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Graduate/Undergraduate Courses


  • 401 Medieval Literature (3)
  • 402 Chaucer (3)
  • 404 Shakespeare I: Early Plays (3)
  • 405 Shakespeare II: Later Plays (3)
  • 406 Renaissance Drama (3)
  • 409 Spenser and his Contemporaries
  • 410 Milton, Donne, and their Contemporaries
  • 411 Literature of the Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century: Dryden to Pope (3)
  • 412 Literature of the Later Eighteenth Century: Johnson to Burns (3)
  • 413 Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Genres and Modes (3)
  • 414 Romantic Poetry and Prose I (3)
  • 415 Romantic Poetry and Prose II (3)
  • 416 Early Victorian Literature (3)
  • 419 Later Victorian Literature (3)
  • 420 The Nineteenth-Century British Novel (3)
  • 421 Modern British Novel (3)
  • 422 Women Writers in Britain (3)
  • 431 Colonial, Federal, and Early National American Literature (3)
  • 432 American Romanticism and Transcendentalism (3)
  • 433 American Realism and Naturalism (3)
  • 434 Modern American Literature (3)
  • 435 American Novel before 1900 (3)
  • 436 Modern American Novel (3)
  • 441 Southern Literature (3)
  • 442 American Humor (3)
  • 443 Topics in Black Literature (3)
  • 451 Modern British and American Poetry (3)
  • 452 Modern Drama, 1880-1945 (3)
  • 453 Contemporary Drama (3)
  • 454 Twentieth-Century International Novel (3)
  • 455 Persuasive Writing (3)
  • 456 Contemporary/Postmodern Literature (3)
  • 460 Technical Editing (3)
  • 462 Writing for Publication (3)
  • 463 Advanced Poetry Writing (3)
  • 464 Advanced Fiction Writing (3)
  • 466 Writing, Layout, and Production of Technical Documents (3)
  • 470 Special Topics in Rhetoric (3)
  • 471 Sociolinguistics (3)
  • 472 American English (3)
  • 474 Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language I (3)
  • 476 Second Language Acquisition (3)
  • 477 Pedagogical Grammar for ESL Teachers (3)
  • 479 Literary Criticism (3)
  • 480 British and American Ballad and Folktale (3)
  • 481 Studies in Folklore (3)
  • 482 Major Authors (3)
  • 483 Special Topics in Literature (1-3)
  • 484 Special Topics in Writing (3)
  • 485 Special Topics in Language (3)
  • 486 Special Topics in Criticism (3)
  • 489 Special Topics in Film (3)
  • 490 Language and Law (3)
  • 495 Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition (3)
  • 496 Rhetoric of Legal Discourse (3)

Graduate Courses


  • 500 Thesis (1-15)
  • 502 Registration for Use of Facilities (3-15)
  • 505 Teaching Freshman Composition (3)
  • 506 Introduction to Literary Research
  • 507 Applied Criticism: The Rhetoric of Literary Forms (3, 3)
  • 508 History of the English Language I (alternate years only) (3)
  • 509 History of the English Language II (alternate years only) (3)
  • 513-14 Readings in Medieval Literature (3,3)
  • 520-21 Readings and Analysis in Selected Areas of Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Prose, Poetry, and Drama (3,3)
  • 530-31 Readings in English Literature of the Restoration and 18th Century (3,3)
  • 540 Readings in English Literature of the 19th Century I (3)
  • 541 Readings in English Literature of the 19th Century II (3)
  • 550-51 Readings in American Literature (3,3)
  • 552 Readings in Black American Literature (3)
  • 560-61 Readings in Twentieth-Century Literature (3,3)
  • 576 Introduction to Contemporary Criticism (3)
  • 580 Fiction Writing (3)
  • 581 Colloquium in Poetry Writing (3)
  • 582 Special Topics in Writing (1-3)
  • 583 Special Topics in Literature (3)
  • 584 Topics in Feminist Studies (3)
  • 585 Issues in Invention, Style, and Audience (3)
  • 586 History of Rhetoric I (3)
  • 587 History of Rhetoric II (3)
  • 588 Readings in Applied Rhetoric (3)
  • 590 Topics in Critical Theory (3)
  • 591 Foreign Study (1-15)
  • 592 Off-Campus Study (1-15)
  • 593 Independent Study (1-15)
  • 594 Film History, Rhetoric, and Analysis (3)
  • 600 Dissertation Hours
  • 610 Studies in Old English Language and Literature (3) (alternate years only)
  • 611 Studies in Beowulf (3) (alternate years only)
  • 620 Studies in Medieval English Literature (3)
  • 621 Studies in Chaucer (3)
  • 630-31 Studies in Renaissance Literature (3, 3)
  • 640-41 Studies in Restoration and 18th-Century Literature (3, 3)
  • 650 Studies in English Romanticism (3)
  • 651-52 Studies in Victorian Literature (3, 3)
  • 660-61-62 Studies in American Literature (3, 3, 3)
  • 670-71-72 Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature (3, 3, 3)
  • 680 Topics in English Language (3)
  • 682 Studies in Rhetoric and Composition (3)
  • 686 Studies in Creative Writing (3)
  • 688 Studies in Literary Criticism (3)
  • 690 Special Topics (3)
  • 694 Studies in Film (3)