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2012-2014 General Catalog Course Supplement and Policies and Requirements Addendum47143. 19th-Century American Literature tothe Civil War (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1. Historicallyor thematically focused study of works of19th-century American literature. May be repeatedfor credit when content differs. GE credit: ArtHum,Wrt | ACGH, AH, WE.—I.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)144. Post-Civil War American Literature (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1. Historicallyor thematically focused study of works ofpost-Civil War American literature. May be repeatedfor credit when content differs. GE credit:Wrt | ACGH, AH, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)146N. American Literature: 1900-1945 (4)(cancelled course—eff. winter 14)147. American Literature, 1945 to thePresent (4)Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1 or equivalent.Historically or thematically focused study ofAmerican literature (drama, poetry, prose fiction)from the period between 1945 and the present. GEcredit: ArtHum, Wrt | ACGH, AH, WE.(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)149. Topics in Literature (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1. Intensiveexamination of literature considered in topicalterms, not necessarily historically. May be repeatedfor credit when content differs. GE credit: ArtHum,Wrt | AH, WE.—II.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)150A. British Drama to 1800 (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing ordiscussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 3 or UniversityWriting Program 1 or the equivalent. Historicallyor thematically focused study of works of Englishdrama prior to 1800. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH,WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)150B. Drama from 1800 to the Present (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing ordiscussion. Prerequisite: course 3 or University WritingProgram 1 or the equivalent. Historically or thematicallyfocused study of works of British dramafrom 1800 to the present. GE credit: ArtHum,Wrt | AH, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)153. Topics in Drama (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1. Historicalor thematic study of drama. May be repeatedfor credit when topic differs. GE credit: ArtHum,Wrt | AH, WE.—I.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)155A. 18th-Century British Novel (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1 or theequivalent. Historically or thematically organizedexamination of the 18th-century British novel, withparticular emphasis on its evolution, including theepistolary novel, the picaresque novel, and theGothic novel: Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Austen.GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WC, WE.—I.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)155B. 19th-Century British Novel (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1 or theequivalent. Historically or thematically organizedexamination of 19th-century British novelists, withemphasis on the historical novel, the social novel,and novels by women: Scott, Dickens, the Brontes,Eliot, Hardy. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WC,WE.—II.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)155C. 20th-Century British Novel (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1 or theequivalent. Historically or thematically organizedexamination of the 20th-century British novel, withemphasis on impressionism; the revolt against naturalism;the experimental novel; the anti-modernistreaction: Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, Lawrence, Drabble,Rhys. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WC, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)158A. The American Novel to 1900 (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1 or theequivalent. Historically or thematically organizedexamination of the rise and development of theAmerican novel from its beginnings; Hawthorne,Melville, Twain, James, and others. GE credit:ArtHum, Wrt | ACGH, AH, WE.—III.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)158B. The American Novel from 1900 tothe Present (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1 or theequivalent. Historically or thematically organizedexamination of American novelists of the twentiethcentury; Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Morrison,and others. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | ACGH, AH,WE.—III.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)159. Topics in the Novel (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1.Examination of major novels arranged thematically.Topics might include Bildungsroman, stream-of-consciousnessnovel, Gothic novel, historical novel. Maybe repeated for credit when topic differs. GE credit:ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WE.—III.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)164. Writing Science (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite:course 3 or Science and Technology Studies1, or equivalent. Texts and writing practices inthe production of scientific knowledge. Surveys theliterary structure of scientific arguments; history ofscientific genres; rhetoric and semiotics in scientificculture; graphical systems in the experimental laboratory;narratives of science, including science fiction.(Same course as Science & Technology Studies164.) GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, SL, WE.—III.Milburn(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)165. Topics in Poetry (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1 andcourse 45. Intensive examination of various topicsexpressed in poetry from all periods of English andAmerican literature. May be repeated for creditwhen topic covers different poets and poems. GEcredit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WE.—I.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)166. Love and Desire in ContemporaryAmerican Poetry (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1. Closereading of contemporary American poems on thetheme of love and desire by poets of diverse ethnicitiesand of gay, lesbian, and heterosexual orientations.Offered in alternate years. GE credit: Div,ArtHum, Wrt | ACGH, AH, WE.—III.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)167. Twentieth-Century African AmericanPoetry (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1 or theequivalent. Twentieth-century African Americanpoetry, including oral and literary traditions. Authorscovered may include Gwendolyn Brooks, CounteeCullen, Robert Hayden, and Langston Hughes. GEcredit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt | ACGH, AH, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)168. 20th Century American Poetry (4)Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1 or equivalent.Historical Study of American poetry since1900, with thematic and formal focus at the instructor'sdiscretion. Offered irregularly. GE credit:ArtHum, Wrt | ACGH, AH, WE.(change in existing course—eff. fall 13)177. Study of an Individual Author (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 110A or 110B. In-depth study of anauthor's works; historical context; relation to predecessorsand contemporaries; critical reception; influence.May be repeated one time if author differs.GE credit: Wrt | AH, WE.—I, II, III.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)178. Topics in Nations, Regions, and OtherCultural Geographies (4)Lecture—3 hours; extensive writing or discussion—1hour. Prerequisite: course 3 or University WritingProgram 1 or equivalent. Literary productions of alocal, regional, national, transnational, or other geographicalformation; e.g., the global South; literatureof Hawaii; literature of Australia. May berepeated two times for credit. GE credit: ArtHum,Div, Wrt | AH, WE.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)181A. African American Literature to 1900(4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1. AfricanAmerican literature from the colonial period to1900. Particular attention to the rapid developmentof the African American literary culture from a primarilyoral tradition to various literary genres,including the slave narrative. GE credit: ArtHum,Div, Wrt | ACGH, AH, DD, WE.—I.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)181B. African American Literature 1900-Present (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite:course 3 or University Writing Program 1.Major African American writers in the context of culturalhistory from 1900 to the present. Writers mayinclude Richard Wright, Ann Petry, James Baldwin,Ralph Ellison, Paule Marshall, Toni Morrison, AliceWalker, Clarence Major. GE credit: ArtHum, Div,Wrt | ACGH, AH, DD, WE.—II.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)183. Adolescent Literature (4)Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 3or University Writing Program 1, or equivalent. Theoretical,critical, and literary issues informing thestudy and teaching of American adolescent literature.GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, WE.—II.(change in existing course—eff. winter 13)185A. Women's Writing I (4)Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing ordiscussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 3 or UniversityWriting Program 1. Women's Writing in Englishbefore 1800; organized by period, place, genre, ortheme. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt | AH, WE.(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