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ED 220 - Children’s Literature
This course is an exploration of the aesthetics in children’s literature, including storytelling to the artwork in picture books. The course focuses on analyzing children’s literature for aesthetic quality from a sociocultural lens, for instructional purpose, and according to characteristics of quality literature. Topics include influential authors, themes and motifs in genres, picture books, novels for young readers, graphic novels, censorship, and literary awards. The course is open to students from all majors. Assignments and content are designed to be adapted to different disciplines and interests.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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ED 230 - Adolescent Literature
This course is an exploration of the many facets of literature with an emphasis on ways to effectively incorporate adolescent literature in the classroom curriculum. Developing and using a sociocultural lens, students will think critically as they explore such topics as influential authors, educational consultants and experts, considerations for evaluating and selecting literature for the classroom, and themes and motifs in the genre. This course provides an introduction to a balanced reading program, emphasizing selection of text based on instructional purpose.
Four credits.
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ED 240 - Principles of Teaching and Learning
This course outlines the historical, economic, and social foundations of American education. It identifies current issues in education and explores recent efforts in school reform. The course introduces students to lesson plan development, learning theories, classroom management, assessment, and different philosophies of K-12 education. It is required of all students in one of the Teacher Education Programs. Sophomore Early Field Experience (SEFE) is a required 30-hour clinical experience embedded in this course.
Four credits.
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ED 250 - Integrating Art and Creativity into Teaching
A primary goal of this course, which is designed for elementary education majors only, is to support students as they develop the technical vocabulary and skills needed to read and critique various pieces of art within four artistic domains: visual arts, poetry, music, and drama. Students will then use this newly acquired knowledge to create and execute a personal piece of art that includes one or more of the artistic modalities explored in class. A second goal of this course is to provide prospective teachers with a methodology for integrating the arts across the elementary curriculum. Students will leave this course with a deeper understanding of themselves as learners, potential artists, and creative thinkers. They will also gain a practical knowledge of how the arts can serve as an epistemological practice that enables students to articulate what they know and what they do not know about a particular subject.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits
Prerequisite(s): ED 240
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ED 255 - Multicultural Perspectives on Public Schooling in the United States
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the historical, social, cultural and political context of public schooling in the United States. We will examine how the complexities of race, socio-economic status, linguistic diversity, culture, and gender shape the educational process in the United States. Readings are placed within the context of public schooling, past and present, in order to help students: (1) identify and unpack the ways their social location has shaped their educational experiences, and (2) uncover the assumptions they have about people who are culturally, linguistically, racially, and economically different from them.
Note: There is a 20 hour service learning experience embedded in this course.
Meets Citizenship Learning Outcome (CITZ)
Meets Writing Intensive Learning Outcome (WI)
Four credits.
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ED 270 - Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) asks students to think critically about the theory, current research, and debate around definition, diagnosis, etiology, and intervention strategies for ASD. Understanding the characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their implications for behavior, learning and the ability to process information is critical for anyone working or interacting with those on the spectrum – educators, counselors, medical staff, family and employers. Specific topics will include the history of Autism and ASD; definition and classification; diagnosis and assessment; epidemiological and etiological issues; and research on sensory, learning, social, behavioral, and communication characteristics of ASD. Emphasis will be placed on theory and research regarding intervention and treatment strategies. A 20-hour service-learning experience is required. Students will require some preparation and a foundational knowledge base. Thus, “permission of instructor” is indicated as a pre-requisite to accommodate varying backgrounds.
Four credits.
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ED 311 - Getting Schooled: The Politics & Promise of American Education
Many Americans understand that education in the United States is fraught with politics. From funding disparities between school districts to teachers’ qualifications; from prayer in schools to teaching the theory of evolution, from high stakes testing to the United States’ performance rankings globally, political and historical perspectives inform how people respond to controversial issues in schools. This class will enable students to build a framework for understanding policy contests in the educational context and develop broad, original, bipartisan policy proposals for reforming education in America.
Note: Meets Citizenship Learning Outcome (CITZ)
Four credits.
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ED 340 - Curriculum and Assessment in Teaching
The primary purpose of this course is to help preservice teachers learn to think like a high-quality classroom teacher. Various theoretical and practical approaches to curriculum development and assessment will be explored in this course. The course will help students think as a teacher would about the development of curriculum, including what motivates humans to learn and how learning happens; sources and standards which guide curriculum development; the identification of grade-appropriate content and skills; and outlining the purposes and objectives of instruction. Students will develop and share various formats of classroom assessments, and will evaluate standardized assessments. Students will become aware of broader local, state and national assessment issues beyond the classroom, and will understand the impact of these assessments on the professional practice and the lives of classroom teachers.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): ED 240 and ED 322 .
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ED 350 - Special Topics
Four credits
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ED 351 - Special Topics
Two credits.
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ED 375 - Literacy Methods
This literacy methods course is designed to assist students in understanding the reading and writing acquisition process in both theory and practice at the elementary level. It focuses on current, accepted, research-based theoretical models and reviews language arts from a historical, political, theoretical, and practical lens. The course includes review of theoretical models on the processes of literacy and corresponding practical, classroom-based instructional approaches for reading and writing. Students will learn to administer and critique an array of assessments and instructional techniques and strategies for emergent to developing readings/writers. A required 30-hour clinical experience is an integral part of this course.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): ED 240 Pre or Co-requisite(s): ED 340
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ED 380 - Theory and Methods of Teaching Elementary Mathematics
Mathematics methods explores the nature of learning and teaching mathematics with an emphasis on developing the practices of eliciting student thinking, planning mathematics instruction, modeling mathematics, and explaining mathematics. Throughout the course, students develop an understanding of mathematical concepts and teaching approaches to further improve their capability and competency in teaching mathematics. Students examine video records of practice, plan lessons focused on student thinking, and rehearse mathematics modeling and teaching.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): ED 240 and ED 340 or students may obtain permission from the instructor.
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ED 390 - Methods of Teaching Elementary Social Studies and Science
Methods of Teaching Elementary Social Studies and Science provides an integrative approach to teaching both science and social studies content and practices at the elementary level. This course utilizes a variety of formats and teaching strategies aligned with national standards. Three core teaching practices will be explored and practiced: (1) safety and management of materials, (2) addressing common misconceptions through eliciting student thinking, and (3) data collection/observation of primary sources and construction of evidence-based claims. Lesson planning and teaching are the focus of this course. As such, teaching strategies are modeled, rehearsed, and debriefed through the delivery of course content.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): ED 240 and ED 340 or students may obtain permission from the instructor.
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ED 400 - Independent Study
Four credits.
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ED 432 - Clinical Capstone: Supervised Student Teaching
Clinical Capstone: Supervised Student Teaching (12 credits) is a full-time teaching/clinical experience (for a minimum of 15 weeks) in a local elementary, intermediate, middle, or high school. The primary focus is a gradual introduction to teaching, as students work collaboratively with a mentor teacher through a progression of experiences-from observation, to participation, to teaching. Within the Clinical Capstone course, students are expected to apply theories, pedagogy, and critical thinking skills. Prerequisites include completion of all content and teacher education certification requirements and a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50. It is expected that this course will be taken concurrently with a methods course in students’ content/grade level area as well as ED 490 Clinical Capstone: NHTCAP Seminar. Clinical Capstone: Supervised Student Teaching is open only to seniors pursuing certification. Students will, in the semester prior to the Clinical Capstone, complete a 20-hour bridge clinical experience. The Clinical Capstone: Supervised Student Teaching experience is evaluated by a mark of high pass, pass, low pass or fail.
Twelve credits.
Prerequisite(s): ED 240 , ED 322 , ED 340 . Co-requisite(s): ED 490 or ED 495 and either ED 440-446
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ED 440 - Methods of Teaching Secondary Content: English
Four credits.
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ED 440-446 - Methods of Teaching Secondary Content
The content methods courses (ED 440-446) emphasize best practices of teaching specific content (e.g., English, math, social studies, world languages, etc.) at the middle and high school levels. This course will be taken concurrently with ED 432-Clinical Capstone: Supervised Student Teaching and is open only to seniors pursuing secondary certification. The methods classes are evaluated by a mark of high pass, pass, low pass or fail. Depending upon students’ content major, students may select from the following course offerings:
Four credits.
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ED 441 - Methods of Teaching Secondary Content: Modern Languages
Four credits.
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ED 442 - Methods of Teaching Secondary Content: Science
Four credits.
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ED 443 - Methods of Teaching Secondary Content: Social Studies
Four credits.
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ED 444 - Methods of Teaching Secondary Content: Mathematics
Four credits.
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ED 446 - Methods of Teaching ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages)
This course emphasizes best practices of teaching English Language Learners at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. It is expected that this course will be taken concurrently with ED 482: Advanced ESOL Internship. It is only open to seniors pursuing ESOL K-12 certification who have completed their full student teaching placement (ED 432). It is expected that this course will be taken concurrently with ED 432. It is only open to seniors pursuing ESOL K-12 certification It is expected that this course will be taken concurrently with ED 432 . It is only open to seniors pursuing ESOL K-12 certification.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): ED 240 , ED 322 , ED 340 , EN 355 , ED 360 and PY 199 or PY 203 .
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ED 480 - Internship in Education
The purpose of the internship is to connect theory and practice in a supervised educational setting. It is open to juniors and seniors and may be repeated for credit. The internship course meets throughout the semester in a seminar setting, and requires 110 hours of professional placement. This course is required for minors without certification, or those who have not completed the full semester student teaching experience, and allows for exploration in the field of education.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): ED 240
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ED 481 - Advanced Internship
An internship seminar requiring 110 hours of professional placement for Education majors. who have completed the full semester clinical capstone experience.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): ED 432
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ED 482 - Advanced ESOL Internship
An internship seminar requiring 110 hours of professional placement for Education majors who have completed the full semester clinical capstone experience and plan to pursue the ESOL minor and credential.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): ED 432 ; ED 360 ; ED 255 ; ED 240 & EN 355
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ED 490 - Clinical Capstone: NHTCAP Seminar
This course is assessment driven; the primary purpose is to complete and document a full teaching cycle. The full teaching cycle and all requirements for documenting work are encapsulated in the New Hampshire Teacher Candidate Assessment of Performance (hereafter: NHTCAP). For the NHTCAP, students demonstrate the strategies used to make content accessible to students, explain the thinking underlying teaching decisions, and analyze the strategies used to connect students with content. Effects of instructional design and teaching practices on student learning will be examined, with particular attention to students with diverse cultural, language, and socio-economic backgrounds and learning needs. This course is only intended for double-majors in Secondary Education to be taken concurrently with ED 432 - Clinical Capstone: Supervised Student Teaching.
Two credits.
Prerequisite(s): ED 240 , ED 322 , and ED 340
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ED 495 - Fundamentals of Elementary Pedagogy
This course examines the role of teacher as decision maker and reinforces prior learning and coursework, including strategies to enhance learning in the various content areas supporting learners in context, effective classroom management, planning, assessment, and reflective practice. Reinforcement of these concepts will support students in the completion of the capstone assessment for the program: The New Hampshire Teacher Candidate Assessment of Performance (NHTCAP). Current issues and trends including a standards-based curriculum, teaching methods and professional learning will be foci. Students will also engage in professional development and preparation for securing a teaching position. The course will enroll seniors pursuing elementary certification. Prerequisites include completion of all major requirements, state teacher certification requirements, and a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5. It is expected that this course will be taken concurrently with ED432.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): ED 240 , ED 322 , and ED 340 . Pre or Co-requisite(s): ED 432
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CM 110 - Introduction to Human Communication
This course introduces students to the general areas and concentrations of the study of communication relating to everyday communication interactions. Students investigate concepts and basic theories related to a variety of communication contexts, including intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, organizational, mediated, gender and intercultural. This course is designed to be an entry level introduction to the discipline of Communication.
Four credits.
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CM 115 - Introduction to Mediated Communication
This course offers students a survey course in mass and mediated communication. By teaching issues surrounding media literacy, students are encouraged to develop a critical and cultural framework to assess various elements of the media. Specifically, the course traces media history, governmental regulation of the media, media economics, and the development of convergent media to understand the impact of the changing nature of mediated communication on society and culture.
Four credits.
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CM 216 - Principles and Practices of Journalism
This course offers students an introduction to the basic methods and techniques of writing for the print and broadcast media. The student practices clear and concise writing, effective editing, and efficient gathering and organization of news stories.
Note: Meets Citizenship Learning Outcome (CITZ)
Four credits.
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CM 218 - Media Writing
This course offers students an introduction to the skills of writing for various professional communication contexts, such as advertising and public relations, as well as audio-visual storytelling. Students critique the cultural, political, and economic factors that inform the production, use, and potential of media writing.
Four credits.
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CM 221 - Public Speaking
This course stresses building effective speaking skills necessary for professional careers and participation in civic life. Students learn various strategies that are available for assessing and meeting the demands of speaking situations. Assignments include a series of informative, persuasive, and commemorative speeches.
Four credits.
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CM 227 - Speaking in Small Groups
This course explores issues related to the unique communication processes attached to Small Group Communication and Public Speaking. This course will focus on how to communicate effectively in small groups, as well as how to present professional group presentations. Specifically we will discuss small group processes, including leadership, group roles, and conflict mediation
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Four credits.
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CM 259 - Modes of Film Communication
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the elements of film style and communication through a focus on narrative film. Students registering for this course must also register for Modes of Film Communication Lab
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits
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CM 310 - Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
This course focuses on the history and importance of rhetorical tradition from the fifth century B.C. to the present, including the role classical rhetoric has played in the development of modern rhetorical theory.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): Students must have Junior or Senior Standing.
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CM 315 - Communication Theory
This course is intended to provide a thorough introduction to various theories about the nature and dynamics of human communication. This course will explore the major subdivisions of the Communication discipline, including interpersonal, group, public, mass, and cultural communication.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): Students must have Junior or Senior Standing.
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CM 318 - Intercultural Communication
This course provides an introduction to intercultural communication, focusing on the importance of diversity in our everyday lives. In order to develop a strong level of cross-cultural competency, this course challenges students to learn about the ways people from different cultural backgrounds communicate based on their worldviews and narratives.
Note: Meets Global Engagement Learning Outcome (GLOB)
Four credits.
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CM 325 - Special Topics in Communication
Sample Topics: Media Criticism, Popular Music and the Rhetoric of Sound, Gender and Communication, Rhetoric and Visual Culture.
Four credits.
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CM 330 - Political Communication
This course is designed to introduce students to the central concepts and principles underlying the communicational process in the political arena. Students will be expected to demonstrate mastery of relevant terminology and theory, to recognize the forms and genres of political communication, to provide specific examples of such forms and genres and to critique and evaluate forms of political communication and to manifest their mastery in discussion and written assignments, as well as examinations and quizzes.
Four credits.
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CM 370 - Women in Stand-Up Comedy
This course considers the history, performance, and politics of representation of women in stand-up comedy. Topics include the various industrial, social, and cultural contexts that led to both the prominence and marginalization of female comedians, as well as an examination of the rhetorical components of their material and performative features of their acts.
Four credits.
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CM 378 - Queer Media Studies
This course considers the politics of representation of LGBTQ+ individuals in film, television, advertising, and other media. Topics include the development of media stereotypes of the LGBTQ+ community and the various applications of “queer” as an identity, theory, and critical lens.
Four credits.
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CM 400 - Independent Study
During their course of studies Communication majors may take up to two independent study courses arranged with an individual professor. The proposed independent study must be designed in cooperation with the professor and approved by the Department Chair
Four credits.
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CM 470 - Communication Senior Seminar
Required of all senior Communication majors, this course asks students to integrate the knowledge and skills they have acquired as communication majors. Being mindful of the ethical issues surrounding topics in communication studies, students are expected to develop a capstone project that culminates in both a senior thesis and a presentation of the results of their research.
Four credits.
Prerequisite(s): CM 310 Rhetorical Theory and Criticism or CM 315 Communication Theory or Permission of Instructor.
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CM 481-482 - Internship
Student-originated internships, supervised by the English Department in areas of communication, public relations and journalism.
Four credits.
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CM 488 - Internship
Student-originated internships, supervised by the English Department in areas of communication, public relations and journalism.
Eight credits.
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CM 489 - Internship
Student-originated internships, supervised by the English Department in areas of communication, public relations and journalism.
Eight credits.
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EN 105 - First Year Writing
This course develops students’ written communication skills while also emphasizing critical reading and giving students experience in finding, using, and documenting sources for a research paper. In Freshman English, students write multiple essays with different rhetorical purposes. Students write their essays in a series of step that make up the writing process. The course also focuses on written language; students learn to use language clearly and precisely in their writing. They also study the English language narrowly by learning to construct grammatically correct sentences and by becoming more aware of the rhetorical and artistic effects of well-chosen words.
Note: Meets Linguistic Awareness Learning Outcome: Writing Composition (COMP)
Four credits.
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EN 106 - Introduction to Literary Studies
Introduces the beginning English major to the study of literature through discussion of various critical theories and methods and through analysis of literary forms and genres.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 153 - World of Poetry
Designed for non-English majors and open to all students, EN153 The World of Poetry introduces students to the basic formal, stylistic and literary-cultural elements of poetry and furnish them with the opportunity to grow in understanding and appreciation of poetic expression in its varied forms. Individual sections of EN153 will be structured around a particular theme and/or author.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 154 - World of Fiction
Designed for non-English majors and open to all students, EN154 The World of Fiction introduces students to the basic formal, stylistic and literary-cultural elements of fiction and furnish them with the opportunity to grow in understanding and appreciation of fiction writing in its varied forms. Individual sections of EN154 will be structured around a particular theme and/or author.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 155 - World of Drama
Designed for non-English majors and open to all students, EN155 The World of Drama introduces students to the basic formal, stylistic and literary-cultural elements of drama and furnish them with the opportunity to grow in understanding and appreciation of dramatic texts and performances. Individual sections of EN155 will be structured around a particular theme and/or author.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 190 - Special Topics in Literature
An introduction to literary works written by a specific author or authors that are representative of a literary movement or produced in a specific time or place, with attention to literary techniqyes and strategies and to the historical, politicak, and cultural impact of the chosen focus.
Two Credits.
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EN 200 - Independent Study
Two credits.
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EN 207 - Advanced Composition
This course is designed for students who have completed EN105 and wish to elevate their writing ability within a challenging workshop context that requires students to study and practice the essay in its prevalent forms in rhetoric, journalism and academic writing..
Four credits.
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EN 212 - Creative Writing: Fiction
This course is a workshop in the composition of short fiction. After initial guidelines on the forms of writing short fiction are set out, students will read from their work-in-progress and receive critiques from their peers and from the instructor.
Four credits.
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EN 213 - Creative Writing: Poetry
This course is a workshop in the composition of poetry. After initial guidelines on the forms of writing poetry are set out, students will read from their work-in progress and receive critiques from their peers and from the instructor.
Four credits.
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EN 215 - Business and Professional Writing
Students in this course will plan, produce, edit, and adapt both the content and the structure of their writing to successfully address specified business and professional audiences. Students will develop a portfolio of writing that includes revised and polished samples of business correspondence, reports, formal proposals and presentations. A laptop is required for this course.
Four credits.
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EN 222 - Oral Interpretation of Literature
In this course students will learn to apply techniques used in the art of oral interpretation to various literary genres. Works performed are analyzed. Individual performance is required.
Four credits.
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EN 233 - Studies in Medieval Literature
This course focuses on selected works of Medieval English literature, from Anglo-Saxon through late Middle English.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 234 - Studies in Renaissance Literature
This course introduces students to the poetry, prose, and drama of major 16th and 17th century writers such as More, Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, Southwell, Marlowe, Jonson, Donne, Herbert, Marvell, Webster, and Milton.
Four credits.
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EN 235 - Early American Literature
This survey of “Early American Literature” takes as one of its aims the scrutiny of each of the terms in the course title. Should “early” refer to the literature by the first European explorers and settlers to come to the continent, and/or should it refer to native oral literature that predated Europeans’ arrival by centuries? Can the term “American” appropriately be used to describe literature that predated the American Revolution? Is “American” a state to be achieved or aspired to, or is it simply a descriptor for those living on the continent or, after 1776, in the new nation? Major figures from the Puritan settlement to the era of the new republic, including John Winthrop, Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur, and Benjamin Franklin, with attention to the oral literature of Native Americans.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement (AEST) and Citizenship Learning Outcomes (CITZ).
Four credits.
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EN 236 - Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature
This course focuses on the study of British literature from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century, decades in which Enlightenment ideals spread across Europe, print culture expanded dramatically, and exploration and trade brought a new awareness of the larger world; analysis and criticism of representative works of poetry (Pope, Swift, Johnson, Gray); drama (Behn, Goldsmith, Sheridan); and prose (Addison and Steele, Defoe, Swift, Fielding, Austen).
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement (AEST) and Citizenship (CITZ) Learning Outcome.
Four credits.
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EN 237 - Studies in Romantic Literature
This course focuses on the major writers of the English Romantic Period, with emphasis on Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 238 - Studies in Victorian Literature
This course focuses on the social and intellectual problems of the Victorian Age seen through the chief novelists, poets, and essayists.
Four credits.
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EN 239 - Studies in Modern British Literature
This course focuses on the major writers and movements of the Edwardian and Georgian periods to 1936, with an emphasis on the Modernist literature by Conrad, Woolf, Eliot, Joyce, Yeats, and Lawrence.
Four credits.
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EN 240 - Studies in Postmodern British Literature
This course focuses on representative poetry, fiction, essays, and drama of the later twentieth century to the present, including such authors as Orwell, Auden, Pinter, Beckett, Thomas, Larkin, Waugh, Rhys, Lessing, Heaney, Stoppard, and McEwan.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 241 - Studies in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
This course focuses on representative 19th century writers such as Irving, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, and James.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST) and the Citizenship Learning Outcome (CITZ)
Four credits.
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EN 242 - Studies in Modern American Literature
This course focuses on representative poetry, fiction, and drama of the twentieth century including such authors as James, Wharton, Eliot, Frost, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Stevens, O’Neil, Hughes, Welty, Miller, and O’Connor.
Four credits.
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EN 243 - Studies in Postmodern American Literature
This course focuses on American writing from 1945 to the present, focusing on those works that challenge the premises of Modernism and examine contested identities that make up America.
Four credits.
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EN 244 - Literature and Gender
Focuses on literature that addresses some of the cultural meanings ascribed to being male and female, with an emphasis on literary genres and traditions and historical contexts. Because the course is taught differently by the several instructors who teach it, readings will vary. The course might be organized by a focus on a particular era (such as twentieth-century American literature) or by theme (such as gender and violence).
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 245 - Introduction to African-American Literature
This course focuses on the development of African-American literature from its beginnings to the present, with an emphasis on literary genres and traditions, and historical and cultural contexts.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST) and the Citizenship Learning Outcome (CITZ)
Four credits.
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EN 251 - Shakespeare
This course engages students in close reading of selected comedies, histories, and tragedies.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 252 - Milton
This course covers the major works of Milton, including Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes.
Four credits.
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EN 255 - Introduction to Postcolonial Literature
This course introduces students to the development of postcolonial literature as a genre that emerged following the end of the British Empire. It covers a range of periods and geographies: from 1947, when the British left India, to post 1960s, when they left Africa. It has now been expanded to include modern Empires such as the former Soviet republics, Latin America, and Ireland. The course includes contemporary Indian, African, and Caribbean literature as well as select canonical texts that can be read from a postcolonial perspective.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST) and the Citizenship Learning Outcome (CITZ)
Four credits.
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EN 261 - Beginning Acting
This course offers students an introduction to the basic vocal and physical techniques of acting with emphasis on the development of technical skills and the emotional and intellectual resources required in acting. Improvisations and theatre games are used extensively. Formal acting is explored through monologue and duet acting scenes. Cross-listed as FAS 261 .
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 262 - Beginning Directing
This course offers students an instruction and practical experience in the art of staging plays. Selection of materials, script analysis, casting, blocking, rehearsal procedure, and techniques of communication with the actor are explored. Directing methods are examined in a major scene prepared for presentation to the class. Cross-listed as FAS 262 .
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 271 - American Gothic Literature
American Gothic literature presents confrontations between ordinary people and the supernatural-ghosts, monsters, witches, and devils, real and metaphoric. Typically set in wild or imprisoning places and in moments when the archaic erupts suddenly into modernity, its plots often focus on abuses of power, gothic motifs that have often been used to focus on repressed or unwanted truths about unjust social norms, especially in relation to race and gender. Covers works by writers including Poe, Hawthorne, Edith Wharton, Henry James, Charles Chesnutt, Alice Walker, William Faulkner and Shirley Jackson.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits
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EN 307 - Special Topics in Writing
Sample Topics: Advanced Journalism; Advanced Creative Writing Fiction; Creating Poetry From Workshop to Performance
Four credits.
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EN 332 - Arthurian Legends in Literature
This course offers an overview of primary texts in the Arthurian Legends tradition focusing on the “historical” Arthur and the development of the tradition through the Middle Ages.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 333 - Special Topics in Medieval Literature
Sample Topics: The History of the English Language, Chaucer; Celtic Traditions.
Four credits.
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EN 334 - Special Topics in the Sixteenth Century
Sample Topics: Edmund Spenser; The Sonnet; Marlowe.
Four credits.
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EN 335 - Special Topics in the Seventeenth Century
Sample Topics: The Metaphysical Poets; Non-Shakespearean Drama.
Four credits.
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EN 336 - Special Topics in the Eighteenth Century
Sample Topics: Jane Austen; Neo-classical Satire; Eighteenth Century Novel
Four credits.
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EN 337 - Special Topics in the Romantic Period
Sample Topics: The Gothic Novel; Mary Shelley and her Circle.
Four credits.
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EN 338 - Special Topics in the Victorian Period
Sample Topics: Gerard Manley Hopkins; Thomas Hardy; The Brontes.
Four credits.
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EN 339 - Special Topics in the Modern British Literature
Sample Topics: Bloomsbury: Virginia Woolf and Her Circle
Four credits.
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EN 340 - Special Topics in Postmodern British Literature
Sample Topics: Contemporary British Novel.
Four credits.
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EN 341 - Special Topics in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Sample Topics: Whitman and Dickinson; American Transcendentalism; Hawthorne and Melville.
Four credits.
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EN 342 - Special Topics in Twentieth-Century American Literature
Sample Topics: The Harlem Renaissance; African-American Literature, 1930-1950; Willa Cather; Postmodern American Poetry.
Four credits.
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EN 344 - Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
This course offers a survey of the aesthetic, socio-political and ideological issues of the literature of the Harlem Renaissance, the period of African American letters between World Wars I and II.
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST) and the Citizenship Learning Outcome (CITZ)
Four credits.
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EN 345 - Progress and Nostalgia: Mid-Victorian Britain in History and Literature
The period between 1851-1867 constituted the high noon of Victorian England, an era when Britain enjoyed unprecedented stability and prosperity. Beneath the equipoise of these years, however, great changes took place, and Victorians attempted to deal with what they saw as the transition from the medieval to the modern world. This course identifies several areas in which significant change occurred, such as politics, art, and religion and others. Within the selected areas, students will learn to appreciate the great literature of the period and examine the historical forces influencing the art, culture and people of the mid-Victorian period. Cross-listed as HI 345 .
Four credits.
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EN 351 - The Brontes
The Brontës focuses on intensive literary analysis of the poetry and novels of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte, three important English writers of the nineteenth-century. The course studies Anne’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Emily’s Wuthering Heights, and Charlotte’s Jane Eyre and Villette. Also included are selections of Brontë juvenalia, Emily Brontë’s poetry, and the biography, The Life of Charlotte Brontë, written by Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell.
Four credits.
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EN 354 - Introduction to Literary Theory
Students in this course will engage in the general principles and trends in the theory and criticism of literature from antiquity to the twenty-first century, including classical rhetoric, formalism, structuralism, post structuralism, new historicism, and gender studies.
Four credits.
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EN 355 - Introduction to General Linguistics
This course is designed to provide students with a grasp of fundamental linguistic principles, concentrating on the grammar of English. It emphasizes the analysis of English according to the traditional, structural, and generative transformational approaches. Included are the implications of applied English linguistics for teachers, literary scholars, and other professionals.
Four credits.
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EN 356 - History of the English Language
The historical development of the English language: the phonological, morphological, and syntactic changes through the centuries governed by language laws and foreign influences.
Four credits.
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EN 363 - Topics in the History of the Theatre
In this course various phases of theatre development are studied. Representative plays are read as examples for discussion. Sample topics: American Drama and Culture, European Masters of Drama, American Playwrights since 1945, Great Ages of the Theatre. Cross-listed as FAH 363 .
Note: Meets Aesthetic and Creative Engagement Learning Outcome (AEST)
Four credits.
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EN 370 - Special Topics in Irish Literature
Sample Topics: Contemporary Irish Fiction; Yeats and the Irish Literary Revival; Anglo-Irish Literature; Contemporary Irish Poetry.
Four credits.
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