Graduate Course Catalog
600 Level

ENG 601: Introduction to English Studies (3)
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Introduces students to research methods, print and electronic resources, strategies for reading and writing scholarly texts, and the seminar format.

ENG 602: Teaching College Composition (3)
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Introduction to the design of the freshman composition syllabus, writing assignments, and ways of responding to them.

ENG 603: Studies in Genres (3)
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A course in genre studies, featuring in any given semester the drama, biography, the essay, satire, etc.

ENG 604: Writing Center Theory and Practice (3)
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Prepares incoming TAs to teach in the University Writing Center. Provides a solid theoretical background for examining pedagogical issues important to an effective writing center, including such concerns as approaches to consulting with students, the role of grammar instruction in the writing center, consulting strategies for ESL students, the importance of computers in the writing center, record-keeping and resource development.

ENG 606: Creative Writing I (3)
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor or enrollment in a degree program in English.
A workshop in the writing of poetry, fiction, and drama, involving the reading and analysis of manuscripts and regular individual conferences.

ENG 607: Creative Writing II (3)
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor or enrollment in a degree program in English.
A creative writing workshop similar to Engl. 606, but also allowing interested students to pursue bases for structuring larger and more ambitious works.

ENG 613: Independent Study (1-3)
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ENG 614: Independent Study (1-3)
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ENG 615: Thesis Guidance (1-6)
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ENG 620: Research in the Composing Process (3)
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Examination of the major methodologies, quantitative and qualitative, in composition research, with their underlying theoretical assumptions.< /p>

ENG 621: Sociolinguistics (3)
Cross-listed as LING 621
Prerequisites: ENGL/LING 518
An examination of the relationship between language and human behavior on various social levels.

ENG 624: Old English and Middle English Language and Literature (3)
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A basic knowledge of Old English as a language is required for the study of literary documents before 1066.

ENG 625: The Teaching of English as a Second Language (3)
Cross-listed as FLE 624 and LING 625
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
A theoretical and practical approach to teaching English to students for whom English is not a native language. The linguistic bases of English, as well as the application of curriculum principles, will be considered.

ENG 626: ESL Endorsement Portfolio(1)
Cross-listed as LING 626
Prerequisites: All other ESL endorsement requirements completed.
Assists post-service teachers in preparing and submitting their ESL endorsement portfolios for review in order to complete the continuous assessment plan for the endorsement. Review takes place in the final phase of the course, of which self-assessment and peer assessment are components. Restricted to ESL endorsement candidates.

ENG 631: Renaissance Drama (3)
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Intensive survey of representative non-Shakespearean dramatic works produced in Renaissance England, with attention to literary traditions and modern critical approaches.

ENG 632: Shakespeare (3)
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Intensive study of a large cross-section of the plays, with attention to modern critical approaches.

ENG 633: Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose (3)
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Intensive survey of the major literary figures and intellectual traditions of Sixteenth Century England, with attention to modern critical approaches.

ENG 634: Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose (3)
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Intensive survey of the major literary figures other than Milton in seventeenth century England, with attention to their literary and intellectual traditions, and to modern critical approaches.

ENG 642: Eighteenth-Century Fiction (3)
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Intensive survey of a diversity of fictional forms and their literary and intellectual traditions, with attention to modern critical approaches.

ENG 643: Eighteenth-Century Poetry and Prose (3)
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Intensive survey of the major literary figures and intellectual traditions of Eighteenth Century England, with attention to modern critical approaches.

ENG 644: Romantic Poetry and Prose (3)
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Intensive survey of the major literary figures and the intellectual traditions of English Romantic Movement, with attention to modern critical approaches.

ENG 646: Literature in the Secondary Language Arts Curriculum (3)
Cross-listed as EDEM/EDSD 646
Prerequisites: Experience teaching English, a course in methods of teaching English in the secondary school, or consent of instructor
Examines theories behind the teaching of literature, research in the teaching of literature, and current trends in the teaching of literature in secondary school language arts.

ENG 647: Teaching Writing and Language in the Secondary School (3)
Cross-listed as EDEM/EDSD 647
Prerequisites: Experience teaching English, a course in methods of teaching English in the secondary school, or consent of instructor.
Examines theories of language acquisition and research and methodology in the teaching of grammars, vocabulary, spelling, semantics, etymology, usage, and dialectics in secondary school language arts

ENG 652: Nineteenth-Century Poetry and Prose (3)
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An intensive survey of the major literary figures of Nineteenth Century England, with attention to literary traditions and modern theories of interpretation.

ENG 653: Irish Studies (3)
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Intensive study of recent and contemporary Irish writers, with attention to literary and intellectual traditions and to modern critical approaches.

ENG 654: Twentieth-Century Literature (3)
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Intensive study of major writers and literary movements in the English-speaking world during the twentieth century, with attention to literary and intellectual traditions and to the most recent critical approaches.

ENG 660: African American Lit (3.0)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
Intensive study of African American literature and culture from any period or across several periods.

ENG 661: Nineteenth-Century American Fiction (3)
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Intensive survey of a diversity of fictional forms and literary and intellectual traditions, with attention to modern critical approaches.

ENG 662: Nineteenth-Century American Poetry and Prose (3)
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An intensive survey of the significant literary figures of Nineteenth-century America, with attention to literary traditions and modern theories of interpretation.

ENG 664: Twentieth-Century American Writers (3)
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Intensive study of such major American figures as Faulkner, Hemingway, and their contemporaries (adaptable to any combination a particular teacher may announce.

ENG 665: Contemporary Poetry (3)
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A survey or intensive sampling of contemporary poetry.

ENG 667: Assessing and Responding to Student Writing (3)
Prerequisites: English Graduate School status or permission.
Introduction to and exploration of relevant issues, theories, and practices for assessing student writing in and outside the classroom.

ENG 670: Composition Theory and Practice (3)
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An exploration of what is known about language, writing, and teaching which treats writing pedagogy as a professional act grounded in theory and informed by a well-defined body of discursive literature.

ENG 671: History of Rhetoric I (3)
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Review of rhetorical theory and practice in the Greek, Roman, early Christian, medieval, and scholastic periods.

ENG 672: History of Rhetoric II (3)
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Review of rhetorical theory and practice in the English Renaissance, the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the modern and contemporary periods.

ENG 673: Rhetoric and Textual Analysis (3)
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Selected topics in the rhetorical analysis of fictional and nonfictional texts.

ENG 674: Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhetoric and Composition (3)
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Topics can include cognition and composition, the social construction of knowledge, feminist theory and composition, etc.

ENG 675: Studies in Professional Writing (3)
Prerequisites: One graduate linguistics or rhetoric course.
Selected topics dealing with research and theory of writing in the professions including science and technology, social sciences, business, and law.

ENG 676: The Rhetoric of Science (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing.
This is a graduate seminar in rhetoric that examines science doing and science writing as rhetorical enterprises. As a result, we will consider science as "stories"that privilege certain things and ignores others both in what it does and what it says.

ENG 677: Assessing & Responding to Student Writing (3)
Prerequisites: English Graduate School Status or Permission.
Introduction to and exploration of relevant issues, theories, and practices for assessing student writing in and outside the classroom.

ENG 681: Seminar in Special Studies (3)
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Involves discussion and analysis of advanced research topics leading to the dissertation.

ENG 682: Seminar in Linguistics (3)
Cross-listed as LING 690.
Prerequisites: LING 325 or ENGL 325 or ENGL 518.
Selected topics in applied or theoretical linguistics.

ENG 685: Seminar in Modern British Studies (3)
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Involves discussion and analysis of advanced research topics leading to the dissertation.

ENG 686: Seminar in American Studies (3)
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Involves discussion and analysis of advanced research topics leading to the dissertation.

ENG 687: Seminar in Rhetorical Studies (3)
Prerequisites: ENGL 602
Advance investigations in rhetoric and composition under a variety of special topics.

ENG 689: Directed Reading for Comprehensive Preliminary Examinations (1-3)
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1-3 hours; may be repeated; minimum of 3 hours required of all doctoral students. Directed reading on topics of student's comprehensive examinations; reading lists are negotiated between student and directors of the examination areas. Restricted to doctoral students who have completed other coursework and are preparing for comprehensive exams.

ENG 690: Dissertation Research (1-12)
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ENG 691: Contemporary Theories of Interpretation (3)
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A selective survey of theories of interpretation from the New Criticism to the present, and of interpretive practices based on these theories.

ENG 692: Topics in Interpretive Theory since 1900 (3.0)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing; English 691 or equivalent.
A graduate seminar dealing with a specific topic or area of inquiry within the broad field of post-1900 theories of interpretation.