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CSB/SJU courses that meet the University of Minnesota Medical School - Twin Cities English composition and literature prerequisite
The University of Minnesota Medical School - Twin Cities has an English literature and compostion prerequisite. The following CSB/SJU courses meet this prerequisite:
Composition prerequisite:
First-year Symposium
First-year Symposium is a required two-semester course (4 credits each semester) designed to help students develop skills in thinking, speaking and writing which they will continue to use and refine during the rest of their academic careers. These skills are developed interdependently - reading stimulates thinking; thinking stimulates writing, listening and speaking; writing and speaking in turn stimulate thinking. Symposium employs discussion and writing as primary learning methods, thus encouraging students to take an active part in their learning from the beginning of college study.
Professors from many disciplines offer a variety of themes, allowing students to choose an area of personal interest in which to learn. The class stays together for the whole year, developing a sense of community and continuity. The professor also functions as the students' academic advisor.
Despite the diversity of themes, the goals of each symposium section are the same: to help students develop skills in thinking, speaking, and writing which they will continue to use and refine during the rest of their academic careers.
Literature prerequisite:
100 level English courses
Students have the opportunity to learn methods for understanding literary genres, history, interpretive theory, and the crafts of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Faculty members are committed to both the traditional canon of literature and to expansion of the traditional canon through attention to the literatures of women, minorities, and non-Western cultures. Faculty members usually supplement the study of literary texts with consideration of other cultural forms; examples might include paintings, photography, music, film, video, popular culture, and significant texts from other fields, including history, philosophy, psychology, and the social sciences. Course content will vary from course to course. Consult the English Department's Course Description Booklet for a description of each semester's offerings.
130 Reading Fiction
Literature & literary history courses
283 Western Literature in Translation: Ancient Greece to the Medieval Period. (4)
Writings from the past, with emphasis on biblical and classical works and literature of the medieval West. Fall.
284 Western Literature in Translation: Renaissance to the Present. (4)
Reading and analysis of Renaissance and modern literature in translation. Spring.
325 Studies in Drama. (4)
Study of plays related to one another by theme, historic or national provenance, subgenre, or by some other significant connection. Prerequisites vary according to the plays covered. Offered irregularly.
341 Studies in British Literature to 1700. (4)
Course offerings under this title might be organized by theme, by historical-period, by region, or by genre. See English Department Course Description Booklet for specific titles and descriptions. Fall.
342 Studies in British Literature after 1700. (4)
Course offerings under this title might be organized by theme, by historical-period, by region, or by genre. See English Department Course Description Booklet for specific titles and descriptions. Spring.
346 American Literature to 1865. (4)
Reading and analysis of prose and poetry from Colonial times to the Civil War. Fall.
347 American Literature after 1865. (4)
Reading and analysis of prose and poetry from the Civil War to about 1920. Spring.
351 Chaucer. (4)
The Canterbury Tales and other works in the literary and social context of the fourteenth century. Fall or Spring. Prerequisite: fulfillment of HML literature.
352 Shakespeare. (4)
Representative plays: tragedies, comedies, histories, and romances. Prerequisite: fulfillment of HML literature. Every semester.
355 Studies in Individual Authors. (2, 2. or 4)
Study of several works by one or two authors. Works in translation acceptable. When the course focuses on two authors, students may be able to register for either AB or CD mods, or both. Fall. Consult with Professor.
361 British Novel to 1900. (4)
Longer prose fiction from Defoe to Eliot and Hardy. Prerequisite: fulfillment of HML literature. Fall, alternate years.
362 American Novel to 1920. (4)
A selection of American novels to 1920. Prerequisite: fulfillment of HML literature. Spring, alternate years.
366 Studies in Modern Literature. (4)
A selection of fiction, poetry, and/or other forms written in the twentieth century. Consult the English Department Course Description Booklet for specific titles and descriptions. Fall.
367 Studies in Contemporary Literature. (4)
A selection of fiction, poetry and/or other forms written in the past 30-50 years. Consult the English Description Booklet for specific titles and descriptions. Prerequisite: fulfillment of HML literature. Spring.
381 Literature by Women. (4)
Selection of works written by women. Prerequisite: fulfillment of HML literature. Spring.
382 Multicultural Literature of the United States. (4)
A study of literature from several of the ethnic, racial, and other groups that make up United States culture. Some attention to the historical and social contexts in which this literature arises. Spring, alternate years.
383 Post-Colonial Literature. (4)
A study of literature, partly in translation, from modern cultures with voices and perspectives other than our own, such as African, South and Central American, West Indian, and Middle Eastern. Some attention to the cultural contexts in which this literature arises. Prerequisite: fulfillment of HML.
385 Studies in Literature. (4)
Study of a special topic. Intended for subjects that are not readily treated in standard courses. Consult the English Department Course Description Booklet for specific titles and descriptions
Honors program
310-311 Great Books, Great Ideas. (4,4)
A year-long discussion-based seminar for juniors which concentrates on many of the world's greatest works of literature, political philosophy and intellectual history. Authors include Plato, Aristotle, Biblical writers, Augustine, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Goethe, Marx, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Freud, Woolf, Faulkner, O'Connor, Nadine Gordimer and Toni Morrison. Students selected for this seminar are asked to read a number of novels and plays to prepare themselves for participation in the course. Interview required in the Spring semester of a student's sophomore year.