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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Information

Catalog Course Definitions 

Core - Course is approved for specific core curriculum (i.e. arts and sciences curriculum; quantitative reasoning and mathematical skills)

Cross-Listed – Class that is offered along with another class that has the same topic, title, and course content.  Max Hours displayed for each cross-listed class is the total number of hours allowed for all courses completed within a particular cross-listed group. See below for more information on Max Hours.

Gt - Course is approved by the Colorado Dept of Higher Education for statewide guaranteed transfer as part of the gtPathways program. 

Max Hours (in Course Description) - Total number of applicable credit hours that count toward a student’s degree for a particular course or cross-listed group.

Requisite: 

  • Prerequisite -  Specific course completed or “in progress” (i.e. ENGL 1020 or ENGL 1020 with C- or higher)
  • Corequisite – Specific course taken at the same time (i.e. BIOL 2071 taken same time as BIOL 2051)
  • Restriction – Restricted to a specific population (i.e. Restricted to MUSC majors or junior standing, etc.)

Course Number Definitions:

  • 1000 - 4999 Undergraduate Level
  • 5000 - 9999 Graduate Level
 

English
  

  • 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Junior standing or higher. 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: Sophomore standing. Note: May be taken more than once when directors vary. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 3106 - Sentry Practicum


    Real-world, hands-on writing experience in newspaper/media environment. Students work alongside faculty, local press, and editors at the CU Denver campus newspaper in composing, editing, and publishing professional work. Prereq or Coreq: 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 3180 - Writing in the Social Sciences


    Teaches students to analyze and produce types of writing common to the sub-disciplines of the social sciences. Emphasizes the dialogic nature of academic writing, and thus foregrounds the importance of understanding, evaluating, and responding to existing scholarship. Prereq: ENGL 2030. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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 3355 - Genre Topic


    Through class discussion and various projects, students will delve in to a specific genre of literature such as memoir, drama, horror, speculative or detective fiction. Note: repeatable with a different topic title. 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 or Co-req: ENGL 2030. 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. Note: this course assumes that students have completed 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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. Note: this course assumes that students have completed 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. Note: this course assumes that students have completed 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: Sophomore standing. 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 or higher. Before enrolling, students should contact the Career Center. Note: Up to six hours may be counted toward the major. Note: students must work with the Experiential Learning Center advising to complete a course contract and gain approval. 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: Sophomore standing. 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. Restriction: Restricted to ENGL 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. Note: this course assumes that students have completed ENGL 2070 or one year of college level coursework in a 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. 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. Note: this course assumes that students have completed ENGL 2450. 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: Sophomore standing. 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 or higher standing and ENGL 2030 with a C- or higher. Cross-listed with ENGL 5175. Students will not receive credit for this class if they have already received credit for ENGL 3175. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4177 - Technical Editing


    Provides instruction in the conventions of editing in the genre of technical communication. Students develop skills they can use to edit a variety of technical documents. Prereq: ENGL 2030 with a C- or better. Cross-listed with ENGL 5177. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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 4308 - Contemporary Feminist Thought


    This course explores contemporary feminist thought in philosophy and literature in the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics include lesbianism, black feminism, Chicana feminism, transgender identity, women and work and others. Cross-listed with ENGL 5308, PHIL 4308, PHIL 5308, WGST 4308, WGST 5308. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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. Note: this course assumes that students have completed ENGL 2070 or one year of college level coursework in a foreign language. Prereq: Sophomore standing. 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. Cross-listed with ENGL 5410. Note: this course assumes that students have completed ENGL 4400 or 5400. 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. Note: this course assumes that students have completed ENGL 2250, ENGL 3070, ENGL 3080. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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. Note: this course assumes that students have completed at least 9 hours of literature coursework. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. 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: Sophomore standing. Cross-listed with ENGL 5580. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4600 - Modernism


    Modernist literature from the beginning of the 20th century through World War II, including such writers as Eliot, Joyce, Forester, Ford, Yeats, Woolf and Barnes. Examines the social-political influences as well as the aesthetic and stylistic elements which define modernist writing. Prereq: Sophomore standing. Cross-listed with ENGL 5600. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4601 - Principles and Practices of Second Language Acquisition


    Overview of basic principles and practices in the learning and teaching of English as a second language. ENGL 3160 recommended. Prereq: Students must have junior standing/60 units of credit completed. Cross-listed with ENGL 5601. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4610 - Narrative: Form and Theory


    A critical and theoretical exploration of the elements of narrative -e.g., plot, character, dialogue, discourse-in literature and film. This course is especially useful for fiction-writing students in the Creative Writing Track. Prereq: ENGL 2450. Cross-list ENGL 5610. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4651 - Second Language Writing


    Topics include: similarities between first & second language writing, the processes of composition & revision, teacher response to student writing, student processing of feedback, writing assessment, and the reading/writing connection. ENGL 3160 recommended. Prereq: Students must have junior standing/60 units of credit completed. Cross-listed with ENGL 5651. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4720 - Honors in English


    Designed for students taking departmental honors in English. Prereq: Students must have written permission from the honors advisor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4730 - Chaucer


    Extensive reading in Chaucer’s works in Middle English, including his lyrics, dream visions, Troilus and Criseyde, and the Canterbury Tales. Examines sources, historical and ideological factors influencing the texts. Prereq: Sophomore standing. Cross-listed with ENGL 5730. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4735 - Philosophy and Literature


    Considers the philosophical dimensions of literature. Prereq: Sophomore standing. Cross-listed with ENGL 5735, PHIL 4730, 5730. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4740 - Honors in Writing


    Designed for students taking departmental honors in English writing. Prereq: Student must have written permission from honors director and faculty advisor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4745 - Humanistic Writing About Medicine and Biology


    Investigates medical and biological writing over the last two centuries with an emphasis on reception, ethical issues, and the differences between professional and popular writing. Prereq: Sophomore standing. Cross-listed with ENGL 5745. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4770 - Topics in English: Film and Literature


    May look at specific genres, aesthetic approaches to literature, ideological or socio-political agendas, or other special topics in literature and/or film. Prereq: Sophomore standing. Cross-listed with ENGL 5770. Max hours: 12 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4800 - Special Topics in Creative Writing


    Writing-intensive courses combining reading, directed writing, peer- and instructor-led workshops in a topic to be determined by instructor. Topics may include projects in a specialized genre, such as science fiction or noir writing, or in a field of professional endeavor related to creative writing, such as the editing and production of a literary journal. Note: this course assumes that students have completed ENGL 2154. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4810 - Literary Editing Practicum


    Practicum for students interested in editing in a literary field, e.g., literary magazines, book manuscripts, anthology projects. Each semester the parameter of the practicum will be set by the instructor. Prereq: English majors and minors. All other students must have instructor’s permission. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4820 - Senior Poetry Workshop


    Capstone workshop for students within the Creative Writing major track or Creative Writing minor. Emphasis on a single, sustained project developed by the student. Prereq: 4025. Restriction: Restricted to English majors and minors. All other students must obtain permission from the instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4830 - Advanced Rhetorical Analysis


    Immerses students in advanced methods for conducting rhetorical analysis and for reading critically. Students are expected to learn multiple frameworks for performing analysis on rhetorical artifacts. Prereq: Students must have senior standing/90 units of credit completed. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4840 - Independent Study: ENGL


    Max hours: 12 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4850 - Senior Fiction Workshop


    Capstone workshop designed to deepen the understanding of narrative, and consciously apply the strategies of narrative craft to modern markets. Course will focus on the writing and publishing processes, culminating in a classroom narrative defense and submission to professional outlets. Prereq: ENGL 4055. Restriction: Restricted to ENGL majors and minors. All other students must obtain permission from the instructor. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4880 - Directed Research


    Students will engage in original research projects supervised and mentored by faculty. Students must work with faculty prior to registration to develop a proposal for their project and receive permission to take this course. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
  

  • ENGL 4920 - Directed Readings


    Explores an area of English literature not covered in regular course work. Note: May be taken as a precursor to honors essay, in which case student should consult with the honors advisor. Prereq: Senior standing. Max hours: 6 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 6
  

  • ENGL 4990 - Senior Writing Project in Creative Writing or Film Studies


    Individual writing project consisting of a creative manuscript or critical study. Manuscript must be 30 pages of high quality text. Note: Available only to students in the creative writing and film tracks. Prereq: Senior standing. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4991 - Senior Seminar in Writing


    Students focus on rhetorical studies through extensive reading, writing, discussion, and reflection upon their own literacy practices. Students produce individual and collaborative writing projects for a final portfolio. Prereq: ENGL 3084, senior standing and EWRT majors. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4995 - Senior Writing Project


    Individual writing project in any genre and any discipline upon approval of faculty advisor. Manuscript must be 30 pages of high quality text. Prereq: Senior standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 4999 - Literary Studies Senior Seminar


    Allows students to pursue, learn, and apply advanced methodologies such as bibliographical, archival/historical, or cultural and ideological, and apply them to a single author, genre, or period of text. Students engage in research under the tutelage of their instructor. Note: Senior capstone course for literature majors in the literary studies track. Prereq: Senior standing and ENGL 3001 previously completed or concurrent. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 5000 - Studies of Major Authors


    An intensive study of works of one major British or American author. Examples: Dickens, Woolf or James. Prereq: Graduate standing. Cross-listed with ENGL 4000. Max hours: 15 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 5001 - Special Topics


    This variable credit course offers intensive study of the teaching of writing in a collaborative action-oriented approach. Prereq: Graduate standing. Max hours: 12 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 6
  

  • ENGL 5080 - History of the 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. Note: this course assumes that students have completed ENGL 2070 or one year of college level coursework in a foreign language. Prereq: Graduate standing. Cross-listed with ENGL 4080. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 5093 - Teaching of Writing


    Deals with the analysis of rhetorical theory with an emphasis on practical applications in the classroom, with attention to alternative pedagogies in teaching. Prereq: Graduate standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 5100 - Introduction to Graduate Studies


    Introduces students to scholarly methods & key debates in English Studies. Familiarizes students with department’s specializations in film, linguistics, literature & rhetoric. Offers new MA students training in the primary forms of scholarly writing within the discipline(journal article, conference abstract, synopsis, book review). Restriction: Graduate standing or instructor permission is required for students to enroll in this course. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 5110 - Denver Writing Project


    An intensive extended workshop in the development of one’s personal and professional writing and in the teaching of writing. Open to those who are members of the Denver Writing Project. Prereq: Graduate standing. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 9
  

  • ENGL 5120 - Denver Writing Project Advanced Institute


    Advanced institutes provide intensive examination of an issue related to the teaching of writing. The specific issues are of two kinds–repeatable ones such as “Alumni Institute” and “Writing Retreat” and variable, such as “Action Research” and “Writing Across the Curriculum.” Prereq: Graduate standing. Max hours: 9 Credits. Semester Hours: 1 to 1
  

  • ENGL 5135 - English Language Study


    Introduces students to varieties of English in use today, while tracing range of “new Englishes” back to origins of language. Students will develop an understanding of English as a global language, why it spread throughout the world and how, paying specific attention to print history of English and relationship to other print languages. Prereq: Graduate standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
  

  • ENGL 5145 - Theory


    Designed to enrich students’ understanding of a variety of modes of theoretical discourse that have influenced modern critical practice in English studies. While the course explores the evolution of criticism, it gives primary emphasis to recent developments. Prereq: Graduate standing. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3
 

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