Courses
Current and recent courses are listed here; they are not typically offered every term.
- All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise noted.
- A 698 course is a practicum.
591N Topics in Indigenous Literature
Examines contemporary Native American poetry, fiction, essays, and theories as both expressions and interrogations of indigenous identity and culture and as strategies for survivance within the larger American context.
698 Practicum (1-12 cr.)
For students teaching General Education undergraduate English courses.
698B Introduction to Teaching Writing (Fall 2 cr., Spring 1 cr.)
Practicum required of all incoming students who will be Teaching Associates (TOs) in the Writing Program.
698G Introduction to English Graduate Studies (1 cr.)
Fall practicum provides an introduction to the English department and the university to prepare students for successful graduate study. Required of all incoming M.A./Ph.D. and Ph.D. students.
698I Teaching Basic Writing (1 cr.)
698J Teaching Mentoring (1 cr.)
698L Teaching Creative Writing (1-18 cr.)
698M Teaching Creative Writing II (1 cr.)
698MA Teaching MFA Online Courses (1 cr.)
698R Applied Literary Arts (1-6 cr.)
698RA Applied Literary Arts: RADIUS (1-6 cr.)
Students receive training and hold open-hour writing tutorials for incarcerated men through participation in RADIUS, a project in storytelling by and for the local community.
698V Special Topics in Teaching Writing (1 cr.)
Practicum required of all returning Teaching Associates (TOs) in the Writing Program.
699 Master’s Thesis
Total of 6 credits required for an M.F.A. degree and for a Terminal M.A. degree with thesis option.
712 Writing and the Teaching of Writing
Methods, theories, and techniques of teaching prose composition.
731 The Bible as Literature
The several main genres of Biblical literature in their historical setting. Principles in interpretation; the literary influence of the Authorized Version.
767 British Contemporary Fiction
British fiction from 1939 to present.
777 Modern Poetry
Intensive study of Modern poetry written within, or close to, the first half of the 20th century.
780 Imaginative Writing: Poetry
Writer’s workshop with emphasis on poetry; multiple sections are offered by different faculty. May be repeated by candidates for the M.F.A. for a total of 27 credits.
781 Imaginative Writing: Fiction
Writer’s workshop with emphasis on fiction; multiple sections are offered by different faculty. May be repeated by M.F.A. candidates for a total of 27 credits.
791 Seminars
A variety of seminars are offered each semester by professors in their areas of expertise. Current and recent offerings include
- Age of Pictures: American Visual Culture 1825-1925
- American Women Writers in Protest
- Biography: Theory and Practice
- Drama and Poetry of the English Renaissance: Shakespeare
- History of the Book
- Introduction to Caribbean Literature
- Introduction to the Environmental Humanities
- Literature of James Joyce
- Major Texts for the Study of American Culture
- Postcolonial Literary Studies
- Shakespeare, Race, and Social Justice
- Theorizing the Discipline
- Why Compare? Black and Asian Pairings in U.S. Culture and Criticism
- Why Medieval?
792A Research Methods in American Cultures
A survey of major methods, topics, and debates within American cultural studies. Required of students in the American Studies graduate concentration.
792C Graduate Writing Workshop
For students interested in developing a robust writing practice in academia, with a focus on revising an existing seminar paper, conference paper, or unpublished essay into a publishable journal article.
796 Independent Study (1-6 cr.)
796A Independent Directed Study (1-6 cr.)
For enrolling in a second Independent Study in one semester.
796W Independent Area 1
Preparation for the Preliminary Comprehensive Exam. Required of all M.A./Ph.D. and Ph.D. students.
796X Independent Area 2
Preparation for the Preliminary Comprehensive Exam. Required of all M.A./Ph.D. and Ph.D. students.
891 Seminars
A variety of seminars are offered each semester by professors in their areas of expertise. Current and recent offerings include
- Blackness and Race in the Afterlife of Slavery
- Caribbean Cultural Theory
- Climate Wars in the Anthropocene
- Composition Theory
- Critical Geographies of 20th and 21st Century Poets
- Darwin, Freud, Einstein and Literary Culture
- Death, Consciousness, and Resurrected Being in African American Literature and Culture
- Decolonial Reconstellations
- Form and Theory of Fiction
- Form and Theory of Poetry
- Genre, Context, and Social Action
- Imagining New Worlds: Fiction and the Birth of the Modern
- Introduction to Research on Writing
- Introduction to Rhetorical Theory
- Narratives of Development and Globalization
- Paperbark Literary Magazine
- Poetry and Consciousness
- Poetry of the Political Imagination
- Shakespeare's Speculative Fictions
- The Short Novel
- Talking Animals
- Theories of Performance
- Trans-Embodiments of the Early Modern World
- Transnational Rhetorical Studies
- Voices of Dislocation
- Writing across the Curriculum
- Writing and Emerging Technologies
- Writing in Exile
899 Doctoral Dissertation
Total of 18 credits required for a Ph.D. degree.