The University of New Mexico
ENGL: English Catalog Description

  Three Year Fall Semester Average
Course Catalog Description Enrollment Section
Capacity
Credits
ENGL098   103.67 133.33 315.33
ENGL099 An intensive study of fundamental writing skills, focusing upon paragraph development and fluency; introduces essay writing and includes a skills laboratory. Grade option: A, B, C, CR/NC. Prerequisites/placement: Successful completion of ENGL 098 (A, B, C or CR) or minimum placement test score. Co-requisite; ACAD 100 or ISE 020. 191.67 210.00 632.67
ENGL100 Developmental writing course providing concentrated practice writing and revising basic essays, as well as intensive study of grammar, punctuation, and usage and includes a skills laboratory. Grade option: A, B, C, CR/NC. Prerequisites/placement: Successful completion of ENGL 099 (A, B, or CR) or minimum placement test score. Co-requisite: ACAD 101 or ISE 021 137.00 157.67 548.00
ENGL101 Catalog course description. 1,204.00 1,314.33 3,612.00
  Expository writing and reading. Concentrates on organizing and supporting ideas in writing. Meets New Mexico Lower Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area I: Communications (NMCCN 1113). Prerequisite: completion of IS-E 100 or verbal ACT of 19 or verbal SAT of 450 or a Compass English >74. 1,204.00 1,314.33 3,612.00
ENGL102 Practice writing analytic and argumentative essays based on expository and literary readings. Some research required. Meets New Mexico Lower Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area I: Communications (NMCCN 1123).Prerequisite: C or better in 101 or verbal ACT of 26 or verbal SAT of 610. 2,233.00 2,411.67 6,699.00
ENGL107 Introduction to mythology; primary readings in stories about the gods and heroes, usually including Homer, Hesiod, Homeric Hymns and Tragedies. All texts will be in English. 3.67 6.67 11.00
ENGL119 Introductory study of written and verbal communications used in the technical professions with emphasis in the planning, execution, and editing of professional and technical documents and other communication media. This course is not a substitute for ENGL 219 and generally applies to particular associate degree programs or as an elective credit. Students are encouraged to speak with an advisor about the applicability of this course. Prerequisite: ENGL 101. 24.00 44.00 72.00
ENGL150 An introduction to the study and appreciation of literature for non-English majors. Shows how understanding writers' techniques increases the enjoyment of their works; relates these techniques to literary conventions; teaches recognition, analysis, discussion of important themes. 123.00 135.33 369.00
ENGL193 Titles will vary 0.33 0.33 0.33
ENGL206 Reading and analysis of popular literary forms such as the spy novel, the detective novel, science fiction, best-sellers and fantasy. 0.33 0.33 1.00
ENGL211 Surveys a specific type or area of literature, e.g., the American novel, the satiric novel, southern fiction, the western novel, American poetry, feminist literature, Chicano literature, Native American literature, African-American literature, Medieval and Viking literature. Primarily for non-majors. Prerequisite: 150. 4.00 20.33 12.00
ENGL211A  
ENGL217 This course focuses on using editing business/technical documents for organization, reader-centered style, and graphics and visual design of graphics. Also covered is fundamentals document project management and production and basic proofreading marks and skills. Editing will be learned primarily by editing.
ENGL219 Practice in writing and editing of workplace documents, including correspondence, reports and proposals. Prerequisite: B or better in 101, or C or better in 102, or ACT=>26 or SAT=>610. 636.67 699.33 1,910.00
ENGL220 An intermediate course with emphasis on rhetorical types, structure and style. Prerequisite: 101 wigh a B or better, or Englisth 102 with C or better, or ACT=>26 or SAT=>610.. 341.00 394.67 1,023.00
ENGL221 A beginning course in fiction, emphasizing process over product. Introduces issues of craft, workshop vocabulary, strategies for revision and the habit of reading as writer. A $20.00 workshop fee is required. Prerequisite: 101 or its equivalent. 54.67 59.00 164.00
ENGL222 A beginning course in poetry, emphasizing process over product. Introduces issues of craft, workshop vocabulary, strategies for revision and the habit of reading as a writer. A $20.00 workshop fee is required. Prerequisite: 101 or its equivalent. 19.00 37.67 57.00
ENGL223 A beginning course in creative nonfiction, emphasizing process over product. Introduces issues of craft, workshop vocabulary, strategies for revision and the habit of reading as a writer. A $20.00 workshop fee is required. Prerequisite: 101 or its equivalent. 12.33 18.33 37.00
ENGL224 A beginning course in the writing of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Emphasis on process over product. Introduces issues of craft, workshop vocabulary, strategies for revision, and the habit of reading as a writer. Prerequisite: 101. 110.33 124.00 331.00
ENGL240 A study of the basic analysis of English sentences offered by traditional grammar. Presents terminology and methods for identifying parts of speech, functional units of sentences and basic sentence patterns. 55.67 66.67 167.00
ENGL245  
ENGL248 Reading and analysis of popular contemporary literature and film of the medieval period, including Tolkien's works; mystery novels; fantasy; Viking language and saga. 3.67 11.67 11.00
ENGL250 First course required of all English majors. Concentrates on methods of literary analysis and critical writing. Prerequisite: 102 or its equivalent. 111.00 129.00 333.00
ENGL264 A general overview of the history and diversity of the literatures and rhetorics of Native peoples, including oral tradition, film, autobiography, fiction, poetry, art, drama and ceremony. Focus is on American Indian texts. 13.33 26.67 40.00
ENGL265 A survey of Chicana/o novels, short stories, essays, poetry, and drama from nineteenth century to the present, with emphasis on major themes such as history, culture, identity, language, and region. 14.67 20.00 44.00
ENGL281 (Also offered as AFAM 251.) The course introduces students to the African-American classics of the slavery era. Daily experiences of the characters in these books become the basis for discussing race, class, gender, revolt, freedom, peace and humanity.
ENGL287 Introductory study in any one genre, including narrative, comedy, satire, tragedy, fiction, poetics, or stylistic analysis of nonfiction. 1.33 4.33 4.00
ENGL290 Introductory course in the professional writing concentration. Study of technical writing, public information and public relations writing and freelance nonfiction writing. Prerequisite: 102 or its equivalent. 28.67 30.67 86.00
ENGL292 Survey of key texts in world literature from the ancient world through the 16th century. 2.00 6.67 6.00
ENGL293 Survey of key texts in world literatures from the 17th century through the present. 69.33 71.67 208.00
ENGL294 From Old English to 1798. A study of the principal literary and intellectual movements and selected writers and literary works from Beowulf through Johnson. 0.33 26.00 1.00
ENGL295 From 1798 to present. Study of principal literary and intellectual movements and selected writers and literary works. 52.33 85.00 157.00
ENGL296 A general survey of American Literature to the mid-19th century. 2.00 25.00 6.00
ENGL297 A general survey of American Literature from the mid-19th century to the present. 84.67 110.00 254.00
ENGL298 Various topics in literature, language and writing. 23.33 80.33 47.67
ENGL304 Literary aspects of the Old and New Testaments. Examines the literary forms within the Bible: epic, parable, pastoral, allegory, proverb and so on. Stresses the importance of the Bible as a source for English and American literature. 49.33 60.00 148.00
ENGL305 An introduction to the major traditions of European and American mythology. Basic themes and motifs: the quest, creation, birth, marriage, heroes, heroines and death. Provides background for the study of later literature. 60.33 63.00 181.00
ENGL306 (Also offered as COMP 306.) Comprehensive study of the Arthurian Legend from its Celtic origins, to its medieval French romance continuators, and its English apex in Malory. May also trace post-medieval versions in art, print, and film. 19.33 20.00 58.00
ENGL308 (Also offered as RELG 308.) A comprehensive survey of the cultural and historic relationship between Jews and American culture and character as a whole. 9.67 10.00 29.00
ENGL315 Combines the study of literature with the study of outside materials from history, sociology or other disciplines. Examples include Religion and Literature, Law and Literature, Literature of the Depression and Medieval Literature and Culture. 17.67 27.33 53.00
ENGL320 Advanced study of specific academic, technical and professional genres. Topic varies. Prerequisites: 219 or 220 or 290. 28.33 34.67 85.00
ENGL321 An intermediate course in fiction, building on basic concepts introduced in 221. Emphasizes writing as a reader and incorporates the workshop critique of student drafts. A $20.00 workshop fee is required. Prerequisite: 224. 47.00 60.33 141.00
ENGL322 An intermediate course in poetry, building on basic concepts introduced in 222. Emphasizes writing as a reader and incorporates the workshop critiques of student drafts. A $20.00 workshop fee is required. Prerequisite: 224. 24.33 41.67 73.00
ENGL323 An intermediate course in creative nonfiction, building on basic concepts introduced in 223. Emphasizes writing as a reader and incorporates the workshop critique of student drafts. A $20.00 workshop fee is required. Prerequisite: 224. 28.33 30.00 85.00
ENGL324 (Also offered as MA 324.) Writing workshop on basics of character structure, scenes, visualization and good old story telling as it applies to the screenplay. Students read scripts, watch film clips and begin writing an original screenplay. Restriction: permission of instructor. Prerequisite: 224. 5.00 8.00 15.00
ENGL330 (Also offered as COMP 330.) Study of special topics in Comparative and World Literatures, including studies of genre, period, literary movements and themes. 6.33 11.67 19.00
ENGL330A  
ENGL331 (Also offered as COMP 331.) Study of the culture and literatures of India, China, Japan and other Asian traditions. Topics vary.
ENGL332 (Also offered as COMP 332.) Study of the culture and literatures of Africa. Topics vary. 11.33 21.67 34.00
ENGL332A (Also offered as COMP 332.) Study of the culture and literatures of Africa. Topics vary.
ENGL333 (Also offered as CLST, COMP 333.) Study of individual authors, genres or periods of Latin literature and culture in translation. 1.67 1.67 5.00
ENGL334 (Also offered as CLST, COMP 334.) Study of individual authors, genres and periods of Greek literature and culture in translation. 3.67 3.33 11.00
ENGL335 (Also offered as COMP, FREN 335.) Study of individual authors, genres and/or periods of French and Francophone literature and culture. 17.67 17.00 53.00
ENGL336 (Also offered as COMP, GRMN 336.) Study of individual authors, genres, and/or periods of German literature and culture in translation. 15.33 15.67 46.00
ENGL337 (Also offered as COMP, ITAL 337.) Study of individual authors, genres, and/or periods of Italian literature and culture in translation.
ENGL338 (Also offered as COMP, RUSS 338.) An introduction to Russia's great novels and tales from the 19th and 20th centuries and their contribution to Russian culture and social thought.
ENGL339 (Also offered as COMP, JAPN 339.) Study of individual authors, genres and/or periods of Japanese literature and culture in translation. 18.00 18.33 54.00
ENGL348 Approaches to reading and analysis of selected major works in literature, history, art and architecture, and philosophy. Emphasis on material culture. Recommended for Medieval Studies students.
ENGL349 Survey of the principal literary genres and approaches to Old and Middle English literature in translation. 9.00 10.00 27.00
ENGL350 (Also offered as COMP 350.) Study of medieval literature, language, and culture in the context of insular and continental texts. 9.00 10.00 27.00
ENGL351 Comprehensive study of Chaucer's poetry, focusing upon language, versification and literary sources in their historical and cultural contexts. Alternates between focus upon Canterbury Tales and upon Troilus and Criseyde with selected other works. 28.00 30.00 84.00
ENGL352 Survey of Shakespeare's Elizabethan-era drama and poetry, including such works as A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry IV, Hamlet and Venus and Adonis. Examines dramatic structure, characterization, poetics and a variety of themes in their historical context. 74.67 89.00 224.00
ENGL353 Survey of Shakespeare's Jacobean-era drama and poetry, including such works as Measure for Measure, Macbeth, The Tempest and the sonnets. Examines dramatic structure, characterization, poetics and a variety of themes in their historical context. 59.67 60.00 179.00
ENGL354 Comprehensive study of Milton's poetry and prose with the context of 17th-century history and of Milton criticism. Alternates between focus upon Paradise Lost and shorter poems, and upon Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes and prose. 12.33 20.00 37.00
ENGL355 Literature and culture of the English Enlightenment (1650-1800), the construction of the modern world: the new science, exploration, empire. Experiments in theatre, satire, fiction: Dryden, Behn, Pope, Defoe, Swift, Fielding, Lennox, Austen. 4.67 10.00 14.00
ENGL356 A survey of 19th Century literature and culture, primarily focused on British and Irish literature, covering a wide range of authors and a variety of genres from the Romantic through the Victorian periods. 16.00 21.67 48.00
ENGL360 Study of one or more authors. Titles of individual sections vary as content varies. 60.33 72.67 181.00
ENGL360A  
ENGL360B  
ENGL360C  
ENGL364 A focused examination of the oral traditions, literatures, rhetorics, criticism, film, art, drama, and ceremonies specific to individual American Indian and indigenous nations, periods, genders, classes and/or regions. 6.00 10.00 18.00
ENGL365 An examination of contemporary Chicano/a literature, criticism, murals, film, and other forms of popular culture, with an emphasis on the construction and representation of Chicano/a cultural identity. 8.67 13.33 26.00
ENGL381 (Also offered as AFAM 381.) This is the second phase of a three part journey through the African-American experience in search of humanity and peace. The vehicle is post-slavery books written by and about books written by and about African-American people. Issues raised and the characters in the books provide the occasion for in-depth discussion of inhumanity, protests, self definition, race relationships, liberalism, etc. 0.33 1.33 1.00
ENGL388 Examination of formal, thematic, and/or historical relationships between literary and cinematic forms, including study of adaptations and/or interrelations between film and literature as a means of cultural expressions. 1.67 1.67 5.00
ENGL397 The study of a limited body of writers whose work is identified with a particular geographical region. Authors covered will differ but representative examples are Frank Waters, Willa Cather, Rudolfo Anaya and Walter Van Tilburg Clark. 3.33 3.33 10.00
ENGL410 A historical survey of literary criticism and theory; alternates between criticism from the classical period through the early 19th century, and criticism and theory from the late 19th century through the present. 12.00 20.00 36.00
ENGL411 Advanced study of various topics in literary and cultural studies, literary criticism and theory. Recent topics have included Linguistics and Literary Criticism, Cultural Theory, Literature and National Identity. 9.67 21.67 29.00
ENGL411A  
ENGL411B  
ENGL411C  
ENGL411D  
ENGL412 Seminar bringing together literary, rhetorical, and/or theoretical works from different times or cultural moments. Students do in-depth research with a clear theoretical base and give oral presentations of their work. 8.33 25.33 25.00
ENGL413 Theoretical and practical studies of writing in the sciences. Addresses writing for both popular and professional audiences. 17.33 17.00 52.00
ENGL414 Theory and practice in developing, editing and producing technical documentation for paper-based and online media. 6.00 6.00 18.00
ENGL415 Theory and process of publishing, offering successful strategies for working with and within the publishing industry. Course includes the discussion of the cultural function of publishing.
ENGL416 Writing and reading biography and autobiography; researching a life to be rendered in writing. 4.67 6.00 14.00
ENGL417 Theory and practice of copyediting print and on-line documents. Rhetorical, linguistic and historical analyses of style, grammar and usage. 32.00 33.00 96.00
ENGL418 Invention and delivery of proposals and grants in the business, scientific, technical and artistic arenas. 38.33 40.00 115.00
ENGL419 Analysis and design of paper-based and on-line documents. 17.33 15.33 52.00
ENGL420 Advanced study of professional writing theory and practice. Recent topics have included creative non-fiction, hypertext and advanced technical writing. May be repeated provided topic varies, no limit. 30.33 43.33 91.00
ENGL420A  
ENGL420B  
ENGL420C  
ENGL420D  
ENGL421 An advanced course in fiction with a strong emphasis on revision. Combines the workshop experience with classroom study of published authors as well as some theorists on writing. A $20.00 workshop fee is required. Prerequisites: 321. 34.67 37.33 104.00
ENGL422 An advanced course in poetry with a strong emphasis on revision. Combines the workshop experience with classroom study of published poets as well as some theorists on writing. A $20.00 workshop fee is required. Prerequisites: 322. 14.33 21.00 43.00
ENGL423 An advanced course in creative nonfiction with a strong emphasis on revision. Combines the workshop experience with classroom study of published authors as well as some theorists on writing. A $20.00 workshop fee is required. Prerequisites: 323. 20.00 22.67 60.00
ENGL424 Advanced workshop devoted to student preparation of working scripts for film or television. Restriction: permission of instructor. 5.67 7.67 17.00
ENGL432 (Also offered as COMP and FREN 432.) Varying topics in the practice and theory of literatures and cultures. 4.67 5.00 14.00
ENGL432A  
ENGL440 An overview of a defined theme or issue in language or rhetorical theory. Recent topics have included Discourse Analysis/Text Linguistics, Survey of American English, Narrative Theory and Literature, Epistemic Rhetoric and Language Studies, such as Old Norse.
ENGL440C  
ENGL441 (Also offered as LING 441.) A survey of various grammar models and their applications to analysis of the English language. Prerequisite: 240.
ENGL442 A survey of rhetorical and language theories from the classical period through the 18th century.
ENGL443 A survey of rhetorical and language theories from the 19th and 20th centuries that shape contemporary approaches to discourse, text and persuasion.
ENGL445 A historical survey of the etymology, morphology, phonetics and semantics of English, as well as the relation between the English language and cultural change. 16.67 45.00 50.00
ENGL447 (Also offered as LING 447./547.) An introduction to the grammar, syntax, and phonology of Old English. Prepares students for more advanced studies in this and later periods. 1.33 6.67 4.00
ENGL448 Alternates between Beowulf and Advanced Old English, Anglo-Saxon Prose and special topics in Old English. Prerequisite: 447. 1.33 13.33 4.00
ENGL449 (Also offered as LING 449./549.) Comprehensive study of Middle English dialects and the development of Middle English from Old English. Prepares students for Middle English literature.
ENGL450 Middle English literature in the original, excluding Chaucer; alternates with special topics in Middle English Literature.
ENGL451 Advanced study of specialized aspects in medieval studies, such as manuscripts; paleography; research methods; Old Norse studies; medieval Latin sources; cultural, feminist, and historical theoretical approaches to literature; medievalism in Britain and America; history of scholarship. 10.00 10.00 30.00
ENGL451A  
ENGL452 Survey of prose, poetry and/or drama of the 16th century. Emphasis varies.
ENGL453 Survey of prose, poetry and/or drama of the 17th century. Emphasis varies.
ENGL454 Studies in literature and culture on topics such as Restoration comedy and heroic tragedy, early eighteenth-century satire and major authors such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift.
ENGL455 Studies in literature and culture 1735-1800 on topics such as eighteenth-century theater, the development of fiction, the construction of difference and the representations of the relationship between England and the rest of the world. 5.00 10.00 15.00
ENGL456 Studies in the literature and culture of early 19th-century Britain; the Wordsworth circle, the Keats-Shelley circle, Romantic women writers and special topics such as British Culture in the 1790s and Romantic Theory.
ENGL457 Studies in the literature and culture of the Victorian era; recent offerings have included Dickens, the Bronte's; and special topics such as Sensation Detection and the Detective Novel; Victorian Sexualities; and Race, Class and Gender. 9.67 10.00 29.00
ENGL458 Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and nonfiction prose of early 20th-century Britain and Ireland, including the works of Conrad, Yeats, Eliot, Forster, Joyce, Shaw and Woolf.
ENGL459 Survey of the prose, poetry and drama of Ireland. Alternates between surveys of modern and postmodern Irish literature and special topics or single author courses such as on Yeats or Joyce. 25.33 26.67 76.00
ENGL460 Taught alternately as the literature of European Exploration of America or Colonial and Revolutionary America.
ENGL461 Survey of the prose and poetry of mid-19th-century America, including writings by the Transcendentalists, Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Stowe, Whitman and Dickinson.
ENGL462 Survey of the prose and poetry of turn-of-the-century America, including writings by Mark Twain, Henry James, Crane, Wharton, Norris and Gilman. 28.67 30.00 86.00
ENGL463 Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction prose of American literature from 1900-1945, including works by writers such as Cather, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, O'Neill, Frost, H.D., Hughes and Stevens. 11.67 15.00 35.00
ENGL464 In-depth investigation of specific topics in Native literatures and rhetorics. Special attention paid to the range of criticism, critical theory, research opportunities, methodologies and pedagogical problems inherent in American Indian and indigenous textual production. 1.33 10.00 4.00
ENGL465 Advanced study of Chicana/o literature, literary history, criticism, theory, novels, short stories, poetry, and film, with emphasis on ethnic, regional, gender, and linguistic identity from nineteenth century to the present. 14.67 20.00 44.00
ENGL466 An introduction to traditional and/or contemporary African-American texts. Topics have included Survey of the African-American Novel and Toni Morrison. 4.67 6.00 14.00
ENGL468 Intensive study of special topics in American Literature. Offerings have included Literature of the Civil War, 19th-Century American Literature and the Visual Arts, Southern American Literature and American Women Writers. 24.67 39.33 74.00
ENGL468A  
ENGL470 Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction prose of the early 20th century in the United States, Britain and Ireland, with some consideration of the international influence of and upon these literatures. Course content varies from semester to semester. 8.00 10.00 24.00
ENGL471 The study of drama and dramatic form from 1880 to the present. Most often taught as Modern Drama (1880-1950, Ibsen and Strindberg to Beckett and Williams) or Contemporary Drama (1950 to present, Beckett and Williams to new plays of recent years).
ENGL472 Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction prose of the post-1945 era in the United States and Britain, with some consideration of the international influence of and upon these literatures. Course content varies from semester to semester. 10.33 10.00 31.00
ENGL473 Studies in experimental literary works and theories from World War II to the present.
ENGL474 This course presents and analyzes major texts in post-war literature of the southwestern U.S., emphasizing the cultural exchanges among Native, Hispanic and Anglo literature and culture.
ENGL479 Survey of Postcolonial literatures and theories emanating from the Indian subcontinent, Africa and other countries recently independent from the British Empire.
ENGL480 Intensive study of special issues and themes, literary movements and single authors in British Literature. 4.00 5.00 12.00
ENGL480A  
ENGL486 Studies in the literary and cultural emergence and formation of fiction as a genre in English. Course content varies; recent topics include The Early English Novel; The 18th-Century Comic Novel; and Race, Class and Gender in the 19th-Century Novel.
ENGL487 Study any one genre, including narrative, comedy, satire, tragedy, poetics or stylistic analysis of nonfiction. 13.00 26.67 39.00
ENGL490 Open only to students admitted to honors in English. To be taken in the semester when the senior thesis is completed. 3.67 550.00 11.00
ENGL497 Permission of the instructor is required before registering. The student should present a plan of study to the instructor. 15.67 895.67 35.33
ENGL499 Permission of the Professional Writing Director is required before registering. Offered on a CR/NC basis only. 11.67 20.00 35.00
ENGL500 This course prepares students for advanced graduate work in English. Topics include research methods and bibliography; literary criticism and theory; and the history of English as a profession.
ENGL501 Introduction to graduate studies for professional and creative writers. A survey of writing for different occasions, the world of publishing, the means of getting published and the technology writers need to know. 1.33 5.00 4.00
ENGL510 A one-semester course that focuses on contemporary criticism and theory in the context of classical through 19th-century criticism and theory. 6.00 15.00 18.00
ENGL511 Advanced study of various topics in literary and cultural studies, literary criticism and theory. Recent topics have included Linguistics and Literary Criticism, Cultural Theory, Literature and National Identity.
ENGL511A  
ENGL511B  
ENGL511C  
ENGL513 Theoretical and practical studies of writing in the sciences. Addresses writing for both popular and professional audiences. 3.33 6.33 10.00
ENGL514 Theory and practice in developing, editing and producing technical documentation for paper-based and online media. 0.33 1.33 1.00
ENGL515 Theory and process of publishing, offering successful strategies for working with and within the publishing industry. Course includes the discussion of the cultural function of publishing.
ENGL516 Writing and reading biography and autobiography; researching a life to be rendered in writing. 2.00 3.33 6.00
ENGL517 Theory and practice of copyediting print and on-line documents. Rhetorical, linguistic and historical analyses of style, grammar, and usage. 3.67 5.33 11.00
ENGL518 Invention and delivery of proposals and grants in the business, scientific, technical and artistic arenas. 9.33 14.00 28.00
ENGL519 Analysis and design of paper-based and on-line documents. 1.00 3.33 3.00
ENGL520 Advanced study of professional writing theory and practice. Recent topics have included creative non-fiction, hypertext and advanced technical writing. 1.67 11.67 5.00
ENGL520A  
ENGL520B  
ENGL520C  
ENGL520D  
ENGL521 Prerequisite: 421. 11.33 12.00 34.00
ENGL522 Prerequisite: 422. 7.33 12.00 22.00
ENGL523 May be repeated for credit, no limit provided content varies. Prerequisite: 423. 9.67 12.00 29.00
ENGL528 (Also offered as LLSS 528.)
ENGL535 Provides theory and practice in teaching creative writing at the university level. 9.67 12.00 29.00
ENGL537 Taught by the Director of Rhetoric and Writing, this course provides practical help in teaching English 101. (Required of all new Teaching Assistants in their first semester of teaching.)
ENGL538 Includes major theories of teaching writing from first-year composition through advanced and technical writing. Considers how theoretical approaches to writing, reading and teaching can be usefully applied to classroom practice. 6.33 13.33 19.00
ENGL539 Provides theory and practice in teaching professional writing at the university level and in training situations. 4.00 6.00 12.00
ENGL540 An overview of a defined theme or issue in language or rhetorical theory. Recent topics have included Discourse Analysis/Text Linguistics, Survey of American English, Narrative Theory and Literature, Epistemic Rhetoric and Language Studies, such as Old Norse. 6.33 19.33 19.00
ENGL540C  
ENGL541 (Also offered as LING 541.) A survey of various grammar models and their applications to analysis of the English language.
ENGL542 A survey of rhetorical and language theories from the classical period through the 18th century.
ENGL543 A survey of rhetorical and language theories from the 19th and 20th centuries that shape contemporary approaches to discourse, text and persuasion. 9.33 19.33 28.00
ENGL545 An historical survey of the etymology, morphology, phonetics and semantics of English, as well as the relation between the English language and cultural change. 7.00 10.67 21.00
ENGL547 (Also offered as LING 547./447.) An introduction to the grammar, syntax, and phonology of Old English. Prepares students for more advanced studies in this and later periods. 1.33 3.33 4.00
ENGL548 Alternates between Beowulf and Advanced Old English, Anglo-Saxon Prose and special topics in Old English. Prerequisite: 547. 3.67 6.67 11.00
ENGL549 (Also offered as LING 549./449.) Comprehensive study of Middle English dialects and the development of Middle English from Old English. Prepares students for Middle English literature.
ENGL550 Middle English literature in the original, excluding Chaucer; alternates with special topics in Middle English Literature.
ENGL551 Advanced study of specialized aspects in medieval studies, such as manuscripts; paleography; research methods; Old Norse studies; medieval Latin sources; cultural, feminist, and historical theoretical approaches to literature; medievalism in Britain and America; history of scholarship. 7.33 23.00 22.00
ENGL551A  
ENGL552 Survey of prose, poetry and/or drama of the 16th century. Emphasis varies. 3.00 6.67 9.00
ENGL553 Survey of prose, poetry and/or drama of the 17th century. Emphasis varies.
ENGL554 Studies in literature and culture on topics such as Restoration comedy and heroic tragedy, early eighteenth-century satire and major authors such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift.
ENGL555 Studies in literature and culture 1735-1800 on topics such as eighteenth-century theater, the development of fiction, the construction of difference and the representations of the relationship between England and the rest of the world.
ENGL556 Studies in the literature and culture of early 19th-century Britain; the Wordsworth circle, the Keats-Shelley circle, Romantic women writers and special topics such as British Culture in the 1790s and Romantic Theory.
ENGL557 Studies in the literature and culture of the Victorian era; recent offerings have included Dickens, the Bronte's; and special topics such as Sensation; Detection and the Detective Novel; Victorian Sexualities; and Race, Class and Gender. 3.67 6.67 11.00
ENGL558 Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and nonfiction prose of early 20th-century Britain and Ireland, including the works of Conrad, Yeats, Eliot, Forster, Joyce, Shaw and Woolf. 3.33 4.33 10.00
ENGL559 Survey of the prose, poetry and drama of Ireland. Alternates between surveys of modern and postmodern Irish literature and special topics or single author courses such as on Yeats or Joyce. 1.67 6.67 5.00
ENGL560 Taught alternately as the literature of European Exploration of America or Colonial and Revolutionary America.
ENGL561 Survey of the prose and poetry of mid-19th-century America, including writings by the Transcendentalists, Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Stowe, Whitman and Dickinson.
ENGL562 Survey of the prose and poetry of turn-of-the-century America, including writings by Mark Twain, Henry James, Crane, Wharton, Norris and Gilman. 6.33 10.67 19.00
ENGL563 Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction prose of American literature from 1900-1945, including works by writers such as Cather, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, O'Neill, Frost, H.D., Hughes and Stevens. 0.00 1.67 0.00
ENGL564 In-depth investigation of specific topics in Native literatures and rhetorics. Special attention paid to the range of criticism, critical theory, research opportunities, methodologies and pedagogical problems inherent in American Indian and indigenous textual production.
ENGL565 Advanced study of Chicana/o literature, literary history, criticism, theory, novels, short stories, poetry, and film, with emphasis on ethnic, regional, gender, and linguistic identity from nineteenth century to the present. 3.33 3.33 10.00
ENGL568 Intensive study of special topics in American Literature. Offerings have included Literature of the Civil War, 19th-Century American Literature and the Visual Arts, Southern American Literature and American Women Writers. 5.00 10.00 15.00
ENGL570 Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction prose of the early 20th century in the United States, Britain and Ireland, with some consideration of the international influence of and upon these literatures. Course content varies from semester to semester. 3.67 6.67 11.00
ENGL571 The study of drama and dramatic form from 1880 to the present. Most often taught as Modern Drama (1880-1950, Ibsen and Strindberg to Beckett and Williams) or Contemporary Drama (1950 to present, Beckett and Williams to new plays of recent years).
ENGL572 Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama, and non-fiction prose of the post-1945 era in the United States and Britain, with some consideration of the international influence of and upon these literatures. Course content varies from semester to semester. 1.00 4.00 3.00
ENGL573 Studies in experimental literary works and theories from World War II to the present. May be repeated for credit as emphasis varies.
ENGL574 This course presents and analyzes major texts in post-war literature of the southwestern U.S., emphasizing the cultural exchanges among Native, Hispanic and Anglo literature and culture.
ENGL579 Survey of Postcolonial literatures and theories emanating from the Indian subcontinent, Africa and other countries recently independent from the British Empire. 0.33 3.67 1.00
ENGL580 Intensive study of special issues and themes, literary movements and single authors in British Literature.
ENGL580A  
ENGL581 Studies in the Canterbury Tales, Parliament of Fowls, House of Fame and other Chaucerian poems, together with a study of the history, philosophy and theology of the time. There will also be discussions of relevant contemporary critical theory. Emphasis varies. 4.67 13.33 14.00
ENGL582 Intensive study of the major dramatic and non-dramatic works of William Shakespeare. Emphasis varies. 3.33 6.67 10.00
ENGL586 Studies in the literary and cultural emergence and formation of fiction as a genre in English. Course content varies; recent topics include The Early English Novel; The 18th-Century Comic Novel; and Race, Class and Gender in the 19th-Century Novel.
ENGL587 Studies in one or more of the major genres of literature, including narrative fiction, poetics, comedy, epic, satire and tragedy. 21.33 29.33 64.00
ENGL592 Practicum on teaching literature and literary studies. Study of theoretical discourses about teaching also included. Topics vary. {Course will be offered once a year}
ENGL593 Workshop requiring peer review, journal research and rhetorical analysis, and extensive revision of a previously written paper to be submitted for publication in the field of literary studies.
ENGL595 A capstone course for Master's students that takes a broad view of British and American literature. Using topical, thematic, generic and other critical approaches, the colloquium focuses upon issues that overlap British and American literature such as The Gothic, Themes of Exile, The Formation of the Subject, etc.
ENGL596 Directed preparation of the Master's Portfolio; students enroll with the Graduate Director. Offered on a CR/NC basis only. 5.33 166.67 5.33
ENGL597 Intensive, directed study at the Master's level of particular topics and issues pertaining to the various fields in English. Permission of the Departmental Graduate Director required prior to registration. 3.67 825.00 11.00
ENGL598 Internships in professional and technical writing supervised by individual faculty members. Offered on a CR/NC basis only. 1.67 50.00 3.67
ENGL599 Offered on a CR/NC basis only. 1.00 733.33 3.33
ENGL610 An in-depth investigation of a defined theme or issue in Literary Criticism and Theory; topics vary.
ENGL640 An in-depth investigation of a defined theme or issue in language theory or rhetoric. Recent topics have included Metaphor and Stylistics, ESL Grammar for Adults and Epistemic Rhetoric. 11.00 14.00 44.00
ENGL650 An in-depth investigation of a defined theme or issue in British Literature; topics vary. 11.33 19.00 45.33
ENGL650A  
ENGL660 An in-depth investigation of a defined theme or issue in American Literature; topics vary. 5.00 14.00 20.00
ENGL660A  
ENGL660B  
ENGL664 An in-depth investigation of a defined theme or issue in American Indian and Indigenous literatures; topics vary.
ENGL664A  
ENGL670 An in-depth investigation of a defined theme or issue in Creative Writing. Topics vary. Restriction: permission of instructor.
ENGL680 An in-depth investigation of special topics pertaining to the study of British and American Literature and related fields of study.
ENGL697 Intensive, directed study at the Doctoral level of particular topics and issues pertaining to the various fields in English. Permission of the Departmental Graduate Director required prior to registration. 3.00 683.33 6.33
ENGL698 Permission of the Departmental Graduate Director required prior to registration. 2.67 591.67 5.67
ENGL699 Offered on a CR/NC basis only.English-Philosophy 30.67 716.67 171.00

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