ENG 485 Seminar in English

Prerequisites: ENG 470, Senior standing only, and permission of the department chair

This course facilitates English majors’ capstone research projects concerning significant questions and issues in literary, cultural, and/or textual studies. Designed as a writing workshop, students build from their preliminary ENG 470 research proposals to polished, substantial research essays that include historical contextualization, theoretical framing, and extensive original analysis. An oral presentation for, and assessed by, the entire English faculty concludes their work in the course.