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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
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001 Composition Nonnative Speakers
— Sara M King — 09:00 AM to 10:15 AM MWF — Robinson A107 -
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002 Composition Nonnative Speakers
— Sara M King — 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM MWF — Robinson A107 -
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003 Composition Nonnative Speakers
— Sara M King — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MWF — Robinson A107 -
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- AC1 Enhanced Eng Comp II — Anna Sophia Habib — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR — Robinson A109
- AC2 Enhanced Eng Comp II — Anna Sophia Habib — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM MW — Robinson A107
- AC3 Enhanced Eng Comp II — Anna Sophia Habib — 09:00 AM to 10:15 AM TR — Robinson A109
- 001 Western Literary Traditions I — 09:00 AM to 10:15 AM MW
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001 Western Literary Traditions II
— Roger Lathbury — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW — Robinson A245 -
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001 Haunted America
— J Samaine Lockwood — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR — East Building 201 -
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- 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
- Section 001 — Joy Fraser — 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM MW — Innovation Hall 209
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Section 002
— Debra Lattanzi Shutika — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR -
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- 001 Intro Cultural Studies — Amal Amireh — 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR — Innovation Hall 133
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001 Shakespeare: Comedies and Histories
— Robert I Matz — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR — Robinson A111 -
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Section 001
— Erika T Lin — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW — Krug Hall 5 -
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001 African American Literature: Reconsturction-1903
— Stefan Wheelock — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R -
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- 001 Contemporary Af-Amer Lit — Keith Clark — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW — Thompson Hall 1018
- 001 Asian American Literature — Yoonmee Chang — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W
- 001 Global India — Jessica Scarlata — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T
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Section 001
— Alok Yadav — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW — Innovation Hall 134 -
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- Section 001 — Douglas Eyman — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Innovation Hall 336
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Section 001
— Eve Wiederhold — 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR — Robinson A109 -
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- Section 001 — Susan Lawrence — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW — Innovation Hall 318
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002 Professional and Techn Writing
— Rebecca A McGeehan — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR — Innovation Hall 320 -
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- 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
- 001 Creative Nonfiction Writ — Scott W Berg — 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM MW — Robinson B103
- 001 Romantic Lives — Eric Eisner — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T — Krug Hall 253
- Section 001 — Michael Malouf — 09:00 AM to 10:15 AM TR — Robinson A352
- 001 Theor Perspectives Women/Gender Studies — Sara Regina Mitcho — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR — Robinson A243
- 001 Appalachian Folklore — Debra Lattanzi Shutika — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R — Innovation Hall 215G
- 001 Cultural Construction of Sexualities — Amal Amireh — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR — Innovation Hall 133
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001 Arthurian Retellings
— Amelia Rutledge — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M — Innovation Hall 135 -
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— Winifred G Keaney — 09:00 AM to 10:15 AM TR — Robinson A246 -
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- Section 001 — Denise Albanese — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR — East Building 121
- 001 Nature and Science in 19th-Century British Literature — Rosemary Jann — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W — Innovation Hall 137
- 001 Whitman & Melville — David L Kuebrich — 09:00 AM to 10:15 AM TR — Robinson A250
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001 American Literature 1865-1914
— Roger Lathbury — 09:00 AM to 10:15 AM MW — Robinson A210 -
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001 Film and Poetry
— Carla Marcantonio — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR — Krug Hall 5 -
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- Section 001 — Scott W Berg
- 001 Film and Poetry — Sally Keith — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR — Krug Hall 5
- 001 Jailed: Incarceration on Screen — Jessica Scarlata — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Innovation Hall 133
- 001 Crossing Borders: Identity and Community — Eve Wiederhold — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR — Robinson B105
- 001 Adv Fiction Writing Wkshp — William B Miller — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W — East Building 134
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001 Adv Poetry Writing Workshop
— Susan Tichy — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR — East Building 134 -
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001 Res Meth Rhetoric/Prof Writing
— Paul Michael Rogers — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM W — Innovation Hall 328 -
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— Roger Lathbury — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Robinson A107 -
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- Section 001 — Scott W Berg
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Section 001
— Kyoko Mori — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM R — Research Hall 202 -
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- Section 001 — Douglas Eyman — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Innovation Hall 336
- 002 Nonfiction Literature — Beverly F Lowry — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R — David King Hall 2054
- 003 Asian American Literature — Yoonmee Chang — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W
- 004 Narratives of Human Rights — Paula Ruth Gilbert — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T — West Building 1007
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001 Gender in Children's Literature
— Teresa L Michals — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M — Innovation Hall 207 -
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Section 001
— Denise Albanese — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T — David King Hall 2054 -
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— Kyoko Mori — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W — Krug Hall 204 -
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- 001 Appalachian Folklore — Debra Lattanzi Shutika — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R — Innovation Hall 215G
- 002 Living Words:Folklore and Creative Writing — Margaret Yocom — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T — Robinson B122
- 001 World Short Story — Alan Cheuse — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T — Robinson A447
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002 Book Beasts
— Susan Tichy — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R — Innovation Hall 209 -
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- 001 Proseminar in Teaching and Reading of Literature — Eric Eisner — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W — Robinson B105
- 002 Proseminar Teaching the Reading of Literature — Deborah Kaplan — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM T — David King Hall 2054
- Section 001 — John H McDonald — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM T — Innovation Hall 330
- 001 Composition Instruction — E Shelley Reid — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM T — Innovation Hall 333
- 002 Nonfiction Writing Wkshp — Beverly F Lowry — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM W — David King Hall 2054
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— Sally Keith — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM R — Robinson A447 -
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- Section 001 — Alan Cheuse — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Robinson B105
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001 Arthurian Retellings
— Amelia Rutledge — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M — Innovation Hall 135 -
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001 Nature and Science in the 19th-century British Literature
— Rosemary Jann — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W — Innovation Hall 137 -
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001 American Gothic to 1914
— J Samaine Lockwood — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM R — Krug Hall 253 -
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001 American Poetry of the 70s, 80s, and 90s
— Eric M Pankey — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T — Robinson B204 -
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- 001 African American Literature 1946-Present — Keith Clark — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Thompson Hall 1018
- 001 Jailed: Incarceration on Screen — Jessica Scarlata — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Innovation Hall 133
- Section 001 — Yoonmee Chang — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M
- 001 Autobiographical Novel — Helon Habila Ngalabak — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M — Robinson A245
- 002 21st Century Literature — Stephen H Goodwin — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W — Robinson A245
- 003 Elizabeth Bishop Is, In Retrospect — Jennifer Atkinson — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M — Robinson A447
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— Terry Zawacki — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM R — West Building 1001 -
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- 001 Poetry — Eric M Pankey
- 002 Fiction — Stephen H Goodwin
- 003 Nonfiction — Beverly F Lowry
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— Amelia Rutledge — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM W — Innovation Hall 209 -
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- 001 Adv Wrkshp Fiction Wrtng — Stephen H Goodwin — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R — Krug Hall 3
- 001 Proj in Profess Writing/Rhetor — Susan Lawrence — 07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M — Innovation Hall 330
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
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
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
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. Ã Read More »
1 Section Currently Scheduled
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
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.ÃÂ 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
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
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
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
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 »
