English

fall 2026
 
All Classes
  • English
  • Head of Department: Justine Murison
  • Department Office: 208 English Building, 608 South Wright, Urbana
  • P: 217-333-2391
Subjects associated with this department include: Business and Technical Writing (BTW), Creative Writing (CW), English (ENGL), and Rhetoric and Composition (RHET).
COURSE NUMBER COURSE TITLE
ENGL 104 Introduction to Film
ENGL 109 Intro to Fiction-ACP
ENGL 114 Bible as Literature
ENGL 115 Intro to British Literature
ENGL 120 Science Fiction
ENGL 121 Introduction to Comics
ENGL 199 Undergraduate Open Seminar
ENGL 200 Introduction to the Study of Literature and Culture
ENGL 202 Medieval Literature and Culture
ENGL 204 Renaissance Literature and Culture
ENGL 206 Enlightenment Literature and Culture
ENGL 208 Victorian Literature and Culture
ENGL 209 Early British Literature and Culture
ENGL 213 Modernist Literature and Culture
ENGL 216 Legends of King Arthur
ENGL 218 Introduction to Shakespeare
ENGL 220 Literature and Science
ENGL 224 Latina/o Popular Culture
ENGL 225 Intro to Latina/o Literature
ENGL 242 Contemporary Poetry
ENGL 250 Nineteenth-Century American Fiction
ENGL 255 Early American Literature and Culture
ENGL 259 Early African American Literature and Culture
ENGL 260 Modern African American Literature and Culture
ENGL 261 Topics in Literature and Culture
ENGL 266 Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context
ENGL 269 The Holocaust in Context
ENGL 270 American Film Genres
ENGL 273 American Cinema, 1950-2000
ENGL 276 Asian Film Genres
ENGL 277 Gender in Gaming
ENGL 285 Postcolonial Literature in English
ENGL 286 Asian American Literature
ENGL 290 Individual Study
ENGL 301 Introduction to Critical Theory
ENGL 311 History of the English Language
ENGL 322 Dostoevsky
ENGL 325 Topics in LGBT Literature and Film
ENGL 350 Writing about Literature, Text, and Culture
ENGL 360 Environmental Writing
ENGL 373 Special Topics in Film Studies
ENGL 378 Fairy Tales & Gender Formation
ENGL 380 Topics in Writing Studies
ENGL 390 Advanced Individual Study
ENGL 391 Honors Individual Study
ENGL 396 English Honors Seminar
ENGL 402 Descriptive English Grammar
ENGL 404 Engl Grammar for ESL Teachers
ENGL 407 Introduction to Old English
ENGL 423 Milton
ENGL 452 The Postwar Era and Contemporary American Literature
ENGL 455 Major Authors
ENGL 460 Literature of American Minorities
ENGL 477 Advanced Environmental Writing
ENGL 481 Composition Theory and Practice
ENGL 495 Minoritarian Aesthetics Practicum
ENGL 500 Intro to Criticism & Research
ENGL 503 Historiography of Cinema
ENGL 505 Writing Studies
ENGL 547 Seminar Earlier American Lit
ENGL 563 Seminar Themes and Movements
ENGL 578 Seminar Lit &Other Disciplines
ENGL 586 Topics in Digital Studies
ENGL 591 Research in Special Topics
ENGL 593 Professional Seminar in College Teaching