Courses

Designed to give time and impetus to scriptwriting in terms of both imaginative and technical aspects. Either stage plays or screenplays are studied, as announced. Admission to graduate writing students or by instructor of an application manuscript. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.

Addresses modern fiction written since World War II. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

Studies styles, trends, innovations, and major writers in significant literary movements, particularly those after 1900, such as modernism and objectivism. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Restricted to graduate CRWR, ENLT, and ENGL majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Literature-Creative Writing, English Literature or English graduate students only.

Introduces purposes, methods and techniques of professional scholarship in English. Provides an overview of the discipline, including traditional areas of research and recent developments. Teaches students how to use research, bibliographic, and reference tools to prepare papers for conferences and publication. Required of all MA students in English. Prereq., graduate standing or instructor consent. Formerly ENGL 7859.

Studies special topics that focus on a theme, genre, or theoretical issue not limited to a specific period or national tradition. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as ENGL 5549 and 5559. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Lit-Creative Writing (CRWR), English Literature (ENLT), English (ENGL) or Comparative Literature (CMLT) graduate students only.

Same as ENGL 5529 and 5559. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Lit-Creative Writing (CRWR), English Literature (ENLT), English (ENGL) or Comparative Literature (CMLT) graduate students only.

Same as ENGL 5529 and 5549. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Lit-Creative Writing (CRWR), English Literature (ENLT), English (ENGL) or Comparative Literature (CMLT) graduate students only.

Independent investigation of topics of specific interest to individual students. Students wishing to enroll in independent study must petition the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies prior to the beginning of the semester. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Studies special topics in medieval and early modern writing through the long 18th Century. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., ENGL. 5019. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Literature-Creative Writing, English Literature or English graduate students only.

Studies special topics in romantic, Victorian, modern and postmodern writing. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., ENGL 5059. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Literature-Creative Writing, English Literature or English graduate students only.

Studies special topics in writing of the United States. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., ENGL 5109. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Studies special topics in recent writing in English from around the world. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., ENGL 5149. Prerequisites: Restricted to English Lit-Creative Writing (CRWR), English Literature (ENLT), English (ENGL) or Comparative Literature (CMLT) graduate students only.

Studies special topics in ethnic American and/or postcolonial writing in English, including relevant theoretical discourses. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., ENGL 5169. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Studies special topics in theory, culture, and literature of any period. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prereq., ENGL 5019; Ph.D. exempted. Prerequisites: Restricted to English graduate students only.

May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

All doctoral students must register for not fewer than 30 hours of dissertation credit as part of the requirements for the degree. For a detailed discussion of doctoral dissertation credit, refer to the Graduate School section.