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Thesis Course

• ENG-L 699 M.A. Thesis (arr. cr.)

Linguistics Courses

• ENG-G 500 Introduction to the English Language (4 cr.) An introduction to the English language: its nature, structure, and development.

• ENG-G 541 Materials Preparation for ESL Instruction (4 cr.) Students will learn about materials preparation, syllabus design, and test preparation by applying a variety of theories to books and other ESL (English as a Second-language) teaching devices (e.g., tapes, videotapes, software programs) to evaluate their usefulness and will learn to evaluate ESL materials for adequateness.

• ENG-G 625 Introduction to Text Linguistics/Discourse Analysis (4 cr.) This course introduces students to current approaches to text and discourse coherence, including recent theories of cognitive and interactional text modeling.

• ENG-G 652 English Language Sociolinguistics (4 cr.) A survey course in American and British sociolinguistics, this course investigates the theoretical bases, the major works, and the methodological approaches of current sociolinguistics. 

• LING-L 532 Second-Language Acquisition (3 cr.) An introduction to a broad range of issues in the field of second-language acquisition, providing the student with an overview of the most important approaches to the fundamental question of how people learn a second language. Provides students with basic knowledge of theories of second-language acquisition and an understanding of how theoretical perspectives inform practical application.

• LING-L 534 Linguistics Resources and TESOL (3 cr.) The course examines recent theories of teaching English as a second or foreign language. Students will get a chance to examine theories and methods and develop knowledge of linguistic resources available to new and/or practicing teachers.

• LING-T 600 Topics in TESOL and Applied Linguistics (3 cr.) May vary with topic. Intensive study and analysis of selected issues and problems in TESOL and Applied Linguistics. Topics in this course are of particular interest to the second language practioner.

• LING-T 690 Advanced Readings in TESOL and Applied Linguistics (1-4 cr.)

Literature Courses

• ENG-L 501 Professional Scholarship in Literature (4 cr.) Applied research methods. Surveys forensic methods of discovering textual variations in successive editions of famous works of literature, framed within a broader survey of literary history and the evolution of Western literary genres. Provides a firm grounding in the terminology of literary research and an understanding of the way that literary scholars work with secondary materials to discover hidden truths (and often to expose mistakes) about texts and authors. 

• ENG-L 503 Teaching of Literature in College (4 cr.) This course introduces graduate students to the practical and theoretical issues involved in teaching literature including how to set teaching objectives, organize a course and construct a syllabus.  Several different aproaches to teaching literature, including lecture, discussion, workshop, and online instruction will be explored.

• ENG-L 506 Introduction to Methods of Criticism/Research (4 cr.) The conditions and assumptions of studying English, with emphasis on criticism and research on a culturally and historically diverse range of texts.

• ENG-L 508 Practicum on Teaching Literature in College (4 cr.) P: L503 or consent of instructor. Topics include syllabus construction, lecture and discussion techniques, use and evaluation of written work. Offered in two formats:  as a practicum in course and syllabus design  for a future undergraduate course; or as a practicum for AIs running concurrently with the related undergraduate course.

• ENG-L 590 Internship in English (4 cr.) A supervised internship in the uses of language in the workplace. Each intern will be assigned a problem or task and will develop the methods for solving or completing it. Each intern will complete a portfolio of workplace writing and self-evaluation.

• ENG-L 606 Topics in African American Literature (4 cr.) Focuses on a particular genre, time period, or theme of African American literature. Examples: twentieth-century African American women’s novels, black male identity in literature, kinship in African American literature, African American autobiography.  May be repeated twice for credit with different focuses.

• ENG-L 625 Shakespeare (4 cr.) Critical analysis of selected tragedies, comedies, history plays, and poetry.

• ENG-L 641 English Literature 1700-1900 (4 cr.) This course surveys British literature of the 18th and 19th centuries.  Particular emphasis will be placed on major writers and movements and on lesser-known writers who have recently bee rediscovered.  Categories covered may include:  Elizabethan and Jacobean writers, Restoration theater and poetry, the rise of the novel, Neoclassical writers, Romanticism, Victorian writers.

• ENG-L 645 English Fiction, 1800-1900 (4 cr.) Intensive historical and critical study of nineteenth-century prose fiction, especially the novel.

• ENG-L 649 British Literature Since 1900 (4 cr.) This course surveys British literature of the 20th and 21st centuries.  Students study important trends and movements within this field, including Realism, Modernism, Surrealism, Postmodernism, and their historical contexts.

• ENG-L 655 American Literature and Culture 1900-1945 (4 cr.) Study of American literature and culture from the turn of the century to 1945.

• ENG-L 657 Readings in Literature and Critical Theory (4 cr.) Study of major movements, figures, or topics in literary and/or critical theory.

• ENG-L 666 Survey of Children's Literature (4 cr.) A survey of literature written for children and adolescents from the medieval period to the present.

• ENG-L 673 Studies in Women and Literature (4 cr.) Course may include writers from the 17th through the 21st centuries.

• ENG-L 680 Special Topics-Literary Study and Theory (4 cr.) L680 is offered as a Variable Title course. May be repeated for credit with each variable title.

• ENG-L 681 Genre Studies (4 cr.) A variable-title course, Genre Studies examines the specific characteristics of individual genres. May be repeated once for credit.

• ENG-L 695 Individual Readings in English (1-4 cr.)

• ENG-L 701 Descriptive Bibliography and Textual problems (4 cr.) Case-specific analysis of the way that literary texts change, the way these changes are documented by a full and focused history of  publication, and the kinds of textual problems caused by the unstable transmission of literary classics down through time. The analytical basis of new scholarly editions.

Writing Courses

• ENG-W 500 Teaching Composition: Issues and Approaches (4 cr.) Consideration of fundamental issues in the teaching of writing and the major approaches to composition instruction. Specific topics include teaching invention and revision, diagnosing errors, teaching style and organization, making assignments, and evaluating student writing.

• ENG-W 502 Fields of Editing: Theories and Practices (4 cr.) An introduction to general copyediting, technical editing, and scholarly editing, the course serves as a prologue to a comprehensive study of manuscript editing. Course content includes the identification and recovery of modern manuscript texts, with an emphasis on physical description, transcription strategies and techniques, and editing of the transcribed text for publication.

• ENG-W 503 Technologies of Editing: Producing Letterpress and Electronic Texts (4 cr.) An applied study of contemporary text production, the course examines the standards of accuracy required in professional editing and the way that both text and documentation are prepared for publication. It explores issues of textual preservation, storage, retrieval, and the marketplace as they affect the design and modification of letterpress and electronic texts.

• ENG-W 508 Graduate Creative Writing for Teachers (4 cr.) W508 offers current and future teachers insights into the creative process, teaches them to think as writers do, suggests strategies for critiquing creative work, and provides guidance in developing creative writing curriculum. W508 emphasizes hands-on writing activities in three genres, adaptable for use with students at every level.

• ENG-W 509 Introduction to Writing & Literacy Studies (4 cr.) This course examines two primary, yet interrelated, threads in postsecondary education: literacy studies and contemporary composition teaching. Students will read, analyze, discuss, and write about key issues in literacy and writing, laying a foundation for further study. The primary goals for this course are for students 1) to understand the theoretical and pedagogical implications of literate activity inside and outside the classroom, 2) to learn how scholars in writing and literacy studies organize their thinking, 3) to recognize different research methods in this field, and 4) to develop skills necessary for professional success in academia.

• ENG-W 510 Computers in Composition (4 cr.) Based in current theories about the process of writing, this course surveys the use of computer programs (such as word processing) as writing tools, computer-assigned instruction as teaching aids, and computer programs as research aids to study writing.

• ENG-W 511 Graduate Fiction Writing (4 cr.) A graduate-level fiction writing workshop. Seminar study of advanced techniques in the writing of fiction, both short stories and the novel. Workshop discussion of advanced student work in progress.

• ENG-W 513 Graduate Poetry Writing (4 cr.) Offers graduate students an intensive experience in reading and writing poetry. Part workshop and part seminar in poetic practice and technique, W513 provides an opportunity for graduate students to expand their poetic range and hone their craft.

• ENG-W 553 Theory and Practice of Exposition (1-3 cr.) Primarily for secondary-school and junior-college teachers of English.

• ENG-W 590 Teaching Composition: Theories and Application (4 cr.) Current theories of composition and their pedagogical implications.

• ENG-W 600 Topics in Rhetoric and Composition (4 cr.) Covers selected issues in current composition and rhetorical theory. May be repeated for credit with a different topic.

• ENG-W 605 Writing Project Summer Institute (3-6 cr.) By application and invitation only. For teachers from K-university, who together consider major issues involved in the teaching of writing and explore the pedagogical approaches inherent in these issues. The institute explores current theories of writing and their application in the classroom. Preference given to active classroom teachers.

• ENG-W 609 Directed Writing Projects (1-4 cr.)

• ENG-W 615 Writing Creative Nonfiction (4 cr.) Writing workshop in such modes as personal essay, autobiography, and documentary. Open also to graduate students not in the creative writing program.

• ENG-W 697 Independent Study in Writing (1-4 cr.)

THESIS COURSE

• ENG-L 699 M.A. Thesis (arr. cr.)

linguistics-courses

• ENG-G 500 Introduction to the English Language (4 cr.) An introduction to the English language: its nature, structure, and development.

• ENG-G 541 Materials Preparation for ESL Instruction (4 cr.) Students will learn about materials preparation, syllabus design, and test preparation by applying a variety of theories to books and other ESL (English as a Second-language) teaching devices (e.g., tapes, videotapes, software programs) to evaluate their usefulness and will learn to evaluate ESL materials for adequateness.

• ENG-G 625 Introduction to Text Linguistics/Discourse Analysis (4 cr.) This course introduces students to current approaches to text and discourse coherence, including recent theories of cognitive and interactional text modeling.

• ENG-G 652 English Language Sociolinguistics (4 cr.) A survey course in American and British sociolinguistics, this course investigates the theoretical bases, the major works, and the methodological approaches of current sociolinguistics.

• LING-L 532 Second-Language Acquisition (3 cr.) An introduction to a broad range of issues in the field of second-language acquisition, providing the student with an overview of the most important approaches to the fundamental question of how people learn a second language. Provides students with basic knowledge of theories of second-language acquisition and an understanding of how theoretical perspectives inform practical application.

• LING-L 534 Linguistics Resources and TESOL (3 cr.) The course examines recent theories of teaching English as a second or foreign language. Students will get a chance to examine theories and methods and develop knowledge of linguistic resources available to new and/or practicing teachers.

• LING-T 600 Topics in TESOL and Applied Linguistics (3 cr.) May vary with topic. Intensive study and analysis of selected issues and problems in TESOL and Applied Linguistics. Topics in this course are of particular interest to the second language practioner.

• LING-T 690 Advanced Readings in TESOL and Applied Linguistics (1-4 cr.)

literature-courses

• ENG-L 501 Professional Scholarship in Literature (4 cr.) Applied research methods. Surveys forensic methods of discovering textual variations in successive editions of famous works of literature, framed within a broader survey of literary history and the evolution of Western literary genres. Provides a firm grounding in the terminology of literary research and an understanding of the way that literary scholars work with secondary materials to discover hidden truths (and often to expose mistakes) about texts and authors. 

• ENG-L 503 Teaching of Literature in College (4 cr.) This course introduces graduate students to the practical and theoretical issues involved in teaching literature including how to set teaching objectives, organize a course and construct a syllabus.  Several different aproaches to teaching literature, including lecture, discussion, workshop, and online instruction will be explored.

• ENG-L 506 Introduction to Methods of Criticism/Research (4 cr.) The conditions and assumptions of studying English, with emphasis on criticism and research on a culturally and historically diverse range of texts.

• ENG-L 508 Practicum on Teaching Literature in College (4 cr.) P: L503 or consent of instructor. Topics include syllabus construction, lecture and discussion techniques, use and evaluation of written work. Offered in two formats:  as a practicum in course and syllabus design  for a future undergraduate course; or as a practicum for AIs running concurrently with the related undergraduate course.

• ENG-L 590 Internship in English (4 cr.) A supervised internship in the uses of language in the workplace. Each intern will be assigned a problem or task and will develop the methods for solving or completing it. Each intern will complete a portfolio of workplace writing and self-evaluation.

• ENG-L 606 Topics in African American Literature (4 cr.) Focuses on a particular genre, time period, or theme of African American literature. Examples: twentieth-century African American women’s novels, black male identity in literature, kinship in African American literature, African American autobiography.  May be repeated twice for credit with different focuses.

• ENG-L 625 Shakespeare (4 cr.) Critical analysis of selected tragedies, comedies, history plays, and poetry.

• ENG-L 641 English Literature 1700-1900 (4 cr.) This course surveys British literature of the 18th and 19th centuries.  Particular emphasis will be placed on major writers and movements and on lesser-known writers who have recently bee rediscovered.  Categories covered may include:  Elizabethan and Jacobean writers, Restoration theater and poetry, the rise of the novel, Neoclassical writers, Romanticism, Victorian writers.

• ENG-L 645 English Fiction, 1800-1900 (4 cr.) Intensive historical and critical study of nineteenth-century prose fiction, especially the novel.

• ENG-L 649 British Literature Since 1900 (4 cr.) This course surveys British literature of the 20th and 21st centuries.  Students study important trends and movements within this field, including Realism, Modernism, Surrealism, Postmodernism, and their historical contexts.

• ENG-L 655 American Literature and Culture 1900-1945 (4 cr.) Study of American literature and culture from the turn of the century to 1945.

• ENG-L 657 Readings in Literature and Critical Theory (4 cr.) Study of major movements, figures, or topics in literary and/or critical theory.

• ENG-L 666 Survey of Children's Literature (4 cr.) A survey of literature written for children and adolescents from the medieval period to the present.

• ENG-L 673 Studies in Women and Literature (4 cr.) Course may include writers from the 17th through the 21st centuries.

• ENG-L 680 Special Topics-Literary Study and Theory (4 cr.) L680 is offered as a Variable Title course. May be repeated for credit with each variable title.

• ENG-L 681 Genre Studies (4 cr.) A variable-title course, Genre Studies examines the specific characteristics of individual genres. May be repeated once for credit.

• ENG-L 695 Individual Readings in English (1-4 cr.)

• ENG-L 701 Descriptive Bibliography and Textual problems (4 cr.) Case-specific analysis of the way that literary texts change, the way these changes are documented by a full and focused history of  publication, and the kinds of textual problems caused by the unstable transmission of literary classics down through time. The analytical basis of new scholarly editions.

writing-courses

• ENG-W 500 Teaching Composition: Issues and Approaches (4 cr.) Consideration of fundamental issues in the teaching of writing and the major approaches to composition instruction. Specific topics include teaching invention and revision, diagnosing errors, teaching style and organization, making assignments, and evaluating student writing.

• ENG-W 502 Fields of Editing: Theories and Practices (4 cr.) An introduction to general copyediting, technical editing, and scholarly editing, the course serves as a prologue to a comprehensive study of manuscript editing. Course content includes the identification and recovery of modern manuscript texts, with an emphasis on physical description, transcription strategies and techniques, and editing of the transcribed text for publication.

• ENG-W 503 Technologies of Editing: Producing Letterpress and Electronic Texts (4 cr.) An applied study of contemporary text production, the course examines the standards of accuracy required in professional editing and the way that both text and documentation are prepared for publication. It explores issues of textual preservation, storage, retrieval, and the marketplace as they affect the design and modification of letterpress and electronic texts.

• ENG-W 508 Graduate Creative Writing for Teachers (4 cr.) W508 offers current and future teachers insights into the creative process, teaches them to think as writers do, suggests strategies for critiquing creative work, and provides guidance in developing creative writing curriculum. W508 emphasizes hands-on writing activities in three genres, adaptable for use with students at every level.

• ENG-W 509 Introduction to Writing & Literacy Studies (4 cr.) This course examines two primary, yet interrelated, threads in postsecondary education: literacy studies and contemporary composition teaching. Students will read, analyze, discuss, and write about key issues in literacy and writing, laying a foundation for further study. The primary goals for this course are for students 1) to understand the theoretical and pedagogical implications of literate activity inside and outside the classroom, 2) to learn how scholars in writing and literacy studies organize their thinking, 3) to recognize different research methods in this field, and 4) to develop skills necessary for professional success in academia.

• ENG-W 510 Computers in Composition (4 cr.) Based in current theories about the process of writing, this course surveys the use of computer programs (such as word processing) as writing tools, computer-assigned instruction as teaching aids, and computer programs as research aids to study writing.

• ENG-W 511 Graduate Fiction Writing (4 cr.) A graduate-level fiction writing workshop. Seminar study of advanced techniques in the writing of fiction, both short stories and the novel. Workshop discussion of advanced student work in progress.

• ENG-W 513 Graduate Poetry Writing (4 cr.) Offers graduate students an intensive experience in reading and writing poetry. Part workshop and part seminar in poetic practice and technique, W513 provides an opportunity for graduate students to expand their poetic range and hone their craft.

• ENG-W 553 Theory and Practice of Exposition (1-3 cr.) Primarily for secondary-school and junior-college teachers of English.

• ENG-W 590 Teaching Composition: Theories and Application (4 cr.) Current theories of composition and their pedagogical implications.

• ENG-W 600 Topics in Rhetoric and Composition (4 cr.) Covers selected issues in current composition and rhetorical theory. May be repeated for credit with a different topic.

• ENG-W 605 Writing Project Summer Institute (3-6 cr.) By application and invitation only. For teachers from K-university, who together consider major issues involved in the teaching of writing and explore the pedagogical approaches inherent in these issues. The institute explores current theories of writing and their application in the classroom. Preference given to active classroom teachers.

• ENG-W 609 Directed Writing Projects (1-4 cr.)

• ENG-W 615 Writing Creative Nonfiction (4 cr.) Writing workshop in such modes as personal essay, autobiography, and documentary. Open also to graduate students not in the creative writing program.

• ENG-W 697 Independent Study in Writing (1-4 cr.)