List of Classes
Lower Division Classes | 300 Level Classes | 400 Level Classes | Graduate Classes
Note that with the exception of the Subject Matter and FYI/JYI options, the English Department does not allow double-counting of upper division General Education courses within its major.
Lower Division
ENGL 090. Extemporaneous Expository Writing (3)
Preparatory: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Intensive practice in writing effective expository prose under test conditions. Primarily
designed for students preparing to retake the Upper Division Writing Proficiency Exam (UDWPE). Credit for 090 does not guarantee passing the UDWPE. (Credit/No Credit
Only)
ENGL 097. Developmental Reading (3)
Three units of University credit; no credit toward graduation. Students whose reading score on the English Placement Test assigns them to 097 are required to pass this
course before taking ENGL 098. Individual tutoring is available in the Learning Resource Center. Intensive study of basic reading skills, focusing on the types of reading
students will do in college. (Crosslisted with AAS, CHS, and PAS 097) (Credit/No Credit Only) Class meets three hours per week.
ENGL 098. Developmental Writing (3)
Three units of University credit; no credit toward graduation. Students whose score on the placement test assigns them to 098 are required to take this course.
Individual tutoring is available in the Learning Resource Center. Intensive study of basic writing skills with focus on students’ own writing. Credit required to
enroll in ENGL 155. (Crosslisted with AAS, CHS, and PAS 098) (Credit/No Credit Only) Class meets three hours per week.
ENGL 155. Freshman Composition (3)
Prerequisite: EPT score of 151 or better, or EPT and a grade of Credit in 097 and/or 098, if appropriate. Expository writing designed for freshmen and transfer students
who have not taken freshman composition elsewhere. Emphasis on both content and form: to help students express ideas and convey information in writing 1) with logical
reasoning and adequate factual support and 2) with clarity of purpose, organization, and language. Beyond these fundamental concerns the course encourages and assists
students to develop a degree of grace and style which will make their writing not only clear and convincing, but interesting and readable. (Crosslisted with AAS 155, CHS
155, PAS 155) (Available for General Education, Analytical Reading/Expository Writing) (IC)
ENGL 196A-Z. Experimental Topics Courses in English (1-3)
ENGL 205. Business Communication in its Rhetorical Contexts (3)
Prerequisites: CH S 155 or PAS 155 or ENGL 155 or AAS 155 or equivalent. Preparatory: CH S 151 or COMS 151 or PAS 151 or equivalent; COMP 100 or equivalent.
Development of critical writing, thinking, research, and technology skills in the context of business. Through substantial writing and other work, students will hone
their written, oral, and visual communication skills and their ability to find, synthesize, and make arguments based on primary and secondary sources. Emphasis on
communication with a diverse audience and case studies about ethical issues common to the local and global business world. This course is required of students who have
declared a major in Accountancy, Business Administration, Management, Marketing, Information Systems, or Finance. May also be taken as an elective by other students who
wish to enhance their professional communication skills. Not available for students who have earned credit for BUS 105 or BUS 205.
ENGL 208. Creative Writing (3)
Preparatory: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Introductory workshop course in creative writing. Students have the option of concentrating on 1 of 3
modes: prose fiction, poetry, or drama. Part of the Writing Option in English. (Available for General Education, Arts and Humanities)
ENGL 250FE. Perspectives on English Studies for Teachers (3)
Introduces students to the issues of reading and writing in the context of examining their own first-year experiences with reading and writing and connects these
experiences to the curricular content of ninth grade English classes and pupils. Students will meet with CSUN instructor 1.5 hours per week. A 20-hour field experience in
a ninth grade English classroom is required. Required for FYI English Program.
ENGL 255. Introduction to Literature (3)
Preparatory: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Introductory study of the genres of imaginative literature--prose fiction, poetry, and drama--with
special emphasis on the interrelationships between form and theme. The course will feature a specific cultural tradition (e.g., Western, Postcolonial, African American,
etc.) to be chosen by the instructor. Critical writing is an integral part of the course. (Available for General Education, Arts and Humanities, and meets the lower
division literature requirement for Liberal Studies majors)
ENGL 258. Major English Writers I (3)
Preparatory: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Study of works of major English writers from the Middle Ages to Samuel Johnson, with attention to
literary movements and backgrounds. Critical writing required. (Available for General Education, Arts and Humanities)
ENGL 259. Major English Writers II (3)
Preparatory: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Study of works of major English writers, from Blake to the present, with attention to literary
movements and backgrounds. Critical writing required. (Available for General Education, Arts and Humanities)
ENGL 275. Major American Writers (3)
Preparatory: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Study of the important works of a selected number of American writers from the colonial period to
modern times. Critical writing required. (Available for General Education, Arts and Humanities)
ENGL 296A-Z. Experimental Topics Courses in English (1-3)
Upper Division
ENGL 300. Contemporary Literature (3)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Preparatory: Upper Division standing. Not for credit in the English major and minor. Study and
analysis of selected major works of fiction, poetry, and drama and major authors since approximately the end of World War II in England and America. Critical writing
required. (Available for General Education, Arts and Humanities)
ENGL 301. Language and Linguistics (3)
Preparatory: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Introduction to linguistic science, its background, development, and relation to other fields of
study; recent developments in the study of language. Available for Section C of the Multicultural Requirement for Credential Candidates.
ENGL 302. Introduction to Modern Grammar (3)
Basic course in grammar, traditional, structural, and trans-formational; some applications of linguistics to the teaching of English and the language arts are
suggested.
ENGL 305. Intermediate Expository Writing (3)
Preparatory: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Intermediate course in written expository writing includes a study of the style of competent writers
and extends the writing skills acquired by students in the Freshman Composition course. Emphasis on developing writing that exhibits clarity, coherence, style, and a
clear purpose. Provides preparation for the Upper Division Writing Proficiency Exam (UDWPE) and satisfies the writing requirement in the Liberal Studies major.
ENGL 306. Report Writing (3)
Preparatory: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Techniques for writing scientific and technical reports and articles.
ENGL 308. Narrative Writing (3-3)
Preparatory: ENGL 208 or demonstrated proficiency. Intensive practice in narrative writing with emphasis on short fiction; analysis and criticism of students’
work as well as analysis of selected published writings. May be repeated once for credit.
ENGL 309. Verse Writing (3-3)
Preparatory: ENGL 208 or demonstrated proficiency. Intensive practice in writing poetry; analysis and criticism of students’ work as well as some critical study
of published verse. May be repeated once for credit.
ENGL 310. Playwriting (3-3)
Preparatory: ENGL 208 or demonstrated proficiency. Intensive practice in writing drama for stage, radio, and television; analysis and criticism of students’ work,
including lab production through college facilities. May be repeated once for credit.
ENGL 311. History of African-American Writing (3)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Preparatory: At least one university-level course in literature. Focus on the development
of the major genres in African-American writing from the beginning to the present, relating them to the larger movements in American culture. Critical writing required.
Information Competency course. (Available for General Education, Comparative Cultural Studies)
ENGL 312. Literature and Film (3)
Study of selected literary works that have been made into films, as well as an exploration of the adapted films themselves and of the change in emphasis and meaning
when literature is translated into or adapted to film.
ENGL 313. Studies in Popular Culture (3)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Cultural studies course focusing on the interpretation of American popular culture. Course
methodology may include Marxist, psychoanalytic, semiotic, or culturally eclectic scholarly points of view. Designed for students who may want to enter the fields of
entertainment or advertising, or future teachers who may want to use popular culture in their classrooms, this course will survey the products of popular culture as
signifiers of larger cultural forces and realities. Available as an elective in all options of the major and minor. Information Competency course. (Available for General
Education, Lifelong Learning)
ENGL 314. North American Indian Literature (3)
Preparatory: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Survey of North American Indian literatures, including traditional oral forms, autobiographies, and
contemporary poetry and prose.
ENGL 316. Shakespeare (3)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Preparatory: Upper Division standing. Not for credit in the English major or minor. Introductory
study of representative poems and plays. Attendance at performances and/or films required. Critical writing required. (Available for General Education, Arts and
Humanities)
ENGL 333. Comics and Graphic Novels (3)
Preparatory: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Study of comics, including comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels, from literary and cultural
studies perspectives. Emphasis on both history and form, including image-text relationships. Topics may also include fan culture, particular genres of comics, and
connections between comics and other forms of visual text. Critical writing required. (Available for General Education, Arts and Humanities)
ENGL 355. Writing About Literature (3)
Preparatory: Completion of the lower division writing requirement and two lower division English courses. Intensive study of the literary genres of poetry, prose
fiction, and drama. Emphasis on written analysis of selected works in each genre. Development of criteria for responsible judgment.
ENGL 360. the English Bible As Literature (3)
Preparatory: Upper Division standing. Study of form, theme, and style in the King James Version of the Bible.
ENGL 363. Study of Poetry (3)
Preparatory: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Intensive study of representative poems in English from the Middle Ages to the present. Exercises in
explication of the various modes of poetic expression. Development of criteria for responsible judgment. Emphasis on critical analysis of selected poems; critical writing
required. Class activity is largely discussion.
ENGL 364. The Short Story (3)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Preparatory: Upper Division standing. Not for credit in the English major or minor.
Introductory study of representative poems and plays.
Attendance at performances and/or films required. Critical writing required. (Available for General Education, Arts and Humanities)
ENGL 368. Gay Male Writers (3)
Preparatory: Completion of lower division writing requirement. Examines works in British and American literature that: a) were written by gay men, and b)
portray the lives of gay individuals. Focusing primarily on texts written since the late 19th century, traces the development of gay male self-representation in poetry,
novels, short fiction, drama, and nonfiction.
ENGL 369. Lesbian Writers (3)
Preparatory: Completion of lower division writing requirement. Primarily focuses on the work of lesbian writers of the 20th century. Using the approaches of
current feminist literary theorists, explores the diversity and intersections of lesbian literary traditions. Examines the extent to which lesbian writers have followed
and/or altered genre conventions in fiction and poetry.
ENGL 371. Issues in Jewish-American Writing (3)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Study of Jewish writing in America as it affects the relationship between Jewish issues and
themes and American culture, based on the works of such authors as I. B. Singer, Roth, Bellow, Malamud, Cahan, Paley, Olsen, Shapiro, Ozick, and Potok. Critical writing
required. Information Competency course. (Available for General Education, Comparative Cultural Studies)
ENGL 372. Eroticism in Literature (3)
Study of selected literary works which focus on the erotic as a major theme. Emphasis on philosophical and psychological aspects of the erotic in literature and the
relationship of the erotic to society and culture.
ENGL 392. Junior Honors Tutorial I (3)
Preparatory: Admission to the Honors Program. May be taken in any sequence with ENGL 393. Introduction to literary history with emphasis on the role of tradition and
influence.
ENGL 393. Junior Honors Tutorial II (3)
Preparatory: Admission to the Honors Program. May be taken in any sequence with ENGL 392. Introduction to practical criticism through a study of critical methods and
their application to various literary works, with some attention to bibliography and scholarly method.
ENGL 396A-Z. Experimental Topics Courses in English (1-3)
ENGL 400. History of the English Language (3)
Developments in the English language from Old English through Middle English, Early Modern English, and Modern English. American English and its heritage. Influences
from other languages as well as internal linguistic processes in English itself.
ENGL 405. Language Differences and Language Change (3)
Preparatory: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Study of how and why language changes, with particular emphasis on the history of English, social and
geographical dialects, current English usage, and lexicography. Brief review of phonology and grammar is included for those students who need it. Available for Section C
of the Multicultural Requirement for Credential Candidates.
ENGL 406. Advanced Expository Writing for Teachers (3)
Preparatory: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Required of candidates working for the single subject credential in English; an option for candidates
in Liberal Studies working for the multiple subjects credential. Advanced course in written composition and recent composition theory extends the student’s writing
skills, explores the kind of writing required of California public school students, and establishes criteria for the evaluation of writing at all levels.
ENGL 407. Composition and the Professions (3)
Preparatory: Demonstrated proficiency; instructor consent. Advanced composition, logical thinking, and coherent expression designed particularly for students who wish
to use their writing and analytic skills in the professions of law or medicine, government or community services, business, industry, or non-teaching educational and
research services.
ENGL 408. Advanced Narrative Writing (3-3)
Preparatory: ENGL 308. Continued practice in the writing of prose fiction, with a concentration on experimentation in style and structure. Analysis and criticism of
students’ work. May be repeated once for credit.
ENGL 409. Advanced Verse Writing (3-3)
Preparatory: ENGL 309. Continued practice in the writing of poetry with emphasis on formal poetic patterns. Analysis and criticism of students’ work as well as
study of selected published verse. May be repeated once for credit.
ENGL 410. Advanced Dramatic Writing (3-3)
Preparatory: ENGL 310. Continued practice in dramatic writing leading to the completion of a full length drama. Analysis and criticism of students’ work as well
as study of selected plays. May be repeated once for credit.
ENGL 412. Literary Magazine (3-3)
Preparatory: Upper Division standing. Editing and publishing of Northridge Review, a literary magazine. Reading and evaluating manuscripts, editing, production. May be
repeated once with instructor’s consent. May be repeated once for credit.
ENGL 414. Chaucer (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Study of The Canterbury Tales and other selected
poems.
ENGL 416. Shakespeare: Selected Plays (3)
ENGL 416 and 417 may be taken separately or in any sequence. Close study of 3 to 5 plays.
ENGL 417. Shakespeare: A Survey (3)
ENGL 416 and 417 may be taken separately or in any sequence. Study of 8 to 15 of the major plays.
ENGL 419. English Drama 1660-1880 (3)
Study of significant plays in England, 1660-1880, with special emphasis on major dramatists such as Wycherley, Dryden, Congreve, Otway, and Sheridan.
ENGL 420. Milton (3)
Study of Paradise Lost, other poems, and selected prose.
ENGL 427. Drama From Ibsen to the Present (3)
Development of significant theater movements in Europe and America; intensive study of selected plays. (Crosslisted with FLIT 427)
ENGL 428. Children’s Literature (3)
Preparatory: One lower division course in literature. Study of form, content, and theme in children’s literature, classic and contemporary, from pre-school
through 9th-grade level.
ENGL 429. Literature for Adolescents (3)
Critical analysis of selected literary works of interest to adolescents, including works commonly used in secondary schools (grades 7-12); development of principles for
the evaluation of literature for adolescents.
ENGL 430. Literature and the Visual Arts (3)
Study of literature from the perspective of its relationships with the visual arts, including fields such as literary pictorialism, the sister arts tradition,
inter-media stylistic, and book illustration.
ENGL 431. Images of Women in Literature (3)
Preparatory: Completion of 3 units of lower division literature. Study of the images of women in literature and criticism, primarily by women themselves. Emphasis on
the diversity of contemporary portrayals and their traditional backgrounds.
ENGL 433. Women Authors (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Study of literature (poetry and prose) by prominent
English and American women authors from earliest times to the present.
ENGL 434. 19th Century Women Novelists (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Study of selected novels by important 19th-century
women novelists, both British and American, including such writers as Alcott, Austen, C. Brontë, E. Brontë, Chopin, Eliot, Gaskell, Gilman, and Stowe. Examines
both text and context for each novel studied in order to suggest why these women chose to be writers, why they chose the subjects they did, and how their works have been
received by readers.
ENGL 436. Major Critical Theories (3)
Study of major texts of literary criticism from Plato to the present. Emphasis on application of critical theories.
ENGL 438. Critical Approaches to Literature (3)
Application of basic topics of practical criticism –rhetorical, formal, contextual, psychological, and archetypal– to a selected core of literary texts.
Emphasis on critical writing.
ENGL 443. English Literature of the Middle Ages (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Study of the literature of England to 1500, including
Beowulf and representative Old English secular and religious poems, and such Middle English authors as Chaucer, Langland, the Pearl Poet, Gower, and Malory, and such
medieval genres as the romance, the lyric, the ballad, and the drama. Some works will be read in modern English versions.
ENGL 449. The English Renaissance (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Study of the non-dramatic literature and of the
culture of England from 1500 to 1603.
ENGL 452. 17th Century Literature (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Study of the non-dramatic literature and of the
culture of England from the death of Elizabeth I to the Glorious Revolution.
ENG 455 Literacy, Rhetoric and Culture (3)
Study of current and past theories of literacy, including the nature of literacy itself; connections between rhetoric and literacy; the ways literacy is shared and used
by individuals, families, and cultures; and the political, social, and personal ramifications of literacy. Core course for English Department minor in Writing and
Rhetoric. Available for graduate credit.
ENGL 456. The Age of Enlightenment (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Study of the literature and culture of England,
1660-1800. Emphasis on major authors such as Dryden, Pope, Swift, Montagu, Behn, and Johnson, with examples of the novel and the drama.
ENGL 457A-Z. Selected Topics in Creative Writing (3)
Prerequisite: English 308, 309, 310, or permission of instructor. Intensive consideration of a focused area of study as it proceeds from a literary or critical
tradition that informs creative writing. Creative and critical writing required. Topics will change from semester to semester. May be repeated one time for credit.
ENGL 458. The Romantic Age (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Study of the literature and culture of England during
the Romantic period, with special emphasis on the major poets, including Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, and Byron.
ENGL 460. The Victorian Age (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Study of the literature and culture of England,
1837-1901, with special emphasis on the major writers of the age, including Tennyson, Arnold, and Browning.
ENGL 461. Modern British Literature (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Study of British Literature, 1900 to 1939, and of the
cultural forces which helped shape it. Emphasis on major writers such as Yeats, Joyce, Lawrence, Woolf, and Shaw.
ENGL 462. Contemporary British Literature (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Study of British Literature, 1939 to the present, and
of the cultural forces which helped shape it. Emphasis on major writers such as Beckett, Auden, Pinter, Drabble, and Fowles.
ENGL 463A. Modern Poetry (3)
Intensive study and analysis of the poems of major English language authors between 1912-1955, including such writers as Yeats, Eliot, Pound, H. D., Crane, Jeffers,
Toomer, L. Hughes, Lawrence, Auden, Moore, Stevens, Williams, and Cummings.
ENGL 463B. Contemporary Poetry (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Intensive study and analysis of the poems of major
English language authors since 1955, including such writers as Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, John Berryman, Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsberg, James Wright, John Ashbery,
Amiri Baraka, Maxine Kumin, Rita Dove, and Seamus Heaney.
ENGL 464. Theories of Poetry (3)
Intensive study of the theories and craft of poetry.
ENGL 465. Theories of Fiction (3)
Intensive study of the theories and craft of fiction.
ENGL 466. Major British Novelists I: 1700-1815 (3)
ENGL 466, 467, 468 may be taken separately or in any sequence. Study of selected major novels by authors such as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, and Austen.
ENGL 467. Major British Novelists II: 1815-1900 (3)
ENGL 466, 467, 468 may be taken separately or in any sequence. Study of selected major novels by authors such as Scott, Dickens, C. Brontë, E. Brontë,
Thackeray, George Eliot, Trollope, and Hardy.
ENGL 468. Major British Novelists III: 1900 to the Present (3)
ENGL 466, 467, 468 may be taken separately or in any sequence. Study of selected major novels by authors such as Conrad, Forster, Lawrence, Joyce, Murdoch, Bowen, and
Woolf.
ENGL 470A-Z. Major Authors (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature coursework or 3 units of lower division literature coursework and ENGL 355. Study in depth of a single author or a
comparative study of two authors, such as Swift, Hawthorne, Woolf, Morrison/ Faulkner, Williams/ Lawrence. The author(s) studied will change from semester to
semester.
ENGL 473. American Literature: 1607-1860 (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Study of the literature and the culture of the
colonial period, the early republic, and the romantic period.
ENGL 474. American Literature: 1860-1912 (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Study of the literature and the culture of the age of
realism.
ENGL 475. American Literature: 1912-1945 (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Study of the literature and culture of earlier 20th
century America from the poetic renaissance through World War II. Emphasis on major writers such as Frost, Hemingway, Eliot, Wharton, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Stevens,
Cather, Moore, and Porter.
ENGL 476. Contemporary American Literature (3)
Preparatory: six units of lower division literature courses or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Study of the literature and culture of America from
1945 to the present. Emphasis on major writers such as Bellow, Albee, Lowell, Williams, Welty, Morrison, Rich, O’Connor, and Pynchon.
ENGL 477. Major American Novelists I: the 19th Century (3)
ENGL 477 and 478 may be taken separately or in any sequence. Study of selected works by major American writers such as Cooper, Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Chopin, and
James.
ENGL 478. Major American Novelists II: the 20th Century (3)
ENGL 477 and 478 may be taken separately or in any sequence. Study of selected works by major American writers such as Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Cather, Wharton, Faulkner,
McCullers, Bellow, Morrison, O’Connor, and Updike.
ENGL 483. European Literature: Modern Times (3)
Study of representative European works from 1700 to the present; consideration of their contribution to Western thought. (Crosslisted with FLIT 483)
ENGL 487. Latino/a Literatures of the Americas (3)
Preparatory: ENGL 275; 436. Study of selected works of Latina and/or Latino writers from both the U.S. and Latin America, as well as of issues raised by critics and
theorists in the field. Analysis of primary texts will employ methods of contemporary literary criticism. Topic or theme selected by instructor.
ENGL 490. Senior Seminar in Narrative Writing (3)
Preparatory: Senior standing. Preparation of a collection of short stories or of a single longer work of narrative fiction. Students complete, revise, and supplement
their work to produce a finished manuscript of narrative fiction.
ENGL 491. Senior Seminar in Verse Writing (3)
Preparatory: Senior standing. Preparation of a collection of poems or of a single long poem. Students complete, revise, and supplement their work to produce a finished
manuscript of poetry.
ENGL 492A-Z. Senior Honors Tutorial I (3-3)
Preparatory: Senior Honors standing. ENGL 492 and 493 may be taken in any sequence. Intensive study of a literary figure, age, movement, or problem. May be repeated
once for credit.
ENGL 493A-Z. Senior Honors Tutorial II (3-3)
Preparatory: Senior Honors standing. ENGL 492 and 493 may be taken in any sequence. Intensive study of a literary figure, age, movement, or problem. May be repeated
once for credit.
ENGL 494IP. English Intern Program (3-3)
Preparatory: ENGL 407. Students are placed by the Faculty Supervisor with sponsoring organizations, where they work as writers approximately 10 hours per week. Specific
duties are assigned by sponsors. Students compile a portfolio of writing done for the sponsor and a term report of the experience. May be repeated once for credit.
ENGL 494 TCE. High School Internship: Writing and the Classroom Experience (3)
Preparatory: completion of, or current enrollment in, at least one upper division writing course and consent of instructor. Interns are required to work for at least 10
hours per week with high school students at a high school site to develop and enhance writing skills. Interns are supervised on site by the high school English faculty
and directed by the 494TCE instructor. Interns are also required to keep journals and are graded on assigned essays.
ENGL 495A-Z. Senior Seminar in Literature (3-3)
Preparatory: Senior-standing and either two lower division courses in literature or 3 units of lower division literature and ENGL 355. Intensive study of a major
British or American author or of a literary theme or sub-genre. Reports and seminar papers required. Topics change from semester to semester. May be repeated once for
credit.
ENGL 496A-Z. Experimental Topics Courses in English (1-3)
ENGL 497. Honors Thesis (3)
Preparatory: Senior Honors standing. The writing of an Honors thesis in either American or English literature under the supervision of a member of the faculty.
Requirements as to form are the same as those for the Master’s thesis; consult the Honors Advisor.
ENGL 499A-C. Independent Study (1-3)
Preparatory: Upper Division standing, normally a 3.0 GPA in English, and prior approval of sponsoring instructor and Department Chair.
Graduate
Note that 300-level courses in English do not carry credit for the M.A. in English; a maximum of six units of 400-level courses in English may carry credit for the M.A. in English only if they are approved by the Graduate Advisor. Graduate standing is required as a prerequisite for enrollment in all 600-level courses.
ENGL 595A-Z. Experimental Topics Courses in English (1-3)
Topics will be announced each semester in the Schedule of Classes.
ENGL 600AB. College Composition: Theory and Pedagogy (3)
600A and 600B restricted to Teaching Associates, or at the discretion of the composition Director. Study of theoretical and pedagogical issues that impact the teaching
of writing at the college level. Review of current studies in rhetoric, composition, and literacy.
ENGL 601. Seminar in Scholarly Methods and Bibliography (3)
Study of traditional and electronic methods of scholarly research. Investigation and evaluation of major areas of bibliographic study, such as literature and “new
historicism,” the editing of texts, and literary influence studies and intertextuality.
ENGL 604. Seminar in Language and Linguistics (3)
An introduction to linguistics for graduate students.
ENGL 605. Seminar in Descriptive Linguistics (3)
Discussion of the levels of analysis, phonology, morphology, and syntax from the viewpoint of such scholars as Saussure, Bloomfield, Sapir, Whorf, Harris, Hockett, et
al.
ENGL 606. Principles of Interlanguage (3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 301 or equivalent, or 604. Basic principles of contrastive analysis, error analysis and language transfer as applied to processes and
strategies used in learning additional languages. Focus on the acquisition of English as a second language.
ENGL 608. Seminar in Narrative Writing (3-3)
Prerequisite: Qualified standing in the graduate Creative Writing Option or instructor consent. Intensive practice in advanced writing and analysis of the
short story and the novel. Course may be repeated once for credit. One enrollment in 608 or 609 may be used in the Rhetoric and Composition Theory option.
ENGL 609. Seminar in Poetry Writing (3-3)
Prerequisite: Qualified standing in the graduate Creative Writing Option or instructor consent. Intensive practice in the writing of poetry, with attention to
both contemporary and historical techniques; analysis and criticism of students’ work. May be repeated once for credit. One enrollment in 608 or 609 may be used in
the Rhetoric and Composition Theory option.
ENGL 610. Seminar in Syntax (3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 301 or equivalent, or 604. Preparatory: English 302 or LING 404. In depth study of current approaches to syntactic analysis.
ENGL 611. Seminar in Historical Linguistics (3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 301 or equivalent, or 400 or 405. Study of the principles of historical comparative methodology through changes in phonology, morphology,
syntax, vocabulary, and semantics.
ENGL 612. Stylistics (3)
Contemporary theories of style with practice in examining stylistic choices in the language of literary and non-literary texts. Focus on the relationship between
language form and discourse meaning. Comparative analysis of linguistic, rhetorical, and literary perspectives on style and their implications for students, writers and
teachers of composition.
ENGL 617. Studies in Shakespeare (3)
Prerequisite: ENGL 417 or equivalent. Advanced study of several of Shakespeare’s works including formal, textual, or historical aspects. Topics will
change from semester to semester.
ENGL 620A-Z. Seminar in Individual Authors (3-3-3)
Study in depth of 1 major British or American author, such as Swift, Hawthorne, or Woolf. The author studied will change from semester to semester.
ENGL 622. Seminar On Aspects of Poetry (3-3)
Intensive critical study of the province of poetry, providing opportunity for the scrutiny of individual poets as well as for concentration on the wider historical
perspective.
ENGL 623. Seminar in Studies in Prose Fiction (3-3)
Seminar in the theory, forms, traditions, and techniques of prose fiction. Topics will vary from semester to semester.
ENGL 624. Studies in Dramatic Literature (3)
Advanced study in drama considered as literature, with special emphasis on historical developments and their relationship to literary periods and movements in other
genres.
ENGL 630A-Z. Seminar in Literary Periods (3-3-3)
Study of a period of British or American literature with wide readings in a range of authors and their intellectual backgrounds.
ENGL 638. Seminar in Critical Approaches to Literature (3)
Study of major critical approaches to literature and their application to selected literary texts.
ENGL 650. 20th Century Rhetoric (3)
20th Century Rhetoric focuses on major rhetorical theories and their relationship to literary criticism, linguistics, and language philosophy; competing paradigms of
the rhetoric of written composition; and implications of rhetorical theories for students and teachers of literature and composition.
ENGL 651. Rhetorical Theory and Composition (3)
Intense analysis of modern rhetorical principles with frequent writing. Concentration on writing for an audience and discovering and developing personal style.
ENGL 652. Creative Writing Studies (3)
Prerequisite: Qualified standing in the graduate creative writing option or instructor consent. Introduction to the theoretical, professional and institutional concerns
of creative writers, especially in an academic context. Intensive practice in creative writing (multi-genre). Workshop format.
ENGL 655. Styles and Forms of Professional Writing (3)
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Introduction to professional writing in fiction and non-fictional prose. Writing practice on a short story, review, and essay; study
of these forms. Emphasis on forming, revising, and editing in a workshop format.
ENGL 660. Writing and the Developmental Student (3)
Study of major issues in the developmental writing field of Composition Studies. Students examine the writing, reading and critical thinking processes and their
implications for the developmental students, ESL and non-standard dialect issues, various classroom strategies and assessment procedures, and the political implications
of developmental writing programs.
ENGL 661. Methods of Inquiry in Composition (3)
Introduction to the major modes of inquiry in composition both from a theoretical/philosophical perspective and from a research perspective. Hands-on engagement with
bibliographical resources and major journals in the field will train students both to evaluate and to undertake appropriate research in the field.
ENGL 665. Reading-Writing Connections (3)
Preparatory: Prior or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 600A or instructor consent. Explores connections between reading and writing, work that has become a major research
emphasis in literacy studies over the past 20 years. Addresses these issues from a theoretical point of view and from the perspective of training students to be able to
use the academic and scholarly information in relevant teaching situations. Framework considers approaches to exploring connections between reading and writing as
appropriate to literary studies, to composition studies, and to applied linguistics.
ENGL 696A-C. Directed Graduate Research (1-3)
ENGL 697. Directed Comprehensive Studies (1-3)
ENGL 698. Thesis or Graduate Project (3)
ENGL 699A-C. Independent Study (1-6)
Prerequisite: At least 1 graduate course in English and Department Chair’s consent. Investigation of a significant problem in language or literature. Project
selected in conference with sponsor.