English
College of Liberal & Creative Arts
Dean: Dr. Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo
Department of English Language and Literature
Humanities Building, Room 484
Phone: (415) 338-2264
Website: http://english.sfsu.edu/
Chair: Maricel Santos
Undergraduate Coordinators
Composition for Multilingual Students (CMS, formerly ESL): Priya Abeywickrama and Robert Kohls
English Education: Jim Gilligan
Linguistics: Jenny Lederer
Literature: Jennifer Mylander
Professional Writing and Rhetoric: Neil Lindeman
Graduate Coordinators
Composition: Mark Roberge
Linguistics: Jenny Lederer
Literature: Sara Hackenberg
TESOL: Priya Abeywickrama
Certificate Coordinators
Teaching Composition and Post-Secondary Reading: Mark Roberge
Technical and Professional Writing: Neil Lindeman
Special Study in TESOL: Priya Abeywickrama
Immigrant Literacies: Maricel Santos
Undergraduate and Graduate Computational Linguistics: Anastasia Smirnova
Co-Directors of the Writing Program
Tara Lockhart
Jennifer Trainor
The English Department consists of vibrant and interdisciplinary programs to study communicative practices of cultures and writers all over the world. Our courses, whether on major literary authors or in fields such as Digital Humanities and World English(es), reflect our commitment to the study of English in global contexts. Our student-centered classrooms offer opportunities to use multiple technologies, modalities, genres, and theoretical frameworks to read critically the word and the world around us, with an eye toward writing the future.
By gaining self-reliance, empathy, and intellectual focus, our students go on to become teachers, authors, entrepreneurs, technical writers, publishers, content designers, attorneys, and activists, with exciting careers that draw on their analytic skills and their humanistic values. In addition to shepherding the next generation of critical thinkers into diverse career paths, the English Department also creates exponential change by preparing engaged and effective educators for tomorrow’s diverse classrooms.
Program Scope
The Department of English offers a BA degree (with possible concentrations in English Education, Linguistics, Literature, and Professional Writing and Rhetoric), three minors (in Linguistics, Literature, and Professional Writing and Rhetoric), two MA degrees (in English and Literature), and several certificate programs. We also house the Writing Programs, which see over 10,000 students across campus, annually.
Bachelor of Arts Degree in English
The English Department at SF State provides opportunities for students to study in a variety of subfields that make up the English major. Students in our program are part of a racially, linguistically and culturally diverse community of learners engaging in dialog between our histories and experiences, and new ideas and literacies.
Concentration in English Education
Students who are interested in changing the world by inspiring and teaching the next generation of critical readers and writers enroll in the English Education program. In this program, students develop the subject matter knowledge needed to enter credential programs and become an English language arts teacher at the secondary level.
Concentration in Linguistics
Students who are interested in human language and how we communicate with one another enroll in the Linguistics program. In this program, students acquire the tools to discover how language structures the way we think and communicate with others and be well prepared for advanced graduate work and/or careers in the tech industry, government, and research, translation, forensics, lexicography or advertising.
Concentration in Literature
Students who are interested in the power of literature to expand our minds and to tell us about ourselves and the collective human experience enroll in the Literature program. In this program, students delve deeply into historically grounded study of literatures written in English from around the world and become skilled readers and thoughtful critics well prepared for advanced graduate work and/or careers in teaching, public relations, law, advertising, or business.
Concentration in Professional Writing and Rhetoric
Students who are interested in how writing can be designed, produced, and read to persuade, inform and enlighten enroll in the Professional Writing and Rhetoric major. In this program, students master the written communication, design, and editing skills for employment in almost every field of industry and public life, including technology, business, government and research, and non-profit organizations.
Minors in English
The English Department offers three different minors for undergraduate students. Students interested in a minor in English can choose to concentrate in Linguistics, Literature, or Professional Writing and Rhetoric.
Masters of Arts Degree in English Literatures
The MA Program in English Literatures prides itself on its intellectual rigor, diversity of subjects and approaches, and commitment to excellence in teaching. Our course offerings balance traditional literary history with new work in such fields as postcolonial studies; food studies; digital literacies; environmental humanities; cultural studies; literature and psychology; narrative, lyric, and performance theories; and feminist studies. Students in our program have the flexibility to design and personalize their master’s program to meet their diverse interests and provide opportunities for professionalization in the field.
Masters of Arts Degree in English: Composition
The Masters in English with a Concentration in Composition provides a strong foundation in the research, theory, and practices of teaching academic reading and writing. Seminars draw on the rich interdisciplinary scholarship that comprises “writing studies,” to help students develop effective and well-grounded teaching approaches. Seminars focus on designing courses, units, assignments, and prompts; assessing, grading, and responding to writing; using technology to enhance teaching and learning; planning day-to-day classroom activities; and working with diverse student populations, with an emphasis on equity, access, and social justice. Throughout the program, students critically examine their own experiences and assumptions regarding academic literacy and integrate their insights with knowledge from the field. The program includes a supervised teaching experience; most MA students apply to teach a first-year composition course at SFSU to fulfill this requirement.
Masters of Arts Degree in English: Linguistics
The Master of Arts in English with Concentration in Linguistics provides students with a solid grounding in the tools of language analysis. The course offerings in contemporary linguistic theory cover a broad spectrum of the levels of linguistic structure: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse analysis, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics. Since the program allows considerable choice in coursework beyond a basic set of core requirements, the student in consultation with an advisor can plan a program to suit individual interests and career requirements.
Master of Arts in English: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
The Master of Arts in English with Concentration in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) is offered as a result of a local, national, and international demand for persons prepared communicate in English as a second language. This concentration includes work in literature and foreign languages, with electives in education and the social sciences, as well as specialized work at an advanced level in linguistics and language teaching. The concentration provides training for teachers and a suitable background for supervisors and others responsible for the preparation of materials and courses of study in English as a second or foreign language.
English Certificate Programs
Certificate in Computational Linguistics
The Certificate in Computational Linguistics is designed to provide academic training in the study of computational approaches to language analysis. The curriculum assumes no prior linguistic or programming knowledge and introduces students to a variety of computational methods and their theoretical underpinnings including: writing programs in Python to process raw texts (tokenization), discovering statistical patterns in linguistic data (frequency distribution), performing part-of-speech tagging, text segmentation, and classification,(context-free grammars, dependency grammars), extracting meaning from texts, and applying various machine learning methods to data mining. The certificate is open to both matriculated and non-matriculated undergraduate students.
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Compositional Linguistics
The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Computational Linguistics is designed to provide academic training in the study of computational approaches to language analysis. The curriculum assumes no prior linguistic or programming knowledge and introduces students to a variety of computational methods and their theoretical underpinnings including: writing programs in Python to process raw texts (tokenization), discovering statistical patterns in linguistic data (frequency distribution), performing part-of-speech tagging, text segmentation, and classification,(context-free grammars, dependency grammars), extracting meaning from texts, and applying various machine learning methods to data mining. The certificate is open to both matriculated and non-matriculated students who have already completed a BA degree.
Certificate in Immigrant Literacies
The Certificate in Immigrant Literacies combines cross-disciplinary study of language, literacies, and the immigrant experience with community service learning. Certificate coursework includes a focus on building and sustaining community partnerships that address real-life concerns affecting Bay Area immigrant communities. Students work on a local service-learning project throughout the Certificate sequence. MA English students may use their Certificate service-learning project towards fulfillment of their capstone requirement.
Certificate in the Teaching of Composition
The Certificate in the Teaching of Composition consists of four graduate seminars focusing on the research, theory, and practices of teaching academic writing, particularly at the postsecondary level. Drawing on rich interdisciplinary scholarship as well as current “best practices,” these seminars help students develop effective teaching approaches that are applicable to their own professional goals as teachers. The certificate places special emphasis on reading/writing integration, academic acceleration, and approaches to working with diverse student populations in community college settings.
Students enrolled in other SFSU MA programs may pursue the certificate concurrently. The program also welcomes students who already have a graduate degree or credential, but who wish to obtain additional specialization in composition. Students who have completed the certificate may apply to teach a first-year composition course at SFSU as a graduate teaching associate.
Certificate in the Teaching of Post-Secondary Reading
The Certificate in the Teaching of Post-Secondary Reading consists of four graduate seminars focusing on the research, theory, and practices of teaching academic reading. Drawing on rich interdisciplinary scholarship as well as current “best practices,” these seminars help students develop effective teaching approaches that are applicable to their own professional goals as teachers. The certificate places special emphasis on reading/writing integration, academic acceleration, and approaches to working with diverse student populations in community college settings.
Students enrolled in other SFSU MA programs may pursue the certificate concurrently. The program also welcomes students who already have a graduate degree or credential, but who wish to develop further expertise in order to participate in curricular reform efforts such as those mandated by California’s AB 705.
Certificate in Technical and Professional Writing
The Certificate in Professional Writing and Rhetoric enables students who already have Bachelor’s degrees to gain valuable technical and professional writing skills and knowledge, earn a credential in the field, and build a portfolio of professional-quality work. Many returning, mid-career students have used this certificate to transition into the field of technical and professional writing.
Career Outlook
The Bachelor of Arts in English can lead to a rewarding career in a range of fields. Students in our English Education program can develop expertise to enter credential programs and become an English language arts teacher at the secondary level. Our Linguistics students join careers in the tech industry, government, and research, translation, forensics, lexicography or advertising. Our Literature students pursue advanced graduate work and/or careers in teaching, public relations, law, advertising, or business. Students with a concentration in Professional Writing and Rhetoric seek jobs as writers, editors, desktop or multimedia publishers, information developers and designers, and/or communications managers producing and overseeing technical documentation, content management systems, training or support materials, reports or proposals, and promotions or publicity.
The Master of Arts in English Literatures serves the needs of students who seek to advance skills and knowledge in reading and writing about literature. While the program is designed to help students prepare for careers in teaching literature in community colleges or high schools in the United States or other countries, or for going on to doctoral programs, the skills developed in this program have broad application. Students considering any career that demands skills in careful reading, written and oral communication, research, and analysis may use this program as a base. Our graduates work as teachers in high schools and community colleges; enter the field of publishing; write for journals, magazines, and online publications; earn PhDs; enter law school; start their own businesses; and work for non-profits, foundations, and government agencies.
Students completing the Master of Arts in English: Composition typically either teach at community colleges or go on to doctoral work with a view to teaching at a college or university. At the university level, specialists in composition and rhetoric are in increasing demand as researchers and directors of undergraduate writing programs. Two-year colleges are increasingly recognizing the need for professional training in the teaching of composition and are hiring accordingly.
The Master of Arts in English: Linguistics prepares students for a variety of teaching and research positions in which the emphasis is on the structure of language. Graduates of the program may teach English language or writing, work in the fields of speech production or speech recognition, or go on to further study in linguistics or related disciplines.
The Master of Arts in English: TESOL prepares students specifically to teach English to non-native speakers of the language. Most graduates of the program become TESOL classroom teachers in adult education classes, public schools, intensive language programs, and colleges either in the United States or foreign countries. Others choose jobs in related areas such as program administration, curriculum design, materials writing, and teacher training.
The Certificate in Computational Linguistics provides students a foundation in linguistics while learning the basics of Python and computational linguistics methodology. Computational linguistics is primarily the study of how machines understand and process natural human language. When students complete the program they’ll be able to use computers to analyze large quantities of text — a skill that translates into positions in health care, law, public relations, and tech.
The Certificate in Immigrant Literacies program prepares students to work in community-based adult CMS/literacy settings as adult CMS teachers and/or community partners with adult CMS programs. Students who graduate with a Certificate also find jobs in related areas, including CMS curriculum development, materials writing, community-based participatory research, community organizing, grant-writing, and partnership building.
The Certificate in the Teaching of Composition prepares students for teaching composition at the advanced secondary, community college, and college levels. Many students in M.A. programs other than Composition take the certificate as a means of preparing themselves for teaching composition in two-year colleges. In addition, a number of two-year colleges and high school English teachers take the courses to develop their expertise in composition.
The Certificate in Teaching Post-Secondary Reading enables prospective and already practicing post-secondary teachers to develop their ability to meet specific individual professional needs in the area of basic literacy and reading instruction. This certificate prepares students for teaching positions in the community colleges and community agencies where specialized background and techniques are necessary.
The Certificate in Technical and Professional Writing prepares students for entry-level jobs as writers, editors, desktop or multimedia publishers, information developers and designers, and/or communications managers producing and overseeing technical documentation, content management systems, training or support materials, reports or proposals, and promotions or publicity.
Professor
Sarita N. Cannon (2006), Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley.
William Christmas (1996), Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. University of Washington.
Sara Hackenberg (2004), Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. Stanford University.
Martha E. Klironomos (1996), Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. Ohio State University.
Tara Lockhart (2008), Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh.
Julie C. Paulson (2001), Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. Duke University.
Mark Roberge (1994), Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley.
Maricel Santos (2005), Professor in English Language and Literature. Ed.D. Harvard University.
Margaret Schoerke (1994), Professor in English Language and Literature. M.F.A., Ph.D. Washington University.
Gitanjali Shahani (2007), Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. Emory University.
Loretta Stec (1993), Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. Rutgers University.
Jennifer Summit (2014), Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University.
Jennifer Trainor (2007), Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley.
Associate Professor
Priyanvada Abeywickrama (2007), Associate Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles.
Kathleen Deguzman (2016), Associate Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. Vanderbilt University.
James R. Gilligan (2015), Associate Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. Purdue University.
Angela D. Jones (2013), Associate Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. University of Rochester.
Robert A. Kohls (2016), Associate Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.
Wai-Leung Kwok (1990), Associate Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. University of California, Irvine.
Jenny Lederer (2014), Associate Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley.
Neil Lindeman (2005), Associate Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. Iowa State University.
Paul Morris (2006), Associate Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. Illinois State University.
Jennifer Mylander (2007), Associate Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
David Olsher (2004), Associate Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles.
Anastasia Smirnova (2016), Associate Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. The Ohio State University.
Summer Star (2013), Associate Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara.
Assistant Professor
Will Clark (2020), Assistant Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles.
Bridget Gelms (2018), Assistant Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. Miami University.
Teresa Pratt (2019), Assistant Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D. Stanford University.
Virginia Schwarz (2020), Assistant Professor in English Language and Literature. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.
Lecturer
Andrew Borland (2001), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.F.A. San Francisco State University.
Nicole Brodsky (1999), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.F.A. San Francisco State University.
Anita Cabrera (1996), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Esther Chan (1985), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Barbara Cooper (1993), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Karen Coopman (1998), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Doreen Deicke (1989), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Sarah Fama (2010), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Maureen Fitzgerald (2000), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Courtney Ghan (2011), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Jolie Goorjian (2003), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Herman Haluza (2001), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Kirsten Hilbert (2002), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
John Holland (2001), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Andrea Kevech (1980), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Andrew Levine (1988), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Donna Long (2011), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Amy Love (1998), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Robin M. Meyerowitz (2005), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. New York University; Certificates in Teaching Composition and Post-Secondary Reading, San Francisco State University.
Deborah Miller (1997), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Lyn Motai (1987), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Oona L. Patchen (1986), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Ronald B. Richardson (2006), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Andrea Schriner Kellogg (2007), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Jerome Schwab (1994), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University; M.A. Sorbonne, Paris.
Brian Strang (1995), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Lisa Vicar (1999), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Joan Wong (1998), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. M.A. San Francisco State University.
Crystal O. Wong (2007), Lecturer in English Language and Literature. Ed.D. San Francisco State University.
Majors
- Bachelor of Arts in English: Concentration in Literature
- Bachelor of Arts in English: Concentration in Linguistics
- Bachelor of Arts in English: Concentration in English Education
- Bachelor of Arts in English: Concentration in Professional Writing and Rhetoric
Minors
Certificate
Masters
- Master of Arts in English: Concentration in Composition
- Master of Arts in English: Concentration in Linguistics
- Master of Arts in English: Concentration in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Langauges
- Master of Arts in English Literatures
Certificates
ENG 104 Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice Stretch I (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: First-year Writing Advising module.
Note: Completion of ENG 104 and ENG 105 with a grade of C- or better will culminate in satisfying the Written English Composition requirement (GE Area A2).
ENG 105 Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice Stretch II (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 104* with a grade of C- or better.
Course Attributes:
- A2: Written English Comm
ENG 106 Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice Stretch I and II (Units: 4)
Prerequisite: First-year Writing Advising module.
Course Attributes:
- A2: Written English Comm
ENG 112 Reading and Writing Techniques (Unit: 1)
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
ENG 114 Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: First-year Writing Advising module.
Course Attributes:
- A2: Written English Comm
ENG 122 The Evolution of Language in the Digital Age (Units: 3)
Examination of language patterns and linguistics structure of local and global online and digital communications.
Course Attributes:
- D1: Social Sciences
ENG 125 Language, Gender, and Sexuality (Units: 3)
Examine the relationship between language, gender, and sexuality. Ask how language is a site for both (re)producing the gendered social order and for rupturing normative ideas about gender and sexuality through creative linguistic practice. Discuss queer linguistic practices, and the ways that gender and sexuality (and their linguistic expression) are always already intersected with race, class, and other identity formations. Focus on the everyday use of language in interaction. Topics include embodiment and performance; identity and desire; and queer linguistics.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- Social Justice
ENG 180 Understanding Math for AI and Large Language Models (Units: 3)
Have you ever wondered how the new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) can answer questions, write essays and translate texts? Explore AI systems that pertain to language - Large Language Models. Examine techniques for mathematical modeling of language, from statistical inferences to regression analysis, which form the computational foundations of AI. Discuss the impact of AI and Large Language Models on society and the environment. (Plus-minus ABC/NC, CR/NC allowed)
ENG 200 Writing Practices in Professional Contexts (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2 with a grade of C or better.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
ENG 201 Writing the First Year: Global Perspectives of Multilingual Speakers Stretch I (Units: 4)
Prerequisite: To optimize student success, completing Write to Register is strongly encouraged. Intended for first-semester multi-lingual (non-native speakers of English) freshmen.
ENG 202 Writing the First Year: Global Perspectives of Multilingual Speakers Stretch II (Units: 4)
Prerequisite: ENG 201* with a C- or better.
Course Attributes:
- A2: Written English Comm
ENG 204 Effective Literacy Skills for College - Multilingual (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Composition for Multilingual Students Advising Module.
ENG 208 Grammar for Writing--Multilingual (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Must take CMSPT prior to enrolling.
ENG 209 Writing the First Year: Global Perspectives of Multilingual Speakers (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: To optimize student success, completing Write to Register is strongly encouraged.
Course Attributes:
- A2: Written English Comm
ENG 210 Oral Communication - Multilingual (Units: 3)
Development of skills in listening, speech delivery, and preparation and presentation of informative and persuasive speeches. (ABC/NC grading, CR/NC allowed)
Course Attributes:
- A1: Oral Communication
ENG 212 Advanced Grammar for Writing - Multilingual (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: First-year Writing Advising module or recommendation from an instructor of a previously-completed Composition for Multilingual Students course.
ENG 214 Second Year Written Composition: English (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent with a grade of CR or C- or better.
Course Attributes:
- A4: Written English Comm II
ENG 215 Second Year Composition: Multilingual (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Qualifying score on CMSPT and ENG 114 or equivalent with a grade of CR or C- or better or ENG 209 with a grade of CR or C- or better.
Course Attributes:
- A4: Written English Comm II
ENG 216 Cultivating Curiosity: Explore Your World, Your Identity, and Your Future (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2*.
Course Attributes:
- E: Lifelong Learning Develop
ENG 217 Multilingual Voices: Bridging the Distance with Our Stories (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2 or equivalent.
Course Attributes:
- E: Lifelong Learning Develop
ENG 218 Literature Is Not A Luxury: Writing For Self and Community (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Area A2*. Intended primarily for English majors as the culmination of the first-year experience sequence.
Course Attributes:
- E: Lifelong Learning Develop
ENG 250 Topics in Literature and Culture (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2 or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- C2: Humanities
- C3 or C2: Humanities/Lit.
Topics:
- Literature and Film
- Shakespeare and Film
- Heroes and Antiheroes in Literature
- The Good Life: Literature and Pursuit of Happiness
- Eco-Horror Story and Image
- The Lyric Poem in English
- The Novel in English
- Drama in English
- Masterworks of Literature in English
- Contemporary Literature
- Introduction to Shakespeare
- Introduction to Science Fiction
- The Vampire Tradition
- Introduction to Global Literature in English
- Popular Drama and Social Critique
- American Literature
- Reading the Landscape: Stories of Place and Power
ENG 256 Disability and Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2 or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
- Social Justice
ENG 275 Reading Video Games (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2 or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as ENG 275 and CWL 275. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
ENG 300 Graphic Memoir and Biography (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent.
(This course is offered as ENG 300 and C W 501. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
ENG 400GW Fundamentals of Professional Writing and Rhetoric - GWAR (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors; ENG 216 or ENG 218 with a grade of C or better; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Graduation Writing Assessment
ENG 402 Introduction to Professional Writing and Rhetoric (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area E or equivalent with a grade of C better or permission of the instructor.
ENG 417 Academic Literacy and the Urban Adolescent (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to English majors; ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent.
Course Attributes:
- Social Justice
ENG 418 Grammar for Writers (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
ENG 419 Advanced Composition for Teachers (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to English majors; ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent.
ENG 420 Introduction to the Study of Language (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
ENG 421 Syntax (Units: 3)
Prerequisite for ENG 821: Restricted to graduate MA TESOL and Linguistics students.
Prerequisites for ENG 421: Upper-division standing; ENG 420; GPA of 3.0 or higher; or permission of the instructor.
(ENG 821/ENG 421 is a paired course offering. Students who complete the course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)
ENG 422 History of the English Language (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or ENG 420.
ENG 423 Language Analysis for Language Teachers (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or ENG 420.
ENG 424 Phonology and Morphology (Units: 3)
Prerequisite for ENG 824: Restricted to MA Linguistics and TESOL students.
Prerequisites for ENG 424: Restricted to upper-division English majors and minors; GPA of 3.0 or higher; or permission of the instructor.
(ENG 824/ENG 424 is a paired course offering. Students who complete the course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)
ENG 425 Language in Context (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
ENG 426 Second Language Acquisition (Units: 3)
Prerequisite for ENG 826: Restricted to graduate students in the MA TESOL, Composition, and Linguistics programs, or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites for ENG 426: Upper-division standing; GPA of 3.0 or higher; or permission of the instructor.
(ENG 826/ENG 426 is a paired course offering. Students who complete the course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)
ENG 429 Stylistics (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 451 Jewish Literature of the Americas (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as JS 451, CWL 451, and ENG 451. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
- Global Perspectives
ENG 460 Literature in English to 1800 (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area E.
ENG 461 Literature in English Since 1800 (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area E.
ENG 465 Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Environmental Sustainability
ENG 470 Writing Professional Promotions (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors; ENG 216 or ENG 218 with a grade of C or better; or permission of the instructor.
ENG 471 Writing Technical Documentation (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors or minors or Technical and Professional Writing Certificate students; Area E or equivalent with a grade of C better; or permission of the instructor.
ENG 480GW Writing in English: GWAR Seminar (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to English majors and minors; GE Area A2*.
Course Attributes:
- Graduation Writing Assessment
ENG 490 Grant Writing (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors or minors or Technical and Professional Writing certificate students; Area E or equivalent with a grade of C better; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Social Justice
ENG 495 Digital Humanities and Literacies (Units: 3)
Introduction to topics, issues, practices, and tools to develop a critical engagement with digital culture, with a special focus on reading, writing, and understanding literature in the digital age.ENG 501 Age of Chaucer (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
ENG 503 Studies in Medieval Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Medieval Rebel Writing
- Chaucer's Women
ENG 510 The Age of Wit (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
ENG 512 18th-Century British Women Writers (Units: 3)
Introduction to fiction, poetry, drama, and writing by a variety of authors from a key period in British women's writing. Exploration of the literary, political, and economic context of this creative flowering, as well as the forces that hampered it.ENG 514 Age of the Romantics (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
ENG 523 Practicum in Language Tutoring (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as ENG 523 and MLL 523. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
ENG 524 Contemporary American Short Story (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
ENG 525 Studies in American Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- American Women Modernist Poets
- Bob Dylan
ENG 526 Age of the American Renaissance: 1830-1860 (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
- Social Justice
ENG 527 American Literature: 1860-1914 (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
ENG 528 American Literature: 1914-1960 (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
ENG 530 Early Atlantic Migrants and Texts (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
- Social Justice
ENG 533 Holocaust and Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as JS 437, ENG 533, and CWL 437. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Global Perspectives
ENG 535 Literature and Ecology (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Environmental Sustainability
ENG 540 Professional Editing (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors or minors and Technical and Professional Writing Certificate students; Area E or equivalent with a grade of C better; or permission of the instructor.
ENG 545 Visual Rhetoric and Document Design (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors or minors and Technical and Professional Writing Certificate students; Area E or equivalent with a grade of C better; or permission of the instructor.
ENG 546 20th Century American Jewish Women Writers (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as JS 546, ENG 546, and WGS 546. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
- Global Perspectives
ENG 550 The Rise of the Novel (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
ENG 554 Modern American Novel (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
ENG 555 The Short Story (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
ENG 571 Shakespeare's Rivals (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- E1 LLD Pre-Fall 2019
ENG 580 Individual Authors (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- George Eliot
- Carver and Pinter
- William Blake
- James Baldwin & Langston Hughes: Kings of the Blue
- Williams, Stevens, H. Crane
- Mark Twain
- Virginia Woolf
- Emily Dickinson
- Melville
- The Gawain Poet
- Edith Wharton
- Hurston and Hughes
- Blake and Wordsworth
- Faulkner and Wright
- The Brontes: Life Lit & Myths of Haworth Parsonage
ENG 581 Jane Austen (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* with a C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
ENG 583 Shakespeare: Representative Plays (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- E1 LLD Pre-Fall 2019
ENG 584 Shakespeare: Selected Plays (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
ENG 585 Professional Writing for Digital Audiences (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors or minors and Technical and Professional Writing Certificate students; Area E or equivalent with a grade of C better; or permission of the instructor.
ENG 589 Milton (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
ENG 600 Theory of Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
ENG 601 Literature and Psychology (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* with a C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
ENG 602 Literature, Identity, Society: Theoretical Approaches to Identity and Cultural Critique (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* with a C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
ENG 608 Language Teaching in Multilingual Contexts (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.
(This course is offered as MLL 608 and ENG 608. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
ENG 611 Modern Criticism (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
ENG 612 Serial Narrative (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
ENG 614 Women in Literature: Authors and Characters (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Women in Literature
- Women Writers and Social Change
ENG 615 Imagery, Metaphor, and Symbol (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.
Course Attributes:
- UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
ENG 618 Individual and Team Writing (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: ENG 402, ENG 540, and ENG 545 with grades of C or better.
Course Attributes:
- Social Justice
ENG 620 Introduction to Computational Linguistics (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.
ENG 630 Selected Studies (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- New World Encounters in ENG Renaissance Literature
- Literature and the Body
- Bible as Literature
- Expatriate Writers in Paris - 30s & 40s
- Shakespeare History Plays and the War of the Roses
- The Bible & the English/American Literary Traditn
- Detective Fiction
- Expatriate Literature of Paris in the 20's
- Literature of Labor
- Nabokov and Hitchcock
- American Poetic Tradition: Whitman to Frost
ENG 633 Queer(ing) Narrative Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or consent of the instructor.
(This course is offered as ENG 633 and SXS 633. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
ENG 636 Myth, Literature, and Adaptation (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
ENG 638 Global Cities (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
ENG 640 Global Texts and Practices (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Course Attributes:
- Global Perspectives
Topics:
- The Short Story: Global Literature in English
- Global Cities
- Post-Colonial Literature in English
- The Literature of Exile and Migration
- British and American Travellers to Greece
- Irish Literature
- Raciolinguistic: Language, Race & Colonization
ENG 655 Literature and the Adolescent Reader (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area A2.
Course Attributes:
- Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
ENG 670 Writing for Graduate Studies in the Liberal and Creative Arts (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing; priority will be given to students enrolled in graduate programs in the College of Liberal and Creative Arts; or permission of the instructor.
ENG 680 Applied Computational Linguistics (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 620 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 688 Assessment in English Language Arts (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to senior English Education majors; an interview with an English Single Subject Credential adviser.
ENG 690 Senior Seminar (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to senior English Literature and English Education majors; ENG 480GW with a grade of C or better; or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Radical Literature
- Emily Dickinson: Serial Poet
- Religion in British Poetry Since 1800
- Aphra Behn
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- H. D. and Marianne Moore
- Hawthorne
- Henry James' Formal World
- Imagining World War I
- James Joyce
- Noir Culture
- Animal Studies and Literature
- Spenser
- Steinbeck
- T. S. Eliot
- Teaching Shakespeare
- The Bard in Bollywood
- The Restoration
- American Life Writing
- Caribbean Poetry in English
- Charles Dickens
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
- D. Lessing and J. Didion
- Devils and Angels
- Moore and Bishop
- W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot
- Thomas Hardy
- What Are Poets For?
- Women Writers of the Southern Renaissance
- Bellow, Malamud, and the Roths
- Major Lyric Poets and Forms
- Major Victorian Poets
- Toni Morrison
- The Literature of Food
- Literature and Ethics
- Queers in Crisis:Mid-Century LGBT Art & Literature
ENG 695 Internship in Professional Writing and Rhetoric (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: ENG 402, ENG 480GW, ENG 540, and ENG 545 with grades of C or better.
ENG 699 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.
ENG 700 Introduction to Composition Theory (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Admission to MA Composition Program or to Composition or Post-Secondary Reading Certificate Program.
ENG 701 Theoretical Backgrounds in Community College and College Reading Instruction (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ENG 702 Introduction to Graduate Study of Composition, Linguistics, and TESOL (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to graduate English Composition, Linguistics, and TESOL students.
ENG 704 Pedagogical Grammar for Composition (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: MA Composition and Composition and Post-Secondary Reading Certificate students.
ENG 707 Topics in Language Analysis (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Advanced Pedagogical Grammar for Composition
- Advanced Pedagogical Grammar for TESOL
- Advanced Seminar in the Structure of English
- Corpus Methods in Text Analysis
ENG 709 Seminar in Teaching Integrated Reading and Writing (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: MA Composition and Composition and Post-Secondary Reading Certificate students.
ENG 710 Course Design in Composition and Post-Secondary Reading (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Admission to MA Composition Program or to Composition or Post-Secondary Reading Certificate Program; ENG 704 or ENG 709 with a grade of B or better.
ENG 713 Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction in English I (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Completion of subject matter certification in English or permission of the instructor.
ENG 714 Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction in English II (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: ENG 713; Subject Matter Competency certification in English; concurrent enrollment in student teaching.
ENG 715 Pedagogy and Practice of Postsecondary Reading (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ENG 717 Projects in the Teaching of Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ENG 718 Supervision of Teaching Experience (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Teaching assignment in a college-level composition course.
ENG 719 Seminar: Contemporary Semantic Theory (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ENG 723 Seminar in the Structure of English (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 421 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 724 Special Topics in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 730 or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Incorporating Performance in the ESL/EFL Classroom
- Teaching EF/SL Abroad
- Technology for TESOL
- Researching Second Language Classrooms
ENG 725 Seminar in Discourse Analysis (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ENG 726 Practicum in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 730 (may be taken concurrently).
ENG 727 Linguistic Field Methods (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ENG 728 Topics in Sociolinguistics (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Narrative in Society
- Sociolinguistics and Classroom Interaction
- Language and Gender
- Language in Society
- Sociolinguistics of Academic Literacy
ENG 730 Introduction to Graduate Study of TESOL (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: MA TESOL students; ENG 425 and ENG 426 or equivalents; completion of Level One Writing Proficiency requirement.
ENG 731 Seminar: TESOL Listening and Speaking Skills (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ENG 732 Seminar: TESOL Reading and Writing Skills (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of the instructor.
ENG 733 Seminar in Student Teaching (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to graduate English Composition, Linguistics, and TESOL students.
ENG 734 TESOL Curriculum and Assessment (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ENG 736 Seminar: Teaching ESL in the Community (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ENG 738 Pragmatics and Oral Skills (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
ENG 741 Seminar: Literary Theory and Research Methods (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to Graduate English Literature students or permission of the instructor.
ENG 742 Seminar: Studies in Criticism (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Reading Walter Benjamin
- The Noir Vision in American Culture
- Issues in Teaching English
- Applied Critical Theory
- Modern Criticism
- Benjamin and Adorno
- Cultural Criticism
- Lit, History & Exile Erich Auerbach & Lit Theory
- Lit & Queer Theory: Origins & Present Themes
ENG 744 Seminar: Literature and Psychology (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken currently) or permission of the instructor.
ENG 748 Rhetoric, Politics, and Ethics of Deconstruction (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
ENG 751 Seminar: Studies in 16th Century English Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Christopher Marlowe and John Webster
- Lyric and Epic Poetry of Renaissance
- Gender and Text in 16th Century Literature
- Marlowe & Jonson as Shakespeare's Great Rivals
- Transatlantic Exploration and Encounters
- Spenser and Marlowe
- 16th Century Lyric and Comedy
- Marlowe, Jonson, and Donne
- Sidney, Spenser, Jonson, Donne
ENG 753 Seminar: Studies in 18th Century English Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Beggars & Cross-Dressers: A Survey of 18th Century
- Flight to Confinement
- Satire's Vile Bodies: The Art of Swift and Waugh
- Johnson and T. S. Eliot
- Swift, Richardson's Clarissa, and Tristram
- 18th Century Poetry
- 18th Century British Literature and Culture
- Discord and Elegance - 18th Century
- 18th Century Novel
ENG 754 Seminar: The Romantic Movement (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
ENG 755 Seminar: Studies in Victorian Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Age of Victorians
- Victorian Afterlife
- Nineteenth Century Mystery
- Victorian Poetry
- Victorian Social Novelists
ENG 756 Seminar: 20th Century English Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Women of 1928
- 20th Century English Literature
ENG 758 Seminar: Southern African Literature in English (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
ENG 760 Seminar: Studies in American Literature 1600-1899 (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- 19th Century American Gothic
- English/American Romantics
- Emily Dickinson and American Women Writers
- American Romanticism
- Stephen Crane and the American 1890's
- James, Howells, and Wharton
- American Literature and Ideology
ENG 762 Seminar: Twentieth Century American Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Experimental Books
- 20th Century U.S. Women's Poetry
ENG 763 Contemporary American Short Fiction (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
ENG 776 Studies in Caribbean Literature in English (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
ENG 780 Seminar: Individual Authors (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Jane Austen
- Highbrows-Lowbrows
- Hemingway: An In-Depth Study
- Hawthorne, Poe, Melville Seminar
- Eudora Welty
- D. H. Lawrence, Artist and Seer
- Austen, Bronte, George Eliot
- O'Connor, Bellow, Malamud, Ozick
- Toni Morrison
- Silko and Momaday
- Wright Morris
- The Shelleys and Lord Byron
- The Poetry of T.S. Eliot
- The Poetry of John Keats
- Williams, Stevens, H. Crane
- Wilde and James
- Jean Toomer
- Gertrude Stein
- Saul Bellow
- Virginia Woolf
- Samuel Beckett
- Gerard M. Hopkins
- Raymond Carver
- Lorraine Hansberry
ENG 782 Seminar: Chaucer (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
ENG 785 Seminar: Shakespeare (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
ENG 789 Milton (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
ENG 790 Seminar: Selected Studies (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the instructor.
Topics:
- Colonialism and Early Modern English Literature
- Portraits of Women in 19th & 20th Cen American Lit
- Tragedy in the Southern Novel
- Lyric and Form
- Short Story
- Literary & Food Studies: Consumption/Culinaryism
- American Autobiography
- Narrative Theory
- Selected 19th Century Women's Fiction
- New Media in the Teaching of U.S. Literature
- Narrative Worlds from Don Quixote to Fanfiction
- Heroes and Antiheroes in English Literatures
ENG 803 Teaching Practicum: Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: By application only; contact the English Department or see the English Department website for details.
ENG 821 Syntax (Units: 3)
Prerequisite for ENG 821: Restricted to graduate MA TESOL and Linguistics students.
Prerequisites for ENG 421: Upper-division standing; ENG 420; GPA of 3.0 or higher; or permission of the instructor.
(ENG 821/ENG 421 is a paired course offering. Students who complete the course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)
ENG 824 Phonology and Morphology (Units: 3)
Prerequisite for ENG 824: Restricted to MA Linguistics and TESOL students.
Prerequisites for ENG 424: Restricted to upper-division English majors and minors; GPA of 3.0 or higher; or permission of the instructor.
(ENG 824/ENG 424 is a paired course offering. Students who complete the course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)
ENG 826 Second Language Acquisition (Units: 3)
Prerequisite for ENG 826: Restricted to graduate students in the MA TESOL, Composition, and Linguistics programs, or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisites for ENG 426: Upper-division standing; GPA of 3.0 or higher; or permission of the instructor.
(ENG 826/ENG 426 is a paired course offering. Students who complete the course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)
ENG 895 Field Study or Applied Research Project (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, adviser, department chair, and committee; approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies.
ENG 896 Directed Readings in Preparation for the CE Examination (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: English majors; not open to students selecting the thesis option (ENG 898); approved ATC and Culminating Experience Proposal.
ENG 896EXM Culminating Experience Examination (Unit: 0)
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and committee chair; approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. ATC and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before registration.
ENG 898 Master's Thesis (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor; recommendation of the major adviser; approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. Advancement to Candidacy and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before registration.
ENG 899 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisites: English graduate students; enrollment by petition; permission of the graduate coordinator and supervising faculty member.