English Department Grad. Courses

Fall 2005                          

ENGL 9001 Topics: Theory and History of the Novel 

Aruna Krishnamurthy  

Mon. 6:00 PM-8:30 PM 

3 grad. credits

This class will expose students to some of the rich history and culture surrounding the novel. Scholars have often viewed the novel as the literary vehicle of the eighteenth-century middle classes and have debated about class, gender and race issues within its narrative. Readings include novels by Fielding, Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and Dickens. During the course of the semester our discussions will move between crucial works of English literature and theoretical texts on the novel.

ENGL 8052  Composition Theory

Patrice Gray 

Tues. 5:00 PM-7:30 PM 

3 grad. credits 

This course is intended to help students create a framework for generating their own philosophy of writing.  It is intended to help students develop a deeper understanding of their own writing processes, to recognize the complexities of literacy and writing, and to become more conscious of the rhetorical choices writers make in different writing situations.

ENGL 8050 Graduate Study and Research in English

Chola Chisunka 

Wed. 5:00 PM-7:30 PM

3 grad. credits

Designed for students who are new to the English Graduate Program. This course promotes the student�s ability to do independent and creative scholarly research and to become more competent in critical approaches to literature, research techniques, new methodologies, and technologies, as well as library and archival examination. Students in the MAT in English Certification program develop the research proposal for the classroom research project that they are required to carry out during their 400 hour Internship/Clinical experience.

ENGL 9001   Drinking the Milk of Paradise: Theories of Poetic Inspiration  

Leon Weinmann

Thurs., 5:00 PM-7:30 PM 

3 grad. credits

This course examines theories of poetic inspiration from the Classical and Hebraic traditions through the Romantic and Modernist periods. Students will explore the connections between poetic and religious inspiration, and between inspiration and madness.

ENGL 7012 The Modern Secondary School  

Ron Schofield 

Thursday, 5:00 PM-7:30 PM 

Prerequisite for Initial License

Required of all MAT candidates who have no certification to teach.  Covers a broad range of issues faced by teachers in today�s secondary schools.  Students become familiar with the complexities and demands of secondary school teaching.  Includes 75 hours of prepracticum experience.

ENGL 8260  Curriculum Design and Development

Melanie Gallo  

Thursday, 5:00 PM-7:30 PM    

Required for Professional License                                                

Designed to provide students with knowledge and skills of the curriculum development-revision process.  In collaborative groups students review, revise and expand the curriculum and assessment procedures in order to integrate current research findings and education reform initiatives.  Students articulate a general Curriculum map contextually appropriate for grade-level content as they plan for integrating content with social, behavioral, processing, thinking skills and Curriculum Frameworks.  Students design an integrated 9-12^th grade curriculum that aligns content standards across disciplines.  Finally, interdisciplinary groups design an integrated curriculum unit.