Author: Alan Bothe

ENGL 2144: Social Media for Social Justice and Activism

Instructor: Powell TR 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM  With the rise of digital activism being used to spur social change, students will analyze the success of movements such as #BlackLivesMatter, #MeToo, #LoveWins and…

ENGL 3160/BIOL 3060: When Breath Becomes Air: Dying Well

Instructor: Anderson | TR 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM Join us in breaking the silence and building a more death-literate society.  When Breath Becomes Air: Dying Well (ENGL…

ENGL 2052: Topics in Film: Cinematic Storytelling

Instructor: Carter M 11:15AM-2:05PM    Course participants learn techniques of narrative analysis while examining films in various genres and historical periods. Early weeks introduce key questions in cinema studies…

INTR 5001 Interdisciplinary Capstone

001 Instructor: Campagna  Online/ASYN  002 Instructor: Griffith  Online/ASYN 003 Instructor: Logan  Online/ASYN Students will propose, develop, and complete an independent interdisciplinary capstone project. Primarily for students in the…

ENGL 7166: Ecopoetry from the Romantics to the Present

Instructor: Carlson R 2:00 PM – 4:50 PM For the last two centuries, poets have ranged their discourse against the ideologies of industrial capitalism that drive the Anthropocene. Today’s…

ENGL 7058: Disability Studies in Theory & Lit

Instructor: Glaser M 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM Disability and Lit will focus on disability and illness in literature and culture (with a primary focus on literature of the…

ENGL 3117: Nineteenth-Century Gothic Literature

Instructor: Heller TR 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM Vampires, ghosts, detectives, and double lives: in this class, we’ll explore how nineteenth-century Gothic texts dramatize the fears and transgressions…

ENGL 2026: Intro to Disability Lit

Instructor: Reutter TR 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM Disability Studies began as an academic field in the latter 20th century in response to activist challenges to legal and…

INTR 1001 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies

Instructor: Brolley Online/ASYN  This course is intended to introduce students to interdisciplinary thinking: what it is, how it is studied, how we apply it to various questions and…

INTR 3001 Interdisciplinary Research

Instructor: Brolley Online/ASYN This course will introduce students to the essentials of interdisciplinary research. The course emphasizes the problem-centered nature of interdisciplinary studies; the history and development of…

ENGL 2159: Intro to Rhetoric and Professional Writing

Instructor: Cook MW HYBR 12:20 PM – 1:15 PM This course, required for English majors in the Rhetoric and Professional writing track, answers the oft-asked question “What can I…

Honors ENGL 3002: Subversive Storytelling: Re-Imagining Academic Research and Writing 

Instructor: Rubinsky | TR     9:30AM-10:50AM No matter what your major is or what your areas of interest are, chances are you have been taught how to undertake research…

ENGL 7130: Teaching College Writing

 Instructor: NeCamp R 10:00 AM – 12:50 PM This course is designed to provide new graduate teaching assistants in English with a theoretical, historical, and practical framework for teaching…

ENGL 4192: Technical and Scientific Writing for Non-Native Speakers

001 Instructor: Cheng TR 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM HYBRID002 Instructor: Cheng TR 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM HYBRID003 Instructor: Cheng TR 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM HYBRID004…

ENGL 2100: Ways of Reading Literature

001 Instructor: Andersen MWF 10:10 AM – 11:05 AM002 Instructor: Hogeland TR 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM003 Instructor: Andersen MWF 1:25PM- 2:20PM This course explores ways of experiencing,…

ENGL 2072: Writing for Parks and Museums

Instructor: Cook MW HYBR 1:25 PM – 2:20 PM Service Learning Whatever your passion, this class will teach you how to excite others about your interests. Fulfill your service-learning requirement…

ENGL 2070: Desktop Publishing

001 Instructor: Kemp TR 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM 002 Instructor: Cook MW HYBR 9:05 AM – 10:00 AM Every professional must communicate, and design is a fundamental…

ENGL/EVST 2030: Literature and the Environment

Instructor: CarlsonTR 11:00 AM 12:20 PM How did “nature” and “ecology” get imagined into being? How can we reimagine them today? What is the role of cultural texts…

ENGL 2021: World Literature I

Instructor: Ozias MWF 1:25 PM 2:20 PM In this course, students will explore World Literature of the 20th and 21st centuries. We will read the likes of Sui Sin…

ENGL 2004: Intro to Copyediting and Publishing

Instructor: Micciche MW HYBR 1:25 PM – 2:20 PM Copyeditors are not the stars of the show when it comes to writing and publishing, but the glow of writing…

ENGL 2006: Topics in Literature, Health and Society: Madness and Neurodiversity

Instructor: Dorsten  MWF    2:30 PM – 3:25 PM How much do we really know about the mind and mental illness? We think we know what madness means, but…

ENGL 1010: Amazing Books!

Instructor: Hennessey TR 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM How better to encounter literature than through a series of absorbing, moving, and thought-provoking books, experienced and analyzed in discussion…

ENGL 2047: Introduction to Linguistics

Instructor: Leech MWF 12:20 PM – 1:15 PM This course is designed to introduce students to the basic principles in the study of linguistics. Students will study the…

ENGL 3046: Modern English Grammar

Instructor: Evans TR 11:00 AM 12:20 PM This course is designed to make learning grammar interesting and even enjoyable. The main purpose of this class is to help…

ENGL 2001 Topics in Literature: The “King of Horror”: Novels and Film/Television Adaptations of Stephen King 

Instructor: Bullins MWF 11:15 AM – 12:10 PM Stephen King is a giant in American literary fiction. His novels have sold over 350 million copies, he has written…

ENGL 7085: Techniques & Forms of Poetry: The Long Poem

Instructor: Machado   |   M 4:40 PM 7:30 PM This seminar will read a variety of longform poems published in the US (some in translation) in the last…

ENGL 5115: Capstone: Hybrid Writing Forms

Instructor: Zamora TR 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM Art calls for boundlessness, much like the human imagination. This advanced-level creative writing workshop explores intersections and weavings of genres…

ENGL 3062: Writing in Behavioral Sciences

001 Instructor: Kemp      TR 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM   Service Learning 002 Instructor: Hyland    TR 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM   Service Learning  003 Instructor:…

ENGL 3049: Creative Writing and Social Change

Instructor: Savannah TR 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM Examining works by June Jordan, Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, Roxane Gay, Hanif Abdurraqib, among others, we will explore how writing…

ENGL 2066: Topics in Musicals and Literature: History and Herstory in the Modern Musical

Instructor: Heller | TR 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM Just as musicals include both ensemble numbers and solos, the genre tells stories of both communities and individuals.  In fact,…

ENGL 2017: Introduction to Poetry

Instructor: Morgan, Rome MWF 12:20 PM – 1:15 PM In this course, students will develop their identities as writers and readers of poetry. Taking an exploratory approach, students…

ENGL 5124/PWRT 6024: Editing Professional Documents

Instructor: Cook MW 2:30 PM – 3:25 PM HYBRID Would you like to learn about the different types of editing out there and what each entails? Would you…

ENGL 5125/PWRT 6025: Information Design

Instructor: TBA   |   R 4:40 PM – 7:30 PM Dive into the art and science of transforming data into compelling visual stories. You’ll work on the entire lifecycle…

PWRT 7045: Web Design

Instructor: TBA           T 4:40 PM – 7:30 PM Do you want to hone your web design skills? This class will teach you the…

PWRT 7001: Intro to Professional Writing

Instructor: Anderson   |   W 4:40 PM – 7:30 PM The course will introduce you to the field of professional writing as an academic discipline and as a profession. We’ll…

ENGL 7086: Forms of Fiction

Instructor: Stewart T 2:00 PM – 4:50 PM We’re going to talk about generating and managing emotion in the writing of fiction. Through readings across genres, as well…

ENGL 7046: Topics in Rhetoric: Lifespan Writing Research

Instructor: Micciche M 9:30 AM – 12:20 PM This class focuses on the development and evolution of writing practices across the human lifespan. Our study will highlight writing development…

ENGL 7017: Graduate Poetry Workshop

 Instructor: Zamora T 11:00 AM – 1:50 PM This semester, we’ll dive into communion, confluence, and risk. Who or what does your art commune with? How does your…

ENGL 7011: Graduate Fiction Workshop

Instructor: Griffith W 12:20 PM – 3:25 PM This fiction-writing workshop will usually focus on short stories, occasionally on novels in progress, with the aim of producing publishable…

ENGL 4092: Technical & Scientific Writing

001 Instructor:  Allison   Online ASYNC 002 Instructor: Cole   Online ASYNC 003 Instructor: Powell   TR 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM004 Instructor: Kemp    TR 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM005 Instructor: Specter …

ENGL 4091: Writing for Business

001 Instructor: Kissling | Online ASYNC 002 Instructor: Kissling | Online ASYNC 003 Instructor: Kissling | Online ASYNC If you want to feel more comfortable meeting the writing…

ENGL 3087: Forms of Nonfiction

This advanced course in literary nonfiction focuses on the many forms and styles of the personal essay and hybrid form. From Montaigne to the present day, essayists explore…

ENGL 3085: Forms of Poetry

Instructor: Machado TR 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM What, really, is a poem? Does anyone know? I tend to think a poem is its own creature, a thing…

ENGL 3072: Multimedia Writing

Instructor: Wilson MW HYBR 10:10 AM – 11:05 AM Service Learning Multimedia writing provides students with a practical and theoretical foundation in multimedia history and production. Projects include…

ENGL 3054: Creative Writing Pedagogy

Instructor: Hennessey TR 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM This course is designed to offer future educators a variety of approaches to the teaching of creative writing. In this…

ENGL/DMC/FILM 2015: Introduction to Screenwriting

Instructor: Iversen Online ASYNC This course is an introduction to studying, learning, and practicing screenwriting techniques, providing students with an opportunity to learn and develop their craft as…

ENGL 2005: Topics in Writing Studies: Taylor Swift

Instructor: Monthie TR 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM From her debut as a young country starlet to her rise as a pop music icon, Taylor Swift is often jokingly…

ENGL 2007: American Literature Survey I

Instructor: Ozias MWF 12:20 PM – 1:15 PM In this course, students will examine major works and ideas in American literature from 1776-1865. Centered on themes reimagined by…

ENGL 3086: Forms of Fiction: Worldbuilding

Instructor: Stewart TR 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM When we read fiction, we enter a created world. Even when a story’s setting is a realistic one, the writer…

ENGL 3022: Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy

001 Instructor: Beckerman | MWF 1:25 PM – 2:20 PM Over the last several decades we’ve seen a “legitimization” of genres that have historically been othered within the…

ENGL 2011: Intro to Fiction

001 Instructor: Bachelder   TR   12:30 PM – 1:50 PM002 Instructor: Silfa   TR   9:30 AM – 10:50 AM 001: This course is an introduction to the craft of short…

ENGL 2010: Introduction to Poetry & Prose

Instructor: Beymer TR 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM In this course, students will be invited to work with various forms of poetry and prose. We will explore and redefine…

ENGL 4089: Advanced Composition for Teachers

Instructor: D’Orazio M 4:00PM – 6:50 PM This course is designed to provide future educators of writing and English with theoretical, historical, pedagogical, and practical frameworks for teaching…

ENGL 3076: Writing with Style

001 Instructor: Hammond   MW   HYBR   10:10 AM – 11:05 AM 002 Instructor: Stone TR 12:30 PM 1:50 PM In this class, we will explore how style works…

ENGL 3090: Literature & Medicine

Instructor: Reutter TR 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM As individuals, members of communities, and citizens of nations and the world, our health and well-being depend on personal, social,…

ENGL 3006: Introduction to Shakespeare

Instructor: Leech | MWF 1:25 PM – 2:20 PM Centuries after his death, Shakespeare is still studied, performed, filmed, and adapted by artists all over the world. Shakespeare’s…