An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Online asynchronous Course
Undergraduate Courses
Course Delivery DEFINITIONS:
- Online Courses: In online teaching, 100% of instruction takes place online via Canvas and with supplemental platforms like Zoom. There are two types of online courses: asynchronous and synchronous.
- Asynchronous online: Course is fully online, with lessons, assignments, and activities posted in Canvas with due dates. Students complete coursework, engage in discussions, etc., based upon their own schedules, but are required to meet posted deadlines.
- Synchronous online: Online course that includes real-time class meetings using technology (e.g. Zoom). The number of required meetings varies based upon the particular class, but meetings take place during the scheduled class times. Faculty will inform students of the schedule for real-time meetings in their courses.
- Hybrid Courses: Hybrid courses combine both in-person, on-campus meetings with online instruction. All face-to-face activities take place during the regularly-scheduled meeting times in the rooms assigned on the course listing. The number of in-person meetings varies by course. Faculty will notify students of the exact meeting schedule for their courses.
If your class is not listed as online or hybrid, it will meet fully face-to-face following the noted class schedule.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Online Asynchronous Course
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Synchronous once per week (Zoom) otherwise Asynchronous
Fall 2020: Eco-Writing
Our world is in dire straits: learn about the climate crisis and how you can make a difference while honing your skills in critical thinking, writing, and public speaking.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Asynchronous and synchronous meetings
The first two class meetings will be synchronous, and the rest will be a mix of synchronous and asynchronous. there will be a total of 17 asynchronous meetings and 11 synchronous class meetings.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Online Asynchronous course
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Online asynchronous course.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Asynchronous with limited number of synchronous meetings (group/individual)
Asynchronous and synchronous meetings at days and times listed. Beginning of semester will be synchronous meetings at days and times listed. As the semester progresses there will be both synchronous and asynchronous meetings. there will be individual conferences with students.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Online course Asynchronous
Online asynchronously. Lessons will be posted on Canvas. Students will utilize discussion boards to carry on conversations throughout the week, and each course will be clearly organized into units. I will be on campus on Mondays, and I will ask that any students who want to have an office hour schedule it with me,
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom
Online will meet synchronously on 5 Monday during the semester. Every Wednesday will be an optional synchronous writing group meeting. There will be 3 one-on-one writing conferences.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Staggered and Asynchronous course
Staggered course meetings half of the class will meet in person on Monday and the other half
on Wednesday. the remaining course will be done asynchronous via Canvas.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Hybrid course staggered in class meetings and asynchronous
Staggered in class meetings for at least the firs t3 weeks of class. Half of the class meeting in person on Monday and half on Wednesday at the times listed. Also asynchronous course work via Canvas.to be completed by the end of the day.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Online asynchronous course.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Staggered in class meetings and asynchronous
Staggered in class meeting half of the class on Tuesday and Half on Thursday at times listed
and asynchronous course work via Canvas.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Staggered in class meetings and asynchronous
Staggered in class meeting half of the class on Tuesday and half on Thursday at the times listed.
and asynchronous course work via Canvas.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Online Synchronous course
Online synchronous course will meet online via Zoom on the days and times listed.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Online synchronous course
Online synchronous course will meet online Via Zoom on the days and times listed.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Online synchronous course
Online synchronous course meets via Zoom at days and time listed.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Online synchronous course at days and times listed.
Online synchronous course meets via Zoom at the days and times listed.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Hybrid synchronous and asynchronous course
Hybrid online synchronous and asynchronous course.
Synchronous meetings on Tuesday 8/25, Thursday 8/27, Tuesday 9/15, and Thursday 12/3 via zoom. Remaining work will be asynchronous. Office hours via Zoom every Tuesday and Thursday 2:30-3:30 pm via Zoom.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Hybrid synchronous and asynchronous course.
Hybrid course synchronous meetings on Tuesday 8/25, Thursday 8/27, Tuesday 9/15, and Thursday 12/3 via Zoom. Remaining work will be asynchronous.
Office hours synchronously every Tuesday and Thursday 2:30-3:30 pm via Zoom.
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Synchronous meetings via Zoom on days and times listed
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Synchronous meetings via Zoom on days and times listed
An introduction to college-level writing and research. Emphasis on the writing process as well as on informative and persuasive writing and speaking across a range of situations, audiences, and forms. Instruction in substantial research paper. Students must receive a grade of C or better to satisfy this Core requirement. (C1)
Online synchronous and asynchronous meetings
the first two classes will meet synchronously as well as the first and last Tuesday of the month for the semester via Zoom at the days an times listed. Course work will be predominately asynchronous. there will also be at least two required individual Zoom meeting for each student throughout the semester.
Topics course that introduces students to the interpretation and appreciation of a wide range of texts. Students acquire knowledge of genre and historical contexts as well as skills necessary to read texts closely, think critically, conduct research, and communicate orally and in writing. This course may be taken more than once, provided it addresses a different topic when taken again. (C2)
Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom
Hybrid course meets once a week online via Zoom. remaining course work is asynchronous.
Topics course that introduces students to the interpretation and appreciation of a wide range of texts. Students acquire knowledge of genre and historical contexts as well as skills necessary to read texts closely, think critically, conduct research, and communicate orally and in writing. This course may be taken more than once, provided it addresses a different topic when taken again. (C2)
Asynchronous with limited number of synchronous meetings (group and Individual)
Fall 2020:
This class will examine selections that explore personal and cultural rituals and rites of passage negotiated on journeys of self-discovery during this transition into adulthood. The course will include attention to diverse communities, addressing social, political, and historical themes expressed in the works. We will examine issues of race, gender, and multicultural perspectives.
Topics course that introduces students to the interpretation and appreciation of a wide range of texts. Students acquire knowledge of genre and historical contexts as well as skills necessary to read texts closely, think critically, conduct research, and communicate orally and in writing. This course may be taken more than once, provided it addresses a different topic when taken again. (C2)
Hybrid in-person and asynchronous course.
Hybrid course half of the class meets in-person on Tuesday and the other half on Thursday alphabetically at the times listed. the remaining course work will be asynchronous.
Fall 2020:
The film and video game industries have helped reimagine American superheroes for the millennial generation. This course explores the significance superheroes from the transmedia perspective of cinema, television, video games, comics, graphic novels, fan culture, and the web. This course is designed in an innovative game-based format.
Topics course that introduces students to the interpretation and appreciation of a wide range of texts. Students acquire knowledge of genre and historical contexts as well as skills necessary to read texts closely, think critically, conduct research, and communicate orally and in writing. This course may be taken more than once, provided it addresses a different topic when taken again. (C2)
Online asynchronous Course
Fall 2020:
Introduction to modern fiction about witches and witchcraft. We will explore witchcraft as a tool for women’s rebellion throughout history and in modern times. Our readings and discussions will examine these works within their social, political, and cultural contexts, including the intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, and LGBTQIA identity. Readings may include works by Jessica Spotswood, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Brenna Yovanoff, and Zoraida Cordova.
Topics course that introduces students to the interpretation and appreciation of a wide range of texts. Students acquire knowledge of genre and historical contexts as well as skills necessary to read texts closely, think critically, conduct research, and communicate orally and in writing. This course may be taken more than once, provided it addresses a different topic when taken again. (C2)
Hybrid course
Fall 2020:
Games both shape and are shaped by culture. Video games are now the largest form of mass entertainment in the world, but they are also applied to education, health, training and battle readiness. This course will be a combination hands on-discussion/theory-based course on the emergence of modern games from the early 1970s arcade games to contemporary Multiple Massive Online Role-Playing Games. We will explore games through the lens of play theory, culture studies, game studies, psychoanalysis, gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality and formal design. During the course will both play and study a variety of games including board games, card games, mobile, online, console, and virtual reality games. Additionally, the course will discuss games in learning, games for change, games and scientific research, and games for health. It will also be taught in a gamified fashion.
Topics course that introduces students to the interpretation and appreciation of a wide range of texts. Students acquire knowledge of genre and historical contexts as well as skills necessary to read texts closely, think critically, conduct research, and communicate orally and in writing. This course may be taken more than once, provided it addresses a different topic when taken again. (C2)
Online Asynchronous Course
Fall 2020:
Introduction to lesbian literature through fiction, poetry, and more. We will explore literature written by, about, and for lesbians. We will examine these writings within their social, political, and cultural contexts, including the intersections of race, class, and gender. Readings may include works by Leslie Feinberg, Nancy Garden, Brandy Colbert, and Emily Danforth.
Introduction to a number of the central concepts and concerns of literary study, with specific attention to genre conventions and interpretive methodologies. Students work across historical eras and cultural traditions to develop the reading, writing, research, and oral communication skills necessary for further literary study. Course intended for English, English: Adolescence Education majors, and English: ASPIRE; should be taken as early as possible. Students may not take both ENG 112 and ENG 114. Fall.
Open to English and English-Adolescence Education Major ONLY Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom
Online Synchronous and asynchronous/. Will meet synchronously on Thursday at time listed Via Zoom. Remaining work will be asynchronous.
Fall 2020:
“SECRETS ARE LIES // SHARING IS CARING // PRIVACY IS THEFT” (Eggers, The Circle)
In this course, we will examine surveillance and other mechanisms of control and power as depicted in literature, non-fiction documents, film, and television. We will pay special attention to issues of race and visibility, gender and the gaze, online privacy, and governmental surveillance. In focusing on these issues, we will engage critically with literary and filmic texts and deploy our skills as literary critics in analyzing the world in which we live.
Introduction to a number of the central concepts and concerns of literary study, with specific attention to genre conventions and interpretive methodologies. Students work across historical eras and cultural traditions to develop the reading, writing, research, and oral communication skills necessary for further literary study. Course intended for English, English: Adolescence Education majors, and English: ASPIRE; should be taken as early as possible. Students may not take both ENG 112 and ENG 114. Fall.
Open to English and English-Adolescence Education majors and Literature or English Minors ONLY. Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom
Online Synchronous and asynchronous course will meet synchronously on Thursday at time listed. Remaining work will be asynchronous.
Fall 2020:
“SECRETS ARE LIES // SHARING IS CARING // PRIVACY IS THEFT” (Eggers, The Circle)
In this course, we will examine surveillance and other mechanisms of control and power as depicted in literature, non-fiction documents, film, and television. We will pay special attention to issues of race and visibility, gender and the gaze, online privacy, and governmental surveillance. In focusing on these issues, we will engage critically with literary and filmic texts and deploy our skills as literary critics in analyzing the world in which we live.
Introduction to the conventions of literary study for English /Language Arts concentrators. Focus on the relevant literary history and technical conventions of literary genres. Exploration of methodologies of literary criticism/theory. Practice in reading, research, writing, and oral communication skills as needed for future literary study. Course is intended for students in the English Language Arts concentration; should be taken as early as possible. Students may not take both ENG 112 and ENG 114. Fall, Spring.
Online asynchronous course.
Introduction to the conventions of literary study for English /Language Arts concentrators. Focus on the relevant literary history and technical conventions of literary genres. Exploration of methodologies of literary criticism/theory. Practice in reading, research, writing, and oral communication skills as needed for future literary study. Course is intended for students in the English Language Arts concentration; should be taken as early as possible. Students may not take both ENG 112 and ENG 114. Fall, Spring.
Online Asynchronous course
Introduction to the conventions of literary study for English /Language Arts concentrators. Focus on the relevant literary history and technical conventions of literary genres. Exploration of methodologies of literary criticism/theory. Practice in reading, research, writing, and oral communication skills as needed for future literary study. Course is intended for students in the English Language Arts concentration; should be taken as early as possible. Students may not take both ENG 112 and ENG 114. Fall, Spring.
Asynchronous Course
This course will help students think about writing as a profession as well as an art, to learn how to seek out markets and to develop an adaptive flexibility in their writing styles, while building an online portfolio of work to showcase those skills. (C2)
ONLINE course
Online Asynchronous course.
An introduction to drama and the theatre. Course explores theatrical experience from the various points of view of those who participate in it, such as the playwright, director, actors, designers, and audience. Class activities include reading dramatic literature, learning about the theatre, experimenting through performance, and attending dramatic performances. (L05)
Online synchronous and asynchronous course
An introduction to drama and the theatre. Course explores theatrical experience from the various points of view of those who participate in it, such as the playwright, director, actors, designers, and audience. Class activities include reading dramatic literature, learning about the theatre, experimenting through performance, and attending dramatic performances. (L05)
Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom
Class meets synchronously via Zoom every Tuesday at time listed. Remaining work asynchronous.
An introductory course in creative writing with practice in and critique of fiction, creative nonfiction, drama, and poetry, as well as readings in and discussions of each genre. In addition to original creative pieces, students will critically examine creative and critical texts. Recommended for students with any level of creative writing experience. Prerequisite: ENG 105 or equivalent. (C2)
Online synchronous and asynchronous course
Online synchronous class meetings every Thursday at times listed. Remaining course work will be asynchronous.
Fall 2020: Creative Writing
Express yourself. This introduction to creative writing will probably be the most fun class you’ve ever taken, with the opportunity to workshop fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama. No writing experience required, other than ENG 105.
An introductory course in creative writing with practice in and critique of fiction, creative nonfiction, drama, and poetry, as well as readings in and discussions of each genre. In addition to original creative pieces, students will critically examine creative and critical texts. Recommended for students with any level of creative writing experience. Prerequisite: ENG 105 or equivalent. (C2)
Online asynchronous course.
A study of crime, mystery, and/or detective fiction as a genre; the course includes readings of short stories, novels, and critical work about writing and reading crime fiction. There may be consideration of the history of the genre, its cultural evolution, media adaptations, and its current place in the literary canon. (C2)
Online Asynchronous course.
Development in theory and practice of the skills of reading aloud to present informed sharing of literary selections, increase understanding of literary works, and provide enjoyment to reader and audience. Presentations include prose, poetry, and drama.
Online
Examines a range of artistic works produced by women after 1800. Readings may include various genres such as the novel, drama, poetry, nonfiction prose, memoir, film, and/or music. Course focuses on how women’s experiences and their artistic responses are shaped by conditions such as ethnicity, geography, politics, class, sexual orientation, work, education, and physical ability. Fulfills diversity requirement. (C2)
Online asynchronous and synchronous meetings
The first three class meetings will be synchronous , and the rest of the a mix of synchronous and asynchronous. the will be a total of 18 asynchronous meetings and 10 synchronous class meetings.
Fall 2020:
This course will explore the contributions of five women filmmakers to modern and contemporary English-language cinema. We will study the ways that these women have gone about the art and business of filmmaking both within the context of established studio systems (principally Hollywood) as well as within the context of the independent (or “indie”) film. The five directors we will study are Kathryn Bigelow, Lisa Cholodenko, Ava DuVernay, Maggie Greenwald, and Julie Taymor; we will study one film each from these directors, in depth, as representative of their work. Other women directors, such as Sofia Coppola, Greta Gerwig, Catherine Hardwicke, Mary Harron, Patty Jenkins, Kimberly Peirce, Dee Rees, and Chloé Zhao are represented in an extended list of films and filmmakers posted on Canvas.
Although we will engage in some discussion of the aesthetic and formal elements of the films, the principal goal of this course is to discuss and write about the social issues at play within them. Therefore, members of the class will read and engage critically with essays about film history, women directors, feminism, and the social, cultural, and political currents that helped shape the films in our course. Course assignments include screenings of the films, readings, regular class participation, discussion leading, short writing assignments, a film review, an essay based on one of our five films, a short essay exam, a research essay, and a presentation based on your research for that essay.
Examines a range of artistic works produced by women after 1800. Readings may include various genres such as the novel, drama, poetry, nonfiction prose, memoir, film, and/or music. Course focuses on how women’s experiences and their artistic responses are shaped by conditions such as ethnicity, geography, politics, class, sexual orientation, work, education, and physical ability. Fulfills diversity requirement. (C2)
Online asynchronous course
Fall 2020:
Jane Austen’s novels from the early nineteenth century continue to draw a wide readership, and it has created a subculture of avid fans, or Janeites. Today a vibrant community of fan writers extend the original narrative lives into unique adaptations, fan fiction, and websites. We will work to understand why parts of our modern world endeavor to immerse themselves in Austen’s Regency period narratives. We will examine a selection of original novels, written adaptations, online communities, and film adaptations.
This course examines short stories and novels written after 1980. Texts may be organized around a particular theme, style, and/or region. In addition to the primary concerns stated in assigned texts, course also pays attention to race, class, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and/or geographic location as categories of analysis. Fulfills diversity requirement. (C2)
Online Synchronous meetings via Zoom on days & times listed
Fall 2020:
Afro-Futurism is often thought to be solely another word for speculative fiction written by black people, but it is in fact so much more. Afro-Futurism is an emergent cultural and literary genre that combines elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and magic realism in order to not only critique the present-day dilemmas of people of color, but also revise and interrogate past historical events.
In this class, we will read the novels of Octavia Butler, Samuel R. Delany, N. K. Jemisin, and Ishmael Reed, among others, as well as several short texts that provide the theoretical underpinnings of Afro-Futurism, such as works by Mark Dery, Walter Mosley, Alondra Nelson, and Sheree Renee Thomas. Vigorous class participation is required.
Course examines texts from post-1800 Britain through a focus on a particular theme, literary movement, or social issue. The course pays attention to the aesthetic, historical, critical, social, and economic contexts for the publication of texts. This course may be taken more than once, provided it addresses a different topic when taken again. (C2)
Online asynchronous course
Fall 2020:
Increasing advances in scientific knowledge and increasing population shifts led fiction writers to consider the effects on all levels of British society. While technological advances could bring immense wealth to individuals, the human costs of advancement could be felt widely. In this course we will read novels that question the rapid pace of developments in science, technology, and imperial wealth. Possible readings include Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, and The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
Examines a school of writers whose work can be linked to a significant cultural trend or societal events, usual within a designated time frame and geographical region. Course may explore a single group (the Beats, the Bloomsbury group, Language Poets) or the predilections of a number of them (e.g., colonies and communes in American writing, avant-gardes). (C2)
Online course asynchronous
Online Asynchronous course.
Lectures will be posted via Canvas. Students will also utilize discussion boards to carry on conversations throughout the week , and each course will be clearly organized in units. there will be opportunities for in-person office hour meetings on Mondays,.
Fall 2020:
Despite the presence and contributions of the members of the LGBTQ+ community to various niches of society, culture, and the arts (among others), a history of discrimination, labeling, and alienation tends to perpetuate the narrative of said community. In order to gain a fuller perspective of the struggles and triumphs of this community, it is essential that we investigate the theory and literature that examines the queer subject first as a peripheral member of society and how, over time, greater exposure and education about queer subjects through mediums like literature, film, and various forms of art, have allowed this community to make great strides and gain much needed and much deserved visibility (*here we might think about how we have gone from “conversion therapy” to having a Cover “Boy” as a new Covergirl). In this course, students will read foundational texts in queer theory as a way to begin forming a vocabulary relative to this community as well as to begin establishing an important timeline and history of events that eventually led to (somewhat) of an LGBTQ+ liberation (post McCarthy era politics). Students will read critical essays that focus on what it means to perform a sexual and gendered identity in order to pass in heteronormative settings. Students will read novels by queer authors that primarily focus on identity, community, the stresses/ emotional tolls of being forced to perform heterosexual roles, and the liberation of the private sphere where the queer subject may live freely and naturally. This course will examine terms like “natural,” “normal,” “performativity/ performance,” “sex,” “gender,” and “fluidity” (among others) as a way to ground our course readings. This course will utilize critical essays, novels, films like But, I’m a Cheerleader, spoken word performance poetry, and selected episodes of LGBTQ+ programs like Transparent and Orange is the New Black to foster a multimodal approach to learning.
This course uses workshop methods to introduce students to the writing of poetry, playscripts and short fiction, as well as to effective methods for teaching creative writing. Students read literary texts in the genres and compose their own imaginative works. Workshops promote discussion and critique of student work. Prerequisite: ENG 105 or equivalent.
1st half of semester Aug 24 -Oct. 14, 2020 Staggered in person class meetings and asynchronous.
Staggered in person class meetings half of the class meeting one week and the other half of the class meeting the next. Asynchronous course work will be posted on Canvas.
This course uses workshop methods to introduce students to the writing of literary prose, including lyric essays, personal essays, experimental essays, and first-person narratives. The course will also address methods for the teaching of prose writing. Students read literary prose and compose their own prose works. Workshops promote discussion and critique of student work. Prerequisite: ENG 105 or equivalent.
Second half of semester Oct 15 -Dec 11, 2020 Hybrid and synchronous courses
Hybrid course staggered in class meeting each half of the class will meet meet on alternating weeks. Course work will be posted on Canvas.
This course will cover the practice in one or more nonfiction forms, with attention to strategies for revision and editing. Particular semesters may focus on memoir, personal essay, flash nonfiction, journal writing, travel pieces, interviews, and oral histories. In addition to original creative pieces, students will critically examine creative and critical texts. This course may be taken more than once, provided it addresses a different topic when taken again. Some research may be required. (C2)
Online asynchronous course
Fall 2020:
Flash nonfiction, prose poetry, lyric essay—no matter what we call it, writing that combines the lyric qualities of poetry and the immediacy of short prose has gained prominence in recent years, winning prizes and even landing on bestseller lists. In this workshop course, we will read and write pieces that experiment with form, embrace fragments and sections, avoid easy or smooth narrative, leap and juxtapose language, and even imitate other forms—from aphorism, fragment, and memoir to collage, fable, lists, and hermit crab writing. We will discuss some of the traditions and impulses that inform flash nonfiction writing as we read and revise.
This course will explore effective writing for a variety of digital media venues. Students will analyze the rhetoric of writing for digital media and the ways professionals (profit and non-profit) use these platforms to interact with specific audiences. Students will examine the history of digital and social media while they gain experience writing and producing audio and video for blogs, websites and various social networking sites. They will compile a substantial final portfolio of revised work that demonstrates their nimbleness to reach different audiences. (C2)
ONLINE asynchronous course
An introduction to works assigned to William Shakespeare written between 1590 and 1600, with attention to genre, structure, language, and some of the contexts of their creation and performance. These contexts include the dramatic practices of Shakespeare's day and concepts including gender, race, and class relations. We will use the work of literary scholars to deepen our understanding of the works and study film versions of one or more of the plays. (C2)
Online synchronous and asynchronous course
An introduction to works assigned to William Shakespeare written between 1600 and 1613, with attention to genre, structure, language, and some of the contexts of their creation and performance. These contexts include the dramatic practices of Shakespeare's day and concepts including gender, race, and class relations. We will use the work of literary scholars to deepen our understanding of the works and study film versions of one or more of the plays. (C2)
Online asynchronous course.
Introduction to works that comprise the international modern repertory, from Ibsen to the present. This course spotlights specific periods of dramatic composition and production that have had a significant impact over the past century. Students will engage in literary and theatre criticism of drama. (L05)
Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom
Hybrid synchronous and asynchronous course meeting online every Tuesday at times listed . remaining course work is asynchronous.
Fall 2020:
n introduction to contemporary global drama and performance, this course focuses on representative theatrical works pulled from various geographies published or produced within the last decade. The course will draw from dramatic works that are part of the established “canon” as well as those that are underrepresented in order to construct a fuller picture of what theatre and performance looks like today. Students will engage in the course by reading dramatic texts, watching filmed performances, and seeing live productions. Course will highlight various approaches to play analysis and dramatic criticism.
In the 1840s—when he wrote such famous works as “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” and “The Black Cat”—Edgar Allan Poe was living just a short walk from a state-of-the-art Philadelphia prison. Founded on humanitarian ideals of reform rather than punishment, the Eastern State Penitentiary emphasized work, routine, prayer, and solitude instead of bodily correction. Some praised the ESP as a prison for a more enlightened and benevolent age; but English novelist Charles Dickens, on visiting the prison in 1842, witnessed a “ghastly…tampering with the mysteries of the brain…worse than any torture of the body.” Critics tend to see Poe as the “odd man out” of the American literary tradition, sharing few of the defining concerns of contemporaries like Emerson, Whitman, Stowe, and Hawthorne. Indeed, many see him as a man before his time, offering in his work insights into the human mind that anticipate twentieth-century psychoanalysis. But in this course, we’ll make Poe speak to our world by making better sense of him in his world. We’ll come to see Poe as a writer active in the cultural debates—such as those over prison reform—that shaped modern America. We’ll see Poe’s poems, essays, and tales as casting light on the mysteries and horrors of his America—and our own. (C2)
Online synchronous and asynchronous course. otherwise asynchronous
online synchronous meetings every Thursday at time listed. Remaining course work is asynchronous.
Fall 2020:
In 1838-1844, when he wrote “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Black Cat,” and other famous works, Edgar Allan Poe was living in Philadelphia in the shadow of the Eastern State Penitentiary. Founded upon Enlightenment ideals as well as reflecting elite anxieties about the unruliness and increasing diversity of urban populations, the ESP emphasized work, routine, prayer, and solitude instead of physical punishment. Reformers saw the penitentiary as a moral improvement on the terrors of the pillory, the lash, and the iron gag. But English novelist Charles Dickens, touring the prison in 1842, described what he witnessed as “ghastly…a tampering with the mysteries of the brain…worse than any torture of the body.” This course reads Poe’s major fiction, poetry, and critical writings in dialogue with nineteenth-century ideas about crime (broadly construed), criminality, and social control. Topics may include prison reform; capital punishment; plagiarism and literary piracy; population and urban space; scientific racism and early criminology; the origins of detective fiction; and Poe’s belief that the death of a beautiful woman is “the most poetical topic in the world.” Readings include a selection from Poe’s major writings, phrenology handbooks, reform tracts, murder pamphlets, a prison biography, criticism, and theory.
Practice in specific aspects of performance and professional presentation in relation to pedagogical and other professional situations. Intended for education majors and students needing to fulfill the oral communications segment of their C1 requirement. Students who transfer in a course equivalent to ENG 104 may take this course to complete their C1 requirement.
Online course first half of semester 8/24 to 10/14.
Practice in specific aspects of performance and professional presentation in relation to pedagogical and other professional situations. Intended for education majors and students needing to fulfill the oral communications segment of their C1 requirement. Students who transfer in a course equivalent to ENG 104 may take this course to complete their C1 requirement.
Second half of the semester only Oct 15th-Dec 11th Online course
In-depth exploration of film and filmmaking through a variety of theoretical lenses with significant attention to the vocabulary of film criticism, technical production, and distribution. This course may be taken more than once, provided it addresses a different topic when taken again. (C2)
Topic: Ecology and Film Online synchronous and asynchronous course
Fall 2020:
In this film studies course you will become conversant in many of the elements of film form that analysts use to study movies. This will involve much reading and writing—as well as viewing. We will study examples of a range of film genres (documentary, mockumentary, sci-fi, romcom and other types of features), being especially attentive to how to interpret movies in light of ecological issues. For the purposes of this class, ecology means questions around climate change, natural resources (air, water, petroleum, etc.), food production and consumption, and human/animal relations. All films are available on the Kanopy database.
In-depth exploration of film and filmmaking through a variety of theoretical lenses with significant attention to the vocabulary of film criticism, technical production, and distribution. This course may be taken more than once, provided it addresses a different topic when taken again. (C2)
Online asynchronous course
Fall 2020:
This course will focus on the genre of crime films from an international perspective. Why do filmmakers love criminals? Do they have impossibly romantic ideas about the underworld?
Introduction to dramatic performance through acting exercises. This course offers strategies and approaches to characterization, improvisation, and play analysis. Students will learn to work under direction on stage through monologues and scenes. (L05)
Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom
Hybrid course synchronous meetings every Thursday at time listed. remaining course work is asynchronous.
Practicum in play production. While working with the drama director to prepare the play productions for the semester, students become involved in a wide variety of stage activities, including costuming, makeup, props, scenery, sound effects, and character portrayal. A minimum of 75 hours of commitment is required. Course may be taken more than once (4 credits max). Fall, Spring
Course focuses on specific moments in literary history, questions in literary production, or background information for specific literary texts. Designed for education majors. This course may be taken more than once, provided it addresses a different topic when taken again. Pass/fail.
Asynchronous course One credit course meets online from November 9th to November 16th.
Fall 2020:
This is a one credit course Dates November 9th to November 16th. Will be taught using a combination of synchronously and asynchronously.
This course will focus on forms of life writing such as memoir, autobiography, and narrative and personal essays. Authors might include Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, Alison Bechdel, Roxane Gay, Alice Walker, Ariel Levy, Lucy Grealy, Ann Patchett, Sonya Huber, Lacy M. Johnson, and Lauren Slater.
We will read texts in various modes, including written, graphic, filmic, and digital/online.
The course will also utilize feminist personal criticism and narrative theory to look at how life and experience get turned into a narrative structure and how we understand the concept of narrator (often the “I”). Additionally, we will study the idea of the “personal as political” as it relates to personal forms of narrative.
A course in the writing of short fiction, with specialized assignments such as in-class workshops and critiques of students’ writing, reading of professional fiction writers, attendance at fiction readings, and the study and discussion of theories of fiction. Knowledge of the genre and previous college-level creative writing experience required. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisites: ENG 105 and 200-level English creative writing course, or consent of the instructor based on a writing sample.
Online Synchronous meetings via Zoom on days & times listed
Fall 2020:
One does not become a better fiction writer solely through the mechanical exercise of writing alone, but also by reading fictional works with a keen eye towards an individual writer's craft, technique, and unique stylistic flair. In other words, it is by reading the fiction of others that you come to understand that you, too, as both a writer and a reader, have an already developed aesthetic sense that merely needs to be discovered, uncovered (or in some cases, strengthened), and articulated. Course readings will be partially selected according to topics raised in class, so all students should expect to discuss the particularities of each class reading at length.
Advanced practice in the writing and revision of prose including expository, persuasive, and personal writing, with a careful study of form, style, voice, and purpose. Topics may include memoir, autobiography, biography, literary journalism, travel writing, local histories, or the essay. This course may be taken more than once, provided it addresses a different topic when taken again. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisites: ENG 105 and 200-level English writing course, or consent of the instructor based on writing sample.
Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom
Online course will meet Synchronously on Wednesdays at the times listed via Zoom. there will be two one-on-one writing conferences.
Fall 2020:
The class topic is the essay, which comes from Michel De Montaigne’s “ Essais” and the French verb essayer, which means “to try.” Montaigne described essays as “attempts,” and Aldous Huxley described the essay as “free association artistically controlled” and “one damn thing after another.” The essay is a difficult genre to narrowly define, however its forms can be loosely described in three broad categories: personal, critical, and informational. Whatever the type of essay, it is most likely an attempt at making sense of the world – a representation of the writer trying to explain the inexplicable or make the familiar strange. In this class, we will make our own attempts at realization through the act of writing, as we work our way through the writing process involved in “saying one damn thing after another” in the most polished way possible. This course delivers advanced practice in the writing and revision of prose including expository, persuasive, and personal writing through careful study of form, style, voice, and purpose. This class will require multiple drafts and involvement in a workshop environment.
Interdisciplinary exploration of the creation and analysis of literature in relation to at least one other discipline. Topics might include the influences of and interrelations between literature and the visual arts, literature and film/digital media, or literature and history. This course may be taken more than once, provided it addresses a different topic when taken again. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisites: ENG 112 or 114 and two literature courses at the 200-level.
Online Asynchronous Course
Fall 2020:
We will explore a number of texts of the period that discuss music and musicians. Of particular interest will be the ways that narratives convey the elusive nature of musical sound in the more permanent medium of print. We will focus primarily on literature about the native-born musical genres of jazz, blues, and rock & roll. We will study writers such as Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Michael Ondaatje, Ishmael Reed, Nick Hornby, Salman Rushdie, and Don DeLillo, as well as musical playlists relevant to the texts. Secondary literary criticism by figures such as Michel Foucault, Georges Bataille, Walter Benjamin, Jean Baudrillard, Judith Butler, and Jacques Derrida will be read as well.
Study of twentieth and twenty-first century critical theory with attention to current trends. Students develop facility with theoretical concepts and acquire critical tools with which to read, write, and theorize about literature, film, and other texts. Prerequisites: ENG 112 or ENG 114 and two literature courses at the 200-level, or one 200-level and one 300-level. Fall, Spring.
Online synchronous and asynchronous course.
Online synchronous class meetings every Thursday at times listed via Zoom. Remaining course work is asynchronous.
Exploration of the literature and culture of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England (and sometimes also Europe), informed by a range of primary and secondary texts. Classes are often organized around a theme, social issue, genre, or critical approach. The course may be taken more than once, provided each class addresses a different topic. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisites: ENG 112 or 114 and two literature courses at the 200-level.
Online Asynchronous course.
Poetry and prose from a revolutionary era. Poets may include Barbauld, Smith, Robinson, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, Keats, and Clare; prose writers may include Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, Dorothy Wordsworth, DeQuincy, and Austen. Exploration of relevant social and critical material will contextualize reading. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisites: ENG 112 or 114 and two literature courses at the 200-level.
Online synchronous and asynchronous course. meets Every Thursday at times listed via Zoom. Remaining course work will be asynchronous.
Fall 2020: Romantic Poetry and Prose.
Free love. Opium. Visions. Incest. Suicide. The Romantics had it all. We’ll begin with the famous rainy summer of 1816, near Lake Geneva, where 18-year-old Mary Shelley conceived Frankenstein, after the death of her premature child with the brilliant poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (who’d left behind in England his young pregnant wife, who later drowned herself). There they joined the proto-rock-star poet Lord Byron; his doctor, Polidori; and her stepsister,
Claire Clairmont, who was pregnant by Byron (he’d just been run out of England for incest with his half-sister, and/or sodomy). We’ll read their astonishing works, along with the illustrated poetry of prophetic William Blake, who saw angels and spirits; the hauntingly beautiful lyrics of Keats, who died young of TB; the visionary poems of Coleridge, who became an opium addict; and the plainspoken nature poems of William Wordsworth, with a strong assist by his sister Dorothy. We will also read Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, and watch its Oscar-winning film adaptation by Emma Thompson, for a witty, critical look at the era and its excesses.
This course provides students with the practical experience of applying the knowledge and skills learned in their coursework in actual work environments. Students engage in fieldwork opportunities at such sites as newspapers, schools, non-profit organizations, government agencies, theaters, libraries, and other professional contexts. Application required. In the semester preceding the internship, students work with the internship coordinator to find placement and begin the application process. No late-registration will be accepted, as critical assignments and documents must be completed before the semester begins. Open to English majors who have completed 90 credits toward the degree. Prerequisites: ENG 112 or 114, ENG 330, one 300-level writing course, and at least one 300-level literature course. Students who have completed at least 12 credits toward the writing minor may also apply to take this course. Fall, Spring
Must be pre-arranged with internship advisor.
Class will meet asynchronously during the first four weeks during which time students will complete their learning contracts. After that students will have worked out synchronous and asynchronous work models with their respective internship supervisors/ employers.
Students will need to complete coursework before the next semester begins. No late-registration will be accepted, as critical documents must be completed before the semester begins.
All undergraduate English and English-Adolescence Education majors must submit a portfolio of their work toward the end of their course of study. Students should register for ENG 497 in the same semester as ENG 498 Senior Seminar. Pass/fail. Open to English and English: Adolescence Education majors who have completed 90 credits toward their degree. Prerequisites: ENG 112 or 114, ENG 330, one 300-level writing course, and at least one 300-level literature course. Fall, Spring
ENG Majors Only. Must have completed or be registered for 300 - level writing course. Must be taken in same semseter as ENG 498.
All undergraduate English and English-Adolescence Education majors must submit a portfolio of their work toward the end of their course of study. Students should register for ENG 497 in the same semester as ENG 498 Senior Seminar. Pass/fail. Open to English and English: Adolescence Education majors who have completed 90 credits toward their degree. Prerequisites: ENG 112 or 114, ENG 330, one 300-level writing course, and at least one 300-level literature course. Fall, Spring
English Adolescence Education Majors Only. Must be taken in same semester as ENG 498. Must have completed or be registered for 300-level Writing course.
In-depth study of a major writer, genre, or literary movement, involving comprehensive readings of primary texts, extensive critical research, oral presentation of research and analysis, and a major paper. Open to English and English-Adolescence Education majors who have completed 90 credits toward their degree. Prerequisites: ENG 112 or 114, ENG 330, one 300-level writing course, and at least one 300-level literature course. Fall, Spring
Synchronous and asynchronous meetings via Zoom Must be taken in same semester as ENG 497. Must have 90 credits completed. Open only to ENG and ENG - Adol. ed. majors. Pre requisites ENG 330 and one 300-level lit. course.
Online synchronous and Asynchronous course.
Class will meet Thursdays at time listed via Zoom.
Remaining work will be asynchronous.