English

Course Descriptions

• ENGL 503 Shakespeare: Advanced Studies (3)

  • This course is intended to enhance the student's knowledge of comedies, tragedies, and histories of Shakespeare besides those taught and retaught in our schools. Students will also study recent Shakespearean criticism.

• ENGL 512 Teaching of Writing in the Secondary Schools (3)

  • This course will briefly survey the history of the teaching of writing in American secondary schools, intensively review writing process theory and research of the past two decades, and critically consider the implications of writing process theory and research for classroom practice. Also listed as PSED 512. Prerequisites: Graduate standing.

• ENGL 513 Seminar in Writing Pedagogy and Instructional Practices (6)

  • This is an intensive four-week summer course for teachers of all disciplines and grade levels that focuses on three related activities: (1) teacher demonstrations of classroom practice; (2) study of current theory and research in writing, thinking, diversity, and teaching; and (3) practice in writing and responding. Prerequisites: B.A. or B.S. in any academic discipline and consent of instructor.

• ENGL 515 Computers and Writing (3)

  • Computers and Writing will examine the impact that the new forms of electronic writing have had and will have on conventional print-based writing. We will analyze various forms of electronic writing such as the World Wide Web, e-mail, listservs, newsgroups, and MOOs.

• ENGL 554 Topics in British Literature (3)

  • This graduate course will provide new perspectives for the study of British literature. The new perspectives will include recent critical theories, fresh contexts, and reconceived canons. The emphasis and period(s) considered may vary each semester the course is offered. Students may take this course for credit more than once if they wish to study more than one approach or period.

• ENGL 562 Topics in American Literature (3)

  • This graduate course will provide new perspectives for the study of American literature. The new perspectives will include recent critical theories, fresh contexts, and reconceived canons. The emphasis and period(s) considered may vary each semester the course is offered. Students may take this course for credit more than once if they wish to study more than one approach or period.

• ENGL 563 Studies in Contemporary Literature (3)

  • This graduate course will consider the major intellectual and aesthetic developments in recent literature. Each semester it is offered, the instructor will choose one particular genre, group of writers, or new literary development to concentrate on for intensive study.

• ENGL 564 Contemporary Literary Theory for Teachers (3)

  • This course will consider major developments in recent literary theory and seek to apply them to realistic pedagogical methodology concerning the reading and writing of literature in public schools.

• ENGL 565 Topics in World Literature (3)

  • This course is an examination of literature other than British and American, such as African, Asian, Native American, Middle Eastern, Classical, South American, Caribbean, and European. The instructor may choose to examine a particular literary tradition, the literary points of view of a region, a theme running through several literary traditions, or a particular way of reading and responding to a body of literature. Students may take this course for credit more than once if they wish to study more than one tradition or period.

• ENGL 566 Teaching Multicultural Literature (3)

  • The English/Education major will utilize a seminar setting to focus on a detailed consideration of current multicultural subject matter, theory, and strategy that may be effective in the multicultural classroom.

• ENGL 577 Independent Study in English (Semester hours arranged)

  • Under the auspices of a qualified member of the department faculty, the student pursues a pattern of reading, study, and research related to the understanding and knowledge of English.