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School of writing, literature and film.

In the School of Writing, Literature, and Film, you’ll work with experts specializing in all aspects of story—how to analyze them, how to craft them, and how to put them to work in service of a greater goal. From science fiction to Shakespeare, journalism to documentary film, podcasting to poetry to professional writing, SWLF is a vibrant, inclusive community for learning. We offer several degree programs, including undergraduate majors in English and Creative Writing; minors in Applied Journalism, English, Film Studies, and Writing; and a certificate in Scientific, Technical, and Professional Communication. We also host two fully-funded graduate programs: an MA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing.

• Creative Writing

Our Creative Writing program will hone your expertise in reading literature as well as in the craft of writing. We begin with an introduction to the primary genres of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. From these, you will identify areas of focus in either one or two genres, pursuing courses in craft development and workshop intensives. You will also complete introductory and advanced literary studies, with course offerings that represent a range of eras, continents, cultural representations, and sensibilities.

The English major includes an array of subjects ranging in literary history to film and visual culture, creative and nonfiction writing, rhetoric and literacy, and the digital humanities. We focus on both the big picture and the details: close reading skills and critical analysis, how literacy and language change over time, and how social and historical movements are represented in texts. Your first courses will introduce you to important writing, reading, and research tools for carrying out sophisticated analyses of literary texts. Upper-division classes will sharpen these skills, calling upon you to investigate specific authors, historical moments, themes, and theories in longer essays. Our “project-based” classes challenge you to consider creative ways of representing literary knowledge in formats beyond the research paper.

Majoring in chemistry, psychology, or engineering doesn't mean you can't engage deeply with the cultural record of the last six centuries. In our English Minor you’ll learn how to analyze a diversity of literary texts; write effective arguments; use information literacy and new technologies to plan and conduct research; and apply greater cultural awareness to a range of interpretative strategies. 

• Film Studies

In our Film Studies minor, you will deepen your understanding of numerous film genres—both domestic and international—across varied historical and cultural contexts, as well as the narrative structures that undergird them. You’ll develop a specialized vocabulary for analyzing film through analytical essays and presentations, exploring major theories, key figures, and central terms along the way. 

• Applied Journalism

In contrast to journalism programs that have a narrow focus on traditional forms—such as beat newspaper reporting—our Applied Journalism minor nurtures an entrepreneurial approach to a wide range of media formats and journalistic storytelling. An Applied Journalism minor opens doors to many fields, including broadcast and multimedia journalism, advertising and marketing, public relations and social media coordination. Our intensive internship program will provide you will all the firsthand experience you’ll need to succeed in the new media landscape.

The Writing Minor is practical, flexible, and distinctive. We offer a diverse range of courses, including environmental writing; creative writing; business writing; food writing; science writing; technical writing; and advanced argumentation, among others. You will learn to write across different genres, in different media, for different purposes, and for different audiences—all with a tailored focus on your personal and professional interests.

• Scientific, Technical, and Professional Communication

In scientific and technical fields, careful and precise writing is of the utmost importance. Communicating difficult-to-understand material requires more than content-knowledge, however; it requires rhetorical strategies to make your writing accessible and persuasive. Students who complete the Undergraduate Certificate in Scientific, Technical, and Professional Communication (STPC) will learn to communicate effectively across media formats. You’ll cap off your certificate with portfolio course, where you’ll compile and edit your work to showcase to others.

Graduate Programs

The School of Writing, Literature, and Film offers graduate work leading to a Master of Arts degree in English. The major area of concentration may be in literature and culture, or rhetoric, writing, and culture. The school also offers the Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing. Graduate work in the school may also be applied to the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) degree or to minors in other advanced degree programs.

Undergraduate Programs

Certificate.

Tim Jensen , School Director 238 Moreland Hall Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-3502 Phone: 541-737-3244 Email: [email protected] Website: https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/

Amanda Bressler , Assistant to the Director Phone: 541-737-1667 Email: [email protected]

Liddy Detar , Head Undergraduate Academic Advisor Phone: 541-737-1636 Email: [email protected]

Kristy Kelly , Director of Writing Phone: 541-737-4129 Email: [email protected]

Elena Passarello , Director, MFA in Creative Writing Phone: 541-737-1673 Email: [email protected]

Megan Ward , Director, MA in English Phone: 541-737-1061 Email: [email protected]

Faculty & Staff

https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/faculty-staff/faculty-staff-directory

Applied Journalism (AJ)

English (eng), film studies (film), written english (wr), aj 199, special topics, 1-3 credits.

This course is repeatable for 12 credits.

AJ 299, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-3 Credits

This course is repeatable for 6 credits.

AJ 308, WORKSHOP, 1-3 Credits

Aj 311, media storytelling, 3 credits.

Introduction to community journalism, with a focus on developing storytelling methodologies for a variety of media in firsthand reporting praxis.

Prerequisite: WR 121 with B or better or WR 121H with B or better or WR 121Z with B or better or WR 121HZ with B or better

AJ 312, ADVANCED MEDIA STORYTELLING, 3 Credits

Continued praxis in journalistic storytelling, with an emphasis on developing intensive hard news stories and photojournalistic essay packages through reporting government agencies.

Prerequisite: AJ 311 with B or better

AJ 313, PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES IN APPLIED JOURNALISM, 3 Credits

Faculty, staff and students connect to generate in-depth critiques of polished journalistic projects, culminating in the production and distribution of a best practices job kit.

Prerequisite: AJ 311 with B or better and AJ 312 [B]

AJ 402, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

AJ 408, WORKSHOP, 1-3 Credits

Aj 410, internship, 1-6 credits.

Students seeking to obtain the Applied Journalism Minor must complete three sections of AJ 410 Internship, to include reporting, production and/or editorial duties at Orange Media Network (OMN).

Available via Ecampus

AJ 490, MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS, 3 Credits

Exploring case studies and other analyses germane to the most relevant and pressing legal and ethical issues in contemporary journalism.

ENG 101, *INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: THE YOUNG ADULT NOVEL, 3 Credits

Explores the craft, culture and racial significance, and emotional impact of contemporary young adult fiction. Examines Young Adult fiction as a category of reading audience that contains multiple genres. Considers such urgent topics as race, immigration, and gender identity while also attending to formal elements such as significant detail, tone, symbolism, and metaphor as portrayed in the young adult experience.

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts

ENG 104, *INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: FICTION, 3 Credits

Study of fiction for greater understanding and enjoyment. NO LONGER TAUGHT. REPLACED WITH COMMON COURSE NUMBER ENG 104Z .

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 104H, ENG 104Z

ENG 104Z, *INTRODUCTION TO FICTION, 4 Credits

Invites students to enter imaginative narratives and confront the challenges of being human. Provides opportunities for the appreciation of fiction, including deeper awareness of craft and insight into how reading fiction can lead to self-enrichment. Reads a variety of types of fiction, from diverse perspectives and eras, and develops skills in discussion, literary analysis, and critical thinking.

Equivalent to: ENG 104 , ENG 104H

ENG 106, *INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: POETRY, 3 Credits

Study of poetry for greater understanding and enjoyment. NO LONGER TAUGHT. REPLACED WITH COMMON COURSE NUMBER ENG 106Z .

Equivalent to: ENG 106H, ENG 106Z

ENG 106Z, *INTRODUCTION TO POETRY, 4 Credits

Invites students to delve into the biggest questions about life and culture alongside the seemingly smallest issues of words and sounds. Provides opportunities for the appreciation of poetry, including deeper awareness of craft and insight into how reading poetry can lead to self-enrichment. Reads a variety of types of poetry and poetic forms, from diverse perspectives and eras, and develops skills in discussion, literary analysis, and critical thinking.

Equivalent to: ENG 106 , ENG 106H

ENG 107, *INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE: CREATIVE NONFICTION, 3 Credits

An introduction to the study of creative nonfiction as a diverse genre, from journalism to memoir and essay.

Recommended: WR 121Z

ENG 108, *INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, 3 Credits

Focuses on modern and contemporary examples of science fiction and fantasy with some attention paid to the roots of the genres (myths, folklore, and fairy tales). Hypothesizes that both genres reflect the anxieties and aspirations of the eras that produce and consume them. Introduces students to a range of modern classics, including contemporary science fiction and fantasy written by women and people of color.

ENG 109, *INTRODUCTION TO TRUE CRIME, 3 Credits

Focuses on the American true crime genre, from its origins in the earliest colonial literature to the contemporary popularity of crime stories in various media. Pays particular attention to true crime examples from the last five decades, tracing the genre’s evolution and rise in popularity. Develops a collective understanding of how the true crime genre has evolved, why it has become so popular, and how its constituent texts reflect the cultural assumptions and anxieties of their American eras, especially in terms of their relationship to the genre’s core ideas of violence and truth. (Bacc Core Course)

ENG 199, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits

Eng 201, *shakespeare, 4 credits.

The earlier plays. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Equivalent to: ENG 201H

ENG 201H, *SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 201

ENG 202, *SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits

The later plays. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Equivalent to: ENG 202H

ENG 202H, *SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 202

ENG 204, *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: BEGINNINGS TO 1660, 4 Credits

English literature presented in chronological sequence. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 204H

ENG 204H, *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: BEGINNINGS TO 1660, 4 Credits

Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 204

ENG 205, *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: RESTORATION TO ROMANTIC ERA, 4 Credits

English literature presented in chronological sequence.

Equivalent to: ENG 205H

ENG 205H, *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: RESTORATION TO ROMANTIC ERA, 4 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 205

ENG 206, *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: VICTORIAN ERA TO 20TH CENTURY, 4 Credits

Eng 207, literature of western civilization: classical-renaissance, 4 credits.

The great plays, poems and fiction of Western civilization. Covers the Classical World: (Greek, Hebrew, Roman) and Western European major authors through the Renaissance.

Attributes: LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

ENG 210, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: ASIA, 4 Credits

Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of Asia.

Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core

ENG 211, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: AFRICA, 4 Credits

Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of Africa.

Equivalent to: ENG 211H

ENG 211H, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: AFRICA, 4 Credits

Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core

Equivalent to: ENG 211

ENG 212, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MESO/SOUTH AMERICA, CARIBBEAN, 4 Credits

Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of Meso- and South America and the Caribbean. (H) (NC) (Bacc Core Course)

ENG 213, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MIDDLE EAST, 4 Credits

Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama from nonwestern cultural traditions. Covers literature of the Middle East.

Equivalent to: ENG 213H

ENG 213H, *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MIDDLE EAST, 4 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 213

ENG 214, *LITERATURE OF THE WORLD: EUROPE, 4 Credits

Representative works of poetry, prose, and drama written by European authors.

Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture

ENG 215, +*CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY, 4 Credits

Explores Greek and Roman mythology, its allusions, and continuing influences. Examines excerpts from Classical literature and their adaptations in a variety of modes (statues, film, dance, novels, internet memes) up to the present day. Investigates why we continue to turn to powerful archetypes to express the human experience and when and how they fail in this regard.

Attributes: CFAH – Core Ed - Art & Humanities General; CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

ENG 216, *ILLUMINATING HAPPINESS, 3 Credits

Explores subjects essential to human happiness, such as gratitude, kindness, joy, grief, grace, disgrace, emotional and spiritual growth, community, social identity, and global stewardship through the reading of poetry. Explores approaches arising from the reading of poetry, such as Reader Response techniques, imagination studies, and self-awareness inquiries. Develops rewirement models in conjunction with literary analysis and critical writing. (Bacc Core Course)

ENG 217, READING FOR WRITERS, 4 Credits

Introduces students to the varieties of reading necessary to the writer’s life. Surveys the main literary devices common to fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, and engages students in the understanding of these devices through analysis and creative practice.

Equivalent to: ENG 217X

ENG 220, *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION, 4 Credits

A comparative treatment of literary topics in the context of institutional and systematic discrimination. Not offered every year. CROSSLISTED as ENG 220 / FILM 220 . (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 220H , FILM 220 , FILM 220H

ENG 220H, *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION, 4 Credits

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 220 , FILM 220 , FILM 220H

ENG 221, *AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Reading and critical analysis of African-American literature in historical, political, and/or thematic perspective.

Equivalent to: ENG 221H

This course is repeatable for 8 credits.

ENG 221H, *AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 221

ENG 222, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Surveys a variety of genres, including fairy tales, folktales, and fables, nonsense poetry, picture books, historical and fantasy novels, examining how these texts represent childhood and connect with historical, cultural, and psychological contexts.

Equivalent to: ENG 222H

ENG 222H, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator

Equivalent to: ENG 222

ENG 240, *INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURE, 4 Credits

An exploration of the key figures, themes, theories, and works of American environmental literature.

ENG 253, *SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: COLONIAL TO 1900, 4 Credits

Readings from American literature presented in chronological sequence, important eras and movements with emphasis on major writers.

ENG 254, *SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1900 TO PRESENT, 4 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 254H

ENG 254H, *SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1900 TO PRESENT, 4 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 254

ENG 260, *LITERATURE OF AMERICAN MINORITIES, 4 Credits

Study of the literature of American minorities: North American Indian, black, Chicano/Chicana, Asian, Middle Eastern, gay and lesbian.

Equivalent to: ENG 260H

ENG 265, *FILMS FOR THE FUTURE, 4 Credits

An interdisciplinary study of film, literary, and philosophical visions of the future. Three hours of lecture and separate screenings each week. Film fee required.

Equivalent to: FILM 265 , FILM 265H

ENG 275, *THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Biblical structure, literary types, ideas, influences.

Equivalent to: ENG 275H

ENG 275H, *THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 275

ENG 299, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits

Eng 301, ways of reading, 4 credits.

What’s the difference between reading a book for pleasure and reading it for a class? What kinds of skills are necessary for upper-level work as an English major? What exactly is literary criticism? Pursue these questions by studying a selection of texts paired with works providing historical and critical context. Learn how to think and write like a literary critic by reading carefully, discussing these works in class, and writing analytical essays.

ENG 302, ^WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Explore the conventions of academic writing, with the goal of developing original textual interpretations and situating those interpretations in relation to secondary sources. Develop an understanding of a broader scholarly conversation by writing about issues of difference, including but not limited to categories of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, and ability. Practice evaluating scholarly resources, including secondary sources and archival research.

Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)

Prerequisite: ENG 301 with D- or better

ENG 304, CAREER PREPARATION FOR ENGLISH MAJORS, 2 Credits

Introduces students majoring in English to tasks and processes needed to successfully prepare for a future career. Includes exercises in self-reflection, guidance in exploring professional options and networking, and feedback on job-seeking materials.

ENG 311, ^STUDIES IN BRITISH PROSE, 4 Credits

An introduction to the prose genre in British literature with intensive practice in reading and writing practices for literary study.

ENG 317, *THE AMERICAN NOVEL: BEGINNINGS TO CHOPIN, 4 Credits

Chronological survey of the novel in America. Covers from the beginnings to Chopin.

ENG 318, *THE AMERICAN NOVEL: MODERNIST PERIOD, 4 Credits

Chronological survey of the novel in America. Covers Modernist Period from Dreiser to Faulkner.

ENG 319, *THE AMERICAN NOVEL: POST-WORLD WAR II, 4 Credits

Chronological survey of the novel in America. Covers Post-World War II: Mailer to the present.

ENG 320, *STUDIES IN PAGE, STAGE, AND SCREEN, 4 Credits

Study of a particular theme, genre, movement, or author through the relations of text and performance. Topics change from term to term and may include content from film, drama, digital sources, and other visual media. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

ENG 321, *STUDIES IN WORD, OBJECT, AND IMAGE, 4 Credits

Study of a particular theme, genre, movement, or author through the relations of texts to material artifacts and/or static visual objects (e.g., paintings, engravings, printed matter, or photographs). Topics change from term to term. (Bacc Core Course)

ENG 322, *STUDIES IN GLOBALISM, TEXT, AND EVENT, 4 Credits

Study of a particular theme, genre, movement, or author as informed by patterns of globalization, issues in international relations, and/or landmark moments of cultural exchange. Topics change from term to term.

Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues

ENG 330, *THE HOLOCAUST IN LITERATURE AND FILM, 4 Credits

Study of fiction, memoir, and film representing Nazi Holocaust of European Jewry. Reviews history of racial Anti-Semitism and rise of Nazism as context for textual analysis of Holocaust literature. Examines literary and filmic form as productive to social awareness of the roots, events, and aftermath of the Holocaust. (Bacc Core Course)

ENG 340, LITERATURES OF THE COAST, 4 Credits

Introduces the diverse means by which literature and the arts represent coastal and marine life. The working thesis is that modern cultural artifacts and literary theories are reflected in and have the power to transform the societal challenges facing coastal community and ocean health. Explores the significance of such interdisciplinary translations through a variety of generic perspectives including poetry, short story, philosophy, creative nonfiction, and graphic narrative.

ENG 345, INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY, 4 Credits

Focuses on study and analysis of critical frameworks and methodologies for the interpretation of literature and culture.

Prerequisite: ENG 301 (may be taken concurrently) with D- or better

ENG 360, *NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE, 4 Credits

An introduction to the prose and poetry written by Native Americans of the North American continent.

ENG 362, *AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS, 4 Credits

Study of important literary works of any genre by American women from historical, thematic, or formalist perspectives. (H) (Bacc Core Course)

Equivalent to: ENG 362H

ENG 375, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 375H

ENG 375H, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Surveys a variety of genres, including fairy tales, folktales and fables, nonsense poetry, picture books, historical and fantasy novels, examining how these texts represent childhood and connect with historical, cultural, and psychological contexts.

Equivalent to: ENG 375

ENG 386, A CULTURAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE: PART I, 4 Credits

The first course in an interdisciplinary sequence that examines the development and interrelationships of American art and literature from contact to the present. Covers Conquest to Civil War. CROSSLISTED as ART 386 / ENG 386 .

Equivalent to: ART 386

ENG 387, A CULTURAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE: PART II, 4 Credits

The second course in an interdisciplinary sequence that examines the development and interrelationships of American art and literature from contact to the present. Covers Civil War to Harlem Renaissance. CROSSLISTED as ART 387 / ENG 387 .

Equivalent to: ART 387

ENG 388, A CULTURAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART AND LITERATURE: PART III, 4 Credits

The third course in an interdisciplinary sequence that examines the development and interrelationships of American art and literature from contact to the present. Covers Great Depression to Postmodernity. CROSSLISTED as ART 388 / ENG 388 .

Equivalent to: ART 388

ENG 399, SELECTED TOPICS, 1-16 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 399H

ENG 399H, SELECTED TOPICS, 1-16 Credits

Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

Equivalent to: ENG 399

ENG 401, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits

Eng 402, independent study, 1-16 credits, eng 403, thesis, 1-16 credits, eng 405, reading and conference, 1-16 credits, eng 406, projects, 1-16 credits.

Equivalent to: ENG 406H

ENG 406H, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 406

ENG 408, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits

Eng 410, internship in english, 1-16 credits.

Recommended: 16 credits of literature; 6 credits of writing beyond WR 121Z

ENG 416, POWER AND REPRESENTATION, 4 Credits

Critical analysis of works by colonized peoples, women, and ethnic minorities, with a focus on the issue of representation.

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above

ENG 418, THE ENGLISH NOVEL: VICTORIAN PERIOD, 4 Credits

Selected English novels focusing on those from the Victorian period. (H)

Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above.

ENG 425, STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Particular genres, themes, and writers in medieval literature. Topics change from term to term. (H)

ENG 427, GLOBAL MEDIEVAL, 4 Credits

Investigates how the “medieval period”, spanning the fall of the Western Roman Empire (5th century CE) and the Fall of Constantinople (1453) and generally cast as European, was a complex millennium of global travel, commerce, and cultural exchange, far more heterogeneous than contemporary television, movies, and medievalising fantasy literature usually depicts. Identifies how the literature, travelogues, and life narratives written in Europe, Africa, and Asia reflect political, religious, philosophical, and artistic interpenetration. Examines how these texts help us redefine the medieval and illuminate modern discourses of the nation-state, debates about race and ethnicity, and the concerns of post- and decoloniality.

Prerequisite: ENG 301 with C- or better

Recommended: 8 credits of 200-level ENG courses

ENG 434, STUDIES IN LITERATURE 1700-1900, 4 Credits

Explores literature and culture of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (1700-1900). Topics vary and address current conversations in eighteenth-century, Romantic, and/ or Victorian studies. Content may include a variety of genres as well as modern responses to older texts and traditions. Emphasizes texts in their historical context and examines the development of social categories, concepts, and/or crises.

Recommended: ENG 301 ; critical thinking, evaluation, and writing skills

ENG 435, STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE, 4 Credits

Shakespeare's works from a variety of critical and scholarly perspectives. Not offered every term. (H)

ENG 438, STUDIES IN LITERATURE AFTER 1900, 4 Credits

Explores literature and culture of the twentieth century and beyond. Topics vary and address current conversations in Modernist (early 20th c.), Postmodernist (late 20th c.) and/ or Contemporary (21st c.) period studies. Content may include a variety of genres as well as modern responses to older texts and traditions. Emphasizes texts in their historical context and examines the development of social categories, concepts, and/or crises.

ENG 440, STUDIES IN MODERN IRISH LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Studies in the literature and contexts of the period of Irish writing often referred to as the Irish Renaissance. Authors may include Yeats, Joyce, Shaw, O'Casey, Gregory, Synge, Bowen, Moore, Behan, O'Brien, Kavanaugh, Cronin. Sometimes offered as a study of Joyce's works alone. Topics change from term to term. (H)

ENG 445, ^STUDIES IN NONFICTION, 4 Credits

Particular essayists and journalists, movements, problems, conventions, and types of nonfiction writing in English. Topics change from term to term.

Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

ENG 454, MAJOR AUTHORS, 4 Credits

Advanced study of major and influential authors from various cultures and backgrounds. Subjects change from term to term. Not offered every year. (H)

ENG 460, STUDIES IN DRAMA, 4 Credits

Particular dramatists, movements, conventions, and types of world drama. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term. (H)

ENG 465, STUDIES IN THE NOVEL, 4 Credits

Particular novelists, movements, conventions, and types of the novel throughout its history. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term. (H)

ENG 470, ^STUDIES IN POETRY, 4 Credits

Particular poets, movements, problems, conventions, and types of poetry in English or English translation. Topics change from term to term.

ENG 480, STUDIES IN LITERATURE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits

Study of literature in its relationship to society and culture; study of literary culture. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term. (H)

Equivalent to: FILM 480

ENG 482, STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, CULTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 4 Credits

Creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and film from the mid-19th century to the present, examining relationships between rural and urban, and investigating the development of important patterns in how the physical environment is perceived, represented, interpreted, and used in the United States.

ENG 485, ^STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Special topics in American literary history. Organized around movements, regions, themes, or major authors. Topics change from term to term.

ENG 488, LITERATURE AND PEDAGOGY, 4 Credits

Practices, approaches, histories, and theories of teaching literature appropriate for secondary through college settings. Considers text selection, assignments, and evaluation. (H)

ENG 489, WRITING, LITERATURE AND MEDICINE, 4 Credits

Considers medical themes in literature, social meanings of illness, and writing strategies appropriate to the healing arts.

ENG 490, HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, 4 Credits

A study of the origins, changes, and reasons for changes in the grammar, sounds, and vocabulary of English from its earliest stages through its modern forms.

ENG 497, *INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S VOICES, 4 Credits

A study of women and literature in an international context, focusing on the cultural differences among women and the effects of gender on language and literature.

Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core

ENG 499, SELECTED TOPICS, 1-16 Credits

Eng 501, research and scholarship, 1-16 credits, eng 502, independent study, 1-16 credits, eng 503, thesis, 1-16 credits.

This course is repeatable for 999 credits.

ENG 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits

Eng 506, projects, 1-16 credits, eng 507, seminar, 1-16 credits.

CROSSLISTED as AMS 507 / ENG 507 .

Equivalent to: AMS 507

ENG 510, GRADUATE INTERNSHIP IN ENGLISH, 1-2 Credits

Provides graduate students with supervised, on-the-job work experience and professional development. Graded P/N.

ENG 512, STUDIES IN BRITISH THEATER AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits

Study of major dramatists and the audiences they addressed, of socio-economic conditions and their interrelations with theatrical institutions. Readings may include dramatic and non-dramatic literature. Historical period and content may vary.

ENG 514, INTRODUCTION TO GRADUATE STUDIES, 4 Credits

Introduction to the MA program; theories and methods of English studies. Offered fall term only. Required for first-year MA students.

ENG 516, POWER AND REPRESENTATION, 4 Credits

Critical analysis of works by colonized peoples, women, and ethnic minorities, with a focus on the issue of representation. Not offered every year.

ENG 521X, STUDIES IN WORD, OBJECT, AND IMAGE, 4 Credits

Study of a particular theme, genre, movement, or author through the relations of texts to material artifacts and/or static visual objects (e.g., paintings, engravings, printed matter, or photographs).

ENG 525, STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE, 4 Credits

Particular genres, themes, and writers in medieval literature. Topics change from term to term.

ENG 527, GLOBAL MEDIEVAL, 4 Credits

Eng 534, studies in literature 1700-1900, 4 credits, eng 535, studies in shakespeare, 4 credits.

Shakespeare's works from a variety of critical and scholarly perspectives. Not offered every term.

Recommended: At least one quarter of Shakespeare

ENG 538, STUDIES IN LITERATURE AFTER 1900, 4 Credits

Eng 540, studies in modern irish literature, 4 credits.

Studies in the literature and context of the period of Irish writing often referred to as the Irish Renaissance. Authors may include Yeats, Joyce, Shaw, O'Casey, Gregory, Synge, Bowen, Moore, Behan, O'Brien, Kavanaugh, Cronin. Sometimes offered as a study of Joyce's works alone. Topics change from term to term.

ENG 545, STUDIES IN NONFICTION, 4 Credits

Eng 554, major authors, 4 credits.

Advanced study of major and influential authors from various cultures and backgrounds. Subjects change from term to term. Not offered every year.

ENG 560, STUDIES IN DRAMA, 4 Credits

Particular dramatists, movements, conventions, and types of world drama. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term.

ENG 565, STUDIES IN THE NOVEL, 4 Credits

Particular novelists, movements, conventions, and types of the novel throughout its history. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term.

ENG 570, STUDIES IN POETRY, 4 Credits

Particular poets, movements, problems, conventions, and types of poetry in English or English translation. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term.

ENG 575, STUDIES IN CRITICISM, 4 Credits

Particular critics, critical movements, issues, and histories of criticism. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every year.

ENG 580, STUDIES IN LITERATURE, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits

Study of literature in its relationship to society and culture; study of literary culture. Topics change from term to term. Not offered every term.

Equivalent to: FILM 580

ENG 582, STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, CULTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 4 Credits

Eng 585, studies in american literature, 4 credits, eng 588, literature and pedagogy, 4 credits.

Practices, approaches, histories, and theories of teaching literature appropriate for secondary through college settings. Considers text selection, assignments, and evaluation.

ENG 589, WRITING, LITERATURE AND MEDICINE, 4 Credits

Eng 590, history of the english language, 4 credits, film 110, *introduction to film studies: 1895-1945, 3 credits.

An introduction to the serious study of world cinema, 1895-1945. Class lectures will offer a variety of historical, critical and theoretical approaches. Weekly screenings of important films from the U.S., Europe, and Asia accompany the lectures. Film fee required.

FILM 125, *INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1945-PRESENT, 3 Credits

Provides an introduction to the serious study of world cinema, 1945-present. Class lectures will offer a variety of historical, critical and theoretical approaches. Weekly screenings of important films from the U.S., Europe, and Asia accompany the lectures. Film fee required.

FILM 145, *INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1968-1999, 3 Credits

Explores and examines American and European cinema, 1968-1999. Emphasizes on important films and filmmakers of the era as well as key events in American and European cultural history.

Equivalent to: FILM 145H

FILM 145H, *INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1968-1999, 3 Credits

Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator

Equivalent to: FILM 145

FILM 220, *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION, 4 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 220 , ENG 220H , FILM 220H

FILM 220H, *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION, 4 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 220 , ENG 220H , FILM 220

FILM 245, *THE NEW AMERICAN CINEMA, 4 Credits

A formalist, ideological, and commercial investigation into contemporary American cinema.

Equivalent to: FILM 245H

FILM 245H, *THE NEW AMERICAN CINEMA, 4 Credits

Equivalent to: FILM 245

FILM 255, *WORLD CINEMA PART I: ORIGINS TO 1968, 4 Credits

A systematic introduction to the arts and history of international cinema, from the invention of the medium in 1895 to the rise of New Wave and Third Cinema in the 1960s. Weekly screenings of films such as Rashomon, Tokyo Story, Pather Parchali, Terra em Transe, and La Noire de. (Bacc Core Course)

FILM 256, *WORLD CINEMA PART II: 1968-PRESENT, 4 Credits

A systematic introduction to the arts and history of international cinema, from the decolonization movement in the 1960s and the 1970s to the dynamics of globalization that we are experiencing today. Weekly screenings include such films as A Better Tomorrow, Chungking Express, Spirited Away, Oldboy, Bombay, and City of God. (Bacc Core Course)

FILM 265, *FILMS FOR THE FUTURE, 4 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 265 , FILM 265H

FILM 265H, *FILMS FOR THE FUTURE, 4 Credits

Equivalent to: ENG 265 , FILM 265

FILM 310, *FILM THEORY AND CRITICISM, 4 Credits

Survey of significant works and movements in film theory and criticism, from classical to contemporary eras. Begins with the question of what distinguishes film from other visual arts, pursuing questions about the ontology of film, medium specificity, and aesthetics. Proceeds with investigations concerning issues of technology, authorship, genre, the avant-garde, gender, race and ethnicity, commercialism, transnationalism, queer theory, and affect. Weekly screenings will supplement class readings, lectures and discussions.

Prerequisite: FILM 110 with C or better or FILM 125 with C or better

FILM 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits

Equivalent to: FILM 399H

FILM 399H, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits

Equivalent to: FILM 399

FILM 445, DOCUMENTARY FILM STUDIES, 4 Credits

Examines the worldwide development of documentary filmmaking. Interrogates the nature, form, and function of non-fiction cinematic forms by analyzing diverse films, filmmakers, and theoretical models, while paying attention to social, technological, and aesthetic influences. Studies significant modes of documentary including the city symphony, political documentary, direct cinema/cinema verite, and postmodern documentary. Pays special attention to the cross-fertilization of non-fiction with other filmmaking modes. Seeks to answer the following questions: How do documentary conventions mark the "Real"? How is documentary film a tool for social change?

FILM 452, ^STUDIES IN FILM, 4 Credits

Particular cinematographers, movements, types, conventions, or problems in film. Topics change from term to term. Lecture and separate screenings each week. Film fee required.

FILM 480, STUDIES IN FILM, CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 4 Credits

Study of film in its relationship to society and culture; study of film culture.

Equivalent to: ENG 480

FILM 501, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits

Film 502, independent study, 1-16 credits, film 503, thesis, 1-16 credits, film 506, special projects, 1-16 credits, film 507, seminar, 1-16 credits, film 508, workshop, 1-16 credits, film 510, internship, 1-16 credits, film 545, documentary film studies, 4 credits, film 552, studies in film, 4 credits, film 580, studies in film, culture and society, 4 credits.

Equivalent to: ENG 580

WR 121, *ENGLISH COMPOSITION, 4 Credits

Focuses on analytical writing and rhetorical awareness. Approaches writing as a dynamic process and mode of inquiry, including acts of information literacy, research, analysis, and revision. Builds flexible strategies for using key rhetorical concepts across multiple genres and attending to issues of audience, purpose, convention, and discourse community. Emphasizes revision, particularly at the sentence- and paragraph-level, and establishing a reflective writing process. NO LONGER TAUGHT. REPLACED WITH COMMON COURSE NUMBER WR 121Z .

Attributes: CSW1 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing I

Equivalent to: WR 121H , WR 121HZ , WR 121Z

Recommended: WR 130

WR 121H, *ENGLISH COMPOSITION, 4 Credits

Focuses on analytical writing and rhetorical awareness. Approaches writing as a dynamic process and mode of inquiry, including acts of information literacy, research, analysis, and revision. Builds flexible strategies for using key rhetorical concepts across multiple genres and attending to issues of audience, purpose, convention, and discourse community. Emphasizes revision, particularly at the sentence- and paragraph-level, and establishing a reflective writing process. NO LONGER TAUGHT. REPLACED WITH COMMON COURSE NUMBER WR 121HZ .

Attributes: CSW1 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing I; HNRS – Honors Course Designator

Equivalent to: WR 121 , WR 121HZ , WR 121Z

WR 121HZ, +*COMPOSITION I, 4 Credits

Engages students in the study and practice of critical thinking, reading, and writing. Focuses on analyzing and composing across varied rhetorical situations and in multiple genres. Applies key rhetorical concepts flexibly and collaboratively throughout writing and inquiry processes.

Attributes: CFWF – Core Ed - Writing Foundations; CSW1 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing I; HNRS – Honors Course Designator

Equivalent to: WR 121 , WR 121H , WR 121Z

WR 121Z, +*COMPOSITION I, 4 Credits

Attributes: CFWF – Core Ed - Writing Foundations; CSW1 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing I

Equivalent to: WR 121 , WR 121H , WR 121HZ

WR 130, FUNDAMENTALS OF GRAMMAR, SYNTAX, AND SENTENCE BUILDING, 1 Credit

Provides opportunities to improve writing at the sentence level. Focuses on the fundamental elements of the sentence (grammar), the principles and rules of sentence structure (syntax), and techniques for writing meaningful, compelling sentences (sentence building). Use modules, activities, and quizzes to advance understanding of grammar fundamentals and to practice writing, editing, and revising sentences. Emphasizes student questions and applying lessons to other academic writing projects.

WR 199, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits

Wr 201, *writing for media, 3 credits.

Introduction to newspaper style. Introduction to reporting.

Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II

Recommended: WR 121Z with grade B or higher and 30 wpm typing speed

WR 214, *WRITING IN BUSINESS, 3 Credits

Continued practice in writing with an emphasis on the rhetorical and critical thinking demands of writers in business and industry.

Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better or Exam for Waiver - WR 121 with a score of 1

WR 220, *STORIES OF THE US-MEXICO BORDER, 4 Credits

Analyzes stories from and about the US-Mexico border. Explores and challenges conventional ideas about undocumented immigration in the US and considers immigration as a complex phenomenon with various causes. Examines historical and current causes of migration across the US-Mexico border and the difficulties experienced on the migrant trail. Analyzes discriminatory practices of dehumanization, deportation, and detention and reveals immigrant resistance to oppression.

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination

Equivalent to: WR 220H

WR 220H, *STORIES OF THE US-MEXICO BORDER, 4 Credits

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator

Equivalent to: WR 220

WR 224, *INTRODUCTION TO FICTION WRITING, 3 Credits

Discussion workshop. Student work examined in context of contemporary published work.

Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II; LACF – Liberal Arts Fine Arts Core

Equivalent to: WR 224H

WR 224H, *INTRODUCTION TO FICTION WRITING, 3 Credits

Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACF – Liberal Arts Fine Arts Core

Equivalent to: WR 224

WR 227HZ, *TECHNICAL WRITING, 4 Credits

Introduces students to producing instructive, informative, and persuasive technical/professional documents aimed at well-defined and achievable outcomes. Focuses on presenting information using rhetorically appropriate style, design, vocabulary, structure, and visuals. Gathers, reads, and analyzes information and learns a variety of strategies for producing accessible, usable, reader-centered deliverable documents that are clear, concise, and ethical.

Attributes: CSW2 – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing II; HNRS – Honors Course Designator

Prerequisite: WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better or WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or Exam for Waiver - WR 121 with a score of 1

Equivalent to: WR 227Z

WR 227Z, *TECHNICAL WRITING, 4 Credits

Equivalent to: WR 227HZ

WR 230, *ESSENTIALS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR, 3 Credits

Introduces students to the structure of sentences with a focus on beginning grammar. Students in WR 230 will learn the differences between clauses and phrases, how to recognize subjects and predicates in a variety of sentence types, how to avoid the most common grammatical errors in student writing, and how to use punctuation correctly--and with intention. Students will complete readings, watch videos, participate in discussions, and demonstrate understanding through weekly quizzes. They will also challenge themselves with numerous writing activities, and complete writing analysis projects. (Bacc Core Course)

WR 240, *INTRODUCTION TO NONFICTION WRITING, 3 Credits

Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better

This course is repeatable for 9 credits.

WR 241, *INTRODUCTION TO POETRY WRITING, 3 Credits

Discussion workshop. Rudiments of mechanics and some background in development of modern poetry.

WR 250, *PODCAST STORYTELLING, 3 Credits

Focuses on the skills needed to write, record, and produce informative and engaging podcasts. Students develop themes, write scripts, conduct interviews, and learn to make thoughtful editing decisions in the production of audio podcasts.

WR 299, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits

Wr 301, *publishing and editing, 3 credits.

Invites students to learn about editing and copyediting techniques, broader editorial decisions, and current publishing platforms. Students will learn about scholarly publishing in the U.S. and about how social media and public relations fit into this world. Participants will also explore editing within a rhetorical dimension, considering purpose and audience, as well as conventions of grammar, mechanics, and usage. Students will review a scholarly article reporting on research in editing and/or publishing; as well as develop a publication-ready work of their own. As part of a final project, the class will work toward a collaborative publication.

Prerequisite: WR 121 with D- or better or WR 121H with D- or better or WR 121Z with D- or better or WR 121HZ with D- or better

WR 303, *WRITING FOR THE WEB, 3 Credits

Concerns the production of instructive, informative, and rhetorically savvy writing for Web-based locations and applications. Helps people find information, get things done, convey their opinions, build communities, and collaborate on complex projects.

WR 310, WRITING THE YOUNG ADULT NOVEL, 3 Credits

Explores the literary Young Adult (YA) novel by analyzing the plot, character, language, setting, and voice of established authors. Incorporates YA-specific craft elements to produce novelistic and literary writing. Develops and adapts an established structure and outline for a YA novel. Embarks on YA novel writing journey with rigorous revisions from peer review and instructor feedback.

Prerequisite: WR 224 with C- or better or WR 224H with C- or better

WR 311, WRITING SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY, 4 Credits

Analyzes contemporary, literary, science-fiction and fantasy short stories and novels to identify and integrate writing techniques. Examines the ways in which these genres comment on our current social constructs and imagine new ones. Practices genre-specific conventions, such as rules of technology or magic. Applies concepts learned to write fiction scenes and stories.

Recommended: WR 224 ; analytical, critical thinking, and writing skills

WR 320, NARRATIVE MEDICINE: BODIES, BEHAVIORS, AND BELIEFS, 4 Credits

Focuses on contemporary poetry and nonfiction by writers who are medical professionals, patients, and caregivers. Studies the authors’ different perspectives to consider the griefs and joys, concerns and comforts they have in common. Explores the body’s struggles and failures, recoveries and triumphs. Encourages a heightened sense of empathy and develops a practice of thoughtful self-examination through in-depth class discussions and weekly writing prompts.

WR 323, *ADVANCED WRITING & ARGUMENTATION, 3 Credits

Explores advanced argumentation and writes research-based essays to persuade specific audiences. Analyzes texts to evaluate rhetorical purpose and genre conventions. Develops advanced information literacy skills, evaluating and incorporating appropriate research sources. Applies stylistic awareness in writing through close attention to audience and rhetorical context. Crafts advanced strategies for writing processes, collaborating with peers and/or instructor to develop drafts, revise, and reflect to improve transfer to future writing contexts.

Equivalent to: WR 323H

WR 323H, *ADVANCED WRITING & ARGUMENTATION, 3 Credits

Equivalent to: WR 323

WR 324, SHORT STORY WRITING, 4 Credits

Study and writing of the short story. (FA)

Attributes: LACF – Liberal Arts Fine Arts Core

Prerequisite: WR 224 with D- or better or WR 224H with D- or better

WR 327, *TECHNICAL WRITING, 3 Credits

Continued practice in writing with an emphasis on the rhetorical and critical thinking demands of writers in scientific and technological fields. NO LONGER TAUGHT. REPLACED WITH COMMON COURSE NUMBER WR 227Z .

Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or Exam for Waiver - WR 121 with a score of 1

Equivalent to: WR 327H

WR 330, *UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR, 3 Credits

Advanced study of traditional grammatical forms and conventional grammatical terms with emphasis on the assumptions underlying the structure of traditional grammar.

WR 340, CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING, 4 Credits

Intermediate study and writing of creative nonfiction.

Prerequisite: WR 240 with D- or better

WR 341, POETRY WRITING, 4 Credits

Study and writing of verse. (FA)

Prerequisite: WR 241 with D- or better

WR 353, WRITING ABOUT PLACES, 3 Credits

Utilizing personal experience, reading, and research, students, study, discuss, and practice the conventions of writing about place far and near, global and local, for various audiences and in a range of formats.

WR 362, *SCIENCE WRITING, 3 Credits

Students learn and practice the conventions for writing scientific material for a variety of audiences. Involves writing and research assignments, multimedia presentations, lecture, and in-class and online activities.

Equivalent to: WR 362H

WR 362H, *SCIENCE WRITING, 3 Credits

Equivalent to: WR 362

WR 383, FOOD WRITING, 4 Credits

Focuses on the skills needed to write, edit, and publish engaging stories about food, from recipes to food magazine features. Develops story ideas, practices reporting on those ideas using journalistic techniques, and learns fundamental skills about the publishing process.

WR 390, HABITS OF CREATIVE PRACTICE, 2 Credits

Explores embodied practices of creative work, defined as the habits, tools, and procedures used by writers, artists, scholars, engineers, programmers, or other practitioners to shape the physical, emotional, and intellectual experience of sitting down to work on a project. Examines creative practice techniques from established practitioners in multiple genres and disciplines. Inventories material, psychological, and social conditions that influence the generation of creative work. Offers collaborative framework for student-designed experimentation with various elements of and approaches to creative practice to create individualized portfolios of adaptable habits, rituals, and strategies.

Recommended: Collaboration, writing, and self-reflection skills

WR 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits

Equivalent to: WR 399H

WR 399H, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits

Equivalent to: WR 399

WR 401, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits

Wr 402, independent study, 1-16 credits, wr 403, thesis, 1-16 credits, wr 404, writing and conference, 1-16 credits, wr 405, reading and conference, 1-16 credits, wr 406, projects, 1-16 credits, wr 407, seminar, 1-16 credits, wr 408, workshop, 1-16 credits, wr 411, ^the teaching of writing, 4 credits.

Pedagogy and theory in composition; prepares teachers (secondary through college) in writing process, assignment design, evaluation, and grammar. Also focuses on students' own writing.

WR 414, ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING, 4 Credits

Writing news releases, annual reports, brochures, newsletters, and other PR materials. Writing advertising copy.

WR 420, STUDIES IN WRITING, 4 Credits

Selected topics in rhetoric and composition.

WR 424, ADVANCED FICTION WRITING, 4 Credits

Workshop. (FA)

Prerequisite: WR 324 with D- or better

WR 435, SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, & PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION CAPSTONE, 1 Credit

Complete a portfolio comprised of material generated throughout previous courses in the Certificate in Scientific, Technical, and Professional Communication.

Recommended: Completion of 18 credits towards the Scientific, Technical, and Professional Communication Certificate

WR 440, ADVANCED CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING, 4-8 Credits

An advanced course in creative nonfiction writing, centered around workshops of polished material.

Prerequisite: WR 340 with D- or better

WR 441, ADVANCED POETRY WRITING, 4 Credits

Advanced poetry workshop.

Prerequisite: WR 341 with D- or better

WR 448, MAGAZINE ARTICLE WRITING, 4 Credits

Writing the magazine article. Analyzing markets and writing query and cover letters, marketing manuscripts to magazines. Interviewing and researching.

WR 449, CRITICAL REVIEWING, 4 Credits

Writing critical reviews of books, television programs, movies, plays, and restaurants for newspapers and magazines. The role of criticism in popular culture.

WR 460, ^WRITING OF THE SEA, 4 Credits

Introduces the traditions and modalities of writing used in marine studies disciplines, including technical, creative, analytical, and journalistic writing. Uses rhetorical structure and strategies to express personal beliefs about, responses to, and ethical commitments toward the world’s oceans.

Equivalent to: WR 460X

WR 462, ^ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING, 4 Credits

Writing about environmental topics from multiple perspectives. Includes science journalism, research and writing on current scientific issues and controversies, and theories of rhetoric and environmentalism.

WR 466, ^ADVANCED TECHNICAL WRITING, 4 Credits

Introduces the texts, contexts, and concepts important to the practice of professional communication in organizational contexts, addressing practical writing skills, rhetoric, and ethics. Course readings concern what professional technical writers do and what theories govern their actions, bridging the gap between real-world problems and academic research. Emphasizes solving real-world writing and communication problems with empirical research, usability testing, and information design.

Prerequisite: WR 121 with D- or better or WR 121H with D- or better

WR 475, RHETORICS OF RACE, 4 Credits

By exploring the interrelated concepts of race, racialization, and racism, Rhetorics of Race problematizes race as a taken-for-granted phenomenon. Through reading, writing, and discussion, class participants study racial formations as historically specific and analyze contemporary forms of racism in the US. Readings and discussion pay close attention to how rhetoric and discourse have the power to reproduce and challenge white supremacy and race-based oppressions. Emphasizing the intersectionality of oppression—that racism necessarily takes place at intersections with other forms of subordination including sexism, homophobia, ablelism, etc.—Rhetorics of Race draws from Queer Black Feminism, Chican@ Feminism, and Critical Race Theory.

WR 495, ^INTRODUCTION TO LITERACY STUDIES, 4 Credits

Literacy studies in multidisciplinary contexts. Examines historical, theoretical, and practical relationships among reading, writing, language, culture, and schooling.

WR 497, DIGITAL LITERACY AND CULTURE, 4 Credits

From pencils to pixels, telegraphs to texts, and semaphores to social networking, Digital Literacy and Culture focuses on the relationships between human expression and the technologies that provide context, meaning, and shape to those expressions.

WR 499, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits

Wr 500, mfa residency, 1-20 credits.

Low-Residency Masters of Fine Arts Residency. Required course for graduate students in the Low-Residency Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.

This course is repeatable for 48 credits.

WR 501, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits

Wr 502, independent study, 1-16 credits, wr 503, thesis, 1-16 credits, wr 504, writing and conference, 1-16 credits, wr 505, reading and conference, 1-16 credits, wr 506, projects, 1-16 credits, wr 507, seminar, 1-16 credits, wr 508, workshop, 1-16 credits, wr 509, practicum, 1-16 credits.

Required practicum for graduate students teaching introduction to poetry writing.

WR 511, THE TEACHING OF WRITING, 4 Credits

Pedagogy and theory in composition; prepares teachers (secondary through college) in writing process, assignment design, evaluation, and grammar. Also focuses on student's own writing.

WR 512, CURRENT COMPOSITION THEORY, 4 Credits

Current rhetoric and composition theory and its applications for teachers and writers.

WR 513, LOW-RESIDENCY MFA MENTORSHIP, 5-12 Credits

Low-Residency Masters of Fine Arts Mentorship. Required course for graduate students in the Low-Residency Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.

This course is repeatable for 36 credits.

WR 515, M.A. THESIS WRITING, 1 Credit

Explores, evaluates, and integrates MA thesis genre conventions, strategies for drafting and revising prose, and productive and healthy writing habits specifically for graduate students in writing, literature, and film. Produces a draft of one thesis chapter.

This course is repeatable for 5 credits.

WR 517, TEACHING PRACTICUM: ENGLISH COMPOSITION, 2 Credits

Required practicum for graduate students teaching English Composition.

WR 519, TEACHING PRACTICUM: WR 222, 1 Credit

This practicum prepares graduate teaching assistants to teach Writing 222 (Argumentation). It includes both theoretical and practical components, providing an overview of the curriculum and addressing course development, lesson planning, and pedagogical best practices. The practicum is required for SWLF graduate students with a focus in rhetoric and composition.

WR 520, STUDIES IN WRITING, 4 Credits

Wr 521, teaching practicum: fiction writing, 1 credit.

Required practicum for graduate students teaching introduction to fiction writing.

This course is repeatable for 3 credits.

WR 522, TEACHING PRACTICUM: POETRY WRITING, 1 Credit

Wr 523, teaching practicum: nonfiction writing, 1 credit.

Required practicum for graduate students teaching introduction to nonfiction writing.

WR 524, ADVANCED FICTION WRITING, 4 Credits

Advanced fiction workshop with an emphasis on developing longer pieces.

This course is repeatable for 24 credits.

WR 526, READING FOR WRITERS, 3 Credits

Illustrates the generative potential that revision holds for writers. Cultivates strategies for naming or creating writing opportunities and chances for discovery, practices revising a significant work of original writing.

WR 529, COMPASSIONATE CRITIQUE, 3 Credits

Conducts a close study of the unique, complicated dynamics at work in peer critique, with an emphasis on strategies for response that might challenge familiar modes of criticism and traditional workshop dynamics. Implements the basics of workshop; students practice reading and critiquing peers’ work across different genres.

WR 530, INTRODUCTION TO WRITING POETRY, 3 Credits

Practices the sharing of original work and critiquing the poetry of others. Creates an opportunity to experiment with writing in different poetics styles and forms.

Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B]

WR 531, INTRODUCTION TO WRITING FICTION, 3 Credits

Introduces the craft of writing fiction through discussion of fundamental storytelling techniques such as plot design, character arcs, narrative structure and issues relating to pacing, tone and style. Discusses student work and devises specific strategies for brainstorming, troubleshooting and revising.

WR 532, INTRODUCTION TO WRITING CREATIVE NONFICTION, 3 Credits

Practices the sharing of original work and critique the work of others. Explore the freedoms and limitations inherent in this genre through supplemental readings and through in-class generative writing prompts.

WR 533, ADVANCED POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP, 3 Credits

Practices ethically engaged workshop skills and enacts a regular writing and revision process to strengthen/revise a substantial body of original work. Participate in group writing exercises.

Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B] and WR 530 [B]

WR 534, ADVANCED FICTION WRITING WORKSHOP, 3 Credits

Addresses advanced issues of craft, including sophisticated storytelling techniques, achieving consistency (tone, balance, rhythm), and other key elements of successful sustained narratives (character arcs, plot design, structural dynamics).

Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B] and WR 531 [B]

WR 535, ADVANCED CREATIVE NONFICTION, 3 Credits

Focuses on advanced issues of craft, emphasizing how life events or circumstances can be used to ground inquiry and reflect on larger social, political, and cultural domains. Includes synthesizing research artfully, achieving consistency (tone, balance, proportion), experimenting with innovative techniques, becoming more rhetorically aware, and revising intentionally.

Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B] and WR 532 [B]

WR 536, REVISION, 2 Credits

Focuses on the generative potential of revision. Discusses and analyzes texts by well-known writers on the value of revision and revision strategies. Identifies opportunities for expansion and/or compression in original work. Cultivates editorial strategies that students deploy in peer-evaluations and in the revision of a substantial body of original creatives work.

Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B] and ( WR 533 [B] or WR 534 [B] or WR 535 [B])

WR 537, WRITING FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 3 Credits

Build graduate-level writing and rhetorical skills and identify and utilize the conventions of researched-based writing in their field with the end goal of being more confident and effective writers of academic argument. Analyze writing in their own fields, develop papers through all stages of the writing process, and work to expand graduate-level academic vocabulary and scientific and technical writing conventions.

This course is repeatable for 15 credits.

WR 538, CREATIVE WRITING PEDAGOGY, 2 Credits

Supports participants in developing their own philosophy and approach to creative writing pedagogy. Explores points of confluence between workshop, pedagogical best practices, arts education, and social justice through practicum (designing and implementing unique Teaching Portfolios and Teaching Philosophies), as well as discussion and reflection on essays about MFA programs and teaching by field leaders. Synthesizes practicum outcomes through peer-participation and peer review.

WR 539, CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN SPANISH: TALLER DE CREACIÓN LITERARIA EN ESPAÑOL, 3 Credits

English: Critiques texts in Spanish, English and Spanglish from across the Spanish-speaking literary world, including U.S. Latinx authors. Spanish: Estudian textos en Español, Inglés, y Espanglish del mundo hispanohablante, incluyendo autores Latinx de EE.UU. Escriben y comparten obras originales en respuesta a instrucciones y comentan en las obras de sus compañeros.

WR 540, ADVANCED NONFICTION WRITING, 4 Credits

Advanced creative nonfiction workshop with an emphasis on developing longer pieces.

WR 541, ADVANCED POETRY WRITING, 4 Credits

Wr 542, publishing, 2 credits.

Prepares students to participate in the literary marketplace. Topics include how to find the right “fit” for your work, writing the query letter, working with editors, when to get an agent, negotiating a contract, self-publishing and independent publishing.

WR 550, POETRY FOUNDATIONS 1: PROSODY, 3 Credits

Analyzes poetic elements, organized around the history and evolution of poetic forms, including syllable, stanza, and line; of stress, meter, rhyme, and a variety of countings, as well as contemporary explorations of fragmentation, interruption, chance and silence. Demonstrates a range of structural elements, experimental and classic. Integrates craft theory and its application in original student work.

Prerequisite: WR 526 (may be taken concurrently) with B or better and WR 529 (may be taken concurrently) [B]

WR 551, POETRY FOUNDATIONS 2: TRANSNATIONAL TRANSLATIONS, 3 Credits

Introduces a range of writers whose poetry travels across the borders of nation, language, and form, providing a transnational lens on poetic craft. Includes critical essays on the art of translation. Integrates craft theory and analysis and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own writing.

WR 552, POETRY FOUNDATIONS 3: POETICS, 3 Credits

Explores the long tradition of the articulation of the meaning and purpose of poetry, from Aristotle to ‘undocumented poetics.’ Introduces essays and poems that give shape to aesthetic judgments and encourages students to respond in their own writing to the history of poetic ideas. Craft analysis integrates craft theory and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own writing.

WR 553, POETRY FOUNDATIONS 4: EXPERIMENTAL FORMS, 3 Credits

Introduces a range of experimental poetry by writers from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Examines and interrogates the role of “identity,” “narrative,” and “the lyric I” in poetic traditions. Integrates craft theory and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own writing.

WR 554, FICTION FOUNDATIONS 1: NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS, 3 Credits

Analyzes the formal elements of the craft—narrative structure, character development, point of view consistency, style, detail, imagery, and theme. Identifies specific technical strategies for achieving the writer’s intentions for the work. Considers what general principles might govern story form but also the wide latitude a writer has in addressing them.

WR 555, FICTION FOUNDATIONS 2: SHORT FICTION, 3 Credits

Tracks the development of short stories from the mid-nineteenth century to present, in English and in translation. Genres may include psychological realism, modernism, and postmodernism. Stories are contextualized historically and in terms of aesthetic tradition. Craft analysis integrates craft theory and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own writing.

WR 556, FICTION FOUNDATIONS 3: NARRATIVE DESIGN, 3 Credits

Examines the design and construction of long fiction narratives with an eye toward the relationship between form and content. Craft analysis integrates craft theory and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own writing.

WR 557, FICTION FOUNDATIONS 4: EXPERIMENTAL FORMS, 3 Credits

Explores experimental approaches to fictional prose, emphasizing writers who work against the conventions of narrative realism. Craft analysis integrates craft theory and emphasizes how students may apply these techniques in their own writing. Readings from various traditions, American and international, showcase discontinuous narratives, metafictional techniques, and non-narrative forms, and serve as models for students’ own writing.

WR 558, CREATIVE NONFICTION FOUNDATIONS: NARRATIVE, 3 Credits

Analyzes the formal elements that creative nonfiction borrows from fiction, including narrative, persona/voice, and characterization. Analyzes the ways nonfiction differs, including the use of double perspective and its effect on narrative structure, the ethics of characterization, and the effective management of narrative distance.

WR 559, CREATIVE NONFICTION FOUNDATIONS: DOCUMENTARY, 3 Credits

Connects documentary poetics and creative nonfiction through an analysis of style. Readings will demonstrate the use of research strategies, including oral histories, interviews, immersion, and the gathering of information from various types of sources. Uses research to ground and expand the work and experiments with various writing techniques.

WR 560, CREATIVE NONFICTION FOUNDATIONS: LYRIC, 3 Credits

Explores the formal elements that creative nonfiction borrows from poetry: imagery, figurative language, juxtaposition, collage, fragmentation, associative movement, and other nonlinear through-lines. Draws from a diverse array of both writers and styles. Explores how lyrical elements work together in an organic whole through experimentation in original student work.

WR 561, CREATIVE NONFICTION FOUNDATIONS: EXPERIMENTAL FORMS, 3 Credits

Emphasizes innovative nonfiction through investigations of non-traditional approaches such as, the segmented essay, the uses of fabrication and falsification, hypertext and digital experiments, formal innovations, and more. Practice using such boundary-pushing techniques to expand the possibilities of their own nonfiction.

WR 562, ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING, 4 Credits

Wr 570, critical studies: reading difference, power, and privilege, 2 credits.

Examines texts by writers from diverse communities on topics such as intersectionality, antiracism, and privilege. Discusses how difference, power, and privilege function as content and form in literary texts while writing and sharing original work.

WR 571, CRITICAL STUDIES: WRITING DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND PRIVILEGE, 2 Credits

Analyzes and discusses what writing difference means for literary craft. Assesses moral and ethical dimensions of literary technique and creates original work.

Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B] and WR 570 [B]

WR 572, CRITICAL STUDIES: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, 2 Credits

Explores blending writing practices with promoting the literary arts through community engagement and/or public facing events in traditional and non-traditional settings.

Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B] and WR 570 [B] and WR 571 [B]

WR 573, THESIS & DISSERTATION WRITING, 3 Credits

Supports students who are in the writing stages of their thesis or dissertation. Teaches rhetorical analysis of model texts, techniques for drafting and revising texts, strategies for overcoming writing blocks, and methods of self-care for managing stress.

This course is repeatable for 30 credits.

WR 574, CRITICAL STUDIES: CRITICAL INTRODUCTION, 3 Credits

Prepares students for the writing of the thesis, specifically the Critical Introduction. Explores protocols, terminology and discourse patterns necessary to complete the thesis. Connects program of study to students’ original writing and reflects on chosen forms and future goals.

Prerequisite: WR 526 with B or better and WR 529 [B] and WR 570 [B] and WR 571 [B] and WR 572 [B]

WR 575, RHETORICS OF RACE, 4 Credits

Wr 585, contemporary rhetoric theory, 4 credits.

Familiarizes students with a range of theories that have significantly contributed to or influenced the field of modern and contemporary rhetorical research. Examines scholars, concepts, and methodologies that are central to contemporary rhetorical theory, while touching on key critical theorists who, although may be considered outside the field of rhetoric studies, impact the ways in which language, persuasion, and communication are currently understood. From this work, students develop their own perspectives and generate evidence-based arguments concerning those same issues.

WR 593, THE RHETORICAL TRADITION AND THE TEACHING OF WRITING, 4 Credits

Major past and contemporary theories of written communication, their historical context, and their impact on writing and the teaching of writing.

WR 595, INTRODUCTION TO LITERACY STUDIES, 4 Credits

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katerina (kat) puglisi (she/her/hers)

Kat is the current treasurer of the Creative Writing Society, and a purveyor of chaotic writing (in a good way, of course). A Bay Area native, she came to OSU to study Business Administration with a double minor in Writing and Film Studies. She's too indecisive to pick a favorite genre to write in, so she dabbles in almost all of them, making sure not to take any of them too seriously (the more absurd, the better). In her free time she enjoys reading, watching movies, and baking way more things than she knows what to do with.

Cooper Theodore (he/him/his)

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Cooper is one of the two vice presidents of the Creative Writing Society and is currently in his fourth year at OSU as a creative writing major. He is one of the many ex computer science majors turned please-anything-else majors. Because he was homeschooled, he knows a lot about random, inconsequential things and nothing about stuff everyone should know. He loves to write fantasy mostly but has been gaining an appreciation for non-fiction recently. He doesn’t understand poetry at all though, so if you could come explain it to him that’d be great. His list of interests is long, so just start talking to him and I'm sure you'll find something in common. Please. It'd make his day.

Benjamin toledo (they/them/theirs)

Having swapped their major three times, Ben Toledo is majoring in Creative Writing and is one of two vice presidents for the Creative Writing Society. They were born in Corvallis and have lived in the Willamette Valley their whole life. They generally focus on writing fantasy and enjoy writing short stories, novels, comics, and tv scripts. When they're not writing, they are often planning for D&D, playing video games, listening to music, or caring for their Leopard Gecko. They are also currently living with a snake, two frogs, two ferrets, another gecko, and a cat.

Sheyanne Loose (she/her/hers)

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Sheyanne is the current president of the Creative Writing Society. She is an undergraduate student majoring in Creative Writing with a minor in Psychology. Born in Keizer, OR, she now calls Corvallis her home. Almost every day, you can find her walking to and from OSU for her classes, club meetings, and work at Academics for Student Athletes as an academic mentor and tutor. While she mostly focuses on fiction, she also enjoys writing creative nonfiction and would like to focus on fantasy in the future. Her favorite pastimes include reading, writing, martial arts, and playing video games. This year, she plans to participate in NaNoWriMo, apply to graduate schools for an MFA in Creative Writing, and finish her Bachelor of Arts.

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Founded in 2012, the OSU-Cascades Low-Residency MFA in Writing is an intimate program with an award-winning faculty and a stunning residency location. Our curriculum builds sustainable writing habits, strong craft foundations and the essential skills to become a critical and ethical reader and writer in a diverse literary world. Join a community that supports creative risk-taking and helps you develop the skills and mindset to center writing in your life beyond graduation.

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Our approach offers flexibility, community and independence. Over two years, you will take challenging synchronous and asynchronous courses and participate in writing workshops guided by our philosophy of compassionate critique. Faculty mentorships are game-changing opportunities to hone your voice and your vision.

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Learn more about the MFA in Writing's  course of study, residencies and curriculum .

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Dedicated, diverse, award-winning and inspiring, the OSU-Cascades faculty have a wealth of experiences and perspectives on writing and the writing life.

MFA faculty author Raquel Gutiérrez's essay collection " Brown Neon " (Coffee House Press) has been celebrated by the "Today Show," Vogue and The New Yorker .

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The MFA in Writing at OSU in Corvallis has a long tradition of excellence. Recognizing the need to bring an outstanding education to students with different life stories, faculty on both campuses partnered to bring a low-residency MFA in Writing to Central Oregon in 2012. Here in the OSU-Cascades low-residency MFA, we continue that tradition of excellence, growing creative writers with exemplary publication records, and a passion for loving this world, through art.

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Whether you're a seasoned pro or a beginner, we have tons of art and craft options to choose from. Our well-equipped studios, non-credit classes and workshops, open studio time, tech time help, self-guided craft kits, and special programming are all available to you. We can't wait for you to join our creative community and make something!

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