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2023 Spring Term

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4 Units

INTENSIVE COLLEGE WRITING AND READING

ENGLISH 100

An intensive introduction to college writing and reading for students with appropriate placement scores. Emphasis on textual analysis of a variety of genres (both fiction and nonfiction), critical argumentation, the writing process, conventions of academic prose, and improvement of grammatical control and proofreading skills.


3 Units

INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE WRITING AND READING

ENGLISH 101

Critical reading and writing with emphasis on textual analysis of a variety of genres (both fiction and nonfiction), critical argumentation, the writing process, and conventions of academic prose.


3 Units

INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE WRITING, READING, AND RESEARCH

ENGLISH 102

Continuation of ENGLISH 100/ENGLISH 101 with additional emphasis on modes of inquiry, the research process, and the completion of a formally documented, argument-based research paper.


3 Units

POPULAR CULTURE AND LITERATURE

ENGLISH 110

This course introduces students to the textual study of popular culture in such forms as film, television, video games, or comics by pairing such texts with literary periods and/or movements that inform them. Students will question the boundaries between "high culture" and popular culture as reflected in the mass media.


3 Units

BRITISH LITERATURE SURVEY II

ENGLISH 216

A survey of British literature from the Romantic period to the present.


3 Units

AMERICAN LITERATURE II

ENGLISH 236

A survey of American Literature from the Civil War to the present to acquaint the student with the foremost writers of our literary culture.


3 Units

THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE

ENGLISH 252

This course will survey the Bible and some other related Near Eastern literature, focusing on the development of genres, motifs, and other literary forms that have influenced the form and content of Western literature, including the parable, the proverb, the loss of Eden, exile and return, origin stories, and hero stories.


3 Units

AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURE

ENGLISH 260

Explore American environmental literature (creative non-fiction/fiction/poetry) from its orgins, with special attention to key authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, John Muir, Teddy Roosevelt, Aldo Leopold, Leslie Silko, Rachel Carlson, Annie Dillard and Bill McKibben.


3 Units

THE CONTEMPORARY NOVEL

ENGLISH 263

A study of significant British and American novels and novelists of the last decade.


3 Units

GENDER AND FILM

ENGLISH 266

Students will learn to critically view, consider, and describe films, with special attention to representations of sexuality and gender. The course will include instruction in gender theory and methods for deploying gender analysis in the context of film studies.


3 Units

CRITICAL WRITING IN THE FIELD OF ENGLISH

ENGLISH 271

This course will help students become proficient in the skills of research, organization, writing, and revising that they will need in upper-division English courses. Students will learn both the general conventions of academic writing about literature (literary criticism) and the specific methods of some of the most important kinds of literary criticism.


3 Units

CREATIVE WRITING

ENGLISH 274

Study, discussion and writing of description, narration, verse and the short story.


3 Units

READING AS WRITERS

ENGLISH 276

Study of craft and aesthetic form in contemporary literary works.


3 Units

INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE STUDY

ENGLISH 281

An introduction to the basic tools and concepts for the study of language through study of the sounds, grammar, vocabulary, history, and cultural context of English.


3 Units

LITERATURE FOR ADOLESCENTS

ENGLISH 310

This course will explore the history and development of adolescent literature, with special emphasis on the period since 1960. Recent novels which have proven popular and influential with young people and teachers will be analyzed using literary and educational criteria. Participants will consider works within the context of intellectual freedom and potential censorship.


3 Units

LITERATURE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST

ENGLISH 325

Students will learn how to critically read, research, and write about contemporary Middle Eastern literature in English translation. Different genres will be covered by authors from different countries, including Iran, Egypt, Turkey, and Syria.


3 Units

LATINX LITERATURE

ENGLISH 337

This course deepens students' knowledge of the literatures produced by U.S. citizens and/or U.S. residents of Latinx descent. It considers the complex ways in which 1) history, 2) group and individual experience, 3) cultural values and traditions, and 4) collisions and collaborations with other cultures in the US come together to shape Latinx identity, writing and overall literary expression.


3 Units

AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1890

ENGLISH 344

An exploration of topics, periods, or genres in American literature from its origins through the Gilded Age. Themes will vary by term, but the course may consider Native American literature; colonial and early national literature; the American Renaissance; African American literature; women's writing; the Civil War; or regionalism, realism, and naturalism.


3 Units

AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1800 TO PRESENT

ENGLISH 345

A survey of essays, prose fiction, drama, and poetry written by African-Americans from the colonial period to the present.


3 Units

NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE

ENGLISH 350

An exploration of topics, periods, or genres in British literature from the Romantic through the Edwardian eras. Themes will vary and may include women's writing, colonial authors, children's literature, or periodicals; or address contemporary issues such as science, religion, socioeconomic class, gender, race, and empire; or focus on genre (poetry, drama, prose) or mode (sentimentalism, realism, sensationalism, fantasy, or aestheticism).


3 Units

LITERATURE ON FILM

ENGLISH 352

This course examines the complex cultural work of adapting literature to film. Through critical analysis of narrative fiction - short stories, novels, plays, graphic novels - and the films they inspire, students will investigate the history, narrative, conventions, iconic elements, and cultural significance of literary adaptations to film. Repeatable with topic change.


3 Units

MULTICULTURAL DRAMA OF THE UNITED STATES

ENGLISH 369

The course examines the theatrical forms and the dramatic literature of African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latinos/as, and Native Americans, and places them in the context of American theatre and U.S. social/political history.


3 Units

ADVANCED COMPOSITION

ENGLISH 370

A course in advanced exposition and argumentation. Conventional grade basis only if course is required in the College of Business for major.


3 Units

FICTION WRITING

ENGLISH 375

Theory, techniques, and practice of the writing of fiction. Requires a minimum of 50 pages of student writing, after careful revisions.


3 Units

SCREENWRITING

ENGLISH 376

Practical experience in writing scripts for cinema and/or television, with special emphasis on the creative, theoretical, and critical processes.


3 Units

PROSE STYLISTICS

ENGLISH 378

Introduction to analysis of prose style through intensive study of a broad range of contemporary styles ranging from popular to business, technical and academic styles. Application of the principles of style in student writing.


3 Units

THE CURRENT WRITING SCENE

ENGLISH 388

An intensive study of the range of current writing, with practice in written composition which may qualify students for professional employment.


3 Units

SHAKESPEARE

ENGLISH 405

A study of the works of Shakespeare which will include representative genres and which will not duplicate works studied in 680-404.


3 Units

SEMINAR IN LITERATURE AFTER 1800

ENGLISH 482

As the capstone course for English Literature and English Education majors, this senior seminar will offer the student an intensive study of a topic in literature after 1800, including a semester-long research project and an oral presentation. Topics will vary.


3 Units

ADVANCED WRITERS' STUDIO

ENGLISH 488

A closely guided program of instruction in writing, determined in consultation with the instructor, ranging from creative writing to scholarly analysis. Repeatable two times for a maximum of 6 credits in major.


1-6 Units

APPLIED STUDY: INTERNSHIP IN WRITING

ENGLISH 493

Offered on a satisfactory/no credit basis only. Internships, as available, in business or government for suitably prepared students wishing to make careers as writers. Repeatable for a maximum of six credits in degree.


1-3 Units

INDEPENDENT STUDY

ENGLISH 498

Study of a selected topic or topics under the direction of a faculty member. Repeatable.


3 Units

FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGLISH

ENGLISH 90

A course for students whose reading and writing skills need improvement through study of basic grammar and rhetoric before they attempt other English courses. This course does not count toward the 120 credits required for graduation, nor does it fulfill General Studies requirements, nor may it be counted toward the English major or minor. It may not be taken by students who are simultaneously taking or have satisfactorily completed another English course on this campus. Required for students with an ACT English subscore of 16 or lower (SAT verbal 429).

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