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Spring 2026 Course Offerings

*Please note courses are subject to change and the most up to date options for courses will be found in PAWS.

Attributes
LVPA=Literary Visual Performing Arts; LH= Literary History; LHR=Literary History Pre-1660; GEN= Gender; GL= Global; RE= Race and Ethnicity; VPA-Ed= Visual Performing Arts for Ed majors; AM= American Literature; Belief= Belief Systems;  BR= British Literature; WD= World Literature; WVWK= World Views and Ways of Knowing; MLW=Mid Level Writing; WISC=Writing Intensive Senior Capstone

Creative Writing

Course # Course Name Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri START END Instructor Attributes
CWR 20601 CREATIVE WRITING N Y N N Y 14.00 15.20 Staff LVPA
CWR 20602 CREATIVE WRITING N Y N N Y 15.30 16.50 Staff LVPA
CWR 20603 CREATIVE WRITING N Y N N Y 11.00 12.20 Erkkila,Andrew LVPA
CWR 20604 CREATIVE WRITING N Y N N Y 09.30 10.50 Erkkila,Andrew LVPA
CWR 20606 CREATIVE WRITING N N Y N N 17.30 20.20 Rejsek, Kat LVPA
CWR 30401 POETRY WORKSHOP N Y N N N 17.30 20.20 Staff NA
CWR 30601 FICTION WORKSHOP N N Y N N 17.30 20.20 Monster,Jodi NA

 

English Secondary Education

Course # Course Name Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri START END Instructor Attributes
EED 38001 TEACHING WRITING Y N N N N 17.30 20.20 Plunkett, Petrina Meets the Writing Requirements in Inclusive Education 
EED 39001 METHODS OF TEACH SECONDARY ENG Y N N Y N 14.00 15.20 Meixner,Emily NA
EED 49001 STUDENT TEACHING ENGLISH N N N N N       NA

 

English Literature 

Course # Course Name Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri START END Instructor Attributes
LIT 10101 CULTURES AND CANONS Y N N Y N 09.30 10.50 Jackson,Cassandra MLW
LIT 10201 APPROACHES TO LITERATURE Y N N Y N 11.00 12.20 Abdur-Rahman,Samira MLW
LIT 10202 APPROACHES TO LITERATURE Y N N Y N 12.30 13.50 Abdur-Rahman,Samira MLW
LIT 10203 APPROACHES TO LITERATURE N Y N N Y 09.30 10.50 Graham,Jean MLW
LIT 10204 APPROACHES TO LITERATURE N Y N N Y 14.00 15.20 Graham,Jean MLW
LIT 10205 APPROACHES TO LITERATURE N Y N N Y 09.30 10.50 Maffa-Johnson,Christina MLW
LIT 10206 APPROACHES TO LITERATURE N Y N N Y 08.00 09.20 Maffa-Johnson,Christina MLW
LIT 12701 GENRE: MYSTERY AND CRIME N Y N N N 17.30 20.20 Carney,Jo MLW
LIT 17001 TOPICS IN ENGLISH: The Beatles and their World Y N N Y N 14.00 15.20 Venturo,David NA
LIT 19901 CAREER PLANNING FOR ENGLISH MA N Y N N N 17.30 18.50 Steinberg,Glenn 0.5 Partial unit Course
LIT 23001 THE CLASSICAL TRADITION N Y N N Y 14.00 15.20 Steinberg,Glenn MLW, LHR, WD
LIT 23301 WORLD DRAMA N Y N N Y 11.00 12.20 Konkle,Lincoln MLW, LH, GL, WD, VPA-Ed
LIT 23302 WORLD DRAMA N Y N N Y 14.00 15.20 Konkle,Lincoln MLW, LH, GL, WD, VPA-Ed
LIT 25101 BRITISH LITERATURE TO 1700 N Y N N Y 09.30 10.50 Steinberg,Diane MLW, LHR, BR
LIT 27001 TOPICS IN LITERATURE: Black British Women Writers Y N N N N 17.30 20.20 Mcmann,Mindi RE, GEN, BR
LIT 27002 TOPICS IN LITERATURE: Gender in East Asian TV Drama: K-Drama N Y N N Y 15.30 16.50 Steinberg,Glenn GL
LIT 27003 TOPICS IN LITERATURE: From Metamorphoses to Modernity Y N N Y N 14.00 15.20 Rinaldi,Isabel GEN, LVPA
LIT 29901 ACADEMIC CONFERENCE PRESENTATION N N N N Y 15.30 16.50 Steinberg,Diane 0.5 Partial unit Course
LIT 31001 LITERATURE FOR YOUNGER READERS N N Y N N 17.30 20.20 Luettchau,Kristen MLV
LIT 31101 WOMEN’S AUTO, DIARIES & LETTER N Y N N Y 09.30 10.50 Tarter,Michele MLV, GEN
LIT 31301 QUEER LITERATURE Y N N Y N 14.00 15.20 Gilmartin,Morgan MLV, GEN
LIT 31302 QUEER LITERATURE Y N N Y N 15.30 16.50 Gilmartin,Morgan MLV, GEN
LIT 32101 SHAKESPEARE: SOURCES & CONTEXT Y N N N N 17.30 20.20 Steinberg,Glenn MLV, LHR, BR
LIT 33401 LIT BY LATINAS & LATIN AM WOMEN Y N N Y N 09.30 10.50 Ortiz-Vilarelle,Lisa MLV, GEN, RE
LIT 33402 LIT BY LATINAS & LATIN AM WOMEN Y N N Y N 11.00 12.20 Ortiz-Vilarelle,Lisa MLV, GEN, RE
LIT 37001 STUDIES IN LITERATURE: Craft of Children’s Literature Y N N Y N 15.30 16.50 Meixner,Emily MLW, LVPA
LIT 37002 STUDIES IN LITERATURE: Critical Gender in Martial Arts/Kung Fu Cinema N N N Y N 17.30 20.20 Mi,Jia-Yan GL, RE
LIT 37801 AFRICAN AMER LIT, 1920 TO PRESENT Y N N Y N 12.30 13.50 Williams,Piper MLW, LH, RE, AM
LIT 37901 ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE Y N N Y N 14.00 15.20 Mi,Jia-Yan MLW, LH, RE, AM, GEN
LIT 38101 LITERARY HISTORY OF NATURE N Y N N Y 11.00 12.20 Graham,Jean MLW, LH
LIT 39001 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: The Publishing Toolkit Y N N Y N 12.30 13.50 Jackson,Cassandra NA
LIT 39002 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: The Publishing Toolkit Y N N Y N 11.00 12.20 Jackson,Cassandra NA
LIT 42201 SHAKESPEARE: TRAGEDIES & ROMANCES N Y N N Y 11.00 12.20 Venturo,David MLW, LHR
LIT 49901 SEMINAR IN RESEARCH AND THEORY: Thornton Wilder N N N Y N 17.30 20.20 Konkle,Lincoln MLW
LIT 49902 SEMINAR IN RESEARCH AND THEORY: The Booker Prize N Y N N N 17.30 20.20 Mcmann,Mindi MLW
LIT 49903 SEMINAR IN RESEARCH AND THEORY: Women on the Road- Travel Writing N Y N N Y 11.00 12.20 Tarter,Michele MLW
LIT 49904 SEMINAR IN RESEARCH AND THEORY: From Swift to Johnson N Y N N Y 14.00 15.20 Venturo,David MLW

 

Linguistics

Course # Course Name Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri START END Instructor Attributes
LNG 20101 INTRO TO ENGLISH Y N N Y N 12.30 13.50 O’Neill,Timothy MLW
LNG 31101 UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH GRAMMAR N Y N N Y 14.00 15.20 Steinberg,Diane MLW
LNG 37001 TOPICS IN LINGUISTICS N Y N N Y 11.00 12.20 Le Morvan,Pierre MLW

 

English Graduate 

Course # Course Name Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri START END Instructor Attributes
ENGL50501 LITERARY THEORY N N Y N N 17.00 19.30 Ortiz-Vilarelle,Lisa NA
ENGL59701 ADV TOPCS ENGLISH: Theories of Reading and Writing N Y N N N 17.00 19.30 Steele,Felicia NA
ENGL65001 EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE: The Witches of Salem 1692 N N N Y N 17.00 19.30 Tarter,Michele NA
ENGL67001 STUDIES IN LIT: Contemporary Poetry Y N N N N 17.00 19.30 Staff NA
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