Courses
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- Graded: A/F
This course introduces students to the fields of ecocritical theory and environmental literatures. Students will apply ecocritical and theoretical approaches in their own research and writing projects.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Enrollment in an English graduate program or instructor approval.
A study of the major developments in writing theory, particularly related to the online teaching of academic and technical writing. Students investigate a variety of writing genres and theoretical means for better understanding those genres.
- Graded: A/F
A graduate-level study of Nature Writing texts, movements and traditions. Emphasis on classic and contemporary texts exploring the relationship between literature, nature, and the environment.
A colloquium, for graduate assistants who are teaching, devoted to practical and theoretical matters dealing with the teaching of composition. Required for graduate assistants during semesters they are teaching.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Enrollment in an English graduate program or instructor approval.
A review of current thought and practice regarding the study of written communication and teaching of writing in academic and community settings. This course will draw upon related disciplines, such as rhetoric and composition, technical and professional communication, English education, applied linguistics, and literacy studies to explore the historical development of writing practices, uses of writing across contexts, and best practices in writing instruction.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Enrollment in an English graduate program or instructor approval.
An examination of research on reading and of research-based instructional practices, highlighting the importance of praxis in evolving educational environments. There will be an emphasis on teaching literacy within a critical social justice framework, planning daily lessons, and designing modules.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Enrollment in an English graduate program or instructor approval.
A study of several literary theories, with special attention to the implications those theories have for teaching literature, and a review of current thought on teaching college literature.
A survey of modern Standard English and grammar usage. Topics include lexical categories, phrase structure, clause structure, modification, subordination, discourse functions of grammar, punctuation, and the acquisition of grammatical features.
A survey of theoretical models and research in second language acquisition. Topics include language acquisition in children and adults, psychological and social factors, SLA research designs, and implications for classroom language teaching.
- Prerequisites: EN 415/515 or consent of instructor
A survey of methods and materials for teaching English as a second or foreign language. Topics include TESOL settings and contexts; the four skill areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing; classroom management and activities; technology and language teaching; and TESOL resources and support.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Enrollment in an English graduate program or instructor approval.
This course provides a survey of key texts, trends, and research methodologies in rhetorical studies. Students are introduced to rhetorical perspectives and practices that can inform the study and teaching of writing, civic engagement, professional writing, textual analysis, and literary criticism.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Enrollment in an English graduate program or instructor approval.
Learners will develop skills related to qualitative and mixed-methods research techniques including formulating research questions, choosing a research design, applying relevant coding processes, displaying qualitative and quantitative data, running statistical analyses, and drawing and verifying conclusions. Learners will examine, practice, and reflect on various qualitative and mixed-methods research methodologies and consider the challenges they may have when engaging in qualitative and mixed-methods research in education environments. Gaining access to the field, underscoring ethics of research, and/or implementing a critical social justice framework in literacy studies research will be emphasized.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Enrollment in an English graduate program or instructor approval.
This variable topics course offers students an in-depth introduction to a specific area of literary or critical theory. Students will apply the theoretical or critical approach in their own research or writing projects.
- Graded: A/F
This variable topics course offers students an in-depth introduction to a specific area of study within the field of Literature and the Environment. May focus on a specific theme, period, literary movement, author, and/or national literature. Emphasis on the study of literature and culture from an ecological or environmental perspective.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Enrollment in an English graduate program or instructor approval.
This variable topic seminar offers in-depth examination of a range of topics pertaining to film history and theory, genres, and major filmmakers.
- Graded: A/F
- Prerequisites: Enrollment in an English graduate program or instructor approval.
Major trends in world literature as a field of investigation distinct from recent and contemporary English and American literature, explored in a sustained way through texts translated from non-Western languages and/or composed outside Europe and North America. Concentration on literature(s) frequently subordinated to dominant First-World concerns. Works from one of the following marginalized spaces provide the exclusive focus of this introduction to global perspectives: Africa, Caribbean, Asia, Latin America, Middle East.
- Prerequisites: Application and acceptance as a fellow of the Upper Peninsula Writing Project
A five-week institute for educators designed to improve writing instruction through the application of the writing process, publication of texts in varied genres, study of research on writing and writing instruction, and demonstrations of high-quality writing instruction.
- Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department head
Student research is supervised by a member of the department. The supervisor and research project must be selected prior to enrollment in this course and appropriate forms must be completed.
- Prerequisites: Approval of the department’s graduate or thesis committee
Supervised practical work at a newspaper, public relations agency or in a related field. Work is assigned and directly supervised by participating agency, with the student reporting regularly to a faculty member, who also grades the student’s performance.
- Graded: S/U
- Prerequisites: Enrollment in an English graduate program, successful completion of 24 program credits, approval of advisor and Director of English Graduate Studies.
The student will prepare, under the direction of their advisor, a portfolio of at least two exemplary works of scholarly or professional writing within their chosen concentration. The portfolio should be a minimum of 30 pages. Papers may be new works or revisions of previously written papers.