Focuses on an author, group of authors, subgenre, period or theme in creative nonfiction as literature, as determined by the faculty member, so that students will be able to gain familiarity with the author, group of authors, sub-genre, period ortheme and be able to distinguish its critical features from others in the field. Students may repeat the course if it is offered on a topic that they have not previously studied. For anyone who opts to repeat the course, the second topics course counts only as an elective and may not count toward completion of the student's major or minor requirements. Prerequisite: ENG-207 or permission of instructor. [ 3 credits ]