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College Writing II ESL Supplemental Instruction for Navitas only.

Prerequisites: Co-Req: 42.112 College Writing II ESL.

Taken simultaneously with College Writing I, the two-credit Intensive Writing Lab offers students supplemental instruction to complement their work in that course. Students who place into the Writing Lab will receive extensive training in grammar, mechanics, and the use of Standard English. The once-per-week lab encourages students' success in College Writing I and in their other classes. The course credit cannot be used to satisfy the credits required for graduation, but may be used to satisfy credits required for full time student status.

Prerequisites: Co-Req: 42.101 College Writing.

Supplemental Instruction for College Writing I ESL for Navitas students only.

Prerequisites: Co-Req: 42.111 College Writing I ESL.

A workshop course that thoroughly explores the writing process from pre-writing to revision, with an emphasis on critical thinking, sound essay structure, mechanics, and academic integrity. Students will read, conduct rhetorical analyses, and practice the skills required for participation in academic discourse. Students will write expository essays throughout the semester, producing a minimum of four formal essays.

Prerequisites: Anti Req for 42.101 - students cannot receive credit for both 42.101 and 42.111 (103).

A workshop course that thoroughly explores the academic research writing process with an emphasis on entering into academic conversation. Building on the skills acquired in College Writing I, students will learn to write extensively with source material. Key skills addressed include finding,assessing, and integrating primary and secondary sources, and using proper documentation to ensure academic integrity. Students will produce analytical writing throughout the semester, including a minimum of four formal, researched essays.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101 or 42.111; Anti Req for 42.102 - students cannot receive credit for both 42.102 and 42.112 (104).

A workshop course that provides a thorough review of the basics of essay writing in preparation for success in College Writing I ESL, with a focus on the particular needs of multilingual students. Students placed into this course will use the writing process to strengthen the fundamental skills necessary for clear academic writing in English, including the basic rules of grammar and principles of rhetoric. Credit for both 42.100 and 42.110 will not be granted.

Prerequisites: Instructor consent required; Anti req for 42.110 - students cannot recieve credit for both 42.110 and 42.100.

Satisfies the first half of the first-year writing requirement, equivalent to 42.101 College Writing I, with a focus on the particular needs of multilingual students. Credit for both 42.101 and 42.111 will not be granted, nor credit for both 42.101 and 42.103.

Prerequisites: Instructor consent required; Anti Req for 42.111, 103 - students cannot receive credit for both 42.111 (103) and 42.101.

Satisfies the second half of the first-year writing requirement, equivalent to 42.102 College Writing II, with a focus on the particular needs of multilingual students. Credit for both 42.102 and 42.112 will not be granted, nor credit for both 42.102 and 42.104.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.103/111 Col Writing I-Internatl; Anti Req for 42.112, 104 - students cannot receive credit for both 42.112 (104) & 42.102.

Examination of diverse critical and theoretical approaches to literature in the development of literary analysis.

Prerequisites: Pre-req: 42.101 College Writing I, and 42.102 College Writing II, or English Majors.

Studies representative literary selections from the Hebrews, the Greeks, the Romans, and other societies of the ancient world.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Much of what we consider "contemporary" was born out of the modernist period, roughly 1900-1950, and was considered radical, even salacious, in its time.This course provides a sampling of modernist literature. Students will explore this period by examining exemplary texts, numerous historical and social events, and a few films.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

This course introduces students to the study of writing, literature, and culture in the digital environment and to skills necessary for courses in the English Studies option. The course will introduce students to the fundamentals of Digital literacy and citizenship, including tools and skills only made possible in the digital environment. Students will read a variety of texts and write in a variety of genres. The course also introduces students to literary and cultural criticism, including close reading skills, various critical approaches, and the practical application of these skills. Emphasis will be placed on the research and writing processes, using MLA-style documentation. The course will also introduce students to the fields of creative writing, journalism, and professional writing.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Presents a study of plays from the classical period to the present.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Studies selections from the Renaissance through contemporary periods.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Studies the development of the short story from Poe and Chekhov to the present.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

This course examines literary responses to science in England and the United States from the early Nineteenth Century to the present. Readings include novels--Frankenstein, The Island of Doctor Moreau, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jurassic Park--essays, and poems.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Explores the genre from Poe to the present.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Presents the theory and practice of comedy from the Greeks to the present.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

The main goal of this course is to enhance the student's understanding of the elements of effective communication, and to put that knowledge into practice in a supportive, co-operative, workshop environment. Limited to Computer Science majors.

Prerequisites: Pre-Reqs: 42.101 College Writing I, 42.102 College Writing II; Computer Science Majors only.

Develops and applies the basic speaking skills that can be adapted to a variety of personal and professional contexts. Emphasis is placed on selection, analysis, organization and presentation of speech materials. Practice skills include listening, interviewing and the delivery and critique of extemporaneous speeches.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Studies the theory and practice of writing letters, memoranda and reports on specific business and technical problems. Registration preference for students enrolled in Business programs.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Studies the theory and practice of letters, memoranda, reports and oral presentations on specific scientific and technical problems.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Analyzes and discusses the techniques and styles of selected professional essayists as well as the preparation of student essays. Emphasis will be placed on the writing process from prewriting through drafting and revising. English majors and minors only.

Prerequisites: Pre-req: 42.101 College Writing I, and 42.102 College Writing II, and English Majors and Minors only.

Analyzes and discusses the techniques and styles of selected professional essayists as well as the preparation of student essays. Emphasis will be placed on the writing process from prewriting through drafting and revising. Non-English majors only.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Often when we encounter narratives (in the movies or in books) we tend to practice a "suspension of disbelief" letting the story unfold, following the conventions of film and fiction without question This course will direct our critical focus on the mechanisms through whic writers and filmmakers convey meaning to their audiences.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

An introduction to the principles of play construction and the vocabulary and methods of interpreting play texts for theatrical production. Required of all theatre arts concentrators.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101 College Writing I; Pre-Req: 42.102 College Writing II.

Designed to introduce students to understand science fiction and fantasy within the broader context of literature and literary theory. It attempts to develop and hone student's skills of critical analysis as it supplies them with the tools to contextualize their reading experience - i.e., to understand the origins and politics of the books that they read.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A course for aspiring creative writers among freshman and sophomores which offers an introduction to the craft of creative writing in its primary genres: poetry, fiction, drama, creative non-fiction (emphases will vary depending upon instructor). The focus of this course will be on learning the fundamentals of craft techniques and peer review.

Prerequisites: Pre-req: 42.101 College Writing I, and 42.102 College Writing II and English Majors Only.

A survey of literary attitudes toward women from the Judaic and Hellenic periods through the present.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Provides a study of selected short stories and novels which deal sympathetically with the changing roles of women.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Contemporary Women Writers introduces students to American women writers of the last fifty years. We examine the historical,socio-cultural, political, and personal influences on these writers' work by studying trends and events in recent American history and themes reflected in the works. By studying contemporary women's writing in this contextualized fashion, students can appreciate larger trends in our society, the role writing plays in examining such trends, and the value of literature as an exploration of human growth and struggle. Through discussion, group collaboration, critical analysis, and by designing their own graphic organizers, students gain a breadth of knowledge in the following areas: the themes and stylistic concerns of contemporary American women writers; the key historical events that influence contemporary American women's writing; the critical reading of literary texts.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Explores the treatment of homoeroticism and homosexual love in literature from Antiquity to the present. Emphasis is given to texts reflecting the construction of a homosexual identity and recurring motifs among gay, lesbian, and bisexual writers.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Deals with the development and interrelationship of American views on individualism, nature, science, technology, democracy, ethnicity, and the American dream. Readings begin with the Puritans and end with contemporary essayists. Deals with the development and interrelationship of American views on individualism, nature, science, technology, democracy, ethnicity, and the American dream. Readings begin with the Puritans and end with contemporary essayists.

A study of the relationship between works of fiction, cultural attitudes toward technology, and social values.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Presents a literary and historical analysis of selected Old and New Testament books.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

In "War in Lierature" we will study conflict and human values in times of war, focusing on the literature of World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Gulf War. Content covered includes a selection of representative (and divergent) literary texts written throughout the 20th century in a variety of genres (poetry, essays, memoir, short story, novel, and hybrid forms like the "graphic novel").

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

An examination of the history, literature, sociology, and aesthetics of sport. Attention to corollary issues and values including racism, sexism, and violence.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of literary selections dealing with traditions of family life, the individual, and social change.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

The course will focus on historical and contemporary portrayals of disability and disabled people in literature.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of selected histories, comedies, and tragedies. Not for English majors.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Explores both the writings and the personal lives of a loose confederation of poets, novelists, and essayist who emerged onto the American literary and cultural scene following World War II and who came to be known as the -Beat Generation.+ The primary focus will be on the life and writings of Lowell native Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) with others of the -beat circle+ included as well, i.e., Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Diana DiPrima, etc.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A survey of British Literary history from the medieval through the modernist periods.

Prerequisites: Pre-req: 42.101 College Writing I, and 42.102 College Writing II, or English Majors.

A survey of American Literary history from early contact between Native American populations and European colonists through contemporary American writing.

Prerequisites: Pre-req: 42.101 College Writing I, and 42.102 College Writing II, or English Majors.

A study of how various authors use crime as a plotting device to study character, reveal social order, and critique social institutions.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

While picture-images date as far back as sthe Egyptian tombs, or the caves of Lascaux, this course wiill consider the development of the modern comic in twentieth-and twenty-first century America. Readings will include not just comics, but also the history of comics, art and literary theory, a novel about comics, and articles that consider the legal, political, and social issues surrounding comics. We will also look at traditional and contemporary comic strips and graphic novels to explore what we can learn from them about American Popular Culture. Comics are on the cutting edge of contemporary literature, and there are many avenues to pursue in the study of this narrative form. This course will include intensive reading and writing, and will ask students to engage with demanding theoretical works, in addition to incorporating a considerable amount of research. While the subject matter can be lighthearted the course takes these texts seriously, and asks for intellectual engagement with the issues and concerns of culture depicted in these words and pictures. (Full proposal and supplemental material available).

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A survey of representative writers and works from the Anglo-Saxon period to the mid-seventeenth century.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A survey of representative writers and works from Milton into the twentieth century.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Studies the historical development of American literature from the Colonial period to the Civil War. Selected works by representative authors from each period are studied.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Studies the historical development of American literature from the Civil War to World War I.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A survey course covering traditional and contemporary children's literature. Texts are selected to represent different historical periods and a diversity of authorial perspectives. Attention is given to changing views of children and childhood as reflected in selected texts.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

An introduction to techniques of writing for the news media.

Prerequisites: Pre-Reqs: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.

Studies the theory and practice of fiction. Conducted as a workshop with close analysis of student work.

Prerequisites: Pre-req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors, or 42.229 Essay Writing or 42.238 Intro to Creative Writing.

Discusses the theory and practice of poetry. Conducted as a workshop with close analysis of student work.

Prerequisites: Pre-req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors, or 42.229 Essay Writing or 42.238 Intro to Creative Writing.

Studies the theory and practice of playwriting. Conducted as a workshop with close analysis of student work.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Theory and practice of writing short, critical essays in a journalistic mode on the visual and performing arts. Special attention to theater, movie, and television criticism. Conducted as a workshop with close analysis of student work.

Prerequisites: Pre-req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors, or 42.229 Essay Writing or 42.238 Intro to Creative Writing.

Examines the phonetic, lexical, syntactical, and semantic shifts in the English language from its beginnings to the present.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of English syntax examining traditional, structural, and transformational grammars. Attention to issues of dialect, usage, phonology, and morphology.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

This course is designed for students who are interested in writing in one or more of the popular forms of genre fiction: the mystery, the horror story, science fiction, fantasy, romance, and the thriller. Class time will be spent discussing and work-shopping student writing. Some time will also be devoted each week to brief lectures on practical matters like choosing between the short story and the novel, finding ideas, constructing plots, building characters, pacing, generating suspense, and marketing one's work. In addition, there will be assigned readings to illustrate the above.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of the writers, movements, and social culture of the South, from both the nineteenth- and twentieth-centuries.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

This course will explore the literatures (including some selections in translation) written during America's colonial era. The periods of exploration, first encounters, settlement, the rise of Anglo-America, the emergence of a national sensibility, and the years of transition in the new republic will be considered. The course will also treat a small selection of nineteenth century texts that present visions and re-visions of the colonial past.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of realism and naturalism in fiction from the end of the Civil War to World War I.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Students will acquire reading knowledge of the Old English language, spending half the semester mastering grammar and vocabulary, and the second half translating texts such as The Wanderer, Dream of the Rood, and Beowulf. Attention will also be given to Anglo-Saxon culture.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of twentieth-century British short stories, poetry, and drama.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A workshop format encourages peer criticism of individual writings and discussion of models from various texts.

Prerequisites: Pre-req: 42.227 Essay Writing for English Majors, or 42.229 Essay Writing for Non-English Majors, or 42.238 Intro. to Creative Writing.

Students work on various writing projects the professor brings into the classroom on behalf of local non-profit organizations. This service learning course provides opportunities for students to learn through thoughtful engagement with the community, applying kowledge of writing gained in the classroom to real world problems. The course will be held in a workshop format with strong emphasis on revision.

Prerequisites: Pre-Reqs: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.

An intermediate level creative writing workshop in nonfiction (personal essay, memoir, literary journalism, etc.).

Prerequisites: Pre-req: 42.101 College Writing I, 42.102 College Writing II, and 42.238 Intro to Creative Writing.

A creative non-fiction course run in a workshop format. Writing assignments are equally divided between reflective, personal pieces about people you know and more journalistic, biographical writing about people you don't know. Readings cover both categories.

Prerequisites: Pre-Reqs: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.

Writers throughout time have been thoroughly grounded in place. Students in this course will read and write on a variety of topics: travel, cities, suburbs, dwelling places, nature, environmental issues, etc., in a variety of genres: creative non-fiction, essays, journalism, short stories, poetry, journals. This course will be held in a workshop format with strong emphasis on revision.

Prerequisites: Pre-Reqs: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.

A study of the British novel in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries from DeFoe through Austen.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of fiction from 1837 through 1901. May include reading and writing about texts by Dickens, Collins, Gaskell, Bronte, eliot, thackeray, Trollope, Hardy, wilde, and others.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Writing About Women

Prerequisites: Pre-req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors, or 42.229 Essay Writing or 42.238 Intro to Creative Writing.

A study of the novel from Conrad through Greene and others.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of the American novel from colonial beginnings to 1900.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A Study of autobiographical writing from Colonial America to the present. Works from the 17th to the 21st century will allow students to explore the genre of autobiography and related sub-genres, including the captivity narrative, the slave narrative, and the immigration narrative. Readings will also explore literary and political autobiographies.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of selected novels by American women. Focus on the female voice within the American tradition. Treatment of such issues as domesticity, education, and authorship.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

This course will consider works that fall under the very broad genre known as "The Gothic." As this genre is one of highly contested boundaries, we will consider how to define the Gothic, and what exactly constitutes this form. We will look at texts from both England and America, and spanning from the late 18th century to our own times. Our study will focus on the form of the novel, and the development and emergence of the gothic novel from its beginnings in England to its contemporary manifestations in the United States.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A rigorous examination of a topic of current interests in film studies organized by particular themes, genres or filmmakers.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Women Writers and the Past

A study of the significant contributions of woman to the literature and art of the theatre in various periods and cultures. Topics may include: plays written by women, the progress of women in theater, the evolution of female roles, and the portrayal of feminism on the stage.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101 College Writing I; Pre-Req: 42.102 College Writing II.

Selected novels by writers such as Austen, the Brontes, Eliot, Woolf, Bowen, and Drabble.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of such playwrights as O'Neill, Odets, Wilder, Williams, and Miller.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Will examine works in modern English translation from a variety of genres (romance, history, tragedy, epic) that tell stories of the mythical King Arthur and the knights and ladies of his courtly world. The course will focus primarily on texts of the medieval and renaissance periods, but will include attention to nineteenth- and twentieth-century versions in poetry, prose, art, music and film.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of the prose, poetry, and drama of England from 1200-1500 set against cultural and historical backgrounds.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of English prose and poetry of the period excluding Milton.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of the prose and poetry of the period.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of English prose and poetry from 1798-1832.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of British fiction, poetry, and prose from 1837 to 1901.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of important recent works by playwrights from around the globe.

A study of comic plays from 1660 to the mid-eighteenth century. Focus on the works of Ethridge, Wycherley, Congreve, and Sheridan.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101 College Writing I; Pre-Req: 42.102 College Writing II.

A study of selected Continental, British and American plays of the late nineteenth century to the present.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of major dramatists of the Age of Shakespeare including Marlowe, Dekker, Webster, Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, Massinger, Ford and others

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of the history and development of African American drama, with emphasis on major aesthetic, political, and social movements in African American culture.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101 College Writing I; Pre-Req: 42.102 College Writing II.

Combines discussion and critique of student poems with readings in contemporary poetry and poetics. The focus is on enabling students to develop their individual voices, forms, and subjects.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II (or 42.111/112), & 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing or 42.238 Introduction to Creative Writing & 42.303 Creative Writing: Poetry.

This writing-oriented course will focus on learning how to write feature stories for newspapers, magazines, and the Internet.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & College Writing II, 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.

This course will focus on learning how to write for electronic media and understanding the changing world of journalism.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & College Writing II, 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.

Discusses novels and short fiction from World War II to the present.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of the development of British and American poetry from 1900 through World War II.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of selected British and American Poets since World War II.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Poetry, drama, and prose fiction from the Irish literary renaissance to the present. Writers will include Yeats, Joyce, O'Casey, Friel and Heaney.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of selected works by black American writers, such as Toomer, Wright, Ellison, Walker, and Morrison.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

This course will examine the history and theories of composition and rhetoric, studying the field from its inception to more recent developments and challenges. We will also explore our own writing processes and literary practices. The course is furthermore grounded on the idea that literary practices are shaped by our culture. The course introduces practical approaches to as well as theoretical frameworks beneficial for those interested in composition studies.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101 College Writing I and 42.102 College Writing II.

Asian Americans hold an intriguing place in the cultural imagination: as perpetual foreigners, as so-called 'model minorities' that serve to maintain hegethonic power relations, and as living embodiments of America's memory of its involvement in recent wars. As artists, however, Asian Americans have contributed and impressive body of literary work, and we'll examine some of the most enduring and provocative of these texts. We'll explore themes such as trauma and the immigrant experience, issues of exile and dislocation, Asian Americans' embattled place in our country's history, and the intersections of race and ethnicity with gender and sexuality.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.102 College Writing II.

When the peoples of Africa, India, the Caribbean, Ireland, and Canada finally gained, to a greater and lesser extent, independence from the British during the 20th century, they found that their national, cultural, and individual identities had been radically altered by the experience of colonization. In this course, we will examine how authors have related this postcolonial condition. We will examine a diverse body of texts--poetry which eloquently describe the heroic journey out of colonialism, drama which lays bare the conflicts of assimilation, and novels which fantastically present political struggle--as we determine how postcolonial theory and literature affects and possibly redefines all literature.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101 College Writing I and 42.102 College Writing II.

A survey of ancient to early modern theatre in its historical and social contexts, tracing changes and developments in acting syles, theatre architecture, scenic practices, dramatic literature, and the audience. The course examines how theatre both reflects and shapes the changing beliefs and priorities of a culture.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A survey of theatre in its historical and social contexts from the 19th century to the present, focusing on innovations in design and technology, the advent of the director, the emergence of modern schools of acting, and the creation of new forms of theatre to suit the changing needs of a modern world.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

Designed for students considering a career in book publishing, this course provides an overview of the publishing industry. You will examine the stages of the book publishing process from acquisition to bound book or e-book, using assignments and examples from school, college, and trade book publishing. You will also consider the specific responsibilities of an editor. The course includes class visits by authors, editors, or publishing executives, as well as a trip to a local printing company.

Prerequisites: Pre-req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors, or 42.229 Essay Writing or 42.238 Intro to Creative Writing.

Training in writing theory for direct application in peer tutoring. Discussion supplemented by experimental exercises, class presentations, reading, and writing. Meets two hours each week. Students tutor four hours each week.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of special problems of writing in business from memos and press releases through reports and proposals, including strategies for correspondence, presentation of complex information, and writing for diverse audiences. For English majors and minors.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & College Writing II, 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.

This course focuses on the exploration of thematic or issue-oriented or timely topics of interest. The precise topics and methods of each section will vary. Barring duplication of topic, the course may be repeated for credit.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101 College Writing I; Pre-Req: 42.102 College Writing II.

A study of selected works. Authors to be announced each semester.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of issues and the practice of skills needed in specific areas of professional writing. Topics to be announced each semester..

Prerequisites: Pre-req: 42.227 Essay Writing for English Majors, or 42.229 Essay Writing for Non-English Majors, or 42.238 Intro. to Creative Writing.

Students work for a local non-profit for the semester completing a variety of writing tasks, depending on the placement. In class students apply the principles of rhetoric and use the tools of research and revision to write effectively for their community partner; to articulate in a public presentation a thoughtful, intelligent position on relevant social policy; and to become more active, engaged citizens.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & College Writing II, 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.

Creative Writing Fiction II

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of English syntax examining traditional, structural, and transformational grammars. Attention to issues of dialect, usage, phonology, and morphology.

Focuses on the document preparation process from start to finish, focusing on each stage of the process. Includes documents design, document organization, using examples and illustrations, style, creating an index and the review process.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.408 Principles of Tech Writing.

Introduces a range of advanced topice in software writing. Topics may include electronic publishing, hyper text, adanced graphics, document set components, and working in project teams. In this course, the student selects some aspect of the computer industry that interets him/her and documents it.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.412 Software Writing.

Using young adult literature as a vehicle, this course considers traditional methods of interpretation and evaluation. Particular attention is given to the analytical, psychological and sociological approaches.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

An advanced creative writing workshop in nonfiction (personal essay, memoir, literary journalism, etc.).

Prerequisites: Pre-req: 42.101 College Writing I, 42.102 College Writing II, 42.238 Intro to Creative Writing and 42.322 Creative Non-fiction I.

A study of the major works of Chaucer in Middle English.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of selected histories, comedies, and tragedies.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A study of selected histories, comedies, and tragedies not covered in 42.243. Shakespeare I is not a prerequisite.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A solid introduction to major trends in contemporary critical theory. Emphasis on producing a sample critical paper treating one or more current critical approaches to reading a literary text.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A capstone level creative writing class: a substantial writing project is developed through the collaborative environment of an advanced workshop. May be repeated for credit when workshop topic is different.

Prerequisites: Pre-req: 42.366 Creative Writing: Poetry II, or 42.407 Creative Writing: Fiction II, or 42.418 Creative Writing: Non-fiction II.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

The student develops a plan for a sustained writing project or portfolio and submits preliminary and final versions for critique and evaluation.

Prerequisites: Pre-Reqs: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.

The student develops a plan of directed reading, defines a problem for individual research, and prepares a paper or papers.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

The student develops a plan of directed readings in linguistics, semantics, or stylistics and defines a topic for individual research.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

The student develops a series of projects in creative writing and composes poetry, fiction, or drama.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A part-time full-semester internship at an approved off-campus theater. To be arranged through the Program Coordinator during pre-registration period.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

An off-campus writing experience for English Majors. Practicum experience is intended to provide students with the opportunity of applying their writing skills in actual business, technical, or professional situations.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.

A short-term, intensive project related to English study and/or writing.

Prerequisites: Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.