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English (ENG) San Francisco State University Bulletin 2022-2023

ENGLISH (ENG)ENG 104 Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice Stretch I (Units: 3)Prerequisite: First-year Writing Advising module.

The first semester of the stretch version of the First-Year Writing Seminar.Practice academic success strategies and habits of mind, learn aboutcampus resources, and learn and practice written academic inquiry,information literacy, the writing process, and critical reading in a variety ofrhetorical genres. (ABC/NC grading, CR/NC allowed)Note: Completion of ENG 104 and ENG 105 with a grade of C- or betterwill culminate in satisfying the Written English Composition requirement(GE Area A2).

ENG 105 Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice Stretch II (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 104* with a grade of C- or better.

The second semester of the stretch version of the First-Year WritingSeminar. Practice academic success strategies and habits of mind, learnabout campus resources, and learn and practice written academic inquiry,information literacy, the writing process, and critical reading in a variety ofrhetorical genres. (ABC/NC grading, CR/NC allowed)Course Attributes:

• A2: Written English Comm

ENG 106 Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice Stretch I and II (Units:4)Prerequisite: First-year Writing Advising module.

Embedded support version of the First-Year Writing Seminar. Practiceacademic success strategies and habits of mind, learn about campusresources, and learn and practice written academic inquiry, informationliteracy, the writing process, and critical reading in a variety of rhetoricalgenres. (ABC/NC grading, CR/NC allowed)Course Attributes:


ENG 112 Reading and Writing Techniques (Unit: 1)Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

Reading and/or writing skills: reading and study skills, comprehension,vocabulary, spelling, development of basic writing, and compositionabilities. May be repeated for a total of 6 units. (CR/NC grading only)

ENG 114 Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice (Units: 3)Prerequisite: First-year Writing Advising module.

Practice academic success strategies and habits of mind, learn aboutcampus resources, and learn and practice written academic inquiry,information literacy, the writing process, and critical reading in a variety ofrhetorical genres. (Plus-minus ABC/NC, CR/NC allowed)Course Attributes:


ENG 122 The Evolution of Language in the Digital Age (Units: 3)Examination of language patterns and linguistics structure of local andglobal online and digital communications.Course Attributes:

• D1: Social Sciences

ENG 200 Writing Practices in Professional Contexts (Units: 3)Prerequisite: GE Area A2 with a grade of C or better.

Introduction to writing practices common in professional workplaces.Analysis of how they influence and are influenced by workplaceactivities and cultures. Topics may include ethics, collaboration,internationalization, common forms, information design, and mediachoices. (Plus-minus letter grade only) [Formerly TPW 200]Course Attributes:

• C2: Humanities

ENG 201 Writing the First Year: Global Perspectives of MultilingualSpeakers Stretch I (Units: 4)Prerequisite: To optimize student success, completing Write to Register isstrongly encouraged. Intended for first-semester multi-lingual (non-nativespeakers of English) freshmen.

The first semester of the stretch version of the First-Year WritingSeminar for multi-lingual students. Focused on developing the academicreading and writing skills necessary for university coursework. Thisstretch version allows for extra time to revisit and practice readingand writing strategies to improve English fluency and comprehension,develop effective and varied reading strategies, and practice a varietyof techniques for improving and increasing academic vocabulary. (Plus-minus ABC/NC, CR/NC allowed)

ENG 202 Writing the First Year: Global Perspectives of MultilingualSpeakers Stretch II (Units: 4)Prerequisite: ENG 201* with a C- or better.

The second semester of the stretch version of the First-Year WritingSeminar for multi-lingual students. Focused on developing the academicreading and writing skills necessary for university coursework. Thisstretch version allows for extra time to revisit and practice readingand writing strategies to improve English fluency and comprehension,develop effective and varied reading strategies, and practice a variety oftechniques for improving and increasing academic vocabulary.Course Attributes:


ENG 204 Effective Literacy Skills for College - Multilingual (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Composition for Multilingual Students Advising Module.

Development of university-level reading, writing, and information literacyskills. May be repeated for a total of 6 units. (ABC/NC grading, CR/NCallowed)

ENG 208 Grammar for Writing--Multilingual (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Must take CMSPT prior to enrolling.

Grammatical accuracy in written work. Structures typically reviewed andpracticed include articles, verb forms and tenses, and sentence structure.May be repeated for a total of 6 units. (ABC/NC grading, CR/NC allowed)

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San Francisco State University Bulletin 2022-2023 English (ENG)

ENG 209 Writing the First Year: Global Perspectives of MultilingualSpeakers (Units: 3)Prerequisite: To optimize student success, completing Write to Register isstrongly encouraged.

The initial course in the first-year writing experience sequence that helpsmultilingual students develop academic reading and writing skills forcollege success. Students explore their identity and purpose within theuniversity. Information literacy is developed through reading, analyzing,and responding to a variety of texts. Inquiry-driven expository writing isdeveloped through four major writing projects in which students integrateand reflect on evidence from readings. Students learn to use the writingprocess to revise and improve their essays, and practice techniques fordeveloping research strategies.Course Attributes:


ENG 210 Oral Communication - Multilingual (Units: 3)Development of skills in listening, speech delivery, and preparation andpresentation of informative and persuasive speeches. (ABC/NC grading,CR/NC allowed)Course Attributes:

• A1: Oral Communication

ENG 212 Advanced Grammar for Writing - Multilingual (Units: 3)Prerequisite: First-year Writing Advising module or recommendation froman instructor of a previously-completed Composition for MultilingualStudents course.

Grammatical accuracy and variety at the sentence and discourse levels.Readings, grammatical analysis, and compositions with an emphasis onediting. May be repeated for a total of 6 units. (ABC/NC grading, CR/NCallowed)

ENG 214 Second Year Written Composition: English (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent with a grade of CR or C- or better.

Development of flexible reading and writing skills for academic inquiryand for engaging with social issues. Emphasis on varied composing andrevising skills, critical analysis and self-reflection with special attention torhetorical variation, and fine-tuning research. (Plus/minus ABC/NC, CR/NC allowed) [CSL may be available]Course Attributes:

• A4: Written English Comm II

ENG 215 Second Year Composition: Multilingual (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Qualifying score on CMSPT and ENG 114 or equivalent witha grade of CR or C- or better or ENG 209 with a grade of CR or C- or better.

Expository argumentative composition and critical reading of nonfiction:supporting arguments with outside sources, developing revisingstrategies and research skills. (Plus/minus ABC/NC, CR/NC allowed)[Formerly ENG 310]Course Attributes:

• A4: Written English Comm II

ENG 216 Cultivating Curiosity: Explore Your World, Your Identity, and YourFuture (Units: 3)Prerequisite: GE Area A2*.

Your world is waiting to be explored. Learn how the interests that driveand shape you are awakened through discovery. Choose a topic you'recurious or passionate about (pop culture, rocket science, etc.) to betterunderstand your world, identity, and future. Apply tools of questioning,research, writing, and reflection to bring your topic to life, all whilepracticing effective communication to different audiences. Serves asa springboard to students' majors and future lives through writing thatmakes a difference in your communities and leads to personal andprofessional success. [CSL may be available]Course Attributes:

• E: Lifelong Learning Develop

ENG 217 Multilingual Voices: Bridging the Distance with Our Stories(Units: 3)Prerequisite: GE Area A2 or equivalent.

Practice multilingual reading, critical thinking, and writing skills. Engagewith a topic of choice - from pop culture to rocket science and everythingin between - to better understand the world, self-identity, and the future.Emphasis on effective and persuasive communication to differentaudiences showcasing various realities and bridging the distancebetween people. Includes practice with writing in a variety of formats aswell as peer discussion designed to celebrate diversity. (Plus-minus ABC/NC, CR/NC allowed)Course Attributes:


ENG 218 Literature Is Not A Luxury: Writing For Self and Community(Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Area A2*. Intended primarily for English majors as theculmination of the first-year experience sequence.

Explore how the literary imagination shapes our ways of being in theworld. Research and write about self-chosen topics that determine howthe study of literature is uniquely suited to intervene in questions ofsocial justice, personal identity, health, and wellness. Through researchprojects, group presentations, and related activities learn and practiceacademic success strategies and literary argumentation; developinformation literacy; engage with the writing process including peer andfaculty feedback, and practice a variety of rhetorical genres, both digitaland print.Course Attributes:


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ENG 250 Topics in Literature and Culture (Units: 3)Prerequisite: GE Area A2 or consent of the instructor.

Methods and principles for close reading literature in major genres,especially fiction, drama, and poetry. Examination and analysis of a widevariety of literary styles in works from a diverse range of both major andlesser-known writers. Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. Maybe repeated for a total of 12 units when topics vary.Course Attributes:

• C3 or C2: Humanities/Lit.• C2: Humanities

Topics:

1. Masterworks of Literature in English2. Contemporary Literature3. Introduction to Shakespeare4. Drama in English5. The Novel in English6. The Lyric Poem in English7. Eco-Horror Story and Image8. The Good Life: Literature and Pursuit of Happiness9. Heroes and Antiheroes in Literature

10. Shakespeare and Film11. Literature and Film12. Reading the Landscape: Stories of Place and Power13. American Literature14. Popular Drama and Social Critique15. Reading Videogames16. Introduction to Global Literature in English17. Introduction to Science Fiction18. The Vampire Tradition

ENG 275 Reading Video Games (Units: 3)Prerequisite: First-year composition or permission of the instructor.

Examines videogames as texts whose meaning is produced throughthe complex interplay of narrative, rules, and cultural context. Studentslearn to read and write about videogames using critical perspectives andmethods of literary analysis. [Formerly ENG 270](This course is offered as ENG 275 and CWL 275. Students may notrepeat the course under an alternate prefix.)Course Attributes:

• C3 or C2: Humanities/Lit.• C2: Humanities

ENG 300 Graphic Memoir and Biography (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent.

Examination of the literary genre of graphic memoir and graphicbiography within the medium of comics. (Plus-minus ABC/NC, CR/NCallowed)(This course is offered as ENG 300 and C W 501. Students may not repeatthe course under an alternate prefix.)

ENG 398 Greek American Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- orbetter or permission of the instructor.

A survey of the major Greek American authors and poets of the 20thcentury.(This course is offered as MGS 397 and ENG 398. Students may notrepeat the course under an alternate prefix.)Course Attributes:

• Global Perspectives• Social Justice

ENG 400GW Fundamentals of Professional Writing and Rhetoric - GWAR(Units: 3)Prerequisite: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors; ENG 216 orENG 218 with a grade of C or better; or permission of the instructor.

Forms, methods, standards, and issues central to the work of careerwriters. Students produce technical instructions, reports, promotions, andcorrespondence. (ABC/NC grading only) [Formerly TPW 400GW]Course Attributes:

• Graduation Writing Assessment

ENG 401 Introduction to Writing Studies (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- orbetter or permission of the instructor.

Examination of writing as both a practice and an object of study throughhistorical, theoretical, and critical lenses. Key concepts include writingprocesses, genre, audience, rhetoric, discourse communities, academicliteracy, language diversity, writing with technologies and new media.Course Attributes:

• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities

ENG 402 Introduction to Professional Writing and Rhetoric (Units: 3)Prerequisite: GE Area E or equivalent with a grade of C better orpermission of the instructor.

Introduction to the contexts and rhetorical strategies of professionalwriting. Examination and evaluation of a variety of professionaldocuments in terms of their rhetorical and design features; practiceproducing and designing professional documents using a variety ofdigital and multimedia tools; exploration of the nature of professionalaudiences and discourses to write more effectively; studying how toconstruct an authentic, professional voice.

ENG 417 Academic Literacy and the Urban Adolescent (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Restricted to English majors; ENG 216 or ENG 218 orequivalent.

Service-Learning focused on the acquisition of academic literacy byurban teens. Requires 25 volunteer hours in middle or high schoolclassrooms. Partly satisfies Early Field Experience requirement for SingleSubject Credential Program. [CSL may be available]Course Attributes:

• Social Justice

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ENG 418 Grammar for Writers (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- orbetter or permission of the instructor.

Focus on proofreading, editing, and revising writing for academiccourses. Analyze samples of writing in their disciplines to define anddevelop effective sentences and paragraphs.Course Attributes:


ENG 419 Advanced Composition for Teachers (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Restricted to English majors; ENG 216 or ENG 218 orequivalent.

The composition process with a focus on purpose, audience, typesof discourse, rhetorical strategies, syntactic structures, and responsegroups. Service Learning requires 20 tutoring hours in secondaryLanguage Arts classes. Partly satisfies Early Field Experiencerequirement for Single Subject Credential. [CSL may be available]

ENG 420 Introduction to the Study of Language (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- orbetter or permission of the instructor.

The linguistic investigation of sounds, words, sentences, andconversations. Relationships between language, culture, dialects, andmind are examined. Recommended as a first linguistics course.Course Attributes:

• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities• Global Perspectives

ENG 421 Syntax (Units: 3)Prerequisite for ENG 821: Restricted to graduate MA TESOL andLinguistics students.Prerequisites for ENG 421: Upper-division standing; ENG 420; GPA of 3.0or higher; or permission of the instructor.

Introduction to contemporary syntactic theory and fundamentals oflinguistic data analysis.(ENG 821/ENG 421 is a paired course offering. Students who completethe course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)

ENG 422 History of the English Language (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or ENG 420.

The background, sources, and development of English. Examinations ofthe writing of historical periods of the language.

ENG 423 Language Analysis for Language Teachers (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or ENG 420.

Introduction to English language structures and common English learnererrors. Analysis of form, meaning, and use in spoken and written texts,including academic genres. Focus on understanding cross-linguisticinfluences and strategies for responding to learner challenges ingrammar and pronunciation.

ENG 424 Phonology and Morphology (Units: 3)Prerequisite for ENG 824: Restricted to MA Linguistics and TESOLstudents.Prerequisites for ENG 424: Restricted to upper-division English majorsand minors; GPA of 3.0 or higher; or permission of the instructor.

Theories and techniques of phonological and morphological analysisusing data from English and other languages.(ENG 824/ENG 424 is a paired course offering. Students who completethe course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)

ENG 425 Language in Context (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Restricted to English majors and minors and MALinguistics and TESOL students; upper-division standing or ENG 420.

Introduction to language variation relating to age, ethnicity, gender,region, class, and occupation. Language, culture, and multilingualism.[CSL may be available]

ENG 426 Second Language Acquisition (Units: 3)Prerequisite for ENG 826: Restricted to graduate students in the MATESOL, Composition, and Linguistics programs, or permission of theinstructor.Prerequisites for ENG 426: Upper-division standing and/or permission ofthe instructor, and GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Survey of research and issues in second language acquisition.Recommended for ESL/EFL and foreign language teachers and credentialcandidates. [CSL may be available](ENG 826/ENG 426 is a paired course offering. Students who completethe course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)

ENG 429 Stylistics (Units: 3)Prerequisite: GE Area A2 or permission of the instructor.

Analysis of syntax, diction, and other devices that contribute to what wecall literary "style" in a variety of 19th and 20th-century works of fictionand non-fiction.

ENG 451 Jewish Literature of the Americas (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- orbetter or permission of the instructor.

Explores the literature of the Americas through the lens of Jewish identityand tradition. Texts in translation from Latin America, Canada, and the USreveal how Jewish writers have rethought modernity's intersection withJewish traditions.(This course is offered as JS 451, CWL 451, and ENG 451. Students maynot repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)Course Attributes:

• Global Perspectives• Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities

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ENG 452 Forster, Durrell, and Cavafy (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- orbetter or permission of the instructor.

Examination of English novelists and travel writers E. M. Forsterand Lawrence Durrell and their connection to Alexandrian poet C. P.Cavafy. Discussion includes their collective interest in Alexandria as analternative literary and ideological topos.(This course is offered as MGS 452, CWL 452, and ENG 452. Studentsmay not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)Course Attributes:

• Global Perspectives

ENG 460 Literature in English to 1800 (Units: 3)Prerequisite: GE Area E.

Reading-intensive introduction to the history of a diversity of texts writtenin English before 1800, with a focus on identities, politics, and genres- including life writing, lyric poetry, drama, satire, romance, and more -emerging from changing ideas about selfhood, community, social order,race, gender, sexuality, nationhood, and sovereignty within an Atlanticworld.

ENG 461 Literature in English Since 1800 (Units: 3)Prerequisite: GE Area E.

Reading-intensive introduction to the history of a diversity of texts writtenin English since 1800, with a focus on politics, genres, and identities -including race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, class, and more - emerging inthe global aesthetic movements of romanticism, realism, modernism,postmodernism, and postcolonialism.

ENG 465 Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C-or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of theinstructor.

Examination of how post-apocalyptic narratives in mid to late 20th-century science fiction reflect cultural anxieties, explore ethical dilemmas,and propose a variety of dystopian and utopian solutions to the threat ofrapid social, political, and environmental change.Course Attributes:

• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities• Environmental Sustainability

ENG 470 Writing Professional Promotions (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors; ENG 216 orENG 218 with a grade of C or better; or permission of the instructor.

Developing documents for corporate communications, marketing,public relations, and development purposes. High-tech and non-profitapplications. (Plus-minus letter grade only) [Formerly TPW 470]

ENG 471 Writing Technical Documentation (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors or minorsor Technical and Professional Writing Certificate students; Area E orequivalent with a grade of C better; or consent of the instructor.

Design and develop standard types of technical documentation includingproject plans, process descriptions, procedures, tutorials, and usabilitytests. Topics include audience analysis, writing style, and best practices.(Plus-minus letter grade only) [Formerly TPW 480]

ENG 480GW Writing in English: GWAR Seminar (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Restricted to English majors and minors; GE Area A2*.

Foundational methods of close reading and precise writing about adiverse range of literary and rhetorical texts in English. Engagementwith challenging texts to practice reading, thinking, writing, and revisionas intertwined processes. Analysis of social constructions of powerand privilege in English-language texts, which are interpreted withinrelevant generic, historical, or global contexts. Introduction to disciplinaryand professional standards for rhetorically effective and responsiblysupported writing across a range of genres. Practice reflecting onrhetorical decisions and articulating one's perspective within largerscholarly, professional, or civic conversations. For the junior year. (ABC/NC grading only)Course Attributes:

• Graduation Writing Assessment• Social Justice

ENG 490 Grant Writing (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors or minorsor Technical and Professional Writing certificate students; Area E orequivalent with a grade of C better; or consent of the instructor.

Practice in grant proposal writing and research. Requests from privatenon-profit organizations to various funding agencies. (Plus-minus lettergrade only) [CSL may be available] [Formerly TPW 490]Course Attributes:

• Social Justice

ENG 495 Digital Humanities and Literacies (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent.

Introduction to topics, issues, practices, and tools to develop a criticalengagement with digital culture, with a special focus on reading, writing,and understanding literature in the digital age.

ENG 501 Age of Chaucer (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C-or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of theinstructor.

Fourteenth-century English literature with a focus on major writers of theperiod.Course Attributes:


ENG 503 Studies in Medieval Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or consent of theinstructor.

Rotating course on a specific topic, theme, genre, work, or issue inMedieval literature. Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May berepeated when topics vary.Topics:

1. Medieval Rebel Writing2. Chaucer's Women

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ENG 510 The Age of Wit (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C-or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of theinstructor.

Swift, Pope, Addison, and the circle of London wits and satirists of theearly 18th century with a focus on the radical change in literary forms andideas and their relationship to changes in society.Course Attributes:


ENG 512 18th-Century British Women Writers (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent.

Introduction to fiction, poetry, drama, and writing by a variety of authorsfrom a key period in British women's writing. Exploration of the literary,political, and economic context of this creative flowering, as well as theforces that hampered it.

ENG 514 Age of the Romantics (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Poetry and prose of Blake, Coleridge, Byron, Wordsworth, Shelley, andKeats.

ENG 523 Practicum in Language Tutoring (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Restricted to upper-division standing or permission of theinstructor.

Training for both tutors of English for speakers of other languages andforeign languages across a range of contexts (including secondaryschool, adult education, community college, and university). Techniquescovered include readings, role-play demonstrations, and reflectivejournals. Discussion of how to locate and select reference materials forteaching appropriate language skills.(This course is offered as ENG 523 and MLL 523. Students may notrepeat the course under an alternate prefix.)

ENG 524 Contemporary American Short Story (Units: 3)Prerequisites: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Survey of American short story writers since 1945 with selectionsby such authors as Shirley Jackson, Grace Paley, Flannery O'Connor,Saul Bellow, James Baldwin, John Cheever, Ann Beattie, Tobias Wolff,Raymond Carver, Sandra Cisneros, and Sherman Alexis.

ENG 525 Studies in American Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or consent of theinstructor.

Rotating course on a specific topic, theme, genre, work, or issue inAmerican literature. Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May berepeated when topics vary.Topics:

1. American Women Modernist Poets2. Bob Dylan

ENG 526 Age of the American Renaissance: 1830-1860 (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C-or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of theinstructor.

Achievement of a national literature in the works of such writers asRalph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, NathanielHawthorne, Herman Melville, and Frederick Douglass with readings ofearlier authors.Course Attributes:

• Social Justice• Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities

ENG 527 American Literature: 1860-1914 (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Major American writing from romanticism to realism and naturalism: WaltWhitman, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Henry James, Stephen Crane,Kate Chopin, Henry Adams, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Edith Wharton, andTheodore Dreiser.

ENG 528 American Literature: 1914-1960 (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Stories, drama, and criticism by such authors as Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot,William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ralph Ellison,Richard Wright, Wallace Stevens, Robert Lowell, and Sylvia Plath.

ENG 530 Early Atlantic Migrants and Texts (Units: 3)Prerequisites: ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Examine the literature of early British colonialism in the Atlantic worldfrom c. 1600-1725, analyzing texts in English about the history of contactand migration, including exchange with First Nations peoples and theearly African diaspora. Complete required service learning in whichsignificant and relevant volunteer work (20 hours total) culminates in aclass project. [CSL may be available]Course Attributes:

• Social Justice• Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities

ENG 533 Holocaust and Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C-or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of theinstructor.

Fiction and non-fiction Holocaust literature by Saul Bellow, T. Borowski,Etty Hillesum, I.B. Singer, and Elie Wiesel.(This course is offered as JS 437, ENG 533, and CWL 437. Students maynot repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)Course Attributes:

• Global Perspectives• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities• Social Justice

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ENG 535 Literature and Ecology (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C-or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of theinstructor.

An appraisal of literary works in light of their representation of nature andtheir ecological wisdom. Examples of post-romantic American literatureof nature. The theory and practice of ecocriticism.Course Attributes:

• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities• Environmental Sustainability

ENG 540 Professional Editing (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors or minorsand Technical and Professional Writing Certificate students; Area E orequivalent with a grade of C better; or consent of the instructor.

Expectations for professional editing in the workplace. Development ofspecialized projects. Practice in relevant techniques and application ofprofessional skills, standards, ethics, and methods. Review of grammar,punctuation, and usage. (Plus-minus letter grade only) [Formerly TPW550]

ENG 545 Visual Rhetoric and Document Design (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors or minorsand Technical and Professional Writing Certificate students; Area E orequivalent with a grade of C better; or permission of the instructor.

Principles of design and visual rhetoric and the application of thoseprinciples in document design. Workshop teaches publication designsoftware. Required laboratory. (Plus-minus letter grade only) [FormerlyTPW 555]

ENG 546 20th Century American Jewish Women Writers (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C-or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of theinstructor.

Exploration through novels, short fiction, and memoir the connectionsAmerican women forge and the tensions they experience via encounterswith self, family, Judaism, American society, and world history.(This course is offered as JS 546, ENG 546, and WGS 546. Students maynot repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)Course Attributes:

• Global Perspectives• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities• Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities

ENG 550 The Rise of the Novel (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

The emergence of the English novel in the work of such writers as Defoe,Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, and Smollett. The relationship of the newgenre to changes in social and philosophical experience.

ENG 552 Modern British Novel (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Developments in the novel from George Meredith to the present: Conrad,Hardy, Forster, Lawrence, Joyce, Woolf, Waugh, and Amis.

ENG 553 Classic American Novel (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Major novelists from Brown and Cooper through Twain, Howells, James,Wharton, Stephen Crane, and Dreiser. Including Chopin, Davis, localcolorists, Johnson, and Douglas.

ENG 554 Modern American Novel (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Major novelists from Dreiser through Fitzgerald, Hemingway, andFaulkner to the present.

ENG 555 The Short Story (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

The short story as a distinctive literary phenomenon with a focus on thehistorical consideration and critical analysis of representative modernstories.

ENG 558 Early Twentieth Century Poetry in the United States (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Development of modernism during the first half of the 20th century.Examination of the tension between the poets' experimentalism and theirrelation to tradition.

ENG 559 Middle and Late Twentieth Century Poetry in the United States(Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or consent of theinstructor.

Development of poetry during the second half of the 20th century with afocus on poets' reactions against and development of modernist themesand techniques.

ENG 570 Medieval and Renaissance Drama (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Development of dramatic literature in England from the emergence of themystery and morality plays through the reign of Elizabeth.

ENG 571 Shakespeare's Rivals (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Close study of the drama of Shakespeare's contemporaries andimmediate successors. Combines modes of literary analysis withtheatrically-informed approaches.Course Attributes:

• E1 LLD Pre-Fall 2019

ENG 573 American Drama (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

American drama from the beginnings to the present.

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ENG 574 Modern British Drama (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; ENG 216 or ENG 218 orequivalent; or permission of the instructor.

Representative realistic and non-realistic English drama from Shaw to thepresent.

ENG 580 Individual Authors (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or consent of theinstructor.

Rotating course on a specific author, or group of authors, in British,American, or Global literatures of any period. Topics to be specified in theClass Schedule. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.Topics:

1. Williams, Stevens, H. Crane2. Mark Twain3. Virginia Woolf4. Emily Dickinson5. Melville6. The Gawain Poet7. Edith Wharton8. Hurston and Hughes9. Blake and Wordsworth

10. The Brontes: Life Lit & Myths of Haworth Parsonage11. James Baldwin & Langston Hughes: Kings of the Blue12. William Blake13. Carver and Pinter14. George Eliot15. Faulkner and Wright

ENG 581 Jane Austen (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* with a C- or better;ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.

Lecture and discussion course on the complete works of Jane Austen.Course Attributes:


ENG 583 Shakespeare: Representative Plays (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Shakespeare and his age, his development as a dramatist, and his literary,intellectual, and social milieu. Reading of representative comedies,histories, and tragedies as well as some non-dramatic poetry.Course Attributes:

• E1 LLD Pre-Fall 2019

ENG 584 Shakespeare: Selected Plays (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Study of a few plays in relation to the textual problems, dramatictechnique, and problems of interpretation. Analysis of language, imagery,and structure.

ENG 585 Professional Writing for Digital Audiences (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors or minors andTechnical and Professional Writing Certificate students; Area E orequivalent with a grade of C better; or permission of the instructor.

Standards and methods for designing and producing professionaldocuments for social media including terms of service documents, userguides, and content strategies. Learn the basics of social media writinggenres, spaces, and audiences. (Plus-minus letter grade only) [FormerlyTPW 585]

ENG 589 Milton (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

In-depth study of Milton's prose and poetry. Examination of technique,language, imagery, and interpretation.

ENG 600 Theory of Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Analysis of literature as a symbolic action. Exploration of the recurringmotives and concepts which figure in formal appeals, the relationshipbetween literature and rhetoric, and the tactics and grounds ofpersuasion in literature.

ENG 601 Literature and Psychology (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* with a C- or better;ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.

Selected fiction and drama which reflect the artist's perception of humanmotivation and behavior. Application of theories of personality to thewriter's art.Course Attributes:


ENG 602 Literature and Society (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* with a C- or better;ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the instructor.

Selected novels and drama which primarily reflect the social scene.Cultural changes as they affect the writer, their delineation of character,and their perspective on society.Course Attributes:

• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities• Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities

ENG 608 Language Teaching in Multilingual Contexts (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.

A survey of best principles and key competencies for second and foreignlanguage teaching, drawing from current theories and researchedpractices, with an emphasis on the knowledge and skills that are crucialfor language teaching in multilingual contexts.(This course is offered as MLL 608 and ENG 608. Students may notrepeat the course under an alternate prefix.)

ENG 611 Modern Criticism (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Examination of critical approaches including the formalist and thepsychoanalytic. Application of one or more critical methods to works ofimaginative literature.

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ENG 612 Serial Narrative (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

The serial narrative from its 18-century roots to today, considering thenovel, cinema, and television.

ENG 614 Women in Literature: Authors and Characters (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or consent of theinstructor.

Rotating course on a specific topic, theme, or issue focused on literatureand criticism by women writers of any period. Topics to be specified inthe Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary.Topics:

1. Women in Literature2. Women Writers and Social Change

ENG 615 Imagery, Metaphor, and Symbol (Units: 3)Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C-or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of theinstructor.

The relationship between symbolic process and organic form in literature.Emphasis on symbolism as meta-language, controlled patterning, tonalmodulation, shadow structure, and mythic resonance.Course Attributes:


ENG 618 Individual and Team Writing (Units: 3)Prerequisites: ENG 402, ENG 540, and ENG 545 with grades of C or better.

Developing professional skills for project management, research, groupwork, genre analysis, writing, editing production, and presentation.Individual projects explore current tools, trends, and technologies. Teamsdevelop professional materials for local nonprofits. (Plus-minus lettergrade only) [CSL may be available] [Formerly TPW 600]Course Attributes:

• Social Justice

ENG 620 Introduction to Computational Linguistics (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.

Introduction to linguistic analysis of digital texts. Learn to write programsin Python and process raw texts (tokenization), discover statisticalpatterns in linguistic data (frequency distribution), perform part-of-speechtagging, text segmentation, and classification.

ENG 630 Selected Studies (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or consent of theinstructor.

Rotating course on a specific topic, theme, genre, or issue in literaturefrom a variety of national traditions and/or historical periods. Topics tobe specified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary.Topics:

1. Bible as Literature2. Expatriate Writers in Paris - 30s & 40s3. Shakespeare History Plays and the War of the Roses4. The Bible & the English/American Literary Traditn5. Expatriate Literature of Paris in the 20's6. Literature of Labor7. Nabokov and Hitchcock8. American Poetic Tradition: Whitman to Frost9. Literature and the Body

10. New World Encounters in ENG Renaissance Literature11. Detective Fiction

ENG 633 Queer(ing) Narrative Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or consent of theinstructor.

Exploration of the multiple ways in which English literature, both fictionand non-fiction, can be read, analyzed, and interpreted through the criticallens of Queer Theory. Emphasis on literature that can be consideredqueer in content, form, or both. The term "queer" will be examined asan adjective, a verb, and a pedagogical orientation in its application tonarrative literature.(This course is offered as ENG 633 and SXS 633. Students may notrepeat the course under an alternate prefix.)Course Attributes:

• Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities

ENG 636 Greek and Roman Myth and Modern Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Contemporary writers of fiction, poetry, and drama who use subjects andthemes from classical Greek and Roman mythology.

ENG 638 Global Cities (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Study of Anglophone literature from the 20th century to the present fromcities around the world. Examination of the concept of "the city" withemphasis on cross-cultural issues of globalization, gentrification, andmigration.

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ENG 640 Global Texts and Practices (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

The global characteristics of language, writing, literature, and literaciesacross historical periods, genres, and Englishes. Topics to be specifiedin the Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary for a total of 12units.Course Attributes:

• Global Perspectives

Topics:

1. The Short Story: Global Literature in English2. Global Cities3. Post-Colonial Literature in English4. Raciolinguistic: Language, Race & Colonization5. British and American Travellers to Greece6. Irish Literature7. The Literature of Exile and Migration

ENG 653 TESOL: Pedagogical Grammar (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Restricted to upper-division English majors, minors, andMA Linguistics and TESOL students; ENG 421.

English grammar for prospective or practicing teachers of English tospeakers of other languages.

ENG 655 Literature and the Adolescent Reader (Units: 3)Prerequisite: GE Area A2.

Analysis and evaluation of literature about and for adolescents. Teachingapproach based on reader response theory. Required for studentscompleting the Single Subject Waiver in English.Course Attributes:

• Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities

ENG 658 South African Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of theinstructor.

Investigation of the rich traditions of literature in English from SouthAfrica since 1948. Multiple genres with various historical, theoretical andaesthetic contexts.

ENG 670 Writing for Graduate Studies in the Liberal and Creative Arts(Units: 3)Prerequisites: Graduate standing; priority will be given to studentsenrolled in graduate programs in the College of Liberal and Creative Arts;or permission of the instructor.

Development of writing skills for graduate work in the Liberal and CreativeArts focusing on the kinds of writing needed in these disciplines. May notbe used for master's degree ATC requirements.

ENG 680 Applied Computational Linguistics (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 620 or permission of the instructor.

Writing Python programs for the analysis of sentence structure (context-free grammars, dependency grammars), extracting meaning from texts,and to apply various machine learning methods to data mining.

ENG 688 Assessment in English Language Arts (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Restricted to senior English Education majors; an interviewwith an English Single Subject Credential adviser.

Development and preparation of instructional materials and strategiesfor secondary English Language Arts. Application of formative andsummative assessment techniques used in teaching secondaryEnglish Language Arts. Creation of an English Education e-Portfolio todemonstrate mastery of subject matter competency in English. (Plus-minus letter grade only)

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ENG 690 Senior Seminar (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Restricted to senior English Literature and EnglishEducation majors; ENG 480GW with a grade of C or better; or consent ofthe instructor.

Rotating course on a specific topic, theme, literary form, historical period,or theoretical tradition in British, American, or global literatures. Intensivestudy of a literary topic culminating in a research paper. Topics to bespecified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary.Topics:

1. Spenser2. Steinbeck3. T. S. Eliot4. Teaching Shakespeare5. The Bard in Bollywood6. The Restoration7. American Life Writing8. Caribbean Poetry in English9. Charles Dickens

10. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales11. D. Lessing and J. Didion12. Devils and Angels13. Moore and Bishop14. W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot15. Thomas Hardy16. What Are Poets For?17. Women Writers of the Southern Renaissance18. Bellow, Malamud, and the Roths19. Major Lyric Poets and Forms20. Major Victorian Poets21. Toni Morrison22. The Literature of Food23. Literature and Ethics24. Queers in Crisis:Mid-Century LGBT Art & Literature25. Radical Literature26. Emily Dickinson: Serial Poet27. Religion in British Poetry Since 180028. Aphra Behn29. F. Scott Fitzgerald30. H. D. and Marianne Moore31. Hawthorne32. Henry James' Formal World33. Imagining World War I34. James Joyce35. Noir Culture36. Animal Studies and Literature

ENG 695 Internship in Professional Writing and Rhetoric (Units: 3)Prerequisites: ENG 402, ENG 480GW, ENG 540, and ENG 545 with gradesof C or better.

Develop a resume and portfolio. Practice job search and interviewingskills. Field experience in professional writing or editing, includingstructured supervision and evaluation by program faculty and placementsponsor. (Plus-minus letter grade only) [Formerly TPW 695]

ENG 698 Work-Study in Language and Literature (Units: 1-3)Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.

Supervised community, university, or departmental service which relatesto the English major or individual English courses, includes tutoringand teaching, evaluation of curricula, and service on departmentalcommittees. May be repeated.

ENG 699 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.

Individual supervision of intensive, independent work, largely of aresearch nature, culminating in a paper. May be repeated for a total of 9units.

ENG 700 Introduction to Composition Theory (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Admission to MA Composition Program or to Compositionor Post-Secondary Reading Certificate Program.

Issues of composition theory, research, and classroom practice. (Plus-minus letter grade only)

ENG 701 Theoretical Backgrounds in Community College and CollegeReading Instruction (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

Review of research on the physiological, psychological, and linguisticprocesses involved in developing literacy skills on the community collegeand college levels. Examination of the relationships between reading andwriting competencies, and reading and reasoning strategies.

ENG 702 Introduction to Graduate Study of Composition, Linguistics, andTESOL (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Restricted to graduate English Composition, Linguistics, andTESOL students.

Introduction to foundational knowledge about major historicaldevelopments in the fields of Composition, Linguistics, and TESOL.Discussion of major theoretical orientations, commonly used qualitativeand quantitative research approaches, genres of scholarship (bothwritten and oral), and scholarly resources. (Plus-minus letter grade only)

ENG 704 Pedagogical Grammar for Composition (Units: 3)Prerequisite: MA Composition and Composition and Post-SecondaryReading Certificate students.

Theory and practice of responding to linguistic, stylistic, and rhetoricalissues in student writing. (Plus-minus letter grade only)

ENG 706 Seminar in Sociolinguistics of Composition (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

The sociolinguistics of written communication including differencesbetween oral and written speech, effects of differences on learningwriting, functions of writing in context, writer and reader interactions, andnature and function of discourse communities.

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ENG 707 Topics in Language Analysis (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of the instructor.

Introduction to theory, research, practice, and application of languageanalysis. Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May be repeatedwhen topics vary.Topics:

1. Advanced Pedagogical Grammar for Composition2. Advanced Pedagogical Grammar for TESOL3. Advanced Seminar in the Structure of English4. Corpus Methods in Text Analysis

ENG 708 Teaching Writing in a Digital Age (Units: 3)Prerequisite: MA Composition and Composition and Post-SecondaryReading Certificate students; or permission of the instructor.

Introduction to the uses of digital technology for teaching and learningin college composition courses. Focus on the impact of emergingtechnologies on both writing and instruction.

ENG 709 Seminar in Teaching Integrated Reading and Writing (Units: 3)Prerequisite: MA Composition and Composition and Post-SecondaryReading Certificate students.

Exploration of the integration of reading and writing from both atheoretical and pedagogical perspective.

ENG 710 Course Design in Composition and Post-Secondary Reading(Units: 3)Prerequisites: Admission to MA Composition Program or to Compositionor Post-Secondary Reading Certificate Program; ENG 704 or ENG 709with a grade of B or better.

Theory and practice of designing post-secondary reading andcomposition courses.

ENG 713 Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction in English I (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Completion of subject matter certification in English orpermission of the instructor.

Theory, curriculum design, instruction, and assessment methods forteaching English language, literature, and oral and written performancefor grades 6 to 12.

ENG 714 Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction in English II (Units: 3)Prerequisites: ENG 713; Subject Matter Competency certification inEnglish; concurrent enrollment in student teaching.

Applied theory, curriculum design, instruction, and assessment methodsfor teaching English language, literature, oral and written performance forgrades 6 to 12. (AB/NC grading only)

ENG 715 Pedagogy and Practice of Postsecondary Reading (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

Theory-into-practice course for developing lesson plans to teach basicliteracy skills. Requires two hours of IRW students tutoring per week inthe English Tutoring Center.

ENG 717 Projects in the Teaching of Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

Literary theory and its practical application in the college classroom.Practice in applying various critical approaches to literary texts anddesigning plans for teaching various genres.

ENG 718 Supervision of Teaching Experience (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Teaching assignment in a college-level composition course.

Supervision and training in curriculum, teaching techniques, and gradingprocedures.

ENG 719 Seminar: Contemporary Semantic Theory (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

Introduces tools used to investigate semantic structure (theinterpretation of linguistic expressions), develops logical representationsfor English sentences, and investigates entailments and presuppositionsat the word level (lexical semantics) and discourse level (pragmatics).

ENG 723 Seminar in the Structure of English (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 421 or permission of the instructor.

Advanced study in the semantic and discourse-pragmatic structure ofEnglish from the perspective of cognitive linguistics. Research projectsrequired.

ENG 724 Special Topics in Teaching English to Speakers of OtherLanguages (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 730 or consent of the instructor.

Introduction to theory, research, and pedagogical innovations in keyareas of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages includingapplications to materials design, lesson planning, and assessment.Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated whentopics vary.Topics:

1. Teaching EF/SL Abroad2. Researching Second Language Classrooms3. Technology for TESOL4. Incorporating Performance in the ESL/EFL Classroom

ENG 725 Seminar in Discourse Analysis (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

Theories and methods of discourse analysis. Analyze texts andconversations using the various methods and submit a final projectanalyzing original data in the framework of the student's choice.

ENG 726 Practicum in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages(Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 730 (may be taken concurrently).

Through assignment as an apprentice and tutor, TESOL students gainexperience with methods, materials, and procedures for teaching non-native speakers of English.

ENG 727 Linguistic Field Methods (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

Introduction to basic documentary linguistics and linguistic fieldworkthrough the elicitation and analysis of data from an unfamiliar language.Discussion of research ethics and project logistics.

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ENG 728 Topics in Sociolinguistics (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of the instructor.

Exploration of current topics in sociolinguistics with a focus on workingwith linguistic data to develop methodological and analytic skillsnecessary to conduct research. Topics to be specified in the ClassSchedule. May be repeated when topics vary.Topics:

1. Sociolinguistics and Classroom Interaction2. Language and Gender3. Language in Society4. Sociolinguistics of Academic Literacy5. Narrative in Society

ENG 729 Seminar in Psycholinguistics (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 730 or permission of the instructor.

First language studies and issues in second language acquisitionincluding theory, methodology, educational implications, age differences,affective and social factors, error, contrastive, and discourse analysis.

ENG 730 Introduction to Graduate Study of TESOL (Units: 3)Prerequisites: MA TESOL students; ENG 425 and ENG 426 or equivalents;completion of Level One Writing Proficiency requirement.

Contemporary theories, approaches, and practical procedures in teachingEnglish as a second or foreign language. Principles and current practicesin curriculum development, lesson design, skill development, classroommanagement, and assessment.

ENG 731 Seminar: TESOL Listening and Speaking Skills (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

Theories, research, objectives, problems, and techniques in the teachingof English to speakers of other languages. Topics include listening andspeaking skills, systematic study of materials and methods of instruction,and preparation of teaching materials.

ENG 732 Seminar: TESOL Reading and Writing Skills (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of the instructor.

The teaching of reading and writing skills to adult non-native speakers ofEnglish. Theory and research in ESL and EFL reading and composition,curriculum and lesson planning, teaching techniques and activities,materials selection and development, responding to student work, andassessment.

ENG 733 Seminar in Student Teaching (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Restricted to MA English Composition, Linguistics, andTESOL students.

Pedagogical issues in the teaching of courses in an English discipline(e.g., college-level writing, adult English as a second language, college-level linguistics) while teaching or assisting teachers in target contextclassrooms. Teaching experiences, day-to-day negotiations, andtheoretical and practical questions serve as the primary basis forposing questions, writing and reflecting, and helping peers develop andrefine successful pedagogies and classroom practices. Professionaldevelopment is supported through the guided development of teachingphilosophy statements and the creation of an electronic teachingportfolio.

ENG 734 TESOL Curriculum and Assessment (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

Develop an original curriculum and assessment procedure for a specificlearning context. Assigned readings cover theoretical and practicalissues in syllabus design, materials development, and languageassessment.

ENG 736 Seminar: Teaching ESL in the Community (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

Current objectives, problems, and techniques for teaching ESL to adultimmigrants in the community. Study of needs assessment, curricula,materials, and various methodologies to teach adults.

ENG 737 Introduction to Corpus Linguistics (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

Introduction to corpus linguistics and its application to issues such aslanguage description, language variation, and language teaching. Corpus-based research methods.

ENG 738 Pragmatics and Oral Skills (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

Pragmatics research and methods for teaching social interaction skillsfor TESOL. The application of materials appropriate to specific culturaland educational contexts.

ENG 741 Seminar: Literary Theory and Research Methods (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Restricted to Graduate English Literature students orpermission of the instructor.

Practice in the theory, criticism, and research methods of literary study,leading to a major research project.

ENG 742 Seminar: Studies in Criticism (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of theinstructor.

Examination of a specific topic, critic or group of critics, and/or traditionin literary criticism. Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May berepeated when topics vary.Topics:

1. Issues in Teaching English2. Applied Critical Theory3. Modern Criticism4. Reading Walter Benjamin5. Lit, History & Exile Erich Auerbach & Lit Theory6. Cultural Criticism7. Lit & Queer Theory: Origins & Present Themes8. Benjamin and Adorno9. The Noir Vision in American Culture

ENG 744 Seminar: Literature and Psychology (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken currently) or permission of theinstructor.

Contributions of depth psychology to the understanding of selectedworks of literature.

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ENG 746 Seminar: Opera and Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of theinstructor.

Literary aspects of the creation, composition, production, andinterpretation of opera. Literary texts that inspire operas will beinterpreted critically along with the operas they inspired. Opera librettiwill be examined as literature interactively with opera's musical, dramatic,and performative elements.(This course is offered as ENG 746 and CWL 746. Students may notrepeat the course under an alternate prefix.)

ENG 748 Rhetoric, Politics, and Ethics of Deconstruction (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of theinstructor.

An exploration of the rhetoric, politics, and ethics of deconstructionin selected works by Derrida, De Man, Lacoue-Labarthe, Nancy, andBlanchot.

ENG 750 Seminar in Medieval English Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of theinstructor.

Examination of topics in Medieval English literature. Topics to bespecified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated as topics vary.Topics:

1. Imagining the2. Medieval Texts/Readers: Text & Intertextuality3. The Alliterative Revival4. Mysticism in Medieval Literature5. Medieval Romance Seminar6. Medieval Drama Seminar

ENG 751 Seminar: Studies in 16th Century English Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of theinstructor.

Examination of topics in 16th century English literature. Topics to bespecified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary.Topics:

1. Gender and Text in 16th Century Literature2. Marlowe, Jonson, and Donne3. 16th Century Lyric and Comedy4. Spenser and Marlowe5. Christopher Marlowe and John Webster6. Lyric and Epic Poetry of Renaissance7. Sidney, Spenser, Jonson, Donne8. Marlowe & Jonson as Shakespeare's Great Rivals9. Transatlantic Exploration and Encounters



1. T. S. Eliot and 17th Century Literature2. Donne, Herbert, Marvell3. 17th Century English Dramatic Literature4. 17th Century English Prose and Poetry


Examination of topics in English literature of the long 18th century(1660-1800). Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May berepeated when topics vary.Topics:

1. Beggars & Cross-Dressers: A Survey of 18th Century2. Flight to Confinement3. Satire's Vile Bodies: The Art of Swift and Waugh4. Johnson and T. S. Eliot5. 18th Century Novel6. 18th Century Poetry7. 18th Century British Literature and Culture8. Discord and Elegance - 18th Century9. Swift, Richardson's Clarissa, and Tristram

ENG 754 Seminar: The Romantic Movement (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of theinstructor.

Ideas, themes, or literary problems in the works of such late 18th andearly 19th century authors as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron,Shelley, and Keats.

ENG 755 Seminar: Studies in Victorian Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of theinstructor.

Examination of topics in English literature of the Victorian period. Topicsto be specified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary.Topics:

1. Victorian Afterlife2. Victorian Poetry3. Age of Victorians4. Victorian Social Novelists5. Nineteenth Century Mystery

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ENG 756 Seminar: 20th Century English Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of theinstructor.


1. 20th Century English Literature2. Women of 1928

ENG 758 Seminar: Southern African Literature in English (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of theinstructor.

Study of Southern African literature in English from 1950 to the presentwith accompanying historical and theoretical texts. Writers from SouthAfrica, Zimbabwe, and Botswana include Mphalele, Gordimer, Coetzee,Head, Ndebele, and Marechera. Emphasis on postcolonial issues anddismantling of apartheid.

ENG 760 Seminar: Studies in American Literature 1600-1899 (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of theinstructor.

Examination of topics in American literature written between 1600-1899.Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated whentopics vary.Topics:

1. 19th Century American Gothic2. English/American Romantics3. Emily Dickinson and American Women Writers4. American Romanticism5. Stephen Crane and the American 1890's6. American Literature and Ideology7. James, Howells, and Wharton

ENG 762 Seminar: Twentieth Century American Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of theinstructor.

Examination of topics in 20th century American literature. Topics to bespecified in Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary.Topics:

1. Experimental Books2. 20th Century U.S. Women's Poetry

ENG 763 Contemporary American Short Fiction (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of theinstructor.

Advanced study of the major fiction writers from the post-World War II erato the present. Exploration of the contemporary short story in the UnitedStates.

ENG 770 Seminar: The Novel (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of theinstructor.

Exploration of a major literary problem in the genre.

ENG 776 Studies in Caribbean Literature in English (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of theinstructor.

Examination of primarily Anglophone Caribbean literature from the 19thcentury to the present day. Genres covered range from the slave narrativeand the novel to epic and performance poetry.

ENG 780 Seminar: Individual Authors (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of theinstructor.

Examination of literary works written by an individual author or group ofauthors. Authors to be specified in the Class Schedule. May be repeatedwhen author varies.Topics:

1. Jane Austen2. Lorraine Hansberry3. Hemingway: An In-Depth Study4. Hawthorne, Poe, Melville Seminar5. Eudora Welty6. D. H. Lawrence, Artist and Seer7. Austen, Bronte, George Eliot8. O'Connor, Bellow, Malamud, Ozick9. Toni Morrison

10. Silko and Momaday11. Wright Morris12. The Shelleys and Lord Byron13. The Poetry of T.S. Eliot14. The Poetry of John Keats15. Williams, Stevens, H. Crane16. Wilde and James17. Jean Toomer18. Gertrude Stein19. Saul Bellow20. Virginia Woolf21. Samuel Beckett22. Gerard M. Hopkins23. Raymond Carver24. Highbrows-Lowbrows

ENG 782 Seminar: Chaucer (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of theinstructor.

Selected works: examination of sources, textual problems, rhetoricaltechniques, language, and cultural background.

ENG 785 Seminar: Shakespeare (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of theinstructor.

Representative plays: examination of textual problems, dramatictechnique, language, imagery, and interpretation.

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ENG 789 Milton (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of theinstructor.

In-depth study of Milton's prose and poetry. Examination of technique,language, imagery, and interpretation.

ENG 790 Seminar: Selected Studies (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or consent of theinstructor.

Examination of topics in British, American, or Global literatures, and/or literary theory. Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May berepeated when topics vary.Topics:

1. Short Story2. Literary & Food Studies: Consumption/Culinaryism3. American Autobiography4. Narrative Theory5. Selected 19th Century Women's Fiction6. New Media in the Teaching of U.S. Literature7. Narrative Worlds from Don Quixote to Fanfiction8. Colonialism and Early Modern English Literature9. Portraits of Women in 19th & 20th Cen American Lit

10. Tragedy in the Southern Novel11. Lyric and Form

ENG 800 Rhetoric for Composition Teachers (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

Introduction to the history of rhetoric and rhetorical theory as it pertainsto college writing instruction. Focus on relationships between rhetoric,writing, and writing instruction.

ENG 802 Internship Teaching English (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Senior or graduate English majors; an interview;permission of the instructor.

Intensive training, classroom experience, and community service forstudents considering teaching in community colleges or communityoutreach programs such as prison education. May be repeated for a totalof 6 units.

ENG 803 Teaching Practicum: Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisite: By application only; contact the English Department or seethe English Department website for details.

Exploration of pedagogical issues in the teaching of literature byassisting professors in conducting large lecture courses. May berepeated for a total of 6 units.

ENG 804 Teaching Practicum: Linguistics (Units: 3)Prerequisite: By application only; contact the English Department or seethe English Department website for details.

Exploration of pedagogical issues in teaching linguistics by assistingprofessors in conducting large linguistic courses. Teaching workshopsinclude pedagogical techniques, syllabus construction, responding tostudent questions, and fostering student participation.

ENG 820 The Constructed Body in Literature (Units: 3)Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of theinstructor.

Advanced seminar in how British and American cultures have representedthe construction of bodies.

ENG 821 Syntax (Units: 3)Prerequisite for ENG 821: Restricted to graduate MA TESOL andLinguistics students.Prerequisites for ENG 421: Upper-division standing; ENG 420; GPA of 3.0or higher; or permission of the instructor.

Introduction to contemporary syntactic theory and fundamentals oflinguistic data analysis.(ENG 821/ENG 421 is a paired course offering. Students who completethe course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)

ENG 824 Phonology and Morphology (Units: 3)Prerequisite for ENG 824: Restricted to MA Linguistics and TESOLstudents.Prerequisites for ENG 424: Restricted to upper-division English majorsand minors; GPA of 3.0 or higher; or permission of the instructor.

Theories and techniques of phonological and morphological analysisusing data from English and other languages.(ENG 824/ENG 424 is a paired course offering. Students who completethe course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)

ENG 826 Second Language Acquisition (Units: 3)Prerequisite for ENG 826: Restricted to graduate students in the MATESOL, Composition, and Linguistics programs, or permission of theinstructor.Prerequisites for ENG 426: Upper-division standing and/or permission ofthe instructor, and GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Survey of research and issues in second language acquisition.Recommended for ESL/EFL and foreign language teachers and credentialcandidates. [CSL may be available](ENG 826/ENG 426 is a paired course offering. Students who completethe course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)

ENG 889 Integrated Studies in Linguistics (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

Integration of theoretical and practical material acquired in the LinguisticM.A. program. Provides support and guidance for culminating researchprojects, and direction in professional development including preparingfor conferences and publication and applying to Ph.D. programs. (CR/NCgrading only)

ENG 890 Seminar in Composition Research (Units: 3)Prerequisites: MA Composition and Composition or Post-SecondaryReading Certificate students; ENG 700 with a grade of B or better.

Research methods in composition.

ENG 891 Integrative Seminar in Teaching English to Speakers of OtherLanguages (Units: 3)Prerequisite: Final semester M.A. in English with a Concentration inTeaching English to Speakers of Other Languages students.

Major issues in teaching English to speakers of other languages. (CR/NCgrading only)

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ENG 895 Field Study or Applied Research Project (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, adviser, department chair,and committee; approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) andCulminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies.

Field study, research project, or analysis of a significant pedagogicalor professional challenge, incorporating application of knowledge andtechniques acquired in the program of study. (CR/NC grading only)

ENG 896 Directed Readings in Preparation for the CE Examination (Units:3)Prerequisites: English majors; not open to students selecting the thesisoption (ENG 898); approved ATC and Culminating Experience Proposal.

Directed reading developed in consultation with the student'sexamination committee in English. (CR/NC/RP grading option)

ENG 896EXM Culminating Experience Examination (Unit: 0)Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and committee chair; approvalof Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE)forms by Graduate Studies. ATC and Proposal for Culminating ExperienceRequirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division beforeregistration.

Enrollment in 896EXAM required for students whose culminatingexperience consists of an examination only. Not for students enrolled in aculminating experience course numbered 892, 893, 894, 895, 898, or 998.(CR/NC, RP)

ENG 898 Master's Thesis (Units: 3)Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor; recommendation of the majoradviser; approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and CulminatingExperience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. Advancement to Candidacyand Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must beapproved by the Graduate Division before registration.

(CR/NC grading only)

ENG 899 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)Prerequisites: English graduate students; enrollment by petition;permission of the graduate coordinator and supervising faculty member.

Individual research into an issue emphasizing language and/or literature.May be repeated for a total of 6 units.

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