This course is designed to introduce the student to three types of creative writing: poetry, fiction and mixed literary forms, and the craft and skills needed to write effectively in each.

Introduction to visiting writers and their work. Lectures and small group sections emphasize dynamic and plastic nature of writing. Opportunity to question the authors directly on content, influences, and technique.

British literature before 1789.

British literature since 1789.

Literary and cultural texts from Great Britain and the Commonwealth studied in the context of British history, culture, and politics. Readings may be focused by historical or thematic issues.

American writing before 1865, mainly from the English-speaking colonies and the United States.

American writing since 1865, mainly from the United States.

United States literary and cultural texts studied in the context of American history, culture, and politics. Readings may be focused by historical periods or thematic issues.

Selected plays of Shakespeare read in conjunction with performances on video.

Critical study of the history and development of the novel as literary form. Selected British, American, and postcolonial novels from the 18th century to the present.

This course examines the history and social significance of the Science Fiction genre; it features time in our library¿s Special Collections and opportunities for creative and collaborative work, as well as critical reading and writing.

This course will examine how literature in English has reflected the shifting cultural attitudes toward "nature" that contributed to the present environmental crisis. By looking at a selection of texts, it will also explore ways in which literature can reimagine humanity's relationship to the natural world.

Exploration of complexities of contemporary reading and interpretation of varied texts of culture. Concepts such as authorship, the book, readers, textuality, and contexts.

Semiotic analysis of American culture and its artifacts. Topics of analysis may include consumerism, advertising, film, music, TV, video, language, gender/race/class, mythic characters, cultural outlaws, virtual culture.

Critical analysis and historical study of new and emergent forms of screen-based texts.

Critical study of poetry from various historical periods. Formal, theoretical, and interpretive issues.

Critical study of drama from various historical periods. Formal, theoretical, and interpretive issues.

Critical study of fiction from more than one historical period. Formal, theoretical, and interpretive issues.

Critical study of film from various historical periods. Formal, theoretical, and interpretive issues.

Critical study of nonfiction from more than one historical period and geographic locale. Formal, theoretical, and interpretive issues.

This course will explore the evolving form of digital games, tracing their historical roots in traditional board games and other associated cultural modes of play to current and possible future iterations of video games. We will employ a range of critical approaches to gaming; games will be ¿read¿ and critically interrogated as texts, and the relationships between game, player, design, software, interface, and structures of play will be discussed.

This course provides a rigorous historical and theoretical understanding of the emergence of hip hop culture. It examines the ways hip hop is implicated in contemporary debates on media effects, commercialization, youth violence and politics.

Examining a variety of genres, including fairytales, folktales, and fables, nonsense poetry, didactic literature, adventure stories, picture books, and fantasy novels, we will consider the ways in which these texts represent childhood and how these representations are informed by historical, cultural, and psychological contexts.

History of American cinema from beginnings to present; consideration of the Hollywood studio system and its influence on the cinema.

International history of film from beginnings to present.

Representations of war and peace in literature and screen media. How art reflects and inflects the social cultures of violent conflict.

Readings from classics of antiquity and the first millennium, including Gilgamesh, The Iliad, Ramayana, the Bible, Chinese and Japanese literature, the Qur¿an, and 1001 Nights. Texts are explored in historical context, both past and present.

Readings from major texts of the second millennium from Africa, Europe, Latin America, India, China, and Japan. Texts are explored in historical context, both past and present, with an emphasis on social and aesthetic values.

This course will explore the cultural and historical trajectories of games both within the United States and larger global contexts. While our focus will primarily be digital games, we will also explore analog games and trace their shared histories and associated game cultures.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Construction and representation of "class," especially as it affects the production and reception of literary and other cultural texts.

Construction and representation of "race," especially as it affects the production and reception of literary and other cultural texts.

Ethnicity in literary and theoretical texts. Emphasizing conceptual paradigms, social issues, and aesthetic considerations in the practice of reading texts from ethnically differentiated literary traditions.

Construction and representation of "gender," especially as it affects the production and reception of literary and other cultural texts.

This course delves into a broad range of Asian American literatures.

The course introduces students to the field of Latina/o/x literature, understood here simply as the creative writings of people of Hispanic descent in the territory that is now the United States.

This course is designed to familiarize students with the burgeoning field of contemporary Arab American literature, highlighting the ways in which this literature portrays and complicates Arab American identities and cultures.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Practice in writing poetry.

Practice in writing literary nonfiction in a variety of genres, with particular attention paid to issues of craft and artistry.

Practice in writing fiction.

This class will provide grounding for students with little or no technical background or previous programming experience. We will start from the ground up, learning to program with a focus on the applications, skills, and problems most relevant to students of art, literature, history, and related fields. Along the way, we will investigate the specific challenges and opportunities that computer programming affords the student of the humanities.

Studies in an ethnic literary tradition such as Latino, Irish, or Judaic literature.

Introduction to questions of textuality and representation, making use of some theoretical material. Multiple ways of reading, with some emphasis on techniques of close textual analysis.

Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

In-depth exploration of a problem or problems.  Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Creative and critical engagement with the practices of reading and writing prose. Emphasis on both analytical and creative work.

Creative and critical engagement with the practices of reading and writing fiction. Emphasis on both analytical and creative work.

Creative and critical engagement with the practices of reading and writing poetry. Emphasis on both analytical and creative work.

Objects, methods, and theories of one or more modes of critical reading.

We talk about "texts," but what about the materials that carry those texts? This class investigates how materiality impacts textual meaning. This class will cover a broad set of materials and concerns, looking at the history of text technologies from the ancient world through to now.

Chronological periods or movements in literary history; issues of periodization.

Chronological periods or movements in literary history with a focus on texts written before 1900; issues of periodization.

Constructions of race in a given chronological period or movement in literary history.

Constructions of race in a given chronological period or movement in literary history with a focus on texts written before 1900.

Readings in one or more ethnic literature and culture, such as Irish, Italian American, Judaic, Latino, Native American, or Asian American.

In this course we will engage with the foundational texts of game studies which serve and trace the historical development of game studies as a discipline, while also examining both non-digital and digital games as case studies for our critical consideration.

One or more authors studied in relation to literary, social, and/or biographical history.

One or more authors studied in relation to literary, social, and/or biographical history, with a focus on texts written before 1900.

Issues in the history and heterogeneity of the English language.

This course will examine a range of critical approaches to gaming and game design; games will be ¿read¿ and critically interrogated as texts, and the relationships between game, player, designer, software, interface, and play mechanics will be discussed.

Modes of theorizing textual and cultural interpretation.

This course will explore through various theoretical lenses the ways in which identity and representation function in games. We employ an intersectional approach, examining how aspects such as gender, sexuality, race, ability, and class shape games and player experiences.

Literary forms and genres and their features.

Literary forms and genres and their features with a focus on texts written before 1900.

Advanced survey of contemporary theories of cultural and literary analysis.

National cultures, imperialism, and resistance.

National cultures, imperialism, and resistance with a focus on texts written before 1900.

Analysis of literary and cultural production at intersections of national cultures, imperialism, and race.

Relationship of race and racialization discourses to national cultures, imperialism, and resistance with a focus on texts written before 1900.

How culture embeds and enacts attitudes toward language: emergence of "standard" English, world Englishes and globalization, English-Only movement, gender and language, Ebonics, political correctness.

Textual, cultural, and/or historical constructions of gender and sexualities.

Textual, cultural, and/or historical constructions of gender and sexualities with a focus on texts written before 1900.

Textual, cultural, and historical constructions of gender and sexualities.

Relationship of race and racialization discourses to imperialism, gender, and sexuality with a focus on texts written before 1900.

Textual, cultural, and/or historical representations of and engagement with earth ecologies.

Textual, cultural, and/or historical representations of and engagement with earth ecologies with a focus on texts written before 1900.

This course will examine how esports and games function in culture, looking at U.S. and global historical, cultural, and social contexts and industrial practices. We will explore a range of cultural topics in games and esports as we examine them as globalized media industries.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. *

Extensive practice in writing poetry.

Advanced workshop in the writing of literary nonfiction.

Extensive practice in writing fiction, particularly the short story.

Special topics in medicine and culture. Topics will vary.

Intensive practice in producing an English research project.

Intensive practice in producing an English research project with a focus on texts written before 1900.

A literary genre studied in a particular historical period.

A literary genre studied in a particular historical period with a focus on texts written before 1900.

Literary genres, race, and racialization in specific contexts and historical periods.

A literary genre studied in a pre-1900 historical period, with an emphasis on the role that racial discourse played in the constitution of the genre.

Historical study of how the production and reception of cultural texts influence their interpretation.

Historical study of how the production and reception of cultural texts influence their interpretation with a focus on texts written before 1900.

Historical study of how the production and reception of cultural texts influence their interpretation with a focus on the intersection of interpretation with racial discourses.

Study of the ways that the production and reception of cultural texts (pre-1900) influence their interpretation, with a sustained focus on race, empire, and/or culture.

Thematic, critical or methodological issues in the historical study of texts.

Thematic, critical, or methodological issues in the historical study of texts.

Introduction to making videographic criticism (film criticism in video essay format).

Theories, modes, and effects of representation.

One or more theories of history, historicity, and culture.

One or more theories of history, historicity, and culture with a focus on texts written before 1900.

Thematic, critical, or methodological issues in the theoretical study of texts.

Constructions of ethnicity in various cultural texts and discourses.

Constructions of race and/or ethnicity in various cultural texts and discourses.

Constructions of race and/or ethnicity in various cultural texts and discourses, with a focus on texts written before 1900.

Discourses of class and economic materiality as sites of power and resistance.

Studies of institutions and ideologies in mediating and determining cultural representations, political power, and knowledge.

Thematic, critical, or methodological issues in the political study of texts.

Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Variable topic course focused on texts written before 1900, with a substantive experiential learning component.

Variable topic course with a substantive experiential learning component; texts and topics related to Race, Empire, and Culture.

Variable topic course with a substantive experiential learning component.

Variable topic course with a substantive experiential learning component focused on Creative Writing.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

In-depth exploration of a problem or problems.  Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.

Intensive practice in research and study of research methodologies aimed at defining an ETS thesis project.

Intensive directed research and writing aimed at producing an ETS thesis project.

Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. *