English (ENG) San Francisco State University Bulletin 2025-2026

ENGLISH (ENG) ENG 125 Language, Gender, and Sexuality (Units: 3)

Examine the relationship between language, gender, and sexuality. Ask
how language is a site for both (re)producing the gendered social order
ENG 104 Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice Stretch I (Units: 3) and for rupturing normative ideas about gender and sexuality through
The first semester of the stretch version of the First-Year Writing Seminar. creative linguistic practice. Discuss queer linguistic practices, and the
Practice academic success strategies and habits of mind, learn about ways that gender and sexuality (and their linguistic expression) are
campus resources, and learn and practice written academic inquiry, always already intersected with race, class, and other identity formations.
information literacy, the writing process, and critical reading in a variety of Focus on the everyday use of language in interaction. Topics include
rhetorical genres. (ABC/NC grading, CR/NC allowed) embodiment and performance; identity and desire; and queer linguistics.
Note: Completion of ENG 104 and ENG 105 with a grade of C- or better Course Attributes:
will culminate in satisfying the Written English Composition requirement
(GE Area 1A/A2). • 3B: Humanities

ENG 105 Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice Stretch II (Units: 3) • C2: Humanities
Prerequisite: ENG 104* with a grade of C- or better. • Social Justice

The second semester of the stretch version of the First-Year Writing ENG 180 Understanding Math for AI and Large Language Models (Units:
Seminar. Practice academic success strategies and habits of mind, learn 3)
about campus resources, and learn and practice written academic inquiry, Have you ever wondered how the new generation of artificial intelligence
information literacy, the writing process, and critical reading in a variety of (AI) can answer questions, write essays and translate texts? Explore AI
rhetorical genres. (ABC/NC grading, CR/NC allowed) systems that pertain to language - Large Language Models. Examine
Course Attributes: techniques for mathematical modeling of language, from statistical
inferences to regression analysis, which form the computational
• 1A: English Composition foundations of AI. Discuss the impact of AI and Large Language Models
• A2: Written English Comm on society and the environment. (Plus-minus ABC/NC, CR/NC allowed)
ENG 200 Writing Practices in Professional Contexts (Units: 3)
ENG 106 Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice Stretch I and II (Units:
Prerequisite: GE Area 1A/A2 with a grade of C or better.
4)
Embedded support version of the First-Year Writing Seminar. Practice Introduction to writing practices common in professional workplaces.
academic success strategies and habits of mind, learn about campus Analysis of how they influence and are influenced by workplace
resources, and learn and practice written academic inquiry, information activities and cultures. Topics may include ethics, collaboration,
literacy, the writing process, and critical reading in a variety of rhetorical internationalization, common forms, information design, and media
genres. (ABC/NC grading, CR/NC allowed) choices. (Plus-minus letter grade only)
Course Attributes: Course Attributes:
• 1A: English Composition • 3B: Humanities
• A2: Written English Comm • C2: Humanities
ENG 112 Reading and Writing Techniques (Unit: 1) ENG 201 Writing the First Year: Global Perspectives of Multilingual
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Speakers Stretch I (Units: 4)
Prerequisite: Intended for first-semester multilingual (non-native speakers
Reading and/or writing skills: reading and study skills, comprehension,
of English) freshmen.
vocabulary, spelling, development of basic writing, and composition
abilities. May be repeated for a total of 6 units. (CR/NC grading only) The first semester of the stretch version of the First-Year Writing
ENG 114 Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice (Units: 3) Seminar for multi-lingual students. Focused on developing the academic
Practice academic success strategies and habits of mind, learn about reading and writing skills necessary for university coursework. This
campus resources, and learn and practice written academic inquiry, stretch version allows for extra time to revisit and practice reading
information literacy, the writing process, and critical reading in a variety and writing strategies to improve English fluency and comprehension,
of rhetorical genres. (Plus-minus ABC/NC, CR/NC allowed) [CSL may be develop effective and varied reading strategies, and practice a variety
available] of techniques for improving and increasing academic vocabulary. (Plus-
Course Attributes: minus ABC/NC, CR/NC allowed)

• 1A: English Composition

• A2: Written English Comm

ENG 122 The Evolution of Language in the Digital Age (Units: 3)

Examination of language patterns and linguistics structure of local and
global online and digital communications.
Course Attributes:

• 4: Social/Behavioral Sciences
• D1: Social Sciences

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ENG 202 Writing the First Year: Global Perspectives of Multilingual ENG 214 Second Year Written Composition: English (Units: 3)
Speakers Stretch II (Units: 4) Prerequisite: ENG 114 or equivalent with a grade of CR or C- or better.
Prerequisite: ENG 201* with a C- or better.
Development of flexible reading and writing skills for academic inquiry
The second semester of the stretch version of the First-Year Writing and for engaging with social issues. Emphasis on varied composing and
Seminar for multi-lingual students. Focused on developing the academic revising skills, critical analysis and self-reflection with special attention to
reading and writing skills necessary for university coursework. This rhetorical variation, and fine-tuning research. (Plus/minus ABC/NC, CR/
stretch version allows for extra time to revisit and practice reading NC allowed) [CSL may be available]
and writing strategies to improve English fluency and comprehension, Course Attributes:
develop effective and varied reading strategies, and practice a variety of
techniques for improving and increasing academic vocabulary. • A4: Written English Comm II
Course Attributes:
ENG 215 Second Year Composition: Multilingual (Units: 3)
• 1A: English Composition Prerequisites: Qualifying score on CMSPT and ENG 114 or equivalent with
a grade of CR or C- or better or ENG 209 with a grade of CR or C- or better.
• A2: Written English Comm
Expository argumentative composition and critical reading of nonfiction:
ENG 204 Effective Literacy Skills for College - Multilingual (Units: 3)
supporting arguments with outside sources, developing revising
Prerequisite: Composition for Multilingual Students Advising Module.
strategies and research skills. (Plus/minus ABC/NC, CR/NC allowed)
Development of university-level reading, writing, and information literacy Course Attributes:
skills. May be repeated for a total of 6 units. (ABC/NC grading, CR/NC
• A4: Written English Comm II
allowed)
ENG 208 Grammar for Writing--Multilingual (Units: 3) ENG 216 Cultivating Curiosity: Explore Your World, Your Identity, and Your
Prerequisite: Must take CMSPT prior to enrolling. Future (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area 1A/A2*.
Grammatical accuracy in written work. Structures typically reviewed and
practiced include articles, verb forms and tenses, and sentence structure. Your world is waiting to be explored. Learn how the interests that drive
May be repeated for a total of 6 units. (ABC/NC grading, CR/NC allowed) and shape you are awakened through discovery. Choose a topic you're
curious or passionate about (pop culture, rocket science, etc.) to better
ENG 209 Writing the First Year: Global Perspectives of Multilingual
understand your world, identity, and future. Apply tools of questioning,
Speakers (Units: 3)
research, writing, and reflection to bring your topic to life, all while
The initial course in the first-year writing experience sequence that helps
practicing effective communication to different audiences. Serves as
multilingual students develop academic reading and writing skills for
a springboard to students' majors and future lives through writing that
college success. Students explore their identity and purpose within the
makes a difference in your communities and leads to personal and
university. Information literacy is developed through reading, analyzing,
professional success. [CSL may be available]
and responding to a variety of texts. Inquiry-driven expository writing is
developed through four major writing projects in which students integrate ENG 217 Multilingual Voices: Bridging the Distance with Our Stories
and reflect on evidence from readings. Students learn to use the writing (Units: 3)
process to revise and improve their essays, and practice techniques for Prerequisite: GE Area A2 or equivalent.
developing research strategies.
Practice multilingual reading, critical thinking, and writing skills. Engage
Course Attributes:
with a topic of choice - from pop culture to rocket science and everything
• 1A: English Composition in between - to better understand the world, self-identity, and the future.
• A2: Written English Comm Emphasis on effective and persuasive communication to different
audiences showcasing various realities and bridging the distance
ENG 210 Oral Communication - Multilingual (Units: 3) between people. Includes practice with writing in a variety of formats as
Development of skills in listening, speech delivery, and preparation and well as peer discussion designed to celebrate diversity. (Plus-minus ABC/
presentation of informative and persuasive speeches. (ABC/NC grading, NC, CR/NC allowed)
CR/NC allowed) ENG 218 Literature Is Not A Luxury: Writing For Self and Community
Course Attributes: (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area 1A/A2*.
• 1C: Oral Communication
• A1: Oral Communication Explore how the literary imagination shapes our ways of being in the
world. Research and write about self-chosen topics that determine how
ENG 212 Advanced Grammar for Writing - Multilingual (Units: 3)
the study of literature is uniquely suited to intervene in questions of
Prerequisite: First-year Writing Advising module or recommendation from
social justice, personal identity, health, and wellness. Through research
an instructor of a previously-completed Composition for Multilingual
projects, group presentations, and related activities learn and practice
Students course.
academic success strategies and literary argumentation; develop
Grammatical accuracy and variety at the sentence and discourse levels. information literacy; engage with the writing process including peer and
Readings, grammatical analysis, and compositions with an emphasis on faculty feedback, and practice a variety of rhetorical genres, both digital
editing. May be repeated for a total of 6 units. (ABC/NC grading, CR/NC and print.
allowed)

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ENG 250 Topics in Literature and Culture (Units: 3) ENG 275 Reading Video Games (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area 1A/A2 or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: GE Area 1A/A2 or permission of the instructor.

Methods and principles for close reading literature in major genres, Examine video games as texts whose meaning is produced through the
especially fiction, drama, and poetry. Examination and analysis of a wide complex interplay of narrative, rules, and cultural context. Read and write
variety of literary styles in works from a diverse range of both major and about video games using critical perspectives and methods of literary
lesser-known writers. Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May analysis. [Formerly ENG 270]
be repeated for a total of 12 units when topics vary. (This course is offered as ENG 275 and CWL 275. Students may not
Course Attributes: repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
ENG 300 Graphic Memoir and Biography (Units: 3)
• 3B: Humanities
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent.
• C2: Humanities
• C3 or C2: Humanities/Lit. Examination of the literary genre of graphic memoir and graphic
biography within the medium of comics. (Plus-minus ABC/NC, CR/NC
Topics: allowed)
(This course is offered as ENG 300 and C W 501. Students may not
1. Literature and Film
repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
2. Shakespeare and Film
ENG 400GW Fundamentals of Professional Writing and Rhetoric - GWAR
3. Heroes and Antiheroes in Literature
(Units: 3)
4. The Good Life: Literature and Pursuit of Happiness Prerequisite: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors; ENG 216 or
5. Eco-Horror Story and Image ENG 218 with a grade of C or better; or permission of the instructor.
6. The Lyric Poem in English
Forms, methods, standards, and issues central to the work of career
7. The Novel in English
writers. Students produce technical instructions, reports, promotions, and
8. Drama in English correspondence. (ABC/NC grading only)
9. Masterworks of Literature in English Course Attributes:
10. Contemporary Literature
• Graduation Writing Assessment
11. Introduction to Shakespeare
12. Introduction to Science Fiction ENG 402 Introduction to Professional Writing and Rhetoric (Units: 3)
13. The Vampire Tradition Prerequisite: GE Area E or equivalent with a grade of C better or
14. Introduction to Global Literature in English permission of the instructor.

15. Popular Drama and Social Critique Introduction to the contexts and rhetorical strategies of professional
16. American Literature writing. Examination and evaluation of a variety of professional
17. Reading the Landscape: Stories of Place and Power documents in terms of their rhetorical and design features; practice
producing and designing professional documents using a variety of
ENG 256 Queer Crip Lit (Units: 3) digital and multimedia tools; exploration of the nature of professional
Prerequisite: GE Area 1A/A2 or permission of the instructor. audiences and discourses to write more effectively; studying how to
construct an authentic, professional voice.
How do queer crip identities change our understanding of disability and
gender/sexuality? Explore how disability and normalcy are portrayed ENG 417 Academic Literacy and the Urban Adolescent (Units: 3)
in literature, focusing on how these depictions reflect the time periods Prerequisites: Restricted to English majors; ENG 216 or ENG 218 or
in which they were written and change over time. Discuss how authors equivalent.
use disability as a tool in their stories to shape, challenge, or reinforce
Service-Learning focused on the acquisition of academic literacy by
societal attitudes toward disability. Examine how literary works examine
urban teens. Requires 25 volunteer hours in middle or high school
the connections between ableism and other forms of discrimination:
classrooms. Partly satisfies Early Field Experience requirement for Single
racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, transphobia.
Subject Credential Program. [CSL may be available]
(This course is offered as ENG 256 and WGS 256. Students may not
Course Attributes:
repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes: • Social Justice

• Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities ENG 418 Grammar for Writers (Units: 3)
• Social Justice Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with
grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.

Focus on proofreading, editing, and revising writing for academic

courses. Analyze samples of writing in their disciplines to define and
develop effective sentences and paragraphs.
Course Attributes:

• 3UD: Arts or Humanities

• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities

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ENG 419 Advanced Composition for Teachers (Units: 3) ENG 426 Second Language Acquisition (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to English majors; ENG 216 or ENG 218 or Prerequisite for ENG 826: Restricted to graduate students in the MA
equivalent. TESOL, Composition, and Linguistics programs, or permission of the
instructor.
The composition process with a focus on purpose, audience, types Prerequisites for ENG 426: Upper-division standing; GPA of 3.0 or higher;
of discourse, rhetorical strategies, syntactic structures, and response or permission of the instructor.
groups. Service Learning requires 20 tutoring hours in secondary
Language Arts classes. Partly satisfies Early Field Experience Survey of research and issues in second language acquisition.
requirement for Single Subject Credential. [CSL may be available] Recommended for ESL/EFL and foreign language teachers and credential
candidates. [CSL may be available]
ENG 420 Introduction to the Study of Language (Units: 3)
(ENG 826/ENG 426 is a paired course offering. Students who complete
Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with
grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor. the course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)
ENG 429 Stylistics (Units: 3)
The linguistic investigation of sounds, words, sentences, and Prerequisite: GE Area 1A/A2 or permission of the instructor.
conversations. Relationships between language, culture, dialects, and
mind are examined. Recommended as a first linguistics course. Analysis of syntax, diction, and other devices that contribute to what we
Course Attributes: call literary "style" in a variety of 19th and 20th-century works of fiction
and non-fiction.
• 3UD: Arts or Humanities
ENG 450 California Culture (Units: 3)
• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with
• Global Perspectives grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.

ENG 421 Syntax (Units: 3) Dynamics of California society, literature, and culture in recent times:
Prerequisite for ENG 821: Restricted to graduate MA TESOL and world oasis, flawed paradise, lifestyle crucible, and creative milieu. The
Linguistics students. function of California in American culture and Pacific relations.
Prerequisites for ENG 421: Upper-division standing; ENG 420; GPA of 3.0 (This course is offered as HUM 450, ENG 450, and AMST 410. Students
or higher; or permission of the instructor. may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
Introduction to contemporary syntactic theory and fundamentals of
linguistic data analysis. • 3UD: Arts or Humanities
(ENG 821/ENG 421 is a paired course offering. Students who complete
• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
the course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)
ENG 422 History of the English Language (Units: 3) ENG 451 Jewish Literature of the Americas (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or ENG 420. Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with
grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor.
The background, sources, and development of English. Examinations of
the writing of historical periods of the language. Explores the literature of the Americas through the lens of Jewish identity
and tradition. Texts in translation from Latin America, Canada, and the US
ENG 423 Language Analysis for Language Teachers (Units: 3)
reveal how Jewish writers have rethought modernity's intersection with
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or ENG 420.
Jewish traditions.
Introduction to English language structures and common English learner (This course is offered as JS 451, CWL 451, and ENG 451. Students may
errors. Analysis of form, meaning, and use in spoken and written texts, not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
including academic genres. Focus on understanding cross-linguistic Course Attributes:
influences and strategies for responding to learner challenges in
• 3UD: Arts or Humanities
grammar and pronunciation.
• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
ENG 424 Phonology and Morphology (Units: 3)
• Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
Prerequisite for ENG 824: Restricted to MA Linguistics and TESOL
• Global Perspectives
students.
Prerequisites for ENG 424: Restricted to upper-division English majors ENG 460 Literature in English to 1800 (Units: 3)
and minors; GPA of 3.0 or higher; or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: GE Area E.
Theories and techniques of phonological and morphological analysis Reading-intensive introduction to the history of a diversity of texts written
using data from English and other languages. in English before 1800, with a focus on identities, politics, and genres
(ENG 824/ENG 424 is a paired course offering. Students who complete - including life writing, lyric poetry, drama, satire, romance, and more -
the course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.) emerging from changing ideas about selfhood, community, social order,
ENG 425 Sociolinguistics (Units: 3) race, gender, sexuality, nationhood, and sovereignty within an Atlantic
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing. world.

Introduction to language variation relating to age, ethnicity, gender,

region, class, and occupation. Discusses language, culture, and
multilingualism. [CSL may be available]

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ENG 461 Literature in English Since 1800 (Units: 3) ENG 490 Grant Writing (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: GE Area E. Prerequisites: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors or minors
or Technical and Professional Writing certificate students; Area E or
Reading-intensive introduction to the history of a diversity of texts written equivalent with a grade of C better; or permission of the instructor.
in English since 1800, with a focus on politics, genres, and identities -
including race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, class, and more - emerging in Practice in grant proposal writing and research. Requests from private
the global aesthetic movements of romanticism, realism, modernism, non-profit organizations to various funding agencies. (Plus-minus letter
postmodernism, and postcolonialism. grade only) [CSL may be available]
Course Attributes:
ENG 465 Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with • Social Justice
grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission
of the instructor. ENG 495 Digital Humanities and Literacies (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent.
Examination of how post-apocalyptic narratives in mid to late 20th-
century science fiction reflect cultural anxieties, explore ethical dilemmas, Introduction to topics, issues, practices, and tools to develop a critical
and propose a variety of dystopian and utopian solutions to the threat of engagement with digital culture, with a special focus on reading, writing,
rapid social, political, and environmental change. and understanding literature in the digital age.
Course Attributes:
ENG 501 Age of Chaucer (Units: 3)
• 3UD: Arts or Humanities Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with
grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission
• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
of the instructor.
• Env. Sustain. & Climate Action
Fourteenth-century English literature with a focus on major writers of the
ENG 470 Writing Professional Promotions (Units: 3) period.
Prerequisites: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors; ENG 216 or Course Attributes:
ENG 218 with a grade of C or better; or permission of the instructor.
• 3UD: Arts or Humanities
Developing documents for corporate communications, marketing,
• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
public relations, and development purposes. High-tech and non-profit
applications. (Plus-minus letter grade only) ENG 503 Studies in Medieval Literature (Units: 3)
ENG 471 Writing Technical Documentation (Units: 3) Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the
Prerequisites: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors or minors instructor.
or Technical and Professional Writing Certificate students; Area E or
Rotating course on a specific topic, theme, genre, work, or issue in
equivalent with a grade of C better; or permission of the instructor.
Medieval literature. Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May be
Design and develop standard types of technical documentation including repeated when topics vary.
project plans, process descriptions, procedures, tutorials, and usability Topics:
tests. Topics include audience analysis, writing style, and best practices.
1. Medieval Rebel Writing
(Plus-minus letter grade only)
2. Chaucer's Women
ENG 480GW Writing in English: GWAR Seminar (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to English majors and minors; GE Area A2*. ENG 510 The Age of Wit (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with
Foundational methods of close reading and precise writing about a
grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission
diverse range of literary and rhetorical texts in English. Engagement
of the instructor.
with challenging texts to practice reading, thinking, writing, and revision
as intertwined processes. Analysis of social constructions of power Swift, Pope, Addison, and the circle of London wits and satirists of the
and privilege in English-language texts, which are interpreted within early 18th century with a focus on the radical change in literary forms and
relevant generic, historical, or global contexts. Introduction to disciplinary ideas and their relationship to changes in society.
and professional standards for rhetorically effective and responsibly Course Attributes:
supported writing across a range of genres. Practice reflecting on
rhetorical decisions and articulating one's perspective within larger • 3UD: Arts or Humanities
scholarly, professional, or civic conversations. For the junior year. (ABC/ • UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
NC grading only)
Course Attributes: ENG 512 18th-Century British Women Writers (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent.
• Graduation Writing Assessment
Introduction to fiction, poetry, drama, and writing by a variety of authors
from a key period in British women's writing. Exploration of the literary,
political, and economic context of this creative flowering, as well as the
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ENG 514 Age of the Romantics (Units: 3) ENG 528 American Literature: 1914-1960 (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the
instructor. instructor.

Poetry and prose of Blake, Coleridge, Byron, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Stories, drama, and criticism by such authors as Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot,
Keats. William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ralph Ellison,
Richard Wright, Wallace Stevens, Robert Lowell, and Sylvia Plath.
ENG 523 Practicum in Language Tutoring (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to upper-division standing or permission of the ENG 530 Early Atlantic Migrants and Texts (Units: 3)
instructor. Prerequisite: ENG 218* or equivalent or permission of the instructor.

Training for both tutors of English for speakers of other languages and Examine the literature of early British colonialism in the Atlantic world
foreign languages across a range of contexts (including secondary from c. 1600-1725, analyzing texts in English about the history of contact
school, adult education, community college, and university). Techniques and migration, including exchange with First Nations peoples and the
covered include readings, role-play demonstrations, and reflective early African diaspora. Complete required service learning in which
journals. Discussion of how to locate and select reference materials for significant and relevant volunteer work (20 hours total) culminates in a
teaching appropriate language skills. class project. [CSL may be available]
(This course is offered as ENG 523 and MLL 523. Students may not Course Attributes:
repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
• Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
ENG 524 Contemporary American Short Story (Units: 3)
• Social Justice
Prerequisites: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the
instructor. ENG 533 Holocaust and Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with
Survey of American short story writers since 1945 with selections
grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission
by such authors as Shirley Jackson, Grace Paley, Flannery O'Connor,
of the instructor.
Saul Bellow, James Baldwin, John Cheever, Ann Beattie, Tobias Wolff,
Raymond Carver, Sandra Cisneros, and Sherman Alexis. Fiction and non-fiction Holocaust literature by Saul Bellow, T. Borowski,
ENG 525 Studies in American Literature (Units: 3) Etty Hillesum, I.B. Singer, and Elie Wiesel.
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the (This course is offered as JS 437, ENG 533, and CWL 437. Students may
instructor. not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
Course Attributes:
Rotating course on a specific topic, theme, genre, work, or issue in
American literature. Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May be • 3UD: Arts or Humanities
repeated when topics vary. • UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
Topics: • Global Perspectives

1. American Women Modernist Poets ENG 535 Literature and Ecology (Units: 3)
2. Bob Dylan Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with
grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission
ENG 526 Age of the American Renaissance: 1830-1860 (Units: 3) of the instructor.
Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with
grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission An appraisal of literary works in light of their representation of nature and
of the instructor. their ecological wisdom. Examples of post-romantic American literature
of nature. The theory and practice of ecocriticism.
Achievement of a national literature in the works of such writers as Course Attributes:
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Frederick Douglass with readings of • 3UD: Arts or Humanities
earlier authors. • UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
Course Attributes:
• Env. Sustain. & Climate Action
• 3UD: Arts or Humanities
ENG 540 Professional Editing (Units: 3)
• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities Prerequisites: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors or minors
• Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities and Technical and Professional Writing Certificate students; Area E or
• Social Justice equivalent with a grade of C better; or permission of the instructor.

ENG 527 American Literature: 1860-1914 (Units: 3) Expectations for professional editing in the workplace. Development of
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the specialized projects. Practice in relevant techniques and application of
instructor. professional skills, standards, ethics, and methods. Review of grammar,
punctuation, and usage. (Plus-minus letter grade only)
Major American writing from romanticism to realism and naturalism: Walt
Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Henry James, Stephen Crane,
Kate Chopin, Henry Adams, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Edith Wharton, and
Theodore Dreiser.

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ENG 545 Visual Rhetoric and Document Design (Units: 3) ENG 571 Shakespeare's Rivals (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors or minors Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the
and Technical and Professional Writing Certificate students; Area E or instructor.
equivalent with a grade of C better; or permission of the instructor.
Close study of the drama of Shakespeare's contemporaries and
Principles of design and visual rhetoric and the application of those immediate successors. Combines modes of literary analysis with
principles in document design. Workshop teaches publication design theatrically-informed approaches.
software. Required laboratory. (Plus-minus letter grade only) ENG 580 Individual Authors (Units: 3)
ENG 546 20th Century American Jewish Women Writers (Units: 3) Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the
Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with instructor.
grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission
of the instructor. Rotating course on a specific author, or group of authors, in British,
American, or Global literatures of any period. Topics to be specified in the
Exploration through novels, short fiction, and memoir the connections Class Schedule. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
American women forge and the tensions they experience via encounters Topics:
with self, family, Judaism, American society, and world history.
(This course is offered as JS 546, ENG 546, and WGS 546. Students may 1. George Eliot
not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.) 2. Carver and Pinter
Course Attributes: 3. William Blake
4. James Baldwin & Langston Hughes: Kings of the Blue
• 3UD: Arts or Humanities
5. Williams, Stevens, H. Crane
• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
6. Mark Twain
• Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
7. Virginia Woolf
• Global Perspectives
8. Emily Dickinson
ENG 550 The Rise of the Novel (Units: 3) 9. Melville
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the 10. The Gawain Poet
instructor.
11. Edith Wharton
The emergence of the English novel in the work of such writers as Defoe, 12. Hurston and Hughes
Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, and Smollett. The relationship of the new 13. Blake and Wordsworth
genre to changes in social and philosophical experience. 14. Faulkner and Wright
ENG 554 Modern American Novel (Units: 3) 15. The Brontes: Life Lit & Myths of Haworth Parsonage
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the
instructor. ENG 581 Jane Austen (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with
Major novelists from Dreiser through Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission
Faulkner to the present. of the instructor.
ENG 555 The Short Story (Units: 3)
Lecture and discussion course on the complete works of Jane Austen.
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the
Course Attributes:
instructor.
• 3UD: Arts or Humanities
The short story as a distinctive literary phenomenon with a focus on the
historical consideration and critical analysis of representative modern • UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
stories.
ENG 583 Shakespeare: Representative Plays (Units: 3)
ENG 560 Counternarrative, Literature, and the Law: Critical Approaches to Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the
Law and Literary Studies (Units: 3) instructor.
Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with
grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission Shakespeare and his age, his development as a dramatist, and his literary,
of the instructor. intellectual, and social milieu. Reading of representative comedies,
histories, and tragedies as well as some non-dramatic poetry.
Explore U.S. literature, along with legal theory and history to examine
ENG 584 Shakespeare: Selected Plays (Units: 3)
how narrative practices provide strategies for understanding social
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the
change. Builds interdisciplinary history of rights and methods of their
instructor.
expansion by reading literature alongside key texts from Critical Legal
Studies and Critical Race Theory, as well as Supreme Court Cases and Study of a few plays in relation to the textual problems, dramatic
Congressional legislation. technique, and problems of interpretation. Analysis of language, imagery,
Course Attributes: and structure.

• Social Justice

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ENG 585 Professional Writing for Digital Audiences (Units: 3) ENG 608 Language Teaching in Multilingual Contexts (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Professional Writing and Rhetoric majors or minors and Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.
Technical and Professional Writing Certificate students; Area E or
equivalent with a grade of C better; or permission of the instructor. A survey of best principles and key competencies for second and foreign
language teaching, drawing from current theories and researched
Standards and methods for designing and producing professional practices, with an emphasis on the knowledge and skills that are crucial
documents for social media including terms of service documents, user for language teaching in multilingual contexts.
guides, and content strategies. Learn the basics of social media writing (This course is offered as MLL 608 and ENG 608. Students may not
genres, spaces, and audiences. (Plus-minus letter grade only) repeat the course under an alternate prefix.)
ENG 589 Milton (Units: 3) ENG 611 Modern Criticism (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the
instructor. instructor.

In-depth study of Milton's prose and poetry. Examination of technique, Examination of critical approaches including the formalist and the
language, imagery, and interpretation. psychoanalytic. Application of one or more critical methods to works of
imaginative literature.
ENG 600 Theory of Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the ENG 612 Serial Narrative (Units: 3)
instructor. Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the
instructor.
Analysis of literature as a symbolic action. Exploration of the recurring
motives and concepts which figure in formal appeals, the relationship The serial narrative from its 18-century roots to today, considering the
between literature and rhetoric, and the tactics and grounds of novel, cinema, and television.
persuasion in literature. ENG 614 Women in Literature: Authors and Characters (Units: 3)
ENG 601 Literature and Psychology (Units: 3) Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the
Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with instructor.
grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission
of the instructor. Rotating course on a specific topic, theme, or issue focused on literature
and criticism by women writers of any period. Topics to be specified in
Selected fiction and drama which reflect the artist's perception of human the Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary.
motivation and behavior. Application of theories of personality to the Topics:
writer's art.
Course Attributes: 1. Women in Literature
2. Women Writers and Social Change
• 3UD: Arts or Humanities
• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities ENG 615 Imagery, Metaphor, and Symbol (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with
ENG 602 Literature, Identity, Society: Theoretical Approaches to Identity grades of C- or better; ENG 216* or ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission
and Cultural Critique (Units: 3) of the instructor.
Prerequisites: GE Areas 1A/A2*, 1B/A3*, 1C/A1*, and 2/B4* all with
grades of C- or better; ENG 218* or equivalent; or permission of the The relationship between symbolic process and organic form in literature.
instructor. Emphasis on symbolism as meta-language, controlled patterning, tonal
modulation, shadow structure, and mythic resonance.
Theoretical approaches to the social production of identification in Course Attributes:
literature. Application of major topics and methods in literary theory
to understanding literature's role in creating, reflecting, and critiquing • 3UD: Arts or Humanities
social conditions, identities, and social change through the formal • UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
dynamics and narrative styles of poetry, plays, and fiction. Topics include
ENG 618 Collaborative Writing (Units: 3)
genre theory, narratological, and historical methods by which literature
Prerequisites: ENG 402, ENG 540, and ENG 545 with grades of C or better.
represents the social world in terms of identity, social membership,
belonging, and exclusion. Emphasis on social categories of identification Develop professional skills for collaborating with other writers on high-
that may include class, nationality, gender, race, sexuality, or other impact persuasive writing projects; including project management,
relevant social and identity categories characterized in poetry, fiction, and research, group work, editing, self-assessment, and presentation. (Plus-
plays. minus letter grade only) [CSL may be available]
Course Attributes: Course Attributes:
• 3UD: Arts or Humanities • Social Justice
• UD-C: Arts and/or Humanities
• Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities

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ENG 620 Introduction to Computational Linguistics (Units: 3) ENG 640 Global Texts and Practices (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Introduction to linguistic analysis of digital texts. Learn to write programs The global characteristics of language, writing, literature, and literacies
in Python and process raw texts (tokenization), discover statistical across historical periods, genres, and Englishes. Topics to be specified
patterns in linguistic data (frequency distribution), perform part-of-speech in the Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary for a total of 12
tagging, text segmentation, and classification. units.
Course Attributes:
ENG 630 Selected Studies (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 216 or ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the • Global Perspectives
instructor.
Topics:
Rotating course on a specific topic, theme, genre, or issue in literature
from a variety of national traditions and/or historical periods. Topics to 1. The Short Story: Global Literature in English
be specified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary. 2. Global Cities
Topics:
3. Post-Colonial Literature in English
1. New World Encounters in ENG Renaissance Literature 4. The Literature of Exile and Migration
2. Literature and the Body 5. British and American Travellers to Greece
3. Bible as Literature 6. Irish Literature
4. Expatriate Writers in Paris - 30s & 40s 7. Raciolinguistic: Language, Race & Colonization
5. Shakespeare History Plays and the War of the Roses
ENG 655 Literature and the Adolescent Reader (Units: 3)
6. The Bible & the English/American Literary Traditn Prerequisite: GE Area 1A/A2.
7. Detective Fiction
Analysis and evaluation of literature about and for adolescents. Teaching
8. Expatriate Literature of Paris in the 20's
approach based on reader response theory. Required for students
9. Literature of Labor
completing the Single Subject Waiver in English.
10. Nabokov and Hitchcock Course Attributes:
11. American Poetic Tradition: Whitman to Frost
• Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
ENG 633 Queer(ing) Narrative Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor. ENG 660 Career Pathways & Applied Projects (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: ENG 402, ENG 540, and ENG 545 with grades of C- or better.
Exploration of the multiple ways in which English literature, both fiction
and non-fiction, can be read, analyzed, and interpreted through the critical Field experience in professional writing or editing, including structured
lens of Queer Theory. Emphasis on literature that can be considered supervision and evaluation by program faculty and placement sponsor.
queer in content, form, or both. The term "queer" will be examined as Examine diverse career pathways in professional writing. Build
an adjective, a verb, and a pedagogical orientation in its application to professional identity through portfolio, résumé, and other materials.
narrative literature. (Plus-minus letter grade only) [Formerly ENG 695]
(This course is offered as ENG 633, SXS 633, and WGS 633. Students ENG 670 Writing for Graduate Studies in the Liberal and Creative Arts
may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.) (Units: 3)
Course Attributes: Prerequisites: Graduate standing; priority will be given to students
enrolled in graduate programs in the College of Liberal and Creative Arts;
• Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities
or permission of the instructor.
ENG 636 Myth, Literature, and Adaptation (Units: 3)
Development of writing skills for graduate work in the Liberal and Creative
Prerequisite: ENG 218 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
Arts focusing on the kinds of writing needed in these disciplines. May not
Examine literature and adaptations steeped in the traditions of myth, be used for master's degree ATC requirements.
folktale, and legend. Discuss contemporary writers of fiction, poetry, and ENG 680 Applied Computational Linguistics (Units: 3)
drama who reinvent classic stories, modernizing ancient tales of human Prerequisite: ENG 620 or permission of the instructor.
ambition, love, loss, and more.
Writing Python programs for the analysis of sentence structure (context-
free grammars, dependency grammars), extracting meaning from texts,
and to apply various machine learning methods to data mining.

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ENG 688 Assessment in English Language Arts (Units: 3) ENG 690 Senior Seminar (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Restricted to senior English Education majors; an interview Prerequisites: Restricted to senior English Literature and English
with an English Single Subject Credential adviser. Education majors; ENG 480GW with a grade of C or better; or permission
of the instructor.
Development and preparation of instructional materials and strategies
for secondary English Language Arts. Application of formative and Rotating course on a specific topic, theme, literary form, historical period,
summative assessment techniques used in teaching secondary or theoretical tradition in British, American, or global literatures. Intensive
English Language Arts. Creation of an English Education e-Portfolio to study of a literary topic culminating in a research paper. Topics to be
demonstrate mastery of subject matter competency in English. (Plus- specified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary.
minus letter grade only) Topics:

1. Radical Literature
2. Emily Dickinson: Serial Poet
3. Religion in British Poetry Since 1800
4. Aphra Behn
5. F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. H. D. and Marianne Moore
7. Hawthorne
8. Henry James' Formal World
9. Imagining World War I
10. James Joyce
11. Noir Culture
12. Animal Studies and Literature
13. Spenser
14. Steinbeck
15. T. S. Eliot
16. Teaching Shakespeare
17. The Bard in Bollywood
18. The Restoration
19. American Life Writing
20. Caribbean Poetry in English
21. Charles Dickens
22. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
23. D. Lessing and J. Didion
24. Devils and Angels
25. Moore and Bishop
26. W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot
27. Thomas Hardy
28. What Are Poets For?
29. Women Writers of the Southern Renaissance
30. Bellow, Malamud, and the Roths
31. Major Lyric Poets and Forms
32. Major Victorian Poets
33. Toni Morrison
34. The Literature of Food
35. Literature and Ethics
36. Queers in Crisis:Mid-Century LGBT Art & Literature

ENG 699 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)

Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor.

Individual supervision of intensive, independent work, largely of a

research nature, culminating in a paper. May be repeated for a total of 9
units.

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ENG 700 Introduction to Composition Theory (Units: 3) ENG 713 Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction in English I (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Admission to MA Composition Program or to Composition Prerequisite: Completion of subject matter certification in English or
or Post-Secondary Reading Certificate Program. permission of the instructor.

Issues of composition theory, research, and classroom practice. (Plus- Theory, curriculum design, instruction, and assessment methods for
minus letter grade only) teaching English language, literature, and oral and written performance
for grades 6 to 12.
ENG 701 Theoretical Backgrounds in Community College and College
Reading Instruction (Units: 3) ENG 714 Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction in English II (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor. Prerequisites: ENG 713; Subject Matter Competency certification in
English; concurrent enrollment in student teaching.
Review of research on the physiological, psychological, and linguistic
processes involved in developing literacy skills on the community college Applied theory, curriculum design, instruction, and assessment methods
and college levels. Examination of the relationships between reading and for teaching English language, literature, oral and written performance for
writing competencies, and reading and reasoning strategies. grades 6 to 12. (Plus-minus ABC/NC, CR/NC allowed)
ENG 702 Introduction to Graduate Study of Composition, Linguistics, and ENG 715 Pedagogy and Practice of Postsecondary Reading (Units: 3)
TESOL (Units: 3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: Restricted to graduate English Composition, Linguistics, and
TESOL students. Putting theory into practice for developing lesson plans to teach basic
literacy skills.
Introduction to foundational knowledge about major historical ENG 717 Projects in the Teaching of Literature (Units: 3)
developments in the fields of Composition, Linguistics, and TESOL. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Discussion of major theoretical orientations, commonly used qualitative
and quantitative research approaches, genres of scholarship (both Literary theory and its practical application in the college classroom.
written and oral), and scholarly resources. (Plus-minus letter grade only) Practice in applying various critical approaches to literary texts and
ENG 704 Pedagogical Grammar for Composition (Units: 3) designing plans for teaching various genres.
Prerequisite: MA Composition and Composition and Post-Secondary ENG 718 Supervision of Teaching Experience (Units: 3)
Reading Certificate students. Prerequisite: Teaching assignment in a college-level composition course.

Theory and practice of responding to linguistic, stylistic, and rhetorical Supervision and training in curriculum, teaching techniques, and grading
issues in student writing. (Plus-minus letter grade only) procedures.
ENG 707 Topics in Language Analysis (Units: 3) ENG 719 Seminar: Contemporary Semantic Theory (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

Introduction to theory, research, practice, and application of language Introduces tools used to investigate semantic structure (the
analysis. Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated interpretation of linguistic expressions), develops logical representations
when topics vary. for English sentences, and investigates entailments and presuppositions
Topics: at the word level (lexical semantics) and discourse level (pragmatics).

1. Advanced Pedagogical Grammar for Composition ENG 723 Seminar in the Structure of English (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 421 or permission of the instructor.
2. Advanced Pedagogical Grammar for TESOL
3. Advanced Seminar in the Structure of English Advanced study in the semantic and discourse-pragmatic structure of
4. Corpus Methods in Text Analysis English from the perspective of cognitive linguistics. Research projects
required.
ENG 709 Seminar in Teaching Integrated Reading and Writing (Units: 3)
ENG 724 Special Topics in Teaching English to Speakers of Other
Prerequisite: MA Composition and Composition and Post-Secondary
Languages (Units: 3)
Reading Certificate students.
Prerequisite: ENG 730 or permission of the instructor.
Exploration of the integration of reading and writing from both a
Introduction to theory, research, and pedagogical innovations in key
theoretical and pedagogical perspective.
areas of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages including
ENG 710 Course Design in Composition and Post-Secondary Reading applications to materials design, lesson planning, and assessment.
(Units: 3) Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated when
Prerequisites: Admission to MA Composition Program or to Composition topics vary.
or Post-Secondary Reading Certificate Program; ENG 704 or ENG 709 Topics:
with a grade of B or better.
1. Incorporating Performance in the ESL/EFL Classroom
Theory and practice of designing post-secondary reading and 2. Teaching EF/SL Abroad
composition courses.
3. Technology for TESOL
4. Researching Second Language Classrooms

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ENG 725 Seminar in Discourse Analysis (Units: 3) ENG 733 Seminar in Student Teaching (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: Restricted to graduate English Composition, Linguistics, and
TESOL students.
Theories and methods of discourse analysis. Analyze texts and
conversations using the various methods and submit a final project Pedagogical issues in the teaching of courses in an English discipline
analyzing original data in the framework of the student's choice. (e.g., college-level writing, adult English as a second language, college-
level linguistics).
ENG 726 Practicum in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
(Units: 3) ENG 734 TESOL Curriculum and Assessment (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 730 (may be taken concurrently). Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

Through assignment as an apprentice and tutor, TESOL students gain Develop an original curriculum and assessment procedure for a specific
experience with methods, materials, and procedures for teaching non- learning context. Assigned readings cover theoretical and practical
native speakers of English. issues in syllabus design, materials development, and language
assessment.
ENG 727 Linguistic Field Methods (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor. ENG 736 Seminar: Teaching ESL in the Community (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Introduction to basic documentary linguistics and linguistic fieldwork
through the elicitation and analysis of data from an unfamiliar language. Current objectives, problems, and techniques for teaching ESL to adult
Discussion of research ethics and project logistics. immigrants in the community. Study of needs assessment, curricula,
materials, and various methodologies to teach adults.
ENG 728 Topics in Sociolinguistics (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor. ENG 738 Pragmatics and Oral Skills (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor.
Exploration of current topics in sociolinguistics with a focus on working
with linguistic data to develop methodological and analytic skills Pragmatics research and methods for teaching social interaction skills
necessary to conduct research. Topics to be specified in the Class for TESOL. The application of materials appropriate to specific cultural
Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary. and educational contexts.
Topics: ENG 741 Seminar: Literary Theory and Research Methods (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: Restricted to Graduate English Literature students or
1. Narrative in Society
permission of the instructor.
2. Sociolinguistics and Classroom Interaction
3. Language and Gender Practice in the theory, criticism, and research methods of literary study,
4. Language in Society leading to a major research project.
5. Sociolinguistics of Academic Literacy ENG 742 Seminar: Studies in Criticism (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the
ENG 730 Introduction to Graduate Study of TESOL (Units: 3) instructor.
Prerequisites: MA TESOL students; ENG 425 and ENG 426 or equivalents;
completion of Level One Writing Proficiency requirement. Examination of a specific topic, critic or group of critics, and/or tradition
in literary criticism. Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May be
Contemporary theories, approaches, and practical procedures in teaching repeated when topics vary.
English as a second or foreign language. Principles and current practices Topics:
in curriculum development, lesson design, skill development, classroom
management, and assessment. 1. Reading Walter Benjamin
ENG 731 Seminar: TESOL Listening and Speaking Skills (Units: 3) 2. The Noir Vision in American Culture
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor. 3. Issues in Teaching English
4. Applied Critical Theory
Theories, research, objectives, problems, and techniques in the teaching
5. Modern Criticism
of English to speakers of other languages. Topics include listening and
speaking skills, systematic study of materials and methods of instruction, 6. Benjamin and Adorno
and preparation of teaching materials. 7. Cultural Criticism
ENG 732 Seminar: TESOL Reading and Writing Skills (Units: 3) 8. Lit, History & Exile Erich Auerbach & Lit Theory
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of the instructor. 9. Lit & Queer Theory: Origins & Present Themes

The teaching of reading and writing skills to adult non-native speakers of ENG 744 Seminar: Literature and Psychology (Units: 3)
English. Theory and research in ESL and EFL reading and composition, Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken currently) or permission of the
curriculum and lesson planning, teaching techniques and activities, instructor.
materials selection and development, responding to student work, and
assessment. Contributions of depth psychology to the understanding of selected
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ENG 751 Seminar: Studies in 16th Century English Literature (Units: 3) ENG 756 Seminar: 20th Century English Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the
instructor. instructor.

Examination of topics in 16th century English literature. Topics to be Examination of topics in 20th century English literature. Topics to be
specified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary. specified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary.
Topics: Topics:

1. Christopher Marlowe and John Webster 1. Women of 1928

2. Lyric and Epic Poetry of Renaissance 2. 20th Century English Literature
3. Gender and Text in 16th Century Literature
ENG 758 Seminar: Southern African Literature in English (Units: 3)
4. Marlowe & Jonson as Shakespeare's Great Rivals Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the
5. Transatlantic Exploration and Encounters instructor.
6. Spenser and Marlowe
Study of Southern African literature in English from 1950 to the present
7. 16th Century Lyric and Comedy
with accompanying historical and theoretical texts. Writers from South
8. Marlowe, Jonson, and Donne Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana include Mphalele, Gordimer, Coetzee,
9. Sidney, Spenser, Jonson, Donne Head, Ndebele, and Marechera. Emphasis on postcolonial issues and
dismantling of apartheid.
ENG 753 Seminar: Studies in 18th Century English Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the ENG 760 Seminar: Studies in American Literature 1600-1899 (Units: 3)
instructor. Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the
instructor.
Examination of topics in English literature of the long 18th century
(1660-1800). Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May be Examination of topics in American literature written between 1600-1899.
repeated when topics vary. Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated when
Topics: topics vary.
Topics:
1. Beggars & Cross-Dressers: A Survey of 18th Century
1. 19th Century American Gothic
2. Flight to Confinement
2. English/American Romantics
3. Satire's Vile Bodies: The Art of Swift and Waugh
3. Emily Dickinson and American Women Writers
4. Johnson and T. S. Eliot
4. American Romanticism
5. Swift, Richardson's Clarissa, and Tristram
5. Stephen Crane and the American 1890's
6. 18th Century Poetry
6. James, Howells, and Wharton
7. 18th Century British Literature and Culture
7. American Literature and Ideology
8. Discord and Elegance - 18th Century
9. 18th Century Novel ENG 762 Seminar: Twentieth Century American Literature (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the
ENG 754 Seminar: The Romantic Movement (Units: 3)
instructor.
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the
instructor. Examination of topics in 20th century American literature. Topics to be
specified in Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary.
Ideas, themes, or literary problems in the works of such late 18th and
Topics:
early 19th century authors as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron,
Shelley, and Keats. 1. Experimental Books
ENG 755 Seminar: Studies in Victorian Literature (Units: 3) 2. 20th Century U.S. Women's Poetry
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the
instructor. ENG 763 Contemporary American Short Fiction (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the
Examination of topics in English literature of the Victorian period. Topics instructor.
to be specified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated when topics vary.
Topics: Advanced study of the major fiction writers from the post-World War II era
to the present. Exploration of the contemporary short story in the United
1. Age of Victorians States.
2. Victorian Afterlife ENG 776 Studies in Caribbean Literature in English (Units: 3)
3. Nineteenth Century Mystery Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the
4. Victorian Poetry instructor.
5. Victorian Social Novelists Examination of primarily Anglophone Caribbean literature from the 19th
century to the present day. Genres covered range from the slave narrative
and the novel to epic and performance poetry.

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ENG 780 Seminar: Individual Authors (Units: 3) ENG 790 Seminar: Selected Studies (Units: 3)
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the
instructor. instructor.

Examination of literary works written by an individual author or group of Examination of topics in British, American, or Global literatures, and/
authors. Authors to be specified in the Class Schedule. May be repeated or literary theory. Topics to be specified in the Class Schedule. May be
when author varies. repeated when topics vary.
Topics: Topics:

1. Jane Austen 1. Colonialism and Early Modern English Literature

2. Highbrows-Lowbrows 2. Portraits of Women in 19th & 20th Cen American Lit
3. Hemingway: An In-Depth Study 3. Tragedy in the Southern Novel
4. Hawthorne, Poe, Melville Seminar 4. Lyric and Form
5. Eudora Welty 5. Short Story
6. D. H. Lawrence, Artist and Seer 6. Literary & Food Studies: Consumption/Culinaryism
7. Austen, Bronte, George Eliot 7. American Autobiography
8. O'Connor, Bellow, Malamud, Ozick 8. Narrative Theory
9. Toni Morrison 9. Selected 19th Century Women's Fiction
10. Silko and Momaday 10. New Media in the Teaching of U.S. Literature
11. Wright Morris 11. Narrative Worlds from Don Quixote to Fanfiction
12. The Shelleys and Lord Byron 12. Heroes and Antiheroes in English Literatures
13. The Poetry of T.S. Eliot
ENG 803 Teaching Practicum: Literature (Units: 3)
14. The Poetry of John Keats Prerequisite: By application only; contact the English Department or see
15. Williams, Stevens, H. Crane the English Department website for details.
16. Wilde and James
Exploration of pedagogical issues in the teaching of literature by
17. Jean Toomer
assisting professors in conducting large lecture courses. May be
18. Gertrude Stein repeated for a total of 6 units.
19. Saul Bellow
ENG 821 Syntax (Units: 3)
20. Virginia Woolf Prerequisite for ENG 821: Restricted to graduate MA TESOL and
21. Samuel Beckett Linguistics students.
22. Gerard M. Hopkins Prerequisites for ENG 421: Upper-division standing; ENG 420; GPA of 3.0
23. Raymond Carver or higher; or permission of the instructor.
24. Lorraine Hansberry Introduction to contemporary syntactic theory and fundamentals of
linguistic data analysis.
ENG 785 Seminar: Shakespeare (Units: 3)
(ENG 821/ENG 421 is a paired course offering. Students who complete
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the
instructor. the course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)
ENG 824 Phonology and Morphology (Units: 3)
Representative plays: examination of textual problems, dramatic Prerequisite for ENG 824: Restricted to MA Linguistics and TESOL
technique, language, imagery, and interpretation. students.
ENG 789 Milton (Units: 3) Prerequisites for ENG 424: Restricted to upper-division English majors
Prerequisite: ENG 741 (may be taken concurrently) or permission of the and minors; GPA of 3.0 or higher; or permission of the instructor.
instructor.
Theories and techniques of phonological and morphological analysis
In-depth study of Milton's prose and poetry. Examination of technique, using data from English and other languages.
language, imagery, and interpretation. (ENG 824/ENG 424 is a paired course offering. Students who complete
the course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)

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ENG 826 Second Language Acquisition (Units: 3)

Prerequisite for ENG 826: Restricted to graduate students in the MA
TESOL, Composition, and Linguistics programs, or permission of the
instructor.
Prerequisites for ENG 426: Upper-division standing; GPA of 3.0 or higher;
or permission of the instructor.

Survey of research and issues in second language acquisition.

Recommended for ESL/EFL and foreign language teachers and credential
candidates. [CSL may be available]
(ENG 826/ENG 426 is a paired course offering. Students who complete
the course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.)
ENG 895 Field Study or Applied Research Project (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, adviser, department chair,
and committee; approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and
Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies.

Field study, research project, or analysis of a significant pedagogical

or professional challenge, incorporating application of knowledge and
techniques acquired in the program of study. (CR/NC grading only)
ENG 896 Directed Readings in Preparation for the CE Examination (Units:
3)
Prerequisites: English majors; not open to students selecting the thesis
option (ENG 898); approved ATC and Culminating Experience Proposal.

Directed reading developed in consultation with the student's

examination committee in English. (CR/NC/RP grading option)
ENG 896EXM Culminating Experience Examination (Unit: 0)
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and committee chair; approval
of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE)
forms by Graduate Studies. ATC and Proposal for Culminating Experience
Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before
registration.

Enrollment in 896EXAM required for students whose culminating

experience consists of an examination only. Not for students enrolled in a
culminating experience course numbered 892, 893, 894, 895, 898, or 998.
(CR/NC, RP)
ENG 898 Master's Thesis (Units: 3)
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor; recommendation of the major
adviser; approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating
Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. Advancement to Candidacy
and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be
approved by the Graduate Division before registration.

(CR/NC grading only)

ENG 899 Independent Study (Units: 1-3)
Prerequisites: English graduate students; enrollment by petition;
permission of the graduate coordinator and supervising faculty member.

Individual research into an issue emphasizing language and/or literature.

May be repeated for a total of 6 units.

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