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2015-2016 Graduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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  • ELED 5800 - Curriculum Workshop for Elementary Teachers


    Opportunity to work on projects and problems in the school in which the student is employed: conferences, study groups, discussion, and work in curriculum construction. Topics and credit hours vary. Prereq: 18 semester hours in education and teaching experience or permission of instructor. Max hours: 36 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 4
  
  • ELED 5920 - Readings in Elementary Education


    Max hours: 4 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 4
  
  • ELED 6110 - Science and Math Curriculum Studies


    Students examine frameworks for curriculum design, discuss the psychological and philosophical foundations of curricula, and analyze the curriculum that they use in their own teaching. Students synthesize what teachers must do in order to effectively implement curricula. Prereq: Graduate student status. Cross-listed with ELED 7110. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ELED 6950 - Master’s Thesis


    Max hours: 4 Credits. Semester Hours: 4 to 4
  
  • ELED 7110 - Science Math Curriculum Study


    Students examine frameworks for curriculum design, discuss the psychological and philosophical foundations of curricula, and analyze the curriculum that they use in their own teaching. Students synthesize what teachers must do in order to effectively implement curricula. Restriction: Graduate student status. Cross-listed with ELED 6110. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ELED 7840 - Independent Study: ELED


    Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  
  • ENGL 1010 - Writing Workshop


    Focuses on the abilities and skills needed to write effective expository prose. Emphasizes frequent writing, both in and out of class, with special attention to writing short essays well. Writers learn to write confidently at the sentence and paragraph levels, and to develop their grammatical and mechanical skills. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 1020 - Core Composition I


    Provides opportunities to write for different purposes and audiences, with an emphasis on learning how to respond to various rhetorical situations; improving critical thinking, reading, and writing abilities; understanding various writing processes; and gaining a deeper knowledge of language conventions. Max hours: 3 Credits. GT: Course is approved by the Colorado Dept of Higher Education for statewide guaranteed transfer, GT-C01. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 1050 - Vocabulary for Professionals


    Studies English words derived from Latin and Greek by analyzing their component parts (prefixes, stems, and suffixes). Cross-listed with LATN 1050. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 1111 - Freshman Seminar


    Restriction: Restricted to Freshman level students. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  
  • ENGL 1200 - Introduction to Fiction


    Introduces class members to the works of famous authors as well as to major themes, elements, and techniques of fiction in both short stories and novels. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 1400 - Literary Studies


    Helps students develop a sense of literary techniques and issues so they can bring an improved critical sensibility to their reading and writing. Note: Designed for students who are seriously interested in literature. Prereq or Coreq: ENGL 1020. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 1601 - Telling Tales: Narrative Art in Literature and Film


    Asks students to explore how stories determine who we are. Everything people do fits into a narrative pattern, evident everywhere from TV news to memory to daily schedules. We tell ourselves stories about ourselves and others–how do these stories shape who we are as cultural beings? Prereq or Coreq: ENGL 1020. Max hours: 3 Credits. GT: Course is approved by the Colorado Dept of Higher Education for statewide guaranteed transfer, GT-AH2. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2030 - Core Composition II


    Focuses on academic and other types of research-based writing and builds on the work completed in ENGL 1020. Focuses on critical thinking, reading and writing as well as working with primary and secondary source material to produce a variety of research-based essays. Emphasis on using both print-based and electronic-based information. Prereq: ENGL 1020. Max hours: 3 Credits. GT: Course is approved by the Colorado Dept of Higher Education for statewide guaranteed transfer, GT-C02. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2060 - Introduction to Writing Studies


    Introduces students to the topics of study in the English Writing major. Topics include writing studies (literacy, genre, research, and multimodality), rhetoric (history and theory), and the teaching of writing (pedagogy and practice). Prereq: ENGL 1020 or equivalent. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2070 - Grammar, Rhetoric and Style


    Teaches the basics of English grammar in order to develop a rhetorical and stylistic confidence in reading and writing, using an approach that is more descriptive than prescriptive. Teaches students how to evaluate the grammatical choices of established writers and how to develop flexibility in the grammatical choices they make in their own writing. Prereq: ENGL 1020 or equivalent. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2154 - Introduction to Creative Writing


    Reading, discussing, writing short fiction and poetry in a workshop setting. Prereq: ENGL 1020. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2250 - Introduction to Film


    Introduces students to the critical study of cinema as an art form and a cultural phenomenon. Topics include cinematography, editing, mise-en-scene and sound; the connections between cinema and related art forms; film genres; the social dimensions of film production and reception; and films by such key filmmakers as Alfred Hitchcock, Maya Deren and Spike Lee. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2300 - Topics in Literature and Film


    Courses supplement the regular program of the department, offering such topics as: literary perceptions of motherhood, Asian-American literature, literary classics of science, and contemporary women writers. Note: Can be taken more than once if topics vary. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2310 - Topics in Literature and Film


    Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2320 - Topics in Literature and Film


    Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2330 - Topics in Literature and Film


    Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2340 - Topics in Literature and Film


    Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2390 - Writing the Short Script


    Examines narrative screenwriting elements–premise, theme, conflict, protagonist/antagonist, setting/situation, dialogue, plot structure, imagery–required to create a strong narrative short film. Prereq: ENGL 1020. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2415 - Introduction to Movie Writing


    Examines structural and dramatic elements required to write a feature-length screenplay. Students conceptualize, plan, write and then re-write to complete the first ten pages of their own feature-length screenplay. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2450 - Introduction to Literature


    Provides the terms and skills for analyses of a variety of narratives. Develops critical thinking, reading, and writing necessary for succeeding in the discipline. Prereq: ENGL 1020. Note: required introductory course for English majors, English minors, and English education. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2510 - Greek and Roman Mythology


    Surveys influential literature from Greece and Rome. Among the Greek works are Homer’s epics, Sophocles’s tragedies, Plato’s and Aristotle’s philosophical writings. Among the Roman works are the writings of Vergil, Ovid, the elegists and historians. a brief look at Augustine’s writings concludes the course. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2520 - The Bible as Literature


    Introduces students to biblical literature. Selections from the various genres of writing in Hebrew (history, wisdom, prophecy, literature) are read and discussed, as well as representative sections from the New Testament, including the gospels and the writings of Paul. Cross-listed with RLST 2700. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2600 - Great Works in British and American Literature


    Traces the traditions of British and American literature from medieval times to the present, by examining a variety of texts, studying the impact of different time periods, and cultural movements on the evolving literary tradition. Max hours: 3 Credits. GT: Course is approved by the Colorado Dept of Higher Education for statewide guaranteed transfer, GT-AH2. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 2840 - Independent Study: ENGL


    Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3001 - Critical Writing


    Introduces literary theory to provide extensive practice in writing about literature. Note: Required of English majors and minors with a literature option and education English majors. Prereq: ENGL 2450. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3020 - Poetry Workshop


    Practical workshop for developing poetic craft, focusing on writing process and specialized topics. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3050 - Fiction Workshop


    Beginning workshop for defining and developing narrative craft, focusing on writing process and specialized topics. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3070 - Film History I


    Examines the history of cinema from its 19th-century origins until the early sounds era. Explores important developments and influences in American and international cinema, including the origins of Hollywood narrative, avant-garde cinema, German Expressionism, and Soviet Cinema. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3075 - Film Genres


    An intensive study of films of one or more significant genres, such as comedy, film noir, science fiction. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Note: May be taken more than once when genres vary. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3080 - Film History II


    Examines world cinema from 1938 to the present, with examples from major movements and directors–such as Film Noir, Italian Neo-Realism, the French New Wave, Jean Renoir, Agnes Varda, John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock and Werner Herzog. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3084 - Multimedia Composition


    Offers students opportunities to examine and compose texts where language is integrated with other media, such as video, still images, music, etc. Includes basic instruction in digital multimedia composition and design tools. ENGL 2070 recommended. Prereq: Students must have junior standing/60 units of credit completed. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3085 - Film Directors


    An intensive study of the films of one or more major directors, such as Chaplin, Keaton, Hitchcock, Welles, Coen Brothers. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Note: May be taken more than once when directors vary. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3106 - Advocate Practicum


    Hands-on course introduces writers to the UCD student newspaper “The Advocate,” and allows students to write and edit more effectively. Students work with faculty, professionals, and student editors to practice and produce writing for actual publication. Prereq: ENGL 2030. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3154 - Technical Writing


    Introduces the study and writing of technical documents. Emphasizes the processes, style, structure, and forms of technical writing. Attention is paid to audience analysis, organization, clarity and precision. ENGL 2070 recommended. Prereq: Students must have sophomore standing/30 units of credit completed. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3160 - Language Theory


    Provides a basic introduction to linguistics and language theory, including phonetics, grammar, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, cognitive processing, and language acquisition. Includes practical applications of the theories and methodologies presented. ENGL 2070 recommended. Prereq: Students must have sophomore standing/30 units of credit completed. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3170 - Business Writing


    Focuses on the strategies and techniques of business writing, with emphasis on reader, message and form. ENGL 2070 recommended. Prereq: Students must have sophomore standing/30 units of credit completed. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3200 - From Literature to Film


    Explores the relationship between literature and cinema; the process of adapting and transforming a novel into a feature-length film; and the historical, cultural, and commercial influences that shaped the creation of each novel and film studied. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3300 - Topics in Film


    Courses supplement the department’s regular course offerings. Recent topics have included women and film, movies as history and film comedy. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Note: Open to both majors and non-majors. Can be taken more than once when topics vary. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3310 - Topics in Film


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3320 - Topics in Film


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3330 - Topics in Literature


    Courses supplement the department’s regular course offerings. Recent topics have included Tolkien and international short stories. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Note: Open to both majors and non-majors. Can be taken more than once when topics vary. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3340 - Topics in Literature


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3350 - Topics in Literature


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3405 - Topics in Writing


    Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3415 - Screenwriting Workshop


    Continues and expands ENGL 2415. By the end of ENGL 3415, students have completed the first two acts of their screenplay. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3416 - Magazine Writing


    An intensive, practical course in writing non-fiction with an emphasis on journalistic approaches for daily, weekly, and monthly publications. Prereq: Students must have junior standing/60 units of credit completed. ENGL 1020 is strongly recommended. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3417 - Writing for the Mass Media


    Students will examine public relations writing techniques and journalistic style, public relations theory and ethics, and practical client work. Prereq: ENGL 1020. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3450 - Twentieth Century Women Writers


    Examines how women write about a specific theme, such as home, work, family, the “Other,” as well as how women’s writing may differ from men’s. Theme and genre vary. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with WGST 3450. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3480 - Modern Drama


    How does drama change from the pioneering realism of Ibsen and Chekhov to the Absurdism of Ionesco and Pinter and beyond? The course covers plays in English and translation from the late nineteenth to the twenty-first century, with attention to performance as well as literary texts. Prereq: Must have 30 hours or the permission of the instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3520 - Religious Narratives


    Investigates the language and structure of religious discourse in Western literature. Welcomes interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives with a focus on cultural constructions of the sacred. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with RLST 3720. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3661 - Shakespeare


    Introduces some of Shakespeare’s major plays and poems, which usually includes Richard II, Romeo and Juliet, Measure for Measure, Othello, King Lear, Anthony and Cleopatra and The Tempest. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3700 - American Literature to the Civil War


    Surveys American literature from the colonial era to the Civil War. Prereq: ENGL 1020. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3750 - American Literature after the Civil War


    Surveys American literature from the Civil War to the contemporary era. Prereq: ENGL 1020. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3795 - Race and Ethnicity in American Literature


    Focuses alternately on one of several ethnic American literary traditions (e.g. African American, Chicano) and their historical, geographical, social and economic communities. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3798 - International Perspectives in Literature and Film


    Fosters an understanding of peoples outside of the U.S. through the study and appreciation of non-western literature. Investigates how historical, cultural, and ideological forces constitute race, ethnicity, nationalism, and alienation in a single country or across a region. Topic and country/region varies by semester. Note: May be repeated for credit when title and content are different. All texts in English translation. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3840 - Independent Study: ENGL


    Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3939 - Internship


    Employment situations designed and supervised by members of the faculty; concepts and skills developed in the classroom are used in business and public service contexts. Prereq: Junior standing and 2.75 grade-point average. Before enrolling, students should contact the Career Center. Note: Up to six hours may be counted toward the major. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  
  • ENGL 3995 - Travel Study


    An intensive course focusing on cinematic, literary, or rhetorical topics enriched through travel. Subtitles reflect specific area of concentration. Students may repeat course with different topics. Registration is through the Office of International Affairs. Max hours: 12 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 6
  
  • ENGL 4000 - Studies of Major Authors


    An intensive study of works of one major British or American author. Examples: Dickens, Woolf or James. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5000. Max hours: 15 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4025 - Advanced Poetry Workshop


    Advanced poetic craft, including exercises in mode, genre and advanced revision. Prereq: ENGL 3020 (or equivalent) for English majors and minors only; all others must obtain permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4055 - Advanced Fiction Workshop


    Advanced workshop for developing and deepening narrative craft, focusing on writing process and specialized topics. Prereq: ENGL 3050, English major and minor only; all others must obtain permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4080 - History of English Language


    Examines how English has changed since A.D. 800 through examples of writing from different periods, with attention to the way various groups have enriched our vocabulary and altered our syntax. Prereq: ENGL 2070 or one year of a college foreign language. Cross-listed with ENGL 5080. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4088 - Literary Editing: Copper Nickel


    Literary editing in theory and practice, using UCD’s nationally recognized journal “Copper Nickel.” Topics may include evaluating fiction, poetry and nonfiction; design and aesthetics; line editing; the business of literary journals. Prereq: ENGL 3020 or 3050, or permission of instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4160 - Poetics


    “Mechanics” of poetry in English, including meter, rhythm, rhyme, line, and other systems of measurement and logic. Emphasis is on historical development of poetic art in English. Prereq: ENGL 1400 or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5160. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4166 - History of American Poetry


    Examines major American poets and poetic trends from the colonial period to the present, with attention to cultural contexts and to development of distinctively American practices. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5166. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4175 - Writing in the Sciences


    Provides rhetorical analyses of scientific discourse and student practice in writing research reports and proposals. Prereq: sophomore standing or higher. Cross-listed with ENGL 5175. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4180 - Argumentation and Logic


    Explores the history of logic and its role in argumentation, studies various types of logical structures, and analyzes current uses of argumentation, with attention to writing arguments on current public issues. ENGL 3084 recommended. Prereq: Students must have junior standing/60 units of credit completed. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4190 - Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing


    Focuses on particular issues in rhetoric and writing as they pertain to reading and writing, including language and gender, language and culture, and language of political action. ENGL 3084 recommended. Prereq: Must have completed 60 semester hours. Cross-listed with ENGL 5190. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4200 - History of the English Novel I


    Rise and development of the English novel from its beginnings in the 18th century through the mid-19th century, including such writers as Defore, Fielding, Austen and Shelley. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5200. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4210 - History of the English Novel II


    Overview of the English novel from mid-19th century to World War II, emphasizing the important developments which the form underwent in the hands of notable novelists, including Charles Dickens, the Brontes, George Eliot, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5210. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4220 - African-American Literature


    Surveys African-American literature with special emphasis on post-Civil War writing. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5220, ETST 4220. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4230 - The American Novel


    Surveys major developments in the American novel from the 18th century to the 21st century. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5230. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4235 - Faulkner


    Studies the works of Faulkner’s high period with special attention to southern themes and Faulkner’s experimentation with narrative form. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5235. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4236 - The American Short Story


    Traces the development of the short story in the United States, from its beginnings in colonial tales to its contemporary renaissance as a dominant literary form. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5236. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4240 - Topics in Contemporary American Literature


    Seminar focusing on a segment of contemporary American literature. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5240. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4250 - Twentieth Century Fiction


    Deals with novels originating in a variety of countries in an effort to see the similarities and differences that varying nationalities bring to the genre. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5250. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4280 - Proposal and Grant Writing


    Focuses on research, design, composition, and editing original proposals. Includes idea development, identification of funding sources, and the creation of persuasive documents. ENGL 3084 recommended. Prereq: Students must have junior standing/60 units of credit completed. Cross-listed with ENGL 5280. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4290 - Rhetoric and the Body


    Investigates the relationship between rhetoric and the body, with attention to theoretical and practical implications. Welcomes interdisciplinary perspectives, and often considers rhetorical topics from historical, medical, disability studies, economic, and/or gendered perspectives. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4300 - History of British Drama


    Intended as a survey of British drama from the miracle plays of the medieval period, through the Renaissance and Restoration, to the “kitchen sink” realists of the 1960s. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5300. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4306 - Survey of Feminist Thought


    Examines changes and continuities in feminist thought from the 18th century to the present, using historical and literary materials. Explores the ways that women’s characteristics, experiences, and capabilities have been understood and challenged. Cross-listed with ENGL 5306, HIST 4306, 5306, WGST 4306, 5306. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4320 - History of Poetry in English


    Studies the major schools and eras of English prosody, including the poetry of Great Britain and the United States, from the medieval period to the present. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5320. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4350 - History of American Drama


    Studies American drama from its foundations in the 18th century through movements including realism, expressionism, symbolism, agit-prop, black nationalism, feminism, and performance art. Drama read as both text and performance, as sometimes supporting the status quo and as sometimes subverting it. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5350. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4400 - Old English I


    Instruction in the Old English language. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. One year of college foreign language or ENGL 2070 recommended. Cross-listed with ENGL 5400. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4410 - Old English II: Beowulf


    Continuing training in the reading of Old English and intensive reading of Beowulf. Prereq: ENGL 4400 or 5400. Cross-listed with ENGL 5410. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4416 - Advanced Magazine Writing


    An intensive, practical continuation of the journalistic nonfiction techniques learned in Magazine Writing with an added emphasis on analytical reading, publication research, story reporting and pitching/writing for publication. Prereq: ENGL 3416 with a grade of C or better. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4420 - Film Theory and Criticism


    (1) Familiarizes students with some of the central concepts and debates in film theory and criticism, both classic and contemporary, (2) enables students to develop advanced analytic and interpretive skills, and (3) guides students toward discovering and articulating original critical and theoretical perspectives. Prereq: ENGL 2250 and 3070, 3080 or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5420. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4460 - Contemporary World Literature


    Surveys literature written by world writers since World War II. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Note: Texts read in English. Cross-listed with ENGL 5460. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4500 - Medieval Literature


    Introduces representative writers from the Norman Conquest to about 1550. Emphasis on a variety of genres, including religious poetry, Arthurian romance, dream vision and drama. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5500. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4510 - Whores and Saints: Medieval Women


    Studies how women are presented in texts, as well as works by women. Investigates the roles open to women and societal attitudes toward women, who were considered seductresses, saints, scholars and warriors in the middle ages. Prereq: Nine hours of literature courses or instructor permission. Cross-listed with ENGL 5510, RLST 4730/5730, WGST 4510/5510. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4520 - English Renaissance


    Introduces some of the important writers in this major period of English literature (1500-1660). Special attention to the works of Sidney, Milton, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Herbert and Johnson. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5520. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4530 - Milton


    Extensive reading in John Milton’s poetry (Lycidas, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes) as well as his political, social and theological writings. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5530. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4540 - Restoration and the 18th Century


    Introduces some of the important writers of the “Age of Reason.” Emphasis on such figures as Bunyan, Burke, Dryden, Johnson, Pope and Swift. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5540. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4560 - English Romanticism


    Studies major works of the chief English writers of the first part of the 19th century, with emphasis on such representative figures as Wollstonecraft, Godwin, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Hazlitt, Byron, Keats and Shelley. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5560. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  
  • ENGL 4580 - The Victorian Age


    Examines the main currents of Victorian thought in prose and poetry from about 1830 to the end of the century, including such writers as Browning, Carlyle, Mill, Newman, Ruskin, Swinburne and Tennyson. Prereq: Must have 30 semester hours or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed with ENGL 5580. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
 

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