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