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462012-2014 General Catalog Course Supplement and Policies and Requirements Addendum10A. Literatures in English I: To 1700 (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1or equivalent. Historical introduction to English languageand literature from 800-1700. Linguistic borrowing,innovation, and change. Emergence of keyliterary genres. Colonial America as a new site ofEnglish literary production and consumption. GEcredit: ArtHum | AH.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)10B. Literatures in English II: 1700-1900 (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite:course 10A. Historical introduction toEnglish language and literature from 1700-1900.Linguistic borrowing, innovation, colonization, andchange. Emergence and development of key literarygenres. America, Britain, Ireland, Scotland, andIndia as important sites of English literary productionand consumption. GE credit: ArtHum | AH.—I, II, III.(I, II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)10C. Literatures in English III: 1900 toPresent (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite:course 10B. Historical introduction toEnglish language and literature from 1900–present.Linguistic borrowing, innovation, and change. Emergenceand development of key literary genres. Formalexperimentation. Modernism as transnationalphenomenon. GE credit: ArtHum | AH.—I, II, III. (I,II, III.)(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)40. Introductory Topics in Literature (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1or equivalent. Study of a special topic. Literaturewritten in English in any period or place or genre.Thematic, formal, or temporal focus. May berepeated two times for credit if content differs. GEcredit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WE.—II.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)42. Approaches to Reading (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1 or theequivalent. Close reading and interpretation of literaturefrom a variety of traditional and contemporaryapproaches. Topics include textual and historicalapproaches; new criticism; formalism; psychologicalcriticism; feminism and gender; reader-response;materialist approaches. Frequent written assignments.GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)43. Introductory Topics in Drama (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1or its equivalent. Close reading of, and topics relatingto selected works of British and American dramafrom a range of historical periods. May be repeatedtwo times for credit when content differs. GE credit:ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WE.(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)44. Introductory Topics in Fiction (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1or its equivalent. Close reading of, and topics relatingto, British and American Fiction: short stories,novellas, novels. Frequent written exercises. May berepeated two times for credit when content differs.GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WE.(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)45. Introductory Topics in Poetry (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1or its equivalent. Topical study and close reading ofselections from English and American poetry. Maybe repeated two times for credit when content differs.GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WE.(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)46A. Masterpieces of English Literature (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—l hour. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1 or theequivalent. Selected works of principal writers to1640. History of literary conventions and backgroundsin religious thought, intellectual and socialhistory, and related art forms. GE credit: ArtHum,Wrt | AH, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)46B. Masterpieces of English Literature (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1 or theequivalent. Selected works of principal writers from1640 to 1832. History of literary conventions andbackgrounds in religious thought, intellectual andsocial history, and related art forms. GE credit:ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)46C. Masterpieces of English Literature (4)Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1 or theequivalent. Selected works of principal writers from1832 to present. The history of literary conventionsand backgrounds in religious thought, intellectualand social history, and related art forms. GE credit:ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)Upper Division100FA. Creative Writing Advanced Fiction(4)Discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 100F. Prioritygiven to English majors. Admission by applicationonly. Development and evaluation of students'work in prose, primarily in the workshop format.Some reading and discussion of published novelsand short stories. Conferences with individual studentsonce per quarter. May be repeated one timefor credit with consent of instructor.—III. (III.)(change in existing course—eff. fall 11)100P. Creative Writing: Poetry (4)Discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 5F or 5P,or consent of instructor; priority given to English (CreativeWriting) majors. Writing of poetry. May berepeated for credit with consent of instructor. Nofinal examination.—II., III.(change in existing course—eff. fall 11)100PA. Creative Writing Advanced Poetry(4)Discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 100P. Priorityto English majors. Admission by applicationonly. Development and evaluation of students' workin poetry, primarily in the workshop format. Somereading and discussion of published works of poetry.Conferences with individual students once per quarter.May be repeated one time for credit with consentof instructor.—III. (III.)(change in existing course—eff. fall 11)110A. Introduction to Literary Theory (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing ordiscussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 3 or UniversityWriting Program 1. Key theoretical terms, concepts,and thinkers from the Greeks to the modernera. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WE.—I.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)110B. Introduction to Modern Literary andCritical Theory (4)Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing or discussion—1hour. Prerequisite: course 3 or University WritingProgram 1. History of literary criticism in the modernera, with emphasis on the ties with the past and thespecial problems presented by modern literary theory.GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WE.—I, II, III.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)111. Topics in Medieval Literature (4)Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing or discussion—1hour. Prerequisite: course 3 or University WritingProgram 1 or the equivalent. Historically or thematicallyfocused intensive examination of selected topicsin Medieval British literature. GE credit: ArtHum,Wrt | AH, WC, WE.—I, II.(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)115. Topics in Sixteenth and SeventeenthCentury Literature (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing ordiscussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 3 or UniversityWriting Program 1. Historically or thematicallyfocused study of works of the Renaissance. Offeredirregularly. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)123. 18th-Century British Literature (4)Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing or discussion—1hour. Prerequisite: course 3 or University WritingProgram 1. Historically or thematically focused studyof 18th century English literature. GE credit: ArtHum,Wrt | AH, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)125. Topics in Irish Literature (4)Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing or discussion—1hour. Prerequisite: course 3 or University WritingProgram 1 or equivalent. Intensive study or treatmentof special topics relating to the emergence, invention,and re-invention of Irish literature. May berepeated two times for credit when content differs.Offered irregularly. GE credit: ArtHum, Div,Wrt | AH, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)130. British Romantic Literature (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1. Historicallyor thematically focused study of works ofRomantic English literature. May be repeated forcredit when content differs. GE credit: ArtHum,Wrt | AH, WC, WE.—II.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)133. 19th-Century British Literature (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1. Historicallyor thematically focused study of works of19th-century English literature. May be repeated forcredit when content differs. GE credit: ArtHum,Wrt | AH, WC, WE.—I.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)137N. British Literature, 1900-1945 (4)(cancelled course—eff. winter 14)138. British Literature: 1945 to Present (4)Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1. Historicallyor thematically focused study of works of Britishliterature (drama, poetry, prose fiction) from theperiod between 1945 and the present. May berepeated two times for credit when topic differs.Only 2 units of credit to students who have completedcourse 137. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH,WC, WE.—II.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)142. Early American Literature (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1. Historicallyor thematically focused study of Americanliterature of the 17th and 18th centuries. May berepeated for credit when content differs. GE credit:ArtHum, Wrt | ACGH, AH, WE.—II.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2013-2014 offering in parenthesesPre-Fall 2011 General Education (GE): ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Domestic Diversity; Wrt=Writing ExperienceFall 2011 and on General Education (GE): AH=Arts and Humanities; SE=Science and Engineering; SS=Social Sciences;ACGH=American Cultures; DD=Domestic Diversity; OL=Oral Skills; QL=Quantitative; SL=Scientific; VL=Visual; WC=World Cultures; WE=Writing Experience