English
The written communication requirement for any baccalaureate degree
is the successful completion of ENGL 111X and ENGL 211X or 213X or
equivalent.
A student may elect to fulfill one half of the composition requirement by completing
credit by examination in one of the required English courses. Permission of
the Director of Composition in the English department is required to begin
all challenge procedures. Required composition courses may also be taken through
University of Alaska Fairbanks correspondence study.
DEVELOPMENTAL ENGLISH
DEVE 060 3 Credits
Elementary Exposition
Intensive work in the process of writing and revising to improve
one’s writing skills. Placement by examination. (3 + 0)
Offered As Demand Warrants
DEVE 068 1–3 Credits
English Skills Laboratory
Individualized instruction in language skills. Open entry/open
exit, one credit lab modules in spelling/vocabulary, writing and grammar
usage. Enrollment in one or more based on diagnosed need or desire;
may be repeated. Counts as elective credit only; does not fulfill degree
requirements in written communications or humanities. (0 + 3–9)
Offered Fall, Spring
DEVE 070 3 Credits
Preparatory College English
Instruction in writing to improve students’ fluency and
accuracy and communication skills. Preparation for ENGL 111X. Placement
by examination or student decision. (3 + 0) Offered As Demand
Warrants
ENGLISH
ENGL 104 3 Credits
Institute on Language, Thought and Culture
Development of critical thinking, writing and reading skills using
the Bard College model. The intensive Institute establishes and nurtures
learning communities which support bold thinking, risk-taking, collaboration
and independence. Offered only at the Kuskokwim Campus. (3 + 0)
Offered As Demand Warrants
ENGL 111X 3 Credits
Introduction to Academic Writing
Instruction and practice in written inquiry and critical reading.
Introduction to writing as a way of developing, exploring and testing
ideas. Concentration on research methods and techniques. Available
via Independent Learning. (Prerequisite: Placement examination or DEVE
070.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall, Spring
ENGL 190H 3 Credits
Honors English Composition
Extensive readings in a variety of disciplines. Frequent writing
assignments addressing a wide range of topics for specific purposes
and audiences. Emphasis upon writing as a tool for learning across
the curriculum. ENGL 190H may be substituted for ENGL 111X. (Prerequisite:
Admission to the Honors Program or recommendation of instructor.) Offered
only at Fairbanks campus. (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
ENGL 200X 3 Credits
World Literature (h)
(Cross-listed with FL 200X)
Introduction to the reading and appreciation of a wide variety of literary
texts from different cultures. Includes exposure to a variety of approaches
to myth, poetry, story telling and drama. Students will gain an understanding
of cultural differences and universals in texts from American, American minority,
Western European and non-Western sources. Specific content to be announced
at time of registration. Course may be repeated for credit when content varies.
Also available via Independent Learning. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X and sophomore
standing or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall, Spring
ENGL 211X 3 Credits
Academic Writing about Literature
Instruction in writing through close analysis of literature. Research
paper required. Strongly recommended for English and other humanities
majors. Also available via Independent Learning. (Prerequisites: ENGL
111X or its equivalent; sophomore standing recommended.) (3 + 0)
Offered Fall, Spring
ENGL 212 3 Credits
Business, Grant and Report Writing
Forms and techniques of business, grant and report writing. (Special
emphasis may be placed on one or another of these topics in a given
semester.) Does not fulfill the second half of the baccalaureate requirements
in written communication. Also available via Independent Learning.
(Prerequisite: ENGL 111X.) (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
ENGL 213X 3 Credits
Academic Writing about the Social and Natural Sciences
Instruction in critical reading and argumentative writing by reading
and responding to essays from the social and natural sciences. Concentration
on the research methods and techniques necessary to create an extended
written argument. Also available via Independent Learning. (Prerequisites:
ENGL 111X or its equivalent; sophomore standing recommended.) (3 + 0)
Offered Fall, Spring
ENGL 217 3 Credits
Introduction to the Study of Film (h)
(Cross-listed with JRN 217)
An appreciation course designed to introduce the student to the various forms
of cinematic art with special emphasis on humanistic and artistic aspects.
(Prerequisite: ENGL 111X.) (2 + 2) Offered Spring
ENGL 218 3 Credits
Themes in Literature (h)
Exploration of literary themes in various genres of literature,
including fiction, poetry and drama. Such themes as "Women in
Literature,” "Literature of the North,” and "Detective
Stories in Literature and Film” may be offered. Specific theme
is announced at registration. Course may be repeated for credit when
content varies. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
ENGL 219 3 Credits
Aleut Narrative Art (h)
Introduction to and survey of the oral and written literature
of the Unangan, the Aleut people. All works in English translation,
although some supplementary materials in the Aleut language (eastern
and western dialects). Offered at the Aleutian campus. (Prerequisite:
ENGL 111X or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered As
Demand Warrants
ENGL 230 3 Credits
ENGL 231 3 Credits
English Language Proficiency
Intensive listening, speaking, reading and writing in English.
Especially recommended for all students for whom English is a foreign
language. These courses do not meet general degree requirements in
written communications and are not classified as humanities. Each course
may be repeated once for credit. (Prerequisites: Open only to students
for whom English is a foreign language. Permission of instructor required.)
(3 + 0) 230 Offered Fall, 231 Offered Spring
ENGL 271 3 Credits
Introduction to Creative Writing—Fiction (h)
Forms and techniques of fiction for beginning students; discussion
of students’ work in class and in individual conferences. (Prerequisite:
ENGL 111X or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall,
Spring
ENGL 272 3 Credits
Introduction to Creative Writing—Poetry (h)
Forms and techniques of poetry for beginning students; discussion
of students’ work in class and in individual conferences. (Prerequisite:
ENGL 111X or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall
ENGL 290H 2 Credits
Summer Reading Program (h)
Selected readings in a variety of disciplines. Group discussions
and written responses to the readings follow in the fall. Students
keep a summer journal. May be repeated for credit. (Prerequisites:
ENGL 111X and enrollment in the Honors Program; or permission of instructor.)
(2 + 0) Offered Fall
ENGL 301 3 Credits
Continental Literature in Translation: The Ancient World (h)
Readings from ancient Mesopotamian, Greek and Roman texts: the
classical background out of which western literary tradition has risen.
(Prerequisite: ENGL 111X or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Fall
ENGL 302 3 Credits
Continental Literature in Translation: Medieval and Renaissance (h)
Readings from the works of such writers as Dante, Macchiavelli,
Petrarch, Boccaccio, Rabelais, Margherite de Navarre, Calderon della
Barca and Cervantes (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
ENGL 306 3 Credits
Survey of American Literature: Beginnings to the Civil War (h)
Comprehensive study of American thought as reflected in the works
of early explorers, Calvinists, Rationalists and Transcendentalists.
Also available via Independent Learning. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X or
permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall
ENGL 307 3 Credits
Survey of American Literature: Civil War to the Present (h)
Comprehensive study of American thought as reflected in the writers
of Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, an Post-modernism. Also available
via Independent Learning. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X or permission of
instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Spring
ENGL 308 3 Credits
Survey of British Literature: Beowulf to the Romantic Period (h)
Survey of writers and works in Old and Middle English, including
Chaucer, through Elizabethan period (Shakespeare), Restoration and
Neoclassic Period of the 18th Century. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X or
permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall
ENGL 309 3 Credits
Survey of British Literature: Romantic Period to the Present (h)
Survey of writers and works from the early Romantic Period (Blake
and Burns), through the Victorian period, James Joyce, and Stream-of-Consciousness,
to the present. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered Spring
ENGL 310 3 Credits
Literary Criticism (h)
History and principles of literary criticism, from earliest days
to present. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered Spring
ENGL 313W 3 Credits
Writing Non-Fiction Prose (h)
Instruction in writing for students who wish to develop proficiency
in organizing and composing essays on factual material in which they
have genuine interest. Readings and research paper required. Course
does not fulfill the second half of the general degree requirement
in written communication. (Prerequisites: ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or 213X;
junior standing; or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered
Spring
ENGL 314W,O/2 3 Credits
Technical Writing (h)
Writing business letters (letters of inquiry, complaint, evaluation
and job application with resume), preparing tables, graphs, process
descriptions, technical instructions, abstracts, grant proposals and
technical reports (progress, laboratory, survey, incident, inspection,
feasibility and research). Course does not fulfill the second half
of the requirement in written communication. (Prerequisites: COMM 131X
or 141X; ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or 213X; junior standing; or permission
of instructor). (3 + 0) Offered Fall, Spring
ENGL 317 3 Credits
Traditional English Grammar (h)
Identification and usage of the more common types of phrase and
sentence structures. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered Fall
ENGL 318 3 Credits
Modern English Grammar (h)
Structure of current English as seen through traditional and contemporary
grammatical theories. (Prerequisite: English 111X or permission of
instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Spring
ENGL 333 3 Credits
Women’s Literature (h)
(Cross-listed with WMS 333)
Reading, discussing and analyzing literary works dealing with the social, cultural
and political implications of patriarchal structures and traditions from the
perspective of feminist theory and criticism. Focus may be on a particular
theme, period, or genre, but readings will include both primary and secondary
texts. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X recommended.) (3 + 0)
Offered Fall
ENGL 340 3 Credits
Contemporary Native American Literature (h)
(Cross-listed with ANS 340)
Contemporary Native American writing in English, including novels, short stories,
poetry and plays. Examples of Native American film when related to a writing.
Works discussed in relation to cultural contexts and interpretations. (Prerequisite:
ENGL 111X or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall
ENGL 341 3 Credits
Contemporary Alaska Native Literature (h)
Contemporary Alaska Native literature including novels, short
stories, poetry and plays. Bibliography, genres and viewpoints, structural
and thematic features of stories. May concentrate on specific regional
areas of the state. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered Fall
ENGL 347 3 Credits
Voices of Native American Peoples (h)
(Cross-listed with ANS 347)
Exploration of the forms by which Native American peoples have narrated their
life experiences. Includes oral narratives, written autobiographies, memoirs
and speeches, and an introduction to the social, historical and cultural content
surround these texts. Readings selected from all of North America with an emphasis
on Alaska Natives. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X. Next offered: 2005-06.) (3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 349 3 Credits
Narrative Art of Alaska Native Peoples (in English Translation) (h)
(Cross-listed with ANS 349)
Traditional and historical tales by Aleut, Eskimo, Athabascan, Eyak, Tlingit,
Haida and Tsimshian storytellers. Bibliography, Alaska Native genres and viewpoints,
and structural and thematic features of tales. Also available via Independent
Learning. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0)
Offered Fall
ENGL 350 3 Credits
Literature of Alaska and the Yukon Territory (h)
Representative fiction, verse, and nonfiction dealing with Alaska
and the Yukon Territory. Also available via Independent Learning. (Prerequisite:
ENGL 111X or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2004-05.) (3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 360 3 Credits
Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States (h)
Ethnic American writings. Includes Native American, Asian American,
Hispanic American, African American, Jewish American, immigrant and
other traditions of literary expression. Ethnic writings will be compared
to mainstream American literature. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X or permission
of instructor. Next offered: 2005-06.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate
Fall
ENGL 371W,O 3 Credits
Intermediate Creative Writing (h)
Practice and guidance in writing fiction, poetry, drama, or essays.
Students’ work read and discussed in class and in conference
with the instructor. Close study of the techniques of established writers.
(Prerequisites: COMM 131X or 141X; ENGL 111X; ENGL 271 or ENGL 272
or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall, Spring
ENGL 403W,O/2 3 Credits
American Renaissance (h)
American literature of the mid-nineteenth century: Poe through
Whitman. (Prerequisites: COMM 131X or 141X; ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or
213X; or permission of instructor. ENGL 306 recommended but not required.
Next offered: 2004–05.) (3 + 0) Offered Every Third
Spring
ENGL 404O/2 3 Credits
American Realism (h)
American literature from the Civil War to World War I: Twain through
James. (Prerequisites: COMM 131X or 141X; ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or 213X;
or permission of instructor. ENGL 307 desirable but not required. ENGL
306 desirable but not required. Next offered: 2005-06.) (3 + 0)
Offered Every Third Spring
ENGL 405 3 Credits
British Writers of the 19th Century: Romantic Period (h)
English literary romanticism including authors such as Byron,
Keats, Shelley, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Austen, the Bronte sisters and
Scott. (Prerequisite: ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X; or permission of instructor.
Recommended: ENGL 309. Next offered: 2005-06.) (3 + 0) Offered
Every Third Fall
ENGL 406 3 Credits
British Writers of the 19th Century: Victorian Period (h)
Impact of industrialization, social reformation, religious controversy
and philosophical attitudes on literature. Authors to include (but
not limited to): Browning, Tennyson, Thackeray, Eliot, Arnold, Dickens,
Hazlitt, Ruskin and Meredith. (Prerequisite: ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X
or permission of instructor. ENGL 309 desirable but not required. Next
offered 2005-06.) (3 + 0) Offered Every Third Fall
ENGL 407 3 Credits
British Writers of the Restoration and 18th Century: Neo-Classical Period (h)
Developments in drama, verse and prose reflecting new forces in
government, religion and society during the Augustan Age. Attention
to the mode of satire and to the fashion of sentimentalism in all genres.
Authors to include (but not limited to): Dryden, Defoe, Addison, Steele,
Swift, Pope, Johnson, Boswell, Goldsmith and Sheridan. (Prerequisites:
ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X or permission of instructor. ENGL 308 recommended.
Next offered: 2004-05.) (3 + 0) Offered Every Third Fall
ENGL 408W,O/2 3 Credits
American Origins (h)
Writers who contributed to the development of a national literary
identity: Bradstreet through Cooper. (Prerequisites: COMM 131X or 141X;
ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or 213X; or permission of instructor. ENGL 306
recommended but not required. Next offered: 2005-06.) (3 + 0)
Offered Every Third Spring
ENGL 414W 3 Credits
Research Writing (h)
Practice in reporting primary and secondary research in the forms
and styles appropriate to the student’s field. Preference given
to seniors. (Prerequisites: ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or 213X; or their
equivalent.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall
ENGL 421 3 Credits
Chaucer and His Age (h)
Major poetry of Chaucer and his contemporaries, with emphasis
on The Canterbury Tales, and survey of criticism. (Prerequisite: ENGL
211X or ENGL 213X or permission of instructor. ENGL 308 desirable but
not required. Next offered: 2004-05.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate
Spring
ENGL 422W,O/2 3 Credits
Shakespeare: History Plays and Tragedies (h)
Major chronicle plays and tragedies, including significant criticism.
(Prerequisites: COMM 131X or 141X; ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or 213X; or
permission of instructor. ENGL 308 desirable but not required.) (3 + 0)
Offered Fall
ENGL 425W,O/2 3 Credits
Shakespeare: Comedies and Non-Dramatic Poetry (h)
Major comedies and non-dramatic poems, including significant criticism.
(Prerequisites: COMM 131X or 141X; ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or 213X; or
permission of instructor. ENGL 308 desirable but not required.) (3 + 0)
Offered Spring
ENGL 426O/2 3 Credits
Milton (h)
Major poetry and prose, and survey of Miltonian criticism. (Prerequisites:
COMM 131X or 141X; ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X; or permission of instructor.
ENGL 308 desirable but not required. Next offered: 2005-06.) (3 + 0)
Offered Every Third Spring
ENGL 430 3 Credits
ESL for Teaching Assistants (h)
Instruction in English as a second language. Designed for teaching
assistants who want to improve their lecturing skills and whose native
language is other than English. Graded Pass/Fail. (Prerequisite: Permission
of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall, Spring
ENGL 444W 3 Credits
Fiction in Translation (h)
Major fiction in English translation. (Prerequisites: ENGL 111X;
ENGL 211X or 213X; or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2005-06.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 445 3 Credits
Drama after 1900 (h)
The major dramatists and their achievements. (Prerequisite: ENGL
211X or ENGL 213X or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2004-05.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
ENGL 446 3 Credits
Major Modern and Contemporary Poetry (h)
Yeats to the present. (Prerequisite: ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X or
permission of instructor. Next offered: 2005-06.) (3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 447O/2 3 Credits
British Prose after 1900 (h)
Study of fiction and nonfiction prose, modern and contemporary.
(Prerequisite: COMM 131X or 141X; ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X; or permission
of instructor. Next offered: 2005-06.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate
Fall
ENGL 448W,O/2 3 Credits
American Prose after 1900 (h)
Study of fiction and nonfiction prose, modern and contemporary.
(Prerequisites: COMM 131X or 141X; ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or 213X; or
permission of instructor. Next offered: 2004-05.) (3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 452O/2 3 Credits
The British Novel to 1900 (h)
Origin and development of the novel with concentration on significant
novelists from Daniel Defoe to Thomas Hardy. (Prerequisite: COMM 131X
or 141X; ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X; or permission of instructor. Next
offered: 2005-06.) (3 + 0) Offered Every Third Fall
ENGL 462 3 Credits
Applied English Linguistics (h)
Topic(s) for each offering of the course are announced. Examples
are teaching English as a second language, dialects and education,
dictionaries, stylistics and composition. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X
or ENGL 213X or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2005-06.) (3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 471W 3 Credits
Undergraduate Writers’ Workshop (h)
Discussion of craft and techniques and student work. For advanced
students who prepare a manuscript as a final project. May be repeated
one time for credit. (Prerequisites: ENGL 111X, ENGL 371, or permission
of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall, Spring
ENGL 472 3 Credits
History of the English Language (h)
Origin and development of the English language from prehistoric
times to the present. (Prerequisites: ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X or permission
of instructor. ENGL 318 or a linguistics course is desirable, but not
required. Next offered: 2004-05.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate
Spring
ENGL 482A 3 Credits
Undergraduate Seminar (h)
Intensive study of selected topics in the discipline. (Prerequisite:
ENGL 211X or 213X or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2004-05.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 485 3 Credits
Teaching Composition in the Schools
Theoretical background and workshop experience for teaching composition
in middle and high schools with current pedagogy on teaching of writing
stressed. Variety of teaching methods demonstrated, practiced and discussed.
(Prerequisites: ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X or permission of instructor.
Next offered: 2005-06.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 601 3 Credits
Bibliography, Methods and Criticism
A study of the basic reference works for research in literature,
the methods for conducting research and the principles of literary
criticism. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered Spring
ENGL 603 3 Credits
Studies in British Literature: Old and Middle English
Variable subject matter in significant topics in Anglo-Saxon and
Middle English literature. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission
of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
ENGL 604 3 Credits
Studies in British Literature: Renaissance and 17th Century
Variable subject matter in significant topics in 16th and 17th-century
British literature. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission
of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
ENGL 606 3 Credits
Studies in British Literature: Restoration and 18th Century
Variable subject matter in significant topics in British literature
of the Restoration period and the 18th century. (Prerequisite: Graduate
standing or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate
Fall
ENGL 607 3 Credits
Studies in British Literature: 19th Century
Variable subject matter in significant topics in British literature
of the Romantic and Victorian periods. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing
or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
ENGL 608 3 Credits
Studies in British Literature after 1900
Variable subject matter in significant topics in modern British
literature. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 609 3 Credits
Early American Literature
Variable subject matter in significant topics in American literature
of the colonial and early national periods. (Prerequisite: Graduate
standing or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate
Spring
ENGL 611 3 Credits
Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Variable subject matter in significant topics in American literature
of the nineteenth century. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission
of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
ENGL 612 3 Credits
Modern American Literature
Variable subject matter in significant topics in modern American
literature. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 614 3 Credits
Studies in Comparative Literature
Advanced study in literature on a transnational basis with varying
emphases, including literature of particular locales, modes or themes.
(Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 615 3 Credits
Contemporary Literature
Variable subject matter in significant topics in post-World War
II literature. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 620 3 Credits
Images of the North
(Cross-listed with NORS 620)
Interdisciplinary approaches to the variety of images created about and by
the people and environment of the circumpolar North. The course will analyze
conceptualizations of the north as expressed in a number of media such as film,
art, literature, travel journals and oral tradition employing methodologies
from many disciplines. (Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 661 1 Credit
Mentored Teaching in English
Mentored teaching provides consistent contact on course related
issues between teaching assistants and mentoring faculty. (Prerequisites:
Acceptance into the M.A. or M.F.A. in creative writing program, and
a teaching assistantship award. Note: Teaching assistants are required
to be enrolled in a mentored teaching section while teaching. May be
repeated up to six times, for one credit per semester.) (1 + 0 + 2)
Offered Fall, Spring
ENGL 671 Credits Arranged
Writers’ Workshop
The writing of verse, fiction, drama or nonfiction prose in accordance
with the individual student’s needs and the instructor’s
specialization. Depending on available staff, the workshop may be limited
during any semester to work in a particular genre. (Prerequisites:
Graduate standing or permission of instructor.) Offered Fall, Spring
ENGL 681 3 Credits
Forms of Poetry
Intensive study of the forms and techniques of poetry writing.
Includes readings and poetry writing exercises. (Prerequisite: Graduate
standing or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Every
Third Semester
ENGL 682 3 Credits
Forms of Fiction
Advanced study in narrative technique through analysis of selected
fiction and the students’ own writing. Variable content in terms
of the writers to be studied and the kinds of narrative writing to
be assigned. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered Every Third Semester
ENGL 684 3 Credits
Forms of Non-Fiction Prose
Intensive study of the forms and techniques of nonfiction. Includes
readings and writing exercises. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or
permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Every Third Semester
ENGL 685 3 Credits
Teaching College Composition
An investigation into current practice and theory with demonstrations
and reports on pedagogy. Required of all teaching assistants in English.
(Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0)
Offered Fall
ENGL 686 3 Credits
Teaching Writing in a Cross-Cultural Context
Contemporary methods of teaching writing in middle school and
high school classrooms, with special emphasis on cross-cultural issues
and pedagogy and on contemporary rhetorical theory. Includes methodologies
and theoretical underpinnings of teaching grammar and fiction writing.
(Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0)
Offered As Demand Warrants
ENGL 688 3 Credits
Writing for Film and Television
Advanced training in dramatic writing for film and television,
with a focus on cinematic story structure, visual imagery, dialogue,
pacing, continuity and manuscript format. (Prerequisites: Graduate
standing or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate
Spring
ENGL 692 Credits Arranged
Graduate Seminar
Intensive study of selected topics in the discipline. Offered
Fall, Spring