500

ENGL 500 introduces new graduate students to contemporary issues, designs and methods in the field of English studies.  Emphasis will be on scholarly methods and aims of research in literature, rhetoric, and pedagogy, showing points of intersection and connection across various aspects of the discipline.  By the end of the course, students will develop tentative plans for pursuing their own research interests, providing them with a strong foundation for their individual program of advanced study.

Short-term independent study of particular texts, methodologies, pedagogies or theories, conducted by graduate students under the direction of a faculty member in English.  Students must take one directed study as part of their degree requirements; a second may be taken as part of elective credit, with a different faculty member.

Study in-depth of one writer or up to three writers related on the basis of a unifying principle.

Study of the development of important movements or concepts in literature.

Study of literary works from different time periods, nations, or cultures.

Part one of the historical study of critical and theoretical approaches to literature and the teaching of literature, with concentration on authors pre 1900.

Part two of the historical study of critical and theoretical approaches to literature and the teaching of literature, with concentration on authors post 1900.

A variable-content course, interdisciplinary in nature, featuring a contemporary topic central to the discipline.

Study in literature or language in conjunction with a cross-listed undergraduate 400 level course. Graduate students are required to do graduate-level work beyond the course requirements for undergraduate students.

A variable-content course on topics announced in the online Course Offerings each semester.