2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ENG 199 - Individual Study
(Offered as needed.) 1-6 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 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.) 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. 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). Pass/No Pass. This course 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 and Reporting Lab
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. This course includes a lecture and required laboratory component held at different times. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered every semester.) 4 credits
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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 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. (Offered every semester.) 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. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered spring semester.) 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. This class sharpens writing skills through the study of writers from diverse and non-Western cultures. Major emphasis, however, is on student writing. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered every 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 304A - Creative Writing Special Topics: Experimental Writing
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . More specialized than introductory creative writing, this course focuses on writing experimental or avant garde work. ENG 304A may focus on a particular genre, or students may be asked to read and write across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other genres. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 304B - Creative Writing Special Topics: Science or Speculative Fiction Writing
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . More specialized than introductory creative writing, this course focuses on writing science or speculative fiction. ENG 304B may focus on a particular genre, or students may be asked to read and write across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other genres. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 304C - Creative Writing Special Topics: Writing Health and Science
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . More specialized than introductory creative writing, this course focuses on writing about health, illness, disability, medicine, and science. ENG 304C may focus on a particular genre, or students may be asked to read and write across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other genres. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 304D - Creative Writing Special Topics: Young Adult Writing
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . More specialized than introductory creative writing, this course focuses on writing science fiction. ENG 304D may focus on a particular genre, or students may be asked to read and write across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other genres. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 305 - Business Writing
Prerequisite, written inquiry course. 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. Some sections of this course may be offered as a hybrid course. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (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 318 - Intermediate Screenwriting
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . 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. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (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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ENG 373 - Rhetorical Criticism
Prerequisite, written inquiry course. This course studies the purpose of rhetorical criticism, particularly as a practice of both critical inquiry and social agency. Students will examine multiple fields of public discourse, focusing on the rhetoric of social and political movements in the digital age. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 374 - Environmental Rhetoric
This course studies the rhetoric of the heterogeneous environmental movement. The questions guiding this course are about knowledge-how it is constructed, framed, and instrumentalized in environmental discourse. Fields of discourse might include global warming, biodiversity, environmental justice, conservation and wilderness, toxicity and health, and sustainability. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 375 - Composing New Media
This course studies how and why we compose in new media. Students will explore the move from print to online publishing; the rhetorical effects, complexities, and problems of this online setting; and the rhetorical choices they must make in their own online texts. Students will study and compose in different new media platforms, which may include blogs and other hypertexts. They will also investigate how the rhetoric of these venues creates new situations and opportunities for academic, journalistic, and political writing in the evolving public sphere. Some sections of this course may be offered as hybrid courses or online only. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 380 - Latinx and Indigenous Rhetorics
Prerequisite, written inquiry. This course traces the rhetorical traditions of Latinx and Indigenous cultures from diverse spaces and diverse lenses through a critical analysis of the rhetorical practices in Latin America and North America. From Mesoamerican writing to oral storytelling to digital multimodality, this course examines how Latinx and Indigenous identities, communities, languages, and political discourses influence communication praxes throughout the continent. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ENG 398 - The Scholar’s Workshop
Prerequisites, ENG 256 and junior standing or consent of the instructor. Students will learn methods for undertaking original research in literary and/or rhetorical studies. This course prepares students for ENG 498A : Senior Seminar by focusing on the development of a senior project, the identification of appropriate faculty mentors, and the craft of revision. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 399 - Independent Study and Research
Prerequisite, written inquiry, consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1-6 credits
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ENG 403 - Techniques in Poetry Writing
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . Using lectures and workshops, students learn, practice, and analyze the basic techniques necessary to write and revise poetry and to understand their options as members of the larger community of poets. Techniques of poetry may include sound, voice, imagery, metaphor, narrative, traditional forms, and writing processes. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ENG 404 - Techniques in Writing Fiction
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . Through lectures and workshops, students practice producing publishable fiction or poetry. Techniques of fiction may include plot development, viewpoint selection, three-dimensional characterization, dialogue, scene and summary settings, and theme. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ENG 405 - Advanced Workshop in Poetry Writing
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . Students discuss, critique, and revise individual poems in order to produce work suitable for submission to a literary journal. Students examine the conventions of various forms, poetry movements, and/or individual poets to determine the areas within which they choose to work. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 406 - Advanced Workshop in Writing Fiction
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . Students discuss, criticize, and evaluate novel chapters or short stories in order to produce publishable work. Students work within their chosen genre and form, and the guidelines of various genres and forms are examined. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 407 - Literary Forum: Tabula Poetica Poetry Reading Series
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . Literary Forum studies four contemporary poets and their work in conjunction with a lecture and reading series sponsored by Tabula Poetica: Poetry at Chapman University. Lectures and readings are conducted by poets held every year during the fall semester, and the course reading, analysis, and writing assignments are based on the visiting writers’ works. In addition, students enrolled in this course present a poetry reading and/or lecture. This course will focus not only on the series’ writers, but on contemporary poetry in general, incorporating work beyond American when appropriate. This course may be used to satisfy the post-1850 distribution requirement for English majors. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 409 - Literary Forum: John Fowles Center Contemporary Writers Core
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . Literary Forum studies six contemporary authors and their work in conjunction with a lecture and reading series sponsored by the John Fowles Center for Creative Writing. Lectures and/or readings conducted by novelists, poets, critics, screenwriters, and creative non-fiction writers held every year during the spring semester and the reading and analysis assignments are based on the visiting writers’ works. This course will focus not only on the series’ writers, but on contemporary writing in general both in the Americas and in Europe. This course can be used to satisfy the post-1850 distribution requirement for English majors. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 410 - Advanced Reporting and Editing Workshop for Journalists
Prerequisites, ENG 210 , ENG 308 , or consent of instructor. This is a fast-paced course for advanced journalism students who want to master the reporting, writing and editing skills necessary to obtain paid media internships and jobs. Under the guidance of faculty and professional editors, students will report and write for the nonprofit news agency Voice of OC, learning advanced reporting, editing, news room management, digital design, photography and video journalism skills. Students will cover civic beats throughout Orange County, including cities, education, transportation, the environment, health, public safety, housing, courts, crime and social issues. Emphasis will be placed on helping students develop the enterprise reporting and writing skills required to publish thorough and fair accountability journalism, and give the public real-time news that monitors local governments. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 411 - Advanced Digital Journalism Workshop
Prerequisite, ENG 211 or consent of instructor. This is an advanced digital editing course for students who want to master the newsroom leadership skills necessary to obtain paid media internships and jobs. Students will examine the rapid changes in new media. For students interested in leveraging interactive media to create, edit and present engaging content, this course will emphasize editing student reporters; creating content using video; building platforms and verticals to attract page views; initiating social media strategies to grow readership; Google analytics and WordPress design. Students will apply for newsroom leadership roles, learn management strategies to effectively lead teams of student content creators, and work collaboratively to create visually fun features. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 414 - Narrative Nonfiction
Prerequisite, ENG 319 or consent of instructor. This is an advanced course introducing students to narrative nonfiction, literary journalism and fact-based storytelling. By reading and analyzing narrative nonfiction texts, students will learn how to combine in depth research with character-driven storytelling to produce compelling fact-based long form articles and books. Students will read and critically assess structure, tone and style in a wide range of narrative nonfiction texts, learning the basics of the Five Act structure, plot diagrams, the Hero’s Journey and how to recognize and build narrative and character arcs. Throughout the semester, students will complete a series of reporting and writing assignments that will culminate in a final narrative nonfiction project or profile. May be substituted for ENG 419 with the approval of the Department Chair. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 415 - Topics in Journalism
Designed for the student interested in contemporary journalism and the role journalism plays in the world or specific areas. Sample topics might include: Current Trends In Journalism, The Foreign Press Today, Journalism and the Business World, Minorities and the Press, Contemporary Newspaper Literature, Reporting Public Affairs. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 418 - Advanced Digital Design for Journalists
Prerequisite, ENG 218 or consent of instructor. In this advanced course, students will master WordPress design skills introduced in ENG 211 , learning to blend editorial design essentials (grids, color, type, story structures, motion, user experience) with modern tools for building digital stories and engaging content. Students will work collaboratively with editors of the campus digital daily and monthly magazine to publish engaging digital content created by reporters and editors on a WordPress platform. Students will apply theories of design, photography and videography to produce content packages, infographics, animated GIFS, photo galleries, interactive quizzes, social media graphics, and teaser videos. The course will challenge students to understand the conceptual aspects of the formal language of the visual arts by analyzing the ever changing relationship between words and images. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 419 - Advanced Workshop in Creative Nonfiction
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . Students discuss, criticize and evaluate nonfiction essays in order to produce publishable work. Students work within their chosen genre and form, and the guidelines of various genres are examined. Letter grade. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ENG 421 - 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 as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 422 - Techniques in Creative Nonfiction
Prerequisite, ENG 204 . Through lectures and workshops, students practice producing publishable creative nonfiction. Techniques may include research, narrative arc, viewpoint selection, scene and summary, settings, and theme. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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ENG 425 - Professional ESL
Advanced instruction in English as a second language. Students will review representative examples of academic and professional writing, and complete assignments designed to assist students in modeling such writing. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 429 - Experimental Course
(Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 430 - Shakespeare’s Comedies and Histories
Prerequisite, ENG 256 , or HIST 308 , or TH 322 . Advanced study of approximately 10 of Shakespeare’s comedies and histories with attention to their literary, historical, and cultural contexts. This course can be used to satisfy the pre-1850 distribution requirements for English majors. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 432 - Shakespeare’s Tragedies and Romances
Prerequisite, ENG 256 , or HIST 308 , or TH 322 . Advanced study of approximately 10 of Shakespeare’s tragedies and romances with attention to their literary, historical, and cultural contexts. This course can be used to satisfy the pre-1850 distribution requirement for English majors. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 441 - Topics in Drama
Prerequisite, ENG 256 . An opportunity for in-depth study, this course may focus on a single theme, historical period, or group of writers. Possible topics include the revenge tragedy, Renaissance drama (excluding Shakespeare), the theater of the absurd, and contemporary drama. Some sections include attendance of plays on or off campus. 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 442 - Topics in Poetry
Prerequisite, ENG 256 . This course may concentrate on one or more poets, poetic movements, or periods. It may include a comparative approach to either a group of national poetries or at least two national or shared-language poetries. Dependent upon is 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 spring semester, alternate years.) 3 credits
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ENG 443 - Topics in Fiction
Prerequisite, ENG 256 . Students study short stories, novels, and novellas from Europe, Asia, Latin America, and/or North America. 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 fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits
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ENG 445 - Major Author(s)
Prerequisite, ENG 256 . Students concentrate on the writings of either one significant author or a group of authors who can be profitably studied together. Examples of major figures include, but are not limited to, Chaucer, Spenser, Milton, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Keats, Dickens, Hawthorne, Melville, Pound, Eliot, Woolf, Joyce, Proust, Kazantzakis, and Faulkner. 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 spring semester.) 3 credits
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ENG 446 - Topics in Rhetoric
Prerequisite, written inquiry. An opportunity for in-depth study, this course may focus on a single theme, historical period, or group of rhetoricians. Possible topics include Early Rhetoric (Greek, Roman, early Christian, medieval and scholastic); History of Rhetoric from the English Renaissance to today; the Rhetoric of the American Slavery Debate, History of Women Rhetoricians, the Rhetoric of Technology. Dependent upon its emphasis, this course might be used to satisfy one of the distribution requirements for English majors. May be repeated for credit with different emphasis (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 447 - Topics in Comparative Literature
Prerequisite, ENG 256 . Other prerequisites vary according to topic. See instructor or syllabus. This course analyzes key themes, motifs, and principles which integrate philosophy, psychology, politics, sociology or the history of ideas with literature. Recent themes have included Poetics of the Novel; Writers Writing from the Margin, Women in Love and Other Emotional States; Poetry or Prose? This course can be used to satisfy the diversity distribution requirement for English majors. May be repeated for credit with a different focus. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 447-IRE - The “Real” Westeros: Game of Thrones and Northern Ireland
This travel course situates George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones in contemporary dialogues about, multiple perspectives of, and various theoretical approaches to the literary, the visual, the political, and the historical. We will examine Northern Ireland’s tumultuous history and how this history is used, distorted, and/or problematized by tourism involving Game of Thrones (both literary texts and the television adaptation). Some sections of HON 447 will be taught with ENG 447-IRE. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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ENG 449 - Literature in Translation
Prerequisite, written inquiry. Readings in English translations of literary works from one foreign language such as Spanish, French, Russian, German, Italian, or Japanese. May be repeated for credit with a different focus. This course can be used to satisfy the diversity distribution requirement for English majors. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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