Fall 2020 Courses

English courses enable students to focus deeply on the diversity of stories people tell and to develop their own stories.

The Department of English offers over 200 courses each year about the stories people tell—past and present—with a focus on literature, language, rhetoric, film, media, and creative and analytical writing. Our courses for English majors contain 15-25 students, allowing for discussion-centered, hands-on experiences.

See the Undergraduate Catalog for a full list of our course offerings and Testudo for our current courses. Also see the Office of Extended Studies website for information about our summer and winter courses. Below are specialized descriptions for current and upcoming courses.

If you are an English major, consult our English Boilerplate to see which major requirements a given course meets.

If you are an English-Education major, consult our English-Education Boilerplate to see which major requirements a given course meets.

Course	Title	Section	Instructor
CMLT235	Black Diaspora Literature and Culture	0101	Nancy Vera
CMLT270	Global Literature and Social Change	Multiple	Multiple
CMLT275	World Literature by Women	Multiple	Multiple
CMLT277	Literatures of the Americas	0101	Nancy Vera
CMLT280	Film Art in a Global Society	Multiple	Multiple
CMLT398L	Special Topics in Comparative Studies; Sexuality in the Cinema	0101	Eugene Robinson
CMLT398M	Special Topics in Comparative Studies; Digital Publishing with Minimal Computing: Humanities at a Global Scale	0101	Raffaele Viglianti
CMLT679E	Topics in Comparative Studies; Ruins: Literatures and Theories of Decay	0101	Kari Kraus
CMLT679T	Topics in Comparative Studies; Seminar in Poetry Translation	0101	Michael Collier
ENGL101	Academic Writing	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL120	Acting Human: Shakespeare and the Drama of Identity	Multiple	Gerard Passannante
ENGL130	Race and the Cultural Politics of Blood: A Historical Perspective	Multiple	Kimberly Coles
ENGL140	American Fictions: U.S. Literature, History, Politics, and Constitutional Law	Multiple	Benjamin Baker
ENGL143	Visualizing Knowledge: From Data to Images	Multiple	Oliver Gaycken
ENGL201	Inventing Western Literature: Ancient and Medieval Traditions	0101	Danielle Griffin
ENGL222	American Literature: 1865 to Present	0301	Kerishma Panigrahi
ENGL233	Introduction to Asian American Literature	0101	Instructor: TBA
ENGL234	African-American Literature and Culture	0201	Elizabeth Catchmark
ENGL235	U.S. Latinx Literature and Culture	0101	Kristofer Jon Reed
ENGL243	What is Poetry?	0201	Hannah Beilenson
ENGL245	Film Form and Culture	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL250	Reading Women Writing	0101	Fatima Taha
ENGL255	Literature of Science and Technology	0101	Melanie Rio
ENGL256	Fantasy Literature	Multiple	Konstantinos Pozoukidis
ENGL257	Children's Literature	0101	Valentina Rosales
ENGL262	Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament	0101	Matthew Suriano
ENGL265	LGBTQ+ Literatures and Media	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL271	Writing Poems and Stories: An Introductory Workshop	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL272	Writing Fiction: A Beginning Workshop	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL273	Writing Poetry: A Beginning Workshop	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL275	Scriptwriting for Theater, Film, and Television	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL280	The English Language	0201	Linda Coleman
ENGL282	How Rhetoric Works: Persuasive Power and Strategies	0101	Roberto S. Leon
ENGL289C	Introduction to Humanities, Health, and Medicine	0101	Marybeth Shea
ENGL290	Introduction to Digital Studies	0101	Andy Yeh
ENGL291	Writing, Revising, Persuading	0101	Joseph Good
ENGL293	Writing in the Wireless World	Multiple	Miltiple
ENGL296	Reading and Writing Disability	0101	Konstantinos Pozoukidis
ENGL297	Introduction to Professional Writing	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL301	This is English: Fields and Methods	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL310	Medieval and Renaissance British Literature	0101	Thomas Moser
ENGL312	Romantic to Modern British Literature	0101	Brian Richardson
ENGL313	American Literature	0201	Robert Levine
ENGL317	African American Literature	0101	Julius Fleming, Jr.
ENGL329C	Special Topics in Film Studies; Sexuality in the Cinema	0101	Eugene Robinson
ENGL329L	Special Topics in Film Studies; The Disney Studio and the Animation Industry	0101	Paul Cote
ENGL329P	Special Topics in Film Studies; Films of Martin Scorsese	0101	Marianne Conroy
ENGL346	Twentieth Century Fiction	0101	Brian Richardson
ENGL352	Intermediate Fiction Workshop	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL353	Intermediate Poetry Workshop	0101	Lindsay Bernal
ENGL360	African, Indian and Caribbean Writers	0201	Sangeeta Ray
ENGL368B	Special Topics in African American, African, and African Diaspora Literatures; Blues and African American Folksong	0201	Barry Pearson
ENGL368D	Special Topics in African American, African, and African Diaspora Literatures; African American Folklore and Literature	0201	Barry Pearson
ENGL368J	Special Topics in African American, African, and African Diaspora Literatures; Contemporary Black Literature	0201	Sangeeta Ray
ENGL371	Senior Honors Project	0101	Jason Rudy
ENGL376	The Speculative Imagination: Science Fiction on Page and Screen	0101	Lee Konstantinou
ENGL378L	Special Topics in English; Narrating the City	0101	Emily Mitchell
ENGL378M	Special Topics in English; Digital Publishing with Minimal Computing: Humanities at a Global Scale	0101	Raffaele Viglianti
ENGL378Z	Special Topics in English; Women and Memory in Material and Digital Worlds	0101	Jessica Enoch
ENGL379V / CMLT398N	Special Topics in Literature: Gypsy Culture	0101	Eugene Robinson
ENGL381	MGA Legislative Seminar	0101	Thomas Lowderbaugh
ENGL385	English Semantics	0201	Michael Israel
ENGL388D	Writing, Research, and Media Internship: Dickinson Electronic Archives	0101	Martha Nell Smith
ENGL388P	English Careers Internship	0101	Karen Lewis
ENGL388T	Writing, Research, and Media Internships; Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities Internships	0101	Purdom Lindblad
ENGL388V	Undergraduate Teaching Assistants in English	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL388W	Writing Center Internship	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL390	Science Writing	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL390H	Science Writing	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL391	Advanced Composition	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL391H	Advanced Composition	0201	Mark Forrester
ENGL392	Legal Writing	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL393	Technical Writing	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL393H	Technical Writing	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL393Q	Technical Writing	3001	Alexandra Calloway
ENGL393X	Technical Writing	1501	Laura WIlliams
ENGL394	Business Writing	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL395	Writing for Health Professions	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL398A	Writing for the Arts	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL398B	Writing for Social Entrepreneurship	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL398C	Writing Case Studies and Investigative Reports	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL398E	Writing About Economics	0801	Michael Winett
ENGL398L	Scholarly Writing in the Humanities	0301	Mark Forrester
ENGL398N	Writing for Non-Profit Organizations	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL398R	Writing Non-Fictional Narratives	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL398V	Writing About the Environment	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL410	Edmund Spenser	0101	Kimberly Coles
ENGL428M	Seminar in Language and Literature; BookLab: How to do things with Books	0101	Matthew Kirschenbaum
ENGL437	Contemporary American Literature	0101	Lee Konstantinou
ENGL439A	Spotlight on Major Writers; Toni Morrison: Race, Gender, & American Culture	0101	GerShun Avilez
ENGL439D	Spotlight on Major Writers; Dickinson, Erotics, Poetics, Biopics: Some (Queer) Ways We Read Poetry	0101	Martha Nell Smith
ENGL439K	Spotlight on Major Writers; Two Madmen: William Cowper (d.1800) & John Ruskin (d. 1900)	0101	Michael Olmert
ENGL454	Modern Drama	0101	Michael Olmert
ENGL460	Archival Research Methods in English Studies	0101	Karen Nelson
ENGL466	Arthurian Legend	0101	Thomas Moser
ENGL469E	The Craft of Literature: Creative Form and Theory; Prose Poem	0101	Joshua Weiner
ENGL470	African-American Literature: From Slavery to Freedom	0101	Chad Infante
ENGL478A	Selected Topics in English and American Literature before 1800; Comedy and Cruelty	0101	David Carroll Simon
ENGL479B	Selected Topics in English and American Literature after 1800; Black Performance: From Slavery to Hip Hop	0101	Julius Fleming, Jr.
ENGL479J	Selected Topics in English and American Literature after 1800; Flash Fictions	0101	Rion Scott
ENGL479Y	Selected Topics in English and American Literature after 1800; Seminar in Poetry Translation	0101	Michael Collier
ENGL487	Principles and Practices of Rhetoric	0101	Sara Wilder
ENGL489N	Special Topics in Language and Rhetoric; Invention of "Proper English": from the English Enlightenment to the American Experience	0201	Michael Israel
ENGL492	Graphic Design and Rhetoric	0101	Melanie Kill
ENGL493	Writing Genres as Social Action	0201	Melanie Kill
ENGL494	Editing and Document Design	0201	Cecilia Shelton
ENGL497	English at Work	0101	Blake Wilder
ENGL498	Advanced Fiction Workshop	Multiple	Multiple
ENGL499	Advanced Poetry Workshop	0101	Elizabeth Arnold
ENGL429	Independent Study

Course	Title	Section	Instructor
CMLT679E	Topics in Comparative Studies; Ruins: Literatures and Theories of Decay	0101	Kari Kraus
CMLT679T	Topics in Comparative Studies; Seminar in Poetry Translation	0101	Michael Collier
ENGL601	Literary Research and Critical Contexts	0101	Tita Chico
ENGL611	Approaches to College Composition	0101	Scott Wible
ENGL619A	Readings in Linguistics; Discourse Analysis	0101	Linda Coleman
ENGL628G	Readings in African American Literature; Comparative Black and Native American Literature	0101	Chad Infante
ENGL688	Poetry Workshop	0201	Elizabeth Arnold
ENGL689	Fiction Workshop	0101	Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes
ENGL702	Cultures of Theory	0101	Kari Kraus
ENGL719J	Seminar in Renaissance Literature; The Experimental Self	0101	Gerard Passannante
ENGL729C	Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Literature; Empire and Emotion in the Long Eighteenth Century	0101	Laura J. Rosenthal
ENGL738B	Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Literature; Gothic Spaces: Gender, History, and Romanticism	0101	Orrin Wang
ENGL748A	Seminar in American Literature; The African American Novel in the Nineteenth Century	0201	Robert Levine
ENGL798B	Critical Theory Colloquium	0101	Orrin Wang
ENGL798D	Critical Theory Colloquium; Digital Studies	0101	Matthew Kirschenbaum

Fall 2020 Courses

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Fall 2020 Undergraduate Courses

Fall 2020 Graduate Courses