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 2021 |
| 301 |
British Medieval Literature |
(Grinnell) |
A |
| 304 |
Spenser, Milton, and the Renaissance Epic |
(Sweitzer) |
A |
| 343 |
History and Varieties of English |
(Ware) |
E |
| 371 |
Short Story Workshop |
(Kocher) |
F |
| 373 |
Poetry Workshop |
(Whitfill) |
F |
| 379 |
Screenwriting Workshop |
(Sexeny) |
F |
| 388 |
Public Speaking |
(Smith-Tyus) |
F |
| 413 |
Early English Novel |
(Chalmers) |
B |
| 414 |
The Later English Novel |
(Hitchmough) |
B |
| 421 |
Early American Popular Novels |
(Voeller) |
C |
| 437 |
South African Literature after Apartheid |
(Rostan) |
D |
| 480A |
The New Black South |
(Harper) |
C |
| 480B |
Topics in World Cinema |
(Kunapulli) |
D |
| Spring 2022 |
| 310 |
Arthurian Literature, 500-1800 CE |
(Grinnell) |
A |
| 322 |
American Literature Post Civil War |
(Voeller) |
C |
| 327 |
Contemporary American Poetry |
(Whitfill) |
C |
| 330 |
Black Arts Movement |
(Neighbors) |
C |
| 337 |
Later European Masterpieces |
(Hitchmough) |
D |
| 335 |
Picaresque Naratives |
(Ware) |
D |
| 339 |
Race, Gender, Empire |
(Rostan) |
D |
| 341 |
Literary Theory |
(Chalmers) |
E |
| 376 |
Playwriting Workshop |
(Ferguson) |
F |
| 387 |
Business and Professional Writing |
(Wilson) |
F |
| 388 |
Public Speaking |
(Smith-Tyus) |
F |
| 438 |
Greek & Roman Drama |
(Ferguson) |
D |
| 445 |
Sexuality in Film |
(Sexeny) |
E |
| 479 |
Advanced Screenwriting Workshop |
(Sexeny) |
F |
| 480A |
The South According to Toni |
(Harper) |
C |
| 481A |
Star Studies: An Overview |
(Kunapulli) |
D |
| ENVS 327 |
Major Themes in Environmental Literature: Writing for Social Justice |
(Brorby) |
F |
| Fall 2022 |
| 307 |
English Renaissance Poetry |
(Sweitzer) |
A |
| 412 |
18th-Century Prose and Poetry |
(Chalmers) |
B |
| 415 |
The Modern Novel |
(Wilson) |
B |
| 320 |
African-American Literature |
(Neighbors) |
C |
| 428 |
Slave Narratives as Resistance |
(Voeller) |
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 |
| 480 |
Black Feminism |
(Harper) |
E |
| 371 |
Short Story Workshop |
|
F |
| 373 |
Poetry Workshop |
(Kocher) |
F |
| 377 |
Digital Filmmaking |
(Sexeny) |
F |
| 388 |
Public Speaking |
(Smith-Tyus) |
F |
| Spring 2023 |
| 302 |
Chaucer |
(Grinnell) |
A |
| 305 |
Shakespeare’s Comedies and Histories |
(Sweitzer) |
A |
| 312 |
The Victorian Period |
(Hitchmough) |
B |
| 316 |
Contemporary British Literature |
(Chalmers) |
B |
| 321 |
American Literature before the Civil War |
(Voeller) |
C |
| 388 |
Public Speaking |
|
F |
| 411 |
Restoration and 18th-Century Drama |
(Ware) |
B |
| 427 |
Queer Black Literature |
(Neighbors) |
C |
| 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 |
* NOTE: At discretion of instructor
