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May 11, 2024
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2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]
Graduate Courses
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A list of graduate courses in alphabetical order.
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ELE 661 - Error Control Coding
Fundamentals of coding theory digital communications. Topics include finite fields, linear block codes, convolutional codes, and parallel concatenated codes. Design and implementation for a digital communication system.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 360 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 662 - Optical Communication
Fundamentals of the propagation of optical beams in various media. Theory and applications of optical resonators. Laser oscillation and modulation techniques of laser beams. Optical detection and noise in optical systems. Two-laser optical systems and phase conjugate optics.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 and ELE 360, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 664 - Spread Spectrum Communication Systems
Concepts of spread spectrum digital communication and frequency hopped communication systems, including code tracking loops, synchronization of the receiver spreading code, and binary shift register sequence.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 660 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 665 - Satellite Communications
Space vehicle overall design for communications. Orbital mechanics and the space environment presented along with station keeping, modulation methods, antenna and coding. Intended for engineers seeking entry into the satellite communications industry.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 360, ELE 575, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 670 - Microwave Circuits and Devices
Wave equation; microwave waveguides and components; solid-state devices and circuits; microwave integrated circuits; microwave test equipment and laboratory measurements.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 370 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 671 - Microwave Integrated Circuits
Analysis and design of microwave/millimeter wave integrated circuits using various transmissionline media, such as microstrips, finlines, and dielectric waveguides. “Supercompact” will be used as a design tool.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 672 - Microwave Solid-State Devices and Circuits
Theory of operation of passive and active microwave devices including beamlead detector and mixer diodes, switching and varactor diodes, Gunn and IMPATT diodes; use of these devices in various microwave circuits, such as receiver front-ends, Gunn and IMPATT oscillators, and voltage-controlled oscillators. Design of practical microwave/millimeter wave circuits.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 673 - Time Harmonics Electromagnetic Fields
Builds on advanced electromagnetic concepts to study wave propagation, resonators, and launching methods. Rigorous mathematical methods establish understanding for plane waves, cylindrical waves, and spherical waves. Body scattering, aperture principles, and perturbation methods are examined with specific focus on design, measurement, and formulation methods.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 370 and ELE 575 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 674 - Microwave Measurement and Beam Instrumentation Laboratory
Topics include (1) Microwave measurements in the time and frequency domains, basics of spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, and time domain reflectometers; (2) Transmission lines, complex impedance, reflection coefficients; (3) Microwave measurements with a vector network analyzer; basics of vector network analyzers; (4) Microwave components and devices, splitters, circulators, directional couplers, filters, etc.; (5) Beam signals for circular accelerators, beam spectrums, power spectral density, betatron and synchrotron signals; (6) Signals, noise and dynamic range, basic noise performance of devices and systems; (7) Impedance matching, basics of matching devices; (8) RF cavity measurements, cavity basics, bead pull, coupling, cavity bandwidth.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 561 or consent of the department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 677 - Advanced Microwave and Millimeter Wave Engineering
Analysis of various transmission-line media, including rectangular and circular waveguides, dielectric waveguides, finlines, and microstrip transmission lines; microwave/millimeter wave passive and active components; theory and design of integrated circuits, such as receiver front-ends; application of microwave systems and measurement techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 370 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 680 - Microprocessor Sensors and Control Systems
Application of microprocessors to various sensors including temperature, pressure, flow, and moisture measurements. Development of microprocessor based control systems. Includes laboratory experiments in microprocessor interface techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 380 or MEE 322, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 681 - State Space Analysis
Study of linear systems emphasizing state space analysis. Topics include signals and signal representation, mathematic description of continuous and discrete systems, matrices and linear spaces, state variables and linear continuous systems, state variables and linear discrete systems, system controllability and observability, and introduction to stability theory.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 682 - Nonlinear Control Systems
Study of the methods used for the analysis and design of nonlinear feedback control systems. Emphasis on the phase-plane method, numerical techniques, describing functions, and the methods of Lyapunov.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 683 - Computerized Control and Modeling of Automated Systems
Study of computerized control in automated systems for industries, emphasizing digital controllers and linear quadratic controllers (LQC). Topics include introduction to computer control, digital controller design, command generation for process control, process modeling, optimal design methods, finite-wordlength effects, and case studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 684 - Optimum Control Systems
Introduction to the basic theory and methods for the optimization of control system problems. Topics include matrix calculus, optimization with and without constraints, calculus of variations, dynamic programming with applications, optimal control of continuous and discrete systems, state estimation, and Kalman filters with electrical engineering applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 581 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 685 - Control Laws and Strategies for Multilink Manipulators
Study of servo control for manipulators, emphasizing various control schemes currently active in the robotic field. Topics include single-link control, kinematics and dynamics of multilink manipulators, computed torque technique, variable-structure control, nonlinear feedback control, resolved motion control, adaptive control, and force control.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 687 - Fuzzy Logic in Engineering
Study of fuzzy logic with emphasis on its engineering applications. Topics include classical and fuzzy sets, classical and fuzzy relations, membership functions, fuzzy-to-crisp conversions, fuzzy arithmetic, classical and fuzzy logic, fuzzy rulebased systems, fuzzy control systems, and other engineering applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ELE 689 - Introduction to Neural Networks
Study of neural networks with an engineering application emphasis. Topics include feedforward neural networks, single layer feedback neural networks, supervised and unsupervised learning, and associative memories, as well as topics related to intelligent systems such as genetic algorithms.
Credits: 3
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ELE 690 - Master’s Proposal
Conducting literature search and preliminary studies about the M.S. thesis or project topic. Students must submit a report about the proposed work and defend it in front of the student’s graduate committee. Proposal should clearly show that the proposed work is original and potentially leading to journal articles or patents. Must be passed with a grade of B or better. May be repeated up to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
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ELE 695 - Research in Electrical Engineering
Continuing research based upon topics proposed in ELE 690.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 690, or consent of department.
Credits: 1-9
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ELE 699A - Master’s Thesis
May be taken every semester of enrollment, but only 6 semester hours will count towards the degree.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 690 or consent of department.
Credits: 1-9
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ELE 699B - Master’s Project
May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 690 or consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
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ENGL 600 - Internship in the College Teaching of English
For teaching interns only. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours, all of which may be counted toward program requirements for the doctoral degree and for track II of the master’s degree. Only 3 semester hours may be applied toward track I of the master’s degree. S/U grading.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 601 - Bibliography and Methods of Research
Introduction to the philosophy and methods of literary research.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 602 - Literary Theory and Criticism
A. History of Literary Theory
B. Contemporary Literary Theory
C. Interpretation of Literary Texts
D. Feminist Literary Theory and Criticism
Study of the history, movements, and applications of literary criticism and theory. Each lettered topic may be taken only once.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 603 - Traditions in Written Rhetoric
Survey of major rhetoricians, theories, and movements from antiquity through present day. Focuses on defining rhetoric, tracing its changes throughout history, and considering its connections to writing studies and literary theory.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 604 - Topics in Materials for the English Language Arts Classroom
Analysis of new curriculum materials in English, with focus on language, literature, or composition. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 606 - Morphology
Investigation of linguistic processes of word structure; the nature of morphological systems; what morphology consists of; basic skills for analyzing word structure; awareness of morphological properties of English and other languages.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 607 - Topics in Literature
Study of special topics and periods of literature. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 608 - Research Methods in Linguistics
Introduction to doing and interpreting research in linguistics. Discussion and application of theory in both qualitative and quantitative research.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 609 - Creative Writing
A workshop/pedagogy course in poetry or fiction for students who wish to further their knowledge of literature through practice of the art, and for those who intend to become practicing writers and critics. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours as the topic changes.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 610 - Rhetoric of Prose Composition
Introduction to contemporary rhetorical theories and composition theory and research. Focuses on reading words of leading theorists and researchers and exploring implications for writing, teaching, and research.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 611 - History of the English Language
Linguistic analysis and description of the development of English from its earliest Anglo-Saxon stages to present-day British and American English.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 612 - Old English
Introduction to English at the earliest period of its history (i.e., before the Norman Conquest in 1066) with focus on the grammatical analysis of short prose works and the careful reading of several important poems.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 613 - Middle English
Analysis and description of the process by which Old English lost most of its Germanic inflections and gained an enormous Romance vocabulary in the wake of the Norman Conquest, with special attention to the persistence of dialectal variety as well as to the rise of a London standard.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 614 - Introduction to Linguistics
Survey of language and language study: elements of language, language change, language universals, first and second language acquisition, dialects, language and the brain, development of writing and contemporary writing systems, nonhuman communication, language change. Recommended as a preliminary course for students with little linguistic background.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 615 - Descriptive English Linguistics
Survey of analytical techniques and methods of describing phonological, morphological, and syntactic systems of language.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 616 - Pedagogical Grammar
Analysis and exemplification of the grammatical structures of English with particular attention paid to developing meta-language and explanatory adequacy for presenting grammatical concepts.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 617 - Phonology
Introduction to the sound systems of language: phones, allophones, and the nature of phonological systems; segments and natural classes of sounds; allophonic and process rules.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 618 - Syntax
Investigation of linguistic processes of word order and sentence structure; the nature of syntactic systems; what syntax consists of; basic skills for analyzing sentence structure; awareness of syntactic properties of English and other languages.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 619 - Varieties of English
Survey of methods and materials for analyzing the major varieties of English: regional, social, ethnic, gender, and situational varieties. Standard language and dialects. Attitudes toward varieties of language. World Englishes.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 620 - Semantics
Survey of linguistic approaches to word and sentence meaning. Types and sources of meaning, current theories of semantics and semantic relationships, representation of semantic meaning, tracking of meaning through extended discourse, and links between semantics and pragmatics.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 621 - Topics in Linguistics
Focus on specific topics in theoretical or applied linguistics, usually not explored in depth in more general language/linguistics courses. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours when the topic changes.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 622 - Theories and Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Survey of theoretical principles, interdisciplinary approaches, methodology, and practical applications essential for teaching English as a second/foreign language or as a second dialect. Emphasis on linguistic, psychological, and social backgrounds of language learning in a bilingual or multilingual setting.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 623 - Second Language Acquisition
Overview of the major theories and processes of second language acquisition including analyses of current empirical research in learner language and language-learning processes.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 624 - Professional Writing Institute
Studies in selected topics of special interest to students, teachers, and practitioners of written technical communication. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours as topic changes. May not be included in a program of courses for a graduate degree in English except upon approval of the director of graduate studies in English.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Permission of director of graduate studies in English.
Credits: 1-6
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ENGL 625 - Methods of Research in Professional Writing
Survey of theoretic, quantitative, and qualitative methods used by academic scholars and workplace professionals to conduct written technical communication research. Analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of different methodologies and their appropriateness for particular research goals and inquiries.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 626 - Technical Writing
Principles and strategies of planning, writing, and revising technical documents common in business and industry. Application in case studies and practical projects.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 627 - Technical Editing
Principles and strategies of preparing technical documents for publication, including editing for content, organization, style, and layout. Application in case studies and practical projects.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 628 - Internship in Technical Writing or Editing
Job-related experience involving primarily writing or editing and supervised cooperatively by the department’s internship coordinator and by the sponsoring company or organization. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 semester hours, but only 3 semester hours may be applied toward a graduate degree in English. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department internship coordinator.
Credits: 1-12
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ENGL 629 - Topics in Rhetoric
Topics in rhetorical theory and analysis. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 630 - Theory and Research in Professional Writing
Historical and theoretical introduction to technical communication as a scholarly discipline. Objectives include understanding how theory and research can enhance the field of technical communication, becoming better readers of theory and research, and considering possibilities for new research.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 631 - Topics in Professional Writing
Study of specific topics in technical communication, such as document design, technical communication in a digital age and usability testing. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 632 - Writing for Digital Media
Theories, principles, and strategies for effective digital composition. Special emphasis on the rhetorical conventions for online writing and the design of online information. Application in case studies and practical projects.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 633 - Pragmatics and Discourse
Linguistic analysis of the functions and structures of oral language above the level of the sentence. Emphasis on pragmatic theories and their application to natural-language discourse.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 634 - Linguistics and Literature
Exploration of the linguistic foundations of 20th century literary theory and criticism, with particular focus on linguistic methods of analyzing literary style.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 635 - Middle English Literature
Studies in important Middle English works (AD 1100-1500). May include prose, romance, lyric, religious allegory, and/or drama.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 636 - Beowulf
A close and thorough reading of this important early poem. Considers issues of grammar, poetics, and literary and social history. Requires reading knowledge of Old English.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 637 - Chaucer
Focus on the poetry, with additional consideration of historical background and literary antecedents.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 638 - 16th Century Prose and Poetry
Survey of Tudor prose and poetry (1485-1603), as reflected in the works of such writers as Skelton, More, Sidney, and Spenser.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 639 - English Drama to 1600
Examination of the development of English pre-Shakespearean drama and theatre through study of such authors as Lyly, Kyd, and Marlowe.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 640 - English Drama: 1600-1660
Representative drama, including works by such playwrights as Dekker, Heywood, Marston, Jonson, Beaumont, and Fletcher.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 641 - Shakespeare
Survey of representative comedies, histories, and tragedies, with special attention to Shakespeare’s development as a playwright.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 642 - 17th Century Prose and Poetry
Survey of major Stuart and Commonwealth writers (1603-1660), including writers such as More, Elizabeth I, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, and Shakespeare.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 643 - Spenser
Intensive study of Spenser’s development as a major poet, from The Shepheardes Calendar through The Faerie Queene.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 644 - Milton
Intensive survey of Milton’s poetry, prose, and drama, focusing on such works as Lycidas, Comus, and Paradise Lost.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 645 - Clinical Experience in Secondary English Language Arts
Discipline-based clinical experience for students seeking initial secondary educator licensure in English Language Arts. Includes observations, evaluation, methods, and practicum on problems in teaching. Includes a minimum of 50 clock hours of supervised and formally evaluated experiences in the setting likely for the student teaching experience. Participants meet on campus for seminars aligned to the clinical experience in host school. A modest research component prompts investigation into a critical issue related to contemporary English Language Arts.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department. CRQ: ENGL 648.
Credits: 1-2
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ENGL 646 - Theory and Research in Literature for English Language Arts
Theory and research applied to principled practices in teaching the reading of complex texts, including canonical, multicultural, young adult, and informational literature in English Language Arts. Aligned with the Common Core Standards, the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, and the National Council of Teachers of English standards for teaching English Language Arts. A modest research component prompts investigation into a critical issue related to contemporary English Language Arts.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENGL 647 or consent of department. CRQ: ILAS 301 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 647 - Theory and Research in Written Composition for English Language Arts
Theory and research applied to principled practices in teaching and evaluating composition in English Language Arts with emphasis on meeting Common Core Standards for writing in the multicultural classroom. Aligned with the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards and the National Council of Teachers of English standards for teaching English Language Arts. A modest research component prompts investigation into a critical issue related to contemporary English Language Arts.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Admission to educator licensure program in secondary English Language Arts or consent of department. CRQ: ILAS 201 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 648 - Materials and Methods of Teaching English Language Arts
Methods, curriculum materials, and technologies essential to the teacher of English Language Arts. Emphasis on designing coherent and integrated units of instruction, including the strategic use of assessments to foster learning. Developing a variety of activities and multiple representations of concepts to accommodate diverse students’ characteristics and abilities. Aligned with the Common Core Standards, the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, and the National Council of Teachers of English standards for teaching English Language Arts. A modest research component prompts investigation into a critical issue related to contemporary English Language Arts.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENGL 646, ENGL 647, and six semester hours of graduate-level course work in literature in the department, or consent of department. CRQ: ENGL 645 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 649 - Student Teaching in Secondary English Language Arts
Student teaching for one semester. Assignments arranged through the office of clinical experiences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, in consultation with the coordinator of teacher licensure in English Language Arts. Ongoing assessment of candidate’s development. Candidates must satisfactorily complete a formal teacher performance assessment. Monthly on-campus seminars. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ENGL 648, ENGL 645, and consent of department.
Credits: 7-12
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ENGL 656 - Restoration and Early 18th Century Literature
Study of English literature 1660-1740, including such writers as Dryden, Swift, and Pope.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 657 - Later 18th Century English Literature
Study of English literature 1740-1800, including such writers as Gray and Sheridan.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 658 - English Drama: 1660-1800
Study of English drama 1660-1800, including such playwrights as Congreve and Sheridan.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 659 - 18th Century English Novel
Study of English fiction 1700-1800, including such writers as Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 660 - British Romantic Period
British literature, 1780-1830, with emphasis on the poetry of Blake, the Wordsworths, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, and Byron, with attention to theoretical and historical issues surrounding the critical term “romantic.”
Credits: 3
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ENGL 661 - Victorian Poetry: 1830-1880
Study of Victorian poetry including such poets as Arnold, the Brownings, Hardy, Morris, Swinburne, and Tennyson.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 662 - 19th Century British Prose
Exploration of diverse nonfiction forms such as journalism, scientific writing, biography, journals, and letters, by such writers as Arnold, the Carlyles, Darwin, Hazlitt, the Mills, Morris, Ruskin, and Wilde.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 663 - 19th Century British Novel
Survey of the British novel from Austen to Hardy and Eliot.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 664 - British Literature: 1880-1920
Survey of British literature during the transitional period between the Victorian age and the rise of modernism, including works by such writers as Wilde, Gissing, Kipling, Stevenson, Wells, Woolf, and Richardson.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 665 - British Literature Since 1900
Survey of 20th century British literature, including fiction, drama, and poetry. Major literary movements, such as modernism and postmodernism, as well as writers such as Conrad, Shaw, Rhys, Eliot, Woolf, Byatt, Lessing, and Pinter.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 666 - 20th Century British Poetry
Developments in British poetry in the 20th century, including works by poets such as Eliot, Auden, Yeats, Hughes, and Boland.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 667 - 20th Century British Drama
Survey of major plays and playwrights of the 20th century British theatre, including such writers as Shaw, Beckett, Pinter, Stoppard, and Ayckbourn.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 668 - 20th Century British Fiction
Novels and short fiction of the 20th century; analysis of major literary styles and movements; texts by such writers as Conrad, Woolf, Lawrence, Joyce, Drabble, Rushdie, Mansfield, and Carter.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 670 - The Short Story
Studies of history, form, and authorship in the short story as a genre in British, American, and world literature.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 671 - Postcolonial Literatures in English
Study of one or more postcolonial literatures in English, such as Caribbean, Irish, South Asian, Australian, and African literatures.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 676 - American Literature to 1830
Survey of literature of European colonization and settlement, New England Puritanism, the Enlightenment, and the revolutionary and early national periods.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 677 - American Literature: 1830-1865
American romantic literature, focusing on the major transcendentalists (Emerson, Fuller, Thoreau) and such novelists as Hawthorne and Melville.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 678 - American Literature: 1865-1910
Studies in the fiction, poetry, and prose of the United States, from the Civil War until 1910, including such writers as Howells, Dickinson, James, Twain, Woolson, Norris, and Wharton.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 679 - 19th Century American Novel
Studies in the American novel, including the romance, woman’s fiction, realism, and naturalism, and such writers as Sedgwick, Cooper, Hawthorne, Stoddard, James, Twain, Phelps, Norris, and Wharton.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 681 - American Literature: 1910-1960
Study of drama, fiction, and poetry, including writers such as Cather, O’Neill, Faulkner, Stevens, Hurston, Ginsberg, and Williams.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 682 - American Literature Since 1960
Study of drama, fiction, and poetry, including such writers as Bellow, Tyler, Rich, Erdrich, Kushner, and Morrison.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 684 - 20th Century American Poetry
Study of American poetry from the modernists and Harlem Renaissance to the beats and the postmodernists, including such writers as Williams, Millay, Stevens, Pound, Hughes, Brown, Ginsberg, Lowell, Rich, Brooks, and Alexie.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 685 - 20th Century American Fiction
Study of American fiction from the realists and naturalists to the modernists and postmodernists, including such writers as Dreiser, Cather, Anderson, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wright, Ellison, O’Connor, and Morrison.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 687 - 20th Century American Drama
Major American plays and playwrights of the 20th century, including such authors as O’Neill, Williams, Miller, Albee, Mamet, and Shepard.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 690 - Film and Literature
Examination of the relationship between literature and film, covering foundational theories in the field as well as literature-to-film adaptations. Significance of literary modes such as romanticism and realism for film content and structure. Analysis of the adaptation of literary works to the medium of film.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 691 - Topics in Film and Literature
Topics in film theory, history, and criticism, such as authorship, narrativity, adaptation, genre, period, or cultural studies. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 692 - Nonfiction Writing
Workshop in aspects of nonfiction writing for students seeking to enhance their writing abilities through study of nonfiction genres, style, and writing processes. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours as topic changes.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 693 - Ethnic American Literature
A. African American Literature
B. Native American Literature
C. Latina/Latino American Literature
D. Special Topics
Study of the contributions of diverse cultural groups to American literature. ENGL 693A-C may be taken once each; ENGL 693D may be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours when topic varies.
Credits: 3
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ENGL 696 - Practicum in the Teaching of College English
Supervised and evaluated experience in designing and conducting a course in English. May be repeated to a maximum of 15 semester hours; however, only 3 hours may be applied toward a graduate degree in English. S/U grading.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
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