May 17, 2024  
2019-2020 University Catalog 
    
2019-2020 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Prefix and Course Index 

 

Electrical Engineering

Courses are designated as EGEE in the class schedule.

  
  • EGEE 531 - Digital Communication & Phase Locked Loop (3)


    Theory of digital communications. Baseband modulation and demodulation/detection. Bandpass modulation/demodulation. Theory of noise and linear system. FM feedback principles. Theory and design of phase locked loops and their application in communication and control.

    Prerequisite: EGEE 443 .

    Graduate-level

  
  • EGEE 537 - Satellite Communications (3)


    Satellite systems, link analysis, propagation effects, SNR/CNR calculations, modulation schemes, TDMA, FDMA, and CDMA techniques.

    Prerequisite: EGEE 443 .

    Graduate-level

  
  • EGEE 557 - Microprogramming and Embedded Microprocessors (3)


    Introduction to microprogramming concepts and applications to the control unit of a computer, microprogrammable control, arithmetic-logic unit, implementation of an embedded process on FPGA and interfacing with external memories.

    Prerequisite: EGEE 412 , EGEE 448 .

    Graduate-level

  
  • EGEE 558A - Microprocessors and System Applications I (3)


    Microprocessors and micro-computers, their related software systems, system design with microprocessors, applications in peripheral controllers, communication devices and multiprocessing systems.

    Prerequisites: EGEE 404 .

    Graduate-level

  
  • EGEE 558B - Microprocessors and Systems Applications II (3)


    Advanced microprocessor architecture and their applications to microcomputer networking; RISC VS CISC architectures, communication protocol, distributed-operating system, and local area networks.

    Prerequisite: EGEE 558A .

    Graduate-level

  
  • EGEE 559 - Introduction to Robotics (3)


    Science of robotics from an electrical engineering standpoint, including modeling, task planning, control, sensing and robot intelligence.

    Prerequisite: EGEE 416 .

    Graduate-level

  
  • EGEE 580 - Analysis of Random Signals (3)


    Random processes pertinent to communications, controls and other physical applications, Markov sequences and processes, the orthogonality principle.

    Prerequisites: EGEE 323 , EGEE 409 .

    Graduate-level

  
  • EGEE 581 - Theory of Linear Systems (3)


    State space analysis, linear spaces, stability of systems; numerical methods of linear systems analysis and design.

    Prerequisites: EGEE 416 , EGGN 403 .

    Graduate-level

  
  • EGEE 582 - Linear Estimation Theory (3)


    Mathematical models of continuous-time and discrete-time stochastic processes; the Kalman filter, smoothing and suboptimal filtering computational studies.

    Prerequisites: EGEE 580 , EGEE 581 .

    Graduate-level

  
  • EGEE 585 - Optimization Techniques in Systems Engineering (3)


    Calculus of variations, optimization of functions of several variables, Lagrange multipliers, gradient techniques, linear programming, and the simplex method, nonlinear and dynamic programming.

    Prerequisite: EGGN 403  or MATH 340   for computer science majors.

    Graduate-level

  
  • EGEE 587 - Operational Analysis Techniques in Systems Engineering (3)


    Operational research models; applications of probability theory to reliability, quality control, waiting line theory, Markov chains; Monte Carlo methods.

    Prerequisite: EGEE 323  or MATH 338  for computer science majors.

    Graduate-level

  
  • EGEE 597 - Project (1-3)


    Classified graduate students only. Unless approved by the department chair, EGEE 597 cannot be taken if EGEE 598 or EGEE 599 have been completed. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 units.

    Prerequisite: consent of adviser.

    Graduate-level

  
  • EGEE 598 - Thesis (1-6)


    Classified graduate students only. Unless approved by the department chair, EGEE 598 cannot be taken if EGEE 597 has been completed. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.

    Prerequisite: consent of adviser.

    Graduate-level

  
  • EGEE 599 - Independent Graduate Research (1-3)


    Unless approved by department chair, EGEE 599 cannot be taken if EGEE 597 has been completed. May be repeated for a maximum of six units.

    Prerequisite: consent of adviser.

    Graduate-level


English

Courses are designated as ENGL in the class schedule. For world literature in English translation, see courses under Comparative Literature (CPLT)

  
  • ENGL 99 - Developmental Writing (3)


    Intensive course in basic writing skills. Prepares students for ENGL 101. Degree credit is not awarded for this course. (ENGL 99 and ESE 99 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: Score of T146 or lower on the English Placement Test (EPT).

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 100 - Analytic College Writing (3)


    Learn to express ideas clearly and effectively in well-developed, focused essays that support arguments with relevant and adequate evidence, and use the style and conventions of standard academic prose. (ENGL 100 and ESE 100 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: Score below 147 on English Placement Test. Corequisite: ENGL 100W .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 100W - Analytic College Writing Workshop (1)


    Together, the purpose of ENGL 100/100W is to improve students’ ability to compose analytical college essays. (ENGL 100W and ESE 100W are the same course)

    Prerequisite: Below 147 on English Placement Test. With tutorials, computer activities, and classroom activities, this course serves as the corequisite of ENGL 100 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 101 - Beginning College Writing (3)


    Introduction to the fundamentals of expository prose. Grammatical and basic rhetorical concepts and practices necessary for successful college writing. Placement to be determined by multiple measures. Instructional fee.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 101P - Preparatory College Writing (3)


    Practice and instruction in college-level writing. Writing, revision, grammar, rhetorical and research skills necessary for success in ENGL 101. Enrollment determined by appropriate placement assessment. (ENGL 101P and ESE 101P are the same course.)

    Placement based on appropriate iBT or IELTS writing subscores. Students who score lower than 24 on the TOEFL iBT writing section or lower than 6.5 on the IELTS writing section must take TESL 100 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 105 - Introduction to Creative Writing (3)


    Exploratory creative writing with the opportunity to write in various genres. No credit toward the major or minor.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 200 - Literature and Popular Culture (3)


    For non-English majors who like to read. Uses subjects in popular culture to study fiction, drama and poetry; including non-conformity and rebellion in modern music, conspiracy theory, visual literacy and the influence of science. Carries no credit toward the major.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 206 - Introduction to Language Structure and Language Use (3)


    Introduction to the nature, structure, development and use of English. How sounds are articulated and patterned in meaningful units (phonology); symbolic correspondence (phonics); rules of word formation (morphology); word history (etymology); and language use (pragmatics). (ENGL 206 and LING 206 are the same course.)

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

    One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
  
  • ENGL 211 - British Literature to 1760 (3)


    Major periods and movements, major authors and major forms through 1760.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 212 - British Literature from 1760 (3)


    Major periods and movements, major authors and major forms from 1760 through modern times.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 221 - American Literature to Whitman (3)


    Major writers, such as Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman and Dickinson.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 222 - American Literature from Twain to the Moderns (3)


    Major writers such as Twain, James, Crane, Hemingway, Faulkner, O’Neill, Frost and Eliot.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

    One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
  
  • ENGL 250 - Introduction to Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the U.S. (3)


    Introducing multi-ethnic literatures of the U. S., the course considers texts within their cultural, historical, and socio-political contexts. Relates multi-ethnic literature to the creative and performing arts. Themes covered may include diaspora, migration, memory, history, citizenship, and/or ethnic identities. (CHIC 250, AFAM 250, ASAM 250 and ENGL 250 are the same course.)

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 300 - Analysis of Literary Forms (3)


    Main literary forms-prose fiction, poetry and drama-are studied and analyzed. English majors should schedule this basic course as early as possible.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 301 - Advanced College Writing (3)


    Writing expository prose for non-English majors. Precision in rhetoric and development of individual style by concentration on matters of diction, audience, emphasis and persuasion. Meets upper-division writing requirement for approved majors.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

    One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
  
  • ENGL 302 - Advanced Composition and Rhetoric for English Teachers (3)


    Expository prose, journalistic prose and creative writing for prospective teachers of English. Meets the university upper-division writing requirement for English majors. Requirement for application to English Teaching Credential.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 303 - The Structure of Modern English (3)


    Grammar of contemporary English. Modern English usage. Requirement for application to English Teaching Credential.

    Prerequisite: junior standing.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 304 - Introduction to Rhetoric, Literacy, and Composition Studies (3)


    Theories and practices of language use in rhetoric, literacy and composition studies.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 305 - The English Language in America (3)


    American English, its origins, regional and social dialects and role in American history and in such institutions as schools, corporations, government and media. Requirement for application to English Teaching Credential. (ENGL 305 and LING 305 are the same course.)

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 306 - Intermediate Creative Writing (3)


    Creative writing beyond the introductory level. Poetry, the short story and/or the one-act play.

    Prerequisites: completion of G.E. Categories C.1, C.2.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 307 - Advanced College Writing for English Studies (3)


    Interpretive frameworks of communities within the discipline of English Studies (literary studies, creative writing, English education, composition, cultural criticism). Uses discursive conventions of these communities to produce formal and informal texts of various genres.

    Prerequisite: English/Comparative Literature majors who have completed their lower-division writing requirements.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 315 - Chaucer (3)


    Canterbury Tales and Chaucer’s language. Vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and syntax of the East Midland dialect of Middle English.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 316 - Shakespeare (3)


    Study of the major plays.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 317 - Milton (3)


    Poetry and prose in the light of Milton’s intellectual development.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 324 - Introduction to African American Literature (3)


    Literary contributions by major black American authors. Contemporary black writers and the recurring themes of protest and quest for identity. Not available for graduate degree credit. (AFAM 324 and ENGL 324 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category C.2.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 326 - The American Frontier in Literature (3)


    Thematic study of American literature as it reflects the changing frontier experience and establishes national myths and symbols.

    Prerequisite: any course in American literature, American studies or American history.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 327 - Asian American Literature (3)


    Introduces early literary expressions of the Asian American experience. Readings include poetry, short stories, novels and autobiographies. Fundamental understanding of Asian American literary history and awareness of the cultural diversity in America. (ASAM 327 and ENGL 327 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category C.2.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 328 - Literature of the American Indians (3)


    The prose and poetry of the North American Indian tribes.

    Prerequisite: completion of any literature courses from G.E. Category C.2.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 331 - Shakespeare on Film (3)


    Analyze representative Shakespeare plays; view and analyze film versions of each play. Use literary and film terminology to write critical responses to drama and film, develop storyboards and conceptualize a Shakespeare play adaptation “pitch” with set, costume design, marketing strategy. (ENGL 331 and THTR 331 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 341 - Children’s Literature (3)


    World literature written primarily for children, including material from the oral tradition, realistic fiction, fantasy and poetry.

    Prerequisite: completion of any literature course in G.E. Category C.2.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 345T - Trends and Movements in English Studies and Comparative Literature (3)


    Various trends and movements in literature, composition and rhetoric, cultural studies, creative writing, or linguistics through a variety of critical lenses. (ENGL 345T and CPLT 345T are the same course.)

    Prerequisites: completion of all lower-division writing requirements and G.E. Categories A.1, A.2, A.3.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 350 - Literature and the Environment (3)


    How literature represents human relationships to the environment. How writers express environmental values and concerns and construct definitions of the environment. Covers multiple genres, such as nature writing, ecopoetry, place-based memoir and cli-fi, or climate-change fiction.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 355T - Images of Women in Literature (3)


    Images of women in genres such as autobiography, poetry, drama, novel. Individual sections may treat conventional literary periods or specific cultures. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 units. (ENGL 355T and CPLT 355T are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 356 - Queer Literature and Theory (3)


    Representations and productions of heteronormativity, sexual orientation and gender roles in literature and critical theory. Considers literary texts from different genres and critical theory from a variety of theorists. (ENGL 356 and CPLT 356 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: sophomore, junior or senior standing.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 360 - Technical Writing (3)


    Advanced composition stressing professional rhetorical situations, genres and styles. Professional writing, designing and editing, with attention to outlines and abstracts, description, process explanation, instructions and fundamentals of reports, feasibility studies, proposals, internal memos and letters.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 363 - Scientific Writing (3)


    Advanced composition stressing scientific rhetorical situations, genres and styles. Writing, designing and editing journal articles, proposals, personal statements, research posters and portfolios. Communicating with effective, scientific style at the sentence, paragraph and document levels.

    Prerequisite: Completion of G.E. Category A.2.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 365 - Legal Writing (3)


    Advanced compositions stressing logic, reasoning and legal analysis.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 367 - Introduction to Law and Literature (3)


    Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of law and literature. The representation of legal concepts, or decisions in literary texts, as well as the narrative, rhetorical and interpretive practices of the law. (ENGL 367 and CPLT 367 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 370 - Horror Fiction (3)


    Horror/occult fiction (or dark fantasy) from Mary Shelley to the present, including such writers as E.A. Poe, J.S. LeFanu, Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecraft, Fritz Leiber and Stephen King.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 371 - Fantasy Fiction (3)


    Fantasy in literature from Ariosto to Brautigan.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 372 - Crime Fiction (3)


    Crime fiction from Edgar Allan Poe to the present, including Sayers, Christie, Chandler, Hammett and Ross MacDonald.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 373 - Science Fiction (3)


    Science fiction as a literary genre, including future-science fiction, the utopian novel, the superman/woman novel and short stories.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 374 - The Gothic Novel (3)


    Development of the Gothic Novel in England from 1750-1850, including Walpole, Smith, Radcliffe, Lewis, Mary Shelley, Austen, Maturin and Emily Bront??.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 375 - Literature in the Age of Film (3)


    The world-wide impact of cinema on literary texts in the 20th century, especially the way storytelling in literature has been transformed by the incorporation of cinematic techniques. All texts in English/English translation.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 381 - African Literature (3)


    African literature written in the English language; the fiction, poetry and drama of the new nations. (ENGL 381 and CPLT 381 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: completion of any literature course from G.E. Category C.2.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 388 - Reading Food in Literature (3)


    Representation of food in literature and its meaning and significance. (ENGL 388 and CPLT 388 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 402 - Theories of Response to Written Composition (2)


    May be taken for letter grade or Credit/No credit.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 301 , ENGL 303 . Corequisite: ENGL 402S .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 402S - Tutor Supervision (1)


    May be taken for letter grade or Credit/No credit.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 301 , ENGL 303 . Corequisite: ENGL 402 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 404T - Advanced Creative Writing (3)


    Instruction and practice in a workshop setting for students with some experience in creative writing; emphasizes writing for professional markets. Consult the class schedule to determine section’s emphasis. May be repeated once with different topic.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 306 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 410 - Language and Power in African American Culture (3)


    Language use within the African American community. Topics include language history, dialect vs. language, communicative practices, language in education policy, language and ideology, and language attitudes. (ENGL 410 and AFAM 410 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: Fulfill Upper Division Writing Requirement

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 416 - Studies in Shakespeare (3)


    Problems of dramatic structure and artistic meanings.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 316 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 423 - Early American Literature (3)


    Literature of colonial and revolutionary America, including the Puritans, 18th-century deism and rationalism, and the literary antecedents of American democratic thought.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 221 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 429 - American Landscape in Literature (3)


    Literary perception of our environment, with special attention to what perceptions of the landscape reveal about human nature.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 434 - Young Adult Literature (3)


    Evaluation, selection and interpretation of fiction, non-fiction, drama and poetry reflecting the interests of young people ages 12 to 17.

    Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 442 - Changing Words: History, Semantics, and Translation (3)


    Etymology, related problems of lexicography and translation. Recent developments in theory of semantic change as related to cultural shifts. Emphasizes words, collocations, idioms. (LING 442 and ENGL 442 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: LING 351  or LING 430 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 450 - Medieval Literature (3)


    Readings in modern English translation from the medieval literature of England and the continent from St. Augustine to Sir Thomas Malory. (ENGL 450 and CPLT 450 are the same course.)

    Prerequisites: survey of English, American or world literature; an upper-division literature course.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 451 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama (3)


    Dramatic tradition in plays by such dramatists as Marlowe, Jonson, Webster, Beaumont and Fletcher.

    Prerequisites: survey of English, American or world literature; an upper-division literature course.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 452 - Elizabethan Poetry and Prose (3)


    Non-dramatic literature of the English Renaissance.

    Prerequisites: survey of English, American or world literature; an upper-division literature course.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 453 - 17th-Century Poetry and Prose (3)


    Non-dramatic literature of the period from 1603 to 1660 excluding Milton.

    Prerequisites: survey of English, American or world literature; an upper-division literature course.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 455 - Restoration and 18th-Century Literature (3)


    Major writers from prose, poetry and dramatic genres, such as Butler, Rochester, Dryden, Pepys, Swift, Addison and Steele, Pope, Boswell, Johnson, Sheridan, Wycherly and Gay, as well as selected minor writers.

    Prerequisites: survey of English, American or world literature; an upper-division literature course.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 456 - The British Novel through Jane Austen (3)


    British novel from its beginnings to the 19th century, including Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne and Austen.

    Prerequisites: survey of English, American or world literature; an upper-division literature course.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 457 - The Romantic Movement in English Literature (3)


    Writers such as Burns, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats.

    Prerequisites: survey of English, American or world literature; an upper-division literature course.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 458 - Victorian Literature (3)


    Writers such as Carlyle, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Ruskin and Pater.

    Prerequisites: survey of English, American or world literature; an upper-division literature course.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 459 - The 19th-Century British Novel (3)


    Novelists such as the Brontes, Thackeray, Dickens, Eliot and Hardy.

    Prerequisites: survey of English, American or world literature; an upper-division literature course.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 460 - 19th-Century American Literature (3)


    Poetry, drama and prose in 19th-century America. Writers such as Emerson, Stowe, Dickinson and Thoreau.

    Prerequisite: junior, senior or graduate standing.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 462 - Modern British and American Fiction (3)


    Modern British and American novels from 1900 to 1960’s.

    Prerequisite: survey of English, American or world literature; an upper-division literature course.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 463 - Contemporary Fiction in English (3)


    Fiction (novels and short stories) since the 1960’s.

    Prerequisites: survey of English, American or world literature; an upper-division literature course.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 464 - Modern British and American Drama (3)


    British and American drama from 1900 to 1950.

    Prerequisite: survey of English, American or world literature; an upper-division literature course.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 465 - Contemporary Drama in English (3)


    Drama in English from the 1960’s to the present.

    Prerequisites: survey of English, American or world literature; an upper-division literature course.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 466 - Modern British and American Poetry (3)


    British and American poetry from 1900 to the 1960’s.

    Prerequisite: survey of English, American or world literature; an upper-division literature course.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 467 - Contemporary Poetry in English (3)


    Poetry in English from the 1960’s to the present.

    Prerequisites: English, American or world literature; an upper-division literature course.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 492 - Modern Critical Theory (3)


    Major movements in 20th-century British and American criticism.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 300 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 495T - Senior Seminar (3)


    Study and engagement of a specific research topic with class and broader communities culminating in the production of a significant text.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 307 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 498 - English Internship (1-3)


    Practical application of literature and language studies outside the university. Specified hours, limited enrollment, credit/no credit; no credit toward major. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.

    Prerequisites: junior or senior standing or consent of faculty supervisor.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 499 - Independent Study (1-3)


    Open to advanced students in English with consent of department chair. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.

    Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • ENGL 500 - Introduction to Graduate Studies in English (3)


    Research techniques, analytical approaches and theories of literature. Basic orientation in graduate literary studies.

    Graduate-level

  
  • ENGL 509T - Creative Writing Workshop (3)


    Recommended for students with an interest in creative writing. Intensive graduate-level workshop in creative writing. Produce own work, write critiques of others’ works and discuss opportunities for publication. May focus on the writing of poetry or fiction or of a mix of fiction and drama, depending on expertise of instructor. May be repeated for credit with a different topic.

    Graduate-level

  
  • ENGL 510 - Rhetorical Criticism and Discourse Analysis (3)


    Theories of disclosure and rhetorical analysis, ranging from an overview of historically foundational/classical readings and approaches to contemporary rhetorical theories and their applications to textual criticism.

    Graduate-level

  
  • ENGL 515 - Professional Editing and Journal Production (3)


    Firsthand experience editing and producing the English department’s literary journal, DASH. Solicit, review and edit creative writing submissions; design and create one journal issue.

    Graduate-level

  
  • ENGL 525T - Proseminar in Literature, Rhetoric, or Writing (3)


    Comprehensive reading course focusing on a key area in literature, rhetoric or writing. Major primary works. Students are strongly advised to take proseminars before enrolling in seminars. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 units. (ENGL 525T and CPLT 525T are the same course.)

    Graduate-level

  
  • ENGL 571T - Graduate Seminar: Major Writers (3)


    As appropriate to the specialized research and publication of instructor; major figures such as Shakespeare, Dante, Cervantes, Goethe, Bronte, Twain, Joyce, Woolf and Morrison. May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 units.

    Graduate-level

  
  • ENGL 572T - Graduate Seminar: Literary Genres (3)


    As appropriate to the specialized research and publication of instructor, major literary types such as the epic, novel, short story, lyric poetry, tragedy, comedy and historical drama. May be repeated once for credit with a different topic.

    Graduate-level

  
  • ENGL 573T - Graduate Seminar: Cultural Periods (3)


    As appropriate to the specialized research and publication of instructor, the literature of a cultural period from Anglo-Saxon to modern times. May be repeated once for credit with a different topic.

    Prerequisite: Student must be in the ENGL or CPLT Masters program in order to enroll.

    Graduate-level

  
  • ENGL 574T - Graduate Seminar: Special Problems in Literature (3)


    As appropriate to the specialized research and publication of the instructor, special problems such as influences on literature, including philosophical, religious, scientific, geographic and other ecological viewpoints. May be repeated once for credit with a different topic.

    Graduate-level

  
  • ENGL 575T - Graduate Seminar: Topics in Teaching (3)


    Specific topics will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated once for credit with a different topic.

    Graduate-level

  
  • ENGL 579T - Graduate Seminar: Problems in Criticism (3)


    Historical development and schools of criticism. Individual offerings within this course number may deal with only one aspect of critical problems. May be repeated once for credit with a different topic.

    Graduate-level

 

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