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ENGL 378 - Literature of the African Diaspora
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of selections from the range of literature that comprises the sub-genre of the African Diaspora. Engages texts in an effort to better understand and interpret the complex nature of chattel slavery, emancipation, reconstruction, colonialism and post-colonialist motivations through reading, discussion and cultural immersion.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 379 - Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study in literature written by American authors during the Harlem Renaissance period, beginning with the key concept of the period, W.E.B. DuBois’ Double Consciousness. Readings include, but not limited to, the poetry of Hughes, McKay, Bennet, Fauset and Cullen; the fiction of Nugent, Fisher, Toomer, Larsen and Walter White.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 380 - American Literature I: Beginnings to 1860
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study of major American literature from the nation’s origins to 1860. Authors to be studied may include, but are not limited to, Edwards, Franklin, Hawthorne, Irving, Melville, Poe and Whitman.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 381 - American Literature II: 1860-Present
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study of major American literature from 1860 to the present. Authors to be studied may include, but are not limited to, Crane, London, Chopin, T.S. Eliot, Gilman, Faulkner, O’Neill, Hurston, Hughes, Welty, Ellison, Baldwin, Barthelme and Morrison.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 382 - African-American Literature I
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study of major African-American literature from America’s inception to the Harlem Renaissance. May includes such writers as Terry, Equiano, Smith, Wheatley, Douglass, Jacobs, Brown, Harper, Hopkins, Dunbar, Chesnutt, Grimke.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 383 - African-American Literature II
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study of major African-American literature from the Harlem Renaissance to present. May include such writers as Hughes, Hurston, Wright, Ellison, Petry, Madhubuti, Sanchez, Morrison, Walker, Wilson, Jones and Trethewey.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 384 - Native American Literature
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of Native American literature (mostly in the “Western” genres of fiction and/or poetry) in the context of Native American peoples’ experiences and their distinctive worldviews.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 388 - American Drama
4 Hour(s) Credit
Historical survey of American drama from its beginnings to the present. Includes works by major American dramatists, such as Hellman, O’Neill, Williams, Miller and Henley.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 389 - Topics in Native American Literature
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study of select topics in Native American literature. Such topics may include a specific period, region, native group, set of authors, theme or issue.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
May be taken twice under different subtitles.
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ENGL 399 - International Studies in Literature
4 Hour(s) Credit
On-site study of the literature, drama, theatre, and culture of selected countries. Field study preceded by pre-tour lectures. The objective of the course is to better understand the culture and the history of a foreign country through experimental learning and intelligent mentoring.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
May be taken twice for credit under different subtitles.
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ENGL 410 - Individual Authors
4 Hour(s) Credit
An intensive study of one to three writers of major stature (choice to be made by the instructor).
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 411 - Chaucer’s Visions and Voyages
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study of representative works by the 14th-century poet Chaucer, taught in their original language, Middle English, with a special emphasis on his dream visions and The Canterbury Tales.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 412 - Milton’s Angels and Demons
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study of Milton’s major works in prose and verse, with special emphasis on his treatment of mythological and theological subject matter as exemplified in his epic poem Paradise Lost.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 413 - Shakespeare
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of the major comedies and histories with an emphasis on the tragedies.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 415 - Fiction Workshop
4 Hour(s) Credit
Read, discuss and analyze contemporary fiction to observe techniques in craftsmanship and present fiction for intensive examination by workshop participants.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites ENGL 351 or permission of instructor.
May be taken twice for credit.
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ENGL 416 - Poetry Workshop
4 Hour(s) Credit
Read, discuss and analyze contemporary poetry to observe techniques in craftsmanship and present poetry for intensive examination by workshop participants.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites ENGL 351 or permission of instructor.
May be taken twice for credit.
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ENGL 417 - Writer’s Craft
4 Hour(s) Credit
The capstone course of the creative writing track. Designed to help students gain a deeper understanding of their chosen genre (poetry, fiction or nonfiction) and to learn how to “professionalize” as writers by gaining experience in the fields of teaching and publishing, as well as writing. Workshop and complete publication-ready creative and critical work in preparation for graduate study and contextualize writing within a creative heritage.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites ENGL 496 or ENGL 498 or approval of instructor.
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ENGL 420 - Applied Linguistics
4 Hour(s) Credit
Investigates the role of language in the real-world and provides a survey of major areas in applied linguistics. Key topics are application of theories of language to a variety of fields; the utility of linguistic frameworks in different professions to include language policy/planning, media, health and law; and understanding how research in applied linguistics is effectively conducted.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 ; ENGL 240 or ENGL 430 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 421 - Sociolinguistics of Mobility
4 Hour(s) Credit
Explores sociolinguistics, i.e., the study of language in society in the era of mass migration. Focuses on how the mobility of people, discourses and resources affects patterns of language use on the one hand, and understandings of language, culture and identity on the other. Topics investigate how dominant ideologies about language, identity and nation-state lead to different social inequalities among mobile populations.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 ; ENGL 240 or ENGL 430 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 423 - Educational Linguistics
4 Hour(s) Credit
Examines the intersections of language and power in educational settings and provides a linguistic analysis of gate-keeping practices in schooling. Core topics focus on critical evaluations of linguistic discrimination, erasure, bias and marginalization of dialect diversity/linguistic variety in multiple educational contexts.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 ; ENGL 240 or ENGL 430 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 428 - ESOL Tests and Measurements
4 Hour(s) Credit
Focuses on present-day language theory and practice. Objectives are not only to increase students’ skills in writing classroom language tests and assessing standardized instruments intended for second language learners, but also to improve their ability to evaluate language research in which testing plays a part.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites ENGL 432 or ENGL 434 or permission from instructor.
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ENGL 430 - Principles of Linguistics
4 Hour(s) Credit
Detailed study of the primary linguistic systems, including phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax and pragmatics. Introduces important sociolinguistic research concerns. As the course is designed for teachers in training, students apply those linguistic concepts to practical language learning problems.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 431 - Survey of Modern English Grammar
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of modern English grammar accomplished through a variety of language analysis approaches, including traditional, structural and transformational.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites ENGL 240 or ENGL 430 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 432 - Literacy and ESOL Reading
4 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces students interested in questions of language acquisition to the theories and practices relating to learning to read in a second language or second dialect. Topics included are models for acquiring foreign language reading skills, teaching strategies for second language/dialect literacy, evaluating literacy skills, current research about acquisition of literacy skills, and political and social implications of second language/dialect literacy.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 433 - Language and Culture
4 Hour(s) Credit
Linguistics approach to the peculiar relationship between a language and the cultural total of which the language is a part. Examines language variations within a community according to gender, age, geography, ethnicity, socioeconomic class and level of education. Considers the educational, political and economic implications.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 434 - Literacy and ESOL Writing
4 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces students interested in questions of language acquisition to the theories and practices of learning to write in a second language or second dialect. Topics include writing theory, writing strategies, evaluating writing, and writers and rhetorical concerns. Students develop a literacy project, writing materials for specific ESOL students.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites ENGL 431 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 435 - ESOL Program Development
4 Hour(s) Credit
Explores the development, implementation and evaluation of ESOL programs serving ELLs from a variety of schooling experiences, including interrupted educational backgrounds. Evaluates the efficacy of past and emerging ESOL program models; increases awareness of legal case history and funding priorities; and surveys socio-politico factors impacting effective program design at the macro (district, statewide and national) and micro levels (institutional policies, plans and personnel configurations).
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 ; ENGL 240 or ENGL 430 or ENGL 439 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 438 - Bilingualism
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of what it means to be a bilingual child or adult. Explores the mind’s role in bilingualism and in language acquisition. Surveys educational systems’ response to language variance among students and explores the social, academic and language learning consequences of growing up bilingual in the U.S.A.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 439 - Second Language Acquisition
4 Hour(s) Credit
Introduction to second language acquisition (SLA) theory and the application of SLA theory to second/foreign language teaching practices. Explores what it means to know a language and, hence, how one learns a second language.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 440 - Literacy and ESOL Listening
4 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces theories, principles and best practices in the effective teaching and learning of ELL/EFL listening skills. Focuses on targeted listening strategies, pedagogy, materials development, technologies/media and assessments pertinent to the successful uptake of second language listening skills for a variety of academic and interactional encounters.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 ; ENGL 240 or ENGL 430 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 441 - Literacy and ESOL Speaking
4 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces theories, principles and best practices in the effective teaching and learning of ELL/EFL speaking skills. Focuses on strategy, pedagogy, materials development and assessment issues pertinent to pronunciation-building and fluency-enhancement. Oral skills for learners in multiple content areas/academic registers, as well as effective task design incorporative of emerging technologies for speaking practice form core topics.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 ; ENGL 240 or ENGL 430 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 442 - English Structure for Educators
4 Hour(s) Credit
Equips students with knowledge and pedagogical techniques for the successful teaching of difficult English structures/ anomalies using frameworks embedded in the history of the English language. Pedagogical themes underpinning the course include game-based learning, technology-infused approaches to the instruction of complex structures, and the use of authentic materials to ensure ELL/EFL accuracy and uptake of salient English structures.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 ; ENGL 240 or ENGL 430 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 443 - Issues and Approaches in English Language Teaching
4 Hour(s) Credit
Examines contemporary issues and approaches to English language teaching (ELT) in global settings. Provides an overview of the contexts of ELT and contemporary issues pertinent to a comprehensive and critical understanding of ELT practices world-wide. Contextually and locally relevant methods, approaches, techniques and materials for learners of English as a second and/or foreign language in a variety of global contexts form a core focus.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 ; ENGL 240 or ENGL 430 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 444 - Inclusive EL Instruction for Multilingual Learners
4 Hour(s) Credit
Explores curricular, programmatic and culturally relevant strategies designed to ensure inclusivity and academic success of EL learners from a variety of educational needs in U.S. schools. Topics include successfully implementing multilingual- based theorizations in strategic co-planning, empathy building, collaborative pedagogies, family/grassroots partnerships and assets-building translanguaging frameworks aimed at enhancing the parity of educational access of minoritized multilinguals.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 ; ENGL 240 or ENGL 430 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 447 - Current Approaches in ESOL Instruction
4 Hour(s) Credit
Familiarizes students with the foundations of teaching English to speakers of other languages (ESOL). Provides for examination of current theory and empirical data on language learning and teaching. Examine pedagogical implications/applications of teaching methodologies intended for non-native speakers of English by examining the latest research data. Seeks to meet the needs of practicing or prospective teachers enrolled in an undergraduate program.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites ENGL 428 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 453 - Modern Poetry
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of British and American poetry from Yeats through World War II. Poets include Hopkins, Yeats, Eliot, Pound, Frost, Williams, Robinson, Crane, Stevens, Auden and Dylan Thomas.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 454 - Writing Centers: Theory and Practice
4 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces students to peer tutoring as a mode of collaborative learning. Focuses on preparing students to lead writing center consultations.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 , consent of instructor.
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ENGL 455 - Non-Fiction Workshop
4 Hour(s) Credit
Read, discuss and analyze contemporary nonfiction to observe techniques in craftsmanship and present nonfiction for intensive examination by workshop participants.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
May be taken twice for credit.
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ENGL 461 - Feminist Literature and Theory
4 Hour(s) Credit
A survey of the growth and transformation of feminist literature and theory from the birth of the woman’s movement in the nineteenth century to contemporary cultural feminist writings. We will also investigate modern and contemporary images and representations of women in literature, film and popular culture from a critical perspective that celebrates cultural diversity and alternative viewpoints.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 463 - Literary Analysis
4 Hour(s) Credit
Analytical approaches to literature designed to teach teachers and prospective teachers traditional, formal, psychological, mythological and exponential analyses of narrative fiction, drama and poetry applied to the various genres.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 464 - Rhetorical Criticism
4 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces critical methods for analyzing persuasive messages in a variety of genres and contexts.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 306 or ENGL 308 .
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ENGL 465 - Composition Theory
4 Hour(s) Credit
Explores current theories and research on writing process and product. Topics include: definitions of writing; rhetorical contexts; heuristics for pre-writing, writing and rewriting; questions of arrangement, style, grammar, mechanics and assessment.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 466 - Methods for Composition and Rhetoric Research
4 Hour(s) Credit
Applies theoretical concepts from ENGL 465 to current issues in composition and rhetoric research (such as basic writing, methods of responding to student writing and audience adaptation). Emphasizes modes of research for continuing investigation of these issues.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites ENGL 465 or approval of the instructor.
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ENGL 467 - History and Theory of Rhetoric
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study of how changing views of rhetoric affect public attitudes toward writing and influence writing instruction in schools and universities. Emphasizes shifting views toward style, argument and the relationship between persuasion and knowledge.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 469 - Topics in Global South Literature
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study of select topics in literature of the Global South (Africa, Asia, Latin America) that may include a specific region, genre, theme, period or movement. Topics vary according to instructors.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
May be repeated under different subtitles.
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ENGL 470 - Topics in African-American Literature
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study of select topics in African-American literature that may include a specific region, genre, theme, period or movement. Topics vary according to instructors.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
May be repeated under different subtitles.
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ENGL 471 - Medieval English Literature
4 Hour(s) Credit
A survey of literature produced in and around the British Isles between the 8th and 15th centuries of the Common Era. Anglo-Saxon and other early medieval selections presented in translation although the course includes instruction in rudimentary Old English. Middle English works (excluding Chaucer) presented in the original. Primary texts historicized and contextualized through secondary readings in history, ethnography, the arts, criticism.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 472 - Literature of the British Renaissance
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of English literature, exclusive of Shakespeare, from 1500 to 1660. Authors studied may include, but are not limited to, More, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, Donne, Jonson, Lanyer, Marvell and Milton. Pays special attention to the period’s rich and varied modes of poetry, fiction, drama and nonfictional prose.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 473 - Restoration and 18th Century Literature
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of British literature from 1660 through the 18th century. Writers studied include Behn, Rochester, Dryden, Defoe, Swift, Pope, Johnson, Boswell, Goldsmith, Burns and Blake.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 474 - Romantic Literature
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of British poetry and aesthetics from the French Revolution through the first third of the 19th century. Primary readings from Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 475 - Victorian Literature
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of major British literature during the reign of Queen Victoria. Writers studied may include Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Carlyle, Newman and Ruskin.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 476 - British Novel I: Beginnings To 1837
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of the history and development of the British novel from the beginnings to the coronation of Victoria. Novels may include, but are not limited to, works by Sidney, Behn, Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Burney, Austen and Mary Shelley. A variety of theoretical models are considered.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 477 - British Novel II: 1837 to the Present
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of the British novel from the coronation of Queen Victoria to the present day. Authors may include, but are not limited to, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, Graham Greene and Martin Amis.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 479 - Contemporary Trends in British Literature
4 Hour(s) Credit
Contemporary trends in British literature from 1970 to the present. Writers may include Penelope Fitzgerald, Anita Brookner, A. S. Byatt, Seamus Heaney, Geoffrey Hill, Tom Stoppard, William Trevor, Martin Amis, Graham Swift, Ian McEwan and Brian Friel.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 480 - Colonial American Literature
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of American literature prior to 1820. Writers studied may include Bradford, Bradstreet, Taylor, Edwards, Franklin, Irving and Cooper.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 481 - The American Renaissance
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of the Transcendental Movement and literature between 1830 and 1870. Emphasis on the works of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman and Dickinson.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 482 - American Realism and Naturalism (1865-1925)
4 Hour(s) Credit
Investigates the rise of Realism and Naturalism (1965-1925) in American literature and the relationship between the development of these forms and the historical and cultural atmospheres from which they emerged. Authors to be studied may include Henry James, William Dean Howells, Frank Norris, Stephen Crane, Charles Chesnutt, Edith Wharton and Theodore Dreiser.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 483 - American Southern Writers: Modern to Present
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of literature produced in the South from 1930 to the present. Writers may include Faulkner, O’Connor, Welty, Porter, Warren, Percy, Capote, Taylor, Grau, Styron and Young.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 484 - American Novel I: Beginnings to 1900
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of major American novels through 1900. Writers studied may include Crane, Hawthorne, Melville and Twain.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 485 - American Novel II: 1900 to the Present
4 Hour(s) Credit
A study of major American novels from 1900 to the present, with a focus on Realism, Modernism and Postmodernism. Authors to be studied may include, but are not limited to, Wharton, Dreiser, Faulkner, Barnes, Capote, DeLillo and Morrison.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 488 - Contemporary Trends in American Literature
4 Hour(s) Credit
Contemporary trends in U.S. literature from 1970 to the present. Writers may include McCarthy, DeLillo, Shepard, Tyler, Vonnegut, C. Johnson, Albee, Kincaid, Morrison, Walker, Silko.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IB.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
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ENGL 491 - Topics in Linguistics and Language Learning
4 Hour(s) Credit
An examination of selected topics of linguistics as they relate directly to first and second language learning. The course may focus in different semesters on such topics as phonology and language learning, syntactic theory and language learning, or discourse and language learning.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
This course may be repeated once under different course subtitles.
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ENGL 492 - Practicum in English
1-4 Hour(s) Credit
Under the close supervision of a master teacher, an advanced student in an English option interns as a teaching assistant in a lower-division course in that option.
Variable hours per week.
Prerequisites Nine hours of coursework in that option and approval of department chair.
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ENGL 493 - Independent Study
4 Hour(s) Credit
Tutorial course in any area of English. Open to junior and senior English majors with superior English grades.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites Permission of the department chair prior to registration. One conference weekly. May be taken twice. Not for graduate credit.
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ENGL 494 - Topics in English: Writing or Film
4 Hour(s) Credit
Intensive study in language or film.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 or permission of instructor.
May be repeated for credit in different areas of study.
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ENGL 495 - Topics in Writing and Rhetoric
4 Hour(s) Credit
Intensive study of selected topics in writing and rhetoric.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 306 or ENGL 308 .
May be repeated in different areas of study for a maximum of six hours of credit.
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ENGL 496 - Topics in Poetry
4 Hour(s) Credit
Deeply engage with contemporary poetry and its trends, produce publishable work and become fluent in the language of contemporary poetry broadly and in one particular aspect of that conversation specifically. Read some of the classic poems online and, through four monograph books, explore the range of technique in the contemporary collections. Explore advanced poetry techniques and gain a critical understanding of the important aspects of the discourse of contemporary poetry. Learn how to initiate, develop and complete a marketable project and become extremely well versed in one particularly important technique or topic.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites ENGL 416 or ENGL 498 or approval of instructor.
May be taken twice for credit with different topics.
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ENGL 497 - Undergraduate Research
1-4 Hour(s) Credit
Designed to encourage students to pursue an important area of research under the supervision of an English faculty member. Students will have the opportunity to study a topic in depth and design their own research project to contribute to that area’s body of knowledge. Specific topics are indicated on student transcripts. Public presentation required.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 , permission of instructor and department chair.
May be taken for a maximum of four credits.
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ENGL 498 - Topics in Prose
4 Hour(s) Credit
Deeply engage with contemporary prose and its trends, produce publishable work and become fluent in the language of contemporary prose broadly and in one particular aspect of that conversation specifically. Read classic and contemporary prose, learn advanced prose techniques, and develop a critical understanding of contemporary prose and its discourse.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites ENGL 415 or ENGL 455 or ENGL 496 or approval of instructor.
May be taken twice for credit with different topics.
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ENGL 499 - English Honors
3 Hour(s) Credit
Independent study in an area of English leading to an honors thesis.
Prerequisites invitation by the Department of English.
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ENGL 500 - Seminar in American Literature Through the 19th Century
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of selected topics in American literature through the 19th century. Emphasizes one or more authors, genres or literary themes.
Three hours per week.
May be repeated under different course subtitles.
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ENGL 501 - Seminar in American Literature of the 20th Century
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of selected topics in American literature of the 20th century (up to 1945). Emphasizes one or more authors, genres or literary themes.
Three hours per week.
May be repeated under different course subtitles.
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ENGL 502 - Seminar in English Literature I
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of selected topics in English literature from the beginnings to 1660. Emphasizes one or more authors, genres or literary themes.
Three hours per week.
May be repeated under different course subtitles.
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ENGL 503 - Seminar in English Literature II
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of selected topics in English literature of the Restoration and 18th century. Emphasizes one or more major authors, genres or literary themes.
Three hours per week.
May be repeated under different course subtitles.
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ENGL 504 - Seminar in English Literature III
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study in selected topics of English literature of the 19th century. Emphasizes one or more major authors, genres or literary themes.
Three hours per week.
May be repeated under different course subtitles.
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ENGL 505 - Seminar in English Literature IV
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of selected topics in English literature of the 20th century. Emphasizes one or more major authors, genres or literary themes.
Three hours per week.
May be repeated under different course subtitles.
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ENGL 508 - Methods and Theories for Literary Research
3 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces students to the methods and theories that are foundational to the study of literature at the graduate level and the application of those theories to literature. Beginning with New Criticism, the course explores dominant theoretical trends of the 20th century, including, but not limited to, Marxism, Feminism, Psychoanalysis and Multiculturalism. Examine key literary, critical and theoretical terms/concepts as well as learn to analyze secondary sources in the process of producing critically informed work.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 509 - Seminar in Language Study
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study in selected topics in language and linguistics. The course focuses in different semesters on such topics as the new English, descriptive or historical linguistics, morphology syntax, or phonetics and phonemics, teaching standard English to speakers of other languages or to speakers of other dialects.
Three hours per week.
May be repeated under different course subtitles.
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ENGL 510 - Seminar in Literature: Special Topics
3 Hour(s) Credit
Examines topics in English and American literature which cross traditional, chronological, national or ontological boundaries.
Three hours per week.
May be repeated under different course subtitles.
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ENGL 511 - Chaucer’s Visions and Voyages
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study of representative works by the 14th-century poet Chaucer, taught in their original language, Middle English, with a special emphasis on his dream visions and The Canterbury Tales.
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ENGL 512 - Milton’s Angels and Demons
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study of Milton’s major works in prose and verse, with special emphasis on his treatment of mythological and theological subject matter as exemplified in his epic poem Paradise Lost.
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ENGL 513 - Shakespeare
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of the major comedies and histories with an emphasis on the tragedies.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 514 - Writing Program Praxis
3 Hour(s) Credit
Explores successful writing programs, particularly at the college level, and their connections to research/theory in composition. Requires students to evaluate and propose guidelines for composition study and instruction.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites ENGL 565
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ENGL 515 - Eastern Shore Writing Project Summer Institute
3-6 Hour(s) Credit
Explores current theories about the composing process and their implications for teaching writing and using writing to teach other content areas. Focuses on adapting and evaluating classroom activities for different grade levels and educational settings.
Three or six hours per week.
Prerequisites Permission of the instructor.
Cross-Listed With (May Not Receive Credit for Both) EDUC 515
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ENGL 520 - Applied Linguistics
3 Hour(s) Credit
Investigates the role of language in the real-world and provides a survey of major areas in applied linguistics. Key topics are application of theories of language to a variety of fields; the utility of linguistic frameworks in different professions to include language policy/planning, media, health and law; and understanding how research in applied linguistics is effectively conducted.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites ENGL 536 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 521 - Sociolinguistics of Mobility
3 Hour(s) Credit
Explores sociolinguistics, i.e., the study of language in society in the era of mass migration. Focuses on how the mobility of people, discourses and resources affects patterns of language use on the one hand, and understandings of language, culture and identity on the other. Topics investigate how dominant ideologies about language, identity and nation-state lead to different social inequalities among mobile populations.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites ENGL 536 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 522 - Individual Authors
3 Hour(s) Credit
An intensive study of one to three writers of major stature (choice to be made by the instructor).
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 523 - Educational Linguistics
3 Hour(s) Credit
Examines the intersections of language and power in educational settings and provides a linguistic analysis of gate-keeping practices in schooling. Core topics focus on critical evaluations of linguistic discrimination, erasure, bias and marginalization of dialect diversity/linguistic variety in multiple educational contexts.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites ENGL 536 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 528 - ESOL Tests and Measurements
3 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces students to present-day language theory and practice. Objectives are not only to increase students’ skills in writing classroom language tests and assessing standardized instruments, but also to improve their ability to evaluate language research in which testing plays a part.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites ENGL 532 or ENGL 534 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 530 - Directed Research
3 Hour(s) Credit
Preparation of optional research project in master’s degree program under department supervision.
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ENGL 531 - Thesis
3 Hour(s) Credit
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ENGL 532 - Literacy and ESOL Reading
3 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces students interested in questions of language acquisition to the theories and practices relating to learning to read in a second language or second dialect. Topics include models for acquiring foreign language reading skills, teaching strategies for second language/dialect literacy, evaluating literacy skills, investigating current research about acquisition of literacy skills, and exploring political and social implications of second/language/dialect literacy.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 533 - ESOL Program Development
3 Hour(s) Credit
Explores the development, implementation and evaluation of ESOL programs serving ELLs from a variety of schooling experiences, including interrupted educational backgrounds. Evaluates the efficacy of past and emerging ESOL program models; increases awareness of legal case history and funding priorities; and surveys socio-politico factors impacting effective program design at the macro (district, statewide and national) and micro levels (institutional policies, plans and personnel configurations).
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites ENGL 536 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 534 - Literacy and ESOL Writing
3 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces students interested in questions of language acquisition to the theories and practices of learning to write in a second language or second dialect. Topics include writing theory, writing strategies, and second language writers and rhetorical concerns. In addition, students will examine teaching methodologies for second language/dialect literacy, evaluating literacy skills, current research about acquisition of literacy skills, and political and social implications of second language/dialect literacy.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites ENGL 537 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 535 - Language and Culture
3 Hour(s) Credit
Emphasizes a linguistic approach to the peculiar relationship between a language and the cultural total of which the language is a part. It examines language variations within a community according to gender, age, geography, ethnicity, socioeconomic class and education, while considering the educational, political and economic implications. Specifically, this course should be considered an exploration of the study of language in its social setting.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 536 - Principles of Linguistics
3 Hour(s) Credit
An introductory study of nature of language from both a theoretical and applied perspective. The focus is on the study of sounds and articulation (phonetics), sound systems (phonology), word structure and formation (morphology), phrase and sentence structure (syntax), aspects of meaning (semantics) and will also concentrate on applied aspects of linguistic study such as neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, computational linguistics, and first and second language acquisition. To provide students with a fundamental understanding of core areas of linguistics and to equip students with the analytical techniques and methods required to solve questions about language.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 537 - Survey of Modern English Grammar
3 Hour(s) Credit
To provide an understanding of the systematic structure and rules of English, i.e., the system underlying the construction of possible sentences in the English language; the grammatical terminology and concepts necessary for the analysis of English structures, i.e., the metalanguage of analysis; the application of such a theoretical background in the actual linguistic analysis of English constructions; the utility of such a knowledge in the future teaching of English, to both native and ESOL speakers; and some typical fallacies concerning the structure and pedagogical applications of English grammar.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 538 - Bilingualism
3 Hour(s) Credit
To familiarize students with various aspects of bilingual education and language contact from a social-psychological perspective. Explore the role of the mind in bilingualism and in language acquisition. Content addresses the societal, political and cultural implications of bilinguality and the cognitive and educational implications. It aims to provide analysis and evaluation of current theory and research on bilingualism, as well as for examination of pertinent pedagogical implications/applications.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 539 - Second Language Acquisition
3 Hour(s) Credit
An introduction to second language acquisition (SLA) theory and application of SLA theory to second/foreign language teaching practices. Explores what it means to know a language and, hence, how one learns a second language.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 540 - Literacy and ESOL Listening
3 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces theories, principles and best practices in the effective teaching and learning of ELL/EFL listening skills. Focuses on targeted listening strategies, pedagogy, materials development, technologies/media and assessments pertinent to the successful uptake of second language listening skills for a variety of academic and interactional encounters.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites ENGL 536 or permission of instructor.
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