Courses - Summer 2025
ENGL101
Academic Writing
Additional information: Students must complete this course with a minimum grade of C- in order to fulfill the General Education Fundamental Studies Academic Writing requirement.
An introductory course in expository writing.
An introductory course in academic writing.
ENGL245
Film Form and Culture
Cross-listed with: CINE245.
Credit only granted for: ENGL245, CINE245 or FILM245.
Formerly: FILM245.
Introduction to film as art form and how films create meaning. Basic film terminology; fundamental principles of film form, film narrative, and film history. Examination of film technique and style over past one hundred years. Social and economic functions of film within broader institutional, economic, and cultural contexts.
ENGL348G
Literary Works by Women; Jane Austen: Novels, Films, Adaptations
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENGL359F
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Film and Video
Restriction: Junior standing or higher.
Cross-listed with: LGBT327.
Credit only granted for: LGBT327 or ENGL359F.
Comparative analysis of forms, themes, and the politics of representation in film and video by and/or about LGBT people.
Also offered as LGBT327. Credit granted for LBGT327 or ENGL359F.
ENGL369D
Additional information: This is an Education Abroad course.
An immersion into Australian culture and history, this course will explore the literature, music, theater, and arts of Indigenous and contemporary Australia. Students will engage directly with matters of political and social concern, developing both awareness of cultural issues important to modern-day Australians and the skills needed to navigate those issues. Along the way, we will look back to the colonial founding of Australia as a British outpost and consider how modern Australia has emerged from a mixing of Western and Indigenous cultures.
*If you are participating in the Global Classrooms section of this course, please disregard information regarding the pre and post departure requirements.*
ENGL375
J.R.R. Tolkien: Middle-earth and Beyond
An in-depth look at major themes and ideas spanning Tolkien's well-known and lesser-known works across a variety of genres and styles. We will study "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" in connection with Tolkien's back-story mythology expressed in "The Silmarillion." We will also consider film adaptations and other popular fantasy influenced by Tolkien. And we will explore lesser-known works such as "Farmer Giles of Ham," and Tolkien's essays on fairy stories and on "Beowulf.
ENGL388P
English Careers Internship
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-English department. Repeatable to 12 credits if content differs.
Additional information: Each enrolled credit equals 45 hours of on-site internship work.
Students receive credit for an internship of their choice that focuses at least half of its work on core English skills such as writing, editing, and research. Students secure their own internship placements. Course assignments include, for instance, an activity log, reflection papers, a supervisor evaluation, and a final portfolio of work.
ENGL391
Advanced Composition
Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
An advanced composition course which emphasizes constructing written arguments accommodated to real audiences.
ENGL393
Technical Writing
Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
Focuses on the writing of technical papers and reports.
ENGL394
Business Writing
Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
Intensive practice in the forms of written communication common in the business world: letters, memos, short reports, and proposals. Focus on the principles of rhetoric and effective style.
ENGL395
Writing for Health Professions
Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
Focus on accommodating health-related technical material and empirical studies to lay audiences, and helping writers to achieve stylistic flexibility and correctness.
ENGL429
Independent Research in English
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg
ENGL437
Contemporary American Literature
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Two English courses beyond Fundamental Studies; or permission of ARHU-English Department.
Prose, poetry, drama of living American writers. Current cultural and social issues.
ENGL438C
Selected Topics in Media Studies; Graphic Novels by People of Color
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENGL491
Digital Rhetoric
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: Students must have satisfied the Fundamental Studies Academic Writing requirement.
Credit only granted for: ENGL489J, or ENGL491.
Formerly: ENGL489J.
Examines the social significance of the ways digital texts are composed and circulated. Explores why it matters how the web is written and who does the writing, understanding the Internet as rhetorical from its content and communities to the code, protocols, and policies that control digital distribution. Includes active experimentation with digital tools so students can expand their theoretical understanding through critical making.
ENGL679
Professional and Career Mentoring for Master's Students
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
S-F
ENGL699
Independent Study
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg
ENGL799
Master's Thesis Research
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
ENGL879
Professional Mentoring for Doctoral Students
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
S-F
ENGL898
Pre-Candidacy Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
Reg
ENGL899
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
S-F
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