Graduate Programs

Expository writing and reading. Concentrates on organizing and supporting ideas in writing. Meets New Mexico Lower-Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area I: Communications (NMCCN 1113). (EPW)

Prerequisite: completion of ISE 100 or verbal ACT of 19 or verbal SAT of 450 or a Compass English >74

Practice writing analytic and argumentative essays based on expository and literary readings. Some research required. Meets New Mexico Lower-Division General Education Common Core Curriculum Area I: Communications (NMCCN 1123). (EPW)

Prerequisite: C or better in 101 or verbal ACT of 26-28 or verbal/reading SAT of 610

Introduction to mythology; primary readings in stories about the gods and heroes, usually including Homer, Hesiod, Homeric Hymns and Tragedies. All texts will be in English. (LL)

An introduction to the study and appreciation of literature for non-English majors. Shows how understanding writers’ techniques increases the enjoyment of their works; relates these techniques to literary conventions; teaches recognition, analysis, discussion of important themes. (LL)

Surveys a specific type or area of literature, e.g., the American novel, the satiric novel, southern fiction, the western novel, American poetry, feminist literature, Chicano literature, Native American literature, African-American literature, Medieval and Viking literature. Primarily for non-majors. (LL)

Prerequisite: 150

Practice in writing and editing of workplace documents, including correspondence, reports and proposals. (EPW)

Prerequisite: 101 with a B or better, or 102 with C or better, or ACT=>26 or SAT=>610, or successful Writing Proficiency Portfolio.

An intermediate course with emphasis on rhetorical types, structure and style. (EPW)

Prerequisite: 101 with a B or better, or English 102 with C or better, or ACT=>26 or SAT=>610, or successful Writing Proficiency Portfolio.

A beginning course in the writing of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Emphasis on process over product. Introduces issues of craft, workshop vocabulary, strategies for revision, and the habit of reading as a writer. (CW)

Prerequisite: 101

A study of the basic analysis of English sentences offered by traditional grammar. Presents terminology and methods for identifying parts of speech, functional units of sentences and basic sentence patterns. (LL)

Reading and analysis of popular contemporary literature and film of the medieval period, including Tolkien’s works; mystery novels; fantasy; Viking language and saga. (LL)

First course required of all English majors. Concentrates on methods of literary analysis and critical writing. (LL)

Prerequisite: 102 or its equivalent.

A general overview of the history and diversity of the literatures and rhetorics of Native peoples, including oral tradition, film, autobiography, fiction, poetry, art, drama and ceremony. Focus is on American Indian texts. (LL)

A survey of Chicana/o novels, short stories, essays, poetry, and drama from nineteenth century to the present, with emphasis on major themes such as history, culture, identity, language, and region. (LL)

(Also offered as AFST 251)

The course introduces students to the African American classics of the slavery era. Daily experiences of the characters in these books become the basis for discussing race, class, gender, revolt, freedom, peace and humanity. (LL)

Introductory study in any one genre, including narrative, comedy, satire, tragedy, fiction, poetics, or stylistic analysis of nonfiction. (LL)

Introductory course in the professional writing concentration. Study of technical writing, public information and public relations writing and freelance nonfiction writing. (EPW)

Prerequisite: 102

Survey of key texts in world literature from the ancient world through the 16th century. (LL)

Survey of key texts in world literatures from the 17th century through the present. (LL)

From Old English to 1798. A study of the principal literary and intellectual movements and selected writers and literary works from Beowulf through Johnson. (LL)

From 1798 to present. Study of principal literary and intellectual movements and selected writers and literary works. (LL)

A general survey of American Literature to the mid-19th century. (LL)

A general survey of American Literature from the mid-19th century to the present. (LL)

Various topics in literature, language and writing. (EPW)

Literary aspects of the Old and New Testaments. Examines the literary forms within the Bible: epic, parable, pastoral, allegory, proverb and so on. Stresses the importance of the Bible as a source for English and American literature. (LL)

An introduction to the major traditions of European and American mythology. Basic themes and motifs: the quest, creation, birth, marriage, heroes, heroines and death. Provides background for the study of later literature. (LL)

(Also offered as COMP 306)

Comprehensive study of the Arthurian Legend from its Celtic origins, to its medieval French romance continuators, and its English apex in Malory. May also trace post-medieval versions in art, print, and film. (LL)

(Also offered as RELG 308)

A comprehensive survey of the cultural and historic relationship between Jews and American culture and character as a whole. (LL)

Combines the study of literature with the study of outside materials from history, sociology or other disciplines. Examples include Religion and Literature, Law and Literature, Literature of the Depression and Medieval Literature and Culture. (LL)

Advanced study of specific academic, technical and professional genres. Topic varies. (EPW)

Prerequisite: 219 or 220 or 290

An intermediate course in fiction, building on basic concepts introduced in 221. Emphasizes writing as a reader and incorporates the workshop critique of student drafts. A $20.00 workshop fee is required. (CW)

Prerequisite: 224

An intermediate course in poetry, building on basic concepts introduced in 222. Emphasizes writing as a reader and incorporates the workshop critiques of student drafts. A $20.00 workshop fee is required. (CW)

Prerequisite: 224

An intermediate course in creative nonfiction, building on basic concepts introduced in 223. Emphasizes writing as a reader and incorporates the workshop critique of student drafts. A $20.00 workshop fee is required. (CW)

Prerequisite: 224

(Also offered as MA 324)

Writing workshop on basics of character structure, scenes, visualization and good old story telling as it applies to the screenplay. Students read scripts, watch film clips and begin writing an original screenplay. (CW)

Restriction: permission of instructor.

Prerequisite: 224

(Also offered as COMP 330)

Study of special topics in Comparative and World Literatures, including studies of genre, period, literary movements and themes. (LL)

(Also offered as COMP 331)

Study of the culture and literatures of India, China, Japan and other Asian traditions. Topics vary. (LL)

(Also offered as COMP 332)

Study of the culture and literatures of Africa. Topics vary. (LL)

(Also offered as CLST, COMP 333)

Study of individual authors, genres or periods of Latin literature and culture in translation. (LL)

(Also offered as CLST, COMP 334)

Study of individual authors, genres and periods of Greek literature and culture in translation. (LL)

(Also offered as COMP, FREN 335)

Study of individual authors, genres and/or periods of French and Francophone literature and culture. (LL)

(Also offered as COMP, GRMN 336)

Study of individual authors, genres, and/or periods of German literature and culture in translation. (LL)

(Also offered as COMP, ITAL 337)

Study of individual authors, genres, and/or periods of Italian literature and culture in translation. (LL)

(Also offered as COMP, RUSS 338)

Study of individual authors, genres, and/or periods of Russian literature and culture in translation. (LL)

(Also offered as COMP, JAPN 339)

Study of individual authors, genres and/or periods of Japanese literature and culture in translation. (LL)

(Also offered as MDVL 347) 

Comprehensive study of the mythology and literature of medieval Scandinavia, including the poetry of Snorri Sturluson, the prose and poetic Edda, and the Icelandic sagas.

Approaches to reading and analysis of selected major works in literature, history, art and architecture, and philosophy. Emphasis on material culture. Recommended for Medieval Studies students. (LL)

Survey of the principal literary genres and approaches to Old and Middle English literature in translation. (LL)

Study of medieval literature, language, and culture in the context of insular and continental texts. (LL)

Comprehensive study of Chaucer’s poetry, focusing upon language, versification and literary sources in their historical and cultural contexts. Alternates between focus upon Canterbury Tales and upon Troilus and Criseyde with selected other works. (LL)

Survey of Shakespeare’s Elizabethan-era drama and poetry, including such works as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry IV, Hamlet and Venus and Adonis. Examines dramatic structure, characterization, poetics and a variety of themes in their historical context. (LL)

Survey of Shakespeare’s Jacobean-era drama and poetry, including such works as Measure for Measure, Macbeth, The Tempest and the sonnets. Examines dramatic structure, characterization, poetics and a variety of themes in their historical context. (LL)

Comprehensive study of Milton’s poetry and prose with the context of 17th-century history and of Milton criticism. Alternates between focus upon Paradise Lost and shorter poems, and upon Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes and prose. (LL)

Literature and culture of the English Enlightenment (1650-1800), the construction of the modern world: the new science, exploration, empire. Experiments in theatre, satire, fiction: Dryden, Behn, Pope, Defoe, Swift, Fielding, Lennox, Austen. (LL)

A survey of 19th Century literature and culture, primarily focused on British and Irish literature, covering a wide range of authors and a variety of genres from the Romantic through the Victorian periods. (LL)

Study of one or more authors. Titles of individual sections vary as content varies. (LL)

A focused examination of the oral traditions, literatures, rhetorics, criticism, film, art, drama, and ceremonies specific to individual American Indian and indigenous nations, periods, genders, classes and/or regions. (LL)

An examination of contemporary Chicana/o literature, criticism, murals, film, and other forms of popular culture, with an emphasis on the construction and representation of Chicana/o cultural identity. (LL)

(Also offered as AFST 381)

This is the second phase of a three-part journey through the African-American experience in search of humanity and peace. The vehicle is post-slavery books written by and about African-American people. Issues raised and the characters in the books provide the occasion for in-depth discussion of inhumanity, protests, self definition, race relationships, liberalism, etc. (LL)

Study of the formal criticism associated with any genre of literature, including narrative, poetry, fiction, drama, and others. (LL)

Examination of formal, thematic, and/or historical relationships between literary and cinematic forms including study of adaptations and/or interrelations between film and literature as a means of cultural expressions. (LL)

The study of a limited body of writers whose work is identified with a particular geographical region. Authors covered will differ but representative examples are Frank Waters, Willa Cather, Rudolfo Anaya and Walter Van Tilburg Clark. (LL)

A historical survey of literary criticism and theory; alternates between criticism from the classical period through the early 19th century, and criticism and theory from the late 19th century through the present. (LL)

Advanced study of various topics in literary and cultural studies, literary criticism and theory. Recent topics have included Linguistics and Literary Criticism, Cultural Theory, Literature and National Identity. (LL)

Seminar bringing together literary, rhetorical, and/or theoretical works from different times or cultural moments. Students do in-depth research with a clear theoretical base and give oral presentations of their work. (LL)

Theoretical and practical studies of writing in the sciences. Addresses writing for both popular and professional audiences. (EPW)

Theory and practice in developing, editing and producing technical documentation for paper-based and online media. (EPW)

Theory and process of publishing, offering successful strategies for working with and within the publishing industry. Course includes the discussion of the cultural function of publishing. (EPW)

Writing and reading biography and autobiography; researching a life to be rendered in writing. (EPW)

Theory and practice of copyediting print and on-line documents. Rhetorical, linguistic and historical analyses of style, grammar and usage. (EPW)

Invention and delivery of proposals and grants in the business, scientific, technical and artistic arenas. (EPW)

Analysis and design of paper-based and on-line documents. (EPW)

Advanced study of professional writing theory and practice. Recent topics have included creative non-fiction, hypertext and advanced technical writing. (EPW)

An advanced course in fiction with a strong emphasis on revision. Combines the workshop experience with classroom study of published authors as well as some theorists on writing. A $20.00 workshop fee is required. (CW)

Prerequisite: 321

An advanced course in poetry with a strong emphasis on revision. Combines the workshop experience with classroom study of published poets as well as some theorists on writing. A $20.00 workshop fee is required. (CW)

Prerequisite: 322

An advanced course in creative nonfiction with a strong emphasis on revision. Combines the workshop experience with classroom study of published authors as well as some theorists on writing. A $20.00 workshop fee is required. (CW)

Prerequisite: 323

Advanced workshop devoted to student preparation of working scripts for film or television. (CW)

Restriction: permission of instructor.

(Also offered as COMP and FREN 432)

Varying topics in the practice and theory of literatures and cultures. (LL)

An overview of a defined theme or issue in language or rhetorical theory. Recent topics have included Discourse Analysis/Text Linguistics, Survey of American English, Narrative Theory and Literature, Epistemic Rhetoric and Language Studies, such as Old Norse. (LL)

(Also offered as LING 441)

A survey of various grammar models and their applications to analysis of the English language. (LL)

Prerequisite: 240.

A survey of rhetorical and language theories from the classical period through the 18th century. (LL)

A survey of rhetorical and language theories from the 19th and 20th centuries that shape contemporary approaches to discourse, text and persuasion. (LL)

A historical survey of the etymology, morphology, phonetics and semantics of English, as well as the relation between the English language and cultural change. (LL)

(Also offered as LING 447/547)

An introduction to the grammar, syntax, and phonology of Old English. Prepares students for more advanced studies in this and later periods. (LL)

Alternates between Beowulf and Advanced Old English, Anglo-Saxon Prose and special topics in Old English. (LL)

Prerequisite: 447

(Also offered as LING 449)

Comprehensive study of Middle English dialects and the development of Middle English from Old English. Prepares students for Middle English literature. (LL)

Middle English literature in the original, excluding Chaucer; alternates with Medieval Lyrics, Medieval Romance, Saints Lives. (LL)

Advanced study of specialized aspects in medieval studies, such as manuscripts; paleography; research methods; Old Norse studies; medieval Latin sources; cultural, feminist, and historical theoretical approaches to literature; medievalism in Britain and America; history of scholarship. (LL)

Survey of prose, poetry and/or drama of the 16th century. Emphasis varies. (LL)

Survey of prose, poetry and/or drama of the 17th century. Emphasis varies. (LL)

Studies in literature and culture on topics such as Restoration comedy and heroic tragedy, early eighteenth-century satire and major authors such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift. (LL)

Studies in literature and culture 1735–1800 on topics such as eighteenth-century theater, the development of fiction, the construction of difference and the representations of the relationship between England and the rest of the world. (LL)

Studies in the literature and culture of early 19th-century Britain; the Wordsworth circle, the Keats-Shelley circle, Romantic women writers and special topics such as British Culture in the 1790s and Romantic Theory. (LL)

Studies in the literature and culture of the Victorian era; recent offerings have included Dickens, the Bronte’s; and special topics such as Sensation’ Detection and the Detective Novel; Victorian Sexualities; and Race, Class and Gender. (LL)

Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and nonfiction prose of early 20th-century Britain and Ireland, including the works of Conrad, Yeats, Eliot, Forster, Joyce, Shaw and Woolf. (LL)

Survey of the prose, poetry and drama of Ireland. Alternates between surveys of modern and postmodern Irish literature and special topics or single author courses such as on Yeats or Joyce. (LL)

Taught alternately as the literature of European Exploration of America or Colonial and Revolutionary America. (LL)

Survey of the prose and poetry of mid-19th-century America, including writings by the Transcendentalists, Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Stowe, Whitman and Dickinson. (LL)

Survey of the prose and poetry of turn-of-the-century America, including writings by Mark Twain, Henry James, Crane, Wharton, Norris and Gilman. (LL)

Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction prose of American literature from 1900–1945, including works by writers such as Cather, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, O’Neill, Frost, H.D., Hughes and Stevens. (LL)

In-depth investigation of specific topics in Native literatures and rhetorics. Special attention paid to the range of criticism, critical theory, research opportunities, methodologies and pedagogical problems inherent in American Indian and indigenous textual production. (LL)

Advanced study of Chicana/o literature, literary history, criticism, theory, novels, short stories, poetry, and film, with emphasis on ethnic, regional, gender, and linguistic identity from nineteenth century to the present. (LL)

An introduction to traditional and/or contemporary African-American texts. Topics have included Survey of the African-American Novel and Toni Morrison. (LL)

Intensive study of special topics in American Literature. Offerings have included Literature of the Civil War, 19th-Century American Literature and the Visual Arts, Southern American Literature and American Women Writers. (LL)

Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction prose of the early 20th century in the United States, Britain and Ireland, with some consideration of the international influence of and upon these literatures. Course content varies from semester to semester. (LL)

The study of drama and dramatic form from 1880 to the present. Most often taught as Modern Drama (1880–1950, Ibsen and Strindberg to Beckett and Williams) or Contemporary Drama (1950 to present, Beckett and Williams to new plays of recent years). (LL)

Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction prose of the post-1945 era in the United States and Britain, with some consideration of the international influence of and upon these literatures. Course content varies from semester to semester. (LL)

Studies in experimental literary works and theories from World War II to the present. (LL)

This course presents and analyzes major texts in post-war literature of the southwestern U.S., emphasizing the cultural exchanges among Native, Hispanic and Anglo literature and culture. (LL)

Survey of Postcolonial literatures and theories emanating from the Indian subcontinent, Africa and other countries recently independent from the British Empire.

Intensive study of special issues and themes, literary movements and single authors in British Literature. (LL)

Studies in the literary and cultural emergence and formation of fiction as a genre in English. Course content varies; recent topics include The Early English Novel; The 18th-Century Comic Novel; and Race, Class and Gender in the 19th-Century Novel. (LL)

Study any one genre, including narrative, comedy, satire, tragedy, poetics or stylistic analysis of nonfiction. (LL)

Open only to students admitted to honors in English. To be taken in the semester when the senior thesis is completed. (LL)

Permission of the instructor is required before registering. The student should present a plan of study to the instructor. (LL)

Intensive study of various topics in literature, language and writing. (EPW)

Permission of the Professional Writing Director is required before registering. (LL)

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Introduction to graduate studies for professional and creative writers. A survey of writing for different occasions, the world of publishing, the means of getting published and the technology writers need to know.

A one-semester course that focuses on contemporary criticism and theory in the context of classical through 19th-century criticism and theory.

Advanced study of various topics in literary and cultural studies, literary criticism and theory. Recent topics have included Linguistics and Literary Criticism, Cultural Theory, Literature and National Identity.

Theoretical and practical studies of writing in the sciences. Addresses writing for both popular and professional audiences.

Theory and practice in developing, editing and producing technical documentation for paper-based and online media.

Theory and process of publishing, offering successful strategies for working with and within the publishing industry. Course includes the discussion of the cultural function of publishing.

Writing and reading biography and autobiography; researching a life to be rendered in writing.

Theory and practice of copyediting print and on-line documents. Rhetorical, linguistic and historical analyses of style, grammar and usage.

Invention and delivery of proposals and grants in the business, scientific, technical and artistic arenas.

Analysis and design of paper-based and on-line documents.

Advanced study of professional writing theory and practice. Recent topics have included creative non-fiction, hypertext and advanced technical writing.

Prerequisite: 421

Prerequisite: 422

Prerequisite: 423

(Also offered as LLSS 528)

Provides theory and practice in teaching creative writing at the university level.

Taught by the Director of Core Writing, this course provides practical help in teaching English 101. (Required of all new Teaching Assistants in their first semester of teaching.)

Includes major theories of teaching writing from first-year composition through advanced and technical writing. Considers how theoretical approaches to writing, reading and teaching can be usefully applied to classroom practice.

Provides theory and practice in teaching professional writing at the university level and in training situations.

An overview of a defined theme or issue in language or rhetorical theory. Recent topics have included Discourse Analysis/Text Linguistics, Survey of American English, Narrative Theory and Literature, Epistemic Rhetoric and Language Studies, such as Old Norse.

A survey of various grammar models and their applications to analysis of the English language.

A survey of rhetorical and language theories from the classical period through the 18th century.

A survey of rhetorical and language theories from the 19th and 20th centuries that shape contemporary approaches to discourse, text and persuasion.

An historical survey of the etymology, morphology, phonetics and semantics of English, as well as the relation between the English language and cultural change.

(Also offered as LING 547/447)

An introduction to the grammar, syntax, and phonology of Old English. Prepares students for more advanced studies in this and later periods.

Alternates between Beowulf and Advanced Old English, Anglo-Saxon Prose and special topics in Old English.

Prerequisite: 547

(Also offered as LING 449)

Comprehensive study of Middle English dialects and the development of Middle English from Old English. Prepares students for Middle English literature.

Middle English literature in the original, excluding Chaucer; alternates with Medieval Lyrics, Medieval Romance, Saints Lives.

Advanced study of specialized aspects in medieval studies, such as manuscripts; paleography; research methods; Old Norse studies; medieval Latin sources; cultural, feminist, and historical theoretical approaches to literature; medievalism in Britain and America; history of scholarship.

Survey of prose, poetry and/or drama of the 16th century. Emphasis varies.

Survey of prose, poetry and/or drama of the 17th century. Emphasis varies.

Studies in literature and culture on topics such as Restoration comedy and heroic tragedy, early eighteenth-century satire and major authors such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift.

Studies in literature and culture 1735–1800 on topics such as eighteenth-century theater, the development of fiction, the construction of difference and the representations of the relationship between England and the rest of the world.

Studies in the literature and culture of early 19th-century Britain; the Wordsworth circle, the Keats-Shelley circle, Romantic women writers and special topics such as British Culture in the 1790s and Romantic Theory.

Studies in the literature and culture of the Victorian era; recent offerings have included Dickens, the Bronte’s; and special topics such as Sensation’ Detection and the Detective Novel; Victorian Sexualities; and Race, Class and Gender.

Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and nonfiction prose of early 20th-century Britain and Ireland, including the works of Conrad, Yeats, Eliot, Forster, Joyce, Shaw and Woolf.

Survey of the prose, poetry and drama of Ireland. Alternates between surveys of modern and postmodern Irish literature and special topics or single author courses such as on Yeats or Joyce.

Taught alternately as the literature of European Exploration of America or Colonial and Revolutionary America.

Survey of the prose and poetry of mid-19th-century America, including writings by the Transcendentalists, Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Stowe, Whitman and Dickinson.

Survey of the prose and poetry of turn-of-the-century America, including writings by Mark Twain, Henry James, Crane, Wharton, Norris and Gilman.

Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction prose of American literature from 1900–1945, including works by writers such as Cather, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, O’Neill, Frost, H.D., Hughes and Stevens.

In-depth investigation of specific topics in Native literatures and rhetorics. Special attention paid to the range of criticism, critical theory, research opportunities, methodologies and pedagogical problems inherent in American Indian and indigenous textual production.

Advanced study of Chicana/o literature, literary history, criticism, theory, novels, short stories, poetry, and film, with emphasis on ethnic, regional, gender, and linguistic identity from nineteenth century to the present.

Intensive study of special topics in American Literature. Offerings have included Literature of the Civil War, 19th-Century American Literature and the Visual Arts, Southern American Literature and American Women Writers.

Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction prose of the early 20th century in the United States, Britain and Ireland, with some consideration of the international influence of and upon these literatures. Course content varies from semester to semester.

The study of drama and dramatic form from 1880 to the present. Most often taught as Modern Drama (1880–1950, Ibsen and Strindberg to Beckett and Williams) or Contemporary Drama (1950 to present, Beckett and Williams to new plays of recent years).

Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction prose of the post-1945 era in the United States and Britain, with some consideration of the international influence of and upon these literatures. Course content varies from semester to semester.

Studies in experimental literary works and theories from World War II to the present.  May be repeated for credit as emphasis varies.

This course presents and analyzes major texts in post-war literature of the southwestern U.S., emphasizing the cultural exchanges among Native, Hispanic and Anglo literature and culture.

Survey of Postcolonial literatures and theories emanating from the Indian subcontinent, Africa and other countries recently independent from the British Empire.

Intensive study of special issues and themes, literary movements and single authors in British Literature.

Studies in the Canterbury Tales, Parliament of Fowls, House of Fame and other Chaucerian poems, together with a study of the history, philosophy and theology of the time. There will also be discussions of relevant contemporary critical theory. Emphasis varies.

Intensive study of the major dramatic and non-dramatic works of William Shakespeare. Emphasis varies.

Studies in the literary and cultural emergence and formation of fiction as a genre in English. Course content varies; recent topics include The Early English Novel; The 18th-Century Comic Novel; and Race, Class and Gender in the 19th-Century Novel.

Practicum on teaching literature and literary studies. Study of theoretical discourses about teaching also included. Topics vary.

Workshop requiring peer review, journal research and rhetorical analysis, and extensive revision of a previously written paper to be submitted for publication in the field of literary studies.

Directed preparation of the Master’s Portfolio.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Intensive, directed study at the Master’s level of particular topics and issues pertaining to the various fields in English. Permission of the Departmental Graduate Director required prior to registration.

Internships in professional,technical,and creative writing supervised by individual faculty members.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

An in-depth investigation of a defined theme or issue in Literary Criticism and Theory; topics vary.

An in-depth investigation of a defined theme or issue in language theory or rhetoric. Recent topics have included Metaphor and Stylistics, ESL Grammar for Adults and Epistemic Rhetoric.

An in-depth investigation of a defined theme or issue in British Literature; topics vary.

An in-depth investigation of a defined theme or issue in American Literature; topics vary.

An in-depth investigation of a defined theme or issue in American Indian and Indigenous literatures; topics vary.

An in-depth investigation of a defined theme or issue in Creative Writing. Topics vary.

Restriction: permission of instructor.

An in-depth investigation of special topics pertaining to the study of British and American Literature and related fields of study.

Intensive, directed study at the Doctoral level of particular topics and issues pertaining to the various fields in English. Permission of the Departmental Graduate Director required prior to registration.

Permission of the Departmental Graduate Director required prior to registration.

Offered on a CR/NC basis only.