25-26 Courses for First-Year Students
| Course Name | COURSE NUMBER |
|---|---|
| FALL 2025 FYS* | |
| Literature and Law (W) | (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 ** | |
| Monsters, Marvels and Mysteries: Beowulf to Paradise Lost | (ENGL 010, Gateway**) |
| Black Renaissance & Resistance (W) | (ENGL 064B, Gateway**) |
| The Short Story in the U.S. | (ENGL 071D, Gateway**) |
| Reading Poetry | (ENGL 071P, Gateway**) |
| FALL 2025 Courses | |
| Vision and the Late Victorians | (ENGL 037B) |
| Asian American Literature & Culture | (ENGL 047A) |
| Old Friends | (ENGL 050F) |
| Human Rights and Literature | (ENGL 084) |
| Special Topics: Global Realsim | (ENGL 096A) |
| FALL 2025 Workshops | |
| Grendel's Workshop | (ENGL 009R, FYS*) |
| Poetry Workshop | (ENGL 070A) |
| Fiction Workshop | (ENGL 070B) |
| Fiction & Poetry Workshop: Hybrid Forms | (ENGL 070E) |
| Contemporary Poetry and Its Concerns | (ENGL 070F) |
| Advanced Fiction Workshop | (ENGL 070H) |
| SPRING 2026 FYS* | |
| Why College? The Past and Future of Liberal Arts (W) | (ENGL 009C,FYS*) |
| Narcissus and the History of Reflection (W) | (ENGL 009E, FYS*) |
| Portrait of the Artist (W) | (ENGL 009H, FYS*) |
| U.S. War Culture (W) | (ENGL 009W, FYS*) |
| Metropolitan Forms & Fiction (W) | (ENGL 009Y, 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**) |
| Race, Gender, Class and Environment | (ENGL 089, Gateway**) |
| SPRING 2026 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.
