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2017-2018 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) 
    
 
  Jun 28, 2024
 
2017-2018 Graduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions


 
  
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    EMCH 792 - Selected Topics in Mechanical Systems

    Credits: 1-3

    Special topics related to current research in mechanical systems.

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    EMCH 793 - Combustion Processes in Industry

    Credits: 3

    Development of the physics of turbulent flow, turbulent combustion, atomization, and vaporization of liquid sprays. Design and analysis of industrial combustion processes including incinerators and furnaces.

    Prerequisites: EMCH 592

  
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    EMCH 794 - Thermodynamics

    Credits: 3

    An advanced treatment of thermodynamics stressing fundamentals. Application of first and second laws; study of properties and criteria for reactive, non-reactive, and coupled systems.

    Prerequisites: EMCH 354 and EMCH 394

  
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    EMCH 797 - Research

    Credits: 1-12

    Note: Pass-Fail Grading

  
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    EMCH 799 - Thesis Preparation

    Credits: 1-12

  
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    EMCH 847 - Fluid Systems Design

    Credits: 3

    Hydrodynamics of one and two-phase flow in ducts. Pressure surges and flow stability. Flow induced vibrations. Numerical techniques. Fluid power systems design.

    Prerequisites: EMCH 741

  
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    EMCH 857 - Advanced Heat Transfer II

    Credits: 3

    Solution of radiation problems through non-absorbing, non-emitting media. Heat exchanger design.

  
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    EMCH 881 - Fatigue of Materials

    Credits: 3

    Fatigue of materials presented from mechanics and microstructural points of view. Stress-life, strain life, and Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) approaches will be covered.

  
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    EMCH 882 - Fracture Mechanics

    Credits: 3

    Linear elastic and elastoplastic description of stress fields around cracks. Discussion of stress intensity factor, strain energy density. Dynamic crack propagation and arrest. Fatigue crack propagation. Fracture toughness testing. Applications of concepts.

    Prerequisites: EMCH 584

  
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    EMCH 883 - Wave Propagation in Solids

    Credits: 3

    Formulation and solution of the wave propagation problem in an unbounded isotropic medium. Study of the reflection-refraction problem at a plane interface. Discussion of Rayleigh, Love, and general surface waves. Wave propagation in a bounded isotropic medium.

    Prerequisites: ENCP 707

  
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    EMCH 899 - Dissertation Preparation

    Credits: 1-12

  
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    ENCP 540 - Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing

    Credits: 3

    Design for the environment; life cycle analysis; environmental economics and global competitiveness; legal and regulatory affairs; and management of technological change. Interdisciplinary collaboration of engineering, science, math, and business majors.

    Prerequisites: graduate student standing or consent of instructor

  
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    ENCP 602 - Introduction to Engineering Design for Teachers

    Credits: 3

    An introduction to computer-aided design with solid modeling for pre-service and in-service teachers. Design process, professional communication and collaboration methods, design ethics and technical documentation.

    Prerequisites: College algebra with trigonometry

    Note: Excluded- College of Engineering and Computing majors

  
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    ENCP 603 - Gateway to Technology for Teachers

    Credits: 3

    Addresses the development of knowledge, skills, and understanding of modern technology. For pre-service and in-service teachers.

    Prerequisites: MATH 112 or MATH 115

    Note: Excluded - College of Engineering and Computing majors

  
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    ENCP 605 - Principles of Engineering for Teachers

    Credits: 3

    Technological processes employed in engineering and engineering technology for teachers and students in teacher education programs.

    Prerequisites: MATH 112 or MATH 115 or higher

    Note: Excluded - College of Engineering and Computing majors.

  
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    ENCP 701 - Introduction to Engineering for Teachers I

    Credits: 3

    Participants will develop skills and knowledge to teach ENCP 101. For teachers and graduate students in teacher education programs.

    Note: Restricted to nonengineering majors only.

  
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    ENCP 704 - Digital Electronics for Teachers

    Credits: 3

    An introductory course in digital electronics for K-12 teachers. For teachers and graduate students in teacher education programs.

    Prerequisites: College physics including electricity and magnetism

    Note: Restricted to nonengineering majors only.

  
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    ENCP 707 - Continuum Mechanics

    Credits: 3

    Development of theory of strain and of stress; constitutive equations; compatibility conditions; equations of motion. An introduction to courses in mechanics of solids and of fluids.

  
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    ENCP 710 - Dynamic Analysis

    Credits: 3

    Analysis of lumped and continuous multidegree of freedom mechanical systems. Transfer function analysis. Response of systems to steady-state, shock, and random excitation. Introduction to non-linear vibrations and wave propagation.

    Prerequisites: ENCP 424

  
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    ENCP 721 - Elasticity

    Credits: 3

    Equilibrium, strain-displacement, compatibility, and constitutive equations in terms of complex potential stress functions, applications to plane engineering boundary value problems including beams, disks, thick-walled tubes, and stress concentration problems.

    Prerequisites: ENCP 707

  
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    ENCP 730 - Cases in Technology Feasibility Analysis

    Credits: 3

    Technology innovation, exploitation of intellectual property, and technology feasibility analysis.

  
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    ENCP 735 - Developing and Launching New Ventures in Science and Technology

    Credits: 3

    Processes, strategies and tools to analyze and facilitate the emergence of science and technology oriented ventures.

  
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    ENCP 737 - Entrepreneurial Laboratory

    Credits: 6

    Supervised experience in the field of technology innovation and engineering entrepreneurship.

  
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    ENCP 789 - Advanced Special Topics in Engineering and Computing

    Credits: 0-3

    Special topics of an interdisciplinary nature for graduate students of engineering and computing. Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of classes by suffix and title. May be repeated as topic varies.

  
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    ENFS 053 - Topics in Professional Development and Analytical Skills for International Graduate Students

    Credits: 1

    Field-specific professional development and analytical skills for graduate students in the International Accelerator Program.

    Note: Restricted to: Graduate Students in the International Accelerator Program

    Special Permission: Department

  
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    ENFS 054 - Topics in Advanced Professional Development and Analytical Skills for International Grad Students

    Credits: 1

    Advanced field-specific professional development and analytical skills for graduate students in the International Accelerator Program.

    Note: Restricted to: Graduate Students in the International Accelerator Program

    Special Permission: Department

  
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    ENFS 096 - Special Topics in Graduate Communication A

    Credits: 3

    Integrated English for Specific Purposes for graduate students in the Masters Accelerator Program; part one of a two-part subject-specific course sequence; IELTS 6.0 or equivalent English language proficiency is required.

    Prerequisite or Corequisite:
    ENFS 097 is a co-requisite; ENFS 096 and 097 are normally taken in the same semester as consecutive 8-week courses.

    Note: Restricted to: Graduate students in the International Accelerator Program

    Special Permission: Department

  
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    ENFS 097 - Special Topics in Graduate Communication B

    Credits: 3

    Integrated English for Specific Purposes for graduate students in the Masters Accelerator Program; part two of a two-part subject-specific course sequence; IELTS 6.0 or equivalent language proficiency is required.

    Prerequisite or Corequisite:
    ENFS 096 is either a pre- or a co-requisite; these two courses are normally taken in the same semester as consecutive 8-week courses.

    Note: Restricted to: Graduate Students in the International Accelerator Program

    Special Permission: Department

  
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    ENFS 098 - Topics in Advanced English for Specific Purposes

    Credits: 3

    Advanced, field-specific, Integrated English for Specific Purposes for graduate students in the Masters Accelerator Program; IELTS 6.5 or equivalent language proficiency is required.

    Note: Restricted to: Graduate Students in the International Accelerator Program

    Special Permission: Department

  
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    ENGL 550 - Advanced English Grammar

    Credits: 3

    Practical survey of the syntactic structures of English; usage, social and regional variation emphasis on data.

    Cross-listed Course: LING 521

    Prerequisites: ENGL 450/LING 421 or ENGL 680/LING 600

  
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    ENGL 565 - African American Theatre

    Credits: 3

    The major movements, figures, plays, and critical strategies that have marked the development of African American theatre in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

    Cross-listed Course: THEA 565, AFAM 565

    Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or equivalentENGL 101 and 102 or equivalent

  
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    ENGL 600 - Seminar in Verse Composition

    Credits: 3

    First half of a year-long course in the writing of poetry taught by a contemporary poet. Limited to 15 students.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or equivalent

  
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    ENGL 601 - Seminar in Verse Composition

    Credits: 3

    Second half of a year-long course in the writing of poetry taught by a contemporary poet. Limited to 15 students.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or equivalent

  
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    ENGL 602 - Fiction Workshop: Short Story

    Credits: 3

    Instruction in the writing of short fiction taught by a contemporary prose writer. May be repeated once for credit.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or equivalent

  
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    ENGL 603 - Nonfiction Prose Workshop

    Credits: 3

    Instruction in the writing of the nonfiction essay taught by a contemporary prose writer.

    Prerequisites: graduate status in the English department, or permission of instructor for undergraduates

    Note: May be repeated once for credit.

  
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    ENGL 604 - Seminar in Composition for the Visual Media

    Credits: 3

    Writing for the visual arts, the student will write a treatment (prospectus) and one or more multimedia scripts; or one or more teleplays; or a feature-length screenplay. Limited to 15 students.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or equivalent; ENGL 565 or equivalent experience in film as determined by the instructor

  
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    ENGL 605 - Seminar in Composition for the Visual Media

    Credits: 3

    Writing for the visual arts, the student will write a treatment (prospectus) and one or more multimedia scripts; or one or more teleplays; or a feature-length screenplay. Limited to 15 students.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or equivalent; ENGL 565 or equivalent experience in film as determined by the instructor

  
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    ENGL 606 - Playwriting Workshop

    Credits: 3

    Instruction in playwriting taught by a contemporary playwright.

    Prerequisites: graduate status in the English department, or permission of instructor for undergraduates

    Note: May be repeated once for credit.

  
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    ENGL 610 - Fiction Workshop: Book-Length Manuscript

    Credits: 3

    Instruction in the writing of book-length manuscripts taught by a contemporary prose writer. May be repeated once for credit.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or equivalent

  
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    ENGL 611 - Writing the Longer Nonfiction Project

    Credits: 3

    Instruction in the writing of a book-length nonfiction memoir or literary journalism project taught by a contemporary prose writer.

    Prerequisites: graduate status in the English department, or permission of instructor for undergraduates

  
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    ENGL 612 - Writing Poetry: Traditional and Modern Forms

    Credits: 3

    The writing of traditional and modern poetic forms. Exercises will give practice in composing metered and free verse. Representative masterpieces of traditional and modern poetry will also be studied.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or equivalent

    Note: May be repeated once for credit.

  
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    ENGL 613 - Writing the Full-Length Play

    Credits: 3

    Instruction in the writing of a full-length, two-act play for publication or production.

    Prerequisites: graduate status in the English department, or permission of instructor for undergraduates

    Note: May be repeated once for credit.

  
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    ENGL 615 - Academic and Professional Writing

    Credits: 3

    A workshop course in the development and revision of writing for academic and professional audiences.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or equivalent

  
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    ENGL 616 - Writing Children’s and Young Adult Literature

    Credits: 3

    Critical study and practical crafting of literature for children and/or young adults, exploring the demands of these genres both through the reading of representative works and relevant secondary sources and through the writing of creative works.

    Note: Excluded: Undergraduate students must receive permission of instructor

  
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    ENGL 620 - Computer Methods for Humanistic Problems

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to data processing concepts suitable for research interests in non-numerical areas such as the humanities.

    Cross-listed Course: CSCE 508

    Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or equivalent

  
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    ENGL 620P - Laboratory for Computer Methods for Humanistic Problems

    Credits: 1

    Broad but intensive introduction to computer systems and programming for students in the humanities. No mathematical or scientific background is presumed. Laboratory experience with data-processing equipment; introduction to elementary digital computer programming in an appropriate language.

    Corequisite: ENGL 620

    Cross-listed Course: CSCE 508L

    Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or equivalent

  
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    ENGL 650 - Special Topics in Literature

    Credits: 1-3

    Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of classes by suffix and title. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or equivalent

  
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    ENGL 680 - Survey of Linguistics

    Credits: 3

    Survey of core areas of linguistics and extensions to closely related disciplines. Introduction to the linguistic component of human cognition. Formal description and analysis of the general properties of speech and language, the organization of language in the mind/brain, and cross-linguistic typology and universals.

    Cross-listed Course: ANTH 600, LING 600

  
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    ENGL 690 - Special Topics in Composition

    Credits: 3

    Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of classes by suffix and title. Limited to 15 students.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or equivalent

  
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    ENGL 691 - Teaching of Literature in College

    Credits: 2

    Introduction to the methods of teaching literature, with emphasis on current pedagogical practice and theory and applications of electronic media.

    Note: The course meets during the first seven weeks of the term and provides supervision of graduate students teaching ENGL 101.

    Restricted to graduate students.

  
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    ENGL 692 - Teaching of Composition in College

    Credits: 1

    Introduction to the methods of teaching composition, with emphasis on current pedagogical practice and theory and applications of electronic media.

    Prerequisites: The course meets during the first seven weeks of the term and provides supervision of graduate students teaching ENGL 102.

    Restricted to graduate students.

  
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    ENGL 700 - Introduction to Graduate Study of English

    Credits: 3

    Lectures, discussions, and practical assignments in the history, principles, and methods of research into writings in English, taught by various members of the department.

    Note: Recommended for M.A. and Ph.D. students in the first year of course work

  
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    ENGL 701 - Special Topics in Old English Literature and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in Old English literature and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 704 - Special Topics in Medieval Literature and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in medieval literature and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 706 - Special Topics in 16th and 17th Century British Literature and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in 16th and 17th century British literature and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 707 - Special Topics in 18th Century British Literature and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in 18th century British literature and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 709 - Special Topics in 19th Century British Literature and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in 19th century British literature and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 714 - Special Topics in 20th & 21st Century British Literature and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in 20th and 21st century British literature and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 719 - Special Topics in Colonial American Literature and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in colonial American literature and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 721 - Special Topics in 19th Century American Literature and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in 19th century American literature and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 722 - Special Topics in 20th & 21st Century American Literature and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in 20th and 21st century American literature and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 731 - Special Topics in Children’s and Young Adult Literature

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in children’s and young adult literature. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 732 - Principles in Literary Criticism

    Credits: 3

    Principles and theory of literary criticism. Includes practice in the application of interpretive methods to particular texts.

  
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    ENGL 733 - Classics of Western Literary Theory

    Credits: 3

    Problems of literary theory in texts from the ancients to the 17th century, with an emphasis on the classical tradition.

    Cross-listed Course: CPLT 701

  
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    ENGL 734 - Modern Literary Theory

    Credits: 3

    Problems of literary theory from the 18th century to the 1960s.

    Cross-listed Course: CPLT 702

  
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    ENGL 736 - Special Topics in Gender and Sexuality Studies

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in gender and sexuality studies. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 739 - Special Topics in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in critical race and ethnic studies. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 740 - Special Topics in Southern Literature and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in literature and culture of the U.S. South. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 741 - Special Topics in African American Literature and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in African American literature and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 743 - Special Topics in Women’s Literature and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in women’s literature and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 746 - Special Topics in Transatlantic Literature and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in transatlantic literature and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 747 - Special Topics in Global Anglophone Literature and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in global Anglophone literature and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 748 - Special Topics in Postcolonial Literature and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in postcolonial literature and culture. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 749 - Special Topics in Performance Studies

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in performance studies. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 754 - Special Topics in Film and Media Studies

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in film and media studies. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 764 - Special Topics in Theory and Critical Methods

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in theory and critical methods. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 765 - Advanced Film Study

    Credits: 3

    Methods of film analysis, resources for research, and the major critical theories.

    Cross-listed Course: CPLT 765

  
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    ENGL 766 - Special Topics in Genre, Form, and Aesthetics

    Credits: 3

    Selected topics in genre, form, and aesthetics. May be repeated as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 776 - Introduction to Bibliography and Textual Studies

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to analytical, descriptive, and textual bibliography, and to the principles and practice of editing.

    Cross-listed Course: CLIS 716

  
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    ENGL 781 - History of English Language

    Credits: 3

    The historical background of Modern English with attention to the major linguistic and cultural developments which distinguish English from other related languages. No prior knowledge of Old English or Middle English is required.

    Cross-listed Course: LING 731

  
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    ENGL 782 - Varieties of American English

    Credits: 3

    Social and regional variation in American English since the colonial period.

    Cross-listed Course: LING 745

  
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    ENGL 788 - Stylistics

    Credits: 3

    Linguistic analysis of literary texts. Linguistic definition of style; stylistic choices as the author’s voice.

    Cross-listed Course: LING 781

  
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    ENGL 789 - Poetics

    Credits: 3

    The question of meaning in poetry with special attention to linguistic structure as the source of that meaning; also prosody and related formal effects.

  
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    ENGL 790 - Survey of Composition Studies

    Credits: 3

    Comprehensive survey of the history and development of composition studies, and of the present state of knowledge about theories, principles, and practices in the field.

  
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    ENGL 791 - Introduction to Research on Written Composition

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to the types and methods of research on written composition, both qualitative and quantitative, with intensive analysis of representative exemplars of these types and methods.

  
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    ENGL 792 - Classical Rhetoric

    Credits: 3

    Survey of ancient Greek and Roman rhetorical theory.

    Cross-listed Course: SPCH 792

  
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    ENGL 793 - Rhetorical Theory and Practice, Medieval to Modern

    Credits: 3

    Survey of major theories of rhetoric from medieval to modern times.

    Cross-listed Course: SPCH 793

  
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    ENGL 794 - Modern Rhetorical Theory

    Credits: 3

    Survey of 20th-century contributions to rhetorical theory.

    Cross-listed Course: SPCH 794

  
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    ENGL 795 - The Teaching of Business and Technical Writing

    Credits: 3

    A study of theory and practice in business, technical, and scientific writing with emphasis on the pedagogical materials and techniques available to the business and technical writing teacher.

  
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    ENGL 796 - Special Topics in the Teaching of English

    Credits: 1-3

    Exploration of issues relevant to the teaching of literature, composition, rhetoric, or speech communication.

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

    Note: May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 797 - Current Scholarship in Rhetoric and Composition

    Credits: 3

    Close study of annual issues of recent journals in the field to identify current trends in research and models for scholarly writing.

    Prerequisites: consent of instructor

  
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    ENGL 799 - Thesis Preparation

    Credits: 1-9

  
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    ENGL 803 - Special Topics: Seminar in Literary and Cultural Studies

    Credits: 3

    Specialized study in literary and cultural studies. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 804 - Special Topics: Seminar in Theory and Critical Methods

    Credits: 3

    Specialized study in theory and critical methods. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 805 - Special Topics: Seminar in Media Studies

    Credits: 3

    Specialized study in digital, print, and/or cinematic media. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 831 - Theory of Prose Fiction

    Credits: 3

    Various types of prose fiction from folk tales and fables to short stories and novels; including historical changes in fictional forms, the function of technical devices, and modern theories of narrative.

  
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    ENGL 832 - Theory of Poetry

    Credits: 3

    A study of various aspects of poetry as an art form, including rhythm, meter, sound, color

  
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    ENGL 846 - Studies in Southern Literature

    Credits: 3

    Topics selected by the instructor for specialized study.

  
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    ENGL 850 - Studies in British and American Literature

    Credits: 3

    Topics selected by the instructor for specialized study.

    Note: May be repeated as topics vary.

  
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    ENGL 862 - Special Topics in Children’s and Young Adult Literature

    Credits: 3

    Special topics selected by instructor for specialized study. May be repeated as content varies by title and suffix.

    Note: Effective: Fall 2012

 

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