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ENGL-40000 Internship

This internship provides an opportunity for supervised work in non-academic settings.

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Prerequisites

ENGL 25000 or consent of Internship Coordinator and Junior or Senior standing

ENGL-41000 Seminar in Literature

This advanced study offers examination of a significant literary text, theme, or issue under the supervision of a seminar director. Seminars are limited to 12 students. This course may be offered for graduate credit to graduate students in good standing. Graduate students will be required to complete additional and more extensive assignments than undergraduate students, consistent with the typical demands of graduate programs in English.

3

Prerequisites

ENGL 25000 and permission of seminar director

ENGL-41300 Advanced Workshop in Creative Writing

An advanced study and practice in one or more kinds of creative writing, this workshop covers poetry, short fiction, drama or creative non-fiction. Workshops vary. See the University Course Schedule. An advanced workshop in a specific genre or subgenre may be repeated for credit.

3

Prerequisites

ENGL 25000 and ENGL 31200 or permission

ENGL-41500 Seminar in Writing

This advanced study of a single aspect of writing is undertaken under the supervision of a seminar director. Seminars are limited to 12 students. Topics vary; see the University Course Schedule. This course may be offered for graduate credit to graduate students in good standing. Graduate students will be required to complete additional and more extensive assignments than undergraduate students, consistent with the typical demands of graduate programs in English.

3

Prerequisites

ENGL 25000 and the permission of seminar director

ENGL-42000 Literary Theory and Criticism

A survey of literary critical traditions and major theoretical works in their historical context, this course engages students with the primary texts. Issues may include canon formation, reading practices, aesthetics, and the role of the author/artist in society. The course may be offered for graduate credit to graduate students in good standing. Graduate students will be required to complete additional and more extensive assignments than undergraduate students, consistent with the typical demands of graduate programs in English.

3

Prerequisites

Completion of 300-level literature requirements

ENGL-42500 Theories of Composing

This course explores the theories that attempt to describe what it is writers do, that is, the activity of writing. This is the capstone course for English majors enrolled in Program Three in Writing. This course may be offered for graduate credit to graduate students in good standing. Graduate students will be required to complete additional and more extensive assignments than undergraduate students, consistent with the typical demands of graduate programs in English.

3

Prerequisites

ENGL 25000 or consent of the Director of the Writing Program

ENGL-43000 Film Theory and Criticism

A capstone of the Film Minor, this seminar helps students develop an advanced understanding of film as a complex cultural medium through the discussion of key theoretical and critical approaches. Pursuing detailed study of major film theories and their relationship to critical practice, students will investigate the "classic" period of film theory, cinema's relationship to other art forms (particularly writing and photography), its relationship to popular culture, modernism, and postmodernism, and its relationship to both science and aesthetics. Students must attend scheduled screening sessions outside of weekly class hours.

3

Prerequisites

ENGL 27000 and 9 completed hours of Film Studies courses or permission

ENGL-44000 Seminar in U.S. Authors

This course provides in-depth study of a significant U.S. writer or related writers, and requires students to pursue some independent research and theoretical applications. Specific content varies.

3

Prerequisites

Completion of 300-level literature program requirements and permission of seminar director

ENGL-45000 Seminar in British Authors

This course provides in-depth study of a significant British writer or related writers, and requires students to pursue some independent research and theoretical applications. Specific content varies.

3

Prerequisites

Completion of 300-level literature program requirements and permission of seminar director

ENGL-46000 Senior Seminar in English Studies

In this senior capstone seminar, majors apply and synthesize their previous learning in English Studies and literary and writing theory, conduct new research, and create knowledge by significantly re-visioning text(s) from a previous course in the major in order to develop a multimodal composition informed by the seminar topic, with an eye toward publication and/or career success. Students are required to submit an abstract for the University's Celebration of Scholarship or other academic conferences. Seminar topics will vary.

3

Prerequisites

Senior standing and consent of the Chair

Corequisites

ENGL 38000

ENGL-49900 Independent Study

Students undertake intensive study in an area selected by the student in consultation with an English faculty member who will direct the project.

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Prerequisites

ENGL 25000 and Junior or Senior standing. To qualify for an Independent Study, a student must have successfully completed 60 credit hours, at least 12 of which were earned at Lewis, and have earned at Lewis University a minimum 3.0 Cumulative GPA.