2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Offerings
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Economics |
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ECON 371 - Business and Entrepreneurial History
(Same as HIST 371 .) Prerequisite, general knowledge of American history, normally satisfied by American high school courses or a college survey course. The course examines the changing roles of entrepreneurs, business, the financial structure, and government’s role in the economy in the United States from colonial times to the present, with an emphasis on the 20th century. The entrepreneur’s own ethics, lifestyle and background will be examined. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ECON 373 - Economic History
(Same as HIST 373 .) Prerequisite, ECON 200 . This class will provide a general overview of important events and periods in the economic history of the U.S. and an analysis of important historical events from an economic viewpoint. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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ECON 374 - European Economic History
(Same as HIST 374 .) Prerequisites, ECON 200 , ECON 201 . This course analyzes the evolution of European economic institutions and the development of industry, commerce, and finance from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Industrial Revolution. It traces the historical path which culminated in European economic hegemony. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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ECON 411 - International Economics
Prerequisites, ECON 200 , ECON 201 . International trade policy, including effects of tariffs, quotas, subsidies, exchange control, and other trade restrictions upon a nation’s economy. Analysis of balance of payments. Causes and methods of correction of disequilibrium in the balance of payments. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ECON 421 - Behavioral Economics and Finance
Prerequisites, MATH 110 , MATH 111 , MATH 203 , ECON 200 . This course will introduce you to the fields of behavioral economics and behavioral finance. Behavioral economics is the economic study of human behavior in individual choices, social situations, markets and institutions motivated by the goal to improve the descriptive accuracy and explanatory power of traditional economic analysis. Behavioral finance is the application of insights from behavioral economics and psychology to study individual financial decisions and properties of financial markets and market prices. We will explore both areas from the perspective of different methodologies (experiments, theory, field studies), focusing on both fundamental concepts and their applications at different levels of social aggregation (from individuals to markets). As indicated in their respective syllabi, students in ECON 521 will be required to undertake a final project and report that will not be required of students in ECON 421. Some sections of ECON 421 and 521 will be taught together. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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ECON 425 - Economics of Non-Market Behavior
Prerequisite, ECON 350 . Applications of economic theory and methods to “non-market” topics, including crime, discrimination, addiction, marriage, fertility, family life, education, religion, sports, and philanthropy. Special emphasis on the path-breaking work of Gary Becker. (Offered as needed. 3 credits
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ECON 431 - Health: Economic, Psychological, and Anthropological Perspectives
Prerequisite, MATH 203 , or MGSC 209 , or PSY 203 . This course will introduce you to economic, psychological, and anthropological perspectives explaining variation in health, wealth, and wellbeing - both within societies and across societies. We will explore a variety of health related research questions from three perspectives of quantitative inquiry: the first uses macroeconomics, demography, and cross-cultural comparison (comparing phenomena at levels of aggregate levels of populations, countries, and socioeconomic strata), the second uses behavioral economics (i.e., the study of how psychological, social, cognitive, and emotional factors affect the economic decisions of individuals), and the third uses anthropological studies to understand human-environment health interactions from an evolutionarily informed behavioral ecology perspective. The course will be comprised of lecture and discussion, homework problems, and final presentations in class. Some sections of this course may be taught with ECON 531. (Offered as needed. 3 credits
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ECON 441 - Economic Development
Prerequisites, ECON 200 , ECON 201 . Theories of economic growth, interaction of culture and development, and obstacles to development. Geography and its relation to development. Problems of capital formation and technological transfers. Public and private sources of investment. Policies and programs to accelerate growth in underdeveloped areas. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ECON 448 - Managerial Economics
Prerequisites, ACTG 210 , ECON 200 , ECON 201 , and MGSC 209 , or MATH 203 . Use an application of economic theory and statistics in the decision-making process. Cases and lectures. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ECON 449 - Industrial Organization
Prerequisites, ECON 350 , and MATH 109 , or MATH 110 . This course uses applied microeconomic theory to study the relationships between firm conduct, market structure, and industry performance. Topics include monopoly power and imperfect competition, price discrimination, product differentiation, firm entry/exit, advertising, and signaling. The course will introduce the possibility that free markets may not produce the socially optimal set of products. Emphasis will be divided equally between the strategic implications of the models and the policy implications. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ECON 452 - Econometrics
Prerequisites, ECON 200 , ECON 201 , and MGSC 207 or MGSC 220 and MATH 109 , or MATH 110 , and business administration, or economics major, or computational science, or economics, or mathematics minor. Mathematical and statistical tools to measure economic phenomena. This will involve mathematical formulation of economic theories and statistical inference relating economic theory to empirical analysis. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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ECON 461 - Introduction to Mathematical Economics
Prerequisites, ECON 350 , and MATH 109 , or MATH 110 , or equivalent. Fundamental methods of mathematical economics and microeconomic theory, including partial derivatives, constrained optimization, consumer choice, duality theory, intertemporal optimization, and risk. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ECON 463 - Behavioral Game Theory
Prerequisite, MATH 109 , or MATH 110 . Behavioral game theory studies decision-making in situations where payoffs to individuals depend on the behavior of other individuals. It typically involves the analysis of conflict, cooperation, and communication. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ECON 464 - Game Theory I
(Same as MATH 464 .) Prerequisite, MATH 210 , or equivalent. This course presents an introduction to Game Theory, which examines environments in which the payoffs from an individual’s actions depend upon the actions of others. The course objective is to provide a formal mathematical framework to help students make better strategic choices in these environments. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ECON 465 - Environmental and Natural Resources Economics
Prerequisites, ECON 200 , ECON 201 . Theories of environmental and natural resource economics will be examined both for allocative efficiency and for impacts on growth. The theory of public choice and the theory of market failure will be studied. Theory will be applied to renewable and nonrenewable resources and to pollution of air, water, and land. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ECON 471 - Experimental Economics I
Prerequisites, MATH 110 , ECON 350 and MATH 203 , or MGSC 209 , or consent of instructor. This course is designed to engage students as participants in a variety of laboratory market situations, to evaluate outcomes of the laboratory markets relative to theoretical benchmarks for market performance, and to consider the implications of market performance on society. Please note - students who plan to apply to the MSESD program or are already admitted in the MSESD program will need to register for ECON 571 instead of ECON 471. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ECON 481 - Auction and Market Design
(Same as MATH 481 .) Prerequisites, MATH 210 , MGSC 209 , or consent of instructor. This course translates economic theory and analysis into practical solutions to real-world problems. By redesigning both the rules that guide market transactions and the technology that enables trades to take place, this course shows how decentralized systems like auctions can assist organizations and societies to better allocate scarce resources. Topics include digital advertising, matching, spectrum allocation and high-frequency trading to name a few. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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ECON 489 - Seminar In Economic Science
Students required to pre-read papers presented by various speakers, attend their seminars, ask intelligent questions and summarize the content and importance of the seminar. Please note - students that plan to apply to the MSESD program or are already admitted in the MSESD program need to register for ECON 689 instead of 489. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 2 credits
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ECON 491 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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ECON 496 - Special Topics in Economics
Prerequisites, ECON 200 , ECON 201 . Some sections of this course may require different prerequisites or corequisites. In-depth study of a specific area; content of course changes every semester. Some sections of this course may require different Prerequisites or corequisites. May be repeated once. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ECON 499 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, approval of petition. For students who wish to pursue a special area of study not included in the curriculum. Maximum 6 credits. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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Education |
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EDUC 401 - Foundations of Education
(Same as EDUC 503.) 3 credits
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EDUC 429 - Experimental Course
This course is designed to provide additional opportunities to explore experimental areas and subjects of special interest. Repeatable if course topic is different. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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EDUC 434 - Teaching Difficult Histories, Critical Discourse and Social Action
(Same as EDUC 634.) 3 credits
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EDUC 446 - Human Development and Wellness in Diverse Classrooms
(Same as EDUC 546.) 3 credits
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EDUC 470 - Foundational Issues of Voice, Diversity, Equity and Social Justice
(Same as EDUC 570.) 3 credits
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EDUC 471 - Educating Diverse Learners in Inclusive Classrooms
(Same as EDUC 571.) This course focuses on collaboration, inclusive schooling, and learning characteristics of students with disabilities. This course is designed using fundamental principles of Universal Design for Learning. Candidates will understand the special education as a system, including service delivery models, Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports, the referral process, and Individual Education Plans. Candidates will analyze overrepresentation of students of color in special education, paying particular attention to the role of racial and cultural bias. Fieldwork required. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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Electrical Engineering |
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EENG 200 - Electronics and Circuits I
Prerequisites, MATH 110 or MATH 115 . Corequisite, EENG 200L . Students begin their study of electronics and circuits by studying electricity (current, energy, voltage, power), electronic components (resistors, capacitors, diodes, etc), and fundamental laws for circuits. Students will gain hands on experience building circuits with solderless breadboards in a separate laboratory component. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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EENG 200L - Lab - Electronics and Circuits 1
Prerequisite, MATH 110 . Corequisite, EENG 200 . Lab component of EENG 200 . (Offered spring semester.) 1 credit
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English |
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ENG 103 - Seminar in Rhetoric and Writing
Writing seminar devoted to rhetorical understanding and competence in a variety of specific academic contexts. Students may choose their area of concentration from a range of writing genres, each with its own sets of expectations, forms and purposes. Attention will focus on student writing in differing discourse communities, but all sections of English 103 address rhetorical effectiveness in composition. Students may select from courses that foreground Writing in Electronic Environments, for example, or Writing about Literature, Composing the Self, Writing in Academic Environments among many other options. Some sections of this course may be offered as hybrid courses or online only. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 199 - Individual Study
(Offered as needed.) 1-6 credits
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ENG 203 - Humanities Computing
An introductory course in digital humanities that blends theory and practice in computing for humanities disciplines. Students explore the current state of digital humanities research, the history and future of games, the rise and current iterations of new media, and fundamental principles of computing. This course is appropriate for all majors and minors, especially those in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ENG 204 - Introduction to Creative Writing
Instructors introduce students to the art and craft of writing fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and/or drama and to the workshop method. Some sections of this course may be restricted to creative writing majors/minors only. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 205 - Research-Based Writing
Provides students with intensive experience in research-based academic writing. The course focuses on the shaping and presenting of reports, analyses, and arguments, with special attention to research methodologies, the nature of evidence and evidence use, style(s) and voice(s), audience issues, and document design. Includes the study of essential elements of rhetorical theory; experience with historical, ethnographic, and empirical research methods; and use of textbased and multimodal written forms, including essays, reports, narrative, and visual/electronic text. This course is appropriate for all majors, and no specialized writing experience is assumed. Some sections of this course may be offered as hybrid courses or online only. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 206 - Critical Literacies and Community Writing
This course provides an opportunity to explore public discourse, to see how dominant cultural expressions shape members of communities as well as how individuals and groups shape cultural messages. Students will critically observe and analyze public texts and events. The course is based upon the idea that bringing the texts in their lives to attention as material for reflection and deliberation provides students an opportunity to identify the rhetorical patterns used to enact community aims and to empower students to develop a voice in this public forum. Often includes experiential learning projects through community engagement and service-learning. Some sections of this course may be offered as hybrid courses or online only. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 208 - Written Inquiry: Composing Self
Students explore the relationship between identity and writing. Students will study a variety of genres (personal essays, researched essays, academic articles, news reports, case studies, and ethnographies) and theoretical approaches to learn how and why writers create versions of themselves for rhetorical effect. While investigating identity construction in writing, students will hone their own rhetorical and stylistic skills. Students will compose narratives, essays, reports, and multi-genre compositions, drawing from personal experience, observation, and primary and secondary sources. The course will also address the role of self in the research-writing process by requiring students to conduct original academic research projects. This course is appropriate for all majors, and no specialized writing experience is assumed. Some sections of this course may be offered as hybrid courses or online only. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 210 - News Reporting and Writing Workshop
Prerequisite, ENG 215 , or corequisite, ENG 215 , or consent of instructor. Students will learn the critical thinking and writing skills needed to find, report and write engaging news and accountability journalism for a professional daily news site. Learning modules will include community, accountability, and enterprise reporting, meeting deadlines, setting goals, creating engaging content, making ethical news decisions. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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ENG 211 - Introduction to Digital Journalism Workshop
Prerequisite, ENG 215 or corequisite, ENG 215 or consent of instructor. This course introduces students to the fast-paced world of digital journalism. With faculty guidance, students will conceive and pitch story ideas, while learning the technical skills needed to report, write, post and promote content online. Students will master the basics of pitching and posting as they create visually fun features for a student-led campus daily. While creating content, students will be introduced to the essentials of digital journalism, including ethics, blogging, videography, GIFs, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, iMovie, WordPress design, Google analytics; social media strategies to promote content; writing photo captions and hashtags; copyright and image attribution; basic photography (stills and video). P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 211L - Introduction to Online Journalism Lab
Corequisite, ENG 211 . This course is an optional lab that supports ENG 211 . The lab gives students additional guidance in the essential elements of online journalism, including news judgment, ethics of online reporting, blogging, web design, photography, video, Google Analytics, GIFs, social media strategies and careers. Students will have opportunities for one-on-one instruction with working professionals. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 0-1 credit
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ENG 215 - Theory and Practice of Journalism
Corequisite, ENG 215L . Students study and practice news gathering and reporting, emphasizing the development of writing skills. Assignments include finding news sources, using interviewing techniques, and writing acceptable news copy, feature stories, editorials, critical reviews, and personal interviews. The history, philosophy, ethics, and major criticism of the news media are covered. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 215L - Reporting Lab
Corequisite, ENG 215 . This course is a mandatory writing lab that supports ENG 215 . The lab gives students additional guidance from the instructor to focus on the critical thinking process necessary to efficiently and accurately report and write for publication. Students will have opportunities for one-on-one instruction. P/NP. (Offered every semester.) 1 credit
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ENG 218 - Introduction to Digital Design for Journalists
Prerequisite, ENG 215 or corequisite, ENG 215 or consent of instructor. This course introduces students to the fundamentals of WordPress design and visual story telling using audio, video, slideshows and other digital journalism and media formats. Students will learn to plan and execute storytelling on the WordPress platform during workshop modules that include learning the basics of creating infographics, animated GIFS, photo galleries, interactive quizzes, social media graphics, and teaser videos to present and publish engaging digital content in collaboration with student-led campus publications. Students will learn to use WordPress digital design tools essential for journalists, including Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign; video and iMovie editing. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 221 - Literature I (antiquity to 1400 CE)
A survey of literatures written prior to 1400 CE. The course focuses on western literatures but may attend to other traditions as well. Content varies by semester, but readings typically include examples or excerpts of the following: the Bible, Greek tragedy, Greek or Roman epic, Metamorphoses, Beowulf, chivalric romance, Canterbury Tales, Petrarch, Commedia. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 222 - Literature II (1400-1800 CE)
A survey of literatures written between 1400-1800 CE. The course focuses on Anglophone literatures but may attend to other traditions as well. Content varies by semester, but readings typically include examples or excerpts of the following: lyric poetry, stageplay, essay (e.g., Montaigne, Bacon, Johnson, Addison), Don Quixote, Paradise Lost, satire, novel/novella, Romanticism. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 223 - Literature III (1800 CE-present)
A survey of literatures written from 1800 CE to the present. The course focuses on Anglophone literatures but may attend to other traditions as well. Content varies by semester, but readings typically include examples or excerpts of the following: romanticism, realism, slave narratives, naturalism, modernism and postmodernism. The course situates texts within their historical contexts, exploring how literary texts participated in the upheavals of Civil and World Wars, colonialism and post-colonialism, and the emergence of global modernity/postmodernity. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 227 - Writing the One-Act Play
This course introduces the fundamentals of playwriting. To that end, the course will study play structure, the sources for good plays, what makes a good play, and what does not make a good play. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 228 - Introduction to Screenwriting
Prerequisite, creative writing major or English minor. Students discuss, criticize, and evaluate the techniques of commercial, feature screenwriting (the screenwriting workshop) at the introductory level in order to produce a potentially marketable work. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 229 - Experimental Course
(Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 238 - British Literature II
This course represents an overview of British literature from the Romanticism to the present. Students will read major texts spanning four key periods (Romanticism, Victorianism, Modernism, and Post-Modernism), with close attention given to historical and cultural-aesthetic contexts and to accompanying developments in literary genres. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 241 - Introduction to Sports Journalism
This class offers students the opportunity to explore the state and practice of sports journalism. Students will learn the history of sports writing as well as the fundamentals of the sports writing process, from information gathering and interviewing to writing and editing copy. Letter grade only. Fee: $75. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 242 - World Literature from 400 - 1600 CE
This course will feature non-Anglophone literary texts from Western and non-Western traditions. Representative texts might include works of the European Middle Ages and Renaissance not covered in ENG 236, as well as T ‘ang poetry, and selections from The Tale of Genji and Rumi’s poetry. This course can be used to satisfy either the diversity or the pre–1850 distribution requirement for English majors. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits
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ENG 244 - World Literature from 1600 - 1900 CE
Students read chosen works of non-Anglophone literature from 1600 to 1900. Emphasis may vary to focus on the relationship of literature to other arts and cultures. Authors may include Moliere, Sor Juana, Mme de Lafayette, Voltaire, Cao Xueqin, Basho, Rousseau, Goethe, Baudelaire, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, and Ibsen. This course can be used to satisfy the diversity distribution requirement for English majors. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits
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ENG 250 - Introduction to Fiction
Students read and analyze selected short stories and novels in conjunction with critical commentary chosen to represent a wide range of theoretical viewpoints. Authors studied vary each semester, but might include Hawthorne, Melville, Gogol, Maupassant, Chopin, Austen, Hemingway, Carver, O’Conner, Atwood, and Morrison. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 252 - Introduction to Poetry
This course on the history of modern poetry (from 1800 to the present) studies, among other subjects, the many variations of poetic form, subjectivity and language, and the function of poetry in society. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 253 - Photojournalism
This class will cover principles of photojournalism, ethics, and visual newsgathering with an emphasis on accuracy and conduct. Caption writing, basic newsgathering, and image photo editing will be discussed. Digital darkroom, scanning, and workflow will be discussed. Must have access to 35mm camera. (Offered interterm.) 3 credits
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ENG 256 - Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism
Prerequisite, written inquiry. This course examines the major trends, theories, interpretative methodologies, and techniques of literary criticism and cultural studies. ENG 256 is the gateway course for the literature emphasis in the English major. It must be taken prior to or concurrent with all 300- or 400-level literature courses. (Concurrent enrollment requires permission of advisor.) (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 260 - Literature into Film
This course examines how selected works of written literature are translated into films. Discussions will focus on the difference imposed by the printed word and cinema in shaping the same material into two different artistic expressions. The course will investigate the adaptation of literary works such as Shakespeare’s Othello, Shelley’s Frankenstein, Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and Hammett’s Maltese Falcon or King’s “The Body.” Designed for non-majors, ENG 260 does not count toward the English major. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 270 - Foundations of Rhetorical Studies
Prerequisite, written inquiry. Designed as a gateway to all upper-division rhetoric offerings, this course will familiarize students with major themes and epistemologies in the history of Rhetoric. Beginning with the pre-Socratics and ending with post-modernism, students will explore the theoretical shifts and major figures that define a modern study of Rhetoric. Some sections of this course may be offered as hybrid courses or online only. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 271 - Introduction to Linguistics
Through an introduction to the major characteristics and components of human language, students become familiar with the power and complexity of language, the way it influences our interaction with other people, and its potential contribution to understanding ourselves and society. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ENG 272 - Reading Cinema
This course examines how cinema is read within a range of contexts. These contexts may include the cultural, aesthetic, historical, and/or interdisciplinary. Conceptual issues that may be covered include national identity, gender and sexuality, power, and spectatorship. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 290 - Internship
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Internships in the English Department are offered with the cooperation of various organizations. Interns employ critical reading, writing, and research skills and acquire significant work experience related to the English major. Students may learn new skills and explore career opportunities. P/NP. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) ½-3 credits
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ENG 291 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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ENG 299 - Individual Study
Prerequisites, freshman or sophomore standing only and consent of instructor. For students who wish to pursue a special area of study not included in the curriculum. To enroll in individual study and research, students must complete the individual study and research form (available from the Office of the University Registrar) and obtain the signatures of the department chair of the course and course instructor. Students should spend 40 to 50 hours in instruction and research for each credit of individual study. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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ENG 302 - Writing About Diverse Cultures
Prerequisite, written inquiry. Exploring post-colonial rhetorics, this class sharpens writing skills through the study of writers from diverse and non-Western cultures. Major emphasis, however, is on student writing in response to “other voices.” (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 304 - Creative Writing: Special Topics
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . More specialized than introductory creative writing, this course focuses on special topics. The special topic will vary from section to section, and available topics will change semester to semester. Possible topics include Avant-Garde Experimental Writing, Archival Research for Creative Writing, Bilingual (Spanish) Writing, Gender and Writing, Science Writing, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing, Writing California, Writing Resistance, Writing Spirituality, Traditional and Arbitrary Forms, Questioning Genre, or another focus at the discretion of the instructor. While a section may focus on a topic within a particular genre, students may read and/or write across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other genres. May be repeated for credit with a different topic. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 305 - Business Writing
Prerequisite, written inquiry. Students write in a variety of professional forms, for specific audiences and purposes. The course emphasizes applied business writing with rhetorical practices and purposes for genres such as resumes, cover letters, memos, reports, and codes of conduct. Students will write for cross-cultural audiences, ethical dilemmas, and oral presentations. Course may also include community outreach projects in which students work with local non-profit groups. A significant portion of this course will be conducted electronically, to mirror current realities. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 308 - Public Affairs Reporting
Prerequisites, ENG 210 , ENG 215 . Emphasizing public affairs reporting, this is an advanced research and writing course designed to teach students to write for broadcast, print and online publications while exploring what it means to be a citizen on various levels: municipal, county, state and federal. Skills developed include gathering information, obtaining public documents, writing concisely with clarity and precision, interviewing, editing and critical thinking about the media’s role in a democracy. Students will publish their best work on a professional daily platform, positioning themselves to obtain paid internships and jobs. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 310 - Writing Creative Nonfiction
Prerequisite, ENG 204 , or ENG 208 . Students examine the stylistic and formal elements of creative nonfiction, which might include literary journalism, autobiography, memoir, and personal essays. Students write their own creative nonfiction, which the professor and fellow students critique in a workshop. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ENG 312 - Writing the Short Story
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . Students examine the stylistic and formal elements of the short story. Students write short stories which the professor and fellow students critique in a workshop. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ENG 313 - Writing Southern California
Prerequisite, ENG 204 or ENG 310 . A nonfiction writing workshop in which students read classics of fiction and nonfiction set in Southern California and write about the region from their own experiences with the land and its people. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 314 - Writing the Novel
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . Students examine the stylistic and formal elements of the novel and work on their own novel which the professor and fellow students critique in a workshop. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ENG 316 - Writing Poetry
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . Students examine the history, stylistic and formal elements, and theories of poetry. They write poems which they bring into class for critique by the professor and fellow students in a workshop setting. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ENG 317 - Introduction to Editing
Prerequisite, ENG 215 , or consent of instructor. Students gain experience and direction in developing efficient editing skills for digital, print and magazine journalism. Students practice meeting professional standards in such areas as photo editing, writing captions and cutlines, fundamentals of design and editing, broadcast news, and features. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 318 - Intermediate Screenwriting
Prerequisite, ENG 228 . Students discuss, criticize, evaluate and study the techniques of commercial, feature screenwriting with emphasis on such elements as plotting, character, dialogue and formatting. The course will be arranged both as a seminar. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ENG 319 - Digital Magazine Workshop for Journalists
Prerequisite, ENG 215 or consent of instructor. Students will study all aspects of magazine production while learning to find, present and publish engaging features for digital audiences. Under the guidance of faculty, students will publish a student-led digital monthly covering the campus community. In addition to learning production theory, students will master basic feature reporting and writing skills such as how to conceive, report, organize, write, edit and post short and long form features on a WordPress platform. Learning modules include how to find and pitch feature ideas; how to report, organize and write short and long form features; how to find appropriate art, photos and videos to illustrate content; how to use social media to promote content; WordPress design, editing and photography. Emphasis will be placed on learning effective time management skills, and enterprise feature writing and editing. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 320 - Topics in American Literature before 1870
Prerequisite, ENG 256 . This course encourages in-depth study of the literature and culture of the U.S. before 1870. ENG 320 employs a topical or thematic approach, focusing on a particular theme, writer, genre, and/or group of writers. Possible foci include the literature of the American Renaissance, the Civil War, or the rise of the 19th-century American woman writer. This course can be used to satisfy the pre-1850 distribution requirement for English majors. ENG 320 May be repeated for credit with a different emphasis. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ENG 321 - Topics in American Literature after 1870
Prerequisite, ENG 256 . This course encourages in-depth study of the literature and culture of the U.S. after 1870. ENG 321 employs a topical or thematic approach, focusing on a particular theme, writer, genre, and/or group of writers. Possible foci include American realism, the literature of the Gilded Age, literature of WWI and WWII, the emergence of Modernism and Postmodernism. This course can be used to satisfy the post-1850 distribution requirement for English majors. ENG 321 May be repeated for credit with a different emphasis. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ENG 323 - Journalists as Historians
Prerequisites, ENG 215 , or HIST 296 , and English, or history major, or minor. Students read, discuss, and critique works of historical nonfiction by journalists, and prepare their own magazine-length article on a historical event. This course will expose students to how journalists work then they cross the boundary into history, note the overlaps in technique, and how to tease narratives from myriad details. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 325 - Introduction to Shakespeare
This course provides a general introduction to Shakespeare by considering representative tragedies, comedies, histories, and romances. ENG 325 aims to increase students’ knowledge of Shakespeare’s plays by considering the historical, literary, and cultural contexts of their creation and performance. This course also helps students understand and apply contemporary approaches in the field of Shakespeare studies. ENG 325 does not fulfill elective requirements for English majors in the Literature area of study. Majors in the Literature area of study should take ENG 430 , or ENG 432 . (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 326 - Topics in American Literature
Prerequisite, ENG 256 . Examining significant themes in American literature. Dependent upon its focus, this course might be used to satisfy a distribution requirement for English majors. May be repeated for credit with a different focus. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 327 - Multicultural Literatures of the U.S.
Prerequisite, ENG 256 . Examining alienation, assimilation, oppression, ethnic pride, and the twin searches for meaning and an authentic voice in minority literature in America, this course might focus on African-American, Asian-American, or Chicano/Latino literature. This course can be used to satisfy the diversity distribution requirement for English majors. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 328 - Writing for Video Games
Prerequisites, ENG 204 and English or screenwriting or creative writing major or creative and cultural industries or English or game development programming minor. This course will focus intensively on the possibilities of narrative in an interactive, choice-based environment. It will study how narrative theory (narratology) can be remediated by game studies (ludology) in order to create interactive narratives that bridge the best of both worlds. Students engaged in theory and practice, working collaboratively to design and compose narrative games. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 329 - Experimental Course
(Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 332 - Topics in Early Modern Literature
Prerequisite, ENG 256 , or HIST 308 . This course encourages in-depth study of the literature and culture of the early modern period (ca. 1500-1700). ENG 332 employs a topical or thematic approach, focusing on a particular theme, writer, genre, and/or group of writers. Possible foci include early modern epic, non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama, early modern women writers, and sex/gender in the Renaissance. This course can be used to satisfy the pre-1850 distribution requirement for English majors. ENG 332 May be repeated for credit with a different emphasis. (Offered spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits
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ENG 337 - Topics in British Literature
Prerequisite, ENG 256 . This course examines significant themes, genres, or movements in British literature. Possible courses include postcolonial literature, literature of war, and British women writers. Dependent upon its focus, this course might be used to satisfy one of the distribution requirements for English majors. May be repeated for credit with a different focus. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 339 - World Literature from 1900 to the Present
Prerequisite, ENG 256 . Students read chosen works of non-Anglophone literature from 1900 to the present. Emphasis may vary to focus on the relationship of literature to other arts and cultures. Authors may include Achebe, Akhmatova, Beckett, Bely, Borges, Calvino, Césaire, Kafka, Kawabata, Lispector, Lorca, Lu, Mahfouz, Marquez, Pirandello, Proust, Queneau, Rilke, Rulfo. This course can be used to satisfy either the diversity or the post-1850 distribution requirement for English majors. (Offered alternate years.) 3 credits
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ENG 340 - The Bible as Literature: The Hebrew Scriptures
(Same as REL 340 .) 3 credits
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ENG 341 - The Bible as Literature: The Christian Scriptures
(Same as REL 341 .) 3 credits
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ENG 344 - Topics in British Literature before 1850
Prerequisite, ENG 256 . This course encourages in-depth study of British literature and culture before 1850. ENG 344 employs a topical or thematic approach, focusing on a particular theme, writer, genre, and/or group of writers. Possible foci might include: monsters and magic in medieval literature, early modern epic, 18th century women writers, or sex/gender in pre-modern England. This course can be used to satisfy the pre-1850 distribution requirement for English majors. ENG 344 May be repeated for credit with a different emphasis. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 345 - Topics in British Literature after 1850
Prerequisite, ENG 256 , or HIST 313 . This course encourages in-depth study of the literature and culture of Britain after 1850. ENG 345 employs a topical or thematic approach, focusing on a particular theme, writer, genre, and/or group of writers. Possible foci include the Gothic novel, literature of WWI and WWII, James Joyce’s Ulysses, or postcolonial fiction. This course can be used to satisfy the post-1850 distribution requirement for English majors. ENG 345 May be repeated for credit with a different emphasis. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 346 - Special Studies in Literature
Prerequisite, ENG 256 . This course is concentrated on one area, such as literature of exile, law and literature, or Canadian literature. Credit may be arranged to travel in a foreign country while studying the literature of that country. The course may be designed to meet individual student interests. The London Theatre Tour and Literary London are offered as sections of ENG 346. Dependent on its focus, this course might be used to satisfy one of the distribution requirements for English majors. May be repeated for credit with a different focus. (Offered as needed.) 1-6 credits
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ENG 347 - Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies
Prerequisite, ENG 256 . In this course, students investigate significant themes or movements in literature and culture. Some sections of this course may be offered with SOC 347 . Topics vary. May be repeated for credit with a different focus. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 351 - Writing the Graphic Novel
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . In this course, students will complete a script for an original graphic novel. They also analyze a wide range of graphic novels (domestic and international, traditional and experimental). The course includes a brief history of the American and Japanese graphic novel and engages the work of Comics Studies scholars and influential thinkers like Scott McCloud. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 355 - Theater in England
A three-week study of English theater, with a focus on Shakespearean drama but also including classical and modern plays, as well as musicals. Students will read, watch, and analyze between 8 and 12 plays while exploring the rich and vibrant city in which Shakespeare once lived and wrote. Plays and venues vary, but often include productions at Shakespeare’s Globe, the National Theatre, and a number of West End playhouses. (Offered summer, alternate years.) 3 credits
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ENG 356 - Literary Publishing Workshop
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . This course introduces students to the world of literary publishing. Students gain hands-on experience producing Calliope, Chapman University’s literary and arts journal. Topics may include submissions, the editorial process, textual production, and distribution. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1 credit
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ENG 360 - War, Memory, and Literature
(Same as PCST 360 .) 3 credits
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ENG 370 - Technical Writing
Prerequisite, written inquiry course. This course will explore principles and procedures of technical writing with attention to rhetorical strategies, document design, usability, style, and editing. These principles and procedures will be applied to the basic genres of research-based scientific and technical writing, including the report, proposal, manual, resume and/or professional correspondence for business, industry, and technology. Appropriate for all majors. Some sections of this course may be offered as hybrid courses or online only. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 371 - Discourse Analysis
This course is an introduction to the contemporary study of discourse analysis as a way to explore a broad range of social practices embodied in language. It provides an opportunity to work with specific techniques of discourse analysis, studying how social relations, identities, and knowledge are constructed through language. The course will prepare students to use language “tools of inquiry” in their research in the humanities. Some sections of this course may be offered as hybrid courses or online only. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 372 - Language and Ideology
A detailed examination of political rhetoric, how groups (in may different configurations) of people are persuaded to accept, support and even defend specific ideological formulations. Students will explore notions of “ideological literacy,” “hegemonic discourse” and “the political unconscious” as they relate to social movements, grand narratives and material existence. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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