103 courses with the subject ENG, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ENG 100Practices in Critical Reading4
Practices in Critical Reading: This course introduces students to the fundamentals of close reading. Students will study the crafting of various genres of literature, and they will hone their active reading skills, engaging with diverse texts in a variety of ways such as annotating and sketch-noting. Students will consider the significance of form, genre and theme within rhetorical situations. Emphasis on authors, genres, or themes may vary. (Offered every fall term.)
Introduction to Professional Writing and Rhetoric: As a foundation to the major, this course is designed to introduce students to rhetorical theories and practices. These rhetorical foundations help students recognize how writing is a broad, dynamic field of possibility generated by and generative of language. Students will discover significant rhetorical theories and traditions upon which public writing, professional writing, and scholarly writing are founded. Over the course of the semester, students will gain practical experience in composing a variety of texts and genres, all with an eye toward understanding how language and writing are socially situated.
Introduction to Literary Studies: This course provides an introduction to the field of Literary studies and research, with emphasis on the key tools for analyzing and researching literary works in their respective contexts, including literary terms, genres, critical theory, and advanced writing skills. Required of all students who plan to major in Literary Studies. The course should be taken before or immediately after the declaration of the Literary Studies major. This course fulfills the University writing-intensive requirement.
Introduction to Creative Writing: Study of principles and forms of creative writing. The course will include special attention to observation and reflection, form and meaning, modern usage l and effective expression.
Survey of British Literature I: This course offers a historical survey and critical exploration of major periods, genres and attitudes of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period and the Middle Ages through the Renaissance. Monsters, marvels, monarchs, heroes, villains—ENG 210 explores the roots of today’s literature. ENG 210 is foundational for later courses.
Survey of British Literature II: This course offers a historical survey and critical exploration of major periods, genres and attitudes of English literature from the late 17th century through 19th century Romanticism and Realism to the Modern period. ENG 220 is foundational for later courses.
Survey of American Literature I: “I resist anything better than my own diversity,” Walt Whitman writes in section 16 of Song of Myself—and in many ways he speaks for all of American culture too. American identity and culture is shaped by diversity in ancestry, race, gender, religion, class, sexual orientation, region, and by another kind of diversity too: a shifting boundary between art for the elites and popular culture for the masses, with themes and techniques continually spilling over from one side of this boundary to the other. This course will explore the formation of American literature. But we’ll also talk about national identity, race, sex, conquest, faith, sin and salvation (but mostly sin), and the cosmic beauty of existence if you can escape to a cabin at Walden Pond.
none. ( Offered every odd fall, alternating in this rotation with ENG 230.)
ENG 230Survey of American Literature II
Survey of American Literature II: In the first chapter of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck, who’s a street kid by birth and experience, complains about how his new guardian, the Widow Douglas, tries to “sivilize” him. Among the things he doesn’t like is the food she serves him because “everything was cooked by itself.” Huck is used to a different way of cooking: “In a barrel of odds and ends it is different; things get mixed up, and the juice kind of swaps around, and the things go better.” But Huck’s way of cooking is also a metaphor for American literature in which, like all of American culture, “things get mixed up.” This course will survey American Literature from the age of Realism in which Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn through the shocks of the Modernist era in the first half of the twentieth century and into a more pluralist and diverse twenty-first century. Things will indeed “get mixed up,” as American writers experiment wildly with different forms and voices and as we embrace more deeply the rich diversity of American culture and identities. alternating in this rotation with ENG 225.)
Topics in Global Literature: This course will offer intensive explorations of different cultures through the study of selected authors and literary movements around the world. We will focus on themes of colonization/decolonization, immigration, cultural identity, alienation, gender roles, sexuality, family life and social class. This course may be repeated once for credit
Advanced Professional Writing: In this course, students will both expand the scope of professional writing forms and further hone the writing skills found in ENG 204. Specifically, students will write longer documents, such as reports, case studies, and white papers. In addition, students will write a series of documents to build a digital story: blog, social media posts, and short video scripts. To help students become better professional writers, they will perform in-depth research, pay special attention to audience, and tailor their writing styles to best suit the medium they're writing in. Finally, to emulate the practices of professional writers, students will share and evaluate what they write through workshops and presentations.
Studies in Selected Authors: This course will offer an intensive study of the works of a single author, with an emphasis on biographical and cultural contexts and the development of characteristic themes and techniques. The focus of this class will change regularly and will include such authors as Jane Austen, Emily Dickinson, and others. This course may be repeated once for credit with a different topic. Prerequisite:
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Writing of Creative Nonfiction: An intensive study of the writing of creative nonfiction, focusing on advanced techniques of exposition, descriptive detail, and narrative voice. All instruction and discussion is revision-based.
ENG 206. (Offered every third term in rotation with ENG 308 and ENG 310.)
ENG 308Writing of Poetry4
Writing of Poetry: An intensive study of the writing of poetry, focusing on a command of image, figurative language, lineation, form, and other aspects of craft and prosody. Instruction and discussion are revision based. Special attention will be given to scholarly criticism of contemporary poetry.
ENG 206. (Offered every third term in rotation with ENG 307 and ENG 310.)
ENG 309Medieval and Renaissance Literature4
Medieval and Renaissance Literature: This course will evaluate significant works of Medieval and Renaissance English literature and their development of genres and themes such as epic adventures, romance, chivalry, law and order, religion, revolution, and national identity. Authors and their works will be examined in their literary and cultural contexts; their continued relevance will also be explored. Emphasis on authors, genres, or themes may vary.
Seminar in Creative Writing: A close examination of issues of craft and genre in creative writing, in which students will study contemporary and canonical works to better understand their formal and technical elements. Topics for the seminar will vary from year to year and may focus intensively on a single genre or cross genres. This course may be repeated once for credit with a different topics.
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Shakespeare Studies: Exploration of Shakespeare's body of works and their treatment of prevalent themes such as love, death, power, justice, and identity. The course considers such themes across genres--the genres of poetry and drama, as well as comedy, tragedy, history, and romance. ENG 313 assesses Shakespeare’s works in their literary and cultural contexts, and in doing so, will also evaluate their literary and cultural impact.
Topics in Advanced Rhetoric: An open topics writing course, ENG 318 offers students the opportunity to study issues of academic, political, social, or cultural significance through the analysis of rhetoric in a particular context. This course may include a discussion of particular genres. In this course, students will interpret and analyze rhetorical strategies employed in visual, print, and digital texts. Students may repeat this course for up to 8 credit hours under different subtitles.
Literary Publishing/Editing: Signet: This course combines the study of contemporary literary publishing and the practical skills of magazine production in literary creative arts. Students will analyze the literary magazine using as their texts noteworthy print and digital journals. Students will also product Signet, Queens' literary magazine, and be exposed to all levels of the editorial process, with special attention given to solicitin and reviewing submissions of poetry, fiction, creative essays, and art; fundamentals of style; copy editing; proofreading; and the principles and practices of design. All potential Signet editors must first take ENG 319; English majors are strongly encouraged to take this course. This course includes a publishing lab that may be taken independently for 1 hr credit. every spring.)
QUEST Undergraduate Publication Course: This course invites students into the process of professional writing and editing for publication of the Queens undergraduate research journal. Drawing on the interdisciplinary nature of writing, research, and scholarship, this course offers a variety of disciplinary lenses by which to consider knowledge-making and knowledge-dissemination. Students will learn and discuss writing and editing as it applies to qualitative, quantitative, and rhetorical research. Additionally, students will obtain practical experience designing and producing the publication of an undergraduate research journal; participating in the peer review process based on editorial requirements; learning the fundamentals of disciplinary writing, copy-editing, and proofreading. (Offered every fall term.)
Studies in Literary Genres: Each literary genre--the novel, the poem, the short story, the essay, and drama--has its own distinct techniques and historical development. This course will focus on an intensive study of a single genre. Topics will change regularly, and the course may be repeated once for credit with a different topic.
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may be repeated once for credit with a different topic.
Studies in Literary Movements: From the British Romantics to the American Transcendentalists, from the Lost Generation to the Harlem Renaissance, writers and artists throughout literary history have often consciously identified themselves as parts of movements, pushing their forms and their culture in new directions. This course will focus on specific movements at specific moments in literary history. We will examine the forces that drove these artists together, their common affinities and interests, and sometimes the forces that tore them apart. Topics will change regularly, and the course may be repeated once for credit with a different topic.
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ENG
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may be repeated once for credit with a different topic.
The Nineteenth-Century Novel: At the start of the nineteenth century, the novel as a genre was a new and often derided form of literature. By the end of the century, however, it had g transformed into arguably the most enduring and influential aesthetic form of the modern era. Yet just what is “the nineteenth century novel,” and why did it attract readers ranging from the working classes to Queen Victoria herself? What cultural and political factors drove its emergence as a genre, and how did the novel shape modern understandings of social issues ranging from marriage, childhood, race, and gender to labor, urban life, empire, and medicine? Through a survey of key authors including Jane Austen, the Brontës, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, Thomas Hardy, and Virginia Woolf—among others—this course introduces students to the wide array of novelistic forms invented by nineteenth century writers, and to the work of these writers to build the novel into a powerful agent of social and political change. Prereq: QEN 101. (Offered every even fall.)
African American Literature: Critical examination of work by African American authors and of movements within the African American literary tradition, which has developed both within and outside the dominant American culture. Topics may include the slave-narrative tradition, the Harlem Renaissance, Black protest novels, literary explorations of the African Diaspora, African American literary theory and the development of the African American literary identity.
Jewish Literature: This course will explore many traditions and themes of Jewish literature, both in Europe and America. We'll examine shifting definitions of Jewish identity, the experience of anti-semitism and The Holocaust, and struggles over assimilation in American life.
Topics in Gender and Sexuality Studies: This course will serve as a general introduction to the gendering and/or queering of literature, often focusing on individual writers or groups of writers. Topics may examine major theoretical approaches and debates in the study of gender and sexuality. Topics with a theoretical focus will give particular attention to the intersectio of culture, representation, and identity, with a focus on the social and political contests in which writers work. The course may be repeated once for credit with a different topics.
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ENG
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may be repeated once for credit with a different topics.
Not Your Inspiration Porn: Disability Literature: This course will provide an introduction to literature from disabled writers as well as to disability scholars’ and activists’ critiques of representations of disability in other literature and media. We will read literary works by a diverse set of disabled writers working within a variety of genres and contexts, and we will examine depictions of disability by abled writers. This class will also provide an introduction to some basic disability studies concepts to help you develop a disability lens through which to engage with literature and other media. Prereq: QEN 101.
Topics in Literature and History: In a study of the reciprocal influences of culture and history, this course will examine the literary and cultural productions associated with specific historical events and moments, such as the Civil War, the Great Migration, the Cold War, and the upheavals of the 1960s. This course may be repeated once for credit with a different topic. Prerequisite: none. (Offered as needed.) Credit:
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ENG
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4
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4
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may be repeated once for credit with a different topic.
Topics in Popular Culture: This course will examine different kinds of cultural artifacts, from traditional literary forms to film, music, television shows, comic books, and other forms of popular culture. In studying cultural artifacts, we'll examine different ways of representing gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and national identity as we try to understand how individuals are affected by the cultural forms they experience, create and consume. The course may be repeated once for credit with a different topic.
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ENG
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4
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may be repeated once for credit with a different topic.
History of Rhetoric: Rhetoric is as ubiquitous to us as air. It is everywhere. This course introduces students to the history of rhetoric, the key terms of the discipline, and the frameworks by which we use it to engage and analyze texts, events, n communication, and any phenomenon. Part of this study includes considering the origins, development, and contradicting views of rhetoric and how it informs our realities. The purpose of this course is for students to have a strong working knowledge of the history of rhetoric, a lexicon of terms, understanding of rhetorical concepts and theories, and the ability to rhetorically engage texts. We will cover thousands of years of thoughts – from Aristotle to Burke – to see how our contemporary world is framed and reframed by rhetoric. every spring term)
Rhetoric from the Margins: Political speeches, journalism, graffiti, novels—whose voices do we hear most often? We live in a culture where the right to speak is woven into our identity through the first amendment, but who has access to speech, given the institutions and structures of our culture? This course will take an historical look at rhetoric to consider what voices we have heard most often and why. From ancient Greece to the early days of the US to more contemporary moments, what barriers to speech and visibility have persisted? How has gender, ability, race, or class affected who can speak and whose voices have been heard? From Aspasia and Wollstonecraft to Anzaldua and hooks, in this course, we will read a wide variety of rhetorical texts from both historical perspectives and more contemporary settings to engage questions of marginality.
ENG 204 or permission of the instructor. (Offered every odd fall term) 208
ENG 362Rhetoric of Public Memory4
Rhetoric of Public Memory: Memory is a central part of classical rhetoric. Rhetoricians for centuries have considered how memory functions rhetorically and how memory contributes to persuasion. Every culture has means of creating and maintaining collective memory. How does that memory get constructed? Where is that memory visible in public places? In this course, we will concern ourselves not with individual memory, but with the construction of public memory in the context of the United States. In this work, we will focus specifically and intentionally on the rhetoric of public memory, including how language, space, material objects, and even performance is used to construct and argue for specific ways to remember various events, moments, groups, and individuals in this culture.
ENG 204 or permission of the instructor. (Offered every even spring term)
ENG 363Material Rhetoric4
Material Rhetoric: Discussions about rhetoric often focus on language. Beyond the bounds of language, however, we also encounter rhetoric in material ways, as we move through space and encounter material objects. This course will consider the myriad ways materiality creates rhetorical effects, including historical and contemporary examples.
ENG 204 or permission of the instructor. (Offered every even fall term)
ENG 364Visual Rhetoric4
Visual Rhetoric: Why do we care about the visual so much? How do images function to persuade us or inform us? We live in a culture where we are surrounded by images, all affecting our communication and persuasion, whether in social media, news media, art, or various other spaces. In this course, we will study the role of images in public discourse, to see how images function rhetorically both independent of and in relationship with linguistic texts. Students will analyze and interpret various examples of visual rhetoric, from photographs and street art, to graphic novels and infographics and will also produce texts that incorporate images. We will spend a semester together testing the old cliché that “pictures speak louder than words.”
ENG 204 or permission of the instructor. (Offered every odd spring term)
ENG 365Rhetoric: Social Movements & Change4
Rhetoric of Social Movements and Change: Can rhetoric change the world? Maybe it’s the only thing that can. This course is designed to examine the rhetorical actions of groups and individuals in recent history who seek (or have sought) to enact social change. In considering how various groups use rhetoric, our study will examine issues of power, organization, audience, and aim. We will consider how rhetoric is used to constitute movements, attract participants, legitimize concerns, propose actions, and sustain movements. People from all walks of life seek to change the world, so our examples will be varied, from the Civil Rights Movement to the Alt-Right, from Women’s Rights and LGBTQ Rights, in addition to others. In our study of verbal and non-verbal strategies, we will examine various rhetorical techniques, performances, and genres, from songs, speeches, and social media to pictures, paintings, and protests.
ENG 204 or permission of the instructor. (Offered every odd fall term)
ENG 366Writing Nature4
Writing Nature: The natural world surrounds us, but where do we belong in it? In this class, we’ll explore our places and roles in nature, through readings and our own writings. We’ll write sketches, keep a visual/written journal about our time in nature, and compose several longer pieces, including one that combines the visual and verbal. Our readings will draw from two wells: nature writings in several traditions—Asian, western European, and American; as well as biological and ecological writings. As a class, we’ll take a field trip to a natural sight, to supplement our own individual engagements with nature. To help us in our writing, we’ll have workshop discussions of your works-in-progress. Prereq: ENG 204 or permission of the instructor. (Offered every even spring term)
Promotional Writing: Consider a cause or nonprofit organization that you believe in. Now, how can you help promote that nonprofit or cause? This class will show you. Through writing, you’ll learn the best ways to increase the visibility of your organization. You’ll practice telling the stories of the organizations and the stories of their clients, the people they help. You’ll also fashion a voice for the group, over time, across a range of media. A consistent voice is crucial to the cause. While social media is also vital, you’ll look at how to choose the right platforms and how to concentrate on the quality, not the quantity, of posts choosing the best uses of social media. To help you in promoting your cause/organization, you’ll participate in workshop discussions of your works-in-progress.
ENG 204 or permission of the instructor. (Offered every even fall term)
ENG 368Rhetoric and Ethics4
Rhetoric and Ethics: The purpose of this course is to consider ethical systems and how they interact with ethos and representation. Drawing from classical thinkers, such as Aristotle and Cicero, and moving into the contemporary world, we will engage the ways that Western ethical systems converge and conflict with non-Western ethical systems. We will pay particular attention to how various texts and meta- narratives operate to both reflect and refute these ethical systems that have come to frame the way we “see” the world. How does the Western Rhetorical canon influence our personal ethical stances, and should we challenge those innate ways of being? Using contemporary applications from contemporary culture, we will apply these theories to negotiation real world applications and representations. every odd spring term)
Topics: International Preparation: This course examines international aspects of a selected subject matter in preparation for international experience around the same topic. Open only to students enrolled in the corresponding international experience course. Students must earn a grade of C- or better (an average of 70) in order to participate in ENG 399. The total number of hours for ENG 398 and ENG 399 cannot exceed four total hours.
International Experience: The international experience component of ENG 398. Students will have the opportunity to experience firsthand many of the topics studied in the prerequisite course. The total number of hours for ENG 398 and ENG 399 cannot exceed four total hours.
completion of ENG 398 with a grade of C- or better (an average of 70).
ENG 444Capstone Workshop in Poetry4
Capstone Workshop in Poetry: This course allows students the opportunity to strengthen their skills in the writing of poetry and to develop materials for the Senior Portfolio. Part of the course will be devoted to individual work on the portfolio with the student's faculty advisor.
ENG 307, ENG 308, and ENG 310. (Offered every spring term.)
ENG 447Capstone Workshop in Prose4
Capstone Workshop in Prose: This course allows students the opportunity to strengthen their skills in writing of fiction or creative nonfiction and to develop material for the Senior Portfolio. Part of the course will be devoted to individual work on the portfolio with the student's faculty advisor.
ENG 307, 308, and ENG 310. (Offered every fall semester.)
ENG 450Professional Writing Capstone4
Professional Writing Capstone: The capstone focuses on the completion of a digital portfolio of writing samples, including sustained and reflective writing. The process of developing and shaping the portfolio will include collaboration, workshops, and presentations. The capstone is designed to help students develop materials for applications for jobs or graduate school and to move directly into the next stages in their careers as writers, graduate students, or professional writers. 300 level courses. (Offered every spring term.)
Independent Study: Independent study of a topic in professional writing, rhetoric, drama, fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and/or literary or cultural theory with a focus also on research techniques.
junior or senior student in the Major, minimum 3.000 grade point average in English, completion of at least eight hours of upper-level English courses and permission of the department. (Offered as needed.)
ENG 460Critical Writing Seminar4
Critical Writing Seminar: As the capstone course for Literature majors, this course will examine different styles of critical writing. Students will write scholarly essays based in research and the application of literary theory and will experiment with critical forms that incorporate elements of creative nonfiction. Each student will produce a capstone paper that will be accompanied by a public presentation and will submit a portfolio of critical writing.
Fiction Workshop: An intensive study of the writing of fiction, focusing on advanced techniques of narration, exposition, descriptive detail, scenic development, point of view, and other elements of fiction. All instruction and discussion is a part of a small groups and is revision-based. ENG 502/504/506 are repeatable for up to a total of 24 hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the summer term.)
Fiction Workshop: An intensive study of the writing of fiction, focusing on advanced techniques of narration, exposition, descriptive detail, scenic development, point of view, and other elements of fiction. All instruction and discussion is a part of a small group and is revision-based. ENG 502/504/506 are repeatable for a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the fall term).
Fiction Workshop: An intensive study of the writing of fiction, focusing on advanced techniques of narration, exposition, descriptive detail, scenic development, point of view, and other elements of fiction. All instruction and discussion is a part of a small group and is revision-based. ENG 502/504/506 are repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the spring term.)
Poetry Residency Seminars: A close examination of issues of craft and genre in the writing of poetry, in which students will analyze contemporary and canonical works to explicate their formal and technical elements. The content of this course is offered as a part of the residency experience. Topics of the seminar vary. This course is repeatable. Graded pass/no record. (Offered in the Spring and Summer terms.) Credit: 0
Poetry Workshop: An intensive study of the writing of poetry, focusing on advanced techniques of prosody, imagery, metaphor, rhythym, form and other elements of poetry. All instruction and discussion is a part of a small group and is revision-based. ENG 512/514/516 are repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the summer term.)
Poetry Workshop: An intensive study of the writing of poetry, focusing on advanced techniques of prosody, imagery, metaphor, rhythm, form and other elements of poetry. All instruction and discussion is a part of a small group and is revision-based. ENG 512/514/516 are repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the fall term.) 210
Poetry Workshop: An intensive study of the writing of poetry, focusing on advanced techniques of prosody, imagery, metaphor, rhythm, form and other elements of poetry. All instruction and discussion is a part of a small group and is revision based. ENG 512/514/516 are repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the spring term.)
Nonfiction Residency Seminars: A close examination of issues of craft and genre in the writing of creative nonfiction, in which students will analyze contemporary and canonical works to explicate their formal and technical elements. The content of this course is offered as a part of the residency experience. Topics of the seminar vary. This course is repeatable. Graded pass/no record. (Offered in the Spring and Summer terms.) Credit: 0
Creative Nonfiction Workshop: An intensive study of the writing of nonfiction, focusing on advanced techniques of narration, exposition, descriptive detail, scenic development, point of view, and other elements of nonfiction. All instruction and discussion is a part of a small group and is revision-based.
Dramatic Writing Workshop: An intensive study of the writing of stage plays and screenplays, focusing on dramatic structure, dialogue, characterization, and other elements of dramatic writing. All instruction and discussion is a part of a small group and is revision-based. ENG 532/534/536 are repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the spring term.)
Stage & Screen Residency Seminars: A close examination of issues of craft and genre in the writing of stage- and screenplays, in which students will analyze contemporary and canonical works to explicate their formal and technical elements. The content of this course is offered as a part of the residency experience. Topics of the seminar vary. This course is repeatable. Graded pass/no record. (Offered in the Spring and Summer terms.) Credit: 0
Dramatic Writing Workshop: An intensive study of the writing of stage plays and screenplays, focusing on dramatic structure, dialogue, characterization, and other elements of dramatic writing. All instruction and discussion is a part of a small group and is revision-based. ENG 632/534/536 are repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the summer term.)
Dramatic Writing Workshop: An intensive study of the writing of stage plays and screenplays, focusing on dramatic structure, dialogue, characterization, and other elements of dramatic writing. All instruction and discussion is a part of a small group and is revision-based. ENG 532/534/536 are repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the fall term.)
Dramatic Writing Workshop: An intensive study of the writing of stage plays and screenplays, focusing on dramatic structure, dialogue, characterization, and other elements of dramatic writing. All instruction and discussion is a part of a small group and is revision-based. ENG 532/534/536 are repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. (Offered in the spring term.)
Fiction Tutorial: An intensive study of the writing of fiction, focusing on advanced techniques of narration, exposition, descriptive detail, scenic development, point of view, and other elements of fiction. All instruction and discussion is one-on-one between instructor and students and is revision-based. This course is repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/Fail. (Offered in the summer term.)
Fiction Tutorial: An intensive study of the writing of fiction, focusing on advanced techniques of narration, exposition, descriptive detail, scenic development, point of view, and other elements of fiction. All instruction and discussion is one-on-one between instructor and students and is revision-based. This course is repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/Fail. (Offered in the fall, spring and summer terms.)
Fiction Tutorial: An intensive study of the writing of fiction, focusing on advanced techniques of narration, exposition, descriptive detail, scenic development, point of view, and other elements of fiction. All instruction and discussion is one-on-one between instructor and students and is revision-based. This course is repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/Fail. (Offered in the spring term,)
Poetry Tutorial: An intensive study of the writing of poetry, focusing on advanced techniques of prosody, imagery, metaphor, rhythm, form and other elements of poetry. All instruction and discussion is one-on-one between instructor and student and is revision-based. This course is repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the fall, spring and summer terms.)
Poetry Tutorial: An intensive study of the writing of poetry, focusing on advanced techniques of prosody, imagery, metaphor, rhythm, form and other elements of poetry. All instruction and discussion is one-on-one between instructor and student and is revision-based. This course is repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the spring term.)
Creative Nonfiction Tutorial: An intensive study of the writing of nonfiction, focusing on advanced techniques of narration, exposition, descriptive detail, scenic development, point of view, and other elements of nonfiction. All instruction and discussion is one-on-one between instructor and student and is revision-based. This course is repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the summer term.)
Creative Nonfiction Tutorial: An intensive study of the writing of nonfiction, focusing on advanced techniques of narration, exposition, descriptive detail, scenic development, point of view, and other elements of nonfiction. All instruction and discussion is one-on-one between instructor and student and is revision-based. This course is repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the fall, spring and summer terms.)
Creative Nonfiction Tutorial: An intensive study of the writing of nonfiction, focusing on advanced techniques of narration, exposition, descriptive detail, scenic development, point of view, and other elements of nonfiction. All instruction and discussion is one-on-one between instructor and student and is revision-based. This course is repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the spring term.)
Dramatic Writing Tutorial: An intensive study of the writing of stage plays and screenplays, focusing on dramatic structure, dialogue, characterization, and other elements of dramatic writing. All instruction and discussion is one-on-one between instructor and student and is revision-based. This course is repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the fall, spring and summer terms.)
Dramatic Writing Tutorial: An intensive study of the writing of stage plays and screenplays, focusing on dramatic structure, dialogue, characterization, and other elements of dramatic writing. All instruction and discussion is one-on-one between instructor and student and is revision-based. This course is repeatable for up to a total of 24 credit hours, or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the spring term.)
This course provides an opportunity for an individually designed program of directed readings that are directly applicable to the student's own writing. This course is repeatable for up to 8 credit hours or by approval of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the summer term.)
Guided Reading in Creative Writing: This course provides an opportunity for an individually designed program of directed readings that are directly applicable to the student's own writing. This course is repeatable for up to 12 credit hours or by approval of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fFail. (Offered in the fall and spring terms.)
Cross-Genre Residency Seminar: A cross-genre examination of issues of craft in creative writing, in which students will analyze contemporary and canonical works to explicate their formal and technical elements. Topics for the seminar vary. The content of this course is offered as a part of the residency experience. This course is repeatable. Graded pass/no record. (Offered in the spring and summer terms.) Credit: 0
Special Topics: A cross-genre examination of issues of craft in creative writing, in which students will analyze contemporary and canonical works to explicate their formal and technical elements. Topics for the seminar vary. This course is repeatable for up to 9 credit hours or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the spring and summer terms.)
Poetry Craft Seminar: A close examination of issues of craft in the composition of poetry, in which students will analyze contemporary and canonical works to explicate their formal and technical elements. Topics for the seminar vary. This course is repeatable for 10 credit hours or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the fall and spring terms.)
Creative Nonfiction Craft Seminar: A close examination of issues of craft and genre in the writing of nonfiction, in which students will analyze contemporary and canonical works to explicate their formal and technical elements. Topics for the seminar vary. This course is repeatable for 10 credit hours or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the fall and spring terms.)
Dramatic Writing Craft Seminar: A close examination of craft and genre in the writing of screen- and stage-plays, in which students will analyze contemporary and canonical works to explicate their formal and technical elements. Topics for the seminar vary. This course is repeatable for 10 credit hours or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the fall and spring terms.)
Gateway I: Reading as a Writer: A series of four seminars in all offered genres designed to train students to read and analyze creative work as professional creative writers do, Part of the Gateway series of seminars aimed at the professional development of creative writers. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the spring term.)
Gateway II: Literary Reviewing: A series of four seminars in all offered genres designed to train students in the writing of professional-level literary reviews or treatments of screenplays. Part of the Gateway series of seminars aimed at the professional development of creative writers. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the fall term.)
Gateway III: Shaping a Book: A series of four seminars in all offered genres designed to introduce students to the structural considerations of a book-length work or complete stage- or screenplay. Part of the Gateway series of seminars aimed at the professional development of creative writers. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the spring term.)
Gateway IV: Teaching Creative Writing: A series of four seminars in all offered genres designed to train students in the teaching of creative writing. Part of the Gateway series of seminars aimed at the professional development of creative
A series of four seminars in all offered genres designed to train students to read and analyze creative work as professional creative writers do and to train students in the writing of professional-level literary reviews or treatments of screenplays. Part of the Gateway series of seminars aimed at the professional development of creative writers. The content of this course is offered as a part of the residency experience. Graded pass/no record. (Offered in the spring and summer terms.) Credit: 0
Gateway III-IV Residency Seminar: A series of four seminars in all offered genres designed to introduce students to the structural considerations of a book-length work or complete stage- or screenplay, and to train students in the teaching of creative writing. Part of the Gateway series aimed at the professional development of creative writers. The content of this course is offered as a part of the residency experiences. Graded pass/no record. (Offered in the spring and summer terms.) Credit: 0
Fiction Craft Tutorial: A close examination of issues of craft and genre in the writing of fiction, in which students will analyze contemporary and canonical works to grasp their formal and technical elements. All instruction and discussion is one-on-one between instructor and student. This course is repeatable for up to a total of 8 credit hours, or with permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/Fail.
Poetry Craft Tutorial: An intensive study in the writing of poetry, focusing on advanced techniques of prosody, imagery, metaphor, sound rhythm, form and other elements of poetry. All instruction and discussion is one-on-one between instructor and student. This course is repeatable for up to a total of 8 credit hours, or with permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/Fail.
Creative Nonfiction Craft Tutorial: A close examination of issues of craft and genre in the writing of nonfiction, in which students will analyze contemporary and canonical works to grasp their formal and technical elements. All instruction and discussion is one-on-one between instructor and student. This course is repeatable for up to a total of 8 credit hours, or with permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/Fail.
Dramatic Writing Craft Tutorial: A close examination of craft and genre in the writing of screen- and stage-plays, in which students will analyze contemporary and canonical works to grasp their formal and technical elements. All instruction and discussion is one-on-one between instructor and student. This course is repeatable for up to a total of 8 credit hours, or with permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/Fail. 213
Creative Thesis: Independent development, in consultation with a faculty advisor, of a book-length work of poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction or a screen- or stage-play. Graded: Pass/fail. (Reserved for special circumstances, this course requires the permission of program.) Credit: 1
Creative Thesis: Independent development, in consultation with a faculty advisor, of a book-length work of poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction or a screen- or stage-play. This course is repeatable for up to 9 credit hours. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the fall, spring and summer terms.)
Creative Writing Capstone Project: Independent development of a general audience or scholarly essay and presentation on an element of the craft or profession of creative writing. Repeatable for up to 2 credit hours or by permission of the program administration. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the fall, spring and summer terms.)
Graduating students attend a final graduating residency where they give a public reading from their thesis, give and attend craft presentations for their fellow students, and attend a special series of seminars designed to orient candidates to life after the MFA. Graded: Pass/fail. (Offered in the spring and summer terms.)
Latin American Cultural Seminar: A series of seminars designed to address a specific topic of Latin American culture, related to the residency city. This course is required for all students attending the MFA residency in Latin America. Graded pass/no record. (Offered every summer.) Credit: 0
Book Development I: The first part of a non-degree program where participants spend 26 weeks working on a draft of a single book-length manuscript with a professional editor from a major publishing house. Credit from the Book Development program may be applied toward the MFA degree, should program participants choose to enroll. (Offered every fall, spring, and summer terms.) Graded: Pass/fail.
