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Fall 2008 Semester Course List

First-Year Seminars

Introductory Courses

Advanced Courses

Senior Tutorial, Seminars, & Honors 

Composition Courses -- Fall 2008 Semester

Students interested in taking introductory-level courses in writing should also see the Rhetoric and Composition section of the catalog. Descriptions of writing-oriented courses and procedures to be followed in order to meet the college-wide writing requirements may be found there. These courses do not count towards an English major.

First-Year Seminars -- Fall 2008 Semester

The English Department offers a number of seminars designed especially for first-year students. First-year seminars do not count toward the English major, which begins with classes at the 200 level. Students in their second year or beyond should begin work in the English Department at the 200 level.

Number

CRN**
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Title

For detailed descriptions of individual courses, click on the course title

Instructor

Meeting Days and Time

111-01

7997

Words That Matter

J. Bryan

MWF 10:00-10:50
111-02 7998 Words That Matter J. Bryan

MWF 11:00-11:50

128-01

8002

Media and Memory

J. Pence

TuTh 9:35-10:50

134-01

6591

Crossing Borders: the Mysteries of Identity

D. Walker

MWF 11:00-11:50

134-02

8023

Crossing Borders: the Mysteries of Identity

D. Walker

MWF 1:30-2:20
157-01 8011 The Sense of Time and Place W.P. Day

MWF 10:00-10:50 +
Sun 1:00-4:00 pm

160-01 8052 Satire and the Uses of Laughter L. Baudot

TuTh 11:00-12:15

160-02 8053 Satire and the Uses of Laughter L. Baudot

TuTh 3:00-4:15


Introductory Elective Courses-- Fall 2008 Semester

Number
CRN

Title
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Instructor

Meeting Days and Time

X-listing (#) / X-referencing

250-01

Register under CMPL 250 (8104)

Writing America: Comparative Immigrant Narratives

J. Pas

MWF 2:30-3:20

CMPL 250 (8104)


Introductory Gateway Courses -- Fall 2008 Semester

Number
CRN

Title
For detailed descriptions of individual courses, click on the course title

Instructor

Meeting Days and Time
Gateway
Type

Distribution
for New Major

X-listing (#) /X-referencing

204-01

8071

Issues in Shakespeare

M. Booth

MWF 10:00-10:50

Nature of Text 

British
Pre-1700

 

204-02

8072

Issues in Shakespeare

M. Booth

MWF 1:30-2:20

Nature of Text 

British
Pre-1700

220-01

7857

Romantic Literature

J. Olmsted

TuTh 1:30-2:45

Nature of Text 

British
1700-1900

 

238-01

7298

Contemporary American Fiction

J. Pence

TuTh 11:00-12:15

Nature of Interpretation

American
Post-1900

 

256-01

7862

American Literary Culture in the 19th Century

T. Jaudon

TuTh 9:35-10:50

Nature of Interpretation

American
1700-1900

 

275-01
6793

Register under CMPL 200 (4382)

Introduction to Comparative Literature

P. O'Connor

MWF 10:00-10:50

 

Diversity

CMPL 200
4382

282-01

8069

Shifting Scenes: Drama Survey

P. Mustamaki

MWF 9:00-9:50

Nature of Text 

Diversity
1700-1900 OR
Post-1900

 

282-02

8070

Shifting Scenes: Drama Survey

P. Mustamaki

MWF 2:30-3:20

Nature of Text 

British
Pre-1700 OR
1700-1900

 

 

Advanced Courses -- Fall 2008 Semester

Number
CRN

Title
For detailed descriptions of individual courses, click on the course title

Instructor

Meeting Days and Time

Distribution for New Major

X-listing (#) / X-referencing

301-01

7863

Chaucer

J. Bryan

MWF 2:30-3:20

British
Pre-1700

 

323-01

7447

Six Poets: 1855-1955

D. Harrison

MWF 1:30-2:20

American
Or British
1700-1900 Or
Post-1900

 

353-01

7859

American Literature 1825-65: "To write like an American"

T. Jaudon

TuTh 1:30-2:45

American
1700-1900

370-01

7822

Itineraries of Postmodernism

J. Deppman
P. O'Connor

MWF 3:30-4:20

Diversity
Post-1900

CMPL 370
7821

372-01

3681

Contemporary Literary Theory: Post-Modernity and Imagination

W.P. Day

MWF 11:00-11:50

American
Post-1900

CMPL 372
7823

378-01

7864

Contemporary British & Irish Drama

D. Walker

TuTh 3:00-4:15

British
Post-1900
 

381-01

7827

European Modernism & the World This course is cancelled.

J. Deppman

MWF 1:30-2:20

Diversity
Post-1900
CMPL 381 7826

388-01

7865

Selected Authors: Salman Rushdie

A. Needham

TuTh 9:35-10:50

British
Diversity
Post-1900

 

390-01

7860

Selected Authors: William Faulkner

J. Olmsted

TuTh 3:00-4:15

American
Post-1900
 

395-01

1455

Poetry Workshop

K. Ali

Tu 7:00-10:00 pm

 

CRWR 310
1036

396-01

7278

Nonfiction Workshop

S. Watanabe

W 7:00-10:00 pm

CRWR 340
7264

397-01

1456

Fiction Workshop

C. Johnson

W 7:00-10:00 pm

CRWR 320
1037

399-01

1458

Teaching and Tutoring Writing Across the Disciplines

L. Podis

TuTh 3:00-4:15

.

RHET 401
7393

 

Senior Tutorials, Seminars, Honors Projects-- Fall 2008 Semester
By application only.

Number
CRN

Title
For detailed descriptions of individual courses, click on the course title

Instructor

Meeting Days and Time
400-01 6803 Senior Tutorial D. Harrison MWF 9:00-9:50
400-02 5455 Senior Tutorial A. Needham Tu 7:00-9:30 pm
437-01 7861 Seminar: Ars Poetica: Poetry, Art, Thought D. Harrison TuTh 9:35-10:50
450-01 5808 Honors Project W.P Day TuTh 1:30-2:45

 

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