26-27 Courses for First-Year Students
| Course Name | COURSE NUMBER |
|---|---|
| FALL 2026 FYS* | |
| Intro Latinx/Lit/Cult (W) | (ENGL 009F, FYS*) |
| Portraits of an Artist (W) | (ENGL 009H, FYS*) |
| Grendel's Workshop | (ENGL 009R, FYS*) |
| FALL 2026 Gateway ** | |
| Monsters, Marvels and Mysteries: Beowulf to Paradise Lost | (ENGL 010, Gateway**) |
| Black Protest and Possibility (W) | (ENGL 064C, Gateway**) |
| Comedy (W) | (ENGL 011, Gateway**) |
| Sanctuary | (ENGL 079P, Gateway**) |
| Ecofeminism (s) | (ENGL 089E, Gateway**) |
| Shakespeare | (ENGL 020, Gateway**) |
| FALL 2026 Courses | |
| U.S. Fiction, 1945 to the Present | (ENGL 052B) |
| The Literatures of Slavery | (ENGL 061) |
| The Anticolonial Novel | (ENGL 072) |
| FALL 2026 Workshops | |
| Grendel's Workshop | (ENGL 009R, FYS*) |
| Introductory Poetry Workshop: Forms and Techniques | (ENGL 070A) |
| Introductory Workshop:Fiction & Poetry Workshop: Hybrid Forms,Blended Genres | (ENGL 070E) |
| Writing Nature: Digital Storytelling | (ENGL 070G) |
| Intermediate Fiction Workshop:Writing Fantasy and Other Worlds | (ENGL 070Q) |
| Introductory Fiction Workshop: Life as Inspiration | (ENGL 070U) |
| Intermediate Poetry Workshop:Movements and Schools | (ENGL 070V) |
| Introductory Fiction Workshop:Flash Fiction | (ENGL 070X) |
| SPRING 2027 FYS* | |
| Revolution and Revolt | (ENGL 009J, FYS*) |
| Narcissus and the History of Reflection (W) | (ENGL 009E, FYS*) |
| Portrait of the Artist (W) | (ENGL 009H, FYS*) |
| SPRING 2027 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**) |
| Race, Gender, Class and Environment | (ENGL 089, Gateway**) |
| SPRING 2027 Workshops | |
| Poetry Workshop: Intro to Craft | (ENGL 070A) |
| Poetry Workshop Cover to Cover | (ENGL 070CC) |
| Between Memoir and Autobiographical Fiction | (ENGL 070R) |
| Fiction: Life as Inspiration | (ENGL 070U) |
| Nonfiction Workshop | (ENGL 070Y) |
* 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.
