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.

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. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 104H

Available via Ecampus

ENG 104H, *INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: FICTION, 3 Credits

Study of fiction for greater understanding and enjoyment. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 104

ENG 106, *INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: POETRY, 3 Credits

Study of poetry for greater understanding and enjoyment.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 106H

Available via Ecampus

ENG 106H, *INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: POETRY, 3 Credits

Study of poetry for greater understanding and enjoyment.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 106

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

Greek and Roman mythology, its allusions, continuing influences.

Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

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

Equivalent to: ENG 220H, FILM 220, FILM 220H

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

Equivalent to: ENG 220, FILM 220, FILM 220H

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

Available via Ecampus

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

Equivalent to: FILM 265, FILM 265H

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: CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Course

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. (Writing Intensive Course)

Attributes: CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Course

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

Available via Ecampus

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. Not offered every year. (H) (NC) (Bacc Core Course)

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 406, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 406H

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 407, ^SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits

CROSSLISTED as AMS 407/ENG 407. (Writing Intensive Course)

Attributes: CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Course

Equivalent to: ENG 407H

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. Not offered every year. (H) (Writing Intensive Course)

Attributes: CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Course; 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. Not offered every term. (H) (Writing Intensive Course)

Attributes: CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Course; 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: CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Course; 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 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

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

Equivalent to: ENG 220, ENG 220H, FILM 220H

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

Equivalent to: ENG 220, ENG 220H, FILM 220

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 252X, INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING, 4 Credits

Focuses on the basic components of screenwriting. Explores professional examples of documents intrinsic to the craft—coverage, story treatments, storyboards, script outlines, series bibles and production drafts for films and television shows. Creates students’ versions of several of these forms to generate creative content through a series of “recipes” designed to teach the core concepts of character, setting, dramatic conflict and visual storytelling.

Equivalent to: WR 252X

Available via Ecampus

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

Equivalent to: ENG 265, FILM 265H

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

Equivalent to: ENG 265, FILM 265

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. Not offered every year. (H) (Writing Intensive Course)

Attributes: CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Course; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 452, ENG 452H, FILM 452H

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.

FILM 452H, ^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. Not offered every year. (H) (Writing Intensive Course)

Attributes: CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Course; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 452, FILM 452

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.

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. The term in which the student takes the course is determined alphabetically. (Bacc Core Course)

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. The term in which the student takes the course is determined alphabetically. (Bacc Core Course)

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: 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: 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

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

Available via Ecampus

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 252X, INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING, 4 Credits

Focuses on the basic components of screenwriting. Explores professional examples of documents intrinsic to the craft—coverage, story treatments, storyboards, script outlines, series bibles and production drafts for films and television shows. Creates students’ versions of several of these forms to generate creative content through a series of “recipes” designed to teach the core concepts of character, setting, dramatic conflict and visual storytelling.

Equivalent to: FILM 252X

Available via Ecampus

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 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

Students will write about food and food issues for a variety of audiences, including print and digital, adapting their texts to become increasingly sophisticated critical thinkers and writers who can shape material effectively. Will also address food science and food studies from a historical and cultural background.

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) and (HC 199 [D-] or PHL 121 [D-] or WR 201 [D-] or WR 214 [D-] or WR 222 [D-] or WR 222H [D-] or WR 224 [D-] or WR 224H [D-] or WR 227Z [D-] or WR 227HZ [D-] or WR 228 [D-] or WR 230 [D-] or WR 240 [D-] or WR 241 [D-] or WR 250 [D-] or WR 301 [D-] or WR 303 [D-] or WR 323 [D-] or WR 323H [D-] or WR 327 [D-] or WR 327H [D-] or WR 330 [D-] or WR 362 [D-] or WR 362H [D-])

Available via Ecampus

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.

WR 407, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

Available via Ecampus

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: CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Course

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. (FA)

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 460X, 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.

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: CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Course

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 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. (Writing Intensive Course)

Attributes: CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Course

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 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 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 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 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 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.

Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B]

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 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.

Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B]

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.

Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B]

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.

Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B]

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 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 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.