| Students who find themselves inspired by a specific course or topic may want to explore similar classes and build their course of study around that area. This is an option, not a requirement. Sample topics and courses can be found below, but areas can be designed to suit your own goals and interests. Please talk to your advisor. Additional courses may be relevant to the sample areas below (see current Course Descriptions). Content varies for courses marked *; here, too, see the current Course Descriptions. |
Courses on African American, African, and Black diasporic literature, language, and
media
| ENGL 393 | Postcolonialism |
| ENGL 428A | African American Literature I: to 1903 |
| ENGL 428B | African American Literature II: 1903-present |
| ENGL 430 | Topics in African American Literature |
| ENGL 438D | African Literature |
| ENGL 438E | Caribbean Literature |
| ENGL 439* | Selected Topics (e.g., “Black Sport/Black Style/Black Protest”) |
| ENGL 457 | African American English |
| ENGL 487 | Black Women Writers |
| ENGL 566* | Special Topics in US Film and Media (e.g., “Mediating Race”) |
Courses on women’s writing, LBGTQ+ literature, and gender studies
| ENGL 419* | Topics in Pre-1800 Literature (e.g., “Medieval Masculinities”) |
| ENGL 429* | Topics in in Post-1800 Literature (e.g., “Race, Gender & Graphic Novels”) |
| ENGL 437 | Women Writers |
| ENGL 439* | Selected Topics (e.g., “Language and Gender,” “Hitchcock: Gender, Sexuality & Representation”) |
| ENGL 445 | LGBTQ+ Literature |
| ENGL 487 | Black Women Writers |
Courses on literatures from around the world outside the U.S. and British traditions
| ENGL 392 | Great Books of the Eastern World |
| ENGL 438B | Postcolonialism |
| ENGL 438B | Scottish Literature |
| ENGL 438C | Irish Literature |
| ENGL 438D | African Literature |
| ENGL 439* | Selected Topics (e.g., “World Literature and Global Climate Change”) |
| ENGL 438E | Caribbean Literature |
| ENGL 441 | Global Contemporary Literature |
Courses on comics, film/visual media, communications studies, and language
| ENGL 350 | Introduction to Comics Studies |
| ENGL 363 | Introduction to Professional Writing |
| ENGL 370 | Language in the USA |
| ENGL 373 | Literature and Film of the Holocaust |
| ENGL 387 | Introduction to Rhetoric |
| ENGL 431B | Picture Books |
| ENGL 439* | Selected Topics (e.g., “Birth and Death of the Book”; “Race, Gender & Graphic Novels”) |
| ENGL 455 | Language in Society |
| ENGL 468 | Digital Writing |
| ENGL 566* | Special Topics in US Film and Media (e.g., “Superheroes Across Media”) |
Courses on literature and culture in relation to struggles for social justice
| ENGL 340 | Literature and Law |
| ENGL 373 | Literature and Film of the Holocaust |
| ENGL 393 | Postcolonialism |
| ENGL 428A | African American Literature I: to 1903 |
| ENGL 428B | African American Literature II: 1903-present |
| ENGL 430 | Topics in African American Literature (e.g., “Freedom Trains”) |
| ENGL 431A | Children’s Literature |
| ENGL 431B | Picture Books |
| ENGL 432 | Young Adult Literature |
| ENGL 434 | Environmental Literature |
| ENGL 437 | Women Writers |
| ENGL 439* | Selected Topics (e.g., “World Literature and Global Climate Change”) |
| ENGL 445 | LGBTQ+ Literature |
| ENGL 457 | African American English |
| ENGL 487 | Black Women Writers |
| ENGL 566* | Special Topics in US Film and Media (e.g., “Mediating Race”) |
Courses on dramatic literature and performance
| ENGL 404 | English Drama to 1660 |
| ENGL 405 | Shakespeare’s Tragedies |
| ENGL 406 | Shakespeare’s Comedies and Histories |
| ENGL 566* | Special Topics in US Film and Media (e.g. “Alfred Hitchcock: Gender, Sexuality,and Representation”) |
| SPCH 340 | Literature and Performance |