ENGLISH 1130 3 credits
Freshman Composition
Rhetorical principles of writing the sentence, the paragraph and the essay - with practice in reading and writing prose. P: ENGLISH 0010 or a score above the 10th percentile, according to state norms, on the UW System English Placement Test. F, S, Su
ENGLISH 1230 3 credits
Freshman Composition
A continuation of ENGLISH 1130 with particular emphasis on argumentation, research and documentation, and writing essays based on inductive analysis. P: ENGLISH 1130 or test out. F, S, Su
ENGLISH 1330 3 credits
Introduction to Literature
A course designed to introduce the student to the understanding and enjoyment of literature through different literary genres - fiction, poetry and drama and to acquaint the students with such literary terms as plot, theme, character, setting, form and interpretation. P: ENGLISH 1130 or test-out and 1230. NOTE: does not count towards ENGLISH major. GE: HUM. F, S
ENGLISH 1430 3 credits
Thematic Studies in Literature
A specific social, cultural and intellectual theme as expressed in selected literary works. The themes vary (e.g., The West in American Literature, Science Fiction, Theme of Crime and Justice, Supernatural and Occult); therefore, this course may be taken more than once for credit, provided the content is different each time. P: ENGLISH 1130 or test-out and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM
ENGLISH 2050 3 credits
Science Fiction
An introduction to the science fiction genre; texts studied will include short stories, novels, and films. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. S
ENGLISH 2120 3 credits
Creative Writing
An introduction to the craft of fiction, poetry, and drama, with the opportunity to create each. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. Students need a basic foundation in writing before taking the course. F
ENGLISH 2130 3 credits
English Literature: Beginnings Through the Commonwealth
English literature through the Puritan Age, including such writers as Chaucer, More, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. F
ENGLISH 2230 3 credits
English Literature: Restoration Through the Romantic Age
English literature from the Restoration through the Romantic Age, including such writers as Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, and Keats. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. Alternate S
ENGLISH 2250 3 credits
Introduction to Film
Develops students' abilities to view films critically and deepen their understanding of the principal film genres thorough careful study of their historical contexts and cinematic techniques. The course focuses on the study of different genres and aesthetic schools of films, such as the French New Wave, German Expressionism, westerns, war films, musicals, and film noir, in terms of how they present aesthetic detail, ideological points of view (such as issues of gender and race), as well as fulfill certain expectations of the spectator. After a thorough grounding in the conventions of traditional genre in cinema, the class will also focus on the ways in which it has been revised by film makers in more recent periods of cinematic history. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM (second course only)
ENGLISH 2330 3 credits
English Literature: Victorian Age to the Present
English literature from the Victorian Age to the present, including such writers as Carlyle, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Hardy, Joyce, Woolf, and Murdoch. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. Alternate S
ENGLISH 2430 3 credits
American Literature Through the Civil War
American literature through the Civil War, including such writers as Bradstreet, Edwards, Franklin, Irving, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville and Douglass. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. F, S
ENGLISH 2530 3 credits
American Literature Since the Civil War
American literature from the Civil War to the present, including such writers as Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, Crane, James, Chopin, Cather, Hughes, Frost, Eliot and Faulkner. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. F, S
ENGLISH 2640 3 credits
World Literature I
Selected international literary works beginning with ancient mythologies and ending around 1700. May include authors such as Homer, Virgil, Sappho, Valmiki, Ch'ien, Shang-Yin, Rumi, Dante. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, IE. F
ENGLISH 2650 3 credits
World Literature II
Selected international literary works beginning from around 1700 and ending with the present. May include authors such as Shang-Jen, Racine, Akinara, Baudelaire, Kafka, Gordimmer, Paz, Kincaid. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, IE. S
ENGLISH 2730 3 credits
Contemporary Literature
Short stories, plays, novels and poems selected from the works of modern and contemporary authors, including such writers as Kafka, Camus, Silone, Lawrence, Green, Koestler, Oates, Mason, Updike, Allende, Garcia and Marquez. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. Alternate S
ENGLISH 2830 3 credits
Survey of Women Writers
(Cross offered under WOMSTD 2830)
Survey of women writers in the English language with a focus on the themes, issues, and concerns that tie women's writing together and create a "women's literary tradition." British, American, and international writers are included. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, G. F
ENGLISH 2930 3 credits
Minority Women Writers of the U.S.
(Cross offered under WOMSTD 2930 and ETHNSTDY 2930)
Literature written by Native-American women, African-American women, Latina-American women, and Asian-American women. Includes investigation of historical and cultural backgrounds as well as literary traditions of minority women of the United States. Students will read authors such as Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Maxine Hong Kingston, Sandra Cisneros, Louise Erdrich, Leslie Marmon Silko, and others. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, EGS. F, S
ENGLISH 3000 3 credits
Technical Writing
Technical description and explanation, job applications and business correspondence, and reports suited to one's major (e.g., a criminal or safety investigation, feasibility study or grant proposal); oral presentations; technical editing. Emphasis on clarity, conciseness, precision and effective communication with lay audiences and management. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. F, S
ENGLISH 3030 3 credits
The Teaching of Composition
Rhetorical principles and approaches to composition; includes practice in writing and evaluating compositions with emphasis on practical ways to teach writing in elementary, middle, and high school. One hour of classroom participation is required. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. F
ENGLISH 3120 3 credits
Topics in Creative Writing
A continuation of English 2120 with an emphasis on creating a unified work of fiction, poetry, drama, or screen writing. This course can by repeated for credit. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. S
ENGLISH 3130 3 credits
The English Novel Through the Romantic Movement
The development of the British novel through the Romantic movement, including such writers as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Smollett, Austen and the Brontes. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. Alternate F
ENGLISH 3140 3 credits
Poetry Writing
Poetry Writing is an exploration of the various elements and techniques involved in the craft and art of writing poems. The course will focus primarily on writing workshops in which students and faculty learn to critique one another's work, but will also include in-class writing activities and class discussions of assigned readings. Students will read, discuss, and analyze a range of poetry from traditional to contemporary poets. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. Alternate F
ENGLISH 3230 3 credits
The English Novel and Short Story Since the Romantic Movement
The novel and the short story in Britain from Dickens to the present, including such writers as Dickens, Thackeray, Meredith, Eliot, Hardy, Trollope, Conrad, Galsworthy, Joyce, Mansfield, Woolf, Lawrence, Huxley, Maugham, Forster and Greene. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. Alternate S
ENGLISH 3240 3 credits
Advanced Writing
An advanced writing course concentrating on rhetorical and research strategies, prose styles, and their practical application to understanding and evaluating current and traditional essays as well as contemporary media such as film, television, and advertising. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. S
ENGLISH 3250 3 credits
Sociolinguistics
Introduction to problems of language, pedagogy, and cultural politics relevant for English education. Discusses linguistic theories informing language pedagogy, biological basis of language acquisition, different models of language learning, American dialects, language and gender, language disorders and systems of literacy. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230.
ENGLISH 3260 3 credits
Language and Culture
Examines the theoretical and practical relationship between language and selected social and cultural aspects of human life. Discusses contiguities of linguistic and cultural practices; examines how particular language practices create and maintain social structures, and how discourse reflects social structures and cultural values. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM
ENGLISH 3330 3 credits
English Drama
Drama in Great Britain (exclusive of Shakespeare) from its beginning to the present, including such figures as Marlowe, Jonson, Beaumont, Fletcher, Webster, Dryden, Congreve, Sheridan, Shaw, O'Casey, Eliot, Osborne and Pinter. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. Alternate F
ENGLISH 3360 3-6 credits
Magazine Writing and Editing
An advanced writing and editing course concentrating on planning, creating, and evaluating written copy for print and on-line magazines. Emphasizes both preparing the student's work for trade publications, and studying and practicing the processes of those publications. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. F
ENGLISH 3410 3 credits
Chicano Literature
(Cross offered under ETHNSTDY 3410)
An examination of representative texts from various Chicana/Chicano writers, covering a range of genres and generations. There will be an emphasis on the relationship between literary production and historical context, in particular, the involvement of the writers in the social and political conflicts affecting the Chicano community. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, E. S
ENGLISH 3430 3 credits
Development of the American Novel
The evolution of the American novel from its beginnings to the present, including such authors as Hawthorne, Melville, James, Hemingway, Chopin, Faulkner and Morrison. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. Alternate F
ENGLISH 3530 3 credits
Modern American Drama
American plays from World War I to the present, including such playwrights as O'Neill, Rice, Wilder, Hellman, Williams, Miller, Albee, Wilson, Hansberry and Henley. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. Alternate F
ENGLISH 3630 3 credits
Mark Twain and American Humor
The structure and literary art of American humor as exemplified by Mark Twain and other writers, including Artemus Ward, Finley Peter Dunne, Ring Lardner, James Thurber, Kurt Vonnegut and Woody Allen. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. Alternate S
ENGLISH 3730 3 credits
Black Literature in America
(Cross offered under ETHNSTDY 3730)
A survey of African-American literature beginning in the antebellum period and continuing to the present, including oral forms (folk tales and spirituals), novels, poetry, drama, autobiography, and other selected nonfiction. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, E. S
ENGLISH 3740 3 credits
Asian American Literature
(Cross offered under ETHNSTDY 3740)
A survey of Asian-American literature beginning in the early 1900s and continuing to present times. Includes works of fiction, autobiography, poetry, and drama. Focuses on writers from different literary and oral traditions including (but not limited to) Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Hmong, Vietnamese, and Indian, and examines the impact of family, culture, and gender both within these traditions and between a particular tradition and U.S. popular culture. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, E. F
ENGLISH 3750 3 credits
American Literature of Ethnicity and Immigration
(Cross offered under ETHNSTDY 3750)
An examination of literature from a variety of U.S. "racial" and "ethnic" groups, including African-, Italian-, Mexican-, Jewish-, Asian-, and Native-American. Emphasis will be placed on the meanings of "race" and "ethnicity," the effects of immigration, and the impact of gender in this literature. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, E. F
ENGLISH 3760 3 credits
Wisconsin Indian Literature
(Cross offered under ETHNSTDY 3760)
An exploration of Wisconsin Indian literatures from the oral tradition to the present; texts studied will include epics, legends, poetry, novels, and selected non-fiction, including such writers as Mountain Wolf Woman, Louise Erdrich, and Susan Power. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, E
ENGLISH 3810 3 credits
The Modern Short Story
The development of the short story as a modern literary genre. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. Alternate F
ENGLISH 3820 3 credits
Modern Poetry
A study of poetry written since World War I, including such poets as Pound, Eliot, Lorca, Yeats, Rilke, Williams, Frost and Thomas. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. Alternate S
ENGLISH 3830 3 credits
The World Novel
A careful study of selected novels exclusive of English and American. Content and focus may vary in different semesters and may include such writers as Dostoyevsky, Flaubert, Mann, Kafka, Cortazar, Achebe, Lagerkvist, Kawabata and Dinesen. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM, IE. Alternate S
ENGLISH 3890 3 credits
Film and Literature
Film adaptations of representative fictional texts, such as historical romances, gothic novels, short stories, and plays, will be viewed, as students read the original texts on which they are based. A study will be made of the connection between literature and film, or the translation of words into sound, pictures, and dialogue. Some theory of film will also be introduced. The ultimate goal of the course will be to arrive at a method of critically viewing films and of critically reading literature, through an examination of the same story as it is told through different media. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. Alternate F
ENGLISH 3930 3 credits
Literature for Young Adults
An analysis of selected novels, plays, and poetry especially suitable for young adults of middle and high school age with an emphasis on approaches and methods for teaching literature. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. S
ENGLISH 3940 3 credits
Grammar in Context
Attention given to both traditional and modern (functional) grammar, including the parts of speech, phrases, clauses, sentence patterns, and their combinations into a variety of sentence types and paragraph patterns. Practical application of grammatical concepts in a writing and reading intensive environment, with attention to the logic of punctuation and conventional mechanics. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. F
ENGLISH 3950 3 credits
Writing for Performance
Focuses on producing written work that might reasonably be performed in front of an audience rather than merely read. May include plays, monologues, dialogues, comic routines, performance art scripts, and dramatic lyrics. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230.
ENGLISH 3990 3 credits
Topics in Literature and Language
A critical examination of one area of language, literature or writing. The themes vary; therefore, this course may be taken more than once for credit, provided the content is different each time. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230.
ENGLISH 4020 3 credits
History and Theory of Rhetoric
(Cross offered under SPEECH 4020)
This course is designed for students who will use and/or teach rhetorical strategies and structures in the professional world. From speech and communication theory to the teaching of critical and interpretational writing and reading, the study of rhetoric's place in the history of ideas will help students to understand the place and power of language in the university and the professional work place. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM (second course only)
ENGLISH 4030 3 credits
Major English Writers
An intensive study of selected major English writers including Chaucer and Milton. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. Alternate F
ENGLISH 4080 3 credits
Medieval Lyric Poetry
Emphasizes reading the original language, analyzing the contents, and writing interpretations of Middle English lyrics. Topics include nature, love and sex, humor, festivals, religion, and death. Latin, troubadour, Celtic, and Anglo-Norman poetry (in translation) will provide a context for the Middle English works. Some attention will be given to published criticism of selected poems. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230 and sophomore standing. HUM. Alternate S
ENGLISH 4300 3 credits
English Renaissance Poetry and Prose
An intensive look at the poetry and prose of this period providing students with a greater appreciation of and a method for studying this literature. This course will introduce students to a number of important literary genres, including the pastoral, the elegy, the sonnet, Ovidian poetry, travel literature, and the epic; the intellectual thought underlying much of this work (e.g., issues of the Reformation, Neo-Platonism, Humanism, Machiavellianism); and the influence of classical and continental literature. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. HUM. Alternate F
ENGLISH 4330 3 credits
Shakespeare
A study of Shakespeare's plays, with representative selections from histories, the tragedies, and both the early and late comedies. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. S
ENGLISH 4430 3 credits
Major American Writers
An intensive study of selected major American writers. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. Alternate S
ENGLISH 4500 3 credits
Women and Myth: Goddess, Witch, Sibyl
(Cross offered under WOMSTD 4500)
This course takes a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to numerous images of the feminine as they appear internationally. By exploring pre-historical, historical, and contemporary manifestations of goddess-centered mythology and religious practices around the world, students will broaden their understanding of women's contributions to the literary and spiritual traditions of many cultures. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. HUM, G, IE. Alternate F
ENGLISH 4530 3 credits
Literature and the Critic
An examination and evaluation of theories of literature and the role of the artist in society from Plato to the present, including such writers as Plato, Aristotle, Longinus, Sidney, Lessing, Schlegel, Arnold, Sainte-Beuve, Eliot, Richards, Frye and Bush. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. GE: HUM. Alternate F
ENGLISH 4620 3 credits
History of the English Language
Beginning with the relationship between the Indo-European languages, this course traces the origins of writing and the historical development of English grammar, vocabulary, and sound systems from Old to Modern English, including American and Colonial. It surveys language change within its historical, political, cultural, and technological contexts, including how these forces may shape our language's future. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230. Alternate S
ENGLISH 4670 3 credits
Methods of Teaching English as a Second or Other Language
Examines the characteristics of second language acquisition and how they influence the effectiveness of different methods of teaching English as a Second Language. Includes teacher/learner characteristics and strategies, teaching varieties of language, review of methodologies, communicative competence, and syllabus design. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230.
ENGLISH 4680 1-8 credits
Writing/Editing Internship
Enhancement of the educational experience through placement of a student with a cooperating agency, business, industry, or institution. The nature of the writing or editing assignment, type of experience, number of credits, and evaluation procedure to be stipulated in a statement of agreement between student and department. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230.
ENGLISH 4730 3 credits
Teaching of English in the Middle and Secondary Schools
The objectives, methods and materials dealing with the teaching of middle or high school English. Does not count toward the English major or minor. Should be taken simul-taneously with TEACHING 4110 or TEACHING 4210. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230, or ENGLISH 1130 test-out and junior standing. Alternate S
ENGLISH 4740 3 credits
Practicum in Teaching English as a Second Language.
Observing teachers and students in TESL settings, participating in TESL teaching and tutoring activities including lesson preparation, and evaluating the teaching/learning experiences. P or C: ENGLISH 4670.
ENGLISH 4920 1-4 credits
Independent Study in English
Independent study culminating in a written report or research paper, each student to select the topic in consultation with the instructor. P: ENGLISH 1130 and ENGLISH 1230, senior standing, consent of the instructor, and approval of the department chairperson. For English majors and minors only. May not be taken in lieu of regularly scheduled classes.