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Rob Doggett, Chair
(Welles Hall 226)
english.geneseo.edu

HEGIS Code: 1501.00 (English, Literature Track, B.A.), 1501.00 (English, Creative Writing Track, B.A.), 1501.00 (English, Adolescence Education: English, B.A.)

Honors and Awards

Natalie Selser Freed Memorial Scholarship - presented annually to a junior English major for top academic work.

William T. Beauchamp Memorial Award - presented to a graduating senior for “Outstanding Service to the Vitality of Literature on Campus.”

Rosalind R. Fisher Award - presented each year for outstanding achievement in student teaching in English.

Rita K. Gollin Scholarship For Excellence in American Literature - awarded annually to two students who have demonstrated excellence in the study of American Literature.

Hans Gottschalk Award - presented annually to a sophomore English major distinguished for integrity, intellectual curiosity, academic achievement and promise, and dedication.

Patricia Conrad Lindsay Memorial Award - presented annually to a senior in English for excellence in scholastic achievement and intellectual promise.

Joseph O’Brien Memorial Award - presented annually to a senior English major who has exhibited those attributes exemplified in the life and career of our colleague Joe O’Brien: a demonstrated record of academic excellence, a spirit of volunteerism, and a sterling moral character.

Writing Awards

John H. Parry Award for demonstrated ability in literary criticism

Irene E. Smith Award for outstanding performance in freshman writing

Lucy Harmon Award in Fiction

Agnes Rigney Award in Drama

Mary Thomas Award in Poetry

Jérôme de Romanet de Beaune Award for the best undergraduate essay on a topic in diversity studies.

Programs

• Comparative Literature, B.A.
• English, Creative Writing Track, B.A.
• English, Literature Track, B.A.

• English, Adolescence Education: English, B.A.

• English Minor

Courses

• CMLT 200 - Reading Transnationally: (subtitle)
• CMLT 499 - Directed Study
• ENGL 100 - College Writing.
• ENGL 101 - Topics in Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL 102 - The Elements of Creative Writing: (subtitle)
• ENGL 115 - Understanding Poetry.
• ENGL 201 - Foundations of Creative Writing
• ENGL 202 - Reading As a Writer: (subtitle)
• ENGL 203 - Reader and Text: (subtitle)
• ENGL 277 - Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
• ENGL 280 - Yeats Summer School in Ireland
• ENGL 290 - F/London Theatre Seminar
• ENGL 301 - Advanced Poetry Workshop I
• ENGL 302 - Advanced Fiction Workshop I
• ENGL 303 - Advanced Poetry Workshop II
• ENGL 304 - Advanced Fiction Workshop II
• ENGL 305 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction Workshop I
• ENGL 307 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction Workshop II
• ENGL 308 - Modernity in West Africa
• ENGL 310 - Medieval Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL 311 - Early Modern Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL 312 - 17th-Century British Literature
• ENGL 313 - Eighteenth-Century Literature
• ENGL 314 - Nineteenth-Century Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL 316 - Twentieth Century Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL 318 - Black British Literature and Culture
• ENGL 320 - Irish Literature
• ENGL 322 - Contemporary British Literature in London: (subtitle)
• ENGL 329 - American Visions: (subtitle)
• ENGL 335 - Asian American Literature Survey
• ENGL 336 - Native American Literature
• ENGL 337 - African-American Literature
• ENGL 338 - Contemporary Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL 340 - Literature and Literary Study in the Digital Age
• ENGL 342 - World Literature
• ENGL 360 - M/Post-Colonial Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL 361 - History of the English Language
• ENGL 366 - Connections in Early Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL 367 - Connections in Modern Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL 368 - Connections in Recent Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL 381 - Classical Literature
• ENGL 382 - The Bible as Literature
• ENGL 385 - Contemporary Drama
• ENGL 386 - Western Drama 1870-1945
• ENGL 387 - Drama and Society: (subtitle)
• ENGL 393 - Honors Thesis Research/Writing
• ENGL 394 - Senior Seminar: (subtitle)
• ENGL 399 - Directed Study
• ENGL 402 - Senior Seminar in Creative Writing
• ENGL 403 - Poetry: (subtitle)
• ENGL 407 - Writing for Teachers
• ENGL 410 - Topics in Theory: (subtitle)
• ENGL 413 - Topics in Eighteenth-Century Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL 414 - Topics in Nineteenth-Century Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL 419 - Literary Theory
• ENGL 420 - Topics in Irish Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL 424 - The Novel: (subtitle)
• ENGL 425 - Enterprises: (subtitle)
• ENGL 426 - Editing and Production Workshop
• ENGL 427 - Literary Representations of Disability
• ENGL 428 - Editing and Production Workshop II
• ENGL 431 - Conversations: (subtitle)
• ENGL 432 - Metropolis
• ENGL 439 - American Ways: (subtitle)
• ENGL 443 - Women and Literature: (subtitle)
• ENGL 446 - Gay and Lesbian Literature
• ENGL 450 - Chaucer and His Age
• ENGL 454 - Shakespeare.
• ENGL 458 - Major Authors: (subtitle)
• ENGL 486 - Drama: (subtitle)
• ENGL 493 - Honors Thesis Research/Writing
• ENGL 494 - Senior Seminar: (subtitle)
• FMST 100 - F/Introduction to Film Studies
• FMST 270 - Video Production
• FMST 310 - Screenwriting
• FMST 369 - Connections in Film: (subtitle)
• FMST 409 - Film Theory and Criticism
• FMST 459 - Film Authors: (subtitle)
• FMST 499 - Directed Study

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