- ENGL500 - Proseminar
Research methodology involved in writing a critical or scholarly work on literary topics for doctoral students in literature. Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL501 - Research in Composition
Seminar in qualitative and quantitative research methods in composition and its teaching. Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL502 - Teaching College Composition
An introduction to methods and materials related to the teaching of basic compositional skills on the college level. This course is required of all graduate assistants who have no previous college teaching experience or no familiarity with basic research techniques.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL503 - Professional Development
Theory and practice for teaching composition in teacher-centered, workshop, discussion, and computer courses (Fall). Scholarly publication, course development, professional trends (Spring). Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program.
Credit Hours: 2
- ENGL504 - Professional Development in Creative Writing
Practicum in preparation and submission of creative work for publication, and in preparation for and application for writers' conferences, fellowships, and internships in creative writing. Restricted to and required for first-semester MFA candidates.
Credit Hours: 1
- ENGL505 - Middle English Literature: Chaucer
Major works of Chaucer, with focus on placing The Canterbury Tales in the context of 14th and 15th century English belle lettres, and exploration of how the major cultural, social, political, and religious events of the time intersect with Chaucer's writings. Students who have completed ENGL 405 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL506 - Old and Middle English Studies
Seminars on various topics from Old and Middle English literature. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL510 - Renaissance Studies
Seminars in varying topics concerned with the literature of the 16th and 17th centuries and the drama of Shakespeare. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL512 - English Non-Dramatic Literature: The Renaissance
This course focuses on 17th-century metaphysical poets such as Donne, Herbert and Marvell. Students who have completed ENGL 412 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL513 - English Non-Dramatic Literature : The Restoration and Earlier Eighteenth Century
Major works of Dryden, Pope, Swift, and the non-dramatic specialties of Behn, Addison, and Steele. Students who have completed ENGL 413 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL514 - English Non-Dramatic Literature: The Later Eighteenth Century
Major poets from Thomson to Blake, and major prose writers, with emphasis on Johnson, Boswell, and their circle. Students who have completed ENGL 414 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL516 - Restoration and 18th Century Studies
Seminars in varying topics concerning the literature of the period. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL521 - English Romantic Literature
Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, and other writers of the era and movement. Students who have completed ENGL 421 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL522 - Victorian Poetry
Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, and other poets from this period in England. Students who have completed ENGL 422 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL526 - American Poetry to 1900
Trends and techniques in American poetry to 1900. Students who have completed ENGL 426 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL530 - Century English Literature
Seminars in various topics concerning the literature of the Romantic and Victorian periods. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL533 - American Literature Before 1900
Seminars in varying topics. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL536 - Major American Writers
Significant writers from Puritans to the present. May be repeated only if topic varies, and with consent of program. Students who have completed ENGL 436 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL539 - American Literature After 1900
Seminars in varying topics. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL550 - Modern British Literature
Seminars in varying topics concerning Modern British literature. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL551 - Eighteenth Century English Fiction
The novel from Defoe, Fielding, and Richardson to Jane Austen. May be repeated only if topic varies and with consent of program. Students who have completed ENGL 451 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL552 - Nineteenth Century English Fiction
The Victorian novel from 1830, including works by the Brontes, Dickens, George Eliot, Hardy, Thackeray, and others. May be repeated only if topic varies and with consent of program. Students who have completed ENGL 452 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL553 - Modern British Fiction
Major British writers from early- to mid-20th Century, including Joyce, Woolf, Conrad, and Lawrence. May be repeated only if topic varies and with consent of program. Students who have completed ENGL 453 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL555 - Irish Studies
Seminars on varying topics in Irish and Irish immigration studies; interdisciplinary/cultural studies approaches. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL559A - American Prose from 1900 to Mid-Century: The Modern Age
Representative narratives from 1900 to post-World War II period. Students who have completed ENGL 459A are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL559B - American Prose from Mid-Century to the Present: The Postmodern Age
Representative narratives from the post-WWII era to the present. Students who have completed ENGL 459B are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL562 - English Restoration and 18th Century Drama
Representative types of plays from Dryden to Sheridan. Students who have completed ENGL 462 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL571 - Shakespeare: The Early Plays, Histories, and Comedies
Such plays as Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, Henry IV Part I, Henry V, and Much Ado about Nothing. Students who have completed ENGL 471 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL572 - Shakespeare: The Major Tragedies, Dark Comedies, and Romances
Such plays as Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, Measure for Measure, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest. Students who have completed ENGL 472 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL573 - Milton
Minor poems, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and the major treatises. Students who have completed ENGL 473 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL579 - Studies in Modern Literature
May be repeated only if the topic varies, and with consent of department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL580 - Young Adult Literature in a Multicultural Society
Introduction to the evaluation of literary materials for junior high and high school ages. Emphasis on critical approaches and multicultural features of this material. Students who have completed ENGL 481 are ineligible to enroll.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL581 - Problems in Teaching English
May be repeated only if the topic varies, and with consent of department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL582 - Issues in Writing Program Administration
Seminars in varying topics concerning writing program administration. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL583I - Internship in Writing Program Administration
An internship in WPA builds on four components: readings, activities or job tasks, written tasks, and a portfolio of artifacts and reflections representing the experience. These internships provide opportunities for interested students to implement practically what they are learning through research and reading.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL588 - Comprehensive Exam Readings
Preparatory for MA comprehensive exam. May be taken once only; grade of S/U. Restricted to enrollment in English program or consent of department. Restricted to MA students in English.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL589 - Readings in Literature and Language
For English graduate students only. Prior written departmental approval required. May be repeated as the topic varies. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL591 - Seminar in Literary Nonfiction
Critical reading and analysis of one of the major forms of literary nonfiction (biography, autobiography, popular science, the essay, literary journalism, and travel narratives). May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Special approval needed from the instructor.
Credit Hours: 3-9
- ENGL592 - Creative Writing Seminar
Advanced workshops offered in both fiction and poetry. Class content derives primarily from student's work. Genre announced in advance. May be repeated with consent of department. Restricted to enrollment in English MFA program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 4
- ENGL593 - Special Topics
Seminars in varying topics concerning language and literature. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL594 - Contemporary Literature Seminar
Advanced seminars offered in both contemporary poetry and contemporary fiction. Taught by creative writers and designed for students concentrating in creative writing. Restricted to enrollment in English MFA program or consent of department. May be repeated for credit with different section numbers.
Credit Hours: 4
- ENGL595 - Independent Readings
Preparatory for preliminary examinations for doctoral students in English. May be taken once only, grade of S/U, according to the result of the preliminary examination.
Credit Hours: 1-9
- ENGL596 - Language Studies
Seminars in varying topics concerning rhetoric, grammar and literacy. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL597 - Composition Theory
Historical and analytical approaches to theories of discourse, theories of composing and theories of pedagogy. Prerequisite: ENGL 502 or equivalent.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL598 - Studies in Issues of Literary Theory
Seminars on various issues of literary theory. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL599 - Thesis
For Masters' students who elect to write a thesis in lieu of one three hour graduate course. Prerequisite: successful completion of 15 hours of graduate work on the Master's degree. Special approval needed from the thesis director. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL600 - Dissertation
- ENGL601 - Continuing Enrollment
For those graduate students who have not finished their degree programs and who are in the process of working on their dissertation, thesis, or research paper. The student must have completed a minimum of 24 hours of dissertation research, or the minimum thesis, or research hours before being eligible to register for this course. Concurrent enrollment in any other course is not permitted. Graded S/U or DEF only.
Credit Hours: 1
- ENGL699 - Postdoctoral Research
Must be a Postdoctoral Fellow. Concurrent enrollment in any other course is not permitted.
Credit Hours: 1
