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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A capstone of the Film Studies 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.

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.

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.

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.

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