English Department Upper-level Course Projections
This table lists the upper-level courses in literature, creative writing, film and digital media, and communications that the English Department will be offering over a three-year span. While some courses may change, the department tries to ensure that at least one course from each category (A-F) is available each semester. Updated: September 2019.
| Fall 2022 |
| 307 |
English Renaissance Poetry |
(Sweitzer) |
A |
| 320 |
African-American Literature |
(Neighbors) |
C |
| 340 |
African Literature |
(Rostan) |
D |
| 342 |
English Grammar and Usage |
(Ware) |
E |
| 345 |
Literature & Gender Theory |
(Hitchmough) |
E |
| 350 |
Digital Media Theory |
(Hall) |
E |
| 371 |
Short Story Workshop |
|
F |
| 373 |
Poetry Workshop |
(Kocher) |
F |
| 377 |
Digital Filmmaking |
(Sexeny) |
F |
| 388 |
Public Speaking |
(Smith-Tyus) |
F |
| 415 |
The Modern Novel |
(Wilson) |
B |
| Spring 2023 |
| 302 |
Chaucer |
(Grinnell) |
A |
| 306 |
Shakespeare’s Tragedies and Romances |
(Sweitzer) |
A |
| 312 |
The Victorian Period |
(Hitchmough) |
B |
| 316 |
Contemporary British Literature |
(Chalmers) |
B |
| 388 |
Public Speaking |
|
F |
| 427 |
Queer Black Literature |
(Neighbors) |
C |
| 428 |
Slave Narratives as Resistance |
(Voeller) |
C |
| 430 |
American Horror Film |
(Ware) |
B |
| 433 |
Modern Drama |
(Wilson) |
D |
| 436 |
Literature and Human Rights |
(Rostan) |
D |
| 446 |
Screen Surveillance: Film, Television, and Social Media |
(Sexeny) |
E |
| 447 |
Digital Literature |
(Hall) |
E |
| 471 |
Advanced Short Story Workshop |
|
F |
| 473 |
Advanced Poetry Workshop |
(Whitfill) |
F |
| 477 |
Advanced Digital Filmmaking |
(Sexeny) |
F |
| 480 |
Black Feminism |
(Harper) |
E |
| 480 |
Game Narratives |
(Douglass) |
E |
| Fall 2023 |
| 304 |
Spenser, Milton, and Renaissance Epic |
(Sweitzer) |
A |
| 324 |
Ethnic American Literature |
(Neighbors) |
C |
| 332 |
Global Medieval Literature |
(Grinnell) |
D |
| 340 |
African Literature |
(Rostan) |
D |
| 344 |
Adolescent Literature |
(Wilson) |
|
| 345 |
Gender Theory and Literature |
(Hitchmough) |
E |
| 371 |
Short Story Workshop F |
|
|
| 373 |
Poetry Workshop |
(Whitfill) |
F |
| 377 |
Digital Filmmaking |
(Sexeny) |
F |
| 379 |
Screenwriting Workshop |
(Sexeny) |
F |
| 388 |
Public Speaking |
(Smith-Tyus) |
F |
| 412 |
Restoration and 18th-Century Prose and Poetry |
(Chalmers) |
B |
| 413 |
The Early English Novel |
(Chalmers) |
B |
| 426 |
19th-Century American Poetry |
(Voeller) |
C |
| Spring 2024 |
| 301 |
British Medieval Literature |
(Grinnell) |
A |
| 305 |
Shakespeare’s Comedies and Histories |
(Sweitzer) |
A |
| 311 |
Romantic Literature |
(Hall) |
B |
| 330 |
Black Arts Movement |
(Neighbors) |
C |
| 338 |
Early Women Writers |
(Grinnell) |
D |
| 340 |
African Literature |
(Rostan) |
D |
| 341 |
Literary Theory |
(Chalmers) |
B |
| 344 |
Adolescent Literature |
(Wilson) |
|
| 345 |
Gender Theory and Literature |
(Hitchmough) |
E |
| 371 |
Short Story Workshop F |
|
|
| 373 |
Poetry Workshop |
(Whitfill) |
F |
| 377 |
Digital Filmmaking |
(Sexeny) |
F |
| 387 |
Business and Professional Writing |
(Wilson) |
F |
| 388 |
Public Speaking |
(Smith-Tyus) |
F |
| 412 |
Restoration and 18th-Century Prose and Poetry |
(Chalmers) |
B |
| 426 |
19th-Century American Poetry |
(Voeller) |
C |
| 445 |
Sexuality in Film |
(Sexeny) |
F |
| 479 |
Advanced Screenwriting Workshop |
(Sexeny) |
F |
* NOTE: At discretion of instructor