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
Individualized instruction in written language skills. Open
entry/open exit, one credit modules in spelling/vocabulary, writing and grammar
usage. Enrollment in one or more based on diagnosed need or student decision;
may be repeated. Counts as elective credit only; does not fulfill degree
requirements in written communications or humanities. (1-3 + 0)
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. Also available via Independent Learning.
(3 + 0) Offered Fall, Spring
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 200X 3
Credits
World Literature (h)
(Cross-listed with FL 200X)
Introduction to 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 and FLM 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) ENGL 230 Offered Fall, ENGL 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 280 3
Credits
Introduction to Colonial and Postcolonial Literature (h)
This course will include readings from the literature of
formerly colonized nations. Texts may be chosen from African, Asian, American
and Pacific Rim cultures. Although the colonial and postcolonial periods will
be central to our investigations, pre-colonial and ancient cultures may also be
considered for the purpose of establishing cultural perspectives. May be
repeated twice for credit. (Prerequisites: ENGL 211X or 213X. Recommended: ENGL
200X.) (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. Next offered: 2008-09.)
(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. Next offered: 2007-08.) (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, and 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. Also available via Independent Learning. (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 written work. 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 As Demand Warrants
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: 2007-08.) (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. Next offered: 2008-09.) (3 + 0) Offered
Alternate 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: 2008-09.)
(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: 2007-08.) (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 211X or ENGL 213X; ENGL 271
or ENGL 272 or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall,
Spring
ENGL 380 3
Credits
Topics in Colonial and Postcolonial Literature (h)
Focus on a particular topic in selected colonial and
postcolonial literary texts. Readings will be chosen for their relevance to a
particular theme, to be announced by the instructor. The topic will vary from
one semester to another, but the goal will be to explore the significance and
importance of the chosen topic as it manifests itself in the literature.
Readings and discussions will foster in-depth understanding of texts dealing
with the chosen topic. Possible topics might include: war and peace, economic
imperatives, environmental perspectives, sickness and health, and gender
issues. May be repeated three times for credit. (Prerequisites: ENGL 200X.
Recommended: ENGL 280. Next offered: 2007-08) (3 + 0) Offered
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: 2007-08.) (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: 2008-09.) (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: 2008-09.) (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:
2009-10.) (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: 2007-08.)
(3 + 0) Offered Every Third Fall
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: 2008-09.) (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: 2007-08.)
(3 + 0) Offered Every Third 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: 2007-08.)
(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: 2008-09.)
(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: 2007-08.) (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: 2007-08.) (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: 2008-09.) (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:
2007-08.) (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 include 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: 2007-08.) (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 211X or ENGL 213X; 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: 2008-09.) (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:
2008-09.) (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: 2007-08.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 488W 3
Credits
Dramatic Writing (h)
Introduces the craft of dramatic writing for theater and
film, with an emphasis on dramatic storytelling. Course will focus on giving
students a practical understanding of the uses of story, structure, setting,
character, plot and dialog, and how these elements work together to create
compelling drama. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X, ENGL 211X or 213X or
permission of instructor. Next offered: 2008-09.) (3 + 0) Offered
Alternate Fall
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. Next offered: 2007-08.) (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. Next offered: 2008-09.) (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. Next offered: 2007-08.)
(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. Next offered: 2008-09.)
(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.
Next offered: 2008-09.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 609 3
Credits
Early and Romantic American Literature
Variable subject matter in significant topics the colonial,
national and romantic periods of American literature. (Prerequisite: Graduate
standing or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2008-09.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
ENGL 611 3
Credits
American Realism and Modernism
Variable subject matter in significant topics in American literature
of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or
permission of instructor. Next offered:
2008-09.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
ENGL 612 3
Credits
Twentieth Century American Literature
Variable subject matter in American Literature of the 20th
century. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Next offered:
2007-08.) (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. Next offered:
2008-09.) (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.
Next offered: 2007-08.) (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. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or
permission of instructor. Next offered:
2007-08.) (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. (Prerequisite: 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. Next offered: 2007-08.)
(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. (Prerequisite: 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. (Prerequisite:
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. (Prerequisite: Graduate
standing or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2008-09.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ENGL 692 Credits
Arranged
Graduate Seminar
Intensive study of selected topics in the discipline. Offered As Demand Warrants.