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Overview
The degree engages students in advanced study of texts and the history of literature, media, and theory--from novels and poetry to film and cultural criticism. Our graduate faculty teach rigorous seminars in a variety of periods and genres in American, British, and post-colonial literatures, as well as in film, media, rhetoric, and critical theory.
Degrees
Alexander, Sarah C.; Associate Professor, Department of English; PHD, Rutgers University
Baruth, Philip Edward; Professor, Department of English; PHD, University of California Irvine
Bernard, Emily E.; Professor, Department of English; PHD, Yale University
Bessette, Jean M; Associate Professor, Department of English; PHD, University of Pittsburgh
Bottoms, Gregory Todd; Professor, Department of English; MFA, University of Virginia
Fenton, Elizabeth A.; Professor, Department of English; PHD, Rice University
Fogel, Daniel Mark; Professor, Department of English; PHD, Cornell University
Gennari, John; Professor, Department of English; PHD, University of Pennsylvania
Gough, Kathleen; Professor, Department of English; PHD, University of California, Berkeley
Harrington, Susanmarie; Professor, Department of English; PHD, University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Huh, Jinny; Associate Professor, Department of English; PHD, University of Southern California
Jenemann, David; Dean, Honors College; Professor, Department of English; PHD, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Kete, Mary Louise; Professor, Department of English; PHD, Harvard University
Lindstrom, Eric Reid; Professor, Department of English; PHD, Yale University
Losambe, Lokangaka; Professor, Department of English; PHD, University of Ibadan
Magistrale, Anthony Samuel; Professor, Department of English; PHD, University of Pittsburgh
McGowan, Todd; Professor, Department of English; PHD, Ohio State University
Morgan Parmett, Helen; Associate Professor, Department of English; PHD, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Neroni, Hilary L.; Professor, Department of English; PHD, University of Southern California
Nilsen, Sarah Dawn; Professor, Department of English; PHD, University of Southern California
Noel, Deborah; Senior Lecturer, Department of English; PHD, University of Georgia
Rohy, Valerie; Professor, Department of English; PHD, Tufts University
Schnell, Lisa Jane; Associate Professor, Department of English; PHD, Princeton University
Scott, Helen C.; Professor, Department of English; PHD, Brown University
Sisk, Jennifer L.; Associate Professor, Department of English; PHD, Yale University
Turner, Sarah; Senior Lecturer, Department of English; PHD, Case Western Reserve University
Witters, Sean A.; Senior Lecturer; Department of English; PHD; Brandeis University
Yoo, Hyon Joo; Professor, Department of English; PHD, Syracuse University
Courses
ENGL 5010. Topics in Lang/Critical Theory. 3 Credits.
Exploration of topics in Lang/Critical Theory. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Credit not awarded for both ENGL 5010 and ENGL 3010.
ENGL 5100. Topics in Theme and Genre. 3 Credits.
Exploration of topics in theme and genre. May be repeated for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Credit not awarded for both ENGL 5100 and ENGL 3100.
ENGL 5300. Topics in Literature to 1800. 3 Credits.
Topics in literature before 1800. May be repeated for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Credit not awarded for both ENGL 5300 and ENGL 3300, ENGL 3350, or ENGL 3400.
ENGL 5901. Topics In: Gr English. 3 Credits.
Exploration of topics in English. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years.
ENGL 5990. Special Topics. 1-18 Credits.
See Schedule of Courses for specific titles. May be repeated for credit with different content.
ENGL 6010. Surv of Lit Theory & Criticism. 3 Credits.
Theory and Criticism. Prerequisite: Graduate student.
ENGL 6015. Topics in Theory. 3 Credits.
Topics in Theory treats intensively a focused area of theoretical inquiry. May be repeated with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisite: Graduate student.
ENGL 6060. Topics in Cultural Studies. 3 Credits.
Advanced textual analyses that broaden the concept of text to include music, film and television, the visual arts, popular culture and everyday meanings and practices. May be repeated for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisite: Graduate student.
ENGL 6100. Topics in Genre. 3 Credits.
Advanced study of literary genre as a mode of meaning-making and cultural expression. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisite: Graduate student.
ENGL 6391. Master's Thesis Research. 1-6 Credits.
Research leading toward completion of the Master's Thesis.
ENGL 6510. Topics in Literary Period. 3 Credits.
Advanced survey of authors, themes, genres, and/or cultural context in a British or American literary period. Representative topics: British Renaissance; Restoration and Eighteenth Century; Victorian; American Renaissance. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisite: Graduate student.
ENGL 6515. Topics in Major Author. 3 Credits.
In-depth study of the works, critical reception, and context of an author writing in English. Representative topics: Chaucer; Shakespeare; Milton; Austen; Dickinson; Morrison. May be repeated for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisite: Graduate student.
ENGL 6780. Topics in Comp & Rhetoric. 3 Credits.
Introduction to current issues in the field. Representative topics: Rhetorical theory; gender, class, and composing: writing across the curriculum; collaborative learning, literature and composition. May be repeated for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisite: Graduate student.
ENGL 6790. Teaching Writing I. 3 Credits.
Introduces students to best practices in teaching college composition. Provides support for graduate teaching assistants' first semester teaching ENGL 1001. Prerequisites: Graduate student.
ENGL 6795. Teaching Writing II. 3 Credits.
Continued mentoring and professional development for graduate teaching assistants who have completed ENGL 6790. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisites: ENGL 6790, appointment to a graduate teaching assistantship.
ENGL 6990. Special Topics. 1-18 Credits.
See Schedule of Courses for specific titles.
ENGL 6991. Internship. 1-18 Credits.
On-site supervised work experience combined with a structured academic learning plan directed by a faculty member or a faculty-staff team in which a faculty member is the instructor of record, for which academic credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
ENGL 6993. Independent Study. 1-18 Credits.
A course which is tailored to fit the interests of a specific student, which occurs outside the traditional classroom/laboratory setting under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
ENGL 6994. Teaching Assistantship. 1-3 Credits.
Student service as a teaching assistant, usually in an introductory-level course in the discipline, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
ENGL 6995. Graduate Independent Research. 1-18 Credits.
Graduate student work on individual or small team research projects under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.