English (ENG) courses
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ENG 601 Advanced Writing: Fiction
Group discussion and criticism. Individual writing projects. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours. May be taught concurrently with ENG 501. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 501 and ENG 601.
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ENG 604 Advanced Writing: Nonfiction
Group discussion and criticism. Individual writing projects. May be organized around one or more of the following non-fiction genres: creative nonfiction, magazine writing, stylistics, and popular science writing. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours. May be taught concurrently with ENG 500. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 500 and ENG 604.
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ENG 605 Methods in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Contemporary approaches to teaching grammar, reading, writing, listening, and speaking for students who are learning English as a second language. Includes material design, development, and evaluation; student assessment; integration of all components into a unified TESOL curriculum. May be taught concurrently with ENG 505. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 505 and ENG 605.
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ENG 606 Advanced Writing: Drama
Group discussion and criticism. Individual writing projects. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours. May be taught concurrently with ENG 506. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 506 and ENG 606.
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ENG 607 Advanced Writing: Poetry
Group discussion and criticism. Individual writing projects. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours. May be taught concurrently with ENG 503. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 503 and ENG 607.
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ENG 613 Shakespeare
Selected plays and poems of Shakespeare, representative criticism, and Shakespeare's theatre and milieu. May be taught concurrently with ENG 513. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 513 and ENG 613.
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ENG 614 British Drama
Representative British plays from pre-Renaissance times to present, including such authors as Marlowe, Congreve, Wilde, and Shaw. May be taught concurrently with ENG 514. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 514 and ENG 614.
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ENG 615 Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales and other works by Chaucer; social, historical, literary, and linguistic background of late Middle Ages. May be taught concurrently with ENG 510. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 510 and ENG 615.
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ENG 617 The American Novel
Works by major figures in the development of the American Novel, such as Twain, James, Howells, Dreiser, Lewis, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Warren; major criticism of the genre. May be taught concurrently with ENG 517. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 517 and ENG 617.
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ENG 618 The British Novel
Works by major figures in the development of the British novel, such as Fielding, Austen, Dickens, George Eliot, Hardy, Lawrence, and Woolf; major criticism of the genre. May be taught concurrently with ENG 512. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 512 and ENG 618.
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ENG 619 American Drama
Development of American Drama to the present; emphasis on 20th century, including such authors as O'Neill, Wilder, Hellman, Williams, Miller, and Albee; major criticism of the genre. May be taught concurrently with ENG 519. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 519 and ENG 619.
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ENG 623 Writing Center Theory and Practice
Collaborative workshop designed to prepare individuals for teaching one-to-one in a writing center environment. May be taught concurrently with ENG 523. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 523 and ENG 623.
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ENG 627 History of Rhetoric
Study of historical trends important to the development of written discourse and writing instruction. Survey of theory from classical antiquity through the nineteenth century. May be taught concurrently with ENG 525. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 525 and ENG 627.
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ENG 628 Rhetorics for the 21st Century
Study of rhetorical theory and argument in civic, private, professional and digital spaces. Application may include, but is not limited to, literary criticism, literacy, technical writing and composition. May be taught concurrently with ENG 526. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 526 and ENG 628.
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ENG 629 Composition and Rhetoric in High School and Junior College
Prerequisite: teacher certification students must be admitted to Teacher Education.A survey of current writing and evaluation practices. Training in the teaching and evaluating of oral and written composition. The student will have an opportunity to examine methods currently taught in area high schools. May be taught concurrently with ENG 520. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 520 and ENG 629.
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ENG 631 Writing for Teachers
A course intended to develop the writing of prospective and in-service teachers and to explore the means by which writing can be encouraged, developed, and assessed. May be taught concurrently with ENG 521. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 521 and ENG 631.
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ENG 632 Writing in the Legal Profession
Study and application of specific writing skills and composing strategies to the field of law and legal writing. Practice in specific genres of legal writing such as case briefs, warranties, and contracts. Emphasis on learning to read case law and developing strategies and techniques for written legal documents. May be taught concurrently with ENG 532. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 532 and ENG 632.
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ENG 633 Studies in Children's Literature
A study of significant themes (such as gender, ethnicity, or childhood) or genres (such as children's poetry, the picture book, and the literary folktale and historical fiction) in literature for the young. May be repeated when content varies. May be taught concurrently with ENG 533. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 533 and ENG 633.
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ENG 634 Historical Perspectives in Children's Literature
Study of one or more periods in the historical development of children's literature, such as the Golden Age of children's classics, twentieth-century British children's literature, and the novels for children since 1950. Variable content course. May be repeated when content varies. May be taught concurrently with ENG 534. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 534 and ENG 634.
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ENG 636 Young Adult Novel
Study of various kinds of novels written for young people; includes historical perspectives; emphasizes developments since the "New Realism" of the 1960s. May be taught concurrently with ENG 536. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 536 and ENG 636.
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ENG 637 Writing for Intercultural Audiences
Develop cultural competence in the area of international and intercultural communication and writing. Students will learn about communicating across cultures and writing for intercultural and international audiences. May be taught concurrently with ENG 537. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 537 and ENG 637.
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ENG 639 Advanced Writing for Children and Young Adults
Group discussion and criticism. Individual writing projects. May be taught concurrently with ENG 539. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 539 and ENG 639.
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ENG 640 Small Press Production
Introduction to the world of small press publishing. A Moon City Press publication project will be executed from inception to official publication, covering all the steps leading to completion. Steps include manuscript review, contracting, editing, design, marketing, and distribution. Student participants will be designated as official editors of the project. Variable course content. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours with permission and when projects change. May be taught concurrently with ENG 540. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 540 and ENG 640.
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ENG 641 Renaissance Literature
Sidney, Spenser, Donne, Milton, and other major non-dramatic writers; literary developments, 1500-1660. May be taught concurrently with ENG 541. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 541 and ENG 641.
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ENG 642 British Romantic Literature
Blake, Wollstonecraft, Dorothy Wordsworth, William Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Keats; cultural backgrounds and literary developments, 1798-1837. May be taught concurrently with ENG 544. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 544 and ENG 642.
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ENG 643 Restoration and 18th Century Literature
Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, and other significant writers; literary developments, 1660-1798. May be taught concurrently with ENG 543. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 543 and ENG 643.
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ENG 645 Modern British Literature
Significant works from several genres by authors such as Conrad, Yeats, Greene, Lessing, and Stoppard; literary developments, 1901-present. May be taught concurrently with ENG 547. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 547 and ENG 645.
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ENG 646 Victorian Literature
Tennyson, Browning, the Rossettis, Hardy, and other British Victorian writers; literary developments, 1837-1901. May be taught concurrently with ENG 546. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 546 and ENG 646.
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ENG 647 Ethics in Professional Writing
Examines the ethical considerations and challenges associated with the practice of technical/professional communication. May be taught concurrently as ENG 549. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 549 and ENG 647.
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ENG 649 Major British Authors
Study of several major works by one or two British writers, such as Marlowe and Jonson, Johnson and Boswell, George Eliot and Hardy, Yeats and T.S. Eliot, Amis and Larkin; the intellectual milieu of their works. May be taught concurrently with ENG 548. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 548 and ENG 649.
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ENG 650 Writing About Food
Study of the broad ways writers use their document design and communication skills to participate in food-related industries. Readings from current publications and practice in food writing through blog posts, creative nonfiction, instructions, restaurant and product reviews, recipe collections, posters, and research-based writing. This course provides students in technical writing, as well as those preparing for careers in food-based industries, with enough technical and rhetorical understanding to produce effective documents and writings in the broad range of styles and formats that include writing about food. May be taught concurrently with ENG 550. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 550 and ENG 650.
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ENG 651 Literary Publication
Practical experience with the literary publication process, including the editing work that goes into literary journals and the process of submitting and publishing creative work. Students will be introduced to various aspects of the literary market and other opportunities for creative writers, such as conferences and writing workshops. Students will learn about the publishing process through University publications projects such as the English Department's Moon City Press. May be taught concurrently with ENG 551. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 551 and ENG 651.
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ENG 652 American Romantic Literature
Significant works from several genres by authors such as Cooper, Poe, Irving, Thoreau, Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman; literary developments to 1855. May be taught concurrently with ENG 553. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 553 and ENG 652.
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ENG 654 Topics in Ethnic American Literature
Focus on one or more of the following: African American literature, Asian American literature, Latina/o literature, Native American literature, the literatures of European American immigrant groups, and relevant literary criticism. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours if content varies. May be taught concurrently with ENG 554. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 554 and ENG 654, for the same course content.
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ENG 656 American Realism
Significant works from several genres by authors such as Twain, Howells, James, Crane, and Frost; literary developments, 1855-1914. May be taught concurrently with ENG 557. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 557 and ENG 656.
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ENG 659 Modern American Literature
Significant works from several genres by authors such as Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Lowell, Roethke, Bellow, and O'Connor; literary developments, 1914-present. May be taught concurrently with ENG 559. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 559 and ENG 659.
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ENG 661 Major American Authors
Study of several major works by one or two writers, such as Emerson and Thoreau, Frost and Dickinson, Sexton and Lowell; the intellectual milieu of their works. May be repeated when content varies. May be taught concurrently with ENG 558. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 558 and ENG 661.
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ENG 662 Contemporary American Poetry/Fiction
A survey of contemporary American poetry or fiction, which encompasses a selection of significant authors and traces the history and development of various literacy theories, schools and movements, from new Criticism through more recent trends in both narrative and lyric modes (poetry) and Post-Modern narrative techniques (fiction). Variable content course. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours if topic is different. May be taught concurrently with ENG 562. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 562 and ENG 662.
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ENG 663 Literature and Medicine
This course examines literary representations of health and illness, ability and disability, and cultural practices of healing. Drawing on major theoretical movements in medical humanities, students will situate literary texts within the ethical situations and institutional structures of their community and culture. May be taught concurrently with ENG 563. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 563 and ENG 663.
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ENG 664 Place-Conscious Reading and Writing
This course emphasizes the study of place, specifically, enacting literacy practices focused upon the cultural, economic, and environment sustainability of a learning locale. Students will also explore local networking strategies and ways of spurring public action to improve their own literacy and the literacy of their students at the local or regional level. May be taught concurrently with ENG 564. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 564 and ENG 664.
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ENG 665 Literature and Language Workshop
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.Variable topics related to the use of writing and literature in the classroom. Number of class hours determined by length of workshop. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours. May be taught concurrently with ENG 565. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 565 and ENG 665.
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ENG 666 Reading Instruction, Assessment, and Remediation in Secondary ELA Classrooms
Prerequisite: admission to Teacher Education.This course provides students with research-based frameworks for effective literacy instruction in secondary ELA contexts. Students will learn multiple techniques for identifying and analyzing reading difficulties in adolescent readers and will learn instructional strategies and techniques for supporting continued reading growth in adolescent readers, including individual remediation practices. Students will apply their learning in school based practical experiences with adolescent readers. May be taught concurrently with ENG 576. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 576 and ENG 666.
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ENG 667 Data Displays in Technical Documents
Students will analyze, synthesize, and present data visually as well as verbally. Students will recognize which forms of data graphics are most appropriate in a given context; identify and organize the data readers need; work with visual literacy and design principles to evaluate and develop data displays for accuracy and ethical presentation. May be taught concurrently with ENG 567. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 567 and ENG 667.
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ENG 668 Major World Authors
Study of several major works by one or two writers, such as Aristophanes and Sophocles; Ibsen and Strindberg; the intellectual milieu of their works. May be repeated when content varies. May be taught concurrently with ENG 568. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 568 and ENG 668.
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ENG 672 Writing Grant Proposals
Studying and applying basic elements of grant-proposal writing, including identifying potential funding sources, aligning projects with goals of funders, writing a compelling statement of need, and establishing a credible method of accomplishing goals as well as a reasonable budget and timeline. Emphasis on tailoring proposals to prospective funders in concise, persuasive writing. May be taught concurrently with ENG 572. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 572 and ENG 672.
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ENG 678 Writing in the Health Professions
Rhetorical analysis and production of a broad range of document genres, including public health campaigns, grant proposals, medical reports, and patient information materials. Students research and present their findings on current issues in the field. Emphasis on audience analysis, document design principles, and ethical considerations. May be taught concurrently with ENG 570. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 570 and ENG 678.
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ENG 679 Writing for the Web
Explores the professional writer's role in creating web pages and sites designed to deliver information. Topics include planning, user analysis, organization, structure, presentation, content development, writing style, and accessibility accommodation. May be taught concurrently with ENG 573. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 573 and ENG 679.
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ENG 682 Gender Issues in Language and Literature
Consideration of gender issues from the standpoint of literary history, genre, composition/rhetoric, linguistics, or feminist theory. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours if topic is different. May be taught concurrently with ENG 580. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 580 and ENG 682.
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ENG 683 Themes in Folkloristics
A topical course investigating the relationship of folklore and daily life through reading and examination of the field and its genres as a global discipline. Consideration of lived-environments such as occupational, educational, and popular culture settings or themes. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours if topic is different. May be taught concurrently with ENG 583. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 583 and ENG 683.
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ENG 684 Topics in Professional Writing
Covers a single topic within the field of professional writing. The subject will vary according to student demand and faculty availability. Examples include writing for the legal profession, writing proposals, regulatory writing, developing training materials, and ethics in professional writing. Variable content course. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours when the topic varies. May be taught concurrently with ENG 575. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 575 and ENG 684.
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ENG 688 Sociolinguistics for Language Teaching
Various sociolinguistic topics, with an emphasis on those relevant for language teaching, such as language altitudes; standard languages; literacy; language variation; multilingualism; language planning and policy; and language maintenance and loss. May be taught concurrently with ENG 592. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 592 and ENG 688.
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ENG 689 Studies in Linguistics
Topics in linguistics including history of linguistics, language acquisition, or transformational grammars. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours if topic is different. May be taught concurrently with ENG 593. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 593 and ENG 689.
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ENG 690 Grammatical Analysis
Advanced study of English morphology and syntax using a variety of current approaches, including phrase-structure, transformational, discourse-based, and semantic-based grammars. May be taught concurrently with ENG 590. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 590 and ENG 690.
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ENG 691 Linguistic Theory
A specialized survey of linguistics intended for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. Areas covered include, but are not limited to, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse, pragmatics, language change, and language variation. Students cannot receive credit for both ENG 296 and ENG 691. May be taught concurrently with ENG 591. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 591 and ENG 691.
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ENG 694 Technical Writing Internship
Projects in technical writing, combining academic training and supervised work experience in business, industry, government, academia, or nonprofit organizations. After one three-hour internship is completed (135 hours in one organization), course may be repeated to a maximum of six hours. Students are required to work a minimum of 45 hours for each credit hour. May be taught concurrently with ENG 574. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 574 and ENG 694.
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ENG 695 Principles of Second Language Acquisition
The processes of both first and second language acquisition, with an emphasis on Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and bilingualism. Includes the theory behind and history of TESOL methodologies, as well as contemporary theoretical issues in TESOL. May be taught concurrently with ENG 595. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 595 and ENG 695.
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ENG 696 Materials and Assessment in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Practical and theoretical perspectives in specific areas in TESOL, including speaking, grammar, composition, and critical reading. Consideration of material design and student assessment. May be taught concurrently with ENG 596. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 596 and ENG 696.
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ENG 697 Practicum in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Application of coursework in TESOL with individualized experience based on students' needs and background, especially in composition, grammar, and pronunciation. May be taught concurrently with ENG 597. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 597 and ENG 697.
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ENG 698 Early English Language and Literature
Special topics in Old and Middle English language and literature, including an understanding of the linguistic structure of early English, experience in working with a variety of medieval English texts, and application of various linguistic and literary theories to the study of Old and Middle English writing. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours if topic is different. Will not count toward any teacher certification requirement. May be taught concurrently with ENG 598. Cannot receive credit for both ENG 598 and ENG 698.
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ENG 700 Introduction to Research Methods in English
Provides an introduction to research methods and writing within the broadly defined discipline of English Studies. It focuses on ways of developing research problems and questions, designing studies, and conducting, reading and evaluating research. Students will also learn to present their research in verbal and written formats including the abstract, proposal, conference presentation, and publishable essay.
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ENG 701 Graduate Fiction Workshop
Prerequisite: ENG 601 or permission of instructor.Group discussion and criticism. Individual writing projects. Intensive reading and writing assignments designed to enhance students' ability to compete in the publishing world and in application to further graduate study.
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ENG 702 Service Learning in English II
Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in an English course designated as a service-learning offering.This service component for an existing course incorporates community service with classroom instruction. It provides an integrated learning experience, addressing the practice of citizenship and promoting an awareness of and participation in public affairs. It includes a minimum of 40 hours of service that benefits an external community organization or public-service provider. Approved service placements and assignments will vary depending on the course topic. May be taken once for credit.
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ENG 703 Practicum in Teaching Composition
Writing, evaluation of student essays, discussion of current theory and practice in teaching college composition. Credit from this course will not count toward the MA in English or the MS in Ed (ENG) degrees. Required of graduate teaching assistants their first two semesters of appointment. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours.
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ENG 704 Teaching Writing Online
An intensive study of the theory and practice associated with teaching composition online. Students will examine key ideas in the field as well as the benefits and challenges of online pedagogy. Students will have the opportunity to study and design online instructional materials.
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ENG 707 Graduate Poetry Workshop
Prerequisite: ENG 607 or permission of instructor.Group discussion and criticism. Individual writing projects. Intensive reading and writing assignments designed to enhance students' ability to compete in the publishing world and in application to further graduate study.
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ENG 708 Creative Writing Project II
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.Directed development of a substantial work of poetry, fiction, or non-critical prose. This work may be submitted as a degree paper in partial fulfillment of the research requirement in English.
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ENG 710 Seminar: Fiction
Significant genres, authors, and developments in prose fiction. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours if topic is different.
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ENG 711 Seminar: Poetry
Significant genres, authors, and developments in poetry. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours if topic is different.
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ENG 712 Seminar: Drama
Detailed study of selected plays and dramatists. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours if topic is different.
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ENG 720 Seminar: Composition Theory
Detailed study of contemporary composition theory in university freshman writing. Open to all graduate students. Graduate teaching assistants must take ENG 720 during their first year of appointment, unless they have taken ENG 520 as undergraduates.
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ENG 721 Theory of Basic Writing
Study of issues, problems, and pedagogical strategies appropriate to teaching composition to students with limited English proficiency.
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ENG 722 Literacy Theory and Composition
An introduction to literacy theory and its application to the teaching of composition.
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ENG 725 Seminar: Composition and Rhetoric
Topics in the application of rhetorical theory to the teaching of writing. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours if the content is different.
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ENG 726 Issues in Professional Writing
Study of some aspect of professional writing not ordinarily offered in the curriculum. Students read, discuss, and write about selected books or other documents related to the field. Variable content course. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours if topic is different. Variable content course.
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ENG 730 Ozarks Writing Project
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.An intensive course in the writing process and the writing curriculum, designed for experienced K-16 teachers across the disciplines using the National Writing Project model. Readings of current theory and research will be related to participants' experiences as writers and as teachers. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours.
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ENG 732 Seminar: Issues and Trends in English Education
Study of some aspects of English Education not ordinarily in the curriculum. Students read, discuss, and write about selected books and articles related to the field. Variable content course. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours if topic is different.
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ENG 735 Seminar: Children's Literature
Detailed study of selected works, authors, or themes in children's/young adult literature. Variable content course. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours if topic is different.
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ENG 744 Seminar: English Literature Before 1798
Detailed study of selected works, authors, or themes in English literature up to the Romantic Movement. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours if topic is different.
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ENG 748 Seminar: English Literature After 1798
Detailed study of selected works, authors, or themes in English literature since 1798, including the Romantic Movement. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours if the topic is different.
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ENG 757 Seminar: Early American Literature
Detailed study of selected works, authors, or themes in American Literature to 1900. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours if topic is different.
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ENG 758 Seminar: 20th Century American Literature
Detailed study of selected works, authors, or themes in American Literature, 1900 to the present. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours if topic is different.
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ENG 770 The Teaching of Technical and Professional Writing
Theory and practice of teaching college courses in technical and professional writing. Some consideration of in-service writing courses for business, science, industry, and government.
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ENG 771 Professional Writing
Theory and practice of writing and analyzing documents in business, science, and industry.
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ENG 772 Writing for Professionals
Theory and practice in technical communication and workplace writing. Students will write and analyze documents in business, science, and industry. Using primary and secondary research, students solve problems by developing employment materials, brochures, instructions, graphics, manuals, or other professional documents. Practice in document design, usability testing, planning and managing projects, and/or communication in management and leadership. Emphasis on audience analysis, including multicultural considerations, as well as on presenting information clearly, concisely, and ethically in both prose and visuals. Recommended for students who do not have a background or undergraduate degree in Technical/Professional Writing.
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ENG 773 Writing for the Computer Industry
Study and practice in developing user-centered computer system documentation. Topics include working with workplace and user communities to develop content; formatting, organizing, and designing information; and user analysis and testing.
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ENG 774 Professional Writing Internship
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.Projects in technical and professional writing, combining academic training and supervised work experience in business and industry. Students are required to work a minimum of 150 hours.
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ENG 775 Designing Technical Documents
Producing, analyzing, and adapting technical documents to meet the needs of diverse clients.
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ENG 777 Professional Editing
Current practices in editing and publishing in hard-copy and electronic formats. Group and individual projects involving diverse fields, audiences, and formats; topics include copyediting, content editing, usability editing, author-editor relations, and the production process.
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ENG 780 Seminar: Intellectual Backgrounds of Literature in English
Relation of basic intellectual and social ideas to the form, content, production/publication, and distribution of selected literary works or genres. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours if topic is different.
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ENG 781 Rhetorical Criticism
Study of rhetorical and metalinguistic approaches to analyzing literature, with applications of theory to particular works.
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ENG 785 Seminar: Critical Theories
Literary criticism, with emphasis upon modern, critical practice; application of theory to particular problems. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours if topic is different.
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ENG 786 Seminar: Form and Theory of Prose
Designed for creative writers in the areas of both fiction and creative nonfiction, though graduate-level students in any department can enroll. This course provides detailed study in literary theory, advanced craft approaches, and contextual literary traditions. Students will read a mix of theoretical and primary texts and write focused scholarship in response to their own and published works. This course prepares graduate students in creative writing for comprehensive exams in the area of Form and Theory.
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ENG 787 Seminar: Form and Theory of Poetry
Designed for creative writers, though graduate-level students in any department can enroll in the course. Advanced study of the tradition and evolution of poetic forms with a focus on social, historical, and cultural contexts. Students will write both analytical and creative works. This course prepares graduate students in creative writing for comprehensive exams in the area of Form and Theory of Poetry.
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ENG 792 Linguistics in Rhetoric and Composition
Applications of linguistic models to rhetorical theory and/or the teaching of composition.
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ENG 793 Seminar: Linguistics
Topics in historical, theoretical, or applied linguistics. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours if topic is different.
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ENG 796 Seminar: Assessment in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Prerequisite: ENG 605 and ENG 695.Advanced course on assessment issues as they affect English language learners. Includes regulations related to the assessment and testing of English learners, language proficiency assessment, classroom-based assessment, and the creating and evaluation of language testing instruments.
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ENG 797 Advanced Practicum in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Prerequisite: ENG 605 and ENG 695.Application of coursework in TESOL with individualized teaching experience with English learners. Includes reflective practice and the implementation of a culminating project.
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ENG 799 Thesis
Prerequisite: permission of the Director of Graduate Studies in English.Independent research and study connected with preparation of thesis.