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Undergraduate

100-Level Courses in ENGH

ENGH 100: 4 Credits

Composition for Non-native Speakers of English

Intensive practice in drafting, revising, and editing expository essays of some length and complexity. Studies logical, rhetorical, and linguistic structure of expository prose, with attention to particularly difficult aspects of the language for non-native speakers. Methods and conventions of preparing research papers. Read More »

3 Sections Currently Scheduled

ENGH 101: 3 Credits

Composition

Intensive practice in drafting, revising, and editing expository essays of some length and complexity. Studies logical, rhetorical, and linguistic structure of expository prose. Methods and conventions of preparing research papers. Read More »

24 Sections Currently Scheduled »

ENGH 122: 3 Credits

Enhanced Composition For Multilingual Writers of English II

Provides intensive practice in drafting, revising and editing essays in common academic genres such as argumentation and research based writing, with additional language support for building English fluency. Addresses logical, rhetorical, and linguistic structures of expository prose, and builds critical reading strategies. This course is the second of a two-part course for students in the ACCESS program. Read More »

3 Sections Currently Scheduled

200-Level Courses in ENGH

ENGH 201: 3 Credits

Reading and Writing about Texts

Close analysis of literary texts, including but not limited to poetry, fiction, and drama. Emphasizes reading and writing exercises to develop basic interpretive skills. Examines figurative language, central ideas, relationship between structure and meaning, narrative point of view. Read More »

28 Sections Currently Scheduled »

ENGH 202: 3 Credits

Texts and Contexts

Studies literary texts within the framework of culture. Examines texts within such categories as history, gender, sexuality, religion, race, class, and nation. Read More »

11 Sections Currently Scheduled »

ENGH 203: 3 Credits

Western Literary Tradition

Major works of Western literature in historical progression. Focuses on writers such as Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Dante, Cervantes, Machiavelli, and Montaigne. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 204: 3 Credits

Western Literary Traditions

Major works of Western literature in historical progression. Covers writers such as Moliere, Mme. de Lafayette, Goethe, Ibsen, Flaubert, Dostoyevski, Tolstoy, Mann, Kafka, Borges, and Soyinka. All readings are in modern English. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

300-Level Courses in ENGH

ENGH 300: 3 Credits

Cover to Cover

Introduction to various topics in English; many have an interdisciplinary emphasis. Appropriate for non-majors. Topic changes each time course is offered. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 302: 3 Credits

Advanced Composition

Intensive practice in writing and analyzing expository forms such as essay, article, proposal, and technical or scientific reports with emphasis on research related to student's major field. Read More »

101 Sections Currently Scheduled »

ENGH 305: 6 Credits

Dimensions of Writing and Literature

Examines English as a discipline and develops interpretive skills for further study in the major. All sections cover issues such as form, genre, point of view, figurative language, conventions of close reading and literary interpretation, and how culture shapes texts. Read More »

5 Sections Currently Scheduled »

ENGH 307: 3 Credits

English Grammar

Overview of grammatical structure of English including word classes, phrases, and complex sentences. English grammar analyzed using modern syntactic theory. Students engage in language description through problem solving. Read More »

2 Sections Currently Scheduled

  • Section 001 — Jill Waybright — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW
  • Section 002 — Bonny Bell Paez — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR — West Building 1008

ENGH 315: 3 Credits

Folklore and Folklife

Topics include folktales, personal narratives, legends, proverbs, jokes, folk songs, folk art and craft, and folk architecture. Considers ethnicity, community, family, festival, folklore in literature, and oral history. Discusses traditions in students' own lives. Read More »

2 Sections Currently Scheduled

ENGH 318: 3 Credits

Introduction to Cultural Studies

Introduces interpretive practices associated with cultural studies. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 322: 3 Credits

Shakespeare

Survey of selected histories and comedies. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 323: 3 Credits

Shakespeare

Survey of selected tragedies and romances. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 349: 3 Credits

African American Literature: Reconstruction to 1903

Emphasizes several major writers from Reconstruction to beginning of 20th century, concluding with W.E.B. DuBois's The Souls of Black Folk . Concentrating on evolution of African American fiction and poetry as well as political and social discourses on "race," explores how authors such as Frances E.W. Harper, Charles Chesnutt, Pauline Hopkins, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Anna Julia Cooper, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Booker T. Washington, and DuBois shaped the foundation for 20th-century African American literary art and aesthetics. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 351: 3 Credits

Contemporary African American Literature

Encompassing array of genres and forms, examines black writing from mid-20th century to present. Engages textual, critical, political, and theoretical issues related to cardinal literary movements, such as Black Arts Movement of 1960s and Third Renaissance of 1980s-90s. Examines how musical forms such as blues, jazz, and rap shaped literary production. Major authors include Ralph Ellison, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka, Alice Walker, Ernest Gaines, Gloria Naylor, August Wilson, and Toni Morrison. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 352: 3 Credits

Topics in Ethnic American Literature

Studies particular ethnic American literatures. Focuses on literatures such as Asian American, Native American, Latino/a, Arab American, or Jewish American. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 362: 3 Credits

Global Voices

Studies two cultures other than contemporary British or American culture through exploration of several textual forms such as written literature, oral literature, film, folklore, or popular culture. Specific cultures vary, but at least one is non- Western. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 366: 3 Credits

The Idea of a World Literature

Examines history and current status of conceptions of world literature, considering such topics as non-European influences on Western literature, shifting horizons of comparative literature, rise of postcolonial literature, place of translation, and role of international institutions such as UNESCO and the Nobel Prize. Focuses on degree to which these initiatives have been successful in promoting global understanding of literary production. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 372: 3 Credits

Introduction to Film

Introduces film medium as an art form. Read More »

4 Sections Currently Scheduled »

ENGH 375: 3 Credits

Web Authoring and Design

Provides a rhetorical foundation for web authoring and design in professional settings. Students will learn basic principles of writing for the web, information architecture, coding for accessibility, and usability testing. The production-oriented component of the course provides instruction in writing valid code and practice with web- and graphic-editing software tools. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

  • Section 001 — Douglas Eyman — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Innovation Hall 336

ENGH 382: 3 Credits

Writing Nonfiction Genres

Advanced practice in analyzing and writing nonfiction forms such as essay, profile, article, and technical or scientific report, depending on student's interests. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 388: 3 Credits

Professional and Technical Writing

Intensive study and practice in various forms of professional and technical writing, including proposals, reports, instructions, news releases, white papers, and correspondence. Emphasizes writing for variety of audiences, both lay and informed, and writing within various professional and organizational contexts. Read More »

2 Sections Currently Scheduled

ENGH 396: 3 Credits

Introduction to Creative Writing

Assignments include writing exercises and original works of poetry and fiction. May also include drama or creative nonfiction. Includes reading assignments in covered genres, and may include oral presentations or in-class performance. Original student work read and discussed in class and conference with instructor. Read More »

4 Sections Currently Scheduled »

ENGH 398: 3 Credits

Fiction Writing

Workshop course in reading and writing fiction. Original student work read and discussed in class and conferences with instructor. Includes technical exercises in craft of fiction; may include reading assignments. Read More »

2 Sections Currently Scheduled

  • Section 001 — William B Miller — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Robinson A245
  • Section 002 — Laura Scott — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR — Thompson Hall 1017

ENGH 399: 3 Credits

Creative Nonfiction Writing

Workshop in reading and writing of nonfiction that makes use of literary techniques normally thought of in context of fiction, such as evoking senses and use of dialog. Original student work read and discussed in class and conferences with instructor. Includes technical exercises in artful creating of nonfiction; may include reading assignments. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

400-Level Courses in ENGH

ENGH 400: 3 Credits

Honors Seminar

Emphasizes growth in awareness of literary scholarship as a discipline, providing opportunity for advanced study in literary and cultural criticism. Covers variety of topics, including consideration of a literary period, genre, author, work, theme, discourse, or critical theory. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 401: 3 Credits

Honors Thesis Writing Seminar

Provides guidance in research methods to students writing an honor thesis as well as workshop for critiquing works in progress. May be taken concurrently with another approved course offered by English Department, in which case thesis work may substitute for some assigned work in second course by arrangement of both instructors. Â Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

  • Section 001 — Michael Malouf — 09:00 AM to 10:15 AM TR — Robinson A352

ENGH 408: 3 Credits

Topics in Criticism

Studies selected approach to literary criticism, as announced, with exercises in critical analysis. Includes new criticism, structuralism, psychoanalysis, and Marxism. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 412: 3 Credits

Topics in Folklore Studies

Exploration of various aspects of folklore and folklife such as folklore and literature, folk arts, folk song, and material culture. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 418: 3 Credits

Cultural Constructions of Sexualities

Introductory survey of cultural, literary, and theoretical constructions of sexuality that seek to complicate traditionally fixed categories of identity. Examines various representations of human sexuality, with particular attention to intersections with gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, and class. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 421: 3 Credits

Medieval Literature in Context

Examines selected topic in intellectual history of Middle Ages. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 422: 3 Credits

Chaucer

Major works of Chaucer, with emphasis on The Canterbury Tales . Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 428: 3 Credits

Milton

Milton's major poetic works, with emphasis on Paradise Lost . Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

  • Section 001 — Denise Albanese — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR — East Building 121

ENGH 431: 3 Credits

Topics: British Literary Periods

In-depth study of selected period of British literature. In addition to literary examples, materials may be chosen from art, philosophy, or popular culture of the time. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 441: 3 Credits

Topics: American Authors

Study of one or two major figures in American literature. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 442: 3 Credits

Topics: American Literary Periods

In-depth study of selected period of American literature. In addition to literary examples, materials may be chosen from art, philosophy, or popular culture of time. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 454: 3 Credits

Topics in Poetry

Study of selected topics, periods, or poets. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 459: 1-3 Credits

Internship

Under supervision of a faculty director, students report and reflect on their work as interns at organizations of their choosing, usually in writing and/or editing positions. For 3 credits, students work on site at least 135 hours as specified in the agreement developed with the internship supervisor and approved by the faculty director. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 472: 3 Credits

Topics in Film/Media Theory

Advanced studies of theories about various aspects of production, distribution, and reception of film-mediated experiences. Topics may include theories of spectator, semiotics, feminist film theory, theories of narrativity, structuralist film theory, or deconstruction. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 474: 3 Credits

Topics in Film/Media Studies

American and foreign films selected by type, period, or director with emphasis varying from year to year. Required viewings, student discussion, and written critiques. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 488: 3 Credits

Topics in Writing and Rhetoric

Advanced studies in rhetoric and writing. Introduces key rhetorical terminology and examines how texts construct meaning and how those meanings are determined within social contexts. Topics may include the relationship between rhetorics and poetics, rhetoric and new media, histories of rhetoric, global rhetorics, argument theory, discourse analysis, theories of technical communication, or advanced theories of composition and pedagogy. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 492: 3 Credits

Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop

Workshop; intensive practice in creative writing and study of creative process. Intended for students already writing original creative work. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 494: 3 Credits

Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop

Intensive practice in the craft of poetry and study of the imagination in creative process. Intended for students already writing original poetry. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

Graduate

500-Level Courses in ENGH

ENGH 502: 3 Credits

Research Methods in Rhetoric and Professional Writing

Introduces theory, methods, and ethics of conducting research in rhetoric and professional writing. Students learn to conduct and evaluate research that may include rhetorical analysis, discourse analysis, historical methods, ethnography, user-centered design, document and usability testing, and others. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 503: 3 Credits

Theory and Practice of Editing

Instruction in revising, editing, and preparing specialized writing for printing. Emphasizes methods of achieving clarity, accuracy, and completeness. Lecture and discussion on editing and printing techniques; practical exercise in revision, layout, and production. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 504: 1-6 Credits

Internship

Under supervision of a faculty director, students report and reflect on their work as interns at organizations of their choosing, usually in writing and/or editing positions.  For 3 credits, students work on site at least 135 hours as specified in the agreement developed with the internship supervisor and approved by the faculty director. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 506: 3 Credits

Research for Narrative Writing

Combines study of basic research tools with field work and writing workshop experience. Helps students develop techniques and skills necessary for writing a research-dependent project of sufficient complexity to be of book or long essay length. Emphasis on finding story behind facts, using material from numerous sources. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 507: 3 Credits

Web Authoring and Design

Provides a rhetorical foundation for web authoring and design in professional settings. Teaches basic principles of writing for the web, information architecture, coding for accessibility, and usability testing. Production-oriented component provides instruction in writing valid code and practice with web- and graphic-editing software tools. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

  • Section 001 — Douglas Eyman — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Innovation Hall 336

ENGH 513: 3 Credits

Advanced Special Topics in English

Intensive study of topics involving literary or other texts such as film, television, opera, and folklore. Read More »

3 Sections Currently Scheduled

ENGH 526: 3 Credits

Special Topics in the History and Criticism of Children's Literature

Focuses on the history and criticism of children's literature by concentrating on selected historical periods and literary modes such as "Golden Age" children's literature, contemporary fantastic and children's literature, or Romantic and Victorian children's literature. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 551: 3 Credits

Literary Criticism

Studies in selected critical theories pertinent to textual and cultural analysis. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 565: 3 Credits

Forms of Nonfiction

Intensive study of and practice in various forms of nonfiction writing through analyzing models and weekly writing assignments. Includes biographies, documentaries, editorials, interviews, reports, reviews, and essays. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 591: 3 Credits

Topics in Folklore Studies

Explores folklore and folklife topics such as folk narrative and story telling, folklore and literature, folksong, and folk arts. Read More »

2 Sections Currently Scheduled

600-Level Courses in ENGH

ENGH 608: 3 Credits

Craft Seminars

Non-MFA students seeking permission must submit manuscript of original written work in appropriate genre. Various sections offer work in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, each focusing in different ways on the practices and the craft development of writers. Numerous writing assignments mixed with reading followed by careful analytical and craft discussions. Read More »

2 Sections Currently Scheduled

ENGH 610: 3 Credits

Proseminar in Teaching the Reading of Literature

Methods of teaching literature. Includes study of methods of literary analysis, and ways of developing student responses to literature, with some classroom practice. Read More »

2 Sections Currently Scheduled

ENGH 613: 3 Credits

Technical Communication

Intensive study of theory and practice of technical and scientific writing, with emphasis on writing for variety of audiences. Focuses on writing and evaluating formal reports, articles for lay and technical audiences, proposals, theses, manuals, and other forms of technical prose. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

  • Section 001 — John H McDonald — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM T — Innovation Hall 330

ENGH 615: 3 Credits

Proseminar in Composition Instruction

Methods of teaching expository writing. Includes consideration of planning courses, practice in teaching and grading papers, and study of recent developments in teaching writing. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 616: 1-6 Credits

Nonfiction Writing Workshop

Intensive practice in craft of nonfiction and study of creative process. Intended for students already familiar with traditional and contemporary nonfiction, and already writing original nonfiction. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 617: 1-6 Credits

Poetry Writing Workshop

Intensive practice in craft of poetry and study of creative process. Intended for students already familiar with traditional and contemporary poetic modes and already writing original poetry. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 618: 1-6 Credits

Fiction Writing Workshop

Intensive practice in craft of fiction and study of creative process. Intended for students already familiar with traditional and contemporary fiction and already writing original fiction. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

  • Section 001 — Alan Cheuse — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Robinson B105

ENGH 625: 3 Credits

British Medieval

Selected literary authors, works, or movements from 1300 to 1500, studied in Middle English. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 640: 3 Credits

Nineteenth-Century British

Selected English literary authors, works, or movements of the 19th century. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 655: 3 Credits

Nineteenth-Century American

Selected American literary authors, works, or movements of 19th century. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 660: 3 Credits

Twentieth-Century American

Selected American literary authors, works, or movements of the 20th century. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 661: 3 Credits

Advanced Survey in African American Literature

Intensive study of a period in African-American literature between 1800 and present with focus to be determined by instructor. Considers different genres including autobiography, fiction, drama, poetry, essays, and oral artifacts such as slave songs, spirituals, and hip-hop. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 670: 3 Credits

Visual Culture: Theories and Histories

Advanced study in histories of visual representation including film, television, and video, and in theories of production and circulation of meanings in visual culture. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 676: 3 Credits

Introduction to Cultural Studies

Advanced introduction to theoretical practice known as cultural studies, with attention to role in textual studies. Part of interdisciplinary cultural studies PhD and MA in English programs. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

  • Section 001 — Yoonmee Chang — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M

ENGH 685: 3 Credits

Selected Topics, Movements, or Genres of Literature in English

Content varies. Read More »

3 Sections Currently Scheduled

ENGH 697: 3 Credits

Composition Theory

Acquaints classroom teachers with theory relating to writing and teaching composition. Focuses on explaining theories of participants, reading works of leading theorists, and developing statement describing implications of theoretical consistency in teaching writing. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 699: 1-3 Credits

Workshop in English

Concentrated workshops, educational tours, independent studies, and special seminars dealing with selected topics in writing, linguistics, film, electronic media, and literature written in English. Read More »

3 Sections Currently Scheduled

700-Level Courses in ENGH

ENGH 701: 3 Credits

Research in English Studies

Introduces research in English studies, including practice in library methods, writing critical bibliography, evaluating issues and problems, and surveying scholarly activities in department. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 751: 1-6 Credits

Advanced Workshop in Fiction Writing

Intensive practice in craft of fiction for experienced writers. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 797: 3 Credits

Projects in Professional Writing and Rhetoric

Students complete a capstone project guided by instructor and a faculty consultant. Reflecting on theories and methods learned in previous course work and applying them to a concrete rhetorical situation, students produce a professional-quality project for a primary audience located in the professional workplace or the discipline of rhetoric and professional writing. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled

ENGH 799: 1-6 Credits

Thesis

Students who take ENGH 798 to develop thesis topic and then elect thesis option receive 3 credits for ENGH 799 on completion of thesis. Students who do not take ENGH 798, or who take it to work on project unrelated to thesis, receive up to 6 credits for ENGH 799 on completion of thesis. Read More »

1 Section Currently Scheduled