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Graduate Catalog | 2017-2018 
    
Graduate Catalog | 2017-2018 Previous Edition

Course Descriptions


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Elementary Education

  
  • ELED 6316 - Mathematical Modeling: K-5 Leadership


    Generating mathematical representations and making explicit connections between concepts. Pedagogy designed to equip elementary teachers to become mathematics teacher-leaders in school settings. Focus given to topics integrated within mathematical strands.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Restriction(s): Admission to the Elementary School Mathematics Add-on Licensure or M.Ed. in Elementary Education program.
    Prerequisite(s): ELED 6311 , ELED 6312 , ELED 6313 , ELED 6314 , and ELED 6315 .
    Most Recently Offered (Day): First Summer 2017, First Summer 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ELED 6470 - Graduate Student Teaching/Internship in Elementary Education


    Requires a full-time, semester-long graduate student teaching experience in an elementary education classroom.  Includes formal observations in the intern’s classroom by University faculty and/or school-based supervisors and face-to-face seminars.

    Credit Hours: (3 to 6)
    Restriction(s): Completion of all program coursework required for eligibility to student teach, an application for the course by the established deadline, and approval of the department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ELED 6800 - Individual Study in Elementary Education


    Independent study under the supervision of an appropriate faculty member.

    Credit Hours: (1 to 6)
    Restriction(s): Permission of the student’s advisor.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Second Summer 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


    Schedule of Classes



Energy and Electromechanical Systems

  
  • ENER 5000 - Special Topics


    Examination of specific new areas which are emerging in the various fields of engineering technology and/or construction management.  Builds upon the knowledge the students have gained from their engineering technology and/or construction management curriculum. 

    Credit Hours: (1 to 4)
    Cross-listed as: ENER 4000
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 5123 - Active Filters


    The design, analysis, simulation, and implementation of composite, cascaded and summation filters.  Topics include: bilinear transfer functions; cascade design with first-order circuits; biquad circuits; Butterworth lowpass circuits; Butterworth bandpass circuits; the Chebyshev response; sensitivity; frequency transformations; highpass and band-elimination filters .

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed as: ELET 4123
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 5140 - Energy Management


    Study of the understanding and implementation of energy management techniques. Emphasis is on energy efficiency applications in homes, businesses, large buildings and industry. Topics include: energy auditing, energy management, energy cost analysis, energy and electric rate structures, lighting, HVAC systems, motors and drivers, boilers and steam systems, cogeneration, commercial and industrial applications, and alternative energy sources.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Restriction(s): Senior standing and a working knowledge of engineering economics and thermodynamics.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 5152 - Digital Signal Processing


    Discrete-time signals; discrete-time systems; Linear constant-coefficient difference equations; Periodic sampling; reconstruction from samples; changing the sampling rate; the z-transform; z-transform properties; transform analysis of linear time-invariant systems; digital filter design techniques; discrete Fourier Transform and the FFT algorithm.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed as: ELET 4152
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 5250 - Analysis of Renewable Energy Systems


    System analysis of renewable energy systems: well-to-wheels analysis, lifecycle energy and emissions, total cost, skill sets, methodologies and tool kits needed to analyze various technologies on a consistent basis for a given application. Topics include: solar photovoltaics, wind energy, and fuel cell technologies.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ETME 3143 or permission of instructor.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 5260 - Hydrogen Production and Storage


    Basic concepts and principles of hydrogen technologies, including properties, usage, safety, fundamental understanding of hydrogen storage and production technologies.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 1101 or equivalent, ETME 3143 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 5275 - Air Conditioning Systems


    Functions and operating characteristics of the major components of refrigerating machines, heat pumps, boilers, furnaces, solar collectors, heat exchangers, fans and pumps. Emphasis on sizing, economics and performance characteristics. Includes coverage of psychometric principles and fan and pump laws.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ETME 3143 or permission of instructor.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 5280 - Fuel Cell Technology


    Basic concepts and principles of fuel cell technologies, including chemistry, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, cell components and operating conditions fuel cell systems.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ETME 3143 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 5285 - Applied Noise and Vibration Control


    Laplace transformation method for solution of differential equations. Review of Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion. Solution to the free vibration problem both with and without damping. Introduction to acoustics and the one dimensional solution to the wave equation. Noise sources and mechanics of noise generation. System design for noise and vibration minimization. Methods of noise and vibration remediation.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ETME 3113 or ELET 3113, and ETGR 3171, both with a grade of C or above.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 5290 - Advanced Instrumentation


    Methodologies for measurement, analysis, and control of physical components of conventional and renewable energy conversion and storage systems.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ELET 2241 or ETME 3163.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2017, Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 6000 - Special Topics in Applied Energy or Electromechanical Systems


    Study of specific new areas emerging in the various fields of energy and electromechanical systems.

    Credit Hours: (1 to 3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 6120 - Energy Generation and Conversion


    Overview of energy use. Fossil fuel resources and energy conversion. Solar energy principles, solar collector, photovoltaic cells and applications. Wind energy and wind turbines. Nuclear energy principles, nuclear reactors and power generation. Geothermal and Hydraulic energy conversion. Hydrogen energy, storage, and transportation. Overview of fuel cell, fuel cell types, and application.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 6135 - Energy Transmission and Distribution


    Power transmission and distribution network architectures. Transmission line models, parameters, and equivalent circuits. Symmetrical components. Power flow studies. Symmetrical and unsymmetrical faults. Transient operation and power system protection. Power system stability. Distribution optimization.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 6150 - System Dynamics


    Energy-based modeling of dynamic mechanical, electrical, thermal, and fluid systems to formulate linear state equations, including system stability, time domain response, and frequency domain techniques.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Pre- or Corequisite(s): ETGR 3171 or equivalent.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 6170 - Applied Mechatronics


    Analog electronic design for purposes of controlling electromechanical systems, including electromechanical sensors and actuators, analog electronic design of filters, state-space and classical controllers, and transistor-based servoamplifiers and high voltage amplifiers. Significant laboratory component with design and fabrication of circuits to control electromechanical systems. Implementation of digital controllers.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ETGR 3171 or equivalent.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 6220 - High Voltage Technology


    Covers concepts of high voltage generation, measurements, protection and safety. Study of high electric fields theory, breakdown mechanisms in gases, liquids, and solid dielectrics. The high voltage insulation, including insulation coordination, is also discussed. Instruction on high voltage applications and safety.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 6235 - Modern Electric Power Grids


    Instruction on network steady-state analysis; faults; protection systems; switching equipment; voltage and power static control; surge voltages and protection, transient operation and stability, “smart grid” enabling technologies.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 6260 - Computational Fluid Dynamics for Energy Applications


    Introduction to the use of commercial CFD codes to analyze flow and heat transfer in energy related problems. Finite difference and finite volume methods, SIMPLE model for incompressible flow, models of simple geometries are developed and studied, post processing and visualization. Overview of turbulence and turbulence modeling.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ETGR 3171 and ETME 3133.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 6270 - Dynamic Systems Control and Design


    Analysis and design of dynamic systems control. Analysis of linear feedback systems, deterministic and stochastic dynamic systems, their characteristics, robust stability, and robust performance. Robust control, Kalman filter, and its design and compensation of deterministic and stochastic dynamic systems, including wind turbines system control and piezo (mechatronics) systems.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ELET 4242 or ENER 6150 .
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 6800 - Independent Study


    Individual investigation and exposition of results for a directed project in energy and electromechanical systems.

    Credit Hours: (1 to 3)
    Restriction(s): Permission of graduate committee advisor.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Second Summer 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENER 6900 - Master’s Research and Thesis


    Individual investigation culminating in the preparation and presentation of a thesis.

    Credit Hours: (1 to 6)
    Restriction(s): Permission of graduate committee advisor.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Second Summer 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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Engineering Technology

  
  • ETGR 5272 - Engineering Analysis IV


    A continuation of engineering analysis to include additional topics and applications in vector operations, probability, and statistics.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ETGR 2272 or MATH 1242 with a grade of C or above, and STAT 1220 with a grade of C or above.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, First Summer 2017, Fall 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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English

  
  • ENGL 5002 - Women and Literature


    Selected topics focusing on women and literature, such as images of women, women as writers, and women as literary critics. (However, only six hours may be used for the requirements for the English major.)

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic and permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5008 - Topics in Advanced Technical Communication


    Exploration, both theoretically and practically, of the interrelation of written, oral, graphic, and digital communication within technical rhetorical contexts.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018, Second Summer 2016, Fall 2015


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  • ENGL 5050 - Topics in English


    Special topics not included in other courses.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Second Summer 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016


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  • ENGL 5072 - Topics in Literature and Film


    Selected topics in literature and film.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed as: ENGL 4072
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5074 - Topics in Children’s Literature, Media, and Culture


    Selected topics in children’s literature and culture.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed as: ENGL 4074
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5075 - Topics in Linguistics


    Selected topics in linguistics.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018


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  • ENGL 5090 - Major Authors


    The works, ideas and life of one to three significant authors.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit as long as different authors are studied, and with departmental approval.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5102 - British Children’s Literature


    Focuses on works in British and British Colonial Children’s Literature.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5103 - American Children’s Literature


    Focuses on works in American Children’s Literature.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2017


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  • ENGL 5104 - Multiculturalism and Children’s Literature


    Focuses on works that represent one or more kinds of cultural, ethnic, or social diversity of the United States and other national literatures.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5114 - Milton


    A study of the major poems and selections from the minor works of Milton.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5116 - Shakespeare’s Early Plays


    A study of 10 representative plays from the comedies, histories and tragedies written 1590-1600.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): First Summer 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5117 - Shakespeare’s Late Plays


    A study of 10 representative plays from the period 1600-1611, including the late tragedies and tragi-comedies.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5121 - The 18th-Century British Novel


    The novel as narrative form and as mirror of the individual in society. Emphasis on fiction by Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Austen, with further readings in the novel of manners and the Gothic romance.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5122 - The Victorian Novel


    Readings in British fiction during the triumph of the novel in the 19th century, emphasizing major developments in realism, romance, naturalism.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5123 - The Modern British Novel


    Representative British novels that embody the cultural and literary developments of the 20th century: the impact of two world wars, the influence of important psychological and economic factors of modern life and their relationships to new techniques in art and literature.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5124 - Modern Irish Literature


    Readings in Irish literature since 1885, with consideration of the mythology, folklore, and social history of Ireland as they are expressed in poetry, drama and fiction.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5131 - British Drama to 1600, Excluding Shakespeare


    A survey of the development of British drama to 1600, with representative plays from the Mystery-Miracle Cycles, the Morality Plays, and Tudor drama, including Lyly, Kyd, Marlowe, Peele, Greene, Dekker.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5132 - British Drama from 1600-1642, Excluding Shakespeare


    A survey of Jacobean and Caroline drama, including plays by Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, Webster, Middleton, Shirley, Ford.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5133 - British Drama of Wit and Intrigue, 1660-1780


    The famous bawdy comedy of manners and the heroic drama of the Restoration, followed by the sentimental comedy and satiric burlesque of the 18th century.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5143 - The American Novel of the 19th Century


    Major novelists and traditions from the beginnings of the American novel through the rise of realism, including such novelists as Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Howells, James.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5144 - The American Novel of the 20th Century


    Major novelists and traditions from the emergence of naturalism to the present, including such novelists as Crane, Dreiser, Hemingway, Faulkner.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5145 - Literature of the American South


    Selected works of Southern writers which reflect literary and cultural concerns from Colonial times to the present, including such authors as Poe, the early humorists, local color writers, Chopin, Faulkner, Warren, O’Connor, Welty.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5146 - Contemporary Jewish-American Literature


    An introduction to the scope and shape of the contemporary Jewish-American literary traditions. Such writers as Bellow, Malamud, Roth, Singer, and Potok will be studied.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5147 - Early Black American Literature


    A survey of significant writings by black Americans before the Harlem Renaissance.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2301.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5148 - 20th Century Black American Literature: Prose


    Intensive study of selected black American 20th century writers of fiction and nonfiction, beginning with the Harlem Renaissance.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5150 - Contemporary Poetry


    Poetry in English (including translations) since 1940.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5151 - Modern Drama


    Representative Continental, British, and American plays, from Shaw to the present.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5152 - Modern European Literature


    Selected modern European authors, translated into English, whose works have been of special interest to readers and writers of British and American literature.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5153 - Contemporary Fiction


    Selected present-day fiction, with an emphasis upon works from outside the United States and Britain. Works not originally in English will be studied in translation.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5155 - Pan-African Literature


    Introduction to significant Pan-African literature, emphasizing the oral tradition, selected works of major authors in the Caribbean and Africa, and the relationships of these traditions to American, British and other literary traditions. Works not originally written in English will be studied in translation.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5156 - Gender and African American Literature


    Exploration of the intersection of gender and African American Literature, focusing on either Black women writers or Black male writers, or a combination in dialogue.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2301, 3100 and 3200, or permission of instructor or graduate status.
    Cross-listed as: AFRS 4106.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5157 - African American Poetry


    Intensive study of African American poetry, focusing on one period or traversing several.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2301, 3100 and 3200, or permission of instructor or graduate status.
    Cross-listed as: AFRS 4107.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5158 - African American Literary Theory and Criticism


    History of an African American approach to literary analysis, including a practicum in modern criticism.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2301, 3100 and 3200, or permission of instructor or graduate status.
    Cross-listed as: AFRS 4108.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5161 - Modern English Grammar


    A study of the structure of contemporary English, with an emphasis on descriptive approaches.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2017, Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5165 - Language and Culture


    Readings in and discussion and application of the interrelationships between language and culture, including basic introduction to contemporary American dialects and to social contexts of language.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5166 - Comparative Language Studies for Teachers


    An introductory course designed to aid the teacher of English as a Second Language in comparing the systems of sound and structure of another language with those systems in English.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 3132, or ENGL 6161 , or permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5167 - The Mind and Language


    Introduction to the study of the mind from a linguistic perspective. Topics include: language growth and loss; language deficits; modularity and hierarchical processing; the interaction of cognitive and linguistic faculties; parsing/processing strategies; and limitations and applications such as therapy, forensics, computing, and teaching.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5180 - Theories of Technical Communication


    Rhetorical, psychological, and anthropological theories that underscore the interrelations of written graphic, and digital communication within technical, rhetorical contexts.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5181 - Writing and Designing User Documents


    Researching and analyzing audiences to write publishable instructions. This includes the production, testing, and revision of tutorials, reference manuals, online documents, and digital media for users of computers and other technologies.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015


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  • ENGL 5182 - Information Design and Digital Publishing


    Theoretical and practical exploration of visual communication. By rhetorically integrating text and graphics, students will write and publish documents and online content for digital environments.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2017, First Summer 2017, Fall 2016


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  • ENGL 5183 - Editing Technical Documents


    Substantive editing, copyediting, project management, and editing in hardcopy documents and web and digital environments.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016


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  • ENGL 5200 - Teaching of Writing


    Introduction to various theories that inform practices in the teaching of writing and methods of teaching writing to middle and secondary learners.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed as: ENGL 4200
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5201 - Teaching Multiethnic Literature


    An overview of the issues, opportunities, and challenges of teaching multiethnic literature in middle and secondary school settings.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed as: ENGL 4201


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  • ENGL 5202 - Writing Poetry


    Further study of and practice in the writing of poetry within a workshop format.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2015, Spring 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016


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  • ENGL 5203 - Writing Fiction


    Further study of and practice in the writing of fiction within a workshop format.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2016


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  • ENGL 5204 - Expository Writing


    Writing of essays, criticism and various forms of exposition.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5205 - Advanced Expository Writing


    Advanced writing of essays, criticism, and various forms of exposition.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 5204 .
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5208 - Poetry Writing Workshop


    Designed for advanced writers of poetry. Focuses primarily on student work and peer criticism of it.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5209 - Fiction Writing Workshop


    Designed for advanced writers of fiction. Focuses primarily on student work and peer criticism of it.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5210 - Greek and Roman Drama in Translation


    A study of selected plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plautus, Terence, and Seneca with emphasis on dramaturgy and the development of the Greek and Roman theater.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5211 - Chaucer


    The poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer, including the Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5251 - Literary Criticism Through Arnold


    The major schools and critics of literary criticism.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5252 - Modern Literary Criticism


    Theories of the modern schools of criticism.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5254 - Teaching English/Communications Skills to Middle and Secondary School Learners


    Approaches to the teaching of English, including recent theories and research related to writing and literary study, designed primarily for teaching in grades 6-12.

    Credit Hours: (1 to 3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): First Summer 2017, First Summer 2016, Fall 2015


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  • ENGL 5260 - History of the English Language


    Origins and development of the English language, both spoken and written, from its earliest forms to contemporary usage.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5263 - Linguistics and Language Learning


    Readings in, discussions of, and application of linguistically oriented theories of language acquisition, directed toward gaining an understanding of language-learning processes and stages.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed as: EDCI 8129 .
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5264 - Literacy in Family and Community


    Exploration of literacy issues and outreach in schools, agencies, and work sites.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5270 - Studies in Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy


    Studies of writing, rhetoric, and literacy with an emphasis on historical and cultural contexts.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed as: ENGL 4270
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic and permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5290 - Advanced Creative Project


    The planning, writing, and polishing of a work of at least 20 pages of poetry or at least 40 pages of fiction or creative non-fiction with the guidance of a member of the department’s creative writing faculty. The final work may be a single piece or a collection of pieces and will evolve under the supervision of the primary instructor. .

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: With permission of department, students who took the course as undergraduates may repeat as graduate students.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5400 - English Composition Practicum


    Through supervised tutorial experience and seminars, this course introduces the student to current developments concerning composition and to a variety of methods for teaching English composition. Highly recommended for teachers and those planning to teach.

    Credit Hours: (1 to 3)
    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5410 - Professional Internship


    Students work 8-10 hours (for 3 credit hours) or 16-20 hours (for 6 credit hours) per week in a placement arranged by the Internship coordinator. Only three credit hours may be applied to the English major at either the undergraduate or graduate level; three additional hours may be counted as a University or Communications elective.

    Credit Hours: (3 or 6)
    Restriction(s): Permission of English Internship Coordinator; Junior, Senior, or Graduate standing; English major, English minor, or Communication Studies minor; minimum 2.5 GPA; and a course in professional communication (e.g., journalism, technical communication, public relations, public relations lab, or mass media).
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2018, Fall 2017, First Summer 2017
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 5852 - Independent Study


    Individual investigations and appropriate exposition of the results. (Unless special permission is granted by the Department Chair, no more than six hours may apply toward the English major.)

    Credit Hours: (1 to 3)
    Restriction(s): Permission of department.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 6008 - Topics in Advanced Technical Communication


    Theoretical and practical exploration of advanced topics in technical communication, including projects in which students write and publish documents by rhetorically integrating text, graphics, and other media using computer aids.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2015


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  • ENGL 6062 - Topics in Rhetoric


    Examination of and/or research concerning selected issues in rhetorical theory or pedagogy.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic and permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Second Summer 2015
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018


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  • ENGL 6070 - Topics in English


    Selected topics of literature, rhetoric/writing, and language.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic and permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Second Summer 2017, First Summer 2017, Second Summer 2016
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016


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  • ENGL 6072 - Topics in Literature and Film


    Selected topics in literature and film.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018


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  • ENGL 6073 - Topics in Creative Writing


    Selected topics in creative writing.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018


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  • ENGL 6101 - Introduction to English Studies


    The discipline of English–its nature, its history, and its methods. Emphasis on (1) the interrelations of literature, language, and writing; and (2) the diversity of cultural origins and critical perspectives in English studies, with concentration on selected major critical approaches. Intensive writing and practice in methods of research. Required of all M.A. in English students, preferably at or near the beginning of their programs.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed as: EDCI 8131 .
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017


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  • ENGL 6102 - Literary Theory


    Modern literary theory focusing on the theoretical concepts which underpin literary analysis. Emphases may differ from semester to semester; readings will focus on major theoretical statements and on criticism which applies several approaches to particular literary works. Students will be required to apply what they have learned.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed as: EDCI 8132 .
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 6103 - Introduction to Children’s Literature and Culture


    Covers a range of texts for children and adolescents, including both historical and contemporary works.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015


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  • ENGL 6104 - Major Figures and Themes in Children’s Literature


    Focuses on significant authors, illustrators, or themes in children’s and/or adolescent literature.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed as: EDCI 8133 .
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic and permission of department.
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015


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  • ENGL 6111 - Shakespeare’s Comedies and Histories


    Source materials, textual problems and stage conventions in selected comedies and history plays illustrating Shakespeare’s dramaturgy.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 6112 - Shakespeare’s Tragedies


    Source materials, textual problems and stage conventions of the great tragedies, illustrating Shakespeare’s dramaturgy.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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  • ENGL 6113 - Milton


    The complete poetry and selections from the prose.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
    Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years


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