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This course enables students to develop their professional ethos by engaging in the critical thinking needed to design, compose, and produce effective professional communication. The course also emphasizes the networking, social-media, and discursive practices of contemporary professionals.

The study and practice of classical and contemporary principles of rhetoric and the elements of persuasive writing are presented. Rhetoric for Writers is considered a gateway course into the Creative and Professional Writing program; it may be taken concurrently with other core requirements.

This course is intended for students who need to write for specific audiences, usually in the context of a major or future employment.  It provides students with strategies useful in communicating with others in the student's discipline, as well as teaching students how to use less technical language to communicate discipline-specific concepts and practices to those outside the discipline.

The study and practice of editing conventions used in the publishing industry are introduced.

Students explore and apply contemporary theories that analyze the profound relationship between modern technology and writing, including theories of hypertext, hypermedia and digital literature, and the production and reception of electronic texts.

Students learn and practice the writing styles and forms appropriate for business, science, and technology.

This course covers the study and practice of a particular aspect of writing. Topics vary; see the University Course Schedule. May be repeated for credit.

Students learn, and extensively practice, expository and persuasive writing for a variety of purposes and audiences. This course satisfies the General Education requirement for advanced writing for English majors as well as for some other majors.

Students learn about and practice various kinds of creative writing, including poetry, short fiction, drama, and creative nonfiction. The emphasis is on practice.

This course presents a study of poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction or drama and provides students with extensive practice. May be repeated for credit.

This introduction to the study of language, including attention to the historical development of the English language, presents such topics as language description, language acquisition and learning, language processing, dialects, language families, and written versus oral forms of language.

This course provides English Education majors with review and practice to refine their own facility in grammar and to prepare them for integrating the teaching of grammar with other classroom pedagogies. While this is not a writing course per se, it emphasizes the contextual role of grammar within a student's writing projects and goals, and is ideally taken in conjunction with 06-314, 06-316, and/or 06-318. With permission, other English and Education majors may choose this course for elective credit.

A study of the theoretical basis for understanding and teaching writing processes, this course provides extensive practice in designing, responding to and evaluating writing assignments. This course for English Secondary Education majors should be taken junior year and in conjunction with 06-318 Writing Center Practicum.

This course allows students to apply pedagogical theory to student writing through tutoring under supervision in the Writing Center two hours per week in addition to a regular course meeting each week. Creative/Professional Writing and English Secondary Education majors are strongly encouraged to enroll in this course during their junior year.

Students explore major works of Western cultures in a world context, from their origins in the Ancient World through the Renaissance.

This course covers major literary works of Western cultures in a world context, from the Enlightenment through the Contemporary period.

A study of a variety of written works from Asia, Latin America, Island Nations, Africa, and the Middle East is presented.

Students explore both classic and contemporary Young Adult literature in multiple genres. Topics include standards for evaluation, resources in the field, controversial texts, and the development of reading lists for middle and senior high schools. This course is intended for students seeking middle-school or secondary education certification.

Students study representative World writers, although specific content varies. See the University Course Schedule. This course may focus on writers of a particular genre or a particular region, on comparative studies, or on a limited perspective.

This course provides in-depth study of a significant genre, ism, school, or era of American and U.S. literature from its beginnings to 1865.

This course provides in-depth study of a significant genre, ism, school, or era of U.S. literature from the Civil War to World War I.

This course provides in-depth study of a significant genre, ism, school, or era of U.S. literature from the 20th century to the present.

In this study of the contributions of ethnic and immigrant writers to American literary culture, specific content varies. See the University Course Schedule.

This course focuses on how texts written by Native Americans, from early tribal times to the present, contribute to American literary culture.

Students survey the contributions of African American authors to American literary culture.

Students study representative American writers, although specific content varies. See the University Course Schedule. This course may focus on writers of a particular genre or on writers of a particular group, on comparative studies, or on a limited perspective.

This course provides in-depth study of a significant genre, ism, school, or era from the Medieval through the Restoration periods of English Literature.

This course provides in-depth study of a significant genre, ism, school, or era from the Neoclassical through the Victorian periods of English Literature.

This course provides in-depth study of a significant genre, ism, school, or era from the Modernist, Postmodernist, or Contemporary periods of English Literature.

The study of literature by writers from the former British Commonwealth, this course focuses on writers who may originate from Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, some Caribbean countries, India, or Pakistan.

Students study representative British authors, although specific content varies. See the University Course Schedule. This course may focus on writers of a particular genre, or on writers of a particular group, on comparative studies or on a limited perspective.

A survey of the plays and poetry of William Shakespeare is presented. This course is intended for English majors and minors.

This course investigates major issues and concerns in comparative studies of literature and film. Topics will vary, but may include studies of authors/directors, adaptation, genres, historical movements, critical approaches, and themes. May be repeated as topics vary. Students must attend scheduled screening sessions outside of weekly class hours.

This course will survey fiction and film during the Postmodern era, since about 1960, and will help students develop skills in critical reading, analysis, evaluation, and writing about imaginative literature and film. Students must attend scheduled screening sessions outside of weekly class hours.

An investigation of major issues and concerns in film study; topics will vary, but may include studies of directors, genres, historical movements, critical approaches, and themes. May be repeated as topics vary. Students must attend scheduled screening sessions outside of weekly class hours.

Hollywood filmmaking is an art form, an economic force, and a system of representation and communication. The history of Hollywood movies covers over 100 years, from primitive beginnings in Thomas Edison's laboratory to contemporary blockbusters. The primary focus in this course is the period from 1927 to 1948, often referred to as the “Golden Age of Hollywood,” when great studios reigned and the world was dazzled by the glitter and glamour of superstars.  America's first great film artists, silver screen comedians, movies offering horror experiences or treating working class concerns, sexy comedies, the Western, and nightmarish film noir are discussed. Students analyze the development and persistence of specific narrative forms and stylistic conventions that made Hollywood films the envy (and enemy) of every film-producing nation. This course provides students with an understanding of film as an artistic medium through examination of its formal elements of photography, mise-en-scène, editing, and sound, and equips students with a vocabulary to discuss artistic integrity in film.

This course surveys the history of film from its earliest beginnings in the 19th century to the present. Students must attend scheduled screening sessions outside of weekly class hours.

This course introduces students to the development, techniques, and aesthetics of the horror film. Locating horror films within their social and cultural contexts, it focuses on the major works of discrete periods. Finally, the course analyses the artistry of the horror film by drawing on the principles and methods of literary and film criticism. Students must attend scheduled screening sessions outside of weekly class hours.

The role of women in film has changed significantly since the beginning of the movie industry.  This course focuses on the how audience and serious film makers have adapted to contemporary perceptions of women in society, politics, corporate life, and love. This course introduces students to the strategies and methods of film criticism and studies narrative components of film (film grammar), including (but not limited to) camera angles, camera distance, composition and framing, mise-en-scène, editing, acting, and the use of sound in film. The course also introduces the study of genres and styles of filmmaking as they pertain to gender roles including the classic Hollywood paradigm, avant-garde filmmaking, and documentary filmmaking. Students must attend scheduled screening sessions outside of weekly class hours.

This course explores the ways in which film exposes varied and complex ideas of national identity, and it acquaints students with some of the major works, movements, and directors in international and ethnic American cinemas. Students will discuss the influences, aesthetics, and political motivations of key filmmakers. Students must attend scheduled screening sessions outside of weekly class hours. Topics vary.

Topics relating specifically to a variety of Spanish-speaking cultures: Latin America Cinema (major films produced by the national cinemas of Mexico, Columbia, Ecuador, etc.); The Spanish-Language Filmmakers (major films produced by important filmmakers of Spanish-speaking countries, such as Aldomovar, Cuaron, Amigo, Cornejo, Vazquez, del Toro, Buñuel); and The National Cinema of Spain (a study of the history of Spanish cinema).

An electronically designed and rhetorically selected presentation of the student's writing following department guidelines is submitted with the assistance of the advisor. A specific, original research project may be included. Oral presentation is required. English majors only. Pass/No Pass.