Courses - Spring 2027
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English as a second language classes are listed under UMEI.
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.
Students with a TSWE score of 33 or below must take ENGL 101A in place of ENGL 101. Students for whom English is a second language should consider taking ENGL 101X in place of ENGL 101.
ENGL101A
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.
ENGL101S
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.
Restricted to College Park Scholars.
ENGL101X
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.
Limited to students for whom English is a second language. To register for ENGL 101X, a student must first demonstrate competence in English. Proof of one of the following should be brought to advisors: 1) a minimu m score of 100 on the iBT 2) a minimum score of 7 on the IELTS or 3) successful completion of UMEI 005, Advanced English as a Foreign Language, Semi-Intensive.
ENGL125
Poetry is most often understood as self-expression; it's also communal expression, and cultural expression; it's also a particular kind of construction made out of language. Explore the art form called poetry, including its formal properties, its conventions, and its legacy of experimentation. What role does poetry play in how we think about the human condition; what constitutes knowledge and wisdom, interior subjectivity and collective identity; and how shall this knowledge be used in confronting new challenges and the perennial questions: how to live with oneself, and as oneself; in time, and with others; here, where we reside; and elsewhere, where we imagine ourselves going. This is a hands-on course in reading and practicing the art of poetry, including short critical and creative writing exercises.
ENGL133
Who gets to speak for nature? This course explores the long history of environmental writing in the context of the complex relationship between European and Indigenous North American traditions. We will not just survey environmental literature; we will inquire into the pressures under which contemporary ideas of nature evolved from a colonial past. Students will learn about the history of representing other-than-human actors in the world--including Indigenous ways of knowing--and how this history can help us envision new, shared relationships with the natural world.
ENGL142
Credit only granted for: ENGL142 or ENGL289M.
Formerly: ENGL289M.
What does the literature of Maryland teach us about our state's past, present, and future? "Literary Maryland" explores this question by taking students on a tour of our state's prose, poetry, and drama from colonization to the present. In addition to reading fascinating writing and visiting interesting places, you'll learn how the Chesapeake was formed; why nobody sings the entire national anthem; and what led Baltimore to name its football team after a poem written by a Virginian.
ENGL222
American Literature(s)
Explore American literary traditions in a variety of poetic and narrative forms and in diverse historical contexts, ranging from colonization to the Civil Rights Movement and beyond. Genres examined in this course might include lyric poems, travel narratives, gothic short fiction, slave narratives, and science fiction. Emphasis on developing skills of literary interpretation and critical writing, while attending to the place of race, class, gender, and sexuality in American literary culture. Authors may include Phillis Wheatley, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Frederick Douglass, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, among others.
ENGL234
Cross-listed with: AAAS234.
Credit only granted for: ENGL234, AAAS234 or AASP298L.
An exploration of the stories black authors tell about themselves, their communities, and the nation as informed by time and place, gender, sexuality, and class. African American perspective themes such as art, childhood, sexuality, marriage, alienation and mortality, as well as representations of slavery, Reconstruction, racial violence and the Nadir, legalized racism and segregation, black patriotism and black ex-patriots, the optimism of integration, and the prospects of a post-racial America.
ENGL235
Cross-listed with: AMST298Q.
Credit only granted for: ENGL235 or AMST298Q.
Examines the poetry, prose, and theater of Latinx communities in the United States from their origins in the Spanish colonization of North America to their ongoing development in the 21st century. Considers how authors use literary form to gain insight into human experience, including mortality, religious belief, gender and sexuality, war and peace, family, language use, scientific inquiry, cultural tradition, ecology, and labor. Also studies how Latinx literary traditions have shaped and been shaped by broader currents in American literature, as well as what connections exist between Latinx literature and social and artistic developments in other parts of the world, particularly Latin America and the Caribbean. Authors may include Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Eulalia Perez, Juan Nepomuceno Seguin, Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Jose Marti, Arthur A. Schomburg, Jesus Colon, Julia de Burgos, Cesar Chavez, Ariel Dorfman, Gloria Anzaldua, Junot Diaz, and Cristina Garcia.
Cross-listed with AMST298Q. Credit granted for ENGL235 or AMST298Q.
ENGL241
What Novels Do
Novels offer spaces for realist expression, and they also push the boundaries of fiction and imagination. Explore consciousness, community, belonging, philosophy, and human difference in a range of national and cultural traditions. Study how novels present thought in radically different ways, crossing lines of class, gender, chronology, and locale.
ENGL243
What is Poetry?
An exploration of arguably the most complex, profound, and ubiquitous expression of human experience. Study through close reading of significant forms and conventions of Western poetic tradition. Poetry's roots in oral and folk traditions and connections to popular song forms.
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.
ENGL246
The Short Story
Explore how short stories quickly take hold of the imagination. Topics may include historical developments in the genre of the short story, popular trends in short fiction, short stories in diverse cultures, the short story collection as a unique form, and how the short story differs from the novel, the novella, and flash fiction.
ENGL250
Cross-listed with: WGSS255.
Credit only granted for: ENGL250, WMST255 or WGSS255.
Formerly: WMST255.
Explores literary and cultural expressions by women and their receptions within a range of historical periods and genres. Topics such as what does a woman need in order to write, what role does gender play in the production, consumption, and interpretation of texts, and to what extent do women comprise a distinct literary subculture. Interpretation of texts will be guided by feminist and gender theory, ways of reading that have emerged as important to literary studies over the last four decades.
ENGL251
Detective Fiction
Explore "whodunnit" fiction from its nineteenth-century beginnings to the contemporary moment. Why are readers intrigued by the methodical discovery of the exact circumstances of a mysterious event? How does the figure of the eccentric, intelligent, often unofficial investigator take prominence? How does detective fiction emerge from and react to global imperialism, the modern metropolis, forensic science, and the modern legal system? How does the genre represent and respond to gender, class, and racial inequities? Texts may range from the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle, to the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction" in the 1920s and 30s by writers such as Agatha Christie, to late-twentieth century and contemporary novelists such as Chester Himes, P.D. James, and Mia P. Manansala, to film and television adaptations such as Enola Holmes, See How They Run, and Kenneth Branagh's Hercule Poirot films.
ENGL255
Literature, Science, and Technology
Consider the relationship between fiction and science. How does science as we know it depend on certain fictions or narratives? How do we come to know science through the fictions we encounter? How do literary works represent the ethics of science and technology? What role does science play in the oppression of peoples? What alternative, more liberatory ways of using science are possible?
ENGL256
Fantasy Literature
How fantasy employs alternate forms of representation, such as the fantastical, estranging, or impossible, which other genres would not allow. Through novels, short stories, graphic novels, and film, traces fantasy's roots in mythology and folklore, then explores how modern texts build upon or challenge these origins. Examination of literary strategies texts use to represent the world through speculative modes. How to distinguish fantasy from, and relate it to, other genres such as horror, fairly tales, and magical realism. Fantasy's investment in world-building, history, tradition, and categories of identity such as race, class, and gender. How fantasy, as a genre, form, and world-view, is well-suited to our contemporary reality.
ENGL257
Children's Literature
Literature of the nineteenth through the twenty-first century concerned with, and written for, children and young adults. How such narratives speak to themes of changing social, religious, political, and personal identity. Through poetry, novels, graphic novels, and film, explores how children's tales encapsulate and reflect on human existence, while pushing boundaries of what constitutes "children's literature" and what exactly defines the "child." Considers questions of literary classification through investigation of political and religious issues, gender politics, animal rights, social justice, race, war, and what it means to "grow up."
ENGL264
What Are the Liberal Arts?
Cross-listed with: ARHU264.
Credit only granted for: ENGL264 or ARHU264.
Explore what we call "the liberal arts" and "the humanities," which have historically formed the foundations of higher education. What is the role of learning in human life, and what are the ultimate ends of education? How does the idea of a liberal arts education take shape--from ancient Greece, to the medieval world, to the post-Enlightenment explosion of the sciences, to the modern disciplines of the humanities? What can you expect from the humanities curriculum at the University of Maryland, as opposed to a liberal arts college such as St. Johns College in Annapolis?
ENGL265
Restriction: Must not have completed LGBT265.
Cross-listed with: LGBT265.
Credit only granted for: ENGL265 or LGBT265.
A study of literary and cultural expressions of queer and trans identities, positionalities, and analytics through an exploration of literature, art, and media. We will examine historical and political power relations by considering the intersections of sexuality and gender with race, class, nation, and disability. Topics include the social construction and regulation of sexuality and gender, performance and performativity, intersectionality, and the relationship between aesthetic forms and queer/ trans subjectivity. Our interpretations will be informed by queer and trans theories.
ENGL271
Writing Poems and Stories: An Introductory Workshop
Introduction to theory and practice of writing fiction and poetry. Emphasis on critical reading of literary models. Exercises and workshop discussions with continual reference to modeling, drafting, and revising as necessary stages in a creative process.
ENGL272
Writing Fiction: An Introductory Workshop
Introduction to theory and practice of writing fiction. Emphasis on critical reading of literary models. Exercises and workshop discussions with continual reference to modeling, drafting, and revising as necessary stages in a creative process.
ENGL273
Writing Poetry: An Introductory Workshop
Introduction to theory and practice of writing poetry. Emphasis on critical reading of literary models. Exercises and workshop discussions with continual reference to modeling, drafting, and revising as necessary stages in a creative process.
ENGL275
Writing for the Stage and Screen: An Introductory Workshop
Cross-listed with: ARHU275.
Credit only granted for: ENGL275 or ARHU275.
Introduction to the theory and practice of scriptwriting with an opportunity to read, view, evaluate, write, and revise texts meant to be performed. Students will practice writing for the stage, film, and television and also examine selected scripts, performances, and film and television clips as models for their own creative work. Students will complete frequent writing exercises, participate in workshops, and learn to apply scholarship to the analysis and critique of scripts.
ENGL282
How Rhetoric Works: Persuasive Power and Strategies
Examines how persuasion functions and influences our lives and perception, focusing on a variety of contexts: business, politics, media, law, and entertainment. Students learn persuasive and argumentative principles to understand what rhetoric is, how it works, and what it does, and to apply the knowledge to produce effective communication appropriate for their purpose, audience, and context. A wide range of persuasive media, genres, and forms will be studied to help students sharpen how they interpret and practice persuasion.
ENGL290
Introductory course in digital studies. Surveys contemporary humanities work in digital technologies, including the web and social media and their historical antecedents. Explores design and making as analytical tools alongside reading and writing. Situates digital media within power and politics and develops critical awareness of how media shape society and ethics. Interdisciplinary approaches to creativity, analysis, and technology. While the course will include hands-on practice, no prior experience of programming, designing, or making required other than a willingness to experiment and play.
ENGL291
Prerequisite: Must have satisfied Fundamental Studies Academic Writing requirement.
Intermediate-level, writing-intensive course for students who have successfully satisfied the Fundamental Studies Academic Writing requirement but wish to hone skills in analyzing and producing rhetorically attuned, well-styled prose. Deeper study of rhetorical theory and its application to a wide variety of arguments and situations. Additional writing practice, techniques of revision, study of effect of stylistic choices. Topics may include argumentation theory, visual rhetoric, stylistic theory, and writing theory.
ENGL292
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-English department.
Recommended: ENGL101.
Restriction: Requires application and references.
Jointly offered with: ENGL388C.
Credit only granted for: ENGL292 or ENGL388C.
Service learning in collaboration with students at area high schools. Explores how writing can be a tool for social change. Participants serve as mentors, create a performance event concerning a pressing social issue, and compose reflections, literacy narratives, publicity materials, and a multimodal project. Focus on developing critical self-awareness.
Jointly offered with ENGL388C. Credit granted ENGL292 or ENGL388C.
ENGL293
Recommended: ENGL101.
A hands-on exploration of rhetoric, technology, and digital expression. Study a variety of digital writing and content creation platforms, and learn about theories and practices in digital communication. Learn to analyze and create the kinds of multimodal documents (websites, podcasts, videos) that constitute communication in a digital world.
ENGL294
Recommended: Fundamental Studies Academic Writing requirement.
Why are influencers canceled? What role does social media play in the spread of (mis)information? What is possible through social media activism? How does advertising work in online spaces? How do people use social media to discover and craft identity? What role do social media play in user wellbeing? Explore questions like these using ideas from rhetoric to develop critical awareness about power, ideology, and digital content. Learn to create effective, ethical social media content. Become a more informed reader and writer on social media across public, personal, and professional contexts.
ENGL295
Introduction to Digital Storytelling and Poetics
What is the thread weaving through an animated visualization of economic data in a popular newspaper, an indie text-based videogame, a saucy twitter bot spitting out haikus, and an interactive digital essay? Storytelling--using whatever is at hand to communicate with audiences in evocative and connected ways. Combining technical and textual analysis with their own experiments in digital composition, students will learn to use new media techniques for the interpretation, creation, and dissemination of both critical and imaginative writing. From branching narratives to hypertext media and video games, to more recent developments in machine-generated poetry, XR, and embodied and location-based narrative, the methods and materials in this introductory course link creative expression and analysis of texts to contemporary conversations about social difference, representation, interface, and computation.
ENGL297
Research and Writing in the Workplace
Prerequisite: Must have satisfied Fundamental Studies Academic Writing requirement.
Introduction to the rhetorical principles and professional practices of professional writing, particularly the research, writing, communication, analytical, and technological skills needed for the Professional Writing minor. How culture and technology relate to the work of professional writing; design principles and rhetorical moves; digital tools, research skills, and writing strategies of professional writers. Develops skills needed to publish a writing portfolio that showcases students' professional writing competencies and projects their professional writer identities.
ENGL301
This is English: Fields and Methods
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Restriction: Must be in English Language and Literature program; or must be in Secondary Educ: English Language Arts program.
"English" means a lot of things. Are you looking for literature, or linguistics? For writing--creative, critical, or professional? For theater, or debate? For film, or even videogames? This gateway course for the English major introduces you to all of these areas and more, as well as to our discipline's unique resources for studying and enjoying them. The English discipline includes three main interpretive fields: Literary and Cultural Studies; Language, Writing, and Rhetoric; and Media Studies. This course brings together the fundamental concepts and methods for reading, viewing, and researching practiced in these fields, launching you into English studies and and helping you to choose the major track that is right for you.
ENGL313
American Literature
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
A detailed study of selected major texts of American literature from the 17th century to the 20th century. Issues such as race, gender, and regionalism. Authors such as Franklin, Hawthorne, Dickinson, Hemingway, and Morrison.
ENGL329F
Special Topics in Film Studies; David Bowie, Film, and Audio-Visual Media
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENGL245, FILM245,CINE245, FILM283, CINE283 or SLLC283; or permission of instructor. Also offered as CINE319A. Credit only granted for CINE319A,FILM319A or ENGL329F.
ENGL329K
Special Topics in Film Studies; Who Gets Final Cut: Director's Cuts, Studio Cuts, and Editions Both Special and Otherwise
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENGL245, FILM245,CINE245, FILM283, CINE283 or SLLC283; or permission of instructor. Also offered as CINE369K. Credit only granted for CINE369K,FILM369K or ENGL329K.
ENGL338B
Special Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies; #MeToo in Literature
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENGL338F
Special Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies; American Folklife and Traditional Arts
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENGL349B
Asian American Literatures; Contesting American Constructions of Alien Others
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with AAST398B. Credit only granted for ENGL349B or AAST398B.
ENGL352
Intermediate Fiction Workshop
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of A- in ENGL271 or ENGL272; or permission of ARHU-English department.
A class in the making of fiction. Intensive discussion of students' own fiction. Readings include both fiction and essays about fiction by practicing writers. Writing short critical papers, responding to works of fiction, and the fiction of colleagues, in-class writing exercises, intensive reading, and thinking about literature, in equal parts, and attendance at readings.
ENGL353
Intermediate Poetry Workshop
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of A- in ENGL271 or ENGL273; or permission of ARHU-English department.
A class in the making of poetry. Intensive discussion of students' own poems. Readings in both poetry and essays about poetry by practicing poets. Writing short critical prose pieces, responding critically to colleagues' poems, in-class and outside writing exercises, memorization, and attendance at poetry readings.
ENGL354
Intermediate Scriptwriting for Theater, Film, and Television
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: 1 course with a minimum grade of A- from (ENGL275, ARHU375, THET340).
Demystifies the art of dramatic writing. Students will come to understand that a play or screenplay is never a lecture, and that we write scripts to find out something about ourselves and the subjects we tackle. Students will analyze plays and screenplays, as well as workshop each others' scripts, to help them produce their own successful plays and screenplays written for the stage, screen, or box.
ENGL361
Prerequisite: Students must have completed one course in English, Latin American Studies, or Education.
Service-learning course that gives students an opportunity to develop writing, interviewing, and communication skills as they contribute to the work of a community organization. In the classroom, students will reflect on the process and do background research to understand the particular context of the organization's work. In the field, students will interview (or have informal discussions with) young people helped by the organization in order to construct a narrative about their lives, their perceptions of themselves, and their experiences.
ENGL368B
Special Topics in African American, African, and African Diaspora Literatures; Blues and African American Folksong
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENGL368F
Special Topics in African American, African, and African Diaspora Literatures; Angela Davis
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
This course explores the meaning and significance of Angela Davis' work for thinking through issues of race, nation, class, gender, carceral culture, and transnational solidarity. Her life and work is set between theorizing histories of race, racism, class, and gender and political organizing and public intellectual work. We will examine all of these aspects by reading her work from its beginning and up through contemporary commentary on incarceration, Palestine, and related issues. The centerpiece of this course will be her study of African-American music in its Black feminist iteration, Blues Legacies and Black Feminism.
Cross-listed with AAAS398U, AMST328B, and WGSS379U. Credit only granted for AAAS398U, AASP398U, AMST328B, ENGL368F, and WGSS379U.
Cross-listed with AAAS398U, AMST328B, and WGSS379U. Credit only granted for AAAS398U, AASP398U, AMST328B, ENGL368F, and WGSS379U.
ENGL370
Junior Honors Conference
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of the ARHU-ENGL department.
Restriction: Admission to the English Honors Program.
Preparation for writing the senior honors project.
ENGL378G
Special Topics in English; Science and Fiction: From Milton to the Moon Landing
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENGL379I
Special Topics in Literature; The Right to Refuse: Literature, Media, and the Limits of Consent
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENGL382
Editing and Proofreading in Book Publishing and Beyond
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Credit only granted for: ENGL382 or ENGL378O.
Formerly: ENGL378O.
Prepares students for the Penguin Random House Mentorship program application process, which consists of both proofreading and copyediting tests. The skills learned are applicable in a wide variety of contexts, so students not planning to apply to the program are also welcome. Though the focus of the course is the book publishing industry, all editing and proofreading aims to strengthen the author's writing, regardless of genre or document type. Students will focus on issues of consistency, clarity, and coherence--including factual accuracy as well as correctness of grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Students will learn to articulate the various aspects of grammar, mechanics, and typography and to edit with the aim of, retaining the author's original meaning and tone.
ENGL384
Concepts of Grammar
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Explore the nature of grammar from a variety of perspectives, developing the vocabulary and technical skills needed to identify and describe the basic grammatical structures of English words and sentences. Understand the structures used in all varieties of Present Day English, including formal and colloquial, spoken and written, and standard and non-standard dialects, with a focus on standard British and American varieties. Topics include grammatical categories, syntactic roles, phrase structure, and inflection. Consider why it is that languages should include such structures in the first place and how awareness of these structures might or might not help you become a more effective reader and writer. Emerge with a deeper understanding of the human mind and a new appreciation for the prodigious complexity of even the most trivial acts of language use.
ENGL387
Visual Rhetoric
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Investigation of the persuasive power of visuals based on how they construct and communicate their content and predispose viewers to an interpretation or attitude. "Iconic" images and other modes of visual representation including diagrams, graphs, and page or screen design. Most attention given to a grammar and rhetoric of visuals. Also the elements of images and their arrangement and consideration of historical and generic contexts and the "affordances" of various media. Not a course in "high art" or in video, TV, or film. Emphasis on visuals that accompany or replace verbal texts.
ENGL388C
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-English Department .
Recommended: ENGL101.
Restriction: Requires application and references.
Jointly offered with: ENGL292.
Credit only granted for: ENGL292 or ENGL388C.
Service learning in collaboration with students at area high schools. Explores how writing can be a tool for social change. Participants serve as mentors, create a performance event concerning a pressing social issue, and compose reflections, literacy narratives, and publicity materials. Students also design individual projects that link course content and students' own professional interests.
ENGL388D
Writing, Research, and Media Internships; Dickinson Electronic Archives
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: permission of the department. Contact Professor Martha Nell Smith, mnsmith@umd.edu
ENGL388M
Maryland General Assembly Writing Internship
Prerequisite: ENGL381 or HONR368A.
Cross-listed with: HONR379W.
Credit only granted for: ENGL388M or HONR379W.
Experiential learning at the Maryland General Assembly (early January through early April). Interns participate in standard office tasks, research legislative issues, and draft legislative texts such as constituent letters, notes on bills, newsletters, policy memos, and testimony. Specific assignments vary according to the host legislator's needs and the intern's schedule.
Cross-listed with HONR379W. Credit granted for ENGL388M or HONR379W.
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.
Prerequisite: permission of the department. Contact english@umd.edu.
ENGL388T
Writing, Research, and Media Internships; Digital Humanities Research Assistantship
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Cross-listed with MITH388. Credit only granted for MITH388 or ENGL388T.
Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 12 credits.
Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 12 credits.
ENGL388V
Undergraduate Teaching Assistants in English
Prerequisite: Permission of the ARHU-English department. Repeatable to 12 credits.
Additional information: Students should consult with the UTA Coordinator to determine the number of enrollment credits.
A weekly teaching practicum and concurrent internship as an undergraduate teaching assistant in an English course. Students will explore the theories and best practices of teaching and learning in the various fields of the English discipline, particularly writing and literary studies. The emphasis is on creating inclusive classrooms and working with diverse learners and is grounded in theories of critical pedagogy. Students will apply principles of learning theory to develop and facilitate learner-centered lessons and discussions. They will also study composition pedagogy in preparation for responding to student writing in the course for which they are an assistant.
Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 12 credits. Contact Lyra Hilliard, lyrahill@umd.edu. Students taking ENGL388V for thefirst time should register for section 0101 or 0401 for 4 credits. When taking the course again in subsequent semesters, students should register for 2001 or 3001 for 3 credits.
ENGL388W
Writing Center Internship
Prerequisite: Permission of the Writing Center (1205 Tawes Hall). Repeatable to 12 credits.
Cross-listed with: SPAN388W.
Credit only granted for: ENGL388W or SPAN388W.
Examines face-to-face and online writing center theory and practice through readings, exercises, and supervised tutoring. Students investigate the writing process and help other writers to negotiate it.
Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 12 credits.
Students taking ENGL388W for the first time should register for section 0101 for 4 credits. When taking the course again in subsequent semesters, students should register for 2001.
Students taking ENGL388W for the first time should register for section 0101 for 4 credits. When taking the course again in subsequent semesters, students should register for 2001.
ENGL390
Science Writing
Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits; and junior standing or higher.
Credit only granted for: ENGL390 or ENGL393S.
Formerly: ENGL393S.
Specifically designed for students interested in further study in the physical and biological sciences. Exposes students to the conventions of scientific prose in the genres of research articles and proposals. Students also learn to accommodate scientific information to general audiences.
ENGL390H
Science Writing
Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits; and junior standing or higher.
Credit only granted for: ENGL390 or ENGL393S.
Formerly: ENGL393S.
Specifically designed for students interested in further study in the physical and biological sciences. Exposes students to the conventions of scientific prose in the genres of research articles and proposals. Students also learn to accommodate scientific information to general audiences.
Restricted to students in the University or departmental Honors program.
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.
ENGL391H
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.
Restricted to students in the University or departmental Honors program.
ENGL392
Legal Writing
Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
Conventions of legal writing and research. Students learn how to read and write about cases, statutes, or other legislation; how to apply legal principles to fact scenarios; and how to present a written analysis for readers in the legal profession. Assignments may include the law-school application essay, case briefs, legal memos, and client letters.
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.
ENGL398A
Writing for the Arts
Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
Examines the situations and genres in which working professionals (practitioners, advocates, administrators, and educators) write about art, culture, and artists. The course covers the complex process that writers need to learn, including how to accommodate information to specific audiences, how to use stylistic and visual devices to make information more accessible, and how to edit their own work as well as that of their peers. Assignments parallel the writing demands that students will face in the workplace, including analyzing and composing artist statements, an arts manifesto, art education guides, press releases about artists and their work, critical reviews of exhibits and performances, and proposals to funding agencies and foundations.
Prerequisite: 60 credits and completion of ENGL101 or equivalent. This course satisfies the professional writing requirement.
ENGL398B
Writing for Social Entrepreneurship
Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
Designed for students who want to develop the skills needed to start a successful social venture--a start-up business with a social mission or a new nonprofit program. The course centers on a major writing project such as a business plan, a website design plan, a fundraising proposal, or a concept paper for a new nonprofit organization. Students produce other communication projects that social entrepreneurs use to develop their businesses and nonprofits, such as presentations or pitches to prospective investors/donors, marketing materials, and a job announcement. Students will learn from local social entrepreneurs who share their experiences of using writing to succeed in the field.
Prerequisite: 60 credits and completion of ENGL101 or equivalent. This c ourse satisfies the professional writing requirement.
ENGL398C
Writing Case Studies and Investigative Reports
Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
Designed for students interested in becoming police investigators, educators, case workers, insurance adjusters, nurses, or program evaluators, or in entering branches of the social sciences that investigate cases and value reports based on accurate descriptions and compelling narratives. Such reports must be factual and yet useful to decision makers, unbiased and yet focused. Students study genres and language skills from careful summarizing to convincing storytelling.
Prerequisite: 60 credits and completion of ENGL101 or equivalent. This course satisfies the professional writing requirement.
ENGL398E
Writing About Economics
Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
Examines the characteristic genres of writing in modern economics, including theoretical and empirically based journal articles, reports for government and commercial clients, and economic information presented to a variety of non-professional audiences, such as citizen-oriented and public policy organizations. Students learn how to analyze these documents rhetorically and how to communicate economic information using the content, arrangement, style, and visual graphics best suited to the purposes and standards of particular audiences. Core assignments include a genre-based journal and document analysis, presentations on economics-related topics for both economists and non-professional audiences, and a major research-based writing project for an audience outside of the classroom.
Prerequisite: 60 credits and completion of ENGL101 or equivalent. This course satisfies the professional writing requirement.
ENGL398L
Scholarly Writing in the Humanities
Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
Examines scholarship in the humanities as a genre of professional writing and investigates the norms and procedures of advanced academic writing. Assignments parallel the writing demands that students will face in the academic workplace, including a graduate school application essay, a genre review, an annotated bibliography, a journal article, and an oral presentation of article subject matter.
Prerequisite:60 credits and completion of ENGL101. This course satisfies the professional writing requirement.An advanced composition class focusing on the norms and procedures of advanced academic writing.
ENGL398N
Writing for Non-Profit Organizations
Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
Examines professional writing and communication work in the non-profit sector. Students will analyze the audiences and document genres that they may encounter in real-world non-profit work and will learn how to compose many of these documents, from press releases and other public relations material to position papers, reports, and grant proposals. Students may also have the opportunity to add a service-learning component to the course by working with and for an area non-profit.
Prerequisite: 60 credits and completion of ENGL101 or equivalent. This course satisfies the professional writing requirement.
ENGL398R
Writing Non-Fictional Narratives
Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
Approaches nonfiction narrative-a kind of writing influenced by fiction, magazine journalism, memoir, and personal essay--as a form of professional writing used in publishing and a range of careers involving proposal writing, work documentation, lobbying, social marketing, and political commentary, among others. Students learn to use many of the same tools as fiction writers, such as dialogue, vivid description, developing characters, nonlinear structure, and shifts in tense, time, and points of view. They also learn how to edit their own work as well as that of their peers, doing multiple revisions of the major assignments for a final portfolio. Major assignments include essays targeted to specific publications, query letters, audience analysis, and a publisher analysis.
Prerequisite: 60 credits and completion of ENGL101 or equivalent. This course satisfies the professional writing requirement.
ENGL398V
Writing About the Environment
Prerequisite: Must have fulfilled the Academic Writing (FSAW) requirement.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
Designed for those aspiring to work in a variety of fields that influence and are influenced by environmental science, including public policy, advocacy, science, and industry. Students learn to apply principles of technical writing to a range of scenarios and issues particular to the intersection of scientific knowledge and environmental policy. Writing audiences range from the public to decision-makers. The course emphasizes writing both within and across disciplines to enlist research for practical contexts.
Prerequisite: 60 credits and completion of ENGL101 or equivalent. This course satisfies the professional writing requirement.
ENGL402
Chaucer
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Two English courses beyond Fundamental Studies; or permission of ARHU-English Department.
Explore the works of Geoffrey Chaucer in their literary and cultural environment. Texts read in Middle English. Readings may include Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, dream visions, and lyric poems.
ENGL404
Shakespeare: The Later Works
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Two English courses beyond Fundamental Studies; or permission of ARHU-English Department.
Close study of selected plays from the second half of Shakespeare's career. Generic issues of later tragedies, later comedies, romances. Language, theme, dramatic technique, sources, and early modern English social-historical context.
ENGL428C
Seminar in Language and Literature; The Dis-contents of Globalization
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Junior standing. For ENGL majors only. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Course intended primarily for students in English Honors Program. English majors with strong academic records may also apply. Permission from the Director of Honors required.
ENGL428J
Seminar in Language and Literature; Gothic Spaces: Gender, History, and Romantic Writing
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Junior standing. For ENGL majors only. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Course intended primarily for students in English Honors Program. English majors with strong academic records may also apply. Permission from the Director of Honors required.
ENGL429
Independent Research in English
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg
Prerequisite: ENGL301 and two English courses, excluding Fundamental Studies requirement.
ENGL430
Literature of the Americas from First Contact to Revolution
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Two English courses beyond Fundamental Studies; or permission of ARHU-English Department.
Examines the literature of the cultural encounters, colonialisms, empires, and independence movements in the early Americas from 1492 through the eighteenth century. Writers typically include Christopher Columbus, John Smith, Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards, William Byrd, Olaudah Equiano, Phillis Wheatley, and Benjamin Franklin.
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.
ENGL462
Folksong and Ballad
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Explore America's diverse folksong heritage and its impact on world culture. Learn about such regional, ethnic, and popular music forms as ballad, country, bluegrass, blues, rock, gospel, soul, rap, and zydeco within their specific cultural contexts and as commercial products commodified by a voracious music industry. While we will consider the European and African roots of many of these musical traditions, our focus will be on American contributions in the twentieth century. Reading and listening will focus on genres such as blues or bluegrass; particular artists such as Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Bill Monroe, and Louis Jordan; and major figures in the recording industry or fieldworker collectors such as Alan Lomax.
Prerequisite: Two English courses in literature; or permission of ARHU-English department
ENGL469J
The Craft of Literature: Creative Form and Theory; Writing the Impossible: Fantastic Beings, Haunted Places, Other Worlds
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Two English courses in literature or creative writing; and have completed a 200-level creative writing workshop in ENGL or permission of ARHU-English Department. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
ENGL478R
Selected Topics in Literature before 1800; Literature, Emotion, and Political Philosophy
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Two English courses in literature; or permission of ARHU-English department. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Formerly ENGL 428F. Credit only granted for ENGL 478R or ENGL 428F.
ENGL487
Principles and Practices of Rhetoric
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Students must have satisfied Fundamental Studies Academic Writing requirement.
A seminar examining foundational concepts and approaches in the theory and practice of rhetoric in civic, professional, academic, and interpersonal settings; focusing on key issues in persuasion, argumentation, and eloquence in historical and contemporary contexts.
ENGL488Q
Topics in Advanced Writing; Multimedia Composing in Professional Settings
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENGL489D
Special Topics in Language and Rhetoric; Language, Cognition and Artificial Intelligence
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
ENGL494
Editing and Document Design
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: One course in Fundamental Studies Professional Writing; or permission of ARHU-English Department.
Principles of general editing for clarity, precision and correctness. Applications of the conventions of grammar, spelling, punctuation and usage, and organization for logic and accuracy. Working knowledge of the professional vocabulary of editing applied throughout the course.
ENGL495
Independent Study in Honors
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-English department.
Restriction: Admission to the English Honors Program.
Completion and presentation of the senior honors project.
ENGL497
English at Work
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: ENGL301; and an ENGL course at the 300-level or higher.
Restriction: Must have earned a minimum of 60 credits.
Examines how English majors put their academic knowledge and skills to work in professional workplaces after graduation. Students learn strategies to research careers, and they shadow a person in a career of interest for a day. Students learn to compose different professional genres to write and speak about and for professional development and advancement, including inquiry letters, technical descriptions, professional portfolios, and elevator pitches. Students will critically examine the learning they have done in their undergraduate coursework and compose a vision for bringing that learning to life in their future work.
ENGL498
Advanced Fiction Workshop; Advanced Fiction Workshop
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: ENGL396 or ENGL352; or permission of department.
ENGL499
Advanced Poetry Workshop; Advanced Poetry Workshop
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: ENGL397 or ENGL353; or permission of department.
ENGL611
Approaches to College Composition
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-English department.
Additional information: Required for graduate assistants (optional to other graduate students).
A seminar emphasizing rhetorical and linguistic foundations for the handling of a course in freshman composition.
ENGL613
Creative Writing Pedagogy
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Must be in an English Department program; or permission of instructor.
An exploration of the theory and practice of teaching creative writing at the secondary and post-secondary levels. Topics include workshop pedagogy, alternative models for creative writing instruction, curriculum and syllabus design, assessment of creative work, and the relationship between creative practice and writing instruction. Students will develop materials for a creative writing course and reflect critically on the pedagogical assumptions underlying common workshop practices.
ENGL628B
Readings in African American Literature; Toomer, Faulkner, Morrison
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Restriction: Permission of English Departmen t. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs
ENGL668K
Readings in Modern Literary Theory; Introduction to Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Cross-listing with MITH610. Credit only granted for ENGL668K or MITH610.
ENGL679
Professional and Career Mentoring for Master's Students
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
S-F
ENGL688
Poetry Workshop; Poetry Workshop
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENGL689
Fiction Workshop; Fiction Workshop
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENGL699
Independent Study
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENGL719G
Seminar in Renaissance Literature; Literature and Survival
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
ENGL738F
Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Literature; Romanticism and World Literature
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
ENGL776
Seminar in Modern Rhetorical Theory
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-English department.
Additional information: May fulfill seminar requirements for MA in English with Concentration in Rhetoric and Composition.
Seminar in Modern Rhetorical Theory. Theories and trends in twentieth and twenty-first century rhetorical theory
ENGL788
Studies in Poetic Form
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
ENGL789
Form and Theory in Fiction
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENGL798B
Critical Theory Colloquium
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
ENGL798D
Critical Theory Colloquium; Colloquium in Digital Studies
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Cross-listed with MITH729. Credit only granted for ENGL798D or MITH729.
ENGL799
Master's Thesis Research
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
ENGL878
Pedagogical Mentoring for Doctoral Students
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
S-F
ENGL879
Professional Mentoring for Doctoral Students
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
S-F
ENGL889
Graduate Internship
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
ENGL898
Pre-Candidacy Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
Reg
ENGL899
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits:
6
Grad Meth:
S-F
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