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ENG 100Reading and Writing Rhetorically ()4
Intensive practice in reading and writing critically and rhetorically, with attention to how those change according to purpose and situation. Introduction to rhetorical concepts and elements with application to a variety of academic, professional, or civic texts. Exploration of principles of argument and organization. Guidance in developing flexible, self- aware reading and composing processes. Practice in seeking, providing, and responding to constructive feedback. Practice with making choices about grammar, mechanics, and style appropriate to specific rhetorical situations. Extensive writing practice and individualized coaching to support ongoing development as a writer. Intended as preparation for
Selected drama from the classical period to the present. Emphasis on reading for enjoyment as well as understanding theory and development of tragedy, comedy, and other modes of dramatic expression. Writers such as Sophocles, Euripides, Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Shaw, and contemporary playwrights. Does not satisfy requirements for Literature Concentration in English major.
Main features of poetry such as tone, voice, form, diction, figurative language, and sound patterns. Reading of poetry from different periods with the goal of learning how to understand, appreciate, and analyze different kinds of poems. Does not satisfy requirements for Literature Concentration in English major.
Representative examples of novels and short stories from different periods, emphasizing understanding and appreciation of fiction as a genre, and knowledge of the features, techniques, and function of fiction. Does not satisfy requirements for Literature Concentration in English major.
This course introduces students to Shakespeare's works through close attention to six to eight plays across the genres of tragedy, comedy, and history, along with selections from Shakespeare's poetry. Additional course material covers Shakespeare's sources, English Renaissance culture, performance practices, and later adaptations, including film. The course emphasizes understanding Shakespeare's works in their historical moment and their continuing reinterpretation across various times, cultures, and media. Does not satisfy requirements for English major. Credit will not be given for both ENG 209 and any of ENG 485, 486, or 487.
ENG 210Introduction to Language and Linguistics ()3
Linguistics theory and method. Topics include the English sound system, morphology, syntactic structure, semantics, and historical and contemporary dialect variation. Language acquisition, language and the brain, and computer processing and human language.
Basic editorial skills with a wide range of publications. Stylistic editing (conventions of written English, consistency, effectiveness of syntax, appropriateness of diction), substantive editing (accuracy, legal issues, ethics), and production editing (layout, typography, electronic publication processing). Introduction to resources such as standard reference works and professional organizations. Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer ENG 215/COM 215 The Struggle of the Free Press: Fake News & Conspiracy Theories (3 credit hours) This course examines fake news and conspiracy theories and how they affect both the communication and comprehension of general citizens-- as well as the viability of a free press (journalists). How do journalists deal with disinformation and threats from entities that don't want them correcting propaganda? What are the consequences when they do? The Global Press Freedom Index, produced annually by Reporters without Borders, will inform our study, illustrating the global consequences for fake news--to economies, elections, and global diplomacy. Why is fake news spreading so quickly? We'll explore the agendas behind fake news and how technology, including AI, is fueling the bonfire of disinformation. How can citizens and journalists alike discern the truth now and in the future? This course includes classroom lecture and fieldwork that explores media outlets as well as the political history and cultural aspects of the host country and the U.S. P: ENG 101 GEP Global Knowledge, GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives Typically offered in Summer only
Uses of computers for creating, designing, analyzing, and disseminating texts, both on desktops and on the Internet. Overview of technologies that facilitate reading, writing, and communication; development of skill with various applications and understanding of their capabilities, limitations, and historical analogues. Recommended for students in journalism and technical writing. Typically offered in Spring only ENG 219/WL 219 Studies in Great Works of Non-Western Literature (3 credit hours) Readings, in English translation, or non-Western literary masterpieces from the beginnings of literacy in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa to the modern period, including excerpts from texts such as the Upanishads, the Ramayana, the Sundiata, Gilgamesh, A Thousand and One Nights, and the Quran and such authors as Confucius, Oe Kenzaburo, Omar Khayyam, Rumi, and Amos Oz. GEP Global Knowledge, GEP Humanities Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Literary, cultural, and philosophical perspectives on medical science and practice, illness, epidemics, and related topics. Readings will include fiction, poetry, personal essays, film, and other media. GEP Humanities, GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives Typically offered in Fall and Spring ENG 246/WL 246 Literature of the Holocaust (3 credit hours) Fictional and nonfictional versions of the Holocaust, focusing on themes of survival, justice, theology, and the limits of human endurance. GEP Global Knowledge, GEP Humanities Typically offered in Fall only This course is offered alternate years Graduate Catalog 1131 ENG 248/AFS 248 Survey of African-American Literature (3 credit hours) African-American writing and its relationships to American culture and history. Covers such writers as Wheatley, Douglass, Chesnutt, Dunbar, DuBois, Hughes, Hurston, Wright, and Morrison. GEP Foundations of American Democracy, GEP Humanities Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
A survey of Native American literatures from before contact with Europeans to contemporary culture. Writers may include: Apess (Pequot), Ridge (Cherokee), Silko (Laguna Pueblo), Momaday (Kiowa), Power (Sioux) Gunn Allen (Laguna-Sioux), Harjo (Creek), and Erdrich (Anishinaabe).
Significant British authors chosen from among such figures as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Swift, Pope, Austen, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Tennyson, Browning, Bronte, Dickens, Joyce, Eliot, Woolf, and Yeats.Credit will not be given for both ENG 251 and either ENG 261 or 262. Credit is not allowed for ENG 251 and ENG 261 or ENG 262.
Significant American authors chosen from among such figures as Franklin, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Douglass, Stowe, Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, Frost, Faulkner, Hemingway, and Morrison. Credit will not be given for both ENG 252 and either ENG 265 or 266. R: Credit will not be given for both ENG 252 and either ENG 265 or ENG 266.
ENG 260Reading Literature and Exploring Textuality (3
hours) Introduces fundamental questions in literary history and critical theory. Emphasizes critical reading skills and prepares students for the kinds of courses--surveys, genre courses, author courses, problem-based courses--that are part of the Englishmajor. Papers prepared using standard word processing programs. Typically offered in Fall and Spring
A survey of English literature to 1660, including Old English, Middle English, and Renaissance writing, focusing on such central authors as Chaucer, Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne, and Milton. Credit will not be given for both ENG 261 and ENG 251. Restriction: Credit is not allowed for both ENG 261 and ENG 251.
A survey of English literature from 1660 to the present. Poetry, fiction, drama and intellectual prose by such central writers as Dryden, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Wollstonecraft, Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley, Bronte, Carlyle, Tennyson, Browning, Yeats, Woolf, Joyce and Eliot. Credit will not be given for both ENG 262 and ENG 251. Credit is not allowed for both ENG 262 and ENG 251.
A survey of American literature and foundational documents from the beginnings to the Civil War, including such central authors as Edwards, Franklin, Irving, Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Stowe, Douglass, Thoreau, and Whitman. Credit will not be given for both ENG 265 and ENG 252. Credit is not allowed for ENG 265 and ENG 252. GEP Foundations of American Democracy, GEP Humanities Typically offered in Fall and Spring
A survey of American literature from the Civil War to the present, including such central authors as Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, Crane, Wharton, Frost, Eliot, Hemingway, Hurston, Faulkner, Wright, O'Connor, and Morrison. Credit will not be given for both ENG 266 and ENG 252. Credit is not allowed for both ENG 266 and ENG 252.
Chronological survey of works of literature by and about gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and intersex communities in the U.S. Primary texts will be considered in historical, political, and literar contexts. Brief consideration of early works from colonial period and 19th century with primary focus on 20th and 21st century texts.
Introduction to the basic elements and principles of creative nonfiction, which may include memoir, personal essay, and narratives in literary journals, and introduces students to research strategies for creative nonfiction projects. Students will read literature from a range of cultural, social, and geographic backgrounds. Students will also read and engage in the discussion of peers' work. Typically offered in Fall only
Examination of basic film techniques and methods of film analysis. Emphasis on understanding and appreciating film as a major US and international art form and industry operating in various national, cultural, and historical contexts. GEP Global Knowledge, GEP Visual and Performing Arts Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
Introduction to the basic elements and principles of three genres of creative writing: poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Students will read literature in all three genres from a range of cultural, social, and geographic backgrounds. Students will also read and engage in the discussion of peers' work. Recommended for students with no prior experience in creative writing. Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Experience in writing short prose fiction. Students will read short prose fiction from a range of cultural, social, and geographic backgrounds. Class critiquing of peers' work and instruction in techniques of fiction. Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
Experience in writing poetry. Students will read poetry from a range of cultural, social, and geographic backgrounds. Class critiquing of peers' work and instruction in techniques of poetry. Typically offered in Fall and Spring y ENG 292 Writing About Film (3 credit hours) Comprehensive study of various approaches to writing about film. Primary focus is on the critical and evaluative practice involved in writing film criticism for non-academic audiences. Film screenings, discussion of assigned readings, and in-class writing workshops aid students in preparing a portfolio of film writing that includes film reviews of various lengths. Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
Faculty-guided independent study, or courses on special topics determined by departmental interest or need. Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
3 ENG 327 Language, Sexuality, and Gender 3 3 ENG 410 Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Genre 3 3 HI 369 Sexuality in U.S. History 3 3 HI 412 The Sexes and Society in Early-Modern Europe 3 3 HI 423 Women in European Enlightenment 3 3 HI 447 Women in America to 1890 3 3 HI 448 American Women in the Twentieth Century 3 3 HI 477 Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East 3
This course is an introduction to phonetics: how spoken language is produced and perceived, and the physical properties of speech. An understanding of phonetics is fundamental to scientific and clinical approaches to speech and language. This course is meant to build both skills and knowledge. Typically offered in Fall only
ENG 316Introduction to News and Article Writing ()3
Techniques of writing news stories and feature articles for print and the Web. Components of newsworthiness, examination of evidence, interview techniques, varied writing styles. Role of print- and Web-based journalism in America. Typically offered in Fall and Spring Graduate Catalog 1133
ENG 320Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing (3
hours) Students will learn about the anatomy and physiology of the speech and hearing mechanisms including the muscular, skeletal, and nervous system structures involved in respiration, phonation, and articulation. This knowledge may be applied in clinical fields such as speech-language pathology or serve as the basis for the study of linguistic phonetics. Typically offered in Fall only This course is offered alternate even years ENG 321/COM 321 Survey of Rhetorical Theory (3 credit hours) Principles of rhetorical theory from its classical origins through the modern period to the present time. Key concepts and theories that provide a critical understanding of the processes of persuasive symbol use. rt Typically offered in Fall only
6 ENG 324 Modern English Syntax 3 6 ENG 330 Screenwriting 3 3 ENG 332 Communication for Business and Management 3 3 ENG 333 Communication for Science and Research 3 3 ENG 382 Film and Literature 3
ENG 328Linguistics for Education Professionals ()3
Study of the structures and variation within English (especially morphology and syntax) essential for education professionals to effectively navigate multicultural educational spaces. Specific attention is paid to differences between print and oral conventions of language use; error analysis; school and classroom language policy; and the application of linguistics to teaching reading and writing. Intended for English Education majors. Typically offered in Fall only
ENG 331Communication for Engineering and Technology (3
hours) Written communication in industrial and technical organizations, emphasizing internal communication with managers and technical personnel and including external communication with regulators, vendors, and clients. Intensive practice in writing; relationship of writing to oral and visual communication. For students in engineering and other primarily technological curricula.Credit is not allowed for more than one of ENG 331, ENG 332, and ENG 333. ENG 332 or ENG 333. Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
Junior standing. Credit is not allowed for both ENG 331 and
ENG 332Communication for Business and Management (3
hours) Written communication in business and public organizations, including both internal communication (such as instructions, policies, management reports) and external communication with clients, vendors, and publics. Intensive practice in writing; relationship of writing to oral and visual communication. For students in business and management-related programs.Credit is not allowed for more than one of ENG 331, ENG 332, and ENG 333. ENG 331 or ENG 333. Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
Junior standing. Credit is not allowed for both ENG 332 and
ENG 333Communication for Science and Research ()3
Written communication in scientific and research contexts, emphasizing relationship between research and writing in problem formulation, interpretation of results, and support and acceptance of research. Intensive practice in writing; relationship of writing to oral and visual communication. For students who plan careers in scientific research.Credit is not allowed for more than one of ENG 331, 332, and 333. ENG 331 or ENG 332. Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
Introduction to how the interactions among technologies, media, and literature shape the cultural past. The course pursues studies of fictional and non-fictional texts through several disciplinary perspectives including literary criticism, communications, media theory, and history. Technologies and literary and historical eras considered will vary. GEP Humanities, GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives Typically offered in Fall only
This course explores the intersection of literature and the arts, including the visual and/or performing arts, and their role as social commentary. It will consider the expressive power of the medium in the arts, whether that of an individual artist working across mediums or a collaboration between artists, and will examine the rich relations that have existed between literature, the arts, and important social movements of the day. Disciplinary perspectives include literary criticism, history, art history, performance studies, and museum studies. GEP Humanities, GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives Typically offered in Fall only This course is offered alternate years
This course tracks the imaginative potentials, social repercussions, and interdisciplinary mixing of literature and science since the emergence of empiricism in the sixteenth century. Well before literature and science divided into "two cultures." they supplied a fruitful crossover for ideas about how and why the world works and how we gain new knowledge. Even with the development of modern disciplines, literature plays an important role in cultural assessments of scientific discovery and education. Students will read a selection of works from literary as well as scientific writers, analyzing texts and historical contexts and producing written arguments within an interdisciplinary framework. R: Sophomore Standing or Above GEP Humanities, GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives Typically offered in Spring only
This course investigates how various spatial categories (for example, the city, the pastoral, wilderness, region, nation, or the globe) work in and are constructed by literary texts. Humanities fields have increasingly noted the importance of space and place in shaping our lives and as key mechanisms through which ideas of gender, sexuality, race, class, national identity, or nature are shaped. Our spatial analysis of literature will borrow from an interdisciplinary range of methods: cultural and historical geography, cartography, urban studies, and/or environmental studies. The course also addresses the historical and cultural contexts that have shaped ideas of space. GEP Humanities, GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate years ENG 349/AFS 349 African Literature in English (3 credit hours) Anglophone literature in Africa. Emphasis on the relationship between the African world-view and literary production and the persistent trend by African writers to connect literature with politics. Writers such as Achebe, Ngugi, Soyinka, and Serote. Typically offered in Spring only Graduate Catalog 1135
Directed work for CHASS majors including work-site mentoring and evaluation. Department supervision includes professional development coursework. Students will design application materials and revise writing samples or other portfolio samples. Course content will examine career options and include discussion, mentoring, and reading related to workplace professionalization. Students must identify and secure their own internship opportunity and provide their own transportation to the internship site. Modest liability insurance fee required. Course requires 120 contact hours with the sponsoring organization and a weekly class meeting during the spring semester. Students must must complete the application process outlined on the English Internship program website. Students may complete an internship prior to enrolling in English 350. This requires an application and contract to have your internship approved and supervised. Restriction: Junior or senior standing and CHASS major or minor Typically offered in Spring only
Critical approaches to focused film topics involving film genres, directorial styles, or trends within a national cinema. Topics will vary from semester to semester. Typically offered in Spring only
Topics in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British poetry. Focus on a particular theme, issue, poetic genre, or group of poets. Authors studied may include Alexander Pope, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Charlotte Smith, Olaudah Equiano, William Blake, Dorothy Wordsworth, William Wordsworth, George Gordon, Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, Percy B. Shelley, John Keats, Felicia Hemans, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Matthew Arnold, Elizabeth B. Browning, Robert Browning, Christina Rossetti, Dante G. Rossetti, Oscar Wilde, and Gerard Manley Hopkins. R: Sophomore standing and above
Topics in 18th and 19th century British fiction. Focus on a particular theme, issue, fictional genre, or group of fiction writers. Authors studied may include Daniel Defoe, Eliza Haywood, Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, Charlotte Smith, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, the Brontes, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Bram Stoker, Thomas Hardy, and Oscar Wilde. R: Sophomore standing and above
3 ENG 369 3 ENG 370 3 ENG 372 3 ENG 374 3 ENG 375 3 ENG 376 he 3 ENG 377 ENG 378 3 ENG 380 3 ENG 381 3 ENG 382 3 ENG 384 3 ENG 385 3 ENG 388 3 ENG 389 3 ENG 390 3 ENG 391 3 ENG/WL 392 3 ENG/WL 393 3 ENG/WL 394 3 ENG 395 1-3 ENG 399 3 ENG 400 3 ENG 402 3 ENG/WL 406 3 ENG/WL 407 3 ENG/WGS 410 3 ENG 411 3 ENG 415 3 ENG 416 3 ENG 417 3 ENG 420 3 ENG 421 3 ENG 422 ENG 425 3 ENG 426 3 ENG 430 3 ENG 438 3 ENG 439 3 ENG 448 3 ENG 451 3 ENG 452 3 ENG 453 3 ENG 455 3 ENG 460 3 ENG 462 3 ENG 463 3 ENG 464 3 ENG 465 3 ENG 466 3 ENG 467 3 ENG 468 The American Novel of the 19th Century 3 American Fiction, Twentieth Century and Beyond 3 American Poetry, Twentieth Century and Beyond 3 History of Film From 1940 3 African American Cinema 3 Science Fiction 3 Fantasy 3 Women & Film 3 Modern Drama 3 Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop 3 Film and Literature 3 Introduction to Film Theory 3 Biblical Backgrounds of English Literature 3 Intermediate Fiction Writing Workshop 3 Intermediate Poetry Writing Workshop 3 Classical Backgrounds of English Literature 3 Special Topics in Modern Drama 3 Major World Author 3 Studies in Literary Genre 3 Studies in World Literature 3 Studies in Rhetoric and Digital Media 3 Contemporary Literature 3 Applied Criticism 3 Literature for Adolescents 3 Modernism 3 Postmodernism 3 Studies in Gender and Genre 3 Rhetorical Criticism 3 Speech Science 3 Advanced News and Article Writing 3 Editorial and Opinion Writing 3 Major American Authors 3 Computer Documentation Design 3 Writing Theory and the Writing Process 3 Analysis of Scientific and Technical Writing 3 Analyzing Style 3 Advanced Screenwriting 3 Responsible Artificial Intelligence and Society 3 Studies in English Renaissance Literature 3 African-American Literature 3 Chaucer 3 Medieval British Literature 3 Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature 3 Literacy in the U.S. 3 Major British Author 3 18th-Century English Literature 3 The Victorian Period 3 British Literature and the Founding of Empire 3 British Literature and the Dissolution of Empire 3 Transatlantic Literatures 3 American Colonial Literature 3 Studies in Nineteenth-Century American Literature 3
Major novels illustrating the development of American fiction from Romanticism to Realism and Naturalism. Works by such writers as Brown, Cooper, Hawthorne, Stowe, Melville, Twain, Howells, James, Norris, Crane, Chopin, and Dreiser. Typically offered in Fall only
ENG 370American Fiction, Twentieth Century and Beyond (3
hours) Study of narrative fiction written in the twentieth century and after by a range of American writers who explore questions of gender, sexuality, race, class, religion, and national belonging in their work in myriad ways. This course will examine major developments in narrative form and technique, based on developments in important literary traditions such as realism, modernism, or postmodernism. The course will situate the fiction in key contexts, whether literary or cultural. Representative writers: Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zora Neale Hurston, Ernest Hemingway, Nella Larsen, William Faulkner, Shirley Jackson, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ernest Gaines, Louise Erdrich, Percival Everett, Gish Jen.
ENG 372American Poetry, Twentieth Century and Beyond (3
hours) Study of poetry written in the twentieth century and after by a diverse set of American poets. This course will examine major developments in form and technique by poets influenced by transformative movements such as Imagism, Modernism, the Objectivists, Black Mountain poetics, New York School and subsequent developments. The course will situate poetry in key contexts, whether literary or cultural. Representative poets: T.S. Eliot, Kahlil Gibran, H.D., Langston Hughes, Frank O'Hara, C.D. Wright, Gwendolyn Brooks, Yusef Komunyakaa, Agha Shahid Ali.
ation 3 ENG 375 African American Cinema 3 3 ENG 378 Women & Film 3 3 ENG 382 Film and Literature 3 3 ENG 384 Introduction to Film Theory 3 3 ENG 385 Biblical Backgrounds of English Literature 3 3 ENG 411 Rhetorical Criticism 3 3 ENG 426 Analyzing Style 3 3 ENG 492 Special Topics in Film and Media Studies 3 3 GD 203 History of Graphic Design 3 3 GD 303 Graphic Design Theory and Practice 3 3 HA 201 History of Art from Caves to the Renaissance 3
3 ENG 378 ENG 382 s 3 ENG 384 3 ENG 385 3 ENG 411 3 ENG 426 3 ENG 492 3 GD 203 3 GD 303 3 HA 201 HA 202 Hours HA 203 3 HA 240 3 HA 298 3 HA 395 3 HA 401 3 HA 404 3 HA 410 3 HA 498 3 HESM 322 3 HESM 324 3 HESM 326 3 HI 240 3 HI 307 3 HI 320 3 HI 402 3 HI 407 3 HI 408 3 HI 502 3 HI 507 3 HI 508 3 HON 390 3 IDS 496 3 LAR 444 3 MUS 105 3 MUS 180 3 MUS 181 3 MUS 200 3 MUS 201 3 MUS 202 1 MUS 260 2 MUS 306 3 MUS 310 3 MUS 315 3 MUS 320 3 MUS 330 3 MUS 350 3 MUS 360 3 REL 200 3 REL 210 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog 1167 Women & Film 3 Film and Literature 3 Introduction to Film Theory 3 Biblical Backgrounds of English Literature 3 Rhetorical Criticism 3 Analyzing Style 3 Special Topics in Film and Media Studies 3 History of Graphic Design 3 Graphic Design Theory and Practice 3 History of Art from Caves to the Renaissance 3 History of Art From the Renaissance Through the 3 20th Century History of American Art 3 Introduction to Visual Culture 3 Special Topics in Art History 3 History of Art: Study Abroad 3 19th Century European Art from Revolution to 3
Representative works of science fiction. Emphasis on works written in the twentieth century, with some attention to the history and development of the genre. GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
Representative works in the genre of fantasy. Emphasis on works of 19th and 20th centuries. Authors such as Carroll, Lewis, Tolkien, Borges, LeGuin, and Gardner.
This course will introduce students to women's participation, as well as their representation, in the history of film and other audiovisual media, including television, music videos, and performance art. The course includes screenings and addresses issues such as: the gendered nature of the gaze; film form and genre; nation and postcoloniality; spectatorship; race, class, and sexuality. GEP Global Knowledge, GEP Visual and Performing Arts Typically offered in Spring only
Major plays and playwrights from Ibsen to Churchill, including at least some of the following: Ibsen, Shaw, Chekhov, Glaspell, O'Neill, Brecht, Hughes, Hellman, Beckett, Williams, Miller, Albee, Hansberry, Walcott, Soyinka, Churchill, Kushner, and Parks. GEP Global Knowledge, GEP Humanities Typically offered in Fall only
An intermediate workshop in creative nonfiction for students with demonstrated understanding of the basic techniques of creative nonfiction (which may include memoir, personal essay, and narratives in literary journals). Typically offered in Spring only
Ways of adapting literary works to film form. Similarities and differences between these two media. Emphasis on the practical art of transforming literature into film. Attention to the impact of film upon literature. GEP Global Knowledge, GEP Visual and Performing Arts Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
Survey of critical approaches to film art. Application of theoretical paradigms--formalist, realist, psychoanalytic, feminist, poststructuralist--to individual films, genres, national cinemas and directors. Typically offered in Spring only
ENG 385Biblical Backgrounds of English Literature (3
hours) Influences of the Bible--principal forms, genres, and texts--on major English and American writers such as Milton, Spenser, Melville, Eliot, and Faulkner. GEP Global Knowledge, GEP Humanities Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate years
An intermediate workshop in creative writing for students with demonstrated understanding of the basic techniques of writing prose fiction. P: ENG 288; R: Students must have earned a B or better in ENG 288. Typically offered in Fall and Spring
An intermediate workshop in creative writing for students with demonstrated understanding of the basic techniques of writing poetry. ENG 289. Typically offered in Fall and Spring
ENG 289;Students must have earned a B or better in
ENG 390Classical Backgrounds of English Literature (3
hours) Literature of the ancient Western world and its influence on English and American writing. Emphasis on the connections between the two bodies of literature. Covers such writers as Plato, Horace, Virgil, and St Augustine. GEP Global Knowledge, GEP Humanities Typically offered in Spring only
ration 3 ENG 392 Major World Author 3 or WL 392 Major World Author 3 ENG 393 Studies in Literary Genre 3 or WL 393 Studies in Literary Genre 3 ENG 394 Studies in World Literature 3 or WL 394 Studies in World Literature
Literature from the twentieth-century and twenty-first century. Readings may be from various genres including fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry. Writers will be from the English-speaking world, but also reading may include writers outside it, that is, writers whose work has been translated into English. This course will track important developments, whether literary or cultural, in contemporary literature. Representative writers: Jean Rhys, James Baldwin, W.G. Sebald, Leslie Marmon Silko, August Wilson, Salman Rushdie and Wislawa Szymborska. GEP Global Knowledge, GEP Humanities Typically offered in Fall and Spring
or WL 407 Postmodernism Hours ENG 410 Studies in Gender and Genre 3 3 or WGS 410 Studies in Gender and Genre 3 ENG 420 Major American Authors 3 3 ENG 439 Studies in English Renaissance Literature 3 3 ENG 448 African-American Literature 3 3 or AFS 448 African-American Literature
Learn about the acoustic properties of speech sounds and the dynamics of speech sound production. Become familiar with and practice the use of basic clinical instrumentation used to measure respiratory, phonatory, and articulatory movements and the acoustic events that result from these movements. Complete assignments requiring the use of basic instrumentation and computer software. Typically offered in Spring only
Advanced work in writing news stories, profiles, features, and investigative stories. Includes analysis and critical reading of print media. Assumes thorough knowledge of AP style and rudiments of news and feature writing. Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Discussing and writing newspaper and magazine editorials, with added attention to other forms of opinion in print, such as columns and books and music reviews. Typically offered in Spring only
Theory and design of documentation for computer hardware and software, including user guides, reference manuals, quick reference guides, tutorials, online documentation, and CD-based media delivery. Training in alternative documentation testing procedures, usability testing, and collaborative revision. Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate years
ENG 425Analysis of Scientific and Technical Writing (3
hours) The role of communication in the creation of scientific knowledge and technical designs and artifacts; methods of analyzing texts and of studying their creation and use; relationships between writing and other forms of communication. Field research in a scientific or technological setting. GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives Typically offered in Spring only
Development of a greater understanding of and facility with style in written discourse. Theories of style, stylistic features; methods of analysis, imitation. Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Advanced Screenwriting students will complete ready-to-sell screenplays over the course of the semester. Workload includes taking home two 100-page scripts each week and giving a thorough critique both in writing and in class discussion. Course included pitch sessions, opening scene workshops, intensive reading and writing. Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate even years ENG 438/STS 438 Responsible Artificial Intelligence and Society (3 credit hours) With artificial intelligence systems becoming more integrated into today's society, it is important for citizens to develop the ability to critically engage with the fundamental challenges and concerns introduced by such AI tools. In this course, you will learn how to identify biases and discrimination embedded in AI systems and how to use interdisciplinary research to encourage public engagement, inform public discourses about the social impacts of AI, and help create more responsible AI. Topics can include rhetorical theories, data ethics, AI ethics, algorithm systems and risks, AI Model Lifecycle Management, AI in job searches, medicine/healthcare, and finance; and biases and discrimination in automated decision-making systems. Typically offered in Fall only Graduate Catalog 1139
Academic study of the nature, functions, acquisition, institutionalization, and present state of literacy in the U.S., with special focus on issues of cultural diversity and social inequity. Three contexts for literacy - personal, academic, and home/community - provide a range of readings, investigations, and opportunities for reflection and further study. Typically offered in Fall only
ENG 464British Literature and the Founding of Empire (3
hours) This course uses literature to understand rapid shifts in making and breaking empire. Reading novels, newspapers, essays, and autobiographies, we will study liberty in colonial North America, the orientalism of British India, and adventure writing of nineteenth-century Africa. In 1773, George McCartney, a British imperial officer, looked out from India and saw a "vast empire on which the sun never sets." Ten years later the thirteen American colonies that had founded that empire were gone. We will use this sentiment to determine how empire shaped the world and to consider how it contributed to Britain's literary and cultural traditions. GEP Global Knowledge, GEP Humanities Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate years
ENG 465British Literature and the Dissolution of Empire3
3 ENG 466 Transatlantic Literatures 3 3 ENG 467 American Colonial Literature 3 3 ENG 468 Studies in Nineteenth-Century American Literature 3 3 ENG 470 American Literature, Twentieth Century and 3
This course will investigate notable literary exchanges in the literatures of the Atlantic Rim, long linked by trade (including slavery) as well as by commerce of many other kinds. Examples of these exchanges include Great Britain and the U.S., the U.S. and the Caribbean, and very importantly, between African cultures on the Atlantic and Atlantic cultures in the U.S. The course will explore the literary and cultural hybridity brought about by these exchanges. Representative writers: William Shakespeare and Aimee Cesaire, Joseph Conrad and Chinua Achebe; Charlotte Bronte and Jean Rhys; William Faulkner and Edouard Glissant.
Survey of American literature and thought from its beginnings to the adoption of the Constitution. Representative works such as travel and exploration reports, Indian captivity narratives, diaries, journals, autobiographies, sermons, and poetry. d R: Sophomore standing and above f
ENG 470American Literature, Twentieth Century and3
Beyond HI 264 ENG 476 Southern Literature 3 HI 270 ENG 486 Shakespeare, The Earlier Plays 3 HI 275 ENG 487 Shakespeare, The Later Plays 3 HI 276 ENG 548 African-American Literature 3 HI 305 FL 219 Studies in Great Works of Non-Western Literature 3 HI 307 FL 220 Studies in Great Works of Western Literature 3 HI 317
Literary traditions of the Southeastern United States from colonization through the present, including study of such major writers as Byrd, al Jefferson, Simms, Poe, Douglass, Twain, Chesnutt, Glasgow, Hurston, Tate, Wolfe, Faulkner, Warren, Wright, Welty, Williams, O'Conner, Percy, and Lee Smith.
This course provides an overview of book history from the invention of the hand-written codex through the printing press and current digital manifestations, including electronic texts and Google Books. Students will examine rare materials in hands-on settings and during field trips to special collections libraries; try out historical techniques of writing, printing, and manufacture; and investigate the many social roles involved in creating and using books, including those of author, editor, printer, publisher, reader, and seller. Restriction: Junior standing or above Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate years
This capstone questions how textual, reading, and interpretive practices are changing in a digital age. Using a diverse sample of literature, the course explores the consequences of digital remediation for texts and literary studies. Students will learn concepts in mediation, analyze works of literature on different reading platforms, and experiment with computational methods for literary curation, quantitative analysis, and data visualization. Students of all technical levels are welcomed; no special skills are required beyond basic familiarity with a computer. Junior standing or above Typically offered in Spring only
This course will explore how shifts in media technologies have influenced the creation, transmission, and reception of literature. Topics might include: investigations of how the spread of printing presses led to the first newspapers in eighteenth-century London, with comparison to how newspapers look today; study of the importance of serial publication in magazines for nineteenth-century authors like Charles Dickens; and examinations of spy novels, detective fiction, and the rise of the paperback in the twentieth century before turning to the explosion of graphic novels in the twenty-first century. Restriction: Junior standing or above Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate years
Study a selection of Shakespeare's major works before 1603 with an emphasis on his cultural context and development as a playwright. Credit is not allowed for ENG 486 and ENG 209. Restriction: Sophomore Standing and Above
Study a selection of Shakespeare's major works after 1603 with an emphasis on his cultural context and development as a playwright. Credit will not be given for both ENG 209 and ENG 487. R: Sophomore standing and above
An advanced workshop in creative writing for students with demonstrated understanding and accomplishment in the techniques of writing prose fiction.This course is restricted to juniors and seniors. Departmental approval required. Typically offered in Fall and Spring
An advanced workshop in creative writing for the students with demonstrated understanding and accomplishment in the techniques of writing poetry.This course is restricted to juniors and seniors. Departmental approval required. Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Topics (in rotation) in medieval English and continental literature, such as Arthurian legend and literature; women in medieval society and literature; the self in the late Middle Ages. Focus on special areas of interest, with attention to culturaland historical backgrounds and contemporary scholarship. Some texts in Middle English, some in translation; no prior knowledge of Middle English needed. Typically offered in Spring only
Intensive course or independent study project designed as one portion of the Honors Program in English. Subject varies. Typically offered in Fall and Spring
ENG 492Special Topics in Film and Media Studies ()3
Critical approaches to film and media topics involving genres, industry case studies, medium-oriented or auteur approaches, aesthetic and stylistic trends, or national/transnational cinemas. Topics will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit with new topic. Typically offered in Fall and Spring
ENG 493Special Topics in Rhetoric and Professional3
6 Writing 6 ENG 499 Special Topics in Creative Writing 3 9 Humanities Electives Code Title Hours 3 Humanities HI 1 6 AFS 275 Introduction to History of South and East Africa 3 6 AFS 276 Introduction to History of West Africa 3 7 AFS 372 African-American History Through the Civil War, 3 3 1619-1865 2 AFS 373 African-American History Since 1865 3 3 HA 240 Introduction to Visual Culture 3
Intensive exploration of selected topics or issues in the area of literature/ English studies with a wide variation in content that sometimes includes materials from several national or ethnic cultures and periods. Course may be used to meet the capstone requirement in the English literature concentration. Junior standing or above Typically offered in Spring only
Directed individual study or experimental course offerings in language or literature. Individual study arranged through consultation with faculty member and Director of Undergraduate Studies. Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
Techniques and practice in writing a particular form within the traditional genres of poetry, prose, or drama, such as "Creative Non-Fiction," "Science Fiction," "The Novella," or "The Satirical Poem." Topics vary from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit with new topic. of B or better in 288 or 289 or they must have demonstrated competence in creative writing as determined by instructor. Typically offered in Fall and Spring
ENG 507Writing for Health and Environmental Sciences (3
hours) Readings, on-site research, document gathering, and analysis of writing in health and environmental science fields. Students study, practice, and present major forms of writing in their profession. Professional portfolio due at the end of the semester. Intended for students interested in exploring or pursuing writing careers in medicine, pharmaceuticals, nutrition, agriculture, ecology, or other health and environmental science- r related industries, or professionals who wish to improve knowledge and skills. Typically offered in Fall only This course is offered alternate odd years
ENG 508Usability Studies for Technical Communication (3
hours) Advanced study of usability inspection, inquiry, and testing theories and practices related to instrumental and instructive texts (i.e., computer- related, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, financial, etc.). Practical experience testing a variety of texts using several testing methods, including completion of a substantial, lab-based usability test. For students planning careers in technical communication, human factors, software design, and multimedia design. Typically offered in Fall only
Study of Old English language with selections from important poems including Beowulf. Examination of the poetry in the light of various modern critical approaches. Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate years
Study of major works of medieval English literature (exclusive of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales) in historical context, as reflections of and influences on social and cultural change. Includes works such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Langland's Piers Plowman and Malory's Morte d'Arthur. Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate years
Research and scholarship in composition and the teaching of writing. Major theoretical perspectives (such as expressive, social, cognitive, feminist), current issues (such as audience, invention, revision, evaluation) and various research methods. Typically offered in Fall and Spring
ENG 512Theory and Research In Professional Writing (3
hours) Introduction to research and scholarship in professional writing and writing in the workplace. Major theoretical perspectives for studying writing; current issues (such as usability, readability, collaboration, gender, authorship); and various research methods. Typically offered in Fall only
ENG 519Online Information Design and Evaluation ()3
Concepts and practices related to multimedia information design, information architectures, human-computer interaction, and genre for complex websites. Typically offered in Spring only
Coverage of three areas: how to write science articles for a variety of mass media, how to think critically about how mass media cover science, and how to think critically about science itself. Preparation for careers not only in mass media, but also in scientific and technological organizations. Typically offered in Fall only
Field-initiated research. Group and individual research topics focused on current sociolinguistic issues related to language variation and changes. Ethnographic and quantitative methods of analysis. Typically offered in Spring only
Introduction to theoretical linguistics, especially for students in language, writing and literature curricula. Phonology, syntax, semantics, history of linguistics; relation of linguistics to philosophy, sociology and psychology; , application of theory to analysis of texts. Typically offered in Fall only
Language variation description, theory, method and application; focus on regional, social, ethnic and gender varieties; sociolinguistic analysis, basic discourse analysis. Typically offered in Fall only ENG 527/ENG 727 Discourse Analysis (3 credit hours) Overview of major issues, theories, and research methods in contemporary discourse analysis. It explores how language as a form of social practice regulates social actions, relations and identities; how ways of speaking construct and are constructed by social order, cultural practice, and individual agency. Texts/discourses are analyzed to examine how speakers create meaning through formal linguistic choices; what the micro-organization of talk reveals about social order; how critical understanding of discourse helps to interpret complex processes of social life. Typically offered in Fall only
ENG 52916th-Century Non-Dramatic English Literature (3
hours) Prose and poetry of the English Renaissance, excluding drama. Special attention to major authors, including Spenser and Sidney, and to intellectual, cultural and literary backgrounds and developments. Introduction to pertinent methods and issues of scholarly inquiry and critical interpretation. Typically offered in Fall only
A close examination of the literature of England from 1600 to 1660 with emphasis on major literary figures and movements, development of important literary forms and genres and relationship between literary texts of this period and their philosophical, political and theological contexts. Some bibliographical and textural assignments. Content and focus varies according to instructor's emphasis, but writers covered usually include Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, Marvell and Browne. Typically offered in Spring only
Survey of American literature and thought from the beginning to adoption of the constitution. Representative works such as travel and exploration reports, Indian captivity narratives, diaries, journals, auto biographies, sermons and poetry. Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate years
Linguistic, cultural and socio-political aspects of bi- and multilingualism in a global context. Issues and implications of bilingualism from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Topics include: language maintenance and shift; child and adult bilingualism; relationship between language, culture and identity in bi- and multilingual situations; psycholinguistic aspects and linguistic outcomes of bilingual contact, such as code-switching, convergence and language attrition; language ideology, the politics of language choice and language policy; globalization and intercultural communication. Must hold graduate standing or get consent of instructor for advanced undergraduate students. Typically offered in Spring only
ENG 534Quantitative Analysis in Sociolinguistics ()3
The quantitative methods specific to sociolinguistic variation are examined in detail, focusing both on gaining experience using quantitative analysis software and on understanding fundamental concepts underlying the quantitative analysis of language variation. This course takes students beyond the basic familiarity with quantitative analysis gained in ENG 523, both in depth of investigation and in attention to the link between method and theory. Typically offered in Fall only
This course explores laboratory and computational tools for investigating linguistic sound systems (e.g., speech perception experiments, speech production tools such as ultrasound imaging, and computational tools such as automated transcription and acoustic measurement). Requires enrollment in the Sociolinguistics MA or PhD program or permission of instructor. English or PhD Sociology programs or permission of instructor. Typically offered in Fall only ENG 539/WL 539 Seminar In World Literature (3 credit hours) Rotating topics in world literature, including treatment of the subject's theoretical or methodological framework. Possible subjects: colonialism and literature; orality and literature; the Renaissance; the Enlightenment; translation; comparison ofNorth and South American literatures; African literary traditions; post-modernism and gender. Readings in English (original languages encouraged but not required). Typically offered in Spring only
This course invites students of all technical abilities to explore the ongoing digital transformation of resources, tools, and methods in the humanities. As an introduction, this course is a gateway into a variety of representative subfields in digital humanities. It is designed to generate curiosity about how this emerging arena of scholarly activity might intersect with students' own disciplines, research interests, and pedagogies. It aims to provide a working knowledge of: 1) backgrounds of new media and humanities computing, 2) debates and outlooks for the digital humanities today, as well as 3) hands-on experience collaborating on, creating, and critiquing digital humanities projects. Typically offered in Fall only ENG 548/AFS 548/ENG 448/AFS 448 African-American Literature (3 credit hours) Survey of African-American literature and its relationships to American culture, with an emphasis on fiction and poetry since 1945. Writers such as Bontemps, Morrison, Hurston, Baldwin, Hayden, Brooks, Naylor, Harper, and Dove. Requirement: Junior Standing
The works of the most important writers shaping modern African literature in English (and English translation). Selections from East, West, North and South Africa, spanning colonial through post-colonial Africa-- from literature of protest and culture conflict to that of disillusionment, reappraisal and feminism. Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate years
The literary culture of the United States from 1820s through 1860s, setting works of transcendentalists and other romantic writers within sociohistorical contexts. Consideration of writing by women, slave narratives and popular fiction as well as such major figures as Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau and Melville. Typically offered in Fall only
An intensive study of a particular phase of the Shakespeare canon. Emphasis will normally be on one dramatic genre (tragedy, comedy, history), but occasionally the focus may be more limited. Typically offered in Fall and Summer
An intensive reading of Milton with attention to background materials in history and culture of seventeenth-century England. Typically offered in Spring only
British writers of the period 1600-1790 studied in historical and cultural contexts. Usually includes works by Dryden, Swift, Pope, Defoe, Mandeville, Boswell and Johnson, but addition of other significant writers possible. Typically offered in Fall only
Selected British novels of the Restoration and eighteenth century from a variety of contemporary critical perspectives. Such writers as Fielding, Richardson, Sterne, Burney, Smollett and Austen. Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate years
Study of selected British novels published between 1837 and 1901 in contexts of the development of the genre, historical period and current literary theory. Such writers as Dickens, Thackeray, Bronte, Trollope, Eliot, Meredith and Hardy. Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate years
Study of literary culture of United States from 1860s to early 1900s with emphasis on fiction by such realists and naturalists as Twain, Howells, Chesnutt, James, Crane, Wharton, Dreiser and Norris. Inclusion of prose of writers such as Adams and DuBois possible. Typically offered in Spring only
Examination of British fiction of this century and relationship of significa intellectual, historical and political issues. Inclusion of such writers as Joyce, Conrad, Woolf, Lawrence, Beckett and Murdoch possible but also post-colonial novelists as well. Typically offered in Fall only This course is offered alternate years
Development of English poetry from its late Victorian phase through Modernism to present post-war scene. Inclusion of such writers as Hardy, Yeats, Eliot, Smith, Auden, Larkin, Heaney, Wolcott and Hill possible. Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate years
Survey of modern British drama from its beginnings at turn of the century to present. Typically offered in Fall only This course is offered alternate years
Introduction to literary culture of "the South," tracing the roots of the twentieth-century "Southern Renaissance" in such ante-bellum genres as plantation fiction, Southwestern humor, fugitive-slave narration and pastoral elegy. Examination of persistence of "Southern" writing within increasingly standardized culture of the United States. Typically offered in Spring only
Elizabethan and Jacobean drama from 1580 to 1642, excluding Shakespeare. Coverage of such writers as Marlowe, Jonson, Webster, Beaumont and Fletcher, Heywood, Tourneur and Ford. Typically offered in Fall only This course is offered alternate years
nt Representative British plays of the period 1660-1780 studied in cultural, social and ethical contexts. Usually includes works by Etherege, Wycherley, Behn, Dry-den, Otway, Vanburgh, Farquhar, Congreve, Lillo, Gay, Goldsmith and Sheridan. Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate years
Post-1945 literary theory in relationship with representative avant-garde writers. Theoretical and argumentative essays in such areas as chaos theory, deconstruction, feminism and the limits of fiction. Fiction readings by Calvino, Pynchon, Barthelme, Cortazar and others. Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate years ENG 581/COM 581 Visual Rhetoric: Theory and Criticism (3 credit hours) Application of visual theory to rhetoric and of rhetorical theory to visual forms of communication. Discussion and analysis may include advertising, photography, news and informational media, political communication, instructional material, scientific visualization, visual arts, public commemorative artifacts, internet and other digital media. R: Graduate Students Only Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate even years
Advanced work in techniques of writing fiction for students with substantial experience in writing. Workshop sessions with students commenting on each other's work. Restriction: Graduate Standing Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Advanced work in techniques of writing poetry for students with substantial experience in writing. Workshop sessions with students commenting on each other's work. Restriction: Graduate Standing Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Techniques special to a particular kind of writing within the traditional genres of prose, poetry or drama, such as "Speculative Fiction" or "The Long Poem or Poetic Sequence." Various subjects. Typically offered in Spring only
Aesthetic develpments and historical importance of national cinema traditions in specific cultural contexts. Focus on the relation between cinema and linguistic, literary and artistic develpments within a national setting or in regional or international contexts. Topics, which change each year, may include Italian Neorealism, French New Wave, and British Social Realism. Typically offered in Spring only
ENG 592Special Topics in Film Styles and Genres (1-6
hours) Critical approaches to focused film topics involving film genres, directorial styles, or trends within a national cinema. Topics will vary from semester to semester. Students cannot obtain credit for both ENG 492 and ENG 592. Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Preparation for teaching college composition. Introduction to pedagogical principles and practices. Practice in setting course goals, designing writing assignments to meet those goals, developing instructional activities to support assignments, andevaluating student writing. The course is scheduled as a 5-day workshop before classes begin, followed by weekly meetings and mentoring during the fall semester. Typically offered in Fall only Graduate Catalog 1147
ENG 626Advanced Writing for Empirical Research ()3
A seminar and workshop for graduate students in empirical research fields working on grant proposals, theses and dissertations, papers for professional journals, conference proposals, and other significant research texts. Intensive practice and feedback on writing, grounded in an introduction to theory and research on writing processes, products, and contexts. Requirements include three major writing projects designed by the student, review and discussion of drafts written by other workshop members, analysis and presentation of discipline-specific communication patterns and practices. Typically offered in Fall only
Intensive study of a specific topic from various specializations of the English faculty. Negotiation between the student and the director for variable credit and approved by Director of Graduate Studies. Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
Capstone course for M.S. in Technical Communication. Students engage in major semester-long individual project under direction of instructor. Typically offered in Spring only
Individual capstone project in English Studies. Topic and mode of study determined in consultation with faculty project advisor. For students in th final semester of the English MA program. Typically offered in Fall and Spring
ENG 685(Master's Supervised Teaching), but do not fulfill requirements for the degree
Other Relevant Information: For students who hold initial licensure from the NC Department of Public Instruction, the department offers the MA with advanced licensure requiring 24 semester hours of graduate credit in English and 15 semester hours of graduate credit in Education. Students and faculty in the Department of English are eligible for fellowships to participate in programs sponsored by the Folger Institute of Renaissance and Eighteenth-Century Studies, which is located in Washington, DC, at the Folger Shakespeare Library.
For students in non thesis master's programs who have completed all other requirements of the degree except preparing for and taking the final master's exam. Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer
For graduate students whose programs of work specify no formal course work during a summer session and who will be devoting full time to thesis research. Typically offered in Summer only
Focus on two-way relationship between linguistic theory and literacy. e Metalinguistic awareness and acquisition of literacy, orthography and phonology, oral vs. written language, oral vs. literate cultures, and metalinguistic assumptions in linguistic theory. Typically offered in Spring only
Although the field of sociolinguistic variation has developed its own body of theory, its central questions continue to call for engagement with theory in related socio-cultural disciplines. This course examines sociolinguists' explicit and implicit incorporation of social theory into the analysis of language variation; it also explores the many ways in which social theory could yet enrich, and be enriched by, empirical sociolinguistic analysis. Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate even years
This course examines the nature of ethnolinguistic variation in the English-speaking diaspora, with particular attention to the ethnic varieties in the United States, including African American English, Hispanic English, and Native American English. Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate odd years
This course will introduce the main research concentrations and methods in Applied Sociolinguistics, including first language acquisition and teaching, second language learning, bilingualism, and clinical assessment and treatment of communication disorders. Students will be introduced to the basic foundations of language variation from linguistic and sociocultural/historical perspectives and learn how sociolinguistic variation affects clinical and educational processes and organizations. Typically offered in Spring only This course is offered alternate odd years
The course examines the applications of artificial Intelligence systems in multiple domains of society and the fundamental challenges and concerns introduced by such AI tools, which include but are not limited to accountability, biases, explainability, fairness, liability, privacy, and transparency. To tackle these challenges, we will take an interdisciplinary approach by first obtaining a non-programmer's overview of AI and data science before delving into the life cycle of AI systems, ethics, social justice, and rhetorical theories. Then, we will apply these interdisciplinary lenses to critically examine AI applications in multiple sectors to examine how AI can deepen racial and economic inequalities. We will explore how AI systems should be held accountable to communities and application contexts and how interdisciplinary research can be done to encourage public engagement, inform public discourses about the social impacts of AI, and help create more responsible AI. Typically offered in Spring only
Intensive exploration of specialized or emerging topics in an area of language, literature, rhetoric, film, or other aspect of English studies. Emphasis on student research and writing. May be used to test and develop new courses. May be repeated for credit. Typically offered in Fall and Spring This course is offered alternate odd years
Intensive study of a specific topic from various specializations of the English faculty. Negotiation between the student and the director for the variable credit and approved by the director of Graduate Studies. May be repeated for credit. Typically offered in Fall and Spring
