Department of English

Fall 2018 Undergraduate Courses

Courses Pre-1800

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 33a** Shakespeare Ramie Targoff MWTh 11-11:50
ENG 43b Medieval Play; Drama, LARP, and Video Games Dorothy Kim TTh 3:30-4:50
ENG 104a ** 18th-Century British Poetry William Flesch MWTh 10-10:50
ECS/ENG 110a** Thinking about Infinity William Flesch MW 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.

Courses Post-1800

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 1a

Introduction to Literary Studies: Modern Literature and the Problem of Evil

Jerome Tharaud MWTh 10-10:50
ENG 17a* Alternative & Underground Journalism Caren Irr MW 3:30-4:50
AMST/ENG 47a Frontier Visions: The West in American Literature and Culture Jerome Tharaud MW 2-3:20
ENG 55a Smoke & Brick: Working Class Fiction in the Industrial Age Paige Eggebrecht TF 9:30-10:50
ENG 62b** Contemporary African Literature, Global Perspectives Emilie Diouf TTH 3:30-4:50
ENG 87b** Queer Readings, Beyond Stonewall Tom King MW 5-6:20
ENG 145a* Poetry & the Supernatural Laura Quinney TTh 5-6:20
ENG 148a* Inventing Farewell David Sherman TTh 2-3:20
COML/ENG 148a* Fiction of the Second World War John Burt TF 12:30-1:50
ENG 171b* African Feminisms Emilie Diouf TF 12:30-1:50

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

*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.

Film/Media

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 17a* Alternative & Underground Journalism Caren Irr MW 3:30-4:50
ENG 20a** Bollywood Ulka Anjaria MWTh 12-12:50
ENG 61b** Philosophical Approaches to Film William Flesch MWTh 11-11:50
ENG 160a Digital Media and Culture Thomas Nolden MW 2-3:20

*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.

Literary Theory

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 61b** Philosophical Approaches to Film William Flesch MWTh 11-11:50
ENG 171b* African Feminisms Emilie Diouf TF 12:30-1:50
ENG 121a* Sex & Culture Paul Morrison MWTh 1-1:50
ENG 160a Digital Media & Culture Thomas Nolden MW 2-3:20

*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.

Multicultural Literature / World Anglophone

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 20a** Bollywood Ulka Anjaria MWTh 12-12:50
ENG 62b** Contemporary African Literature, Global Perspectives Emilie Diouf TTh 3:30-4:50
ENG 171b* African Feminism(s) Emilie Diouf 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.

Core Course

For English majors declared before fall 2016

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 1a Introduction to Literary Studies Jerome Tharaud MWTh 10-10:50

Electives

Any English course can fulfill this requirement.

Creative Writing Close Reading Course

For majors declared as of fall 2016

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 10b Poetry: A Basic Course Laura Quinney TTh 2-3:20

Creative Writing Core Course

For major declared before fall 2016

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 1a Introduction to Literary Studies Jerome Tharaud MWTh 10-10:50

Creative Writing Foundational Course

For major declared before fall 2016

Course Number Course Title Instructor Time
ENG 10b Poetry: A Basic Course Laura Quinney 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 Chen Chen  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 TTh 5-6:20
ENG 119a Fiction Workshop Michelle Hoover Th 2-4:50
ENG 149a Screenwriting Workshop: Writing for Television Marc Weinberg T 2-4:50