Department of English

Fall 2017 Undergraduate Courses

Courses Pre-1800

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 33a Shakespeare William Flesch MWTh 11-11:50
ENG 50a Love Poetry Ramie Targoff TF 12:30-1:50
ENG 132b Chaucer William Flesch MW 3:30-4:50

Courses Post-1800

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 1a+ Introduction to Literary Studies Jerome Tharaud MWTh 12-12:50
ENG 18b Writing the Holocaust (writing intensive) Dawn Skorczewski TR 5-6:20
ENG 38a Fantasy Worlds: From Lilliput and Middle Earth to LARPs. John Plotz MWR 1-1:50
ENG 38b* Race, Region, and Religion in the Twentieth-Century South (writing intensive) John Burt MW 2-3:20
ENG 60a^ Storytelling Performance (oral communication) David Sherman MWR 12-12:50
ENG 105b* After Jane Austen: Sex, Death, and Fiction (writing intensive) John Plotz MW 3:30-4:50
ENG 107a* Women Writing Desire: Caribbean Fiction and Film Faith Smith TF 12:30-1:50
COML/ENG 144a** Island Fictions Jennifer Reed MWR 1-1:50

+Fulfills Post-1800 for the fall 2017 only.

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

^This course will fulfill the studio or performing art requirement for the Creative Writing Major.

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

Film/Media

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 27b Classic Hollywood Cinema Paul Morrison MWR 10-10:50
ENG 160a Digital Media and Culture Thomas Nolden TR 2-3:20
ENG 170a The Globalization of Nollywood Emilie Diouf TR 3:30-4:50

Literary Theory

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 151a Queer Studies Thomas King TF 11-12:20
ENG 160a Digital Media and Culture Thomas Nolden TR 2-3:20

Multicultural Literature / World Anglophone

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 107a* Women Writing Desire: Caribbean Fiction and Film Faith Smith TF 12:30-1:50
ENG 170a The Globalization of Nollywood Emilie Diouf TR 3:30-4:50

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

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

Core Course

For majors declared before fall 2016

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 1a Introduction to Literary Studies Jerome Tharaud MWTh 12-12:50

Electives

Any English course can fulfill this requirement.

Creative Writing Courses

Creative Writing Foundational Course

For major declared before fall 2016

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 10b Poetry: A Basic Course Paul Morrison MW 2-3:20
ENG 132b Chaucer William Flesch MW 3:30-4:50

Creative Writing Close Reading Course

For majors declared as of fall 2016

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 10b Poetry: A Basic Course Paul Morrison MW 2-3:20

Creative Writing Workshops

Note: All Creative Writing Workshops are writing intensive.

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 19a Introduction to Creative Writing Workshop Rebecca Morgan Frank M 2-4:50
ENG 79a Screenwriting Workshop: Beginning Screenplay Marc Weinberg T 6:30-9:20
ENG 109a Poetry Workshop Elizabeth Bradfield W 2-4:50
ENG 109b Fiction Workshop: Short Fiction Stephen McCauley MW 5-6:20
ENG 119a Fiction Workshop: Playing with Genre--Horror, Fantasy, and More Michelle Hoover R 2-4:50
ENG 149a Screenwriting Workshop: Writing for Television Marc Weinberg T 2-4:50

12+ Page Paper (English Major)

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 38b* Race, Region, and Religion in the Twentieth-Century South (writing intensive) John Burt MW 2-3:20
ENG 105b* After Jane Austen: Sex, Death, and Fiction (writing intensive) John Plotz MW 3:30-4:50
ENG 107a* Women Writing Desire: Caribbean Fiction and Film Faith Smith TF 12:30-1:50
COML/ENG 144a** Island Fictions Jennifer Reed TF 12:30-1:50

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

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