This course surveys the origins and development of Chicana/o and Latina/o literature, from oral narratives, early poetry, and narrative fiction and memoirs, through the Chicano Movement and the emergence of Chicana/o literature and drama. The course also examines contemporary Chicana/o and Latina/o narrative fiction, including issues related to im/migration, the urban experience, Chicana/o and Latina/o subjectivity, and the reappropriation and reinterpretation of myths, legends, and cultural figures in transnational context.

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

This writing-intensive course surveys the earliest African American literary works, including slave narratives, poetry, folklore, and oration, through 20th century movements such as the Jazz Age, Harlem Renaissance, and Black Arts Movement of the 1960s, to contemporary works and authors.

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

Theories of literature and its production and use. Prereq: 6 semester credits in literature.

Prerequisites:

6 semester credits in literature

Advanced workshop in writing personal essays and literary journalism. May be repeated.

Prerequisites:

ENG 340 or ENG 342

An advanced course in writing short stories and novels. May be repeated.

Prerequisites:

ENG 340 or ENG 343

An advanced course in writing poems. May be repeated.

Prerequisites:

ENG 341 or ENG 344

An advanced course in writing critical essays. May be repeated. Prereq: Writing course or consent

Prerequisites:

Writing course or consent

Introduction to writing for the screen. May be repeated with new content.

This course enables BA and BFA Creative Writing students to bring their previous critical and creative study to bear in a final program project. It is generally the last course they take in their program.

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

This course approaches works of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from the past 30 years with a special focus on the craft issues that are central components of each work's success. English 448 is a required course for BA and BFA majors in creative writing.

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

Topics in Creative Writing Form and Technique is a variable-title course that explores special topics relating to the technical mastery of one or more creative genres, or the technical achievement of one or more practitioners. May be repeated with different topics, some of which could fulfill either a major author or a workshop requirement.

Advanced writing course emphasizing major contemporary public issues. Practice in and study of: the logic by which writers construct arguments; the various means that writers use to persuade an audience; the conventions of evidence, claims, and arguments in persuasive discourses.

Prerequisites:

ENG 201W, ENG 301W

Advanced interdisciplinary writing emphasizes critical reading and thinking, argumentative writing, library research, and documentation of sources in an academic setting. Practice and study of selected rhetorics of inquiry employed in academic disciplines preparing students for different systems of writing.

Prerequisites:

ENG 201W, ENG 301W

Selected works of literature for students in grades 5-12 from a variety of countries and cultures.

A survey of literature for students in grades 5-12, fiction, and non-fiction, and methods of teaching this literature.

Survey of books suitable for the Middle School classroom, covering a variety of topics and genres.

Introduces students to theories of usability and teaches students various methods to evaluate design for usability including heuristic evaluations, card-sorting, task-based evaluations, and fieldwork.

Prerequisites:

ENG 271W or ENG 272W

Students learn how to research and write technical information for multiple cultures, both locally and internationally.

This course is designed to introduce students to technical project management. This introduction is achieved through participation in a simulated project management experience. Assignments include standard documentation associated with project management and reflective writing. Fall, Spring

Prerequisites:

ENG 271W

Writing in an area and of a type for which the student has demonstrated ability. May be repeated. Pre: Consent

Prerequisites:

Consent

This course provides analysis and training focused on concepts and practices of visual design as they relate to technical and professional communication.

Overview of technical communication theory with emphasis on contemporary approaches. Hands-on workshop which implements the theories discussed.

Brief history of publishing and typography, conventions of desktop publishing, and hardware and software application tools for desktop publishing. Students need not have prior experience with DTP, but some word processing and microcomputer experience will be helpful.

Practice in writing various types of reports for a variety of purposes and audiences. Includes primary and secondary research methods, and data analysis of information to be used in reports.

Prerequisites:

ENG 271W or ENG 272W

Editing the content, organization, format, style, and mechanics of documents; managing the production cycle of documents; and discovering and learning computer and software applications for technical editing tasks.