English

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Faculty

Marilyn Abildskov, MFA, Professor
Carol L. Beran, PhD, Professor Emerita
Sunayani Bhattacharya, PhD, Assistant Professor
Edward Biglin, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Glenna Breslin, PhD, Professor Emerita
David J. DeRose, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Elisa Findlay, PhD, Assistant Professor
Jeanne Foster, PhD, Professor Emerita
Brother Ronald Gallagher, FSC, PhD, Associate Professor
Robert E. Gorsch, PhD, Professor
Rosemary Graham, PhD, Professor
Sandra Anne Grayson, PhD, Professor Emerita
Brenda L. Hillman, MFA, Professor
Jeannine M. King, PhD, Professor
Emily Klein, PhD, Associate Professor
Kathryn S. Koo, PhD, Professor
Carol S. Lashof, PhD, Professor Emerita
Hilda H. Ma, PhD, Associate Professor
Lisa Manter, PhD, Professor
Molly Metherd, PhD, Associate Professor
Phyllis L. Stowell, PhD, Professor Emerita
Meghan A. Sweeney, PhD, Associate Professor
Lysley Tenorio, MFA, Professor
Yin Yuan, PhD, Assistant Professor
Ben Xu, PhD, Professor Emeritus
Matthew Zapruder, MFA, Associate Professor

Learning Outcomes

When students have completed a program of study in English, they should be able to:

• ENGAGE in informed, active reading, bringing to bear a broad base of literary, historical and cultural knowledge.
• READ critically a wide range of literary texts, with an awareness of the theoretical assumptions behind various interpretive strategies, and the ability to choose appropriate methods of inquiry and to formulate clear questions.
• APPLY a variety of reading strategies, combining critical detachment with the intellectual, imaginative, and emotional engagement necessary for appreciation.
• WRITE clear, well-reasoned prose in a variety of situations (academic, professional, social) for a variety of audiences and support their arguments with appropriate, thoughtfully analyzed evidence.
• CONVERSE articulately about texts and interpretations, understanding that interpretation is often a dialogic, collaborative process.
• CRITICALLY evaluate how texts engage notions of diversity and difference.

4+1 Program

English majors, including those with the SMPP concentration, may participate in the Justice, Community and Leadership (JCL) 4+1 program by declaring a Single Subject 4+1 minor in JCL. Students who successfully complete both the major and JCL 4+1 minor are permitted to enroll in the Kalmanovitz School of Education credentialing courses and work towards a Masters in Teaching by fulfilling additional coursework and research components.

Special Note:

Students who successfully complete two years in the Integral Program before declaring an English major are exempt from the department’s Shakespeare and pre-1800 requirements.

Prerequisite Grade

Any course listed in this department with a prerequisite assumes a grade of C- or better in the prerequisite course.

Programs

• English, BA
• English, Creative Writing Emphasis, BA
• English, Dramatic and Film Arts Emphasis, BA
• English, Literary Theory and History Emphasis, BA
• English, Teaching Emphasis, BA

• Creative Writing Minor
• English Minor

• MFA in Creative Writing

Courses

• ENGL 004 - Composition
• ENGL 005 - Argument and Research
• ENGL 019 - Introduction to Literary Analysis
• ENGL 023 - Voices of American Diversity
• ENGL 024 - SMPP Assessment
• ENGL 025 - Creative Writing: Multi-Genre Studies
• ENGL 026 - Creative Writing Reading Series
• ENGL 027 - English Department Book Club
• ENGL 029 - Issues in Literary Study
• ENGL 108 - Advanced Argument and Research

• ENGL 100 - Advanced Composition
• ENGL 102 - Creative Writing
• ENGL 103 - British Literature I
• ENGL 104 - British Literature II
• ENGL 105 - Children’s Literature
• ENGL 106 - Writing Adviser Training Workshop
• ENGL 107 - Writing Adviser Staff Workshop
• ENGL 110 - Linguistics
• ENGL 111 - Topics in Linguistics
• ENGL 115 - Chaucer
• ENGL 118 - 20th-Century Literature
• ENGL 119 - Contemporary Literature
• ENGL 120 - The Short Poem
• ENGL 122 - Law and Literature
• ENGL 124 - SMPP Assessment
• ENGL 125 - Film
• ENGL 126 - Topics in Film
• ENGL 130 - Single Author
• ENGL 138 - Short Fiction
• ENGL 140 - Studies in Literary Genre
• ENGL 141 - Studies in Medieval Literature
• ENGL 142 - Studies in Renaissance and 17th-Century Literature
• ENGL 143 - Studies in Restoration and 18th-Century Literature
• ENGL 144 - Studies in 19th-Century Literature
• ENGL 150 - American Literature Before 1800
• ENGL 151 - American Literature 1800-1900
• ENGL 152 - 20th-Century American Literature
• ENGL 153 - American Ethnic Writers and Oral Traditions
• ENGL 154 - Studies in African-American Literature
• ENGL 160 - Development of English Fiction I
• ENGL 161 - The English Novel
• ENGL 162 - The American Novel
• ENGL 163 - Anglophone Literatures
• ENGL 167 - Literary Criticism I
• ENGL 168 - Literary Criticism II
• ENGL 170 - Problems in Literary Theory
• ENGL 171 - Literary Movements
• ENGL 173 - Women Writers
• ENGL 175 - Shakespeare
• ENGL 180 - Milton
• ENGL 182 - The Drama
• ENGL 183 - Topics in Drama
• ENGL 184 - Contemporary Drama
• ENGL 185 - Individual Dramatist
• ENGL 195 - Internship
• ENGL 196 - Capstone in English
• ENGL 197 - Special Study
• ENGL 198 - Senior Honors Thesis (Independent Study)
• ENGL 199 - Honors Independent Study
• ENGL 300 - Foundations of Contemporary Literature
• ENGL 301 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop
• ENGL 302 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop
• ENGL 303 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop
• ENGL 304 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop
• ENGL 311 - Tutorial in Creative Nonfiction
• ENGL 312 - Tutorial in Creative Nonfiction
• ENGL 313 - Tutorial in Creative Nonfiction
• ENGL 314 - Tutorial in Creative Nonfiction
• ENGL 321 - Fiction Workshop
• ENGL 322 - Fiction Workshop
• ENGL 323 - Fiction Workshop
• ENGL 324 - Fiction Workshop
• ENGL 331 - Tutorial in Fiction
• ENGL 332 - Tutorial in Fiction
• ENGL 333 - Tutorial in Fiction
• ENGL 334 - Tutorial in Fiction
• ENGL 341 - Poetry Workshop
• ENGL 342 - Poetry Workshop
• ENGL 343 - Poetry Workshop
• ENGL 344 - Poetry Workshop
• ENGL 351 - Tutorial in Poetry
• ENGL 352 - Tutorial in Poetry
• ENGL 353 - Tutorial in Poetry
• ENGL 354 - Tutorial in Poetry
• ENGL 361 - Contemporary Creative Nonfiction
• ENGL 362 - Contemporary Fiction
• ENGL 363 - Contemporary Poetry
• ENGL 365 - Internship
• ENGL 365-1 - Teaching
• ENGL 365-2 - MARY Journal Publishing
• ENGL 365-4 - Wave Editorial
• ENGL 365-5 - Community Engagement
• ENGL 371 - Craft Seminar in Creative Nonfiction
• ENGL 372 - Craft Seminar in Creative Nonfiction
• ENGL 373 - Craft Seminar in Creative Nonfiction
• ENGL 374 - Craft Seminar in Creative Nonfiction
• ENGL 381 - Craft Seminar in Fiction
• ENGL 382 - Craft Seminar in Fiction
• ENGL 383 - Craft Seminar in Fiction
• ENGL 384 - Craft Seminar in Fiction
• ENGL 391 - Craft Seminar in Poetry

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