Examines theories of creativity and linkages between philosophical, rhetorical, and psychoanalytical concepts and current creative writing pedagogies. Experiments with classroom practices, with focus on the participants' own creative work.

Employing a cultural approach, this course explores why our climate is changing and what each of us can do about it. Considers issues such as housing, transportation, diet, consumer products, as well as different forms of climate activism.  

Content of course will vary from quarter to quarter.

Content of course will vary from quarter to quarter.

Content of course will vary from quarter to quarter.

Content of course will vary from quarter to quarter.

Focusing primarily on reading, this course is dedicated to understanding the crucial, pleasurable, and troubling genre of the short story. Central to our discussion will be the idea that all acts of reading are attempts to solve a mystery, and texts will come primarily from the American canon. 

Seminar course for a select number of students enrolled in English 24G designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes either supplementary reading or more intensive study of the English 24G reading list, as well as supplemental writing. 

Introduction to the age of information in its relation to history, society,and the arts. Topics include the history of information, hypertext, virtualreality, cyberspace, and the role of literature and literacy in the digital age. Introduction of practical skills and technologies associated with the digital age.

Topics vary.

Explores connections between theorizations of the nature and history of globalization and recent reconceptualizations of American literary and cultural studies and explores issues for future research into potentially productive intersections. Includes readings in the latest research, student presentations, and a research paper.

Graduate tutorial involving regular conferences with instructor and directed research toward seminar paper(s). Attendance at relevant upper-division lectures also required.

Designed to serve as a preparatory entry to the American Indian and Indigenous Minor, this course is open to all aspiring English majors and students pursuing the AII Minor. We feature the power of story as a maker of culture, different ways of culturally informed reading, and the practice of reading through a knowledge of from Indigenous, intra-tribal and inter-tribal perspectives. In addition to learning the history and the narrative sinews of peoples, English 34NA includes novels, stories, comics, poetry, rap, painting, film, and memoir, honoring a deep drive into some of the most vital creative work of the late 20th and 21st centuries. Authors may include, but are not limited to Miranda, Hogan, Orange, Owens, and Silko.

What do literature and critical theory contribute to the reflection on human rights and the analysis of their violation? Inquiry into different ways in which the humanities can re-frame the debate on human rights and act as a social force.

Seminar course for a select group of students enrolled in English 38A designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes supplementary readings or more intensive study of the English 38A reading list, and supplemental writing.

Seminar course for a select group of students enrolled in English 38B designed to enrich the large lecture experience for the motivated student. Course includes supplementary readings or more intensive study of the ENGL 38B reading list, and supplemental writing.

Supervision and instruction of teaching assistants. Teaching assistants must register for this course.

Course provides support for graduate students when developing their dissertation ideas. Focus on research in the humanities at a practical level.

Provides guidance, training, a forum, and a common center for the various technical endeavors engaged in by student assistants.

Graduate level research colloquia in various areas of study.

Graduate level research colloquia in various areas of study.

Individual tutorial. A written proposal for each tutorial must be approved by the graduate adviser.

Only for research underlying the dissertation and for writing the dissertation.

A seminar for lower-division students with a strong interest in literature.See departmental course outline booklet for topics. Content will vary with each instructor. Students will be asked to do a project that acquaints themwith some of the resources of the library and results in their reading beyond the primary course materials.