ENGL - English

ENGL 450  Rhetoric and Composition: 3 Credits (3 Lec)

PREREQUISITE: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Intensive study in composition/rhetorical theory

ENGL 505  Teaching College Composition: 3 Credits (3 Other)

PREREQUISITE: Matriculation in the English M.A. or possession of an M.A. degree
COREQUISITE: A teaching assignment in a college composition course or equivalent writing instruction. (F, Sp) Writing pedagogy applicable to teaching writing at the college level. Covers major problems and issues in writing instruction (e.g. assignment design, work-shopping writing, evaluating writing). Required for English graduate teaching assistants concurrent with their first semester of teaching
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Repeatable up to 6 credits.

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  1. Develop an understanding of the history and tradition of college composition instruction in the United States, including rationales and goals for “freshman English” over the past twelve decades.
  2. Develop and experiment with a variety of approaches to crux issues in writing instruction such as assignment sequencing and evaluating writing.
  3. Learn a range of approaches to facilitating particular classroom approaches to writing instruction including reading student writing, workshopping, and responding to writing.
  4. Build broad familiarity with range of germinal thinkers in composition pedagogy, the concerns they advocated, and the place of their thinking in current approaches to college writing instruction.

ENGL 510  Studies in Critical Theory: 3 Credits (3 Other)

PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing. (Sp) Offered Spring, odd years. Topics in critical theory and practice. Explores how historical and contemporary theories of literature have shaped the ways readers, teachers, and critics have thought about such fundamental questions as canon formation, pedagogical practice, and the goals and purposes of literary studies as a field
Repeatable up to 6 credits.

ENGL 520  Pedagogy Theory and Practice: 3 Credits (3 Other)

PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing. Topics in English/literacy education. Examines different theoretical and pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning secondary English Language Arts/literacy
Repeatable up to 6 credits.

ENGL 530  Writing Theory and Practice: 3 Credits (3 Other)

PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing. (Sp) Offered Spring, even years. Topics in rhetoric and composition. Examines a variety of models that have historically governed composition theory and writing practice
Repeatable up to 6 credits.

ENGL 550  Focused Research Seminar: 3 Credits (3 Lec)

PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing. (Sp) Offered Spring, even years. Course prerequisites as determined for each offering. Topics offered at the graduate level not covered in the required courses. Involves directed research resulting in paper, as well as participation in preparing and presenting discussion material. Topics will vary
Repeatable up to 6 credits.

ENGL 560  Foundations of English Education: 3 Credits ()

(F) Offered Fall, odd years. ENGL 560 is designed to help practicing English, literacy, and language educators understand how contemporary conceptions of the secondary school subject “English” have emerged—and evolve—from a complex set of histories, politics, and ideologies. An underlying assumption is that what we currently know of as the school subject “English” is as much a constellation of (often competing and contradictory) conceptions that are defined and authorized by a wide range of stakeholders (e.g., students, teachers, administrators, corporate test makers, politicians) than a stable set of disciplinary-based epistemologies and methodological approaches.

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  1. Develop an understanding of various (competing) histories of and purposes for teaching the secondary school subject English ;
  2. Be able to evaluate existing curricula and develop new approaches for varied grade levels and contexts ;
  3. Develop an ability to articulate pressing, sociopolitical and sociocultural issues and consider how they impact teaching and learning English ;

ENGL 561  Introduction to Research in English and Literacy Studies: 3 Credits ()

PREREQUISITE: All students must be engaged in current or upcoming research. (F) Offered Fall, even years. This course is specifically designed for students working toward or developing research centered on a question about their teaching (K-16) or area of study in English/Literacy Studies. The course aims to guide students in the early stages of the research process, making them aware of different methodological approaches and then developing a structure and system that suit their question(s) and type of research. The course will also provide students with a support system and feedback

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  1. Be able to critically read and evaluate published scholarship in English and literacy studies. ;
  2. Develop an ability to identify and compose research questions that promote pedagogical inquiry ;
  3. Be able to recognize research protocols (including the IRB process) ;

ENGL 562  Place-based English and Literacy Curriculum: 3 Credits (3 Lec)

(Su) Offered Summer, even years. Place-based English and Literacy Curriculum will focus on the relationships between teaching contexts and English/literacy curricula and instruction. Using place-conscious theories, students will ascertain literacy (and other) resources in their teaching communities and establish/deepen connections with community members as a way to consider their curriculum “in-place.”.

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  1. Develop an understanding of concepts and terminologies related to place-based education, including (but not limited to) delineations and uses of place-consciousness & critical place-based pedagogies.
  2. Be able to evaluate differing educational contexts (e.g. rural, urban, parochial, public) and consider how they impact teaching and learning.
  3. Be able to recognize literacy (and other) resources in their community and consider how to establish connections with community members for more connected or “placed” learning opportunities.
  4. Develop effective curricula (for both in-person and virtual instruction)\\nthat integrate place-based concepts

ENGL 563  Topics in Teaching English Language Arts and Literacy in the Middle/High School: 3 Credits (3 Lec)

(Sp) Offered Spring, odd years. Topics in Teaching English Language Arts and Literacy in the Middle/High School is designed to help practicing English, literacy, and language educators develop a deep understanding of a particular topic or contemporary issue in the field of English Education. Each iteration of this course will focus the topic for teachers, with components focusing on designing lessons and assessment practices befitting the topic, as well as examining work samples from middle school and high school students.
Repeatable up to 6 credits.

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  1. Be able to critically read and contribute to research and scholarship about a topic in English Language Arts. ;
  2. Develop an ability to build teaching materials that suit distinct places and audiences, as well as navigate publicly-available educational resources on a topic in English Language Arts. ;
  3. Be able to recognize and engage in performance-based pedagogical techniques

ENGL 565  Literary Landscapes: 3 Credits ()

PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing. (F) Literary study of landscapes, focused on the ways in which such landscapes exist materially, politically, and symbolically. Studies include how landscapes are constructed, theorized, and influence other landscapes. Specific topics will vary
Repeatable up to 6 credits.

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  1. Students will actively formulate “literary landscape” as metaphor, geographic space, and/or location.
  2. Students will cogently participate in discussions that display current theoretical approaches.
  3. Students will perform research at a graduate level.
  4. Students will investigate applicable literary ideas, theories, and/or criticism
  5. Students will construct original theses and appropriate supporting arguments in written work.

ENGL 575  Professional Paper: 1-6 Credits ()

PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing. (F, Sp) A research or professional paper or project dealing with a topic in the field. The topic must have been mutually agreed upon by the student and his or her major advisor and graduate committee
Repeatable up to 6 credits.

ENGL 585  Multimodal Literacy Workshops in PK-16 Classrooms: 6 Credits (4 Lab, 2 Other)

(Su) Offered Summer, odd years. ENGL 585 focuses on “learning to write” and “writing to learn,” with a focus on writing workshops; building/enhancing writing communities (within school spaces); and creating specific curricula for multimodal writing workshops. Students will also explore their own identities as writers.

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  1. Develop knowledge of the history and theories of writing workshops at the primary and secondary levels.
  2. \\nCreate/extend multimodal literacy workshops for students in your teaching context and for your curricular area of emphasis.
  3. Produce multimodal writing, including written and digital texts.
  4. Develop an articulated understanding of identities as writers.
  5. Engage Yellowstone Writing Project teachers with writing curriculum specific to your teaching context.
  6. Be able to contribute original scholarship to National Writing Project networks.

ENGL 588  Professional Development: 1-3 Credits (1-3 Lec)

PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing, teaching experience and/or current employment in a school organization, consent of instructor and Dean of Graduate Studies. Courses offered on a one-time basis to fulfill professional development needs of in-service educators. A specific focus is given to each course, which is appropriately subtitled. May be repeated
Repeatable up to 3 credits.

ENGL 589  Graduate Consultation: 3 Credits (3 Other)

PREREQUISITES: Master's standing and approval of committee chair. This course may be used only by students who have completed all of their course work (and thesis, if on a thesis plan) but who need additional time

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  1. Graduate Consultation: Student learning outcomes will vary.

ENGL 590  Master's Thesis: 1-10 Credits (1-10 Other)

PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing. (F, Sp) A thesis dealing with a topic in the field. The topic must have been mutually agreed upon by the student and his or her major advisor and graduate committee
Repeatable up to 10 credits.

ENGL 591  Special Topics: 1-4 Credits (1-4 Lec)

PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing or seniors by petition. Offered Summer, even years. Course prerequisites as determined for each offering. Advanced study of topics in the discipline, in courses not required in any curriculum, including experimental offerings of visiting professors, trial offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics
Repeatable up to 12 credits.

ENGL 592  Independent Study: 1-4 Credits (1 Other)

PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing, consent of instructor, approval of department chair and Dean of Graduate Studies. (F, Sp) Directed research and study on an individual basis
Repeatable up to 6 credits.

ENGL 594  Graduate Seminar: 1-4 Credits (1 Other)

PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing or seniors by petition. Course prerequisites as determined for each offering. Topics offered at the graduate level which are not covered in regular courses. Students participate in preparing and presenting discussion material
Repeatable up to 4 credits.

ENGL 598  Internship: 1-12 Credits (1-12 Other)

PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing, consent of instructor, approval of the department chair, and completion of 15 credits of graduate work in English. (F, Sp) An individualized assignment arranged with an agency, business, school, or other organization to provide guided experience in the field
Repeatable up to 12 credits.