2003-2005 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

148 The University of AlabamaEN 600 Special Topics Seminar in British Literature. Three hours.A recent topic was Joyce and his contemporaries.EN 601 Fiction Workshop. Three hours.Enrollment limited to students with approved portfolios (approval secured upon ad mis sionto the M.F.A. program or during advising period — see creative writing director). Focus willbe discussion of original student writing; other reading and writing may be assigned.EN 603 Poetry Workshop. Three hours.Enrollment limited to students with approved portfolios (approval secured upon ad mis sionto the M.F.A. program or during advising period — see creative writing director). Focus willbe discussion of original student writing; other reading and writing may be assigned.EN 605 Writing Workshop: Special Topics. Three hours.Enrollment limited to students with approved portfolios (approval secured upon ad mis sionto the M.F.A. program or during advising period — see creative writing director). Focuswill be discussion of original student writing; other reading and writing may be assigned.Sample topics: nonfi ction; hypertext; prose poem.EN 608 Forms: Special Topics. Three hours.Through readings of primary works and theory by writers in a particular genre or form,this course examines the traditional and contemporary practice of that genre’s aesthetics.Sample topics: Prosody, Short Short Fiction and the Prose Poem, CharacterizationAcross Genres.EN 609 Writers at Work: Form. Theory. Practice. One hour.Short course in specialized topic of interest to creative writers. Sample topics: TeachingCreative Writing, Profession of Authorship, Writing Internship, Pub lish ing: A Brief History,Poetry and Dance, Episodic Form.EN 610 Methods in TESOL. Three hours.A detailed account of language teaching approaches and methods according to theirunderlying theories of language and language learning.EN 612 Topics in Applied Linguistics. Three hours.Intensive study of theoretical issues in second language acquisition, including classroomapplications; variable topics.EN 613 Second Language Development. Three hours.A study of psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic, neurolinguistic, and other approaches tounderstanding how people develop skill in a second language.EN 617 Teaching Academic Language Skills to Non-Native English Speakers.Three hours.A course focusing on the teaching of academic writing skills in the context of an American university.EN 618 Teaching Language Skills through Literature. Three hours.A course focusing on literary language as a vehicle for teaching language skills to nonnativespeakers.EN 620 English Linguistics. Three hours.An advanced introductory linguistics course that focuses on the English language andwhich has relevance for students in the TESOL, literature, rhetoric and composition,and M.F.A. programs.EN 622 Old English. Three hours.Study of the language and reading of rep re sen ta tive prose and poetry.EN 625 Seminar in English Linguistics. Three hours.The application of specifi c lin guis tic techniques to a variety of problems in the descriptionof the English lan guage; the course has a different focus each time it is taught.EN 627 Seminar in the History of the English Language. Three hours.The close analysis of diachronic issues in the English language; a different set of issuesis explored each semester the course is taught.EN 630 Directed Readings. One to three hours. By arrangement.EN 631 Classical Backgrounds of English Literature. Three hours.An analytical study of selections from ancient Greek, Roman, and Hebrew literature,with special emphasis on its infl uence upon English and American authors.