Upper Level Course Sequence
Below is a projection of courses in literature, creative writing, and communications that the English Department will be offering over the next two years. There may well be changes in this list, but it should help students to plan ahead.
List of English Courses: Two-Year Projection
Fall 2012-Spring 2014
Updated: Nov 12, 2012
Fall 2012
301 British Medieval Literature (Grinnell)
305 Shakespeare's Comedies and Histories (Sweitzer)
309 Restoration and Early 18th Century Literature (Chalmers)
312 Victorian Literature (Hitchmough)
318 Early American Popular Novels (Voeller)
319 Native American Literature (Miles)
320 African American Literature (Neighbors)
326 Contemporary American Fiction (Trakas)
333 Modern Novel (Wilson)
342 Contemporary English Grammar (Ware)
351 The Art of Film (Sexeny)
359 Selected Topics in World Lit: The Global South (Rostan)
360 Classical Drama (Ferguson) (English/Theater)
371 Introductory Short Story Workshop (Curtis)
373 Introductory Poetry Workshop (Bowers)
376 Introductory Playwriting Workshop (Ferguson)
384 Writing for the Mass Media (Powers)
388 Public Speaking (Powers)
Spring 2013
305 Shakespeare's Comedies and Histories (Sweitzer)
312 The Victorian Period (England)
316 Contemporary British Literature (Chalmers)
320 Dramatic Theory (Ferguson) (English/Theater)
321 American Literature Before the Civil War (Voeller)
325 Modern Drama (Wilson) (English/Theater)
329 Postmodern Literature (Neighbors)
336 European Masterpieces I (Grinnell)
339 Race, Gender, and Empire in World Lit (Rostan)
343 History of the English Language (Ware)
352 Sexuality in Film (Sexeny)
372 Advanced Short Story Workshop (Curtis)
374 Advanced Poetry Workshop (Bowers)
375 Art of the Personal Essay (Curtis)
379 Screenwriting Workshop (Sexeny)
384 Writing for the Mass Media (Powers)
388 Public Speaking (Powers)
Fall 2013
304 Spenser, Milton, and the Renaissance Epic (Sweitzer)
308 Restoration and 18th Century English Drama (Ware)
322 American Literature After the Civil War (Voeller)
323 Southern Literature (Trakas)
324 Ethnic American Literature (Neighbors)
332 Later English Novel (Hitchmough)
338 Early Women Writers (Grinnell)
340 African Literature (Rostan)
341 Literary Criticism (Chalmers)
344 Adolescent Literature (Wilson)
371 Introductory Short Story Workshop (Curtis)
373 Introductory Poetry Workshop (Bowers)
377 Advanced Playwriting Workshop (Ferguson)
381-382-383 Communications, Team Dynamics, Conflict Management (Powers)
385 Composition and Rhetoric (Miles)
388 Public Speaking (Powers)
4__ Environmental Writing (Lane)
4__ Film (Sexeny)
4__ African American Drama (Ferguson)
Spring 2014
302 Chaucer (Grinnell)
311 English Romantic Period (TBA)
322 American Literature Before the Civil War (Voeller)
327 Contemporary American Poetry (Bowers)
328 Contemporary Drama (Ferguson)
330 Black Arts Movement (Neighbors)
331 Early English Novel (Chalmers)
335 European Picaresque Novel (Ware)
337 European Masterpieces II (Hitchmough)
346 American Political Rhetoric (Miles)
347 Medicine and Literature (Curtis)
354 Cinema and Surveillance (Sexeny)
355 Film Directing (Sexeny)
358 Literature and Human Rights (Rostan)
375 Art of the Personal Essay (Curtis)
378 Novella Workshop (Trakas)
387 Business and Professional Writing (Wilson)
388 Public Speaking (Powers)
389 Public Relations (Powers)