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E E 600 - Seminar
Units: 1-3
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
An intensive study in advance electrical engineering. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
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E E 601 - Linear System Theory and Design
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): E E 420 .
State models and solutions of the state equations, stability, controllability and observability, realizability and minimal realizations, linear state and output feedback control, introduction to linear optimal control.
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E E 602 - Stochastic Signals and Systems
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): E E 410 .
Random signals, correlation functions, power spectral densities, the Gaussian process, narrow band processes. Applications to communication systems.
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E E 603 - Engineering Optimization
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
Unconstrained and constrained optimization problems. Convex sets, functions, analysis, and optimization problems. Least-squares, linear, and quadratic programs. Optimality conditions, duality theory.
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E E 634 - RF Circuit Design
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): E E 540 .
RF component and circuit design in frequency domain and scattering parameter terms. Linear amplifiers, stability considerations, unilateralization, matching techniques, low-noise amplifiers, wideband designs, power amplifiers, linearity considerations, oscillators, and mixers.
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E E 641 - RF Wireless Systems
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): E E 440 , E E 558 , E E 602 .
Characteristics and performance measures of RF subsystem in wireless communication systems: wireless channel, antenna, modulators and demodulators, low-noise and power amplifiers, oscillators, ADC and DAC; receiver architectures, system-level design of RF front-end.
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E E 645 - Antennas and Propagation
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): E E 440 .
Antenna radiation mechanism, antenna types, fundamental antenna parameters, microstrip patch antennas, theory and design of various array and wire antennas, antenna measurement techniques and radio wave propagation in different propagation environments to include mobile communications, multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communications, and satellite communications.
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E E 650 - Modern Communication Theory
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): E E 558 and E E 602 .
Wireless digital communication; bandpass modulation and demodulation, multiple access techniques, broadband signaling techniques, spread spectrum techniques; applications include CDMA and OFDM.
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E E 652 - Principles and Applications of Information Theory
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): E E 558 and E E 602 .
Information measure of data sources; Shannon’s theorem and capacity of communication links; rate-distortion theory and performance of source codes.
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E E 653 - Coding Theory
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): E E 558 .
Error control for digital information; arithmetic of Galois fields; block, cyclic, convolutional and turbo encoding and decoding; applications in digital communication and computer systems.
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E E 654 - Adaptive Filter Design
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): E E 450 and E E 602 .
Constrained and unconstrained Wiener filters. Performance surfaces and gradient-based search methods. LMS and RLS algorithms. Lattice filters. Applications of adaptive filters in beamforming, channel equalization, echo cancellation, and system modeling.
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E E 655 - Modem Design
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): E E 450 and E E 558 .
System level and DSP design of modems for wireless and wireline communications. Study modems for QAM, OFDM, CDMA, and T-1 modulation.
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E E 656 - Multirate Signal Processing
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): E E 450 .
DSP techniques for sample rate changes in digital filters. Decimation and interpolation, aliasing as a processing option in resampling filters. Applications in communication and entertainment media systems.
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E E 657 - Digital Image Processing
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): E E 450 .
Theory of two-dimensional signals and systems, image transforms, image enhancement, restoration and compression, image analysis and computer vision.
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E E 658 - Advanced Digital Signal Processing
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): E E 450 and E E 602 .
Advanced topics in FIR and IIR filter design. Quantization effects in digital filters. Sigma-delta modulation. Signal modeling. Parametric and non-parametric spectral estimation. Frequency estimation.
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E E 660 - High Speed Networks: Design Principles and Recent Advances
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 560 .
Provides students with knowledge of recent developments in area of computer networks. Current research in high speed computer networks.
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E E 662 - Wireless Sensor Networks
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 560 .
Sensor platforms, wireless channel characteristics, time synchronization, medium access control, topology control, routing protocols, localization, coverage and placement, detection and tracking, query processing.
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E E 665 - Multimedia Wireless Networks
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 560 .
Cross-layer protocol design, multimedia QoS-aware 4G, 5G, CRN, WLAN networks; multimedia source and bitstream characteristics, quality of service, and roles of processing capacity and power consumption.
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E E 670 - Digital ASIC Design
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 572 .
High-performance and low-power digital application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips.
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E E 671 - VLSI Testing
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): COMPE 470
Theory and techniques for testing VLSI circuits and systems. Analog/mixed-signal testing, Automatic Test Pattern Generation (ATPG), boundary scan and core-based testing, Built-in Self-Test (BIST), defect and fault diagnosis, Design For Testability (DFT), logic/fault simulation, memory test, machine learning applications in VLSI testing, scan design/architecture.
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E E 674 - Signal and Power Integrity
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): E E 440 and COMPE 572 .
Interconnect and power distribution network design in very-large- scale integration systems packaging. High-speed transmission lines and crosstalk, macromodeling of interconnects. Switching noise, decoupling, numerical methodologies in power integrity design.
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E E 684 - Advanced Power Electronics
Units: 3
Prerequisite(s): E E 584 and E E 601 .
Advanced modeling strategies for bidirectional converters, DC/ DC converters, design and integration of power electronics interfaces into smart girds, multi-level inverters, Pulse-Width-Modulation (PWM) switching techniques, resonant/quasi-resonant converters, SiC and GaN switches, single/three phase inverters, and soft switching.
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E E 685 - Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Design and Applications
Units: 3
Same As: M E 685 .
Prerequisite(s): M E 585 .
Design and manufacturing technology for micro- and nano-scale devices. Topics include solid state transducers, microscale physics, biomedical microelectronics, microfluidics, biosensors, and hybrid integration of microfabrication technology. Emphasis on biomedical applications.
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E E 696 - Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering
Units: 1-3
Intensive study in specific areas of electrical engineering. May be repeated with new content.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.
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E E 740 - Advanced Topics in Physical Electronics
Units: 1-3
Prerequisite(s): Graduate level coursework in the area and consent of instructor.
Selected topics in electromagnetic fields and waves, optoelectronics, and semiconductor devices. May be repeated with new content and consent of graduate adviser. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
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E E 795 - Internship/Practicum
Units: 1
Grading Method: Cr/NC
Prerequisite(s): Eighteen units of graduate level coursework in electrical engineering and consent of adviser.
Supervised internship or practicum experience with approval of graduate adviser. Maximum Credits: three units.
Note: Not applicable to an advanced degree.
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E E 797 - Research
Units: 1-6
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department chair. Open only to students in Plan A Thesis.
Research in engineering. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree for students in Plan A only.
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E E 798 - Special Study
Units: 1-3
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department chair.
Individual study. Maximum Credits: three units applicable to a master’s degree for students in Plan B study.
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E E 799A - Thesis or Project
Units: 3
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): An officially appointed thesis committee and advancement to candidacy.
Preparation of a project or thesis for the master’s degree.
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E E 799B - Thesis or Project Extension
Units: 0
Grading Method: Cr/NC
Prerequisite(s): Prior registration in Thesis or Project 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 or project is granted final approval.
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E E 799C - Comprehensive Examination Extension
Units: 0
Grading Method: Cr/NC
Prerequisite(s): Completion or concurrent enrollment in degree program courses.
Registration required for all students taking the comprehensive examination for the master’s degree. Registration in 799C limited to two semesters.
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ENGR 100 - Perspectives in Human-Technology Frontier
Units: 3 GE
Engineering concepts/solutions enabled by advances in intelligent technology and integration with human skills to improve economic and social well-being of self and society. Technology solutions to everyday physiological and psychological challenges.
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ENGR 250 - Introduction to Renewable Energy
Units: 3 GE
Only offered at: SDSU Imperial Valley
Prerequisite(s): MATH 150 with a grade of C (2.0) or better or satisfaction of the SDSU Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning Assessment requirement and qualification on the Mathematics Placement Assessment. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required.
Energy sources and systems. Future challenges and trends of energy use. Incentives and policies on energy resources. Laws of thermodynamics and factors impacting economic viability of power generation.
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ENGR 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.
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ENGR 496 - Advanced Engineering Topics
Units: 1-3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade point average of 2.0 in engineering.
Modern developments in engineering. Maximum Credits: six units for any combination of 496, 499, and 596 applicable to a bachelor’s degree.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
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ENGR 795 - Internship/Practicum
Units: 1
Grading Method: Cr/NC
Prerequisite(s): Twenty-seven units of graduate level coursework in the Master of Engineering program and consent of graduate adviser.
Supervised internship or practicum experience with approval of graduate adviser. Not applicable to an advanced degree. Maximum Credits: three units.
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ENGR 797 - Research
Units: 1-3
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Research in engineering. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.
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ENGR 798 - Special Study
Units: 1-6
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and consent of Associate Dean of College of Engineering.
Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to Master of Engineering degree.
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ENGR 799A - Project
Units: 3
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): An officially appointed project committee and advancement to candidacy.
Preparation of a project for the master’s degree.
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ENGR 799B - Project Extension
Units: 0
Grading Method: Cr/NC
Prerequisite(s): Prior registration in Project 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 project is granted final approval.
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ENGR 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.
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ENGR 800 - Seminar
Units: 1
Grading Method: Cr/NC
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the doctoral program.
Doctoral students are expected to attend a weekly seminar dealing with current topics in different areas of applied mechanics. Course is to be taken every semester.
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ENGR 810 - Colloquium in Engineering Sciences
Units: 1
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the doctoral program.
Discussions on advances in research in engineering science/applied mechanics conducted by SDSU and UCSD faculty.
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ENGR 897 - Doctoral Research
Units: 1-15
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the doctoral program.
Independent research in general areas of applied mechanics. Content to be determined after consultation with adviser.
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ENGR 898 - Doctoral Special Study
Units: 1-3
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): Advancement to candidacy.
Individual study leading to study and research required for doctoral dissertation.
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ENGR 899 - Doctoral Dissertation
Units: 3-15
Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP
Prerequisite(s): An officially constituted joint doctoral committee and successful completion of Senate Qualifying Examination.
Final research and preparation of dissertation for doctoral degree. Enrollment required during term in which dissertation is approved.
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ENGL 100 - Rhetoric of Written Argument
Units: 3 GE
Same As: POL S 100 and RWS 100 .
International students are advised to take LING 100B .
Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of the SDSU Written Communication Assessment requirement. (See Graduation Requirements section of catalog.) Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required.
Writing and reading as critical inquiry, designed to help students undertake university-level writing projects. Focus on rhetoric of written arguments. Students learn to use sources in their writing and make appropriate decisions about structure, cohesion, and rhetorical conventions.
Note: Not open to students with credit in a higher-numbered composition course or AFRAS 120 or AMIND 120 or CCS 111B or LING 100B or RWS 100 [ or POL S 100 ] or RWS 105B .
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ENGL 157 - Comics and History
Units: 3 GE
Same As: HIST 157 .
Aesthetics, interplay of texts and images, visual communication, and changes over time.
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ENGL 200 - Rhetoric of Written Arguments in Context
Units: 3 GE
Same As: RWS 200
International students are advised to take LING 200 .
Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of the SDSU Written Communication Assessment requirement and RWS 100 [or ENGL 100 or POL S 100 ] or RWS 105B , or AFRAS 120 or AMIND 120 or CCS 111B or LING 100B . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Test scores or verification of exemption; copy of transcript.
Further practice in writing, reading, and critical thinking. Emphasis on rhetoric of written arguments in context and using multiple sources in writing. Continued attention to structure, cohesion, and rhetorical conventions.
Note: Not open to students with credit in AFRAS 200 , AMIND 225 , CCS 200 , LING 200 , or RWS 200 . Completion of RWS 200 may require completion of the library workbook assignment.
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ENGL 220 - Introduction to Literature
Units: 3 GE
Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley
Prerequisite(s): A grade of C (2.0) or better in ENGL 100 [or POL S 100 or RWS 100 ], AFRAS 120 or AMIND 120 or CCS 111B or LING 100B or RWS 105B . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.
Inquiry into basic nature of literature. What prompts humankind to creation of imaginative literature? What purposes does literature serve in cultural life of humanity? What are its social, philosophical, spiritual, and esthetic values? Some consideration may be given to techniques and major critical theories, but focus will be on practical criticism for nonspecialists. Specific works studied will be representative of several genres, cultures, and periods of literature.
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ENGL 296 - Experimental Topics
Units: 1-4
Prerequisite(s): A grade of C (2.0) or better in ENGL 100 [or POL S 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. From the beginning to 1642.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
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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. Period following reopening of the theatres in 1660.
Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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