School of Communication and Media
Undergraduate

Term: Fall 2026
Session: Full Term (Aug 31 - Dec 18)
Start Date: Monday, Aug 31, 2026
End Date: Friday, Dec 18, 2026
Availability: On Campus
Day(s): Mon./Wed./Fri.
Time: 01:00 PM to 01:50 PM

This course examines the contexts (historical biographical political etc.) and styles of selected writers in American literature up through the Civil War. Students read a wide and culturally diverse range of literature such as Native American Spanish American and African American literatures in various genres such as fiction essays poetry journals autobiographies and slave narratives. Students also study aesthetic and intellectual movements such as Neo-classicism Romanticism Transcendentalism and the American Renaissance. Students investigate print internet resources and electronic databases and write literacy research essays in MLA format. 3 credits. Prerequisites: CSCM1030 and any ENGL course