Graduate Seminars
Current and Recent Offerings
Fall 2023
- 501 Teaching of Composition (Watts)
- 512: Introduction to Graduate Studies (Hegglund, 1 credit)
- 514: Seminar in 20th-Century American Literature: African American Literary Movements (Oforlea)
- 515: Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric: Cultural Rhetorics (Olson)
- 543: Phonology (Thomas)
- 546: Topics in Teaching English as a Second Language (Bell)
- 573: Seminar in American Literature: Editing in a Digital Age (Campbell)
- 597: Special Topics: Public(s) Rhetoric(s) in a Digital Age (Staggers)
Spring 2024
- 502: Seminar in the Teaching of Writing: Points of Access and Exclusion in Composition (Wilde)
- 527: Seminar in the English Literature of the Restoration and 18th Century: Gothic Fiction: The Politics of Horror (McAuley)
- 544: Syntax (Thomas)
- 548: Seminar in Critical and Cultural Theory: Theorizing Pandemics in Culture (Shahani)
- 550: Seminar in Poetry or Non-fiction Prose: Life Writing (Lee)
- 591: Topics in Pedagogy: Anti-Racist Pedagogy (Poudyal)
Fall 2022
- 501 Teaching of Composition (Nicolas)
- 509 Classical Rhetoric (Wilde)
- 521 Nineteenth-Century Speculative Fiction (Whitson)
- 534 Theories and Methods of the Teaching of Technical and Professional Writing (Staggers)
- 543 Phonology (Thomas)
- 573 Postwork Imaginaries and Contemporary American Culture (Thoma)
Spring 2023
- 515 The Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (Nicolas)
- 531 Administering a Writing Program (Olson)
- 544 Syntax (Thomas)
- 584 Sixteenth-Century English Literature (Hamlin)
- 591 Anti-Oppressive Pedagogies (Boyd)
- 595 Anthropocene Narratives (Hegglund)
Fall 2020
- 501 Teaching of Composition (Nicolas)
- 509 Classical Rhetoric (Edwards)
- 534 Teaching Technical & Professional Writing (Staggers)
- 543 Phonology (Thomas)
- 549 Irish Literature & Environmental Protest (Potts)
- 573 Creating Online Editions (Campbell)
- 595 Futurity: Feminist & Queer Theory (Thoma)
- 597 (AMS) Rhetorics of the Archive (Wilde)
Spring 2021
- 515 Rhetorics of Racism (Eddy)
- 527 (17th & 18th c.) (McAuley)
- 544 Syntax (Thomas)
- 548.01 Politics of Affect (Whitson)
- 548.02 Narrative Theory (Oforlea)
- 561 Studies in Technology and Culture (DH Cert.)
- 562 Writing & Rhetoric in Science & Tech (Staggers)
Fall 2018
- 501 Seminar in Teaching of Writing (Buyserie)
- 514 Seminar in 20th Century American Literature: The Rhetoric of African American Fiction (Oforlea)
- 543 Phonology (Thomas)
- 545 ESL Graduate Student Writing Workshop (Siler)
- 584 Seminar in 16th Century Literature (Hamlin)
- 590 Research in English Studies
- 597.01 Topics in Composition and Rhetoric: Feminist Rhetorics (Wilde)
- 597.02 Topics in Composition and Rhetoric: The Rhetorics of Political Economy (Villanueva)
- 597.03 Topics in Composition and Rhetoric: Literatures and Rhetorics of War (Ross, Edwards)
Spring 2019
- 509 Classical Rhetoric and its Influences (Villanueva)
- 534 Theories and Methods in the Teaching of Technical and Professional Writing (Hillen)
- 544 Syntax
- 527 Seminar in English Literature of the Restoration and 18th Century (McAuley)
- 549 Seminar in 20th Century British Literature: 20th and 21st Century Irish Literature and Trauma (Potts)
- 561 Studies in Technology and Culture: Electronic Literature (Grigar)
- 590 Research in English Studies
- 595 Anthropocene Literature and Culture (Hegglund)
Archive of Select Graduate Bulletins
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