- ENG 5000 Practical Literary Criticism
- ENG 6700 Thesis Prospectus and Research
- ENG 6800 Thesis
- ENG 5800 Readings in World Literature I
- ENG 5810 Readings in British Literature I
- ENG 5820 Readings in British Literature II
- ENG 5830 Readings in American Literature I
- ENG 5840 Readings in World Literature II
- ENG 5850 Readings in British Literature III
- ENG 5860 Readings in American Literature II
- ENG 6000 Single / Double Author Seminar
- ENG 6100 Genre Seminar
- ENG 6000 Single / Double Author Seminar
- ENG 6200 Creative Writing Seminar
- ENG 6000 Single / Double Author Seminar
- ENG 6100 Genre Seminar
- ENG 5720 Practicum in Pedagogy
- ENG 5730 Pedagogical Studies
- ENG 5040 History of the English Language
- ENG 6420 Composition Theories
3 Hours
This course offers the opportunity to research and study selected works of literature from a variety of contemporary theoretical approaches. It aims to increase students’ ability to evaluate and apply these approaches. Required for M.A. students. Recommended for M.Ed. students.
3 Hours
Directed by the faculty mentor, the student undertakes the research and other forms of preparation necessary to write the thesis. Pass/Fail. Completion and approval of the prospectus by the thesis committee are required for the student to receive a grade of “P” for this course Successful completion of this course is a pre-requisite to registration in ENG 6800, Thesis Writing.
3 Hours
Directed by the faculty mentor, students complete all the requirements for the thesis, including a formal public presentation of their finished work. Pass/Fail. Completion and approval of the thesis by all members of the thesis committee are required for the student to receive a grade of “P” for the course.
3 Hours
This course presents important works of literature of the world from beginnings to Enlightenment. This course establishes a historical perspective while seeking to encourage both comparative perspective and common ground among works from European tradition and several non-Western cultures.
3 Hours
Readings emphasizing the historical development of British literature from a broad spectrum of representative works from Old English up to the Elizabethan period.
3 Hours
Readings emphasizing the historical development of British literature from a broad spectrum of representative works from the Elizabethan period through the eighteenth century.
3 Hours
Readings emphasizing the historical development of American literature from a broad spectrum of representative works, from beginnings through the Civil War.
3 Hours
his course presents important works of literature of the world from the Enlightenment to the present. This course establishes a historical perspective while seeking to encourage both comparative perspective and common ground among works from European tradition and several non-Western cultures.
3 Hours
Readings emphasizing the historical development of British Literature from a broad spectrum of representative works from the Romantic period through the present.
3 Hours
Readings emphasizing the historical development of American Literature from a broad spectrum of representative works from the Civil War to the present.
3 Hours
Each offering of this course will be devoted to the in-depth study of one, or at most two, author(s). These authors range from Chaucer and/or Shakespeare to Jane Austen, E.M. Forster, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Adrienne Rich, Joan Didion, as examples, etc. Deep knowledge of an author’s (or two author’s) oeuvre, not historical coverage, is the chief goal of the course. May be repeated once for up to six hours.
3 Hours
Each offering of this course will provide a critical introduction to a single genre of writing. Seminar topics may include everything from the novel, short story, poetry, and drama, to nature or travel writing, the graphic novel, ethnography, and memoir, etc. Deep knowledge of the genre, not historical coverage, is the seminar’s chief goal. May be repeated once for up to six credits.
3 Hours
Each offering of this course will be devoted to the in-depth study of one, or at most two, author(s). These authors range from Chaucer and/or Shakespeare to Jane Austen, E.M. Forster, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Adrienne Rich, Joan Didion, as examples, etc. Deep knowledge of an author’s (or two author’s) oeuvre, not historical coverage, is the chief goal of the course. May be repeated once for up to six hours.
3 Hours
Each offering of this course will explore the theory and practice of creative writing and an emphasis on revision. Offerings will rotate between Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Writing and the Creative Process, and other possible genres or topics. Deep experience in writing in particular genres is the chief goal of this seminar. May be repeated twice for credit up to nine hours.
3 Hours
Each offering of this course will be devoted to the in-depth study of one, or at most two, author(s). These authors range from Chaucer and/or Shakespeare to Jane Austen, E.M. Forster, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Adrienne Rich, Joan Didion, as examples, etc. Deep knowledge of an author’s (or two author’s) oeuvre, not historical coverage, is the chief goal of the course. May be repeated once for up to six hours.
3 Hours
Each offering of this course will provide a critical introduction to a single genre of writing. Seminar topics may include everything from the novel, short story, poetry, and drama, to nature or travel writing, the graphic novel, ethnography, and memoir, etc. Deep knowledge of the genre, not historical coverage, is the seminar’s chief goal. May be repeated once for up to six credits.
1-3 Hours
Under the supervision of faculty who are teaching an undergraduate course, students will assist and participate in all phases of the teaching process: preparation, classroom instruction, evaluation, etc. The supervising faculty member and student should develop a contract about work to be completed by the student and the study / reading component to be undertaken together, taking into account the number of credit hours; students taking 3 credit hours in the Practicum, making it the equivalent of a full course, should also write a substantial essay about teaching, their own teaching experiences and learning processes, etc. Course is repeatable two times total, but maximum credit earned in ENG 5720 is 3 credit hours.
3 Hours
This course introduces students to pedagogies used in teaching literature, language and / or writing. In addition to reading and discussing the various pedagogical approaches, students will apply them by assisting a professor in teaching, tutoring, and / or conferencing with students on their papers. Other related assignments will include writing learning goals, designing assignments, developing rubrics and other assessments tools, etc.
3 Hours
Corequisites: (offered concurrently with ENG 3500).
The origins and development of the English Language are studied in the context of linguistics and socio-political influences. Attention is also paid to the on-going processes affecting modern English.
3 Hours
The course provides a basic overview of composition theories: audience analysis, writing process theory, writing to learn theory, discourse theory, invention in the rhetorical tradition. Other topics include evaluation, electronic discourse, and grammar.