UPPER-LEVEL COURSES

Major Requirement

ENGL 4080/6080: LITERARY CRITICISM

DR. KATHERINE HOWARD

Theory informs the world around us and provides us a lens through which to filter experiences. In this course you’ll explore how critical theory shapes common interpretations of literature and popular culture. Examples include but are not limited to Marxist, psychoanalytical, feminist, and ecocritical schools of thinking. Building on your existing interests in stories of all kinds, you’ll learn what each interpretation offers and how you might craft a theory of your own.

ENGL 4270/6270: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

DR. ERIC STERLING

Shakespeare in Love is an online class that will cover six fascinating plays and love stories: Romeo and Juliet, Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cymbeline, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and All's Well that Ends Well. Topics include the nature of love, gender, meddling parents, the supernatural, and how love and relationships evolve.

ENGL 3010/6610: INTRO TO PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL WRITING

Professional & Technical Writing

ENGL 3060: BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL WRITING

ELIZABETH BURROWS

Professional and technical writing shapes the communication, design, and impact of organizations and workplaces. In this course, you'll explore the theories, methods, and key scholarship of professional and technical writing, translate ideas to action through multimodal projects, and make real-world contributions through our class-industry partnership By the end of this course, you'll have professional expertise and experience to bring to your current and/or future workplace context.

Business and Professional Writing will focus on developing writing skills essential to a work or business environment In this course, you’ll be crafting messages in a variety of genres such as memos, emails, proposals, and research reports. You will also develop your knowledge of multimodal design as we create deliverables such as flyers and presentations within a field of your choice. The goal of the course is to help prepare you for a variety of writing contexts in your future professional careers.