURSE NUMBER |
|---|---|
| FALL 2025 FYS* | |
| Literature and Law | (ENGL 009A, FYS*) |
| Intro Latinx/Lit/Cult (W) | (ENGL 009F, FYS*) |
| Portraits of an Artist (W) | (ENGL 009H, FYS*) |
| Grendel's Workshop | (ENGL 009R, FYS*) |
| U.S. War Culture (W) | (ENGL 009W, FYS*) |
| FALL 2025 Gateway ** | |
| Shakespeare | (ENGL 020, Gateway**) |
| SPRING 2026 FYS* | |
| Narcissus and the History of Reflection (W) | (ENGL 009E, FYS*) |
| Between Memoir and Autobiographical Fiction | (ENGL 009N, FYS*) |
| SPRING 2026 Gateway** | |
| Comedy (W) | (ENGL 011, Gateway**) |
| Old English/History of the Language | ( ENGL 014, Gateway**) |
| Tolkien and Pullman and Their Literary Roots | ( ENGL 046, Gateway**) |
| U.S. Fiction 1900-1950 | (ENGL 052A, Gateway**) |
| Black Protest and Possibility | (ENGL 064C, Gateway**) |
| Global Modernisms: Anticolonial Modernism | (ENGL 072, Gateway**) |
| Race, Gender, Class and Environment | (ENGL 089, 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.
