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Please see the University of California Academic Council’s “The Defense of the University” (April 8 2025), which calls for immediate, sustained, and collective action to defend the University of California:

“We thus call on the Regents, President, and Chancellors of the University of California to expend every effort, commit necessary resources, and use all legal measures to defend our ability to conduct consequential, transformative research and provide high-quality teaching and mentoring. We call on our leaders to ensure the safety and privacy of students, faculty, and staff. And we further call on our leaders to protect academic freedom and faculty control of the curriculum—proactively and publicly . . . Let the future historical record show that we rose to the challenge of defending the University of California, and we did so in ways that did not betray its core values.”

Visit the Academic Senate’s site to view the full statement.

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Winter 2027
Courses

  • Course #
    Title
    Description
    Instructor
  • ENGL 10
    Introduction to Literary Study

    Acquaints students with purposes and tools of literary interpretation. Introduces ...

    Donelan, James
  • ENGL 11
    Literature and Its Uses

    Introduces students to literary studys unique perspectives on social knowledge, ...

    King, Rachael
  • ENGL 23
    The Climate Crisis: What It Is and What Each of Us Can Do About It

    Employing a cultural approach, this course explores why our climate ...

    Hiltner, Ken
  • ENGL 104LC
    Literature, Culture, and Society: the 20th and 21st Century

    Modern and postmodern literature by British, Irish, African, Indian, and ...

    Boscagli, Maurizia
  • ENGL 105SF
    Shakespeare and Film
    Kearney, Jim
  • ENGL 106CW
    Catalyst Writing Collective

    An introduction to techniques of creative writing, editing, design, presentation, ...

    Donnelly, Brian
  • ENGL 110B
    Old English Literature: Beowulf

    Reading, analysis, and interpretation of the Old English poem Beowulf ...

    Reeve, Daniel
  • ENGL 115
    Medieval Literature

    Survey of medieval English literature, including such texts as Beowulf, ...

    Reeve, Daniel
  • ENGL 128GN
    Graphic Novel & Trauma

    The focus of this course is less with superheroes and ...

    Samolsky, Russell
  • ENGL 128NA
    Native Feminist / 2 Spirit Memoir

    Explores life stories produced by Indigenous Women, Queer, Trans, and ...

    Salomón J., Amrah
  • ENGL 133TL
    Transpacific Literature

    Looks at the Pacific as the primary location for literary ...

    Huang, Yunte
  • ENGL 134AA
    Cultural Poetics of the Asian Americas

    Intro course on Asian American literature. Studies a wide range ...

    Huang, Yunte
  • ENGL 134CT
    An Introduction to Caribbean Literature and Textualities

    This course introduces students to literary elements on the page ...

    Thomas, Cathy
  • ENGL 155AI
    Critical Artificial Intelligence

    Artificial intelligence now affects nearly all aspects of human life ...

    Raley, Rita
  • ENGL 171NH
    Neurohumanism

    Of what relevance is cognitive neuroscience to literature? This course ...

    Park, Sowon S
  • ENGL 172
    Introduction to Psychoanalytic Theory
    Amoretti, Valerio
  • ENGL 197
    Upper Division Seminar: Researching Black California Migration and Life
    Batiste, Stephanie
  • ENGL 197
    Upper Division Seminar: Women/Literature/Film
    Boscagli, Maurizia
  • ENGL 197
    Upper Division Seminar: Water - Too Much and Not Enough
    Cook, Elizabeth Heckendorn
  • ENGL 197
    Upper Division Seminar
    Samolsky, Russell
  • ENGL 197
    Upper Division Seminar: Arts of the Night
    Shewry, Teresa
  • ENGL 234
    Modernisms Out of Bounds

    Content of course will vary from quarter to quarter.

    Boscagli, Maurizia
  • ENGL 235
    Locations of Difference

    Content of course will vary from quarter to quarter.

    Ghosh, Bishnupriya
  • ENGL 236
    Transculturation and Travel in the Long 18th Century

    Content of course will vary from quarter to quarter.

    Andrea, Bernadette
  • ENGL 265
    Critical-Creative Methods

    Topics vary.

    Salomón J., Amrah
  • ENGL 298
    Doctoral Colloquium

    The English Department’s Doctoral Colloquium provides support and guidance for ...

    Kearney, Jim
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