The Graduate Program

Graduate Course Offerings

(topics vary with the instructor)

Medieval Literature

• 7200: Introduction to Old English
• 7210: Medieval Literature
• 8200: Studies in Old English Literature
• 8210: Studies in Middle English Literature

Renaissance and Seventeenth Century

• 7220: Renaissance and 17th-Century English Literature
• 8220: Studies in Renaissance British Literature
• 8230: Studies in 17th-Century British Literature

Restoration and Eighteenth Century

• 7240: Restoration and 18th-Century English Literature
• 8240: Studies in 18th-Century British Literature

Pre-1800 American Literature

• 7300: Early American Literature
• 8300: Studies in Early American Literature

Nineteenth Century

• 7250: 19th-Century English Literature
• 7310: 19th-Century American Literature
• 8250: Studies in 19th-Century British Literature
• 8310: Studies in 19th-Century American Literature

Twentieth Century

• 7140: Modern Literature
• 7260: 20th-Century British Literature
• 7320: 20th-Century American Literature
• 8260: Studies in 20th-Century British Literature
• 8320: Studies in 20th-Century American Literature

Approaches to Literature

• 7004: Topics
• 7110: Genres
• 7120: Ethnic Literature
• 7150: World Literature
• 7155: Comparative Approaches to Literature
• 7160: Major Authors
• 7180: Major Women Authors
• 7181: Themes in Literature by Women
• 7950: Internship in Publishing
• 8001: Topics
• 8090: Masters Research
• 8095: Problems
• 8110: Forms
• 9090: Doctorate Research

Creative Writing

• 7040: Topics in Writing
• 7510: C.W.: Advanced Fiction
• 7560: Advanced Playwriting: Problems
• 7520: C.W.: Advanced Nonfiction Prose
• 7530: C.W.: Advanced Poetry
• 8510: Advanced Writing of Fiction
• 8520: Advanced Writing of Nonfiction Prose
• 8530: Advanced Writing of Poetry

Language and Linguistics

• 7200: Introduction to Old English
• 7600: Structure of American English
• 7610: History of the English Language
• 7620: Regional and Social Dialects of American English
• 7630: Phonology
• 7640: Syntax
• 7650: Principles of Teaching English as a Second Language
• 8600: Studies in the English Language

Rhetoric and Composition

• 7050: Historical Survey of Rhetoric
• 8010: Theory and Practice of College Composition
• 8040: Studies in Rhetoric and Composition

Critical Theory

• 7060: Studies in Critical Theory
• 7070: History of Criticism
• 8050: Contemporary Critical Approaches
• 8060: Studies in Criticism and Theory
• 8070: History of Criticism and Theory

Folklore and Oral Tradition

• 7700: Special Themes in Folklore
• 7710: Themes in Africana Folklore
• 7770: Oral Tradition
• 7780: Women's Folklore and Feminist Theory
• 8700: Studies in Folklore
• 8770: Studies in Oral Tradition

African Diaspora Studies

• 7400: Topics or Genres in Anglophone Africana Literature
• 7410: Major Anglophone Africana Writers
• 7420: Africana Womanism
• 7480: Major Anglophone African Women Writers
• 8400: Studies in Anglophone Africana Literature
• 8410: Africana Theory and Literature Criticism

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