College of Arts and Sciences
Economics
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ECN 575 - Law and Market Economy College of Arts and Sciences
1 credit(s) Irregularly
Use of economic tools in the analysis of law and legal regulations, including use of economic incentives to analyze evolution of legal institutions and impact of these institutions on economic dynamics.
PREREQ: (ECN 301 OR 311) AND ECN 302
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ECN 580 - International Course College of Arts and Sciences
1-12 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
Repeatable
English
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ENG 105 - Introduction to Creative Writing College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
This course is designed to introduce the student to three types of creative writing: poetry, fiction and mixed literary forms, and the craft and skills needed to write effectively in each.
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ENG 107 - Living Writers College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Introduction to visiting writers and their work. Lectures and small group sections emphasize dynamic and plastic nature of writing. Opportunity to question the authors directly on content, influences, and technique.
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ENG 113 - British Literature, Beginnings to 1789 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
British literature before 1789.
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ENG 114 - British Literature, 1789 to Present College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
British literature since 1789.
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ENG 115 - Topics in British Literature College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Literary and cultural texts from Great Britain and the Commonwealth studied in the context of British history, culture, and politics. Readings may be focused by historical or thematic issues.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 117 - American Literature, Beginnings to 1865 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
American writing before 1865, mainly from the English-speaking colonies and the United States.
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ENG 118 - American Literature, 1865 to Present College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
American writing since 1865, mainly from the United States.
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ENG 119 - Topics in U.S. Literature College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
United States literary and cultural texts studied in the context of American history, culture, and politics. Readings may be focused by historical periods or thematic issues.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 121 - Introduction to Shakespeare College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Selected plays of Shakespeare read in conjunction with performances on video.
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ENG 122 - Introduction to the Novel College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Critical study of the history and development of the novel as literary form. Selected British, American, and postcolonial novels from the 18th century to the present.
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ENG 125 - Science Fiction Science Fiction
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
This course examines the history and social significance of the Science Fiction genre; it features time in our library’s Special Collections and opportunities for creative and collaborative work, as well as critical reading and writing.
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ENG 142 - Narratives of Culture: Introduction to Issues of Critical Reading College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Exploration of complexities of contemporary reading and interpretation of varied texts of culture. Concepts such as authorship, the book, readers, textuality, and contexts.
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ENG 145 - Reading Popular Culture College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Semiotic analysis of American culture and its artifacts. Topics of analysis may include consumerism, advertising, film, music, TV, video, language, gender/race/class, mythic characters, cultural outlaws, virtual culture.
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ENG 146 - Interpretation of New Media College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Critical analysis and historical study of new and emergent forms of screen-based texts.
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ENG 151 - Interpretation of Poetry College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Critical study of poetry from various historical periods. Formal, theoretical, and interpretive issues.
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ENG 152 - Interpretation of Drama College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Critical study of drama from various historical periods. Formal, theoretical, and interpretive issues.
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ENG 153 - Interpretation of Fiction College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Critical study of fiction from more than one historical period. Formal, theoretical, and interpretive issues.
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ENG 154 - Interpretation of Film College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Critical study of film from various historical periods. Formal, theoretical, and interpretive issues.
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ENG 155 - Interpretation of Nonfiction College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Critical study of nonfiction from more than one historical period and geographic locale. Formal, theoretical, and interpretive issues.
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ENG 156 - Interpretation of Games College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
This course will explore the evolving form of digital games, tracing their historical roots in traditional board games and other associated cultural modes of play to current and possible future iterations of video games. We will employ a range of critical approaches to gaming; games will be “read” and critically interrogated as texts, and the relationships between game, player, design, software, interface, and structures of play will be discussed.
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ENG 160 - Hip Hop and Ya Don’t Stop: Issues, Debates, and Controversies Hip Hop and Ya Don’t Stop: Issues, Debates, and Controversies
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
This course provides a rigorous historical and theoretical understanding of the emergence of hip hop culture. It examines the ways hip hop is implicated in contemporary debates on media effects, commercialization, youth violence and politics.
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ENG 164 - Children’s Literature College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Examining a variety of genres, including fairytales, folktales, and fables, nonsense poetry, didactic literature, adventure stories, picture books, and fantasy novels, we will consider the ways in which these texts represent childhood and how these representations are informed by historical, cultural, and psychological contexts.
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ENG 170 - American Cinema, from Beginnings to Present College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
History of American cinema from beginnings to present; consideration of the Hollywood studio system and its influence on the cinema.
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ENG 171 - World Cinema, Beginnings to Present College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
International history of film from beginnings to present.
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ENG 172 - The Literature of War and Peace College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Representations of war and peace in literature and screen media. How art reflects and inflects the social cultures of violent conflict.
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ENG 174 - World Literature, Beginnings to 1000 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Readings from classics of antiquity and the first millennium, including Gilgamesh, The Iliad, Ramayana, the Bible, Chinese and Japanese literature, the Qur¿an, and 1001 Nights. Texts are explored in historical context, both past and present.
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ENG 175 - World Literature, 1000 to Present College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Readings from major texts of the second millennium from
Africa, Europe, Latin America, India, China, and Japan. Texts
are explored in historical context, both past and present, with
an emphasis on social and aesthetic values.
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ENG 181 - Class and Literary Texts College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Construction and representation of “class,” especially as it affects the production and reception of literary and other cultural texts.
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ENG 182 - Race and Literary Texts College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Construction and representation of “race,” especially as it affects the production and reception of literary and other cultural texts.
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ENG 184 - Ethnicity and Literary Texts College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Ethnicity in literary and theoretical texts. Emphasizing conceptual paradigms, social issues, and aesthetic considerations in the practice of reading texts from ethnically differentiated literary traditions.
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ENG 192 - Gender and Literary Texts College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: WGS 192
Construction and representation of “gender,” especially as it affects the production and reception of literary and other cultural texts.
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ENG 193 - Introduction to Asian American Literature College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
This course delves into a broad range of Asian American literatures.
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ENG 194 - Introduction to Latino Literature College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
The course introduces students to the field of Latino literature, understood here simply as the creative writings of people of Hispanic descent in the territory that is now the United States.
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ENG 195 - Arab American Literature and Culture College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
This course is designed to familiarize students with the burgeoning field of contemporary Arab American literature, highlighting the ways in which this literature portrays and complicates Arab American identities and cultures.
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ENG 200 - Selected Topics College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable
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ENG 215 - Introductory Poetry Workshop College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Practice in writing poetry.
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ENG 216 - Introductory Literary Nonfiction Workshop College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Practice in writing literary nonfiction in a variety of genres, with particular attention paid to issues of craft and artistry.
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ENG 217 - Introductory Fiction Workshop College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Practice in writing fiction.
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ENG 221 - Humanistic Computing College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
This class will provide grounding for students with little or no technical background or previous programming experience. We will start from the ground up, learning to program with a focus on the applications, skills, and problems most relevant to students of art, literature, history, and related fields. Along the way, we will investigate the specific challenges and opportunities that computer programming affords the student of the humanities.
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ENG 230 - Topics in Ethnic Literary Traditions College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Studies in an ethnic literary tradition such as Latino, Irish, or Judaic literature.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 242 - Reading and Interpretation College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Introduction to questions of textuality and representation, making use of some theoretical material. Multiple ways of reading, with some emphasis on techniques of close textual analysis.
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ENG 270 - Experience Credit College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Repeatable
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ENG 290 - Independent Study College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
Repeatable
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ENG 301 - Practicum in Reading and Writing Prose College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Creative and critical engagement with the practices of reading and writing prose. Emphasis on both analytical and creative work.
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ENG 303 - Practicum in Reading and Writing Fiction College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Creative and critical engagement with the practices of reading and writing fiction. Emphasis on both analytical and creative work.
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ENG 304 - Practicum in Reading and Writing Poetry College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Creative and critical engagement with the practices of reading and writing poetry. Emphasis on both analytical and creative work.
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ENG 305 - Topics in Critical Analysis College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Objects, methods, and theories of one or more modes of critical reading.
PREREQ: ENG 242
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 310 - Topics in Literary Periods College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Chronological periods or movements in literary history; issues of periodization.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 311 - Literary Periods before 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Chronological periods or movements in literary history with a focus on texts written before 1900; issues of periodization.
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ENG 312 - Race and Literary Periods College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Constructions of race in a given chronological period or movement in literary history.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 313 - Race & Literary Periods Before 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Constructions of race in a given chronological period or movement in literary history with a focus on texts written before 1900.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 315 - Topics in Ethnic Literatures and Cultures College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Readings in one or more ethnic literature and culture, such as Irish, Italian American, Judaic, Latino, Native American, or Asian American.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 320 - Topics in Authors College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
One or more authors studied in relation to literary, social, and/or biographical history.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 321 - Authors before 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
One or more authors studied in relation to literary, social, and/or biographical history, with a focus on texts written before 1900.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 325 - History and Varieties of English College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Issues in the history and heterogeneity of the English language.
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ENG 330 - Topics in Theorizing Meaning and Interpretation College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Modes of theorizing textual and cultural interpretation.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 340 - Topics in Theorizing Forms and Genres College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Literary forms and genres and their features.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 341 - Theorizing Forms and Genres before 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Literary forms and genres and their features with a focus on texts written before 1900.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 345 - Critical Theory College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Advanced survey of contemporary theories of cultural and literary analysis.
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ENG 350 - Topics in Reading Nation and Empire College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
National cultures, imperialism, and resistance.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 351 - Reading Nation and Empire before 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
National cultures, imperialism, and resistance with a focus on texts written before 1900.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 352 - Race, Nation, and Empire College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Analysis of literary and cultural production at intersections of national cultures, imperialism, and race.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 353 - Race, Nation, and Empire before 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Relationship of race and racialization discourses to national cultures, imperialism, and resistance with a focus on texts written before 1900.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 355 - The Politics of the English Language College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
How culture embeds and enacts attitudes toward language: emergence of “standard” English, world Englishes and globalization, English-Only movement, gender and language, Ebonics, political correctness.
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ENG 360 - Topics in Reading Gender and Sexualities College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: WGS 360
Textual, cultural, and/or historical constructions of gender and sexualities.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 361 - Reading Gender and Sexuality before 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Textual, cultural, and/or historical constructions of gender and sexualities with a focus on texts written before 1900.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 362 - Race, Gender & Sexualities College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Textual, cultural, and historical constructions of gender and sexualities.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 363 - Race, Empire, and Sexuality Before 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Relationship of race and racialization discourses to imperialism, gender, and sexuality with a focus on texts written before 1900.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 401 - Advanced Writing Workshop: Poetry College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Extensive practice in writing poetry.
PREREQ: ENG 215
Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
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ENG 402 - Advanced Workshop: Literary Nonfiction College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Advanced workshop in the writing of literary nonfiction.
PREREQ: ENG 216 or instructor permission
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ENG 403 - Advanced Writing Workshop: Fiction College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Extensive practice in writing fiction, particularly the short story.
PREREQ: ENG 217
Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
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ENG 405 - Topics in Medicine and Culture College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Special topics in medicine and culture. Topics will vary.
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ENG 406 - Advanced Critical Writing in ETS College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Intensive practice in producing an English research project.
PREREQ: (WRT 205 OR ENL 213 ) AND ENG 242 AND TWO COURSES FROM ENG 300-465
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 407 - Advanced Critical Writing, Topics Before 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Intensive practice in producing an English research project with a focus on texts written before 1900.
PREREQ: WRT 105 , WRT 205 , ENG 242 and two courses ENG 300-465
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 410 - Topics in Forms and Genres College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
A literary genre studied in a particular historical period.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 411 - Forms and Genres before 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
A literary genre studied in a particular historical period with a focus on texts written before 1900.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 412 - Race, Forms & Genres College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Literary genres, race, and racialization in specific contexts and historical periods.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 413 - Race, Forms & Genres Before 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
A literary genre studied in a pre-1900 historical period, with an emphasis on the role that racial discourse played in the constitution of the genre.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 420 - Topics in Cultural Production and Reception College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Historical study of how the production and reception of cultural texts influence their interpretation.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 421 - Cultural Production and Reception before 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Historical study of how the production and reception of cultural texts influence their interpretation with a focus on texts written before 1900.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 422 - Race, Cultural Production & Reception College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Historical study of how the production and reception of cultural texts influence their interpretation with a focus on the intersection of interpretation with racial discourses.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 423 - Race, Cultural Production and Reception Before 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Study of the ways that the production and reception of cultural texts (pre-1900) influence their interpretation, with a sustained focus on race, empire, and/or culture.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 425 - Topics in Historical Modes of Inquiry College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Thematic, critical or methodological issues in the historical study of texts.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 426 - Topics in Literature, Culture, and Social Change College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Thematic, critical, or methodological issues in the historical study of texts.
Repeatable 1 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 430 - Topics in Theorizing Representation College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Theories, modes, and effects of representation.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 440 - Topics in Theorizing History and Culture College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
One or more theories of history, historicity, and culture.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 441 - Theorizing History and Culture before 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
One or more theories of history, historicity, and culture with a focus on texts written before 1900.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 444 - Topics in Theoretical Modes of Inquiry College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Thematic, critical, or methodological issues in the theoretical study of texts.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 450 - Reading Ethnicity College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Constructions of ethnicity in various cultural texts and discourses.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 452 - Reading Race and Ethnicity College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Constructions of race and/or ethnicity in various cultural texts and discourses.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 453 - Reading Race and Ethnicity Before 1900 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Constructions of race and/or ethnicity in various cultural texts and discourses, with a focus on texts written before 1900.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 460 - Topics in Reading Class and Economic Materiality College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Discourses of class and economic materiality as sites of power and resistance.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 464 - Topics in Reading Institutions and Ideologies College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Studies of institutions and ideologies in mediating and determining cultural representations, political power, and knowledge.
Repeatable 1 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 465 - Topics in Political Modes of Inquiry College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Thematic, critical, or methodological issues in the political study of texts.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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ENG 470 - Experience Credit College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Repeatable
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ENG 490 - Independent Study College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
Repeatable
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ENG 494 - Research Practicum in English and Textual Studies College of Arts and Sciences
1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Intensive practice in research and study of research methodologies aimed at defining an ETS thesis project.
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ENG 495 - Thesis Workshop College of Arts and Sciences
2 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Intensive directed research and writing aimed at producing an ETS thesis project.
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