Graduate Courses
Following is a comprehensive list of courses offered by the American Studies Program.  Please check the  current Schedule of Classes for a listing of the courses offered this semester.

MAJOR AUTHORS
B0000: Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B0001: Chaucer II Troilus and other writings.
2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B0100: Shakespeare I
The comedies and history plays. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B0200: Shakespeare II
The tragedies and late romances.  HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B0300: Milton
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. A critical study of Milton’s epics. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

PERIOD COURSES IN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN  LITERATURE
Courses in all major periods of English and American literature will be offered as seminars of specialized study. The exact emphasis of each seminar will vary from semester to semester. See regularly published description of graduate English offerings. Recent offerings include:

B0700: The Sixteenth Century in England
Literary currents from the accession of Henry VII to the death of Elizabeth (1485-1603). Figures studied include Skelton, More, Wyatt, Surrey, Ascham, Elyot, Sidney, Marlowe, Nash, Lyly, Daniel, and Drayton. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B0900: English Literature of the Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century
Studies in Defoe, Dryden, Pope, Swift and others. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B1000: English Romantic Poetry and Prose
Studies in Blake, Wordsworth and Coleridge; the Shelleys, Byron, Keats and DeQuincey. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B1100: English Literature of the Nineteenth Century
Studies in the Brontes, Hardy, Dickens, Eliot, Tennyson, Browning, etc. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B1200: Literature of the Twentieth Century
2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B1300: Twentieth Century Irish Literature
2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B1400: American Literature from its Beginnings to 1890
Literary documents of Puritanism and the Enlightenment including the works of the Mathers, Edwards, Franklin, Freneau, and Brown, as well as Irving, Bryant, Cooper, Longfellow and Poe. Attention will be
given to the writings of African-Americans and women. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B1500: American Literature from 1890 to the Present
Textual analysis, with collateral study of the social, psychological and philosophical context. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

SEMINARS IN SPECIAL SUBJECTS
Seminars on a variety of special topics. Subjects will vary from semester to semester.

B1600: The History of Ideas
2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B1700: Literary Criticism
2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B1800: Studies in Major Authors
2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B1900: Literary Genres
2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B2000: Studies in Literary and Historical Backgrounds
2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B2100: Studies in Themes and Motifs
2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B2200: Tutorials in English and American Literature
Students may take reading tutorials with the approval of the literature advisor if they find the ordinary rotation of seminars and lectures unsatisfactory for the needs of their programs of study. 3 CR.

B2800: Thesis Research Tutorial
Independent research for the Master’s thesis under the supervision of a mentor. 3 CR.

COURSES IN AMERICAN STUDIES

B7300: Studies in American Literature I
Trends and issues in American literature from its origins to the rise of realism and naturalism. The development of a national literary consciousness and the relationship of literature to American political, intellectual and social life. 2 HR./WK., PLUS
CONF.; 3 CR.

B7400: Studies in American Literature II
Trends and issues from the last decade of the nineteenth century to the present. How American writers reacted to the rise of industrialism, to the movement from a rural to an urban society, and to the emergence of new political, social and intellectual forces. The writers to be studied will include both creative figures and social and intellectual critics. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF., 3 CR.

CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS
Students may not register for more than one writing workshop per semester.

B3000: Workshop in Fiction
Intensive work in the genre. May be taken twice for credit. MINIMUM 2 HR./WK., PLUS INDIVIDUAL CONF.; 3 CR.

B3200: Workshop in Poetry
Intensive work in the genre. May be taken twice for credit. MINIMUM 2 HR./WK., PLUS INDIVIDUAL CONF.; 3 CR.

B3400: Workshop in Drama
Intensive work in drama. May be taken twice for credit. MINIMUM 2 HR./WK., PLUS INDIVIDUAL CONF.; 3 CR.

B3600: Workshop in Nonfiction
Intensive work in narrative, autobiography, criticism, reviewing and other forms of exposition. May be taken twice for credit. MINIMUM 2 HR./WK., PLUS INDIVIDUAL CONF.; 3 CR.

B3800: Thesis Tutorial
Writing of a publishable book-length manuscript under the supervision of a mentor. REQUIRED FOR THE M.A.; 3 CR.

B3901: Workshop in Translation
Intensive work in translation from other languages into English. May be taken twice for credit. MINIMUM 2 HR./WK., PLUS INDIVIDUAL CONF.; 3 CR.

LANGUAGE AND LITERACY

B0500: History of the English Language and Modern Linguistic Theory
The history of the language, together with an introduction to recent theoretical developments in linguistics. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B5000: Introduction to Teaching Writing and Literature
Explorations of pedagogical theories and practical strategies for classroom use. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B5100: Supervised Team Teaching
Work with a master teacher of basic writing or ESL; auditing a basic writing course, teaching, preparing syllabi. 3 CR.

B5200: Thesis Research
Independent research for the Master’s thesis under the supervision of a mentor. 3 CR.

B5300: Examining Reading and Writing Processes
Designed to make students more aware of reading and writing strategies. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B5400: TESOL: Materials and Testing
Approaches to the use and creation of instructional materials in the Teaching of English as a Second Language. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B5500: TESOL: Methods
Introduction to different methodologies in the field and the contribution of each to methods in second language instruction; focuses on reading, writing and speaking for second language students. 2 HR./WK.,
PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B6000: Introduction to Language Studies
An introduction to various current language issues. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B6100: Sociolinguistics
Variation in language from a social, linguistic and cultural orientation. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B6300: Contrastive Written Language
Focuses on the relationship between language background and production of written text, with particular emphasis on contrastive analysis, discourse analysis, and second language learning. 2 HR./WK.,
PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B6400: Theories and Models of Literacy
Current theories and models of literacy in various linguistic communities and cultures, with particular emphasis on contrasts between orality and literacy in cognitive, linguistic and social dimensions. 2 HR./WK., PLUS CONF.; 3 CR.

B8000-8500: Special Topics in Language and Literacy
VARIABLE CREDITS, 1-4.