Upcoming English Major Courses

The following English Major courses are being offered in Fall 2026.

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Special Topics Courses

JRN 399 - Special Topics Journalism. Taught  by Dr. Dyan Neary.
Storytelling for Transformation.
Class will meet on campus for two weeks, 8/24 and 9/1, and will then meet at the Chester County Prison, 501 S Wawaset Rd, West Chester, PA 19382, for the rest of the semester.
As the class meets for 135 minutes each week, the remaining 15 minutes per week of instructional time will be done asynchronously. 
10 seats are available for current WCU students; the remaining 15 seats are held for incarcerated students.

LIT 360 -  Special Topics Children's/Young Adult Literature. Taught by Dr. Emily Aguilo-Perez.
Rules and Rebels: Children’s Literature and the Making of “Good Behavior”
Why are some kids praised for being “good” while others are labeled troublemakers?
This course explores how children’s and young adult books teach obedience, discipline... and rebellion. From picturebooks about rules to school stories and YA novels about “bad behavior,” we’ll uncover how stories shape ideas about childhood, authority, and power. Along the way, we’ll also look at the kids who break the rules, challenge expectations, and push back. If you’re interested in literature, culture, education, or media (and you like questioning who gets to make the rules), this course is for you!

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All courses: Fall 2026

CLS 201 - Classical Greco Roman Myth in 20th Century Arts
CLS 270 - Life, Death, and Disease
CRW 201 -  Introduction to Creative Writing
CRW 202 - Creative Writing I
CRW 301 - Poetry Workshop I
CRW 302 - Poetry Workshop II
CRW 304 -  Short Story Workshop II
CRW 305 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop I
ENG 201 - Intro to English Studies
ENG 202 - Research Methods for English
ENG 206 - Black Critical Theory
ENG 296 - Theory & Criticism in English
ENG 331 -  Structure of Modern English
ENG 340 - Sociolinguistics
ENG 345 - Women Writing: Autobiography
ENG 368 -  Business and Organizational Writing
ENG 371 - Technical Writing
ENG 397 - Writing Tutoring
ENG 400 - Research Seminar
ENG 499 - English Capstone
FLM 200 - Intro to Film
FLM 201 - American Film
JRN 200 - Introduction to Journalism
JRN 212 - Digital Journalism
JRN 225 - Newswriting
JRN 305 - Intro Documentary Filmmaking
JRN 399 - Special Topics Journalism
LIT 203 - African American Lit II
LIT 207 - Frederick Douglass
LIT 219 - Lit for Young Children
LIT 220 - Children's Lit
LIT 302 - Studies in the American Novel
LIT 338 - Studies in British Drama
LIT 360 - Special Topics Children's/Young Adult Literature
LIT 398 - Young Adult Lit
WRH 197 - Becoming a Peer Writing Mentor
WRH 301 - The Rhetorics of Black America
WRH 320 - Writing for the Web
WRH 350 - Grant and Proposal Writing