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ENG

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

This course is an introduction to the English Studies discipline and its many sub-fields of inquiry. It emphasizes interpretation and production of textual genres. Students examine how their reading and writing strategies affect their interpretation and production of texts.

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ENG

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3

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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This course teaches core research skills using exciting and varied real research topics by practicing scholars in the department. Students will consider the ethics of responsible research and analysis, and they will learn the fundamentals of library and internet research, document analysis, and rigorous evidence-based writing, including their grasp of academic writing in English. English scholars draw upon a wide range of fields and disciplines and embrace various research methodologies, and research in English is more than just locating and synthesizing peer-reviewed scholarship. Students will therefore also be introduced to at least one other method of research, for example archival, ethnographic, or digital humanities methods. They will also be taught the moves that writers of academic research writing often make. As students synthesize research into their writing, they will negotiate those moves to develop further their academic voices.

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ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

This course explores the political, social, cultural, and historical factors that influenced the development of twentieth century Black Critical Theory. Students will develop an awareness of critical, theoretical, and rhetorical approaches to textual analysis that are central to the field English Studies as they learn about crucial moments in African American and Diasporic history and culture such as The Harlem Renaissance, The Realist/Protest Movement, The Civil Rights Era/Black Arts Movement, and The Feminist/Womanist Movement. Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis

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ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

The historical and social contexts of English literacy. Emphasis on writing. Gen Ed Attribute: Interdisciplinary

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ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

3 ESP 309 Latin America on Film (in English) 3 3 ESP 316 Latin American Avant-Gardes and Mass Media 3 3 ESP 324 Latinos in the U.S. 3 3 ESP 333 Latina Writing 3 3 ESP 335 Latino Literatures in the US 3 3 GEO 204 Introduction to Urban Studies 3 3 GEO 312 Urban Geography 3

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ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

This course studies the history of the creation, production, distribution, circulation, and reception of the written word. As it traces how authorship, reading, publishing, and the physical properties of texts have altered over time, the course examines, both historically and analytically, the intellectual, social and cultural impact of changing communications technologies against the backdrop of our current digital age. Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis

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ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

An introduction to new media, digital humanities, and computational approaches to literature and writing, with a survey of theories, methodologies, and current critical practices. ENG 280 Prerequisite: Successful completion of WRT 120 or WRT 123.

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ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

This course focuses on history and its influences on the reception and production of texts. Students will be asked to engage critical historical and literary materials in order to develop insight into how cultural historical circumstances enable the production of texts and influence how readers respond to them. Second of three majors' core courses. 270

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ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

Students will examine major theoretical approaches to working with texts with an emphasis on how the relationship between meaning and text is conceived by different critical theories. This course also provides students with an overview of the intellectual lineage that subtends modern and postmodern theory in the humanities, highlighting the ways in which postmodern theory came to challenge earlier aesthetic and philosophical movements, such as pre-sophist, Greco-Roman, Medieval, Modern, Romantic, and Enlightenment traditions in Western European cultures. The course helps students to both understand and challenge the dominance of Western Culture in English Studies altogether by exploring comparative non-western aesthetic and philosophical movements.

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ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

The focus of this course will be environmental rhetoric and advocacy. Environmental rhetoric refers to the intersection of language and thought about the ecological environment, including how nature and environmental have historically been constructed in human culture, how the environmental issues we face today are bound to those historic constructions, and how we can use language to advocate for healthier and more sustainable environment futures through writing. The course is organized into three units that reflect this focus: environmental past, environmental present, and environmental future(s). Students will draw from analytic and methodological traditions in the humanities and English Studies to understand environmental history. They learn to apply rhetorical framing, including narrative framing and metaphoric framing as a lens for interpreting contemporary environmental texts, and we will learn genres of advocacy writing to participate in creation of a more sustainable environmental future. ENG 310 Prerequisite: Successful completion of WRT 200. Gen Ed Attribute: Sustainability Pathway, Writing Emphasis

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ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Introduction to usability and user experience in the development and revision of websites, including issues of accessibility. Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

This course examines the interface between language and literature, exploring the language of of literary texts through linguistic methodologies. Students will address two central questions: “What is style?” and “How do texts mean?” Students will learn to identify and analyze specific linguistic features and use them to interpret the meaning of texts. Topics include cohesion, transitivity, modality, point of view, speech and thought representation, and metaphor. Students will study a range of literary texts, including drama, poetry, and prose from various literary periods, and draw connections to the analysis and understanding of contemporary media. Discussions will also cover how advertisements persuade audiences, the characteristics of strong versus weak writing, and the use of persuasive language in political and media discourse. Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis Equivalent courses: ENG 250

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ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

A detailed analysis of the modern descriptive approach to the study of English grammar and how it compares with the traditional approach. ENG 331 Prerequisite: Successful completion of LIN 230.

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ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

Review of the influences on the development of the English language. ENG 335 Prerequisite: Successful completion of LIN 230.

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ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

Development of the English language in America since colonial settlement. Pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar of the regional and social dialects of American English. ENG 339 Prerequisite: Successful completion of LIN 230. Gen Ed Attribute: Speaking Emphasis 2026-2027 CATALOG - UNDERGRADUATE

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ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

This course offers an introduction to sociolinguistics, the field of linguistics that examines language in its social context. Students will explore topics such as linguistic variation and it relationship with social factors like identity, class, and power; the phenomena of language birth and death; multilingualism and code choices in bilingual/bi-dialectal communities; and the intersections between language and gender. Throughout the course, students will critically examine language as a stylistic practice and consider how societal attitudes towards specific language varieties can have profound social and political consequences, often marginalizing and disempowering speakers of those varieties. A key component of the course will involve engaging with the ethical dimensions of these topics. Students will discuss the role of language in perpetuating inequality and the responsibilities of linguists in studying an representing linguistic diversity. ENG 340 Prerequisite: Successful completion of LIN 230. Gen Ed Attribute: Ethics Requirement

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ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

A writing seminar directed toward the reading of women's autobiographies and the writing of personal autobiographical narratives.

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ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

or ENG 371 Technical Writing Speaking Emphasis requirement 9

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ENG

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1

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1

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course

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

Instruction in the forms and techniques of written, oral, and visual communication currently practiced in the scientific and technical professions. A series of coordinated assignments leads to a final project in the student's field of professional study. Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis

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ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

Strategy and politics of client-centered and competitive writing that achieves objectives for the professions and organizations. Gen Ed Attribute: Community Engagement Pathway, Writing Emphasis

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ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

Intensive practical experience with selected businesses, media, and public agencies. Limited to qualified students who have earned a minimum of 80 credit hours. See Handbook for English Majors for specific requirements. Repeatable for credit.

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ENG

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3

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12

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course

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

Theory and practice of writing tutoring, especially for those who plan a career in teaching or who are focusing on the remediation or development of language and writing skills. Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis

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ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

This course is a variable-topic research seminar. Students will do advanced work in many topics in English studies, including literature, rhetoric, film, cultural studies, composition, aesthetics, theory, individual authors. This course may be repeated for credit.

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ENG

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3

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3

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may be repeated for credit.

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2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Directed readings and projects in English studies. Repeatable for credit.

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ENG

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1

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3

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

Contact department for more information about this course.

Subject

ENG

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1

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1

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course

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

Students will complete two projects (portfolio and capstone project) to demonstrate proficiency in the skills and methods they have acquired in the major. Taken in the student's final year. ENG 499 Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENG 201; ENG 202 or ENG 295; and ENG 206 or ENG 296; and 90 completed credits. English majors only. Gen Ed Attribute: Speaking Emphasis

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ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-undergraduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

An introduction to key analytical/paradigmatic concepts shared across the discipline academic skills/methods appropriate to graduate level study in English.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

Study of various methods of theoretical analysis and critique associated with the di of literary, cultural, and rhetorical analysis and the application of these methods literary and cultural texts.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

A historiographic survey of cultural rhetorical theories from the ancients to the 19 with special emphasis placed on the pedagogical aspects of these varied traditions a implications for the teaching of rhetorical literacy in the 21st-century classroom. 2026-2027 CATALOG - GRADUATE

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ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

This course studies the history of the creation, production, distribution, circulation, and reception of the written word. As it traces how authorship, reading, publishing, and the physical properties of texts have altered over time, the course examines, both historically and analytically, the intellectual, social, and cultural impact of changing communications technologies against the backdrop of our current digital age. This historical perspective uniquely equips students with the skills and knowledge to navigate effectively the transformations affecting the publishing and related media industries. Distance education offering may be available.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

This course is designed both to familiarize publishing certificate and graduate students with the components of contemporary publishing and to afford them the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in proofreading and copyediting. Distance education offering may be available.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

This course introduces student to two complementary bodies of literature: critical literacy and critical pedagogy. Students will analyze the educational system's role in maintaining or challenging diverse values, policies, and interests. To do so, students will ask questions about what we teach, how we teach, who we teach, and who we are as teachers: questions designed to frame the educational system socially, politically and institutionally.

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ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Experience in nonfiction prose writing; discussion and development of major projects. Repeatable for credit.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

A course in the writing and preparing of book-length manuscripts (novels, novellas, and 'nonfictional' novels) with the intention of submission for publication. Also includes coverage of fictional aspects and techniques used in writing memoirs, biography, and current history. Repeatable for credit.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

This course introduces students to the fundamental principles and practices of visual rhetoric. Drawing from scholarship in a diverse range of fields such as visual studies, rhetoric and composition, technical communication, and comic studies, this course will consider the rhetorical impact of images as students investigate the ways visuals shape individual and collective thoughts, feelings, and actions. In our time together, students will traverse the field of visual rhetoric in three distinct but interrelated phases: (1) an introduction to the theory and practice of visual rhetoric, (2) a survey of diverse and timely topics in visual rhetoric, and (3) a hands-on approach to putting the fundamental principles of visual rhetoric into practice.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

This online graduate course will provide an introduction to the rhetorical principles and practices of editing in technical, scientific, and medical contexts. Though you may not yourself become a professional or technical editor, you will most likely be asked to edit and provide actionable feedback on the writing of others. In this course, we will study what technical, scientific, and medical editing is, how the terrain of editing is shifting today, what roles editors play in various kinds of organizations, and the diverse processes used to get the work of editing done. Distance education offering may be available.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

This internship is designed to provide onsite, supervised experience in publishing or and to the media work specific to the student's focus of study (e.g., editorial, marketing, production). In conjunction with the internship, students will complete a capstone project in which they produce a paper analyzing how the internship has contributed to their professional development and a portfolio documenting the work completed . The portfolio is intended to scipline demonstrate professional skills and competencies You must meet with the Certificate Program to specific Director the semester previous to taking this course to select desired placements, apply for internships, and complete the internship agreement form. ENG 516 Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENG 503; 12 credits of certificate track th century, electives: ART 315, ENG 504, ENG 515, ENG 615, MBA 604, MBA 606, MBA 610, or MBA 611. nd their

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

This course is a variable-topics offering. It may study a particular period in the Middle Ages, a particular genre, or a particular theme. Readings in Old and/or Middle English, along with needed translations, will be assigned as well as critical readings and research assignments. 159

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

A survey of English drama (exclusive of Shakespeare) from its medieval beginnings to the closing of the theatres in 1642.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

This course introduces students to Shakespeare's plays and poetry, the conventions of early modern drama, and the history of Shakespearean performance and criticism. Attention to the original theatrical and literary conditions under which Shakespeare worked will include a survey of early modern culture and the contexts relevant to the current study of the plays. A full range of genres will be covered, and students will have the opportunity to read, analyze, and compare texts across the Shakespearean canon and reflect on the enduring legacy of the works.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

The comedies analyzed. The poems read in relation to Shakespeare's developing dramatic and poetic power.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Covering the period from the Restoration through the beginnings of Romanticism, this course is a variable-topics offering. It may examine a particular genre such as the novel, drama, non-fiction prose, or poetry; study generic development overall; or be organized on a theme, such as crime and punishment, order and disorder, material culture, liberty and property, gender and sexuality, fame and fortune, transatlantic exchange, media transformations, or city vs. country. Research, criticism, and work with primary texts will be assigned.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Contact department for more information about this course. Distance education offering may be available. Repeatable for credit.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Studies in early American literature and culture. For example, 'contact zones', spiritual narratives, belle-lettrism, the revolutionary public sphere.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

An investigation of 19th-century literature and its cultural context. For example, Romantic writers and reform movements, realism and reconstruction.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Study of critical approaches to literary texts that focus on the relationship between literary form and society and the involvement of representation in shaping subjectivity.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

This course investigates the Native American novel and the struggle of Native Americans for self representation.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Study of critical approaches to literary texts that focus on the historical construction of litera value, canonicity, and norms of reading, including the idea of national literature and cross- cultural approaches to literature (postcolonial, transnational, multiethnic).

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

An intensive study in themes and trends in modern African-American literature.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Contact department for more information about this course. Distance education offering may be available. Repeatable for credit.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

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Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Contact department for more information about this course.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Graduate-level study of issues and the application of techniques, strategies, & materials for meeting the needs of English Language learners (ELLs) in inclusive classrooms. Emphases include: sociocultural issues in educational contexts, TESOL through the content areas, linguistics, second language acquisition, the integration & applications of the PA English Language Proficiency Standards PK-12 (ELPs) and current trends in second language teaching, learning and assessment. Includes a field component. Distance education offering may be available.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

An examination of the relationship of the colonialist theme and modernist techniques in the novel.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Contact department for more information about this course. 160

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Historical processes in the development of American and British English. Regional and social dialects of American English. Usage and sociolinguistics.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Contact department for more information about this course. Repeatable for credit.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

1

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4

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Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Contact department for more information about this course.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

This course is designed for graduate students and ESL professionals who desire additional practical experience in ESL contexts. Special topics covered include some of the following: program design, teacher development and supervision, and materials writing. Repeatable for credit.

Subject

ENG

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1

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3

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course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Research projects, reports, and specialized readings. Repeatable for credit.

Subject

ENG

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1

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Techniques of teaching language arts, composition, and literature in the secondary school. Practice in planning and designing units and courses of study. Exploration into the latest research in teaching English.

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ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Contact department for more information about this course.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027-graduate

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catalog.wcupa.edu

A critical examination of the Young Adult genre including current theoretical research in YA literature and the application of this research for teaching, writing, and literary analysis.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Offers students systematic guidance and instruction in a specially formulated project involving scholarly or empirical research in composition.

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ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

A survey of developments and research in composition. Focus on the writing process, grading and evaluation, case approaches to writing assignments, writing across the curriculum, and remedial and developmental writing.

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ENG

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3

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3

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Contact department for more information about this course.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Transfer Credits

Subject

ENG

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3

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9

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course

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2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Theory and practice of teaching basic writing in the tutoring environment.

Subject

ENG

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3

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3

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2026-2027

Catalog

2026-2027 Catalog

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

A specialized writing seminar. Topics announced when offered. Longer prose works, short story, fantasy/ science fiction, narrative verse, lyric/meditative verse, etc. A portfolio is required at the end of the course. Repeatable for credit.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

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3

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Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

A course of individual study for students who have completed two workshops in a single genre. Concentrated work in a special poetry or prose topic. Repeatable for credit.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

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3

Credit unit

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Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Contact department for more information about this course. Repeatable for credit.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Extended work in poetic forms with additional emphasis on contemporary poetry in translation. A critical paper on contemporary poetry and poetics and a completed portfolio are required. Repeatable for credit.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Techniques of composing the short story with emphasis on its elements of form: point of view, diction, characterization, and dialogue. Readings in traditional and contemporary criticism and short stories. Completed portfolio of revised works is required. Repeatable for credit. 2026-2027 CATALOG - GRADUATE

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Extended work in the short story form with opportunities for exploring more experimental forms of short fiction. Additional readings in short fiction and criticism. A critical paper on a contemporary short story writer is required. Repeatable for credit.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

This course creates a space where graduate students form a community of writers to work on their capstone projects as they heighten their rhetorical awareness and explore writing in the myriad areas that comprise English Studies and the profession. ENG 614 Prerequisite: Successful completion of ENG 500 and ENG 501.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Variable topics, usually interdisciplinary, incorporating issues related to publishing, media studies, literary fields, genres, historical periods, and theoretical approaches. Distance education offering may be available. Repeatable for credit.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Research class in which students design independent research projects derived from their prior interests, expertise, and coursework in areas of writing, teaching, and criticism. Class includes instruction in research methodologies and collaborative critiquing and workshopping.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

This course will take up theories and practices of cultural diversities in written classroom discourses. Reading assignments cover theories of representation and examples of classroom pedagogies and research, all of which offer various ways to think about diversity in the classroom and the rich, varied discourses that develop from it. Individual research and writing projects will utilize ethnographic and teacher research methods to look at issues of diversity in the written discourses of the classrooms in which we participate as either teachers or students. Other writing assignments will include memoir and journal writing.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

Required final extended paper (about 40 pages) written under the direction of an adviser. Further details available in the Graduate English Studies Handbook. Oral defense required. Repeatable for credit.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

This course introduces students to the literature, both theoretical and popular, that examines how males are represented in and socialized by contemporary language and culture. Students read, discuss, and write about a variety of written and visual texts concerning men's experiences and masculine identities, as they relate to both men and women.

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

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Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu

This course offers varying topics through which to explore the rhetorics and ideologies of race, gender, sexuality, and class. Participants will analyze representations of and by members of disenfranchised groups in historical, literary, critical, and cultural texts, and with particular attentions to the discursive nature and social bases of representations within and in response to structures of power. Course titles may include, for example, "Reading/Writing Asian American Women"; "African American Rhetorics". M.A. IN ENGLISH - CREATIVE

Subject

ENG

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Credit unit

Credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

catalog.wcupa.edu