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8. Course Descriptions

Note: Sequencing rules in effect for many Math courses prohibit students from earning credit for a lower numbered Math course after receiving credit for a higher numbered Math course. Sequencing rules are included in the course descriptions of applicable courses.
 

English
  

  • ENG 312 - Transatlantic Survey II

    (3 units)
    Survey of British and American literatures between 1800 and the present.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 297  or ENG 298 ; English major or minor or secondary education major with English as a major or minor teaching field.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate a broad knowledge of the major movements in literature written in English from 1800 to the present.
    2. identify and explain the relations among genres including poetry, drama, and fiction in literature written in English from 1800 to the present.
    3. link developments in literature with other historical developments.
    4. use appropriate critical terminology in analytical essays about texts.


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  • ENG 314 - Screenwriting for Film and Television

    (3 units)
    This course is an exploration of the craft of screenwriting for film and TV. It’s designed for students who have a serious interest in reading screenplays, watching and discussing films, and writing scripts.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102  or ENG 114 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify, describe and analyze various screenplay forms.
    2. write original film and TV scripts.
    3. apply critical methods to constructively critique scripts written by peers, both in writing and in discussion.
    4. apply literary editing methods to compile and revise their own portfolio of work.


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  • ENG 321 - Writing in the Disciplines and Professions

    (3 units)
    Offers students an opportunity to practice writing in their academic disciplines and anticipated future professions.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. conduct research into the writing contexts and topics associated with one’s discipline and profession.
    2. recognize, evaluate, and use a variety of information sources, including field research (observation and interviewing), popular and professional publications.
    3. prewrite, compose, revise, respond, edit, attend to language and style, and write with audience and purpose in mind.
    4. identify differences in written and multimodal genres dependent on discipline and profession—and move between various genres.


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  • ENG 331 - Literary Themes

    (3 units)
    Significant themes and ideas in literature. Designed for non-English majors.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): Two from CH 201 , CH 202  or CH 212 , CH 203 ; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring - Even Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. articulate the relationships among authors, texts, and readers.
    2. employ literary terminology appropriate to the study of the genre(s) covered in class.
    3. engage in close reading and critical interpretation of a wide range of texts relevant to the theme(s) covered in class.
    4. discuss the features and development of, as well as the historical, cultural, and social contexts for, the theme(s) relevant to the course.


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  • ENG 332 - Media Theory

    (3 units)
    Introduces the critical study of media, exploring how communications technology is shaped by and seeks to shape society, via media histories of print, film, radio, podcasts, television, the internet, and gaming.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. apply critical thinking skills to issues related to media.
    2. identify and apply, in discussion and/or writing, appropriate methods or theories to texts.
    3. situate the specialized topic in its appropriate historical, cultural, and political contexts.


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  • ENG 333 - Professional Communications

    (3 units) CO13
    Applied rhetoric to develop writing and communication skills for professional settings. Emphasis on building analytical, writing, and oral presentation skills.

    Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. assemble a polished writing portfolio, targeted to specific technical audiences and purposes.
    2. be able to identify, discuss, and use a variety of professional communication genres.
    3. discuss and apply effective strategies for composing, including planning, writing, revising, and editing a variety of documents.
    4. research, identify, and apply design principles to produce effective graphics and visuals for professional documents and reports.
    5. practice professional communication activities, by collaborating on writing and presentation projects.
    6. give and receive constructive feedback on writing projects.
    7. produce oral and written reflections on ethical communication practices.


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  • ENG 334A - Writing about Science

    (3 units) CO9
    Begin with the concept of objectivity in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine (STEM), and learn about the history of the idea of objectivity, including its roots in colonial conquest, how it became the central theme of STEM composition and why STEM communication looks and sounds the way it does, how we can compose in its different modes effectively, and how to engage with the problems presented by objectivity in the process.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 . Corequisite(s): ENG 301  or Junior standing

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Even Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. recount the origins and development of the concept of objectivity in Western STEM practices, including its interactions with colonial imperialism.
    2. demonstrate familiarity with a range of theories about the socio-political consequences of practices of STEM objectivity, especially on vulnerable or marginalized communities.
    3. identify the ways objectivity is employed in a given STEM text (written, visual, or multimodal) and analyze that employment in terms of its socio-political consequences.
    4. produce STEM texts relevant to the student’s field or interests that demonstrate a reflexive and/or resistive engagement with objectivity.


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  • ENG 335 - Topics in Writing and Literacy Studies

    (3 units)
    This course exposes students to in-depth study of a current issue in the field of writing and literacy studies (particularly beyond K-12). Students examine scholarly conversations and conduct research and writing to engage in that issue.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Corequisite(s): ENG 301 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate understanding of literacy and writing practices as dependent on social, political, and cultural factors.
    2. perform analysis of specific literacy and writing practices.
    3. apply and evaluate writing and literacy studies theoretical and conceptual approaches.


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  • ENG 345 - U.S. Writers of Color

    (3 units) CO10
    Literature from writers of color in the United States, such as Native Americans, Black peoples, and Chicanxs. (ENG 345 and GRI 345 are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)

    Prerequisite(s): CH 201  or CH 202  or CH 212 ; Corequisite: CH 203  or equivalent.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. describe what forces affect the ways in which individuals grow up within an ethnic group and develop an identity in American culture.
    2. describe the perceptions, viewpoints, or life experiences of people in societies or cultures of non-dominant or marginalized groups within the United States.
    3. identify the complex elements important to members of diverse cultural groups in relation to their history, values, politics, economy, or beliefs and practices.
    4. employ and understand literary terms to analyze course readings.
    5. write and think critically about how the literary works characterize minority experience in American literature.
    6. critically examine and articulate how one’s identity has developed through one’s education and family and how this impacts one’s worldview.
    7. write a final project that synthesizes and explains the cultural context for the literature of ethnic minority writers in America.
    8. use advanced search strategies in library research databases and tools to find primary and secondary sources for a presentation or essay.
    9. produce a well-supported argument that makes an original contribution to the field and could be submitted for publication in an undergraduate journal.


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  • ENG 350 - Topics in Cultural Rhetorics and Identity

    (3 units) CO10
    Students will critically analyze cultural rhetorical practices, attending to how they intersect with identities of race, gender, class, sexuality, nationality, and dis/ability. This course explores the rhetoric of racism as well as how communities of color speak back and articulate their identities.

    Corequisite(s): ENG 301 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Even Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. recognize cultural rhetoric theories and practices rooted in non-Western cultures and/or vernacular communities.
    2. identify relationships between language, culture, and power.
    3. perform analysis of culturally specific and situated rhetorical practices.
    4. apply and evaluate rhetoric approaches used to analyze diversity and equity and the social barriers to these goals.


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  • ENG 355 - Visual and Material Rhetorics

    (3 units)
    Explores a variety of rhetorical lenses that can be used to study and craft visual and material texts, using both textual and field-based methods.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Corequisite(s): ENG 301.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3 units: 150-minutes per week X 15 weeks
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify and apply traditional rhetorical concepts to contemporary visual and material artifacts.
    2. recognize a range of contemporary methods for analyzing visual and material rhetorics and assess their values and limitations.
    3. perform a textual analysis of visual rhetoric as it circulates throughout time and space.
    4. perform field analysis on place-based material rhetorics.
    5. develop an exhibition theme, generate criteria for inclusion, and propose ways to target its potential audience.


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  • ENG 400 - Film Theory

    (3 units)
    This course moves from film theory’s beginnings in the silent era and progresses to our contemporary moment. We will pair key moments in film theory’s history with a variety of film examples to gain a theoretically sophisticated vocabulary for discussing what movies are and do. (ENG 400 and FILM 400 are cross-listed; credits may be earned in one of the two.)

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. critically discuss and write about the development of movements in film theory.
    2. identify and define key concepts in film theory.
    3. analyze works of film art using theoretical concepts.


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  • ENG 400A - Topics in Writing

    (3 units)
    Analysis and writing practice in selected genres and themes.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. draft documents in various genres (such as graphic novels, memoirs, and scholarly essays) that demonstrate clear purpose, responsibility to audience, and adherence to generic and stylistic conventions.
    2. assess their own writing process and apply alternative strategies to the continued development of that process.
    3. identify an author’s purpose, audience, genre, and strategies of support.
    4. demonstrate knowledge of the variety of public, literary, and disciplinary situations in which they will be writing when they leave the undergraduate program.


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  • ENG 400B - Topics in Professional Writing

    (3 units)
    Analysis of and writing practice in selected professional genres. Focused study of writing for organizations, periodicals, or popular market.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. draft documents in various professional genres (such as letters, proposals, and reports) that demonstrate clear purpose, responsibility to audience, and adherence to generic and stylistic conventions.
    2. assess their own writing process and apply alternative strategies to the continued development of that process.
    3. identify an author (or group’s) purpose, audience, genre, and strategies of support.
    4. demonstrate knowledge of the variety of public, professional, and disciplinary situations in which they will be writing when they leave the undergraduate program.


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  • ENG 401B - Advanced Non-Fiction

    (3 units) CO13
    Writing of nonfiction modes from the classical essay to contemporary imaginative prose.

    Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing; ENG 303 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. assemble a polished writing portfolio targeted to specific professional writing goals, using effective drafting, revision, and editing strategies in several nonfiction genres.
    2. revise effectively for style, using readers’ feedback, with attention to such qualities as clarity, concision, coherence, and variety.
    3. conduct rhetorical inquiry into professional and academic contexts and purposes for advanced nonfiction writing.
    4. critically discuss key genres and documents of creative nonfiction and professional writing—such as narrative journalism, memoir, proposal, and investigative report.
    5. conduct appropriate research for assigned topics and effectively incorporate research results into their creative and professional writing.
    6. provide constructive response to the manuscripts of other writers.
    7. list, use, and evaluate resources that assist with developing and revising nonfiction writing for various settings and publication venues.
    8. produce oral and written reflections on ethical issues in creative nonfiction and professional writing.


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  • ENG 402B - Advanced Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction

    (3 units)
    Advanced workshop in creative nonfiction. Students will write in various nonfiction forms, including personal narrative, literary profile, memoir, research-based first-person essays and lyric essays. Students will study individual works by established writers, considering questions of style, form, exploring ethical and aesthetic questions particular to creative nonfiction. Students will be expected to produce essays of high quality, demonstrating evidence of significant revision.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 205 ; ENG 298 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate skill in manipulation of elements of nonfiction craft and technique, both in composition and revision.
    2. analyze and describe their own and others’ nonfiction, via written and oral discussion, within the context of historical trends/movements and genres in fiction.
    3. demonstrate the ability to write successfully using one or more commonly-used forms of CNF: the memoir, the researched narrative essay, the lyric essay, and so on.


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  • ENG 403A - Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction I

    (3 units)
    Continuation of ENG 305-306.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. practice manipulating the elements of fictional craft/technique—forms (the novel, novella, and short story); generic tropes; narrative structure; point of view; tone; and voice—through the composition of original works of fiction.
    2. analyze and describe their own and others’ fiction, via written and oral discussion, within the context of historical trends/movements and genres in fiction.
    3. constructively criticize fiction written by peers, both in writing and in class discussion.
    4. apply literary editing methods to compile and revise their own portfolio of work.


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  • ENG 403B - Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction II

    (3 units)
    Continuation of ENG 305 - ENG 306 .

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. practice manipulating the elements of fictional craft/technique—forms (the novel, novella, and short story); generic tropes; narrative structure; point of view; tone; and voice—through the composition of original works of fiction.
    2. analyze and describe their own and others’ fiction, via written and oral discussion, within the context of historical trends/movements and genres in fiction.
    3. constructively criticize fiction written by peers, both in writing and in class discussion.
    4. apply literary editing methods to compile and revise their own portfolio of work.


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  • ENG 404A - Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry I

    (3 units)
    Continuation of ENG 307 .

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. list and discuss the major craft elements of poetry, and recognize those elements within specific texts.
    2. develop strategies for reading and interpreting both formal and free-verse poetry.
    3. practice manipulating a variety of poetic forms (the sonnet, sestina, free-verse), and elements (imagery, voice, metaphor) through the composition of original poetry.
    4. demonstrate, through the revision of creative works, an awareness of the complexity of the revision process.
    5. describe, evaluate and critique student-produced texts in the workshop setting.


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  • ENG 404B - Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry II

    (3 units)
    Continuation of ENG 308 .

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. list and discuss the major craft elements of poetry, and recognize those elements within specific texts.
    2. develop strategies for reading and interpreting both formal and free-verse poetry.
    3. practice manipulating a variety of poetic forms (the sonnet, sestina, free-verse), and elements (imagery, voice, metaphor) through the composition of original poetry.
    4. demonstrate, through the revision of creative works, an awareness of the complexity of the revision process.
    5. describe, evaluate and critique student-produced texts in the workshop setting.


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  • ENG 405A - Professional Editing and Publishing

    (3 units)
    The principles and practices of editing and publishing books, magazines, and journals in the field of English.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing or ENG 303 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. develop familiarity with the history and social context of contemporary editing and publishing conventions both in traditional and digital media.
    2. use several major style guides effectively.
    3. edit the writing of others according to an appropriate style guide in an efficient, effective, and collegial manner.
    4. create professional-quality documents using industry-standard techniques that adhere to an appropriate style guide.


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  • ENG 405C - Writing for Publication

    (3 units)
    Intensive study of the business of writing, designed to serve the needs of the freelance writer. Includes discussion of periodical markets and popular genres.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 ; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. conduct thorough and ethical research and compose documents toward popular-market publication.
    2. identify, describe, and analyze a range of documents commonly required for marketing articles for a specific market.
    3. compose, revise, and edit short- and long-form pieces for professional popular-market publication.
    4. assemble and polish a periodical article portfolio, including query letter or other evidence of effort to publish, targeted to a specific potential media outlet or publication.
    5. give, receive, and apply effectively constructive feedback on articles, visuals, and other portfolio materials.
    6. select and draft the correct materials for a periodical article sale opportunity.
    7. demonstrate knowledge of and use effectively several resources for periodical article development and editing.


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  • ENG 405D - Technical Editing

    (3 units)
    Explores general principles and practices for editing professional, technical, and scientific documents in a range of academic and workplace environments. Examines editing theories and methodologies while providing experience copyediting print and electronic documents, applying different levels of edit, and managing the editing process.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 ; Junior or Senior Standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring - Even Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. research academic, organizational, and workplace contexts in which technical editing plays a key role.
    2. edit technical documents, from developmental editing to proofreading and copyediting.
    3. revise for content, organization, style, and mechanics.
    4. create graphics and apply basic principles of layout and design.
    5. describe and begin to practice the profession of technical editing, including managing projects and processes.
    6. negotiate and communicate editorial decisions/queries professionally with professional communicators and organizations.
    7. compile and polish a professional portfolio of sample editing projects for professional job-seeking.


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  • ENG 406A - Document Design

    (3 units)
    Explores fundamental theories and practices of designing professional documents. Considers how design is influenced by genre and rhetorical context.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 301  or ENG 303  or at least Junior standing. 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring - Even Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. develop a vocabulary for discussing and analyzing the visual aspects of documents.
    2. articulate the political and rhetorical force implied by the choice of a certain visual presentation.
    3. analyze the audience(s) targeted by a particular visual presentation.
    4. create visually effective documents and graphics.


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  • ENG 406B - Electronic Documents and Publications

    (3 units)
    Explores advanced principles of information architecture and content development for web-based documents and publications. Students will plan, design, develop, edit and publish in a variety of web-based genres.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102  or ENG 114 . Co-requisite(s): ENG 301  or Junior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring - Even Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. plan, produce, format, and edit digital media that effectively respond to particular rhetorical situations.
    2. create digital media that circulate in ethically and socially responsible ways.
    3. manage, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information.
    4. analyze and evaluate digital media based on sound criteria.
    5. exhibit responsible social networking skills.
    6. (GRAD) conduct and submit graduate-caliber research based on relevant sources in the field.


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  • ENG 407B - Fundamentals of Technical Writing

    (3 units)
    Examines rhetorical principles, composing practices, and genre knowledge involved in effective technical writing. Focused study of technical documents in businesses, organizations, or government agencies.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 301  or ENG 303  or at least Junior standing. 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. assemble a polished workplace writing portfolio, including letter of application and résumé targeted to a specific professional writing position.
    2. conduct rhetorical inquiry into contexts for workplace writing.
    3. demonstrate fluency with the range of genres and documents commonly required in professional workplace writing.
    4. give and receive constructive feedback on portfolio materials.
    5. select and draft the correct materials for job-seeking in professional workplace writing.
    6. demonstrate knowledge of several resources that assist with developing and revising workplace documents.


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  • ENG 407D - Rhetoric and Public Policy Writing

    (3 units)
    This course takes policy writing as an object of study. Students will analyze the conventions of specific policy forms and learn to write in those genres. Students will learn how to research issues and write documents, but also how to construct an issue as a problem that needs public intervention. With attention to how problems are represented, students will produce documents including white paper, policy memo, data visualizations, and texts appropriate for public education campaigns.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 ; at least Junior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Other

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. perform historical, textual, and field-based research to determine problems of public concern.
    2. analyze how authors engage the public to construct recognizable problems and viable solutions.
    3. produce a white paper, aimed at a particular audience, on an issue of local concern.
    4. identify and produce common public policy texts with attention to textual, visual, and sound strategies.


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  • ENG 407E - Craft and Forms of Creative Writing

    (3 units)
    Craft and Forms of Creative Writing is a creative writing course that provides students with a grounding in terminology, formal techniques, and innovation within the genres of fiction, creative nonfiction, and/or poetry. Students will study published work from a creative writing craft perspective as well as produce their own creative writing.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 205 ; ENG 298 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. recognize and use terminology regarding basic elements of narrative/poetic craft.
    2. identify common forms of fiction, creative nonfiction, and/or poetry in published work and analyze their use.
    3. manipulate elements of narrative/poetic craft and/or narrative/poetic forms via the writing and revision of a portfolio of creative work.


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  • ENG 408B - Tutoring Student Writers

    (3 units)
    Trains students to work with peers on academic writing projects; prepares students to work in the university’s Writing Center.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. connect theory and practice related to ethical writing and consultation processes.
    2. conduct inquiry into students’ difficulties with writing and apply insight gained to create a focus for tutoring sessions.
    3. learn and apply consultation methods appropriate for writers from different backgrounds, learning styles, and levels of writing proficiency.
    4. understand and apply ethical principles of writing as well as supporting student writing.
    5. collaborate effectively with other writers and consultants.
    6. analyze, evaluate, and guide revision of different kinds of written texts with problems in a variety of areas, including audience and task orientation, focus on a specific purpose, development, global/local organization, integration of sources, logical connections, conventions of academic genre, documentation/citation, and sentence style/mechanics.
    7. perform a variety of writing, consulting, research, and critical thinking tasks more effectively.


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  • ENG 409C - Contemporary Rhetorical Theory and Criticism

    (3 units)
    Surveys contemporary trends in rhetorical theory and criticism, with and emphasis on the increasingly interdisciplinary scope of rhetorical studies.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 301  or ENG 303  or at least Junior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Even Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. define and explain rhetorical theories and discuss their appropriate uses.
    2. apply rhetorical theories to an object of critical inquiry.
    3. write effective rhetorical criticism, using an appropriate theoretical method.


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  • ENG 411B - Principles of Modern Grammar

    (3 units)
    Modern English grammar and usage.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 281  or ANTH 281  or ENG 282  or SPA 340  or ENG 412A ; ENG 303  or Junior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. assess and analyze linguistic problems in syntactic structure in English and a limited set of other languages.
    2. apply linguistic principles and theories to language data from English and a limited set of other languages.
    3. demonstrate and synthesize advanced knowledge and skills in syntactic theory and analysis.


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  • ENG 412A - Linguistics

    (3 units)
    Studies in general linguistics. (ANTH 481 and ENG 412A are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 301  or ENG 303  or at least Junior standing. 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. define key terms and apply main concepts in phonology, phonetics, syntax and semantics to both English and foreign languages.
    2. evaluate the role of theoretical linguistics in everyday contexts.
    3. demonstrate and synthesize advanced knowledge and skills.
    4. display through class presentations and written materials an informed perspective on the role of theoretical linguistics in everyday contexts.


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  • ENG 412D - Introduction to Phonology

    (3 units) CO9
    Theory and structure of sound systems of language, including the sociolinguistic variation within dialects of English.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 281  or ENG 282  or ENG 412A  or SPA 320 ; ENG 303  or Junior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Even Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. use the International Phonetic Alphabet to transcribe words at the phonetic and phonemic levels.
    2. explain the concepts phoneme, complementary & contrastive distribution, and apply them in phonological analysis.
    3. identify and describe common phonological processes.
    4. use the acoustic analysis software Praat to answer questions about the acoustic nature of speech sounds.
    5. explain the relationship between phonetic and phonological representations.
    6. distinguish between sound and unsound interpretations of scientific information in the following ways: a.) by applying the scientific method to formulate, evaluate, and revise their own hypotheses about the phonological phenomena observed in datasets, and 2. by comparing, evaluating, and synthesizing scholarly literature representing competing views of phonological phenomena.
    7. explain the role of phonetics and aerodynamics in phonological change.
    8. explain how the descriptive and analytical mechanisms presented in the course relate to problems of societal concern, for instance by describing how varieties of English and other languages differ in their phonological structure and behavior according to sociolinguistic variables such as origin, ethnicity, gender, and age.


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  • ENG 413A - Sociolinguistics

    (3 units) CO10
    Study of language in relation to society.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 281  or ENG 282  or ENG 412A ; ENG 303  or Junior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. define key concepts in dialect geography and variationist sociolinguistics.
    2. articulate the different approaches of researchers and laypersons to the study of regional and social dialects.
    3. recognize the role of varied social and linguistic perspectives on language variation and language subordination.
    4. display through class presentations and written materials an informed perspective on the question of how race, gender, age, class and ethnicity are enacted and reproduced through linguistic variation.
    5. show mastery of basic field based methodological concepts and the scientific method.
    6. identify the main forces behind the evolution of regional and social dialects.


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  • ENG 413B - Historical Linguistics

    (3 units)
    General principles of historical and comparative linguistics. Theories of language origin, methods of classifying language, processes of language change, techniques of reconstructing older forms of languages.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 281  or ENG 282  or ENG 412A ; ENG 303  or Junior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. apply the comparative method to the reconstruction of protolanguages.
    2. apply knowledge of typical patterns of phonological, morphological, and syntactic change to the reconstruction of protoforms.
    3. assess the consequences of language contact for language change, language death, and language genesis.


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  • ENG 413C - Topics in Linguistics

    (3 units)
    Selected topics and issues in linguistics.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 281  or ENG 282  or ENG 412A ; ENG 303  or Junior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. assess and analyze linguistic problems.
    2. apply linguistic principles and theories to language data.
    3. demonstrate and synthesize advanced knowledge and skills.


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  • ENG 413D - Introduction to Experimental Phonetics

    (3 units) CO9
    Covers the physiology of speech, acoustic principles of speech production & perception, dialect variation, acoustic analysis software, experiment design, research ethics, & fieldwork. Students will design and conduct their own phonetics experiments.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 281  or ENG 282  or ENG 412A  or SPA 320 ; ENG 303  or Junior standing. ENG 412A  is strongly recommended.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. describe the roles played by the parts of the human vocal tract in the production of speech sounds.
    2. characterize the principal acoustic properties of each category of speech sound.
    3. make basic interpretations of spectrograms and waveforms.
    4. design, run, and analyze the results of a speech-production experiment.
    5. distinguish between sound and unsound interpretations of scientific information by applying the scientific method to formulate, evaluate, and revise hypotheses about phonetic phenomena.


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  • ENG 414A - History of the English Language

    (3 units)
    History of English from its beginnings to the present.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 281  or ENG 282  or ENG 412A ; ENG 303  or Junior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. master and apply the analytical tools of linguistics.
    2. identify and assess differences of language structure.
    3. synthesize course materials into an overall view of the story of English.


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  • ENG 415A - Old English

    (3 units)
    Old English language and literature for undergraduate students.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate their mastery of Old English grammar and vocabulary.
    2. apply their knowledge of the grammar as they work with a synthetic language.
    3. demonstrate their ability to translate Old English prose and poetry.


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  • ENG 415D - Introduction to Old Norse

    (3 units)
    Introduction to Old Icelandic language and literature.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate their mastery of Old Norse grammar and vocabulary.
    2. synthesize this knowledgeof the grammar as they work with a synthetic language.
    3. demonstrate their ability to translate Old Norse prose and poetry.


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  • ENG 416B - Language and Gender

    (3 units) CO10
    Using sociolinguistic methodology, explores how men and women use language differently and how these differences are biologically and socially conditioned. (ENG 416B and WMST 416B are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 281  or ENG 282  or ENG 412A ; ENG 303  or Junior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. define key concepts in language and gender studies.
    2. articulate, in written materials and in class discussion, the different approaches of language and gender researchers and the socio-historical context in which they emerged.
    3. articulate arguments about the naturalization of gender in our social world by examining and synthesizing primary research articles and summary texts.
    4. display through class presentations and written materials an informed perspective on the question of how the gender order is enacted and reproduced through linguistic variation.
    5. show mastery of basic field based methodological concepts and the scientific method through our own fieldwork and research.
    6. identify, through class discussion and written materials, the reality of and main forces behind beliefs about gendered speech.


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  • ENG 422A - Topics in Literary Theory

    (3 units)
    Selected topics and issues in literary and cultural theory.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. articulate the basic theoretical concepts underlying contemporary approaches to literature and of the major differences between them.
    3. discuss the methods and materials of literary research and to conduct literary research according to established procedures and to use such research effectively and responsibly.
    4. generate and articulate personal responses to literary and critical texts, and to explain the premises and assumptions underlying such personal responses.
    5. discuss the major figures in modern literary theory and to describe their key contributions and principles.


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  • ENG 425B - Topics in Literature

    (3 units)
    Specific topics in literature (e.g., epic form, pastoral elegy, ode, etc.)

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze literary texts in their historical, critical, and theoretical contexts.
    3. engage with and apply critical and theoretical debates to the course’s primary texts.
    4. synthesize primary and secondary readings about a particular special topic.


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  • ENG 427A - Women and Literature

    (3 units) CO10, CO13
    Women writers and the ways in which women are portrayed in literature. (ENG 427A and WMST 427A are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)

    Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. demonstrate familiarity with foundational feminist and gender theories, as well as their history.
    2. speak knowledgeably about how diverse social positions and experiences are reflected (or not) in and reinforced by texts.
    3. write an analytical paper that integrates ideas from feminist and gender theories with literary interpretation, using a variety of sources.
    4. differentiate between and understand basic interpretative approaches to various literary genres including poetry, fiction, and film.
    5. articulate close readings of selected passages of literature in support of larger arguments in brief analytical paragraphs and in class discussion.
    6. articulate connections between literature, theory, personal experience, and other subject areas in which you have expertise.


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  • ENG 428A - Children’s Literature

    (3 units)
    History, genres, traditions, and illustrations of children’s books in England and America from 1697 to the present.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write a lucid and coherent textual analysis that relies on and integrates textual evidence.
    2. analyze a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to children’s literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. identify and discuss the role of ideology in children’s texts.


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  • ENG 429C - Literature of the American West

    (3 units)
    Writers and works concerning the American West. Readings in such authors as Twain, Wister, Austin, Stegner.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Even Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to contemporary American literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. analyze and compare how the American West has been represented in literary texts.


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  • ENG 430A - Major Figures in British Literature

    (3 units)
    Undergraduate seminar on one or two authors, e.g., Pope and Boswell; Johnson and Dryden.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze literary works in their cultural and historical contexts.
    3. display working knowledge of the canon of the relevant major British author(s), including an understanding of the traditions in which the author(s) operated and of the contributions made by the author(s).
    4. analyze and discuss the generic and formal features of the key texts of the relevant author(s), and will be able to explain the relationship between those texts and the contexts in which they were written.


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  • ENG 431A - Beowulf

    (3 units)
    Beowulf and the Germanic Heroic Age for undergraduate students.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 415A ; ENG 303  or Junior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. apply their knowledge of Old English to translate selected passages of Beowulf.
    2. analyze the poem and its episodes according to their generic horizons as well as their cultural and historical contexts.
    3. write a lucid, well-constructed argument analyzing some aspect of the poem or its historical context.


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  • ENG 432A - Chaucer

    (3 units) CO12
    Selections from the works of Chaucer read in Middle English with emphasis on the Canterbury Tales.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. apply their knowledge of Middle English grammar to read poetry and prose.
    2. analyze the tales according to their generic horizons as well as their contexts in The Canterbury Tales.
    3. analyze the ethical situations within tales, between the tellers and their tales, and among the pilgrims.
    4. distinguish between late Medieval and modern ethics.


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  • ENG 433C - Topics in Shakespeare Studies

    (3 units)
    Reading and discussion of Shakespearean drama and poetry focused on a specific topic (e.g. gender, race, censorship, disguise, intertextuality, adaptation, or global reception). Maximum of 6 credits.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing OR ENG 303 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze literary works in their cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to Shakespeare’s works using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. describe and analyze important ideas and stylistic features of Shakespeare’s works.
    5. apply critical reading skills when interpreting, analyzing, discussing, and evaluating course texts.


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  • ENG 435 - Global Cinema

    (3 units) CO11
    Introduces a wide spectrum of students to the rich and diverse world of global cinema. In this course, students will be exposed to the discipline of Cinema Studies as it is specifically related to the cinema of East Asia, South Asia, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the Middle East.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. apply critical thinking skills to works of cinematic art from around the world (CO11).
    2. situate, in discussion and writing, works of global cinema in their appropriate historical and political contexts (CO11).
    3. apply their knowledge of the aesthetic signature of influential filmmakers from around the word in class discussion, presentation form, and written work (CO11).


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  • ENG 436A - Major Figures in American Literature

    (3 units)
    Seminar on one or two authors, e.g., Emerson, Thoreau, Hemingway, Morrison.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Even Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. describe and analyze important ideas and stylistic features of selected major American authors’ works.


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  • ENG 437 - Topics in Film Studies

    (3 units)
    Allows students to study a topic in Film Studies in-depth. Students are expected to engage in advanced film historical or theoretical study. Subject varies from semester to semester.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Corequisite(s): ENG 202  or ENG 303  or Junior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. critically discuss and write about the development of movements and innovations in film and media.
    2. demonstrate specialized knowledge of selected film genres and film cycles.
    3. illustrate an advanced understanding of key concepts in Film Studies, including film theory.
    4. apply techniques of critical film analysis and film theory to study and interpret film in the context of culture, society, and individual identity.


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  • ENG 438 - Film Adaptation

    (3 units)
    This course focuses on the theories and practices of adapting literature for film. Students will read short stories, novels, and plays that have been made into films and study the range of approaches filmmakers take to adapting such literature for the screen.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write well-supported and coherent analyses of individual literary works in relation to films adapted from them.
    2. articulate the relationship between literature and film as distinct media.
    3. compose a screenplay that adapts of a portion of a literary work. 


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  • ENG 439 - Topics in Creative Writing

    (3 units)
    This course will address historical movements in fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction, as well as contemporary theoretical issues and debates within the field.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 205 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify and analyze historical movements in fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction.
    2. identify and analyze contemporary arguments within fiction, poetry and/or creative non-fiction, and articulate opinions about those arguments.
    3. analyze and describe their own creative aesthetic within the context of historical movements/contemporary arguments in fiction/poetry.


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  • ENG 440A - Medieval English Literature

    (3 units)
    Writers and works from medieval England, excluding Chaucer, e.g., Beowulf, Langland, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Everyman.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. apply their knowledge of Middle English grammar to read poetry and prose.
    2. identify the features of the various Middle English dialects and distinguish the dialects of the texts we read.
    3. analyze texts according to their generic horizons as well as their cultural and historical contexts.


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  • ENG 441A - The Renaissance

    (3 units)
    Writers of prose and poetry in 16th-century England, e.g., More, Sidney, Spenser.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. analyze key issues and ideas that shaped the Renaissance.
    5. articulate connections between the Renaissance and earlier Classical and later Modern ideas, practices, and writings.


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  • ENG 442B - Studies in Early Modern British Literature

    (3 units)
    Survey of, or sustained focus on a topic in, British poetry and prose between 1485 and 1660, e.g. More, Sidney, Spenser, Wroth, Jonson, Herrick, Milton.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 303  or Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze literary works in their cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to Shakespeare’s works using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. describe and analyze important ideas and stylistic features of early modern literature.


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  • ENG 443B - British Literature in the Long Eighteenth Century

    (3 units)
    Readings in drama, poetry, shorter prose fiction and intellectual prose of such writers as Dryden, Swift, Pope, Fielding, Johnson, Goldsmith, Gray, Hume, Walpole, Blake.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
    3. develop strategies for reading and interpreting the poetry, drama, and fiction of the long eighteenth century.
    4. analyze key issues and ideas that shaped eighteenth-century culture.


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  • ENG 444A - British Romantic Literature

    (3 units)
    English writers from about 1790-1832, e.g., Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze key Romantic poems, plays, and novels in their cultural and historical contexts.
    3. develop strategies for reading and interpreting the poetry, drama, and fiction of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
    4. identify the Romantic movement in literature in Britain, and explain the defining features of Romanticism.


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  • ENG 445A - The Victorian Period

    (3 units) CO12
    Social and artistic movements of the later 19th century as revealed in English poetry and prose.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. articulate orally and in written form a close reading of selected passages of literature that identifies and analyzes one or many ethical concern(s).
    2. demonstrate a critical vocabulary and basic knowledge of theories important to literary and cultural analyses and their ethical contexts.
    3. demonstrate familiarity with the major movements in Victorian Britain and their historical and cultural contexts, including the global context of the British Empire.
    4. write a textual analysis that relies on and integrates textual evidence.


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  • ENG 447A - Contemporary British Literature

    (3 units)
    Cross-generic studies in British literature since World War II.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze key early British texts in their cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. analyze key issues and ideas that shaped post-war British writing.


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  • ENG 450A - Studies in Twentieth Century Literature

    (3 units)
    Cross-generic studies in British and American literature from approximately 1900 to 1945.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Even Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze key early British texts in their cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. analyze formal features exhibited in early Twentieth-Century British and American writing.


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  • ENG 451A - American Literature I

    (3 units)
    Major figures and movements from the beginnings to the Civil War.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze key early American texts in their cultural and historical contexts.
    3. identify significant ideas, major authors and works, key historical or cultural events, and characteristic attitudes expressed in American literature before 1800.
    4. identify the major movements within literature before 1800, and to describe the development of forms and genres across that period.
    5. analyze American literature before 1800 drawing from theories in the field.


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  • ENG 451B - American Literature II

    (3 units)
    Major figures and movements from the Civil War to the present.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze key nineteenth- and twentieth-century American texts in their cultural and historical contexts.
    3. identify significant ideas, major authors and works, key historical or cultural events, and characteristic attitudes expressed in American literature after 1800.
    4. identify the major movements within literature after 1800, and to describe the development of forms and genres across that period.
    5. analyze American literature after 1800 drawing from theories in the field.


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  • ENG 454A - Contemporary United States Literature

    (3 units)
    Cross-generic studies in United States literature since World War II.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to contemporary American literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. analyze the key issues and ideas that shaped contemporary American literature.


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  • ENG 461B - Modern and Contemporary Poetry

    (3 units)
    Readings in such poets as Auden, Eliot, Frost, Thomas, Stevens, Yeats, Williams.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to poems using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. evaluate the formal and thematic elements of modern British and American poems.


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  • ENG 462B - American Poetry

    (3 units)
    American poetry from the Puritans to the present.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to poems using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. evaluate the genre-specific features of American poetry.


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  • ENG 464A - English Drama to 1642

    (3 units)
    Survey of, or intensive topical study in, medieval and early modern drama to the closing of the theaters.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing. Corequisite(s): ENG 303 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze literary works in their cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to early English drama using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. describe and analyze important ideas and stylistic features of early English drama.
    5. apply critical reading skills when interpreting, analyzing, discussing, and evaluating course texts.


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  • ENG 466B - Modern Drama

    (3 units)
    Study of English and continental drama from the late nineteenth century rise of realism to theater of the absurd, e.g., Ibsen, Chekhov, Shaw, Miller, Camus.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. analyze key texts of late nineteenth- and twentieth-century drama in their historical contexts.
    2. analyze plays for their structure and meaning, using correct terminology.
    3. articulate the importance of performance to the interpretation of drama.
    4. describe the contributions of historically significant playwrights to the emergence of “modern” theater.
    5. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.


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  • ENG 468A - Contemporary Drama

    (3 units)
    Treats selected plays of the recent theatre, including current productions here and abroad.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze key texts of twentieth-and twentieth-century drama in their cultural, social, and historical contexts.
    3. analyze plays for their structure and meaning, using correct terminology.
    4. articulate the importance of performance to the interpretation of drama.
    5. describe the developments of and experiments within contemporary drama.


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  • ENG 470A - The British Novel I

    (3 units)
    British fiction from its origins to about 1800. Readings in such authors as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, Sterne, Johnson, Austen.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting the prose fiction of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
    2. analyze eighteenth- and nineteenth-century novels in their cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. identify the generic features of early fiction, and to articulate the relationship between eighteenth- and nineteenth-century novels and their modern counterparts.
    5. discuss the origins of the novel and of the concept of realistic narration.


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  • ENG 470B - The British Novel II

    (3 units)
    British fiction from about 1800 to World War I; readings in such authors as Austen, Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, Trollope, Eliot, Hardy.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting the prose fiction of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
    2. analyze nineteenth- and twentieth-century British novels in their cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. identify the generic features of nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction as well as developments and experiments in the genre across that period.


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  • ENG 471C - Twentieth Century British Fiction

    (3 units)
    Selected fiction written in English by, e.g., Conrad, Joyce, Lawrence, Woolf.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. evaluate the distinctively modern features of Twentieth-Century British Fiction.


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  • ENG 472A - The American Novel I

    (3 units)
    American fiction from its origins to 1900. Readings in such authors as Cooper, Hawthorne, Melville, Twain.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. evaluate the genre-sepcific features of American literature prior to 1865.


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  • ENG 472B - The American Novel II

    (3 units)
    American fiction from 1900 to the present. Readings in such authors as Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Cather.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. evaluate the genre-specific features of American literature after 1865.


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  • ENG 475A - American Autobiography

    (3 units) CO10
    Reading life stories with attention to gender, race, and class. History, characteristics, and problems of the genre.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. list and discuss the key issues that arise in autobiographical writing and apply them to specific written works.
    2. develop and articulate strategies for reading, interpreting, and critiquing memoirists’ choices of materials and literary techniques.
    3. place American autobiographical writing in historical context, tracing trends in the representation of gender, race and class in in life writing.
    4. pose and discuss ethical questions relevant to the genre and to writers’ choices.
    5. write a successful autobiographical essay, collaborative memoir, and critical interpretation, as measured by course rubric.
    6. demonstrate, through an annotated bibliography and class presentation, awareness of theories and research relevant to the study of autobiographical writing, and particularly to questions about truth, memory, identity, and representation.


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  • ENG 475B - Literary Nonfiction

    (3 units)
    Analysis of the essay and non-fictional prose works.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. explain and discuss issues in literary nonfiction, such as the writer’s use of memory truth, and fact.
    2. identify and explain the ways nonfiction writers manipulate style and tone to achieve their purpose.
    3. develop critical reading and interpreting strategies for critiquing literary nonfiction.
    4. list and discuss the nonfiction writer’s selection of topics and use of literary techniques.
    5. identify and explain the mechanics and strategies a nonfiction writer employs in creating a voice and style.


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  • ENG 477C - Genre Studies in Film

    (3 units)
    Studies the generic conventions and approaches of specific cinematic genres such as horror, action, suspense, science fiction, film noir, romantic comedy, gangster, avant-garde, documentary, or the western.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. apply critical thinking skills to issues related to film genres.
    2. identify and apply, in discussion and/or writing, appropriate methods or theories to cinematic texts. 
    3. situate the specialized topic in its appropriate historical, cultural, and political contexts.


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  • ENG 480A - Studies in Comparative Literature

    (3 units) CO11
    Literature in English and English translation, following a historical (e.g., Classicism, Romanticism, Modernism) or a formal (e.g., narrative and fiction, drama) approach.

    Maximum units a student may earn: 6

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting literature in English and translation.
    2. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to comparative literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    3. analyze multiple connections between texts from geographically and/or temporally distant places and periods. (CO11)
    4. show how works of literature in English and translation are shaped by their distinctive local, national, international, and transnational contexts. (CO11)


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  • ENG 480B - Topics in Comparative Literature

    (3 units)
    Literature taught in English translation. Cross-listed with FLL, for example, Dante, French feminism, or Hispanic writers. May be repeated for English major or minor credit.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. compare and analyze similarities and distinctions literary works from different periods and national traditions.


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  • ENG 482A - Literature of the Middle Ages

    (3 units)
    Medieval writers and works from the continent, read in translation, e.g., The Song of Roland, The Nibelungenlied, Dante, Boccaccio.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. analyze Medieval Continental literature in relation to its historical and cultural contexts.
    2. demonstrate a command of the medieval literary genres represented in the course readings.
    3. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.


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  • ENG 483A - Studies in World Literature

    (3 units) CO11
    A wide-ranging study of literature from the world at large, emphasizing works from non-Anglophone contexts. Non-English works will be read in translation. Students will also read scholarship engaging in historic and current debates surrounding world literature.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. evaluate and articulate the distinctive features of world literature.


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  • ENG 484A - The Bible as Literature

    (3 units) CO12, CO13
    Readings from the Old and New Testaments studied in literary, historical, and cultural contexts.

    Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. evaluate evidence and arguments from popular sources and current reports that use information and quotations from the Bible to support claims and proposals.
    2. integrate historical biblical understandings of law, justice, sin, responsibility, and freedom with contemporary ethical theory, demonstrating a significant familiarity with the tools and concerns of the study of ethics.
    3. compose essays about biblical texts using critical approaches appropriate for academic disciplines and not reliant on doctrinaire religious suppositions.
    4. in discussion or in writing, demonstrate understanding of the variety of interpretive strategies that have shaped the history of the use of the Bible and of its formation.
    5. explain the importance of biblical texts in creating and maintaining identity groups and defining cultural relations.


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  • ENG 486A - Studies in Postcolonial Literature and Theory

    (3 units) CO10, CO11
    Literature, film, and theory from and about the colonized world, including Africa, Asia, the Americas, Ireland, the Pacific, and their diasporas.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. chart the roles that literature has played in decolonization and nation-building in postcolonial societies.
    2. show how postcolonial literary works are shaped in dialogue with precolonial traditions, the culture of the colonizers, and artistic currents in other postcolonial societies.
    3. articulate and address the questions raised in postcolonial literary works about economic and social justice.
    4. articulate and address the questions raised in postcolonial literary works about diversity and the place of minority communities.
    5. examine the role of postcolonial literary intellectuals in building just and diverse societies.
    6. show how literary works contest or move beyond nation-bound conceptions of postcolonial culture.
    7. use historical and sociopolitical knowledge and postcolonial theoretical concepts to analyze and interpret literary form.
    8. mobilize their knowledge of postcolonial literature and theory to produce consequential oral and written literary criticism.


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  • ENG 487A - Horror in Literature

    (3 units)
    Sustained critical-theoretical analysis of literary horror in one or more genres, periods, or modes. May consider horror as an instrument of critique or a symptom of cultural anxieties.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting horror texts.
    2. analyze a work of horror literature in its cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to horror literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. identify the conventions, tropes, and sensibilities of horror literature.


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  • ENG 487B - Captivity and Freedom in Literature

    (3 units) CO12
    Introduction to literature focused on issues of captivity and freedom. Texts include captivity stories, slave narrative, naturalist fiction, autobiographies, and stories of incarceration exploring themes of bondage and liberation. Considers the significance of narratives of freedom in historical and cultural contexts, introduces writers from diverse backgrounds, and a range of theories of text analysis, e.g. Feminism, Marxism, Poststructuralism, the Critical Study of Race, and Queer Theory.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing. Corequisite(s): ENG 303.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. critically discuss and write about narratives of captivity and freedom.
    2. situate narratives of captivity and freedom in their cultural, historical and literary contexts.
    3. apply multiple theoretical frameworks to narratives of captivity and freedom.
    4. identify and analyze an ethical issue in the study of captivity and freedom in literature.


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  • ENG 488 - Ethics in Literature

    (3 units) CO12
    The relationships among story structure, narrative theory, textual study, ethics and legal practice. Considers issues/ethical questions in the law including contracts, culpability, guilt, discrimination, social justice.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. define ethical interests at stake in judicial testimony, literature, and real-world situations or practices.
    2. articulate what makes a particular course of action ethically defensible.
    3. integrate, synthesize, and apply knowledge of ethical dilemmas and resolutions through focused and interdisciplinary research.
    4. align historical developments in jurisprudence with shifting conceptions of ethics.
    5. identify the real-world ethical values in non-classroom activities, including trials in federal and district court, observing court practice, analyzing linguistic and narrative features of the trial and defining ethical issues inherent in the effort to provide procedural justice.


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  • ENG 490A - Gender and Sexual Identity in Literature

    (3 units) CO10, CO13
    Explores theory and literature on gender and sexual identity as social categories. Literature of sexual minorities in the 19th to 21st century American and British cultures. (ENG 490A and WMST 489 are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)

    Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. select and apply appropriate methods of inquiry to analyze complex questions about gender and sexual identity, cultural difference and/or equity.
    2. identify fundamental concepts within theory for addressing issues of human social behavior, especially gender and sexuality.
    3. apply a gender studies framework to literary texts from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries (fiction, poetry, drama, film, essay, and popular culture).
    4. describe how gender and sexual identity intersect with other cultural categories (e.g., race, class, ethnicity, nationality, religion).
    5. identify the contributions of those whose “otherness” (in terms of gender or sexual identity) makes them somehow “unconventional.
    6. make connections between and apply theories from previous coursework and/or other disciplines to the topic of gender and sexuality.
    7. identify and summarize current scholarly conversations (e.g., challenges, opportunities, trends) that exist within conversations on gender and sexuality.
    8. connect the texts to contemporary discussions of human rights for sexual minorities.


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  • ENG 491A - Literature of Environmental Justice

    (3 units) CO12, CO13
    Survey of important environmental texts, e.g., Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, Octavia Butler. How such literature changes consciousness and influences policy.

    Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. analyze the challenging ethical conundrums of such issues as climate change, biotechnology, GMO foods, biodiversity, and ecological restoration.
    2. assess their own relationship to the competing ethical claims and positions within environmental movements.
    3. identify and summarize current scholarly conversations (e.g., challenges, opportunities, trends) that exist within conversations on environmentalism.
    4. produce a well-supported argument that makes an original contribution to the field and could be submitted for publication in an undergraduate journal.
    5. critically examine how their position within intersecting social forces impacts their worldview relative to environmental issues.
    6. communicate their position on an environmental issue.
    7. describe and synthesize various critical debates or theories about the major texts of the environmental movement.


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  • ENG 492A - Language, Science and Society

    (3 units) CO13
    Language and literature of science as a reflection of scientific and technological developments and their impact on society.

    Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. evaluate the circumstances under which it is ethical to employ science (and the language of science) to make arguments about culture and values.
    2. engage in analysis of a variety of ethical issues at the intersection of science and culture to current problems such as sustainable agriculture, climate change, environmental toxicity, and water management.
    3. apply a range of critical and rhetorical modes of analysis to interpret works of literary science writing and science-based documentary film, with the ultimate objective of applying these modes of analysis to other problems involving science and culture.
    4. engage in effective composition and communication and the critical analysis and use of information as a means of addressing significant scientific and environmental issues and debates current in the culture.
    5. identify and characterize current scholarly debates (and the opportunities and challenges they present) that exist within current conversations about environmental problems, as well as the role of popular science writing and filmmaking in communicating these problems to the general public.
    6. analyze the multi-disciplinary, multi-generic and multi-media intersections of science-informed literature and film, with the goal of understanding the relationship of text to image in larger conversations about science and values occurring in the culture. In order to perform this synthetic, integrated analysis, students will necessarily need to engage in effective composition and communication and the critical analysis and use of information.


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  • ENG 492C - Language and Culture

    (3 units) CO10, CO13
    Nature of language in light of anthropological research, diversity of the world’s languages, relation of language to social organization and world view. (ANTH 485 and ENG 492C are cross-listed; credits may be earned in one of the two.)

    Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. systematically analyze traditional and indigenous vernacular communities by observing, theorizing, and modeling the practice of oral folktale collection.
    2. demonstrate an understanding of diversity and equity, and the barriers to articulating and achieving same, by explaining and evaluating how diverse experiences and social problems are coded into oral folktale narratives.
    3. integrate and synthesize Effective Composition & Communication, Critical Analysis & Use of Information, and Global Contexts, by analyzing the historical and contemporary practice of oral folktale telling in a world community of their choosing through production of a research project and accompanying poster presentation.
    4. adapt and orally present selected folktales for a modern audience, while communicating understanding of, and respect for, the origins and significance of the stories to their communities of origin.


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  • ENG 493A - American Ideas

    (3 units)
    Readings in American fiction, poetry, and intellectual prose from the 17th to the 20th centuries, with emphasis on characteristic American notions.

    Prerequisite(s): Two from CH 201 , CH 202  or CH 212 , CH 203 ; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. speak knowledgeably about how diverse social positions (including class, gender, and race) and experiences are reflected (or not) in and reinforced by texts.
    2. write an analytical paper that integrates socio-historical context with literary interpretation, using a variety of sources.
    3. differentiate between and understand basic interpretative approaches to various literary genres including poetry, fiction, and film.
    4. articulate close readings of selected passages of literature in support of larger arguments in brief analytical paragraphs and in class discussion.
    5. articulate connections between literature, theory, personal experience, and other subject areas.


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  • ENG 494A - Native American Literature

    (3 units)
    Contemporary and traditional Native American literature. Emphasis on relationships between oral and written traditions. Different regional focus each semester. (ANTH 400E and ENG 494A are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 .

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring - Even Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. interpret recurrent features, contradictions, and critical problems in Native American literature.
    3. analyze the historical, thematic, and formal development of Native American Literature.
    4. articulate an understanding of, and opinions about, various debates and theories of the development of Native American Literature.


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  • ENG 495C - African American Literature

    (3 units) CO10
    African-American writing from literary, cultural, and historical perspectives. Typically includes various genres such as poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. analyze artistic and critical texts within their historical contexts.
    2. demonstrate analytic reading skills in oral and written contexts.
    3. apply critical frameworks to African-American literary texts from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
    4. articulate the connection between fiction, poetry, drama, film, essay, and popular culture.
    5. identify the complex elements important to African Americans in relation to their history, values, politics, economy, or beliefs and practices.
    6. use models and theories of cultural difference to investigate topics in diversity and equity.
    7. demonstrate knowledge of the history, customs, worldviews, and/or other cultural markers of African Americans.
    8. articulate ways in which social identities such as race, class, and gender intersect in order to influence individual life experiences and/or perspectives in African American culture.


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  • ENG 496D - Contemporary Latinx Literature

    (3 units) CO10
    Examines prose and poetry by Latino and Latina writers since 1900 in the United States. (ENG 496D and GRI 496D are cross-listed; credits may be earned in one of the two.)

    Maximum units a student may earn: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. critically discuss and write about Latinx narratives.
    2. situate Latinx texts within their literary traditions, as well as cultural and historical contexts.
    3. demonstrate increased knowledge of U.S. cultural and literary diversity.
    4. apply various theoretical frameworks to Latinx literature.


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  • ENG 497A - Topics in Multi-Cultural Literature

    (3 units)
    Works by Asian-American, Hispanic, Native American, or African-American writers.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing OR ENG 303 . 

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. write lucid, well-constructed arguments analyzing and interpreting texts.
    2. analyze a literary work in its cultural and historical contexts.
    3. articulate the premises and assumptions of different critical approaches and apply them to literature using literary-critical vocabulary.
    4. compare and analyze similarities beween and among Asian American, Native American, Latino/Latina, and black American literature.


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  • ENG 497B - Race and Gender in Coming-of-Age Narratives

    (3 units) CO10, CO12, CO13
    Multicultural literature about growing up in America, focusing on race, class, gender, family and the dominant culture as forces shaping the development of one’s identity.

    Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Lecture: 3
    Offered: Every Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. identify and analyze ethical issues at stake in diverse literatures.
    2. assess their own ethical values in the context of a multicultural society.
    3. analyze ways in which cultural groups differ and how such differences position them in relation to one another.
    4. demonstrate knowledge of the history, customs, worldviews, and/or other cultural markers of minority groups within the United States.
    5. critically examine how one’s configuration within intersecting social forces impacts one’s worldview.


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  • ENG 498A - Internship in English

    (3 units) CO14
    Apply skills and methods learned during English studies in a professional environment.

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 303 ; Senior standing.

    Grading Basis: Graded
    Units of Internship/Practicum: 3
    Offered: Every Fall and Spring

    Student Learning Outcomes
    Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    1. apply research, writing, and oral communication skills in a professional setting to solve practical problems.
    2. critically evaluate the interaction between theoretical perspectives and practical application.
    3. demonstrate professionally relevant competencies and relationships in a professional setting.


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