English classes in our department range from general survey courses to classes that offer a more in-depth look at a literary genre, writer, literary time period, and theoretical approach. Below is the list of English courses offered in Fall 2026. Please see the University Catalog for a complete list of courses offered by our department.
ENGL 106
| David Kaplin Section 01 |
Our class will explore tools for getting the most out of our reading experiences -- poetry, short fiction, and novels -- to see how they can deepen our understanding and enjoyment of texts. By paying close attention to the details, we'll see how the parts work together to make engaging and meaningful works of literature. |
| ENGL 124 American Fictions | Rebecca Cuthbert Section 01 Section 03 | These sections of American Fictions will explore and discuss the American narrative through its individual ghosts stories, considering both historical texts and contemporary works. |
| ENGL 124 American Fictions | Alison Pipitone Section 02 | This course explores the literature, music, and oral histories that told and re-told the story of the Great Depression (1929–1941). We will examine how artists responded to economic hardship, social upheaval, and shifting American ideals. Through close reading analysis of The Grapes of Wrath, The Four Winds, oral histories, poetry, and music, students will explore the ways in which creative voices responded to the struggles of everyday Americans, challenged dominant narratives, and helped shape cultural memory. |
| ENGL 127 Becoming Americans | Mary Weiser Section 01 | Students will delve into historical and recent American literature across multiple genres and in relation to multiple institutions and media that relates to the experience of "becoming Americans." |
| ENGL 132 Word and Sound | Alison Pipitone Section 01 | This course aims to understand the role of songs and songwriting in our modern, interconnected society. This course explores the sound of words and the sound of music? How do "word" (literal and figurative meaning) and "sound" (words, music, production) combine to create a uniquely American music? Students will write lyrics via a variety of methods and prompts. |
| ENGL 144 Reading Humanity | Prof. Daniel Laurie Section 01 | This section of Reading Humanity focuses on the themes of coming of age and finding one's place in the world. We read Perks of Being a Wallflower, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America, and another novel that I keep switching from semester to semester. |
| ENGL 167 Border Crossings | Dr. Iclal Vanwesenbeeck Section 01 | This section of the course, “Border Crossings: Away from Home” will focus on the experience of refugees, exile, and migration in parts of the world affected by war, conflict, and political unrest. Students will study literary narratives (multi genre) about homelessness, displacement, memory, nostalgia, melancholia, in specific relation to war and armed conflict. |
| ENGL 167 Border Crossings | Dr. Birger Vanwesenbeeck Section 03 | Can the Holocaust be represented? To capture the scope and magnitude of the Nazi atrocities has been said to lie beyond the limits of literary or artistic imagination, even as artists have recognized the need to do so. This course offers an overview of how various writing types sought to bear witness to the Holocaust. |
| ENGL 205 Epic and Romance | Dr. Iclal Vanwesenbeeck Section 01 | This course introduces students to seminal texts in world literature that are thematically centered around war and love. Our readings will span from antiquity to present day. |
| ENGL 227 Stage/Screen | Natalie Gerber Section 01 Section 03 | How do groups of people navigate conflict--while singing and dancing about it? Together we'll explore musicals and some of the surprisingly serious subjects they take on. |
| ENGL 274 Social Justice and the Written Word | Dr. Saundra Liggins Section 02 | Using a foundation of the themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion, in this 100% online course we will how the written word is used as social critique and to effect social change. Our specific focus will be on the music, literature, and speeches of the Civil Rights Movement. |
| ENGL 274 Social Justice and the Written Word | Birger Vanwesenbeeck Section 03 | A study in which writers and others use the written word as a form of social critique and to effect social change. |
| ENGL 274 Social Justice and the Written Word | Rachel (Mara) Beneway Section HR | Personal narratives have a profound impact on our society, as “social justice has always depended upon the testimonies of the oppressed” (Febos). In this course we will study, discuss, and contextualize a wide range of texts, several essays and two novels, by canonical Americal authors such as Toni Morrison and Joan Didion as well as more contemporary ones such as Melissa Febos. We will conduct research utilizing many critical lenses which shape the development of individual and group identity involving race, class, and gender. And we will articulate our findings and new understandings in short weekly writing projects which we will later revise and culminate into a short D.I.Y. magazine or zine. |
| ENGL 275 Black Women Writers | Saundra Liggins Section 01 Section HR | We will read works by Black women in a variety of genres, spanning the 18th century through the present day, exploring how they interpreted their own worlds and how their voices still shape the way we see our world today. |
| ENGL 296 American Identities | Dr. Emily VanDette Section 01 Section 02 | ENGL 296 explores the cultural narratives that shape American identities, with a focus on historical examples. |
| ENGL 313 Scribbling Women | Emily VanDette Section 01 | "Scribbling Women" focuses on the study and recovery of forgotten women’s literature from the 19th century. We will examine examples of feminist approaches and methods of recovery, while also contributing to ongoing recovery efforts with student-designed digital editions and curated digital exhibit projects. |
ENGL 341 Harlem Renaissance | Saundra Liggins Section 01 | In this course we will examine the origins of the Harlem Renaissance, a time period of newfound vigor in African American cultural and intellectual expression. |
| ENGL 373 English Grammar for Everyone | Dr. Susan Spangler Section 01 | In this online course, you'll have the opportunity to 1) explore your own grammar foibles, 2) learn a variety of sentence structures, and 3) reduce your anxiety about language use. |
| ENGL 465 English Internships | Dr. KimMarie Cole Section 01 | Internship |