Department of English

Fall 2016 Undergraduate Courses

Courses Pre-1800

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 33a Shakespeare Ramie Targoff MWTh 10-10:50
ENG 115b* Fictions of Liberty Jennifer Reed TF 12:30-1:50
COML/ENG 149a* Hell: The Poetry Laura Quinney MW 2-3:20
*Students will have the option of writing a 12+ page paper in this course to fulfill that requirement of the new major.

Courses Post-1800

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 40a Coming of Age in Literature (writing intensive) Ulka Anjaria TTh 2-3:20
ENG 40b Birth of the Short Story Jerome Tharaud MW 3:30-4:50
ENG 150b* Out of this World: Science Fiction's Cyborgs, Time Travellers, and Space Invaders (writing intensive) John Plotz MWTh 11-11:50
ENG 157b** American Women Poets (writing intensive) Dawn Skorczewski TTh 5-6:20

*Students will have the option of writing a 12+ page paper in this course to fulfill that requirement of the new major.

**This course will fulfill the 12+ page paper requirement of the new major.

Film/Media

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 50b American Independent Film Caren Irr MWTh 12-12:50
ENG 151b Performance Studies Thomas King TF 11-12:20

Literary Theory

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 151b Performance Studies Thomas King TF 11-12:20

Multicultural Literature / World Anglophone

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 57b Writing the Nation: James Baldwin, Phillip Roth, Toni Morrison TBD MWTh 9-9:50
ENG 127a The Novel in India Ulka Anjaria TF 11-12:20

Core Course

For major declared before fall 2016

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 1a Introduction to Literary Studies Jerome Tharaud MWTh 1-1:50

Electives

Any English course can fulfill this requirement.

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 1a* Introduction to Literary Studies Jerome Tharaud MWTh 1-1:50
ENG 108b Second Language Writing Instruction Joshua Lederman MW 5-6:20

*An elective course for students who declare the major as of fall 2016.

Creative Writing Courses

Creative Writing Foundational Course (for major declared before fall 2016)
Creative Writing Close Reading Course (for major declared as of fall 2016)

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 10b Poetry: A Basic Course Laura Quinney MW 5-6:20

Creative Writing Workshops

All are writing intensive.

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 79a Directed Writing: Beginning Screenplay Marc Weinberg T 2-4:50
ENG 109a Directed Writing: Poetry Elizabeth Bradfield W 2-4:50
ENG 109b Directed Writing: Short Fiction Michelle Hoover Th 2-4:50
ENG 119b Directed Writing: Poetry Rebecca M. Frank M 5-7:50
ENG 149a Writing for Television Marc Weinberg T 6:30-9:20