Writing Across Disciplines
ENGL 147
M/W: 12:45 – 2:00 PM, T/Th: 10:00 – 11:15 AM | 2:30 – 3:45 PM
R. Mohammed | A. Codita | P. Vakili

In this course, students will develop their genre knowledge and metacognitive skills to prepare for the advanced writing, reading, and research tasks required in upper-level writing and disciplinary courses across the university. Through individual and group inquiry, students will analyze and discuss the conventions of academic genres to understand the textual and linguistic features and disciplinary expectations of each form of writing. Then, students will apply these generic conventions through the production and revision of writing within each genre. Throughout the semester, students will engage in workshops and discussions that foster skills in the areas of seminar participation, collaboration, rhetorical awareness, and critical thinking. This course is specifically designed for non-native speakers of English, but native speakers may take the course with the approval of the instructor.

Writing Tutorial
ENGL 180
M. Schaffer

Substantial scheduled tutorial work in writing.

Literature in English
ENGL 200
T/TH: 8:30 – 9:45 AM
S. Pinkerton 

This course introduces students to the reading of literature in the English language. Through close attention to the practice of reading, students are invited to consider some of the characteristic forms and functions imaginative literature has taken, together with some of the changes that have taken place in what and how readers read. Recommended preparation: Academic Inquiry Seminar or SAGES First Seminar.

Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 203
M/W: 12:45 – 2:00 PM, T/Th: 2:30 – 3:45 PM
T. Dawkins | D. Lucas

A course exploring basic issues and techniques of writing narrative prose and verse through exercises, analysis, and experiment. For students who wish to try their abilities across a spectrum of genres.

Media Literacy: Understanding and Engaging with Media
ENGL 205
T/Th: 5:30 – 6:45 PM
D. Polverine

This course will explore the complex role of media in society, its influence, and how to critically engage with all the media content we absorb each day. Students will learn to differentiate between reputable and questionable sources, evaluate media messages, and develop skills to become both informed consumers and responsible producers of media content.

Social Media’s Role in Elections
ENGL 221
T/Th: 10:00 – 11:15 AM
A. Girvin

How will social media influence elections in the future? From community building to troll factories, from local organizing to international interference, we look at the role social media plays in the election of an American president. Does the good of such sites outweigh the bad? What role does capitalism play in helping these big tech companies get even bigger, unburdened by government oversight? Should they be regulated by the federal government or are they protected by the First Amendment and free speech? Are social media sites really just tech platforms giving everyone a voice or are they actual media companies peddling content? We will take an in depth look at how politicians, political organizations and governments use social media to target voters, persuade them to change their vote (or simply show up to vote), and the toll it’s taking on the public discourse today. Students will learn how to track political organizations’ spending, see how they target specific audiences, and how they masquerade political ads as news stories. They will learn how something that started as a place to share baby photos and cat memes is now one of the most important factors in achieving the American presidency today, and how this collision course of social media and politics will impact democratic society in the future. Offered as ENGL 221 and POSC 221.

Reading Fiction – Jane Austen
ENGL 257A
T/Th: 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
TBD

This course introduces students to prose narrative forms in English by exploring their intersecting histories and their contemporary developments. As we read these texts in their historical and social contexts, we will pay particular attention to the ways in which prose fiction represents gender, class, sexuality, ability, nationality, race, and indigeneity. Our work will require careful reading, critical thinking, and scholarly, argument-based writing (including revision), as we appreciate the diversity of fiction’s forms and features. We will introduce and develop the key terms, concepts and practice of literary studies. The specific focus of the course may vary. Recommended preparation: Academic Inquiry Seminar or SAGES First Seminar.

Reading Fiction – Gothic: The Undying Genre
ENGL 257A
T/Th: 2:30 – 3:45 PM
H. Lyons-McFarland

This course introduces students to prose narrative forms in English by exploring their intersecting histories and their contemporary developments. As we read these texts in their historical and social contexts, we will pay particular attention to the ways in which prose fiction represents gender, class, sexuality, ability, nationality, race, and indigeneity. Our work will require careful reading, critical thinking, and scholarly, argument-based writing (including revision), as we appreciate the diversity of fiction’s forms and features. We will introduce and develop the key terms, concepts and practice of literary studies. The specific focus of the course may vary. Recommended preparation: Academic Inquiry Seminar or SAGES First Seminar.

Reading Fiction – Fiction: Free Will/Determinism
ENGL 257A
T/Th: 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
TBD

This course introduces students to prose narrative forms in English by exploring their intersecting histories and their contemporary developments. As we read these texts in their historical and social contexts, we will pay particular attention to the ways in which prose fiction represents gender, class, sexuality, ability, nationality, race, and indigeneity. Our work will require careful reading, critical thinking, and scholarly, argument-based writing (including revision), as we appreciate the diversity of fiction’s forms and features. We will introduce and develop the key terms, concepts and practice of literary studies. The specific focus of the course may vary. Recommended preparation: Academic Inquiry Seminar or SAGES First Seminar.

Reading Fiction – American Selfhood
ENGL 257A
T/Th: 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
TBD

This course introduces students to prose narrative forms in English by exploring their intersecting histories and their contemporary developments. As we read these texts in their historical and social contexts, we will pay particular attention to the ways in which prose fiction represents gender, class, sexuality, ability, nationality, race, and indigeneity. Our work will require careful reading, critical thinking, and scholarly, argument-based writing (including revision), as we appreciate the diversity of fiction’s forms and features. We will introduce and develop the key terms, concepts and practice of literary studies. The specific focus of the course may vary. Recommended preparation: Academic Inquiry Seminar or SAGES First Seminar.

Reading Poetry – Form and Freedom
ENGL 257B
M/W/F: 2:15 – 3:05 PM
J. Hoeynck

This course will help you to read and enjoy poetry by introducing you to the history of poetic forms in English. We’ll pay close attention to the enchanting details of poetic expression, as well as to the cultivation of individual styles and to the place of poetry in a world defined by global movements of many kinds. Our work will require careful reading, critical thinking, and scholarly, argument-based writing (including revision), as we appreciate the diversity of forms and features of poetry in English. We will introduce and develop the key terms, concepts and practice of literary studies by turning to poems for our test-cases; examples may include the sestina, sonnet and villanelle, ghazal, pantoum, haiku, and open forms. The specific focus of the course may vary. Recommended preparation: Academic Inquiry Seminar or SAGES First Seminar.

The Politics of Beauty and Literature
ENGL 280
T/Th: 12:45 – 2:00 PM
M. Jewell

Special Topics Seminar – Disease & Literature
ENGL 285
T/TH: 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
TBD

Seminars focusing on topics in literature and culture. See class notes in class search for topics and detailed descriptions. Recommended preparation: Academic Inquiry Seminar(AIQS) or SAGES First Seminar.

Special Topics Seminar – Climate Change Fiction
ENGL 285
M/W: 12:45 – 2:00 PM
M. Burkhart

Seminars focusing on topics in literature and culture. See class notes in class search for topics and detailed descriptions. Recommended preparation: Academic Inquiry Seminar(AIQS) or SAGES First Seminar.

Special Topics Seminar – Keep it Brief
ENGL 285
M/W: 4:50 – 6:05 PM
J. DeLong

Seminars focusing on topics in literature and culture. See class notes in class search for topics and detailed descriptions. Recommended preparation: Academic Inquiry Seminar(AIQS) or SAGES First Seminar.

Special Topics Seminar – American Women’s Poetry
ENGL 285
M/W: 3:20 – 4:35 PM
M. Jewell

Seminars focusing on topics in literature and culture. See class notes in class search for topics and detailed descriptions. Recommended preparation: Academic Inquiry Seminar(AIQS) or SAGES First Seminar.

Special Topics Seminar – Foundations of Fantasy Lit
ENGL 285
M/W/F: 11:40 AM – 12:30 PM
R. Kapelle

Seminars focusing on topics in literature and culture. See class notes in class search for topics and detailed descriptions. Recommended preparation: Academic Inquiry Seminar(AIQS) or SAGES First Seminar.

Special Topics Seminar – Art & Life: Epistolary Lit
ENGL 285
M/W/F: 11:40 AM – 12:30 PM
K. Lucas

Seminars focusing on topics in literature and culture. See class notes in class search for topics and detailed descriptions. Recommended preparation: Academic Inquiry Seminar(AIQS) or SAGES First Seminar.

Special Topics Seminar – Literature of Fly Fishing
ENGL 285
T/Th: 4:00 – 5:15 PM
J. Orlock

Seminars focusing on topics in literature and culture. See class notes in class search for topics and detailed descriptions. Recommended preparation: Academic Inquiry Seminar(AIQS) or SAGES First Seminar.

Linguistic Analysis
ENGL 301
T/Th: 1:00 – 2:15 PM
G. Demeter

This course offers introductory analysis of modern English from various theoretical perspectives (e.g., structural, sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and cognitive linguistic). In particular, the course provides an introduction to theoretical concepts and methods of linguistics, such as morphology, phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, and dialects, as well as writing systems and the nature and form of grammar. It is designed for any student with interest in language or its use; no prior linguistic background is assumed. This course provides humanities and social science students with training in the description and explanation of important technical aspects of language. This course also provides students of communication disorders with a basic foundation in language science, crucial information to understanding language acquisition. Offered as ENGL 301 and ENGL 401.

English Literature since 1800
ENGL 302
M/W/F: 9:30 – 10:20 AM
Kurt Koenigsberger

A survey of major British authors from Wordsworth to the present. Recommended preparation: Academic Inquiry Seminar (AIQS) or SAGES First Seminar.

Intermediate Writing Workshop: Fiction
ENGL 303 / 303C
T/TH: 1:00 – 2:15 PM
C. Beilin

Continues developing the concepts and practice of the introductory courses, with reading, writing, and discussion of fiction in various forms, including the short story, the novella and the novel. Maximum 6 credits. Offered as ENGL 303 and ENGL 303C.

Intermediate Writing Workshop: Poetry
ENGL 304 / 304 C
T/TH: 4:00 – 5:15 PM
D. Lucas

Continues developing the concepts and practice of the introductory courses, with emphasis on experiment and revision as well as consideration of poetic genres through examples from established poets. Maximum 6 credits. Offered as ENGL 304 and ENGL 304C.

Introduction to Creative Non-Fiction
ENGL 306
T/TH: 12:45 – 2:00 PM
B. Mauk

A writing workshop that focuses on non-fiction. Students will study and write narrative journalism, the memoir, and the personal essay. Maximum 6 credits.

Feature / Magazine Writing
ENGL 307 / 307C
M/W: 3:20 – 4:35 PM
B. Mauk

Continues developing the concepts and practices of the introductory course, with emphasis on feature writing for magazines (print and online), story structure, fact-checking, reporting techniques and freelancing. A student may not receive credit for both ENGL 307 and ENGL 307C. Offered as ENGL 307 and ENGL 307C.

Screenwriting
ENGL 316
M: 3:20 – 6:05 PM
G. Vovos

Rhetoric of Science and Medicine
ENGL 341 / 341 C
M: 7:00 – 9:30 PM
K. Emmons

Topics in Fiction Writing – Writing Unlikeable Narration
ENGL 357A
T/TH: 10:00 – 11:15 AM
C. Beilin

Read and write fiction with the aim of becoming influenced by other writers’ styles, formal techniques, and thoughts on fiction writing.This course will explore the politics and practice of fiction writing as it pertains to a particular aspect of craft, literary movement, or contemporary element of literary production. Creative writing practice and reading practice advance together: in this class, we’ll read as writers and write as readers. Expect to work on several of your own pieces throughout the semester and to be in a position to share your work with the group. Offered as ENGL 357A and ENGL 457A.

Study Abroad Ireland: Myth, Memory, and Identity
ENGL 361S
M. Jewell

This course introduces students through on-campus meetings and a one-week trip to Ireland to the development of Irish culture from the Neolithic era to the present day. We cover topics such as indigenous cultures; language; colonization; migration/emigration; social justice and civil rights; and literary production. Spending a week on Ireland’s northwest coast, we will visit historical sites; attend talks and workshops; and participate in a service-learning activity. All of these components work together to promote a deeper understanding of Ireland’s complex historical and sociological contexts. We will first travel through Dublin to our main accommodations on the shores of Bundoran, a small coastal town in Donegal. During our stay, we will visit Arranmore, a native Irish-speaking island, and also travel to Derry in Northern Ireland (UK) to explore historical civil rights challenges and ongoing social justice issues. We will end our trip with a visit to the poet William Butler Yeats’ country and then spend a day back in Dublin learning more about the city’s historical and current engagement with Irish history, literature, and the arts. We will meet as a group for four two-hour sessions before traveling to Ireland and again as a group for a two-hour post-trip session.

Introduction to Film
ENGL 367
T/TH: 1:00 – 2:15 PM
R. Spadoni

An introduction to the art of film. Each week we’ll take an element of film form (editing, cinematography, sound, and so on) and ask how filmmakers work with this element to produce effects. Most weeks we’ll also screen a whole film and discuss it in light of the week’s focus. Films screened will include masterworks of the silent era, foreign films, Hollywood studio-era classics, and more recent cinema. This course has no prerequisites and welcomes first year students. Offered as ENGL 367 and ENGL 467.

Topics in Film – FILM GENRES
ENGL 368 / 368C
T/TH: 10:00 – 11:15 AM
R. Spadoni

Individual topics include Horror Films, Storytelling & Cinema, Science Fiction Films, Films of Alfred Hitchcock, American Cinema & Culture, History of Cinema, and many others. This course has no prerequisites and welcomes first year students. Other than the number of credits from one department a student can apply toward graduating, there is no limit to the number of times Topics in Film can be taken. A student who has previously taken ENGL 368C may receive credit for ENGL 368 only if the themes/topics are different. Offered as ENGL 368, ENGL 468, WLIT 368, and WLIT 468.

Topics in Film – Shakespeare and Film
ENGL 368 / 368C
T/TH: 3:20 – 4:35 PM
M. Vinter

Individual topics include Horror Films, Storytelling & Cinema, Science Fiction Films, Films of Alfred Hitchcock, American Cinema & Culture, History of Cinema, and many others. This course has no prerequisites and welcomes first year students. Other than the number of credits from one department a student can apply toward graduating, there is no limit to the number of times Topics in Film can be taken. A student who has previously taken ENGL 368C may receive credit for ENGL 368 only if the themes/topics are different. Offered as ENGL 368, ENGL 468, WLIT 368, and WLIT 468.

Disciplinary Writing Seminar – Lyric Poetry & the Writing “I”
ENGL 380
T/Th: 1:00 – 2:15 PM
L. Turner

This seminar explores a significant literary period, topic, author, or theme in the study of literature. Readings vary by term and include both primary texts and secondary sources. Students will gain practice in the written analysis of literature, interacting with major historical and cultural discourses that literature engages, and producing distinct and recognizable forms of literary argument. This course will provide students with the concepts, skills, and strategies needed to succeed in their capstone course. Requirements include active class participation, the close reading paper, an argumentative research paper, and a presentation. Required of all English majors, preferable in the junior year.

Special Topics in Literature – Writing with Anisfield-Wolf
ENGL 385
T/Th: 2:30 – 3:45 PM | 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
TBD

Close study of a theme or aspect of literature not covered by traditional generic or period rubrics, such as “spatial imagination,” “semiotics of fashion in literature,” “epistolarity.” Maximum 9 credits. Recommended preparation: Academic Inquiry Seminar (AIQS) or SAGES First Seminar. Offered as ENGL 385 and ENGL 485.

INDEPENDENT STUDY AND CREATIVE PROJECTS
ENGL 390 / 390C

Up to three semester hours of independent study may be taken in a single semester. Must have prior approval of faculty member directing the project. Projects may be critical or creative in nature.