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2020/2021 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

General Education Courses  

Courses offered at the SDSU Imperial Valley campus.  

Detailed information about course offerings can be found on the Class Schedule website.
 

English
  
  
  

  • ENGL 260A - English Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): A grade of C (2.0) or better in ENGL 100  [or RWS 100 ], AFRAS 120  or AMIND 120  or CCS 111B  or LING 100B  or RWS 105B .

    English literature from Anglo-Saxon period to present, with emphasis on major works in literary tradition. Ends with neoclassical period.

  

  • ENGL 260B - English Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): A grade of C (2.0) or better in ENGL 100  [or RWS 200 ], AFRAS 120  or AMIND 120  or CCS 111B  or LING 100B  or RWS 105B .

    English literature from Anglo-Saxon period to present, with emphasis on major works in literary tradition. Begins with Romantic writers.

  

  • ENGL 280 - Introduction to Creative Writing

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): A grade of C (2.0) or better in ENGL 100  [or RWS 100 ], AFRAS 120  or AMIND 120  or CCS 111B  or LING 100B  or RWS 105B .

    Theory and practice of poetry and fiction, with emphasis on basic concepts and techniques.

  

  • ENGL 296 - Experimental Topics

    Units: 1-4

    Prerequisite(s): A grade of C (2.0) or better in ENGL 100  [or RWS 100 ], AFRAS 120  or AMIND 120  or CCS 111B  or LING 100B  or RWS 105B .

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 301 - The Psychological Novel

    Units: 3 GE

    Psychological novel from its inception to present, including major works from a variety of cultures. Readings designed to aid students in discovering insights which great novelists have unearthed in their explorations of the human psyche.

  

  • ENGL 305 - Literature and Environment

    Units: 3 GE

    Environmental thought and consciousness as expressed in literature, emergence of modern and contemporary environmental thought, and impacts of literature on environmental awareness.

  

  • ENGL 306A - Children’s Literature and Advanced Composition

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200  [or RWS 200 ]. English 306A and ENGL 306W  must be taken concurrently. Satisfies Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement for students who have completed 60 units; completed Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 8 or higher (or earned a grade of C (2.0) or better in RWS 280 , RWS 281  [or LING 281 ] if score on WPA was 6 or lower); and completed General Education requirements in Communication and Critical Thinking. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Test scores or verification of exemption; copy of transcript.

    Critical and historical analysis of children’s literature in a variety of genres and forms.

  

  • ENGL 306W - Children’s Literature and Advanced Composition

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200  [or RWS 200 ]. ENGL 306A  and 306W must be taken concurrently. Satisfies Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement for students who have completed 60 units; completed Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 8 or higher (or earned a grade of C (2.0) or better in RWS 280 , RWS 281  [or LING 281 ] if score on WPA was 6 or lower); and completed General Education requirements in Communication and Critical Thinking. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Test scores or verification of exemption; copy of transcript.

    Advanced composition; improvement of student skills through writing assignments based upon reading and work in the lecture part. Primarily designed to meet Graduation Writing Assessment and Literature requirements for Liberal Studies-Emphasis in Education.

  

  • ENGL 308W - Literary Study: Analysis, Research, and Writing

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Satisfies Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement for students who have completed 60 units; completed Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 8 or higher (or earned a grade of C (2.0) or better in RWS 280 , RWS 281  [or LING 281 ] if score on WPA was 6 or lower); and completed General Education requirements in Communication and Critical Thinking. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Test scores or verification of exemption; copy of transcript.

    Methods of literary analysis; concepts and terminology of literary study; research methods. Modes of writing about literature, with emphasis on the research paper.

  

  • ENGL 335 - Chicana and Chicano Literature

    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: CCS 335  
    Ideas, forms, history of significant Chicana and Chicano prose, poetry, and other literary genres.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.
  

  • ENGL 365A - African American Literature to 1900

    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: AFRAS 365A  
    Eighteenth and nineteenth century writing by African American authors. Issues of literary form, canon formation, and sociopolitical impact of the literature upon African American culture.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.
  

  • ENGL 365B - African American Literature After 1900

    Units: 3 GE

    Same As: AFRAS 365B  
    Writing by African American authors after 1900. Issues of literary form, canon formation and sociopolitical impact of the literature upon African American and American culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.
  

  • ENGL 401 - Childhood’s Literature

    Units: 3 GE

    Analysis of influential and/or neglected literature for children and young adults in a variety of genres and forms.

    Note: Not applicable to English or comparative literature majors. Majors are to take ENGL 501 .
  

  • ENGL 409 - Science Fiction

    Units: 3 GE

    How authors have responded to growing impact of science and technology on people’s lives and imaginations. Representative works by authors such as Kobo Abe, Bradbury, Butler, Delaney, DeLillo, Dick, Gibson, Heinlein, Hoban, Huxley, Kapek, LeGuin, Murakami, Orwell, Poe, Russ, Shelley, Verne, Wells, Zamyatin, and others.

  

  • ENGL 450 - LGBT Literature and Culture

    Units: 3 GE

    LGBT knowledge and identities as expressed in literature and culture; changing nature of same-sex desire, sexual behavior, and same-sex relationships from antiquity to present.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.
  

  • ENGL 491 - Contemporary Topics in Literature

    Units: 3

    Exploration of writers, works and topics in fiction, poetry, drama, and film, emphasizing the relationship between literature and current concerns. Topics include the city in fiction and film, literature and identity, literature of death, literature of contemporary myth and folklore, women in literature. Primarily for the general student not specializing in English or comparative literature. May count only as an elective course toward the English major. May be repeated with new title and content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content
  

  • ENGL 493 - Literature and Film

    Units: 3

    Relationships between film and genres of literature, focusing on a critical comparison of the techniques of rhetoric, fiction, and drama and those of film. Topics include literature and film, novel into film, drama and film, reading film. Primarily for the general student not specializing in English or comparative literature. May count only as an elective course toward the English major. May be repeated with new title and content. Maximum Credits: six units.
  

  • ENGL 494 - Modern Fiction of the United States

    Units: 3 GE

    Representative works by twentieth-century American authors such as Cather, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Ellison, Welty, Bellow, Vonnegut, Heller, Walker, others. Primarily for the general student not specializing in English or comparative literature. May count toward the English major only as an elective.

  

  • ENGL 495 - Internship

    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Practical work experience in a field related to English and comparative literature. Work performed under joint direction of activity sponsor and instructor. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: Not applicable to requirements for English or comparative literature majors.
  

  • ENGL 496 - Selected Topics in English

    Units: 1-4

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Specialized study of a selected topic in literature. May be repeated with new title and content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 498 - Seminar: English Honors Thesis

    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to departmental honors program and consent of honors department director.

    Capstone class to prepare students who have been accepted into the department’s honors program to write an undergraduate thesis by emphasizing advanced research methods and critical or creative writing skills.

  

  • ENGL 499 - Special Study

    Units: 1-3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and approval of department chair.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units.
  

  • ENGL 501 - Literature for Children

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Critical, historical, and ideological analysis of literature intended for and read by children in a variety of genres and forms.

    Note: This course cannot be used in place of ENGL 401  to satisfy General Education requirements.
  

  • ENGL 502 - Adolescence in Literature

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Critical, historical, and ideological analysis of adolescent literature to include works in a variety of forms and genres read by, written for, or that feature adolescents.

  

  • ENGL 503 - Topics in Children’s Literature

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Topics in youth culture, literature, and media to include aesthetics, gender, multiculturalism, and sexuality. Fantasy, illustrated, non-fiction, and science fiction books. Maximum Credits: six units.
  

  • ENGL 508W - The Writing of Criticism

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing. Satisfies Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement for students who have completed 60 units; completed Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 8 or higher (or earned a grade of C (2.0) or better in RWS 280 , RWS 281  [or LING 281 ] if score on WPA was 6 or lower); and completed General Education requirements in Communication and Critical Thinking. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Test scores or verification of exemption; copy of transcript.

    Theory and practice of literary criticism. Emphasis on the work of important critics and on development of student’s own critical writing.

  

  • ENGL 510A - Earlier Histories of British and American Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Historical movements and developments in English language literature before 1800. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 510B - Later Histories of British and American Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Historical movements and developments in English language literature after 1800. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 519 - Ethnic Literatures of the United States

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Works from United States ethnic literatures, with emphasis on formerly excluded traditions as African-American, Hispanic and Chicano, Asian-American, and American Indian.

  

  • ENGL 522 - Literature of the United States, 1800-1860

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Representative works by United States writers from 1800 to 1860; likely to include works by Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Stowe, Thoreau, Whitman, and others.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 523 - Literature of the United States, 1860-1920

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Representative works by United States writers from 1860 to 1920; likely to include works by Charles Chesnutt, Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Emily Dickinson, Henry James, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, and others.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 524 - Literature of the United States, 1920-1960

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Representative works by United States writers from 1920 to 1960; likely to include works by Willa Cather, T. S. Eliot, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Zora Neale Hurston, Eugene O’Neill, Katherine Anne Porter, Ezra Pound, John Steinbeck, and others.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 525 - Literature of the United States, 1960 to Present

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    United States writers from 1960 to the present; likely to include works by Edward Albee, Saul Bellow, Allen Ginsberg, Joseph Heller, Maxine Hong Kingston, Norman Mailer, Toni Morrison, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Kurt Vonnegut, Eudora Welty, and others.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 526 - Topics in Literature of the United States

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Topics in United States literature to include the literature of the South, Black writers in the U.S., the frontier and U.S. literature, the outcast in U.S. literature, the immigrant experience in U.S. literature. May be repeated with new title and content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 527 - Genre Studies

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Study of a specific literary genre or genres, such as the novel, tragedy, epic, and lyric. May be repeated with new title and content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 528 - Authors

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Works of a major author or, if useful comparisons and juxtapositions warrant, works of two or three authors, such as Jane Austen, Melville, Emerson, and Thoreau. May be repeated with new title and content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 530 - Chaucer

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Chaucer’s works, with emphasis on The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde.

  

  • ENGL 533 - Shakespeare

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    An introduction to the writings of Shakespeare.

  

  • ENGL 534 - Study of Shakespeare

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 533 .

    Advanced study of Shakespeare’s achievement as poet and playwright. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 536 - British Literary Periods, Beginnings to 1660

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Study of a literary period such as the Middle Ages or Renaissance. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 537 - Milton

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Milton’s writings, with emphasis on Paradise Lost.

  

  • ENGL 540A - English Fiction

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    The development of English fiction from its beginnings to the end of the eighteenth century.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 541A - English Drama

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    English dramatic literature from its beginnings to the present. Semester I: From the beginning to 1642.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 541B - English Drama

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    English dramatic literature from its beginnings to the present. Semester II: Period following reopening of the theatres in 1660.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 543 - British Literary Periods, 1800-1900

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Study of a literary period such as the Romantic or Victorian Age. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 544 - British Literary Periods, 1900-Present

    Units: 3

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Study of a literary period such as the Postmodern Era. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 550 - Queer Texts and Contexts

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Queer knowledge and identities as expressed in literature and culture, to include queer theory, history, and experience. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 556 - Gothic Literary Tradition

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing or graduate standing.

    Gothic literary tradition from its beginnings to the present day. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 560 - Literature in the Digital Age

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing or graduate standing.

    Shifting literary landscape in the digital age. Adapting print-based literature and reading practices to a digital world and digital literary marketplace. Digital-born literature. New narrative and poetic forms for computational media. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 562 - Digital Methods in Literary Studies

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing or graduate standing.

    Analyzing digitized literary texts and creating born-digital literature. Studying and creating literature digitally. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 563 - Literature and Culture

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Study of literature in relation to a specific culture idea or phenomenon, such as literature and the law, literature and technology. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 570 - Techniques of Poetry

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Three lower division units in literature and/or creative writing and ENGL 280 .

    Techniques of poetry from the writer’s point of view. Introduction to critical and theoretical literature on poetry. Includes a creative writing workshop.

  

  • ENGL 571 - Techniques of the Short Story

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Three lower division units in literature and/or creative writing and ENGL 280 .

    Techniques of the short story from the writer’s point of view. Introduction to critical and theoretical literature on the short story. Includes a creative writing workshop.

  

  • ENGL 573 - Techniques of the Novel

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Three lower division units in literature and/or creative writing and ENGL 280 .

    Techniques of the novel from the writer’s point of view. Introduction to critical and theoretical literature on the novel. Includes a creative writing workshop.

  

  • ENGL 576A - Literary Publishing and Editing Workshop A

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing.

    Survey of literary publishing and editing industry. Practical experience in a variety of publishing and editing skills, interaction with industry professionals, and critical writing. Formerly Numbered English 576.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 576B - Literary Publishing and Editing Workshop B

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing or graduate standing.

    Practical experience in small-press literary publishing. Creating and running a press to publish print and digital texts. Tutorials and guest lectures.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 577 - Techniques of Screenwriting

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing. ENGL 280  or TFM 110  or TFM 510  for television, film, and new media majors.

    Techniques of screenwriting. Introduction to critical and theoretical literature on screenwriting. Includes a creative writing workshop.

  

  • ENGL 579 - Topics in Creative Writing

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Three lower division units in literature and/or creative writing and ENGL 280 .

    Techniques of creative writing focusing on a specialized genre such as comedy, science fiction, and biography. Study of the critical and theoretical literature on the genre. Includes a creative writing workshop. Maximum Credits: six units.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 580 - Writing of Poetry

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six lower division units in literature and/or creative writing and ENGL 570 .

    A creative writing workshop in poetry. Continuation of ENGL 570 . Maximum Credits: six units.
  

  • ENGL 581W - Writing of Fiction

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Three lower division units in literature and/or creative writing and ENGL 280 . Satisfies Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement for students who have completed 60 units; completed Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 8 or higher (or earned a grade of C (2.0) or better in RWS 280 , RWS 281  [or LING 281 ] if score on WPA was 6 or lower); and completed General Education requirements in Communication and Critical Thinking. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Test scores or verification of exemption; copy of transcript.

    A creative writing workshop in fiction. Continuation of ENGL 571 . Maximum Credits: six units.
  

  • ENGL 584W - Writing Informal Essays

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Three lower division units in literature and/or creative writing and ENGL 280 . Satisfies Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement for students who have completed 60 units; completed Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 8 or higher (or earned a grade of C (2.0) or better in RWS 280 , RWS 281  [or LING 281 ] if score on WPA was 6 or lower); and completed General Education requirements in Communication and Critical Thinking. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Test scores or verification of exemption; copy of transcript.

    A creative writing workshop in nonfiction, especially the essay as an art form.

  

  • ENGL 596 - Selected Topics in English

    Units: 1-3

    Selected topics in English. May be repeated with new content and approval of instructor. Maximum Credits: six units of 596 applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.
  

  • ENGL 600 - Introduction to Graduate Study

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Twelve upper division units in English.

    Introduction to research methods and critical approaches common in the graduate study of literature and expository writing, with attention to basic reference works, bibliographical techniques, analytical strategies, scholarly frames of reference, and theory. Recommended for first-semester graduate students.

  

  • ENGL 604A - Seminar: Literary Period or Movement: American Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): An appropriate upper division or graduate level background course; credit or concurrent registration in ENGL 600 .

    Advanced study, through its literature, of a literary period such as the Renaissance, or a movement such as American modernism. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 604B - Seminar: Literary Period or Movement: British Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): An appropriate upper division or graduate level background course; credit or concurrent registration in ENGL 600 .

    Advanced study, through its literature, of a literary period such as the Renaissance, or a movement such as American modernism. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 604D - Seminar: Literary Period or Movement: Children’s Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): An appropriate upper division or graduate level background course; credit or concurrent registration in ENGL 600 .

    Advanced study, through its literature, of a literary period such as the Renaissance, or a movement such as American modernism. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 606A - Seminar: A Literary Type: American Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in ENGL 600 .

    Advanced study of a specific literary genre, such as the novel, tragic drama, lyric poetry, the personal essay, autobiography. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 606D - Seminar: A Literary Type: Children’s Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in ENGL 600 .

    Advanced study of a specific literary genre, such as the novel, tragic drama, lyric poetry, the personal essay, autobiography. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 624 - British Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Twelve upper division units in English.

    Selected works of an author, period, or subject in English literature. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 625 - Literature of the United States

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Twelve upper division units in English, with courses in American literature strongly recommended.

    Selected works of an author, period, or subject in literature of the United States. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
  

  • ENGL 626 - Comparative Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Twelve upper division units in English, comparative literature, or literature in a language other than English.

    Comparative approaches to literature: study of a theme, geographical region, external relationship, or of selected authors. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 630 - Form and Theory of Poetry

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Twelve upper division units in English.

    Poetry as a literary form. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to an M.F.A. degree in creative writing.
  

  • ENGL 631 - Form and Theory of Fiction

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Twelve upper division units in English.

    Fiction as a literary form. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to an M.F.A. degree in creative writing.
  

  • ENGL 696 - Special Topics

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Twelve upper division units in English.

    Intensive study in specific areas of English. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: Maximum credit of six units of ENGL 526  applicable to a 30-unit master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.
  

  • ENGL 700 - Seminar: A Major Author or Authors

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 600 .

    Critical study of a major author or authors such as William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, Marcel Proust, Gabriel García Márquez, Toni Morrison and others. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 724 - Seminar: Issues in British Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 600 .

    Advanced study of issues within the development of the novel in Great Britain, colonial literatures in English, the British lyrical tradition and others. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 725 - Seminar: Issues in Literature of the United States

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 600 .

    Advanced study of such issues as postmodernity, regionalism, ethnicity, the urban experience, gender, the political novel. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 726 - Seminar: Issues in Comparative Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 600 .

    Advanced study of an issue such as translation, negritude, cultural studies, semiotics, deconstruction, or literature and censorship. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 727 - Seminar: Issues in Children’s Literature

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six units of approved 500- or 600-level courses.

    Issues and topics of special interest to children’s literature, such as gender depictions, commodification, cross-over writing, and regionalism. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 750F - M.F.A. Seminar: Fiction Writing

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Open only to students admitted to M.F.A. in creative writing.

    Advanced seminar in fiction writing. May include readings in contemporary fiction and narrative theory. Students in fiction focus must take course six times, generating new work each time with various instructors. Maximum Credits: 18 units applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 750P - M.F.A. Seminar: Poetry Writing

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Open only to students admitted to M.F.A. in creative writing.

    Advanced seminar in poetry writing. May include readings in contemporary poetry and theory. Students in poetry focus must take course six times, generating new work each time with various instructors. Maximum Credits: 18 units applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 784 - Seminar: Creative Non-Fiction

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Six units of graduate level creative writing courses.

    Advanced approach to writing book reviews and short critical essays. Professional focuses necessary for these forms. Emphasis on writing, reading, research, and direct function of these processes.

  

  • ENGL 790 - Seminar: Portfolio/Examination Preparation

    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Twenty-four units of graduate coursework that count toward the M.A. in English.

    Student must be in final semester of study for the master’s degree. Preparation, with close faculty supervision, of scholarly essays for portfolio assessment and oral defense. Advanced study of critical approaches, development of sophisticated research methodology, and close attention to scholarly writing.

  

  • ENGL 791A - Seminar in M.F.A. Manuscript: Poetry

    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of two years of study in the M.F.A. program.

    Techniques of manuscript construction from a poet’s point of view. Students work on draft of a manuscript of poetry to include discussion of first books by major authors and a creative writing workshop. Maximum Credits: six units in English 791A applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 791B - Seminar in M.F.A. Manuscript: Fiction

    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of two years of study in the M.F.A. program.

    Techniques of manuscript construction from a fiction writer’s point of view. Students work on draft of a manuscript of fiction to include discussion of first books by major authors and a creative writing workshop. Maximum Credits: six units in English 791B applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 796 - Internship

    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Advancement to candidacy for the Master of Arts degree in English and comparative literature or admission to the Master of Fine Arts program and consent of the graduate adviser and supervising professor.

    Work experience with a practicing professional or company in the community, such as working as editorial assistant or teacher intern. Maximum Credits: nine units applicable to an M.F.A. degree with approval of graduate adviser.
  

  • ENGL 797 - Thesis Research

    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Advancement to candidacy in the M.F.A. degree in creative writing.

    Independent work in general field of candidate’s thesis project.

  

  • ENGL 798 - Special Study

    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of staff; to be arranged with department chair and instructor.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
  

  • ENGL 799A - Thesis

    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): An officially appointed thesis committee and advancement to candidacy.

    Preparation of a thesis for the master’s degree.

  

  • ENGL 799B - Thesis Extension

    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Prior registration in Thesis 799A with an assigned grade symbol of RP.

    Registration required in any semester or term following assignment of RP in Course 799A in which the student expects to use the facilities and resources of the university; also student must be registered in the course when the completed thesis is granted final approval.

  

  • ENGL 799C - Comprehensive Examination Extension

    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Completion or concurrent enrollment in degree program courses.

    Registration required of students whose only requirement is completion of the comprehensive examination for the master’s degree. Registration in 799C limited to two semesters.


Environmental Engineering
  

  • ENV E 101 - Environmental Engineering Seminar

    Units: 1

    Breadth and depth of environmental engineering field through presentations by invited faculty, graduate students, guests and seminar enrollees; including individual library research with written and oral presentations on selected environmental topics.

  

  • ENV E 296 - Experimental Topics

    Units: 1-4

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.
  

  • ENV E 320 - Designing Solutions for Environmental Problems

    Units: 3 GE

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing and completion of the General Education requirement in Foundations of Learning, II.A. Natural Sciences and Quantitative Reasoning. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Human interaction with the land, water and air environment; environmental pollution; role of engineering in solving environmental problems.

    Note: Not open to civil or environmental engineering majors.
  

  • ENV E 355 - Environmental Engineering

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 202  (or CHEM 200 ). Approved upper division engineering major, minor, or another major approved by the College of Engineering. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Change of major form or other evidence of acceptable major code.

    Causes and effects of environmental problems and engineering methods to control them.

  

  • ENV E 356 - Environmental Chemistry for Engineers

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 130  and ENV E 355 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Underlying principles of chemistry needed to solve environmental problems and covers the fundamentals of quantitative water and wastewater analysis, to include statistical analysis. Environmental applications in physical, equilibrium, organic, colloidal, and biochemistry concepts.

  

  • ENV E 363 - Environmental Engineering Laboratory

    Units: 3

    Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): ENV E 355 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Analysis of natural waters and wastewaters. Sampling and analysis of hazardous environmental pollutants. Techniques to analyze solid waste.

  

  • ENV E 441 - Water Treatment Engineering

    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): ENV E 355 , credit or concurrent registration in A E 340 , CIV E 444 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Basic water chemistry; water quality criteria and standards; residential, industrial and commercial water usage; principles of physical and chemical processes employed in water treatment; design of selected water treatment units; new and emerging water treatment technologies; and water distribution systems.

 

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