DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
ENGLISH COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
All courses are three credit hours.
ENG 531 <ENGL 5331> Creative Writing: Fiction . A graduate writing workshop, this course emphasizes the writing and revision of fiction and creative nonfiction.
ENG 532 Creative Writing: Poetry. A graduate writing workshop that emphasizes the writing and revision of poetry.
ENG 533 Practicum: Editing and Publishing . In this course, students study and apply current scholarship in editing and publishing. They have the opportunity to work both on and off campus as writers and editors in various professions.
ENG 535 Workshop in Teaching Writing. This course supports the Sam Houston Writing Project, an intensive workshop in writing and the teaching of writing. It will emphasize applications of current writing theory and research.
ENG 539 Directed Study of Selected Topics in Literature and Language. This course, which may be taken only with the written consent of the Department Chair, allows a student to engage a specialized topic in literature or language under the direct supervision of a faculty member. A student may take no more than six credit hours of directed study during his or her graduate career.
ENG 567 Practicum in Teaching College Composition. This course studies modern rhetorical principles and methodologies used in teaching college-level writing.
ENG 568 Literary Criticism and Theory. This course studies various theories and theorists of literary interpretation, with application and practice in writing criticism.
ENG 569 Studies in the Novel. This course studies the emergence and development of the novel as a distinct literary genre. It is designed to allow for reading of the novel in various contexts, from various nations and historical ages, and according to various theoretical emphases.
ENG 570 Studies in Multicultural Literature. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the literatures of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to African Americans, Latinos/as, Chicanos/as, Caribbeans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. The class, which will explore multicultural literatures within their historical and cultural contexts, may feature various critical approaches and pursue various thematic and aesthetic emphases.
ENG 571 Studies in Modern World Literature. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the works, writers, movements, and genres of world literature from the 19th and 20th centuries. The course is designed to allow for reading both works in translation and Anglophone literatures.
ENG 572 Early American Literature . In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the literature, writers, movements, and genres of early America.
ENG 574 Studies in Women's Literature . In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of selected women writers from various historical ages, genres, and nationalities. Emphases may vary each semester.
ENG 575 Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the literature, writers, movements, and genres of Restoration and 18th-century Britain.
ENG 576 The Classical Tradition . This course studies the Greek and Roman literary heritage and its influence upon subsequent literature. Students read ancient and classical works in translation and study the current literature in the field.
ENG 577 Studies in Early and Middle English Literature . In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of selected works in Old and Middle English literatures.
ENG 578 Studies in Renaissance and Seventeenth-Century Literature. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the literature, writers, movements, and genres of 16th- and 17th-century Britain. Topics may include studies in Shakespeare, studies in Spenser, and studies in Milton.
ENG 579 Studies in Romantic Literature . In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the literature, writers, movements, and genres of the British Romantic age.
ENG 580 Studies in Victorian Literature . In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the literature, writers, movements, and genres of the Victorian age.
ENG 581 Studies in Twentieth-Century English Literature . In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the literature, writers, movements, and genres of 20th-century Britain.
ENG 583 Studies in English Linguistics . A thoroughgoing graduate introduction to English linguistics, this course features study in sociolinguistics, dialectology, lexicography, stylistics through linguistic analysis, principles of semantics, and linguistics in relation to the teaching of English.
ENG 584 Studies in Rhetoric and Composition Theory . This course studies selected topics in historical and contemporary rhetoric, rhetorical criticism, and composition theory. Students will apply current theory and research in rhetoric and composition.
ENG 585 Studies in American Literature, 1800-1860. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the works, writers, movements, and genres of American literature from 1800 to 1860.
ENG 586 Studies in American Literature, 1860-1920. In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the works, writers, movements, and genres of American literature from 1860-1920.
ENG 587 Studies in American Literature, 1920-the Present . In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the works, writers, movements, and genres of American literature from 1920 to the present.
ENG 588 The Study of Major Figures in American Poetry . In this course, students apply current theory and research to an analysis of the writers and movements contributing to the development of American poetry.
ENG 589 History and Development of the English Language . This course is a cultural, historical, and philological study of the development of the English language from its Indo-European prototype through Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-French, and Early Modern English to its present form.
ENG 590 Studies in Technical Communication . This course engages students in in-depth study of current issues in technical and professional communication. Students examine the field and conduct primary research.
ENG 697 Methods of Research and Bibliography. Required of all English majors under MA Plan I, MA Plan II, and MEd Plan II, this course introduces students to graduate-level research methods in literature and to the study of the book.
ENG 698 Thesis I. In this first semester of graduate thesis, the student works under close faculty supervision to produce a thesis prospectus approved by all members of the reading committee and submits a draft of the introduction.
ENG 699 Thesis II. In this second semester of graduate thesis, the student works under close faculty supervision to complete the thesis. The student must enroll in this class from term to term until the thesis is completed.