Courses

English Department courses encourage students to explore a range of literatures-both canonic and alternative-from a variety of critical perspectives.

English Course Offerings

2008-09

Block		Title	Units	Div	Div Req	Instructor	CP	Lim	In	WL
1	EN225	Introduction to Shakespeare	1.00	H	1.00H	Kendrick		25	24
1	EN250	Introduction to Literary Theory	1.00	H	1.00H	Garcia		25	20
1	EN251	The Study of Folklore I	1.00	H	1.00H	Seward	D	25	25
1	EN280	Topics in Literature: This Land is Our Land? Culture Clash in the Southwest(also listed as CS2531111, SW2531111)	1.00	H	1.00H	Padilla	D	25	12
1	EN280	Topics in Literature: Introduction to African Literature[FYE Course. 1st Years Only. Must take EN 280 block 2 for credit.](also listed as FE2801111)	1.00	H	1.00H	Osaki	D	16	11
1	EN280	Topics in Literature: Frankenstein's Legacy - Literature, Philosophy and Pop Culture(also listed as CO2001111)	1.00	H	1.00H	Davis		25	16
1	EN307	Practice in Fiction Writing[EN 283 and COI]	0.00	H		Nadzam		25	5
1	EN380	Advanced Topics in Literary & Cultural Studies: Beginnings[200 or 300-level lit course in CO, EN, or other literatures or COI](also listed as CO3511111)	1.00	H	1.00H	Phelan		25	7
1	EN394	American Literature: American Dreams/American Nightmare[EN 221 or 250 or COI]	1.00	H	1.00H	Tynan		25	17
1-2	EN201	Introduction to Literature[FYE Course. First Years Only.](also listed as FE1331242)	2.00	H	2.00H	Torke	W	16	12
1-2	EN203	Tradition & Change in Literature[FYE Course. 1st Years Only.](also listed as FE2031212)	2.00	H	2.00H	Butte Padilla	W	16	16
1-2	EN203	Tradition & Change in Literature[FYE Course. 1st Years Only.](also listed as FE2031222)	2.00	H	2.00H	Hughes Sarchett	W	16	16
1-8	EN401	Independent Reading: Fiction Writing[221 or 250 & Jr/Sr English Major & COD]	1.00	H	1.00H	Mason		1	1
2	EN221	Introduction to Poetry	1.00	H	1.00H	Kendrick		25	28
2	EN280	Topics in Literature: Introduction to African Literature[FYE Course. 1st Years Only. Must take EN 280 block 1 for credit.](also listed as FE2802112)	1.00	H	1.00H	Seward	D	16	11
2	EN308	Advanced Poetry Workshop[COI & EN 282]	1.00	H	1.00H	Fairchild		12	12
2	EN309	Advanced Fiction Workshop[COI & EN 283]	1.00	H	1.00H	Nelson		12	13
2	EN385	20th-Century African-American Literature[COI EN 221 or 250 or COI (taught in France) ~$500*]	1.00	H	1.00H	Garcia	D	16	15
3	EN221	Introduction to Poetry	1.00	H	1.00H	Simons		25	26
3	EN286	Topics in Creative Writing: Speaking for Nature- Writing Natural History (Writing Intensive)(also listed as SW2003123)	1.00	H	1.00H	Zwinger		12	12
3	EN380	Advanced Topics in Literary & Cultural Studies: Black Women Writers and Slavery(also listed as CS2003133, FG2803113)	1.00	H	1.00H	Seward	D	25	16
3	EN380	Advanced Topics in Literary & Cultural Studies: The Romantic Vision[EN 221 or 250 or COI](also listed as CO3003113)	1.00	H	1.00H	Davis		25	20
3	EN380	Advanced Topics in Literary & Cultural Studies: Writing the American West[EN 221 or 250 or COI]	1.00	H	1.00H	Mason		1	1
3-4	EN283	Beginning Fiction Writing	2.00	H	2.00H	Hayward		16	16
3-4	EN480	Senior Seminar[EN 221 & 250 or COI]	2.00	H	2.00H	Stone Tynan		25	9
4	EN221	Introduction to Poetry	1.00	H	1.00H	Mason		25	27
4	EN250	Introduction to Literary Theory	1.00	H	1.00H	Butte		25	20
4	EN280	Topics in Literature: Mexican-American Literature(also listed as CS2534114, SW2534114)	1.00	H	1.00H	Padilla	D	25	20
4	EN286	Topics in Creative Writing: The Poet as Witness to War(also listed as SW2804114, FG2804114, CS2004124)	1.00	H	1.00H	Martinez		12	13
4	EN312	The Other Chaucer[200 or 300-level lit course in CO, EN, or other literatures or COI](also listed as CO3514114)	1.00	H	1.00H	Evitt		25	15
4	EN326	Studies in Shakespeare: The Histories[221 or 250 or COI]	1.00	H	1.00H	Kendrick		25	8
4	EN381	Major Authors: James and Wharton[EN 221 or 250 or COI]	1.00	H	1.00H	Garcia		25	2
4	EN485	Senior Project[COI & 221 & 250 & Senior English Majors Only]	1.00	H	1.00H	Simons		1	1
5	EN280	Topics in Literature: Writing the Land of Enchantment(also listed as CS2535115, SW2535115)	1.00	H	1.00H	Padilla	D	25	21
5	EN306	Problems in Literary Readers and Reception[EN 210 (or EN 250) or COI](also listed as CO3915115)	1.00	H	1.00H	Sarchett		25	6
5	EN365	British Romantic Authors: Romantic Poetry[EN 221 or 250 or COI]	1.00	H	1.00H	Mason		25	24
5	EN372	19th Century British Novel[221 or 250 or COI]	1.00	H	1.00H	Butte		25	24
5	EN397	American Literature: The 20th Century, 1914-1950[221 or 250 or COI]	1.00	H	1.00H	Tynan		25	13
5	EN480	Senior Seminar[EN 221 & 250 or COI]	1.00	H	1.00H	Simons		16	10
5-6	EN282	Beginning Poetry Writing[COI & EN 221]	2.00	H	2.00H	Moore		16	8
5-6	EN480	Senior Seminar[EN 221 & 250 or COI]	2.00	H	2.00H	Garcia		16	6
6	EN221	Introduction to Poetry	1.00	H	1.00H	Kendrick		25	25
6	EN250	Introduction to Literary Theory	1.00	H	1.00H	Sarchett		25	16
6	EN280	Topics in Literature: Self- Conscious Fiction(also listed as CO2006116)	1.00	H	1.00H	Scheiner		25	20
6	EN326	Studies in Shakespeare: Shakespeare and the Philosophers[200 or 300 level lit course in CO, EN or other lit or COI](also listed as PH3036116, CO3526116)	1.00	H	1.00H	Evitt Genova		32	14
6	EN352	18th Century British Novel[EN 221 or 250 or COI]	1.00	H	1.00H	Butte		25	15
6	EN386	James Joyce's "Ulysses"[200 or 300-level lit course in CO, EN, or other literatures or COI](also listed as CO3516116)	1.00	H	1.00H	Simons		25	24	3
6	EN395	American Literature: American Realism, 1870-1914[221 or 250 or COI]	1.00	H	1.00H	Tynan		25	8
6	EN480	Senior Seminar[EN 221 & 250 or COI]	1.00	H	1.00H	Mason		16	5
6	EN480	Senior Seminar[EN 221 & 250 or COI]	1.00	H	1.00H	Hayward		16	9
7	EN225	Introduction to Shakespeare	1.00	H	1.00H	Kendrick		25	24	6
7	EN280	Topics in Literature: African Literature	1.00	H	1.00H	Seward	D	25	25	1
7	EN380	Advanced Topics in Literary & Cultural Studies: Borderlands, Theory, Song and Literature(also listed as CS2537117, CO3517117, SW2537117)	1.00	H	1.00H	Padilla	D	25	16
7	EN485	Senior Project[COI & EN 221 & 250 & Senior English Majors Only]	1.00	H	1.00H	Mason		16	4
7	EN485	Senior Project[COI & EN 221 & 250 & Senior English Majors Only]	1.00	H	1.00H	Hayward		16	6
8	EN221	Introduction to Poetry	1.00	H	1.00H	Hayward		25	25	5
8	EN250	Introduction to Literary Theory(also listed as CO2108118)	1.00	H	1.00H	Scheiner		25	14
8	EN251	The Study of Folklore I(also listed as AN2518118)	1.00	H	1.00H	Seward	D	25	24	8
8	EN280	Topics in Literature: Imagining the American West(also listed as SW2008118)	1.00	H	1.00H	Padilla		25	12
8	EN280	Topics in Literature: Literature and the Environmental Imagination(also listed as CO2208118)	1.00	H	1.00H	Tynan		25	18
8	EN313	Dante's "Divine Comedy"[200 or 300-level lit course in CO, EN, or other literatures or COI](also listed as CO3518118)	1.00	H	1.00H	Evitt		25	25	6
8	EN320	Issues in Renaissance Literature[EN 221 or 250 or COI]	1.00	H	1.00H	Kendrick		25	12
8	EN380	Advanced Topics in Literary & Cultural Studies: The British Empire in Literature and Film[EN 221 or 250 or COI]	1.00	H	1.00H	Singh		25	2
8	EN385	20th-Century African-American Literature Harlem Renaissance[221 or 250 or COI]	1.00	H	1.00H	Garcia	D	25	16
h	EN280	Topics in Literature: Young, Female, and Black: African-American Women's Coming of Age Narratives	0.50	H	0.50H	Garcia		25	2
h	EN286	Topics in Creative Writing: Nature Writing at the End of Nature(also listed as GS233h95h)	0.50	H	0.50H	Department		16	15	8

Div – indicates the division of the college that this course is offered by. "*" indicates a course outside of the 3 divisions: (H)umanities, (N)atural Sciences, and (S)ocial Sciences
Div Req – indicates how much credit toward a division requirement a student can earn from this course
CP – If the course fulfills a Critical Perspectives Requirement:
- W – the West in Time
- D – Diverse Cultures and Critiques
- I – Scientific Investigation of the Natural World
- L – fullfills the lab or field requirement
- Combined values, like DW can fulfill either, but not both
Lim – the maximum class size allowed for this course
Res – the number of spaces reserved for new students
In – the number of students who are currently enrolled in the course
WL – the number of students on the waiting list for the course