{"id":66,"date":"2024-10-15T15:15:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T15:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/genedenglish\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2026-08-03T18:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:29:22","slug":"geeliterature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/genedenglish\/geeliterature\/","title":{"rendered":"Second-Year Literature at MTSU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The General Education English office also oversees 2000-level literature courses, which include ENGL 2020 and ENGL 2030. The course objectives for ENGL 2020 and ENGL 2030 are identical. Under MTSU&#8217;s True Blue Core requirements, students are required to take one literature class to contribute to the nine hours of required &#8220;Creativity and Cultural Expression&#8221; courses. Either ENGL 2020 or ENGL 2030 can satisfy this requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ENGL 2020:\u00a0<em>Themes in Literature and Culture<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(3 hours) is a special topics course that focuses on one unifying theme in several literary or cultural works. These courses reflect a wide variety of departmental expertise and cultural interests and are offered on rotation. Students are encouraged to review both the course descriptions on Pipeline and this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/genedenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2025\/10\/202610-Topics-and-Instructors-ENGL-2020.xlsx\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/genedenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2025\/10\/202610-Topics-and-Instructors-ENGL-2020.xlsx\">Fall 2025 spreadsheet<\/a> before registering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ENGL 2030:&nbsp;<em>The Experience of Literature<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;(3 hours) is a more generalized, non-thematic literature course. In this course, students can expect to read a variety of literary genres, including poetry, fiction, and drama. This course emphasizes the value of lifelong reading, literary interpretation, and how texts are produced within various cultures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The General Education English office also oversees 2000-level literature courses, which include ENGL 2020 and ENGL 2030. The course objectives for ENGL 2020 and ENGL 2030 are identical. Under MTSU&#8217;s True Blue Core requirements, students are required to take one literature class to contribute to the nine hours of required &#8220;Creativity and Cultural Expression&#8221; courses. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-66","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/genedenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/genedenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/genedenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/genedenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/genedenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/genedenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/genedenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/genedenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}