• Join the English club, which is open to all majors.
• Come to a Poetry Slam.
• Take one of our freshman seminars (English 190) or sophomore perspectives courses. 

English 204, Literature of Culture, looks at non-western literature as a way of broadening our own world view.  The course concentrates on "Islamic" literatures (because even before September 11 , Americans know so little about them), as well as literatures of Asia, India, and Africa.  Students might read selections from the Koran as well as poetry, fiction, and drama. 

English 206: Literature of Place, concentrates on one general location--such as Appalachia, South, West--or pairing of related places, such as urban and suburban literature.

English 207, Popular Literature, examines various popular literary genres, including gothic, popular romances, mysteries, westerns, science fiction and fantasy, children’s literature, film, television, and the Internet.  Students will conduct research in the literature itself, the forces which make it “popular,” and the forces by which literature is defined, marketed, and preserved and anthologized. Readings may include authors as diverse as Bram Stoker, Stephen King, Barbara Cartland, Ursula Le Guin, and Agatha Christie.

English 209, Literature and History, examines novels, stories, poems, plays, or even films associated with a particular historical period. Individual sections might focus on Arthurian legend, literature of the Viet Nam era, literature of protest, or writing associated with colonialsim or conquest. 

Other Liberal Studies courses include English 205 (Introduction to Language) and English 231 (Introduction to Literature).