2025-2026 Course List

For students completing a Master's degree with the creative project option.

For students completing the Master's or Specialist degree using the thesis option.

ENG 100 or Academic Reading and Writing focuses on building students¿ literacy skills in connection to their field of study.

Students in this course approach writing as a subject of study by investigating how writing works across a variety of contexts.

Study and analysis of elements of prose, poetry and drama in English from earlier periods through contemporary. Emphasizes critical reading of literature. May include such genres as short story, novel, memoir, nonfiction, biography, autobiography, poem, play, screenplay.

Study and analysis of prose, poetry, drama, and film from various genres, time periods, and geographies. Emphasizes critical reading of and writing about literature.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101

This course will introduce students to Shakespeare's plays (histories, tragedies, and comedies) and sonnets. Students will read, analyze, and develop interpretations of these works, learning about Shakespeare's language, historical situations, and world views.

Students analyze and apply rhetorical principles in their writing with new media. As members of a media-saturated culture, we know that print text is only one form of writing, and sometimes it is not the most effective choice. Because all of us make sense of texts and issues in a variety of ways, this course asks students to utilize multimodal (visual, aural, etc.) forms of communication and become more informed, critical consumers of new media writing themselves.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101

Courses will explore literary representations of, and literary contributions made by, under-represented peoples. Students will develop critical thinking, reading, and writing skills, and increased appreciation of the diversity of human experience. Potential topics include: Multi-Ethnic Literature, Literature and Disability. May be repeated as topics change.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101

Courses will introduce students to works of literature from a variety of world cultures. Designed to increase knowledge of world cultures and appreciation and understanding of cultural differences in representation, and in seeing, believing, and being. Emphasizes critical thinking, reading, and writing. May be repeated with different topics.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101

Courses will focus on some characteristic ways in which literature addresses and explores the ethical dimensions of human society and the relationships between works and their cultural contexts. Emphasizes critical thinking, reading and writing. May be repeated as topics change.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101

The arts and humanities play an important role in our shared challenge of forging an environmentally better future. Poets, filmmakers, photographers, and artists make important environmental interventions. This course explores the emergence of environmental thinking and its development in art, literature, history, philosophy, theology, music, theater, film, and many other areas of the arts and humanities. Topics may include urbanization, land use, environmental politics, human/nonhuman relations, disaster capitalism, environmental fiction, the anthropocene, global environmental justice, energy, and climate change.

Introduction to learning the written and oral communication of technical information. Assignments include writing and presenting proposals, reports, and documentation. Emphasis on use of rhetorical analysis, computer applications, collaborative writing, and usability testing to complete technical communication tasks in the workplace.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101

Introduction to business communication. Assignments include writing and presenting proposals, reports, and documentation typical to a business/industry setting. Emphasis on use of rhetorical analysis, software applications, collaboration, and usability testing to complete business communication tasks. Fall, Spring

Introduction to written and visual communication of technical information in agricultural contexts. Through rhetorical analysis, collaborative and independent writing, and usability testing, students will learn strategies to produce clear, concise, accurate, and effective documents and presentations.

An introduction to literary genres and to the techniques of writing about literature.

Prerequisites:

ENG 101

A review of traditional grammar designed to prepare students for advanced work in language and grammar. This course will run for a half-semester.

We are all members of communities, whether geographical or familial or hobbyist or academic. Every community we participate in has its own way of thinking, talking, and writing. Literacy is at the heart of every community practice. In this course, students will learn more about literacy and community, create texts that introduce and explore communities of interest, and create reflective practices on reading, writing, language, learning, and creating. Building from the social literacy framework, this course engages students in participatory action research in the area of community writing.

Topic-oriented course in literature. May be repeated with change of topic.

This course examines how literary texts engage with and represent the natural world and humanity's place in it. It studies literature from various time periods, genres, and geographical locations to explore topics such as climate change, sustainability, environmental ethics, human/nonhuman relations, and ecology. Possible course topics might include Latinx Environmentalisms, Eco-Disaster Fiction, Global Environmental Justice, and Victorian Environments.

Specific topics in multicultural literature with detailed study of a particular period, region, or group in the United States and their contributions to a diverse literature. Topics include African American Literature, American Indian Literature, Southern Writers of Color, and others. May be repeated as topics change.

Animals and Literature is a required class for the Human-Animal Studies minor. The course examines literature focusing on animals from various time periods, genres, and geographical locations. By analyzing the role of animals in various literary texts, students will develop a greater understanding of human-animal interactions and relationships, will be exposed to ethical issues surrounding human-animal relationships, and will understand and engage in theoretical issues central to Human-Animal Studies. Topics may vary and the course can be repeated with change in content.

Topics in British literature covering various periods, literary movements, and themes. The course will study works of fiction, poetry, and drama, and their historical and cultural contexts. Potential topics include Victorian Literature & Art, Gothic Literature, British Colonial & Post-Colonial Literature, Performing Identity in Early Drama, Monsters and Magic, and others. This course may be repeated with change of topic.

This topics course examines some of the major developments in US literature. In reading a variety of canonical and noncanonical works, students will develop a greater understanding of US literature within specific sociocultural transformations and attendant literary movements. The course may be taught thematically, with possible topics including postcolonialism, environmental studies, immigration, and popular culture. May be repeated with change of topic.

Introduction to authors, genres, illustrations, and works of literature published for elementary age children. Current and classic works.