School of Writing, Literature and Film
In the School of Writing, Literature, and Film, you’ll work with experts specializing in all aspects of story—how to analyze them, how to craft them, and how to put them to work in service of a greater goal. From science fiction to Shakespeare, journalism to documentary film, podcasting to poetry to professional writing, SWLF is a vibrant, inclusive community for learning.
Creative Writing
Our Creative Writing program will hone your expertise in reading literature as well as in the craft of writing. We begin with an introduction to the primary genres of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. From these, you will identify areas of focus in either one or two genres, pursuing courses in craft development and workshop intensives. You will also complete introductory and advanced literary studies, with course offerings that represent a range of eras, continents, cultural representations, and sensibilities.
English
The English major includes an array of subjects ranging in literary history to film and visual culture, creative and nonfiction writing, rhetoric and literacy, and the digital humanities. We focus on both the big picture and the details: close reading skills and critical analysis, how literacy and language change over time, and how social and historical movements are represented in texts. Your first courses will introduce you to important writing, reading, and research tools for carrying out sophisticated analyses of literary texts. Upper-division classes will sharpen these skills, calling upon you to investigate specific authors, historical moments, themes, and theories in longer essays. Our “project-based” classes challenge you to consider creative ways of representing literary knowledge in formats beyond the research paper.
Majoring in chemistry, psychology, or engineering doesn't mean you can't engage deeply with the cultural record of the last six centuries. In our English Minor you’ll learn how to analyze a diversity of literary texts; write effective arguments; use information literacy and new technologies to plan and conduct research; and apply greater cultural awareness to a range of interpretative strategies.
Film Studies
In our Film Studies minor, you will deepen your understanding of numerous film genres—both domestic and international—across varied historical and cultural contexts, as well as the narrative structures that undergird them. You’ll develop a specialized vocabulary for analyzing film through analytical essays and presentations, exploring major theories, key figures, and central terms along the way.
Applied Journalism
In contrast to journalism programs that have a narrow focus on traditional forms—such as beat newspaper reporting—our Applied Journalism minor nurtures an entrepreneurial approach to a wide range of media formats and journalistic storytelling. An Applied Journalism minor opens doors to many fields, including broadcast and multimedia journalism, advertising and marketing, public relations and social media coordination. Our intensive internship program will provide you will all the firsthand experience you’ll need to succeed in the new media landscape.
Writing
The Writing Minor is practical, flexible, and distinctive. We offer a diverse range of courses, including environmental writing; creative writing; business writing; food writing; science writing; technical writing; and advanced argumentation, among others. You will learn to write across different genres, in different media, for different purposes, and for different audiences—all with a tailored focus on your personal and professional interests.
Scientific, Technical, and Professional Communication
In scientific and technical fields, careful and precise writing is of the utmost importance. Communicating difficult-to-understand material requires more than content-knowledge, however; it requires rhetorical strategies to make your writing accessible and persuasive. Students who complete the Undergraduate Certificate in Scientific, Technical, and Professional Communication (STPC) will learn to communicate effectively across media formats. You’ll cap off your certificate with portfolio course, where you’ll compile and edit your work to showcase to others.
Graduate Programs
The School of Writing, Literature, and Film offers graduate work leading to a Master of Arts degree in English. The major area of concentration may be in literature and culture, or rhetoric, writing, and culture. The school also offers the Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing (Corvallis campus) and Writing (Cascades campus). Graduate work in the school may also be applied to the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) degree or to minors in other advanced degree programs.
Tim Jensen, School Director
238 Moreland Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-3502
Phone: 541-737-3244
Email: swlf.mainoffice@oregonstate.edu
Website: https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/
Amanda Bressler, Assistant to the Director
Phone: 541-737-1667
Email: amanda.bressler@oregonstate.edu
Liddy Detar, Head Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Phone: 541-737-1636
Email: liddy.detar@oregonstate.edu
Kristy Kelly, Director of Writing
Phone: 541-737-4129
Email: kristy.kelly@oregonstate.edu
Elena Passarello, Director, MFA in Creative Writing
Phone: 541-737-1673
Email: elena.passarello@oregonstate.edu
Megan Ward, Director, MA in English
Phone: 541-737-1061
Email: megan.ward@oregonstate.edu
Faculty & Staff
https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-directory
Applied Journalism (AJ)
AJ 199, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
AJ 299, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
AJ 308, WORKSHOP, 1-3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
AJ 311, MEDIA STORYTELLING, 3 Credits
Introduction to community journalism, with a focus on developing storytelling methodologies for a variety of media in firsthand reporting praxis.
Prerequisite: WR 121 with B or better or WR 121H with B or better or WR 121Z with B or better or WR 121HZ with B or better
AJ 312, ADVANCED MEDIA STORYTELLING, 3 Credits
Continued praxis in journalistic storytelling, with an emphasis on developing intensive hard news stories and photojournalistic essay packages through reporting government agencies.
Prerequisite: AJ 311 with B or better
AJ 313, PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES IN APPLIED JOURNALISM, 3 Credits
Faculty, staff and students connect to generate in-depth critiques of polished journalistic projects, culminating in the production and distribution of a best practices job kit.
Prerequisite: AJ 311 with B or better and AJ 312 [B]
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
AJ 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
AJ 408, WORKSHOP, 1-3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
AJ 410, INTERNSHIP, 1-6 Credits
Students seeking to obtain the Applied Journalism Minor must complete three sections of AJ 410 Internship, to include reporting, production and/or editorial duties at Orange Media Network (OMN).
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
Available via Ecampus
AJ 490, MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS, 3 Credits
Exploring case studies and other analyses germane to the most relevant and pressing legal and ethical issues in contemporary journalism.
Prerequisite: AJ 311 with B or better
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
English (ENG)
ENG 101, *INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: THE YOUNG ADULT NOVEL, 3 Credits
Explores the craft, culture and racial significance, and emotional impact of contemporary young adult fiction. Examines Young Adult fiction as a category of reading audience that contains multiple genres. Considers such urgent topics as race, immigration, and gender identity while also attending to formal elements such as significant detail, tone, symbolism, and metaphor as portrayed in the young adult experience.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts
Available via Ecampus
ENG 104, *INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: FICTION, 3 Credits
Study of fiction for greater understanding and enjoyment. NO LONGER TAUGHT. REPLACED WITH COMMON COURSE NUMBER ENG 104Z.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 104H, ENG 104Z
Available via Ecampus
ENG 104Z, *INTRODUCTION TO FICTION, 4 Credits
Invites students to enter imaginative narratives and confront the challenges of being human. Provides opportunities for the appreciation of fiction, including deeper awareness of craft and insight into how reading fiction can lead to self-enrichment. Reads a variety of types of fiction, from diverse perspectives and eras, and develops skills in discussion, literary analysis, and critical thinking.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 104, ENG 104H
Available via Ecampus
ENG 106, *INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: POETRY, 3 Credits
Study of poetry for greater understanding and enjoyment. NO LONGER TAUGHT. REPLACED WITH COMMON COURSE NUMBER ENG 106Z.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 106H, ENG 106Z
Available via Ecampus
ENG 106Z, *INTRODUCTION TO POETRY, 4 Credits
Invites students to delve into the biggest questions about life and culture alongside the seemingly smallest issues of words and sounds. Provides opportunities for the appreciation of poetry, including deeper awareness of craft and insight into how reading poetry can lead to self-enrichment. Reads a variety of types of poetry and poetic forms, from diverse perspectives and eras, and develops skills in discussion, literary analysis, and critical thinking.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 106, ENG 106H
Available via Ecampus
ENG 107, *INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: CREATIVE NONFICTION, 3 Credits
An introduction to the study of creative nonfiction as a diverse genre, from journalism to memoir and essay.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts
Recommended: WR 121Z
ENG 108, *INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, 3 Credits
Focuses on modern and contemporary examples of science fiction and fantasy with some attention paid to the roots of the genres (myths, folklore, and fairy tales). Hypothesizes that both genres reflect the anxieties and aspirations of the eras that produce and consume them. Introduces students to a range of modern classics, including contemporary science fiction and fantasy written by women and people of color.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts
Available via Ecampus
ENG 109, *INTRODUCTION TO TRUE CRIME, 3 Credits
Focuses on the American true crime genre, from its origins in the earliest colonial literature to the contemporary popularity of crime stories in various media. Pays particular attention to true crime examples from the last five decades, tracing the genre’s evolution and rise in popularity. Develops a collective understanding of how the true crime genre has evolved, why it has become so popular, and how its constituent texts reflect the cultural assumptions and anxieties of their American eras, especially in terms of their relationship to the genre’s core ideas of violence and truth. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts
ENG 199, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 201, *SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits
The earlier plays. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 201H
Available via Ecampus
ENG 201H, *SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits
The earlier plays. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 201
ENG 202, *SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits
The later plays. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 202H
ENG 202H, *SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits
The later plays. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 202
ENG 204, *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: BEGINNINGS TO 1660, 4 Credits
English literature presented in chronological sequence. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 204H
ENG 204H, *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: BEGINNINGS TO 1660, 4 Credits
English literature presented in chronological sequence. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 204
ENG 205, *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: RESTORATION TO ROMANTIC ERA, 4 Credits
English literature presented in chronological sequence.
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 205H
ENG 205H, *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: RESTORATION TO ROMANTIC ERA, 4 Credits
English literature presented in chronological sequence.
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 205
ENG 206, *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: VICTORIAN ERA TO 20TH CENTURY, 4 Credits
English literature presented in chronological sequence.
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
ENG 207, LITERATURE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION: CLASSICAL-RENAISSANCE, 4 Credits
The great plays, poems and fiction of Western civilization. Covers the Classical World: (Greek, Hebrew, Roman) and Western European major authors through the Renaissance.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
ENG 210, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: ASIA, 4 Credits
Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of Asia.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Available via Ecampus
ENG 211, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: AFRICA, 4 Credits
Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of Africa.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ENG 211H
Available via Ecampus
ENG 211H, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: AFRICA, 4 Credits
Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of Africa.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ENG 211
ENG 212, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MESO/SOUTH AMERICA, CARIBBEAN, 4 Credits
Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of Meso- and South America and the Caribbean. (H) (NC) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
ENG 213, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MIDDLE EAST, 4 Credits
Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of the Middle East.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ENG 213H
Available via Ecampus
ENG 213H, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MIDDLE EAST, 4 Credits
Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of the Middle East.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Equivalent to: ENG 213
ENG 214, *LITERATURE OF THE WORLD: EUROPE, 4 Credits
Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama written by European authors.
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture
ENG 215, +*CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY, 4 Credits
Explores Greek and Roman mythology, its allusions, and continuing influences. Examines excerpts from Classical literature and their adaptations in a variety of modes (statues, film, dance, novels, internet memes) up to the present day. Investigates why we continue to turn to powerful archetypes to express the human experience and when and how they fail in this regard.
Attributes: CFAH – Core Ed - Art & Humanities General; CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Available via Ecampus
ENG 216, *ILLUMINATING HAPPINESS, 3 Credits
Explores subjects essential to human happiness, such as gratitude, kindness, joy, grief, grace, disgrace, emotional and spiritual growth, community, social identity, and global stewardship through the reading of poetry. Explores approaches arising from the reading of poetry, such as Reader Response techniques, imagination studies, and self-awareness inquiries. Develops rewirement models in conjunction with literary analysis and critical writing. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts
ENG 217, READING FOR WRITERS, 4 Credits
Introduces students to the varieties of reading necessary to the writer’s life. Surveys the main literary devices common to fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, and engages students in the understanding of these devices through analysis and creative practice.
Equivalent to: ENG 217X
ENG 220, *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION, 4 Credits
A comparative treatment of literary topics in the context of institutional and systematic discrimination. Not offered every year. CROSSLISTED as ENG 220/FILM 220. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
ENG 220H, *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION, 4 Credits
A comparative treatment of literary topics in the context of institutional and systematic discrimination. Not offered every year. CROSSLISTED as ENG 220/FILM 220. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
ENG 221, *AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE, 4 Credits
Reading and critical analysis of African-American literature in historical, political, and/or thematic perspective.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 221H
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Available via Ecampus
ENG 221H, *AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE, 4 Credits
Reading and critical analysis of African-American literature in historical, political, and/or thematic perspective.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 221
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
ENG 222, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, 4 Credits
Surveys a variety of genres, including fairy tales, folktales, and fables, nonsense poetry, picture books, historical and fantasy novels, examining how these texts represent childhood and connect with historical, cultural, and psychological contexts.
Equivalent to: ENG 222H
Available via Ecampus
ENG 222H, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, 4 Credits
Surveys a variety of genres, including fairy tales, folktales, and fables, nonsense poetry, picture books, historical and fantasy novels, examining how these texts represent childhood and connect with historical, cultural, and psychological contexts.
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ENG 222
ENG 240, *INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURE, 4 Credits
An exploration of the key figures, themes, theories, and works of American environmental literature.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts
ENG 253, *SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: COLONIAL TO 1900, 4 Credits
Readings from American literature presented in chronological sequence, important eras and movements with emphasis on major writers.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Available via Ecampus
ENG 254, *SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1900 TO PRESENT, 4 Credits
Readings from American literature presented in chronological sequence, important eras and movements with emphasis on major writers.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 254H
ENG 254H, *SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1900 TO PRESENT, 4 Credits
Readings from American literature presented in chronological sequence, important eras and movements with emphasis on major writers.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 254
ENG 260, *LITERATURE OF AMERICAN MINORITIES, 4 Credits
Study of the literature of American minorities: North American Indian, black, Chicano/Chicana, Asian, Middle Eastern, gay and lesbian.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 260H
ENG 265, *FILMS FOR THE FUTURE, 4 Credits
An interdisciplinary study of film, literary, and philosophical visions of the future. Three hours of lecture and separate screenings each week. Film fee required.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
ENG 275, *THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE, 4 Credits
Biblical structure, literary types, ideas, influences.
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 275H
Available via Ecampus
ENG 275H, *THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE, 4 Credits
Biblical structure, literary types, ideas, influences.
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 275
ENG 299, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 301, WAYS OF READING, 4 Credits
What’s the difference between reading a book for pleasure and reading it for a class? What kinds of skills are necessary for upper-level work as an English major? What exactly is literary criticism? Pursue these questions by studying a selection of texts paired with works providing historical and critical context. Learn how to think and write like a literary critic by reading carefully, discussing these works in class, and writing analytical essays.
ENG 302, ^WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE, 4 Credits
Explore the conventions of academic writing, with the goal of developing original textual interpretations and situating those interpretations in relation to secondary sources. Develop an understanding of a broader scholarly conversation by writing about issues of difference, including but not limited to categories of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, and ability. Practice evaluating scholarly resources, including secondary sources and archival research.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
Prerequisite: ENG 301 with D- or better
ENG 304, CAREER PREPARATION FOR ENGLISH MAJORS, 2 Credits
Introduces students majoring in English to tasks and processes needed to successfully prepare for a future career. Includes exercises in self-reflection, guidance in exploring professional options and networking, and feedback on job-seeking materials.
Prerequisite: ENG 301 with D- or better
ENG 311, ^STUDIES IN BRITISH PROSE, 4 Credits
An introduction to the prose genre in British literature with intensive practice in reading and writing practices for literary study.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
ENG 317, *THE AMERICAN NOVEL: BEGINNINGS TO CHOPIN, 4 Credits
Chronological survey of the novel in America. Covers from the beginnings to Chopin.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
ENG 318, *THE AMERICAN NOVEL: MODERNIST PERIOD, 4 Credits
Chronological survey of the novel in America. Covers Modernist Period from Dreiser to Faulkner.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Available via Ecampus
ENG 319, *THE AMERICAN NOVEL: POST-WORLD WAR II, 4 Credits
Chronological survey of the novel in America. Covers Post-World War II: Mailer to the present.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
ENG 320, *STUDIES IN PAGE, STAGE, AND SCREEN, 4 Credits
Study of a particular theme, genre, movement, or author through the relations of text and performance. Topics change from term to term and may include content from film, drama, digital sources, and other visual media. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
ENG 321, *STUDIES IN WORD, OBJECT, AND IMAGE, 4 Credits
Study of a particular theme, genre, movement, or author through the relations of texts to material artifacts and/or static visual objects (e.g., paintings, engravings, printed matter, or photographs). Topics change from term to term. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
ENG 322, *STUDIES IN GLOBALISM, TEXT, AND EVENT, 4 Credits
Study of a particular theme, genre, movement, or author as informed by patterns of globalization, issues in international relations, and/or landmark moments of cultural exchange. Topics change from term to term.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
ENG 330, *THE HOLOCAUST IN LITERATURE AND FILM, 4 Credits
Study of fiction, memoir, and film representing Nazi Holocaust of European Jewry. Reviews history of racial Anti-Semitism and rise of Nazism as context for textual analysis of Holocaust literature. Examines literary and filmic form as productive to social awareness of the roots, events, and aftermath of the Holocaust. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts
ENG 340, LITERATURES OF THE COAST, 4 Credits
Introduces the diverse means by which literature and the arts represent coastal and marine life. The working thesis is that modern cultural artifacts and literary theories are reflected in and have the power to transform the societal challenges facing coastal community and ocean health. Explores the significance of such interdisciplinary translations through a variety of generic perspectives including poetry, short story, philosophy, creative nonfiction, and graphic narrative.
ENG 345, INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY, 4 Credits
Focuses on study and analysis of critical frameworks and methodologies for the interpretation of literature and culture.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Prerequisite: ENG 301 (may be taken concurrently) with D- or better
ENG 360, *NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE, 4 Credits
An introduction to the prose and poetry written by Native Americans of the North American continent.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
Available via Ecampus
ENG 362, *AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS, 4 Credits
Study of important literary works of any genre by American women from historical, thematic, or formalist perspectives. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 362H
ENG 375, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, 4 Credits
Surveys a variety of genres, including fairy tales, folktales, and fables, nonsense poetry, picture books, historical and fantasy novels, examining how these texts represent childhood and connect with historical, cultural, and psychological contexts.
Equivalent to: ENG 375H
ENG 375H, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, 4 Credits
Surveys a variety of genres, including fairy tales, folktales and fables, nonsense poetry, picture books, historical and fantasy novels, examining how these texts represent childhood and connect with historical, cultural, and psychological contexts.
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ENG 375
ENG 386, A CULTURAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE: PART I, 4 Credits
The first course in an interdisciplinary sequence that examines the development and interrelationships of American art and literature from contact to the present. Covers Conquest to Civil War. CROSSLISTED as ART 386/ENG 386.
Equivalent to: ART 386
ENG 387, A CULTURAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE: PART II, 4 Credits
The second course in an interdisciplinary sequence that examines the development and interrelationships of American art and literature from contact to the present. Covers Civil War to Harlem Renaissance. CROSSLISTED as ART 387/ENG 387.
Equivalent to: ART 387
ENG 388, A CULTURAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE: PART III, 4 Credits
The third course in an interdisciplinary sequence that examines the development and interrelationships of American art and literature from contact to the present. Covers Great Depression to Postmodernity. CROSSLISTED as ART 388/ENG 388.
Equivalent to: ART 388
ENG 399, SELECTED TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
(H)
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 399H
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 399H, SELECTED TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
(H)
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 399
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 401, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 403, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 406H, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: ENG 406
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 408, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 410, INTERNSHIP IN ENGLISH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: 16 credits of literature; 6 credits of writing beyond WR 121Z
ENG 416, POWER AND REPRESENTATION, 4 Credits
Critical analysis of works by colonized peoples, women, and ethnic minorities, with a focus on the issue of representation.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above
ENG 418, THE ENGLISH NOVEL: VICTORIAN PERIOD, 4 Credits
Selected English novels focusing on those from the Victorian period. (H)
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.
ENG 425, STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE, 4 Credits
Particular genres, themes, and writers in medieval literature. Topics change from term to term. (H)
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.
ENG 427, GLOBAL MEDIEVAL, 4 Credits
Investigates how the “medieval period”, spanning the fall of the Western Roman Empire (5th century CE) and the Fall of Constantinople (1453) and generally cast as European, was a complex millennium of global travel, commerce, and cultural exchange, far more heterogeneous than contemporary television, movies, and medievalising fantasy literature usually depicts. Identifies how the literature, travelogues, and life narratives written in Europe, Africa, and Asia reflect political, religious, philosophical, and artistic interpenetration. Examines how these texts help us redefine the medieval and illuminate modern discourses of the nation-state, debates about race and ethnicity, and the concerns of post- and decoloniality.
Prerequisite: ENG 301 with C- or better
Recommended: 8 credits of 200-level ENG courses
ENG 434, STUDIES IN LITERATURE 1700-1900, 4 Credits
Explores literature and culture of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (1700-1900). Topics vary and address current conversations in eighteenth-century, Romantic, and/ or Victorian studies. Content may include a variety of genres as well as modern responses to older texts and traditions. Emphasizes texts in their historical context and examines the development of social categories, concepts, and/or crises.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: ENG 301; critical thinking, evaluation, and writing skills
ENG 435, STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits
Shakespeare's works from a variety of critical and scholarly perspectives. Not offered every term. (H)
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.
ENG 438, STUDIES IN LITERATURE AFTER 1900, 4 Credits
Explores literature and culture of the twentieth century and beyond. Topics vary and address current conversations in Modernist (early 20th c.), Postmodernist (late 20th c.) and/ or Contemporary (21st c.) period studies. Content may include a variety of genres as well as modern responses to older texts and traditions. Emphasizes texts in their historical context and examines the development of social categories, concepts, and/or crises.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: ENG 301; critical thinking, evaluation, and writing skills
ENG 440, STUDIES IN MODERN IRISH LITERATURE, 4 Credits
Studies in the literature and contexts of the period of Irish writing often referred to as the Irish Renaissance. Authors may include Yeats, Joyce, Shaw, O'Casey, Gregory, Synge, Bowen, Moore, Behan, O'Brien, Kavanaugh, Cronin. Sometimes offered as a study of Joyce's works alone. Topics change from term to term. (H)
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.
ENG 445, ^STUDIES IN NONFICTION, 4 Credits
Particular essayists and journalists, movements, problems, conventions, and types of nonfiction writing in English. Topics change from term to term.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.
Available via Ecampus
ENG 454, MAJOR AUTHORS, 4 Credits
Advanced study of major and influential authors from various cultures and backgrounds. Subjects change from term to term. Not offered every year. (H)
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.
ENG 460, STUDIES IN DRAMA, 4 Credits
Particular dramatists, movements, conventions, and types of world drama. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term. (H)
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.
ENG 465, STUDIES IN THE NOVEL, 4 Credits
Particular novelists, movements, conventions, and types of the novel throughout its history. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term. (H)
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.
ENG 470, ^STUDIES IN POETRY, 4 Credits
Particular poets, movements, problems, conventions, and types of poetry in English or English translation. Topics change from term to term.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.
ENG 480, STUDIES IN LITERATURE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits
Study of literature in its relationship to society and culture; study of literary culture. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term. (H)
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: FILM 480
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.
ENG 482, STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, CULTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 4 Credits
Creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and film from the mid-19th century to the present, examining relationships between rural and urban, and investigating the development of important patterns in how the physical environment is perceived, represented, interpreted, and used in the United States.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.
ENG 485, ^STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, 4 Credits
Special topics in American literary history. Organized around movements, regions, themes, or major authors. Topics change from term to term.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.
ENG 488, LITERATURE AND PEDAGOGY, 4 Credits
Practices, approaches, histories, and theories of teaching literature appropriate for secondary through college settings. Considers text selection, assignments, and evaluation. (H)
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
ENG 489, WRITING, LITERATURE AND MEDICINE, 4 Credits
Considers medical themes in literature, social meanings of illness, and writing strategies appropriate to the healing arts.
ENG 490, HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, 4 Credits
A study of the origins, changes, and reasons for changes in the grammar, sounds, and vocabulary of English from its earliest stages through its modern forms.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above
ENG 497, *INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S VOICES, 4 Credits
A study of women and literature in an international context, focusing on the cultural differences among women and the effects of gender on language and literature.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above
ENG 499, SELECTED TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
(H)
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.
ENG 501, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
ENG 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 506, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 507, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
CROSSLISTED as AMS 507/ENG 507.
Equivalent to: AMS 507
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 510, GRADUATE INTERNSHIP IN ENGLISH, 1-2 Credits
Provides graduate students with supervised, on-the-job work experience and professional development. Graded P/N.
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
ENG 512, STUDIES IN BRITISH THEATER AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits
Study of major dramatists and the audiences they addressed, of socio-economic conditions and their interrelations with theatrical institutions. Readings may include dramatic and non-dramatic literature. Historical period and content may vary.
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
ENG 514, INTRODUCTION TO GRADUATE STUDIES, 4 Credits
Introduction to the MA program; theories and methods of English studies. Offered fall term only. Required for first-year MA students.
ENG 516, POWER AND REPRESENTATION, 4 Credits
Critical analysis of works by colonized peoples, women, and ethnic minorities, with a focus on the issue of representation. Not offered every year.
ENG 521X, STUDIES IN WORD, OBJECT, AND IMAGE, 4 Credits
Study of a particular theme, genre, movement, or author through the relations of texts to material artifacts and/or static visual objects (e.g., paintings, engravings, printed matter, or photographs).
ENG 525, STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE, 4 Credits
Particular genres, themes, and writers in medieval literature. Topics change from term to term.
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
ENG 527, GLOBAL MEDIEVAL, 4 Credits
Investigates how the “medieval period”, spanning the fall of the Western Roman Empire (5th century CE) and the Fall of Constantinople (1453) and generally cast as European, was a complex millennium of global travel, commerce, and cultural exchange, far more heterogeneous than contemporary television, movies, and medievalising fantasy literature usually depicts. Identifies how the literature, travelogues, and life narratives written in Europe, Africa, and Asia reflect political, religious, philosophical, and artistic interpenetration. Examines how these texts help us redefine the medieval and illuminate modern discourses of the nation-state, debates about race and ethnicity, and the concerns of post- and decoloniality.
ENG 534, STUDIES IN LITERATURE 1700-1900, 4 Credits
Explores literature and culture of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (1700-1900). Topics vary and address current conversations in eighteenth-century, Romantic, and/ or Victorian studies. Content may include a variety of genres as well as modern responses to older texts and traditions. Emphasizes texts in their historical context and examines the development of social categories, concepts, and/or crises.
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
ENG 535, STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits
Shakespeare's works from a variety of critical and scholarly perspectives. Not offered every term.
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: At least one quarter of Shakespeare
ENG 538, STUDIES IN LITERATURE AFTER 1900, 4 Credits
Explores literature and culture of the twentieth century and beyond. Topics vary and address current conversations in Modernist (early 20th c.), Postmodernist (late 20th c.) and/ or Contemporary (21st c.) period studies. Content may include a variety of genres as well as modern responses to older texts and traditions. Emphasizes texts in their historical context and examines the development of social categories, concepts, and/or crises.
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
ENG 540, STUDIES IN MODERN IRISH LITERATURE, 4 Credits
Studies in the literature and context of the period of Irish writing often referred to as the Irish Renaissance. Authors may include Yeats, Joyce, Shaw, O'Casey, Gregory, Synge, Bowen, Moore, Behan, O'Brien, Kavanaugh, Cronin. Sometimes offered as a study of Joyce's works alone. Topics change from term to term.
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
ENG 545, STUDIES IN NONFICTION, 4 Credits
Particular essayists and journalists, movements, problems, conventions, and types of nonfiction writing in English. Topics change from term to term.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 554, MAJOR AUTHORS, 4 Credits
Advanced study of major and influential authors from various cultures and backgrounds. Subjects change from term to term. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
ENG 560, STUDIES IN DRAMA, 4 Credits
Particular dramatists, movements, conventions, and types of world drama. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term.
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
ENG 565, STUDIES IN THE NOVEL, 4 Credits
Particular novelists, movements, conventions, and types of the novel throughout its history. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term.
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
ENG 570, STUDIES IN POETRY, 4 Credits
Particular poets, movements, problems, conventions, and types of poetry in English or English translation. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term.
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
ENG 575, STUDIES IN CRITICISM, 4 Credits
Particular critics, critical movements, issues, and histories of criticism. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every year.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 580, STUDIES IN LITERATURE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits
Study of literature in its relationship to society and culture; study of literary culture. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term.
Equivalent to: FILM 580
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
ENG 582, STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, CULTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 4 Credits
Creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and film from the mid-19th century to the present, examining relationships between rural and urban, and investigating the development of important patterns in how the physical environment is perceived, represented, interpreted, and used in the United States.
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
ENG 585, STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, 4 Credits
Special topics in American literary history. Organized around movements, regions, themes, or major authors. Topics change from term to term.
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
ENG 588, LITERATURE AND PEDAGOGY, 4 Credits
Practices, approaches, histories, and theories of teaching literature appropriate for secondary through college settings. Considers text selection, assignments, and evaluation.
ENG 589, WRITING, LITERATURE AND MEDICINE, 4 Credits
Considers medical themes in literature, social meanings of illness, and writing strategies appropriate to the healing arts.
ENG 590, HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, 4 Credits
A study of the origins, changes, and reasons for changes in the grammar, sounds, and vocabulary of English from its earliest stages through its modern forms.
Film Studies (FILM)
FILM 110, *INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1895-1945, 3 Credits
An introduction to the serious study of world cinema, 1895-1945. Class lectures will offer a variety of historical, critical and theoretical approaches. Weekly screenings of important films from the U.S., Europe, and Asia accompany the lectures. Film fee required.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
FILM 125, *INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1945-PRESENT, 3 Credits
Provides an introduction to the serious study of world cinema, 1945-present. Class lectures will offer a variety of historical, critical and theoretical approaches. Weekly screenings of important films from the U.S., Europe, and Asia accompany the lectures. Film fee required.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
FILM 145, *INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1968-1999, 3 Credits
Explores and examines American and European cinema, 1968-1999. Emphasizes on important films and filmmakers of the era as well as key events in American and European cultural history.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts
Equivalent to: FILM 145H
Available via Ecampus
FILM 145H, *INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1968-1999, 3 Credits
Explores and examines American and European cinema, 1968-1999. Emphasizes on important films and filmmakers of the era as well as key events in American and European cultural history.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: FILM 145
Available via Ecampus
FILM 220, *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION, 4 Credits
A comparative treatment of literary topics in the context of institutional and systematic discrimination. Not offered every year. CROSSLISTED as ENG 220/FILM 220. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
FILM 220H, *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION, 4 Credits
A comparative treatment of literary topics in the context of institutional and systematic discrimination. Not offered every year. CROSSLISTED as ENG 220/FILM 220. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
FILM 245, *THE NEW AMERICAN CINEMA, 4 Credits
A formalist, ideological, and commercial investigation into contemporary American cinema.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: FILM 245H
Available via Ecampus
FILM 245H, *THE NEW AMERICAN CINEMA, 4 Credits
A formalist, ideological, and commercial investigation into contemporary American cinema.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: FILM 245
FILM 255, *WORLD CINEMA PART I: ORIGINS TO 1968, 4 Credits
A systematic introduction to the arts and history of international cinema, from the invention of the medium in 1895 to the rise of New Wave and Third Cinema in the 1960s. Weekly screenings of films such as Rashomon, Tokyo Story, Pather Parchali, Terra em Transe, and La Noire de. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts
FILM 256, *WORLD CINEMA PART II: 1968-PRESENT, 4 Credits
A systematic introduction to the arts and history of international cinema, from the decolonization movement in the 1960s and the 1970s to the dynamics of globalization that we are experiencing today. Weekly screenings include such films as A Better Tomorrow, Chungking Express, Spirited Away, Oldboy, Bombay, and City of God. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts
FILM 265, *FILMS FOR THE FUTURE, 4 Credits
An interdisciplinary study of film, literary, and philosophical visions of the future. Three hours of lecture and separate screenings each week. Film fee required.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
FILM 265H, *FILMS FOR THE FUTURE, 4 Credits
An interdisciplinary study of film, literary, and philosophical visions of the future. Three hours of lecture and separate screenings each week. Film fee required.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
FILM 310, *FILM THEORY AND CRITICISM, 4 Credits
Survey of significant works and movements in film theory and criticism, from classical to contemporary eras. Begins with the question of what distinguishes film from other visual arts, pursuing questions about the ontology of film, medium specificity, and aesthetics. Proceeds with investigations concerning issues of technology, authorship, genre, the avant-garde, gender, race and ethnicity, commercialism, transnationalism, queer theory, and affect. Weekly screenings will supplement class readings, lectures and discussions.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts
Prerequisite: FILM 110 with C or better or FILM 125 with C or better
FILM 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: FILM 399H
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 399H, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: FILM 399
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 445, DOCUMENTARY FILM STUDIES, 4 Credits
Examines the worldwide development of documentary filmmaking. Interrogates the nature, form, and function of non-fiction cinematic forms by analyzing diverse films, filmmakers, and theoretical models, while paying attention to social, technological, and aesthetic influences. Studies significant modes of documentary including the city symphony, political documentary, direct cinema/cinema verite, and postmodern documentary. Pays special attention to the cross-fertilization of non-fiction with other filmmaking modes. Seeks to answer the following questions: How do documentary conventions mark the "Real"? How is documentary film a tool for social change?
FILM 452, ^STUDIES IN FILM, 4 Credits
Particular cinematographers, movements, types, conventions, or problems in film. Topics change from term to term. Lecture and separate screenings each week. Film fee required.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above
FILM 480, STUDIES IN FILM, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits
Study of film in its relationship to society and culture; study of film culture.
Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 480
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.
FILM 501, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
FILM 506, SPECIAL PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 507, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 508, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 510, INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 545, DOCUMENTARY FILM STUDIES, 4 Credits
Examines the worldwide development of documentary filmmaking. Interrogates the nature, form, and function of non-fiction cinematic forms by analyzing diverse films, filmmakers, and theoretical models, while paying attention to social, technological, and aesthetic influences. Studies significant modes of documentary including the city symphony, political documentary, direct cinema/cinema verite, and postmodern documentary. Pays special attention to the cross-fertilization of non-fiction with other filmmaking modes. Seeks to answer the following questions: How do documentary conventions mark the "Real"? How is documentary film a tool for social change?
FILM 552, STUDIES IN FILM, 4 Credits
Particular cinematographers, movements, types, conventions, or problems in film. Topics change from term to term. Lecture and separate screenings each week. Film fee required.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 580, STUDIES IN FILM, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits
Study of film in its relationship to society and culture; study of film culture.
Equivalent to: ENG 580
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Written English (WR)
WR 121, *ENGLISH COMPOSITION, 4 Credits
Focuses on analytical writing and rhetorical awareness. Approaches writing as a dynamic process and mode of inquiry, including acts of information literacy, research, analysis, and revision. Builds flexible strategies for using key rhetorical concepts across multiple genres and attending to issues of audience, purpose, convention, and discourse community. Emphasizes revision, particularly at the sentence- and paragraph-level, and establishing a reflective writing process. NO LONGER TAUGHT. REPLACED WITH COMMON COURSE NUMBER WR 121Z.
Attributes: CSW1 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing I
Equivalent to: WR 121H, WR 121HZ, WR 121Z
Recommended: WR 130
Available via Ecampus
WR 121H, *ENGLISH COMPOSITION, 4 Credits
Focuses on analytical writing and rhetorical awareness. Approaches writing as a dynamic process and mode of inquiry, including acts of information literacy, research, analysis, and revision. Builds flexible strategies for using key rhetorical concepts across multiple genres and attending to issues of audience, purpose, convention, and discourse community. Emphasizes revision, particularly at the sentence- and paragraph-level, and establishing a reflective writing process. NO LONGER TAUGHT. REPLACED WITH COMMON COURSE NUMBER WR 121HZ.
Attributes: CSW1 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing I; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WR 121, WR 121HZ, WR 121Z
Recommended: WR 130
WR 121HZ, +*COMPOSITION I, 4 Credits
Engages students in the study and practice of critical thinking, reading, and writing. Focuses on analyzing and composing across varied rhetorical situations and in multiple genres. Applies key rhetorical concepts flexibly and collaboratively throughout writing and inquiry processes.
Attributes: CFWF – Core Ed - Writing Foundations; CSW1 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing I; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WR 121, WR 121H, WR 121Z
Recommended: WR 130
WR 121Z, +*COMPOSITION I, 4 Credits
Engages students in the study and practice of critical thinking, reading, and writing. Focuses on analyzing and composing across varied rhetorical situations and in multiple genres. Applies key rhetorical concepts flexibly and collaboratively throughout writing and inquiry processes.
Attributes: CFWF – Core Ed - Writing Foundations; CSW1 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing I
Equivalent to: WR 121, WR 121H, WR 121HZ
Recommended: WR 130
Available via Ecampus
WR 130, FUNDAMENTALS OF GRAMMAR, SYNTAX, AND SENTENCE BUILDING, 1 Credit
Provides opportunities to improve writing at the sentence level. Focuses on the fundamental elements of the sentence (grammar), the principles and rules of sentence structure (syntax), and techniques for writing meaningful, compelling sentences (sentence building). Use modules, activities, and quizzes to advance understanding of grammar fundamentals and to practice writing, editing, and revising sentences. Emphasizes student questions and applying lessons to other academic writing projects.
WR 199, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 201, *WRITING FOR MEDIA, 3 Credits
Introduction to newspaper style. Introduction to reporting.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II
Recommended: WR 121Z with grade B or higher and 30 wpm typing speed
Available via Ecampus
WR 214, *WRITING IN BUSINESS, 3 Credits
Continued practice in writing with an emphasis on the rhetorical and critical thinking demands of writers in business and industry.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II
Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better or Exam for Waiver - WR 121 with a score of 1
Available via Ecampus
WR 220, *STORIES OF THE US-MEXICO BORDER, 4 Credits
Analyzes stories from and about the US-Mexico border. Explores and challenges conventional ideas about undocumented immigration in the US and considers immigration as a complex phenomenon with various causes. Examines historical and current causes of migration across the US-Mexico border and the difficulties experienced on the migrant trail. Analyzes discriminatory practices of dehumanization, deportation, and detention and reveals immigrant resistance to oppression.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: WR 220H
Available via Ecampus
WR 220H, *STORIES OF THE US-MEXICO BORDER, 4 Credits
Analyzes stories from and about the US-Mexico border. Explores and challenges conventional ideas about undocumented immigration in the US and considers immigration as a complex phenomenon with various causes. Examines historical and current causes of migration across the US-Mexico border and the difficulties experienced on the migrant trail. Analyzes discriminatory practices of dehumanization, deportation, and detention and reveals immigrant resistance to oppression.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WR 220
WR 224, *INTRODUCTION TO FICTION WRITING, 3 Credits
Discussion workshop. Student work examined in context of contemporary published work.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II; LACF – Liberal Arts Fine Arts Core
Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better or Exam for Waiver - WR 121 with a score of 1
Equivalent to: WR 224H
Available via Ecampus
WR 224H, *INTRODUCTION TO FICTION WRITING, 3 Credits
Discussion workshop. Student work examined in context of contemporary published work.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACF – Liberal Arts Fine Arts Core
Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better or Exam for Waiver - WR 121 with a score of 1
Equivalent to: WR 224
WR 227HZ, *TECHNICAL WRITING, 4 Credits
Introduces students to producing instructive, informative, and persuasive technical/professional documents aimed at well-defined and achievable outcomes. Focuses on presenting information using rhetorically appropriate style, design, vocabulary, structure, and visuals. Gathers, reads, and analyzes information and learns a variety of strategies for producing accessible, usable, reader-centered deliverable documents that are clear, concise, and ethical.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Prerequisite: WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better or WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or Exam for Waiver - WR 121 with a score of 1
Equivalent to: WR 227Z
Available via Ecampus
WR 227Z, *TECHNICAL WRITING, 4 Credits
Introduces students to producing instructive, informative, and persuasive technical/professional documents aimed at well-defined and achievable outcomes. Focuses on presenting information using rhetorically appropriate style, design, vocabulary, structure, and visuals. Gathers, reads, and analyzes information and learns a variety of strategies for producing accessible, usable, reader-centered deliverable documents that are clear, concise, and ethical.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II
Prerequisite: WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better or WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or Exam for Waiver - WR 121 with a score of 1
Equivalent to: WR 227HZ
Available via Ecampus
WR 230, *ESSENTIALS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR, 3 Credits
Introduces students to the structure of sentences with a focus on beginning grammar. Students in WR 230 will learn the differences between clauses and phrases, how to recognize subjects and predicates in a variety of sentence types, how to avoid the most common grammatical errors in student writing, and how to use punctuation correctly--and with intention. Students will complete readings, watch videos, participate in discussions, and demonstrate understanding through weekly quizzes. They will also challenge themselves with numerous writing activities, and complete writing analysis projects. (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II
Available via Ecampus
WR 240, *INTRODUCTION TO NONFICTION WRITING, 3 Credits
Discussion workshop. Student work examined in context of contemporary published work.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II; LACF – Liberal Arts Fine Arts Core
Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better
This course is repeatable for 9 credits.
Available via Ecampus
WR 241, *INTRODUCTION TO POETRY WRITING, 3 Credits
Discussion workshop. Rudiments of mechanics and some background in development of modern poetry.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II; LACF – Liberal Arts Fine Arts Core
Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better or Exam for Waiver - WR 121 with a score of 1
Available via Ecampus
WR 250, *PODCAST STORYTELLING, 3 Credits
Focuses on the skills needed to write, record, and produce informative and engaging podcasts. Students develop themes, write scripts, conduct interviews, and learn to make thoughtful editing decisions in the production of audio podcasts.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II
Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better
WR 299, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 301, *PUBLISHING AND EDITING, 3 Credits
Invites students to learn about editing and copyediting techniques, broader editorial decisions, and current publishing platforms. Students will learn about scholarly publishing in the U.S. and about how social media and public relations fit into this world. Participants will also explore editing within a rhetorical dimension, considering purpose and audience, as well as conventions of grammar, mechanics, and usage. Students will review a scholarly article reporting on research in editing and/or publishing; as well as develop a publication-ready work of their own. As part of a final project, the class will work toward a collaborative publication.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II
Prerequisite: WR 121 with D- or better or WR 121H with D- or better or WR 121Z with D- or better or WR 121HZ with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
WR 303, *WRITING FOR THE WEB, 3 Credits
Concerns the production of instructive, informative, and rhetorically savvy writing for Web-based locations and applications. Helps people find information, get things done, convey their opinions, build communities, and collaborate on complex projects.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II
Prerequisite: WR 121 with D- or better or WR 121H with D- or better or WR 121Z with D- or better or WR 121HZ with D- or better
Available via Ecampus
WR 310, WRITING THE YOUNG ADULT NOVEL, 3 Credits
Explores the literary Young Adult (YA) novel by analyzing the plot, character, language, setting, and voice of established authors. Incorporates YA-specific craft elements to produce novelistic and literary writing. Develops and adapts an established structure and outline for a YA novel. Embarks on YA novel writing journey with rigorous revisions from peer review and instructor feedback.
Prerequisite: WR 224 with C- or better or WR 224H with C- or better
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
Available via Ecampus
WR 311, WRITING SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY, 4 Credits
Analyzes contemporary, literary, science-fiction and fantasy short stories and novels to identify and integrate writing techniques. Examines the ways in which these genres comment on our current social constructs and imagine new ones. Practices genre-specific conventions, such as rules of technology or magic. Applies concepts learned to write fiction scenes and stories.
Recommended: WR 224; analytical, critical thinking, and writing skills
WR 320, NARRATIVE MEDICINE: BODIES, BEHAVIORS, AND BELIEFS, 4 Credits
Focuses on contemporary poetry and nonfiction by writers who are medical professionals, patients, and caregivers. Studies the authors’ different perspectives to consider the griefs and joys, concerns and comforts they have in common. Explores the body’s struggles and failures, recoveries and triumphs. Encourages a heightened sense of empathy and develops a practice of thoughtful self-examination through in-depth class discussions and weekly writing prompts.
WR 323, *ADVANCED WRITING & ARGUMENTATION, 3 Credits
Explores advanced argumentation and writes research-based essays to persuade specific audiences. Analyzes texts to evaluate rhetorical purpose and genre conventions. Develops advanced information literacy skills, evaluating and incorporating appropriate research sources. Applies stylistic awareness in writing through close attention to audience and rhetorical context. Crafts advanced strategies for writing processes, collaborating with peers and/or instructor to develop drafts, revise, and reflect to improve transfer to future writing contexts.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II
Prerequisite: WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better or WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or Exam for Waiver - WR 121 with a score of 1
Equivalent to: WR 323H
Available via Ecampus
WR 323H, *ADVANCED WRITING & ARGUMENTATION, 3 Credits
Explores advanced argumentation and writes research-based essays to persuade specific audiences. Analyzes texts to evaluate rhetorical purpose and genre conventions. Develops advanced information literacy skills, evaluating and incorporating appropriate research sources. Applies stylistic awareness in writing through close attention to audience and rhetorical context. Crafts advanced strategies for writing processes, collaborating with peers and/or instructor to develop drafts, revise, and reflect to improve transfer to future writing contexts.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Prerequisite: WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better or WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or Exam for Waiver - WR 121 with a score of 1
Equivalent to: WR 323
WR 324, SHORT STORY WRITING, 4 Credits
Study and writing of the short story. (FA)
Attributes: LACF – Liberal Arts Fine Arts Core
Prerequisite: WR 224 with D- or better or WR 224H with D- or better
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Available via Ecampus
WR 327, *TECHNICAL WRITING, 3 Credits
Continued practice in writing with an emphasis on the rhetorical and critical thinking demands of writers in scientific and technological fields. NO LONGER TAUGHT. REPLACED WITH COMMON COURSE NUMBER WR 227Z.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II
Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or Exam for Waiver - WR 121 with a score of 1
Equivalent to: WR 327H
Available via Ecampus
WR 330, *UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR, 3 Credits
Advanced study of traditional grammatical forms and conventional grammatical terms with emphasis on the assumptions underlying the structure of traditional grammar.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II
Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better or Exam for Waiver - WR 121 with a score of 1
Available via Ecampus
WR 340, CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING, 4 Credits
Intermediate study and writing of creative nonfiction.
Attributes: LACF – Liberal Arts Fine Arts Core
Prerequisite: WR 240 with D- or better
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Available via Ecampus
WR 341, POETRY WRITING, 4 Credits
Study and writing of verse. (FA)
Attributes: LACF – Liberal Arts Fine Arts Core
Prerequisite: WR 241 with D- or better
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
WR 353, WRITING ABOUT PLACES, 3 Credits
Utilizing personal experience, reading, and research, students, study, discuss, and practice the conventions of writing about place far and near, global and local, for various audiences and in a range of formats.
Prerequisite: WR 121 with D- or better or WR 121H with D- or better or WR 121Z with D- or better or WR 121HZ with D- or better
WR 362, *SCIENCE WRITING, 3 Credits
Students learn and practice the conventions for writing scientific material for a variety of audiences. Involves writing and research assignments, multimedia presentations, lecture, and in-class and online activities.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II
Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better
Equivalent to: WR 362H
Available via Ecampus
WR 362H, *SCIENCE WRITING, 3 Credits
Students learn and practice the conventions for writing scientific material for a variety of audiences. Involves writing and research assignments, multimedia presentations, lecture, and in-class and online activities.
Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better
Equivalent to: WR 362
WR 383, FOOD WRITING, 4 Credits
Focuses on the skills needed to write, edit, and publish engaging stories about food, from recipes to food magazine features. Develops story ideas, practices reporting on those ideas using journalistic techniques, and learns fundamental skills about the publishing process.
Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
WR 390, HABITS OF CREATIVE PRACTICE, 2 Credits
Explores embodied practices of creative work, defined as the habits, tools, and procedures used by writers, artists, scholars, engineers, programmers, or other practitioners to shape the physical, emotional, and intellectual experience of sitting down to work on a project. Examines creative practice techniques from established practitioners in multiple genres and disciplines. Inventories material, psychological, and social conditions that influence the generation of creative work. Offers collaborative framework for student-designed experimentation with various elements of and approaches to creative practice to create individualized portfolios of adaptable habits, rituals, and strategies.
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
Recommended: Collaboration, writing, and self-reflection skills
WR 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: WR 399H
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 399H, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: WR 399
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 401, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 403, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 404, WRITING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 406, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
WR 407, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 408, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 411, ^THE TEACHING OF WRITING, 4 Credits
Pedagogy and theory in composition; prepares teachers (secondary through college) in writing process, assignment design, evaluation, and grammar. Also focuses on students' own writing.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
WR 414, ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING, 4 Credits
Writing news releases, annual reports, brochures, newsletters, and other PR materials. Writing advertising copy.
Prerequisite: WR 121 with B or better or WR 121H with B or better or WR 121Z with B or better or WR 121HZ with B or better
Available via Ecampus
WR 420, STUDIES IN WRITING, 4 Credits
Selected topics in rhetoric and composition.
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Available via Ecampus
WR 424, ADVANCED FICTION WRITING, 4 Credits
Workshop. (FA)
Attributes: LACF – Liberal Arts Fine Arts Core
Prerequisite: WR 324 with D- or better
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
WR 435, SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, & PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION CAPSTONE, 1 Credit
Complete a portfolio comprised of material generated throughout previous courses in the Certificate in Scientific, Technical, and Professional Communication.
Recommended: Completion of 18 credits towards the Scientific, Technical, and Professional Communication Certificate
WR 440, ADVANCED CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING, 4-8 Credits
An advanced course in creative nonfiction writing, centered around workshops of polished material.
Prerequisite: WR 340 with D- or better
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
WR 441, ADVANCED POETRY WRITING, 4 Credits
Advanced poetry workshop.
Attributes: LACF – Liberal Arts Fine Arts Core
Prerequisite: WR 341 with D- or better
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
WR 448, MAGAZINE ARTICLE WRITING, 4 Credits
Writing the magazine article. Analyzing markets and writing query and cover letters, marketing manuscripts to magazines. Interviewing and researching.
WR 449, CRITICAL REVIEWING, 4 Credits
Writing critical reviews of books, television programs, movies, plays, and restaurants for newspapers and magazines. The role of criticism in popular culture.
WR 460, ^WRITING OF THE SEA, 4 Credits
Introduces the traditions and modalities of writing used in marine studies disciplines, including technical, creative, analytical, and journalistic writing. Uses rhetorical structure and strategies to express personal beliefs about, responses to, and ethical commitments toward the world’s oceans.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
Equivalent to: WR 460X
WR 462, ^ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING, 4 Credits
Writing about environmental topics from multiple perspectives. Includes science journalism, research and writing on current scientific issues and controversies, and theories of rhetoric and environmentalism.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better
This course is repeatable for 12 credits.
Available via Ecampus
WR 466, ^ADVANCED TECHNICAL WRITING, 4 Credits
Introduces the texts, contexts, and concepts important to the practice of professional communication in organizational contexts, addressing practical writing skills, rhetoric, and ethics. Course readings concern what professional technical writers do and what theories govern their actions, bridging the gap between real-world problems and academic research. Emphasizes solving real-world writing and communication problems with empirical research, usability testing, and information design.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
Prerequisite: WR 121 with D- or better or WR 121H with D- or better
WR 475, RHETORICS OF RACE, 4 Credits
By exploring the interrelated concepts of race, racialization, and racism, Rhetorics of Race problematizes race as a taken-for-granted phenomenon. Through reading, writing, and discussion, class participants study racial formations as historically specific and analyze contemporary forms of racism in the US. Readings and discussion pay close attention to how rhetoric and discourse have the power to reproduce and challenge white supremacy and race-based oppressions. Emphasizing the intersectionality of oppression—that racism necessarily takes place at intersections with other forms of subordination including sexism, homophobia, ablelism, etc.—Rhetorics of Race draws from Queer Black Feminism, Chican@ Feminism, and Critical Race Theory.
WR 495, ^INTRODUCTION TO LITERACY STUDIES, 4 Credits
Literacy studies in multidisciplinary contexts. Examines historical, theoretical, and practical relationships among reading, writing, language, culture, and schooling.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
WR 497, DIGITAL LITERACY AND CULTURE, 4 Credits
From pencils to pixels, telegraphs to texts, and semaphores to social networking, Digital Literacy and Culture focuses on the relationships between human expression and the technologies that provide context, meaning, and shape to those expressions.
Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better
WR 499, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 500, MFA RESIDENCY, 1-20 Credits
Low-Residency Masters of Fine Arts Residency. Required course for graduate students in the Low-Residency Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.
This course is repeatable for 48 credits.
WR 501, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
WR 504, WRITING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 506, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 507, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 508, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 509, PRACTICUM, 1-16 Credits
Required practicum for graduate students teaching introduction to poetry writing.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
WR 511, THE TEACHING OF WRITING, 4 Credits
Pedagogy and theory in composition; prepares teachers (secondary through college) in writing process, assignment design, evaluation, and grammar. Also focuses on student's own writing.
WR 512, CURRENT COMPOSITION THEORY, 4 Credits
Current rhetoric and composition theory and its applications for teachers and writers.
WR 513, LOW-RESIDENCY MFA MENTORSHIP, 5-12 Credits
Low-Residency Masters of Fine Arts Mentorship. Required course for graduate students in the Low-Residency Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.
This course is repeatable for 36 credits.
WR 515, M.A. THESIS WRITING, 1 Credit
Explores, evaluates, and integrates MA thesis genre conventions, strategies for drafting and revising prose, and productive and healthy writing habits specifically for graduate students in writing, literature, and film. Produces a draft of one thesis chapter.
This course is repeatable for 5 credits.
WR 517, TEACHING PRACTICUM: ENGLISH COMPOSITION, 2 Credits
Required practicum for graduate students teaching English Composition.
WR 519, TEACHING PRACTICUM: WR 222, 1 Credit
This practicum prepares graduate teaching assistants to teach Writing 222 (Argumentation). It includes both theoretical and practical components, providing an overview of the curriculum and addressing course development, lesson planning, and pedagogical best practices. The practicum is required for SWLF graduate students with a focus in rhetoric and composition.
WR 520, STUDIES IN WRITING, 4 Credits
Selected topics in rhetoric and composition.
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Available via Ecampus
WR 521, TEACHING PRACTICUM: FICTION WRITING, 1 Credit
Required practicum for graduate students teaching introduction to fiction writing.
This course is repeatable for 3 credits.
WR 522, TEACHING PRACTICUM: POETRY WRITING, 1 Credit
Required practicum for graduate students teaching introduction to poetry writing.
This course is repeatable for 3 credits.
WR 523, TEACHING PRACTICUM: NONFICTION WRITING, 1 Credit
Required practicum for graduate students teaching introduction to nonfiction writing.
This course is repeatable for 3 credits.
WR 524, ADVANCED FICTION WRITING, 4 Credits
Advanced fiction workshop with an emphasis on developing longer pieces.
This course is repeatable for 24 credits.
WR 526, READING FOR WRITERS, 3 Credits
Illustrates the generative potential that revision holds for writers. Cultivates strategies for naming or creating writing opportunities and chances for discovery, practices revising a significant work of original writing.
WR 529, COMPASSIONATE CRITIQUE, 3 Credits
Conducts a close study of the unique, complicated dynamics at work in peer critique, with an emphasis on strategies for response that might challenge familiar modes of criticism and traditional workshop dynamics. Implements the basics of workshop; students practice reading and critiquing peers’ work across different genres.
WR 530, INTRODUCTION TO WRITING POETRY, 3 Credits
Practices the sharing of original work and critiquing the poetry of others. Creates an opportunity to experiment with writing in different poetics styles and forms.
WR 531, INTRODUCTION TO WRITING FICTION, 3 Credits
Introduces the craft of writing fiction through discussion of fundamental storytelling techniques such as plot design, character arcs, narrative structure and issues relating to pacing, tone and style. Discusses student work and devises specific strategies for brainstorming, troubleshooting and revising.
WR 532, INTRODUCTION TO WRITING CREATIVE NONFICTION, 3 Credits
Practices the sharing of original work and critique the work of others. Explore the freedoms and limitations inherent in this genre through supplemental readings and through in-class generative writing prompts.
WR 533, ADVANCED POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP, 3 Credits
Practices ethically engaged workshop skills and enacts a regular writing and revision process to strengthen/revise a substantial body of original work. Participate in group writing exercises.
Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B] and WR 530 [B]
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
WR 534, ADVANCED FICTION WRITING WORKSHOP, 3 Credits
Addresses advanced issues of craft, including sophisticated storytelling techniques, achieving consistency (tone, balance, rhythm), and other key elements of successful sustained narratives (character arcs, plot design, structural dynamics).
Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B] and WR 531 [B]
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
WR 535, ADVANCED CREATIVE NONFICTION, 3 Credits
Focuses on advanced issues of craft, emphasizing how life events or circumstances can be used to ground inquiry and reflect on larger social, political, and cultural domains. Includes synthesizing research artfully, achieving consistency (tone, balance, proportion), experimenting with innovative techniques, becoming more rhetorically aware, and revising intentionally.
Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B] and WR 532 [B]
This course is repeatable for 6 credits.
WR 536, REVISION, 2 Credits
Focuses on the generative potential of revision. Discusses and analyzes texts by well-known writers on the value of revision and revision strategies. Identifies opportunities for expansion and/or compression in original work. Cultivates editorial strategies that students deploy in peer-evaluations and in the revision of a substantial body of original creatives work.
Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B] and (WR 533 [B] or WR 534 [B] or WR 535 [B])
WR 537, WRITING FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 3 Credits
Build graduate-level writing and rhetorical skills and identify and utilize the conventions of researched-based writing in their field with the end goal of being more confident and effective writers of academic argument. Analyze writing in their own fields, develop papers through all stages of the writing process, and work to expand graduate-level academic vocabulary and scientific and technical writing conventions.
This course is repeatable for 15 credits.
WR 538, CREATIVE WRITING PEDAGOGY, 2 Credits
Supports participants in developing their own philosophy and approach to creative writing pedagogy. Explores points of confluence between workshop, pedagogical best practices, arts education, and social justice through practicum (designing and implementing unique Teaching Portfolios and Teaching Philosophies), as well as discussion and reflection on essays about MFA programs and teaching by field leaders. Synthesizes practicum outcomes through peer-participation and peer review.
WR 539, CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN SPANISH: TALLER DE CREACIÓN LITERARIA EN ESPAÑOL, 3 Credits
English: Critiques texts in Spanish, English and Spanglish from across the Spanish-speaking literary world, including U.S. Latinx authors. Spanish: Estudian textos en Español, Inglés, y Espanglish del mundo hispanohablante, incluyendo autores Latinx de EE.UU. Escriben y comparten obras originales en respuesta a instrucciones y comentan en las obras de sus compañeros.
WR 540, ADVANCED NONFICTION WRITING, 4 Credits
Advanced creative nonfiction workshop with an emphasis on developing longer pieces.
This course is repeatable for 24 credits.
WR 541, ADVANCED POETRY WRITING, 4 Credits
Advanced poetry workshop.
This course is repeatable for 24 credits.
WR 542, PUBLISHING, 2 Credits
Prepares students to participate in the literary marketplace. Topics include how to find the right “fit” for your work, writing the query letter, working with editors, when to get an agent, negotiating a contract, self-publishing and independent publishing.
WR 550, POETRY FOUNDATIONS 1: PROSODY, 3 Credits
Analyzes poetic elements, organized around the history and evolution of poetic forms, including syllable, stanza, and line; of stress, meter, rhyme, and a variety of countings, as well as contemporary explorations of fragmentation, interruption, chance and silence. Demonstrates a range of structural elements, experimental and classic. Integrates craft theory and its application in original student work.
Prerequisite: WR 526 (may be taken concurrently) with B or better and WR 529 (may be taken concurrently) [B]
WR 551, POETRY FOUNDATIONS 2: TRANSNATIONAL TRANSLATIONS, 3 Credits
Introduces a range of writers whose poetry travels across the borders of nation, language, and form, providing a transnational lens on poetic craft. Includes critical essays on the art of translation. Integrates craft theory and analysis and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own writing.
WR 552, POETRY FOUNDATIONS 3: POETICS, 3 Credits
Explores the long tradition of the articulation of the meaning and purpose of poetry, from Aristotle to ‘undocumented poetics.’ Introduces essays and poems that give shape to aesthetic judgments and encourages students to respond in their own writing to the history of poetic ideas. Craft analysis integrates craft theory and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own writing.
WR 553, POETRY FOUNDATIONS 4: EXPERIMENTAL FORMS, 3 Credits
Introduces a range of experimental poetry by writers from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Examines and interrogates the role of “identity,” “narrative,” and “the lyric I” in poetic traditions. Integrates craft theory and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own writing.
WR 554, FICTION FOUNDATIONS 1: NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS, 3 Credits
Analyzes the formal elements of the craft—narrative structure, character development, point of view consistency, style, detail, imagery, and theme. Identifies specific technical strategies for achieving the writer’s intentions for the work. Considers what general principles might govern story form but also the wide latitude a writer has in addressing them.
Prerequisite: WR 526 (may be taken concurrently) with B or better and WR 529 (may be taken concurrently) [B]
WR 555, FICTION FOUNDATIONS 2: SHORT FICTION, 3 Credits
Tracks the development of short stories from the mid-nineteenth century to present, in English and in translation. Genres may include psychological realism, modernism, and postmodernism. Stories are contextualized historically and in terms of aesthetic tradition. Craft analysis integrates craft theory and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own writing.
WR 556, FICTION FOUNDATIONS 3: NARRATIVE DESIGN, 3 Credits
Examines the design and construction of long fiction narratives with an eye toward the relationship between form and content. Craft analysis integrates craft theory and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own writing.
WR 557, FICTION FOUNDATIONS 4: EXPERIMENTAL FORMS, 3 Credits
Explores experimental approaches to fictional prose, emphasizing writers who work against the conventions of narrative realism. Craft analysis integrates craft theory and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own writing. Readings from various traditions, American and international, showcase discontinuous narratives, metafictional techniques, and non-narrative forms, and serve as models for students’ own writing.
WR 558, CREATIVE NONFICTION FOUNDATIONS: NARRATIVE, 3 Credits
Analyzes the formal elements that creative nonfiction borrows from fiction, including narrative, persona/voice, and characterization. Analyzes the ways nonfiction differs, including the use of double perspective and its effect on narrative structure, the ethics of characterization, and the effective management of narrative distance.
Prerequisite: WR 526 (may be taken concurrently) with B or better and WR 529 (may be taken concurrently) [B]
WR 559, CREATIVE NONFICTION FOUNDATIONS: DOCUMENTARY, 3 Credits
Connects documentary poetics and creative nonfiction through an analysis of style. Readings will demonstrate the use of research strategies, including oral histories, interviews, immersion, and the gathering of information from various types of sources. Uses research to ground and expand the work and experiments with various writing techniques.
WR 560, CREATIVE NONFICTION FOUNDATIONS: LYRIC, 3 Credits
Explores the formal elements that creative nonfiction borrows from poetry: imagery, figurative language, juxtaposition, collage, fragmentation, associative movement, and other nonlinear through-lines. Draws from a diverse array of both writers and styles. Explores how lyrical elements work together in an organic whole through experimentation in original student work.
WR 561, CREATIVE NONFICTION FOUNDATIONS: EXPERIMENTAL FORMS, 3 Credits
Emphasizes innovative nonfiction through investigations of non-traditional approaches such as, the segmented essay, the uses of fabrication and falsification, hypertext and digital experiments, formal innovations, and more. Practice using such boundary-pushing techniques to expand the possibilities of their own nonfiction.
WR 562, ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING, 4 Credits
Writing about environmental topics from multiple perspectives. Includes science journalism, research and writing on current scientific issues and controversies, and theories of rhetoric and environmentalism.
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: WR 121Z
WR 570, CRITICAL STUDIES: READING DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND PRIVILEGE, 2 Credits
Examines texts by writers from diverse communities on topics such as intersectionality, antiracism, and privilege. Discusses how difference, power, and privilege function as content and form in literary texts while writing and sharing original work.
WR 571, CRITICAL STUDIES: WRITING DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND PRIVILEGE, 2 Credits
Analyzes and discusses what writing difference means for literary craft. Assesses moral and ethical dimensions of literary technique and creates original work.
Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B] and WR 570 [B]
WR 572, CRITICAL STUDIES: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, 2 Credits
Explores blending writing practices with promoting the literary arts through community engagement and/or public facing events in traditional and non-traditional settings.
Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B] and WR 570 [B] and WR 571 [B]
WR 573, THESIS & DISSERTATION WRITING, 3 Credits
Supports students who are in the writing stages of their thesis or dissertation. Teaches rhetorical analysis of model texts, techniques for drafting and revising texts, strategies for overcoming writing blocks, and methods of self-care for managing stress.
This course is repeatable for 30 credits.
WR 574, CRITICAL STUDIES: CRITICAL INTRODUCTION, 3 Credits
Prepares students for the writing of the thesis, specifically the Critical Introduction. Explores protocols, terminology and discourse patterns necessary to complete the thesis. Connects program of study to students’ original writing and reflects on chosen forms and future goals.
Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B] and WR 570 [B] and WR 571 [B] and WR 572 [B]
WR 575, RHETORICS OF RACE, 4 Credits
By exploring the interrelated concepts of race, racialization, and racism, Rhetorics of Race problematizes race as a taken-for-granted phenomenon. Through reading, writing, and discussion, class participants study racial formations as historically specific and analyze contemporary forms of racism in the US. Readings and discussion pay close attention to how rhetoric and discourse have the power to reproduce and challenge white supremacy and race-based oppressions. Emphasizing the intersectionality of oppression—that racism necessarily takes place at intersections with other forms of subordination including sexism, homophobia, ablelism, etc.—Rhetorics of Race draws from Queer Black Feminism, Chican@ Feminism, and Critical Race Theory.
WR 585, CONTEMPORARY RHETORIC THEORY, 4 Credits
Familiarizes students with a range of theories that have significantly contributed to or influenced the field of modern and contemporary rhetorical research. Examines scholars, concepts, and methodologies that are central to contemporary rhetorical theory, while touching on key critical theorists who, although may be considered outside the field of rhetoric studies, impact the ways in which language, persuasion, and communication are currently understood. From this work, students develop their own perspectives and generate evidence-based arguments concerning those same issues.
Recommended: WR 121Z
WR 593, THE RHETORICAL TRADITION AND THE TEACHING OF WRITING, 4 Credits
Major past and contemporary theories of written communication, their historical context, and their impact on writing and the teaching of writing.
WR 595, INTRODUCTION TO LITERACY STUDIES, 4 Credits
Literacy studies in multidisciplinary contexts. Examines historical, theoretical, and practical relationships among reading, writing, language, culture, and schooling.
WR 599, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 30 credits.