Programs/Courses: Arts and Sciences - School of Humanities

Department of Communication (SPE)

Programs

• •  Communication, M.A.
• •  Communication, Ph.D.

Courses

COM - Communication

• •  COM 6001 Theories and Histories of Communication
• •  COM 6017 Gender in the Workplace
• •  COM 6025 Health Communication
• •  COM 6045 Communicating Leadership
• •  COM 6121 Organizational Communication
• •  COM 6345 Contemporary Cultural Studies
• •  COM 6724 Communication Training in Organizations
• •  COM 7325 Seminar in Communication Research Methods
• •  COM 7933 Seminar in Communication Studies

ORI - Oral Interpretation

• •  ORI 6250 Performance and Technology
• •  ORI 6456 Performance Theory
• •  ORI 6506 Performance Criticism

SPC - Speech Communication

• •  SPC 6236 Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
• •  SPC 6238 Survey of Rhetorical Theory
• •  SPC 6391 Interpersonal Communication
• •  SPC 6903 Directed Readings
• •  SPC 6913 Directed Research
• •  SPC 6934 Selected Topics in Communication
• •  SPC 6971 Thesis: Master’s
• •  SPC 7900 Doctoral Research Tutorial
• •  SPC 7980 Dissertation: Doctoral

Department of English (ENG)

Programs

• •  Creative Writing, M.F.A.
• •  English, M.A.
• •  English, Ph.D.

Courses

AML - American Literature

• •  AML 5305 Studies in Individual American Authors
• •  AML 6017 Studies in American Literature to 1860
• •  AML 6018 Studies in American Literature 1860 to 1920
• •  AML 6027 Studies in Modern American Literature
• •  AML 6608 Studies in African American Literature
• •  AML 6637 Studies in US Latina/Latino Literatures

CRW - Creative Writing

• •  CRW 6025 Special Topics in Creative Writing
• •  CRW 6130 Fiction Writing
• •  CRW 6164 The Craft of Fiction
• •  CRW 6231 The Craft of Nonfiction
• •  CRW 6236 Nonfiction Writing
• •  CRW 6331 Poetry Writing
• •  CRW 6352 The Craft of Poetry
• •  CRW 6726 Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing
• •  CRW 6806 Creative Writing Pedagogy Practicum

DIG - Digital Media

• •  DIG 6007 Trends in Digital Humanities
• •  DIG 6818 Feminist Digital Humanities
• •  DIG 6886 Digital Pedagogy

ENC - English Composition

• •  ENC 6245 Teaching Professional and Technical Writing
• •  ENC 6261 Professional and Technical Communication
• •  ENC 6319 Scholarly Writing for Publication in English Studies
• •  ENC 6333 Contemporary Rhetorics
• •  ENC 6336 Studies in the History of Rhetoric
• •  ENC 6421 Studies in Rhetoric and Technology
• •  ENC 6700 Studies in Composition Theory
• •  ENC 6720 Studies in Composition Research
• •  ENC 6740 Theory and Development of Writing Programs
• •  ENC 6745 Teaching Practicum
• •  ENC 6918 Directed Independent Research

ENG - English - General

• •  ENG 6005 Scholarly Research and Writing
• •  ENG 6009 Introduction to Graduate Study
• •  ENG 6018 Studies in Criticism and Theory I
• •  ENG 6019 Studies in Criticism and Theory II
• •  ENG 6067 History of the English Language
• •  ENG 6837 Academic Writing
• •  ENG 6916 Directed Research
• •  ENG 6939 Graduate Seminar in English
• •  ENG 6946 Professional Internship
• •  ENG 6971 Thesis: Master’s
• •  ENG 7916 Directed Research
• •  ENG 7939 Doctoral Seminar
• •  ENG 7980 Dissertation: Doctoral

ENL - English Literature

• •  ENL 6206 Studies in Old English
• •  ENL 6216 Studies in Middle English
• •  ENL 6226 Studies in Sixteenth-Century British Literature
• •  ENL 6228 Studies in Seventeenth-Century British Literature
• •  ENL 6246 Studies of the English Romantic Period
• •  ENL 6256 Studies in Victorian Literature
• •  ENL 6276 Studies in Modern British Literature

LAE - Language Arts and English Education

• •  LAE 6374 Practice in Teaching Grammar
• •  LAE 6389 Practice in Teaching Literature

LIT - Literature

• •  LIT 6096 Studies in Contemporary Literature
• •  LIT 6236 Studies in Postcolonial Literatures
• •  LIT 6934 Selected Topics in English Studies

Department of History (HTY)

Programs

• •  History, M.A.
• •  History, Ph.D.

Courses

AFH - African History

• •  AFH 6300 Roman North Africa

AMH - American History

• •  AMH 6116 Early American History
• •  AMH 6199 Nineteenth-Century United States History
• •  AMH 6935 US History, 1877-1945

DIG - Digital Media

• •  DIG 6178 Introduction to Digital Humanities
• •  DIG 6585 Digital Humanities Capstone Project
• •  DIG 6774C Virtual Museums
• •  DIG 6834C Digital Antiquity

HIS - General History and Historiography

• •  HIS 5114 Spanish Paleography I
• •  HIS 5116 Spanish Paleography II
• •  HIS 6067 Public History
• •  HIS 6075 Historical Research and Publication
• •  HIS 6112 Analysis of Historical Knowledge
• •  HIS 6163 Beyond the Book: Telling Local Histories through New Media
• •  HIS 6168 Issues in Digital Humanities and Public History
• •  HIS 6908 Independent Study
• •  HIS 6914 Directed Research
• •  HIS 6917 Readings in the History of the Americas
• •  HIS 6925 Colloquium in History
• •  HIS 6932 Seminar in Digital Humanities and Public History
• •  HIS 6933 Seminar in the History of the Americas
• •  HIS 6939 Seminar in History
• •  HIS 6945 Graduate Internship
• •  HIS 6971 Thesis: Master’s
• •  HIS 7937 Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Pro-Seminar
• •  HIS 7938 Ph.D. Capstone Seminar
• •  HIS 7939 Selected Topics for Doctoral Students
• •  HIS 7980 Ph.D. Dissertation

WOH - World History

• •  WOH 6015 Readings in World History to 1500
• •  WOH 6229 Readings in World History since 1500
• •  WOH 6934 Seminar in World History since 1500
• •  WOH 6935 Seminar in World History to 1500

Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies (HCS)

Programs

• •  Liberal Arts, M.A.

Courses

AMS - American Studies

• •  AMS 6254 Contemporary American Culture: Selected Topics
• •  AMS 6615 Says Who - Questioning Truth Reality and Accuracy in US DocumentaryTheatre
• •  AMS 6617 About Face - Race and Performance in US Theatre
• •  AMS 6805 Enduring Questions in American Culture
• •  AMS 6901 Directed Readings in American Studies
• •  AMS 6915 Directed Research
• •  AMS 6934 Selected Topics
• •  AMS 6940 Internship in American Studies
• •  AMS 6971 Thesis: Master’s

FIL - Film

• •  FIL 6038 History of Video Art
• •  FIL 6046 Animation: History and Theory
• •  FIL 6059 The Hollywood Blockbuster
• •  FIL 6309 Documentary and Experimental Cinema
• •  FIL 6867 Film, Sound, and Music
• •  FIL 6885 Media, Ecology, and the Moving Image
• •  FIL 6894 Horror Film
• •  FIL 6895 The Movie Musical
• •  FIL 6896 Film Noir and the Western Film Genres

HUM - Humanities

• •  HUM 6363 Representing Trauma and Disability
• •  HUM 6437 The World of Plato’s Symposium
• •  HUM 6475 Studies in Contemporary Arts and Letters
• •  HUM 6494 Studies in Medieval Arts and Letters
• •  HUM 6583 Global Cinema and New Media to 1960
• •  HUM 6584 Global Cinema and New Media since 1960
• •  HUM 6586 Film Theory
• •  HUM 6587 National Cinemas
• •  HUM 6588 Themes and Genres in Film and New Media
• •  HUM 6801 Theories and Methods of Cultural Studies
• •  HUM 6814 Introduction to Graduate Study
• •  HUM 6815 Research Seminar
• •  HUM 6909 Independent Study
• •  HUM 6915 Directed Research
• •  HUM 6939 Selected Topics in Humanities
• •  HUM 6940 Internship in Humanities
• •  HUM 6971 Thesis: Masters

Department of Journalism and Digital Communication (JDC)

Programs

• •  Digital Journalism and Design, M.A.

Courses

JOU - Journalism

• •  JOU 5367 AI and the Future of Media: Trends, Technologies & Ethics
• •  JOU 6309 Data Journalism and Social Media

Department of Philosophy (PHI)

Programs

• •  Philosophy, M.A.
• •  Philosophy, Ph.D.

Courses

PHH - Philosophy, History of

• •  PHH 6105 Seminar in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
• •  PHH 6310 Seminar in 17th and 18th Century Philosophy
• •  PHH 6426 Seminar in Eighteenth Century Philosophy
• •  PHH 6677 Seminar in German Idealism
• •  PHH 6930 Seminar in Chinese Philosophy
• •  PHH 6938 Seminar in the History of Philosophy

PHI - Philosophy

• •  PHI 5135 Symbolic Logic
• •  PHI 5225 Philosophy of Language
• •  PHI 6305 Seminar in Epistemology
• •  PHI 6405 Seminar in the Philosophy of Natural Science
• •  PHI 6506 Seminar in Metaphysics
• •  PHI 6605 Seminar in Ethics
• •  PHI 6634 Seminar in Biomedical Ethics
• •  PHI 6645 Developmental Ethics
• •  PHI 6808 Seminar in Aesthetics
• •  PHI 6908 Directed Research
• •  PHI 6934 Selected Topics
• •  PHI 6945 Graduate Instruction Methods
• •  PHI 6971 Thesis: Master’s
• •  PHI 7980 Dissertation: Doctoral

PHM - Philosophy of Man and Society

• •  PHM 5126 Social Issues in Biomedical Ethics
• •  PHM 6265 Continental Philosophy I: Phenomenology of Hermeneutics
• •  PHM 6266 Continental Philosophy II: Political and Social Theory
• •  PHM 6267 Continental Philosophy III: Structuralism and Deconstruction
• •  PHM 6305 Seminar in Political Philosophy

PHP - Philosophers and Schools

• •  PHP 6415 Kant
• •  PHP 6420 Seminar in Leibniz’s Philosophy
• •  PHP 6505 Seminar on Hegel’s Philosophy
• •  PHP 6525 Nietzsche and the Nietzscheans
• •  PHP 6624 Adorno
• •  PHP 6645 Foucault

Department of Religious Studies (REL)

Programs

• •  Religious Studies, M.A.

Courses

RLG - Religion - Graduate

• •  RLG 6035 Theory and Methods in Religious Studies
• •  RLG 6143 Religion, Culture, and Society
• •  RLG 6145 Religion and Politics
• •  RLG 6189 Comparative Religious Ethics
• •  RLG 6196 Religion and Modernization
• •  RLG 6285 Studies in Biblical Archaeology
• •  RLG 6438 Modern Christian Thought
• •  RLG 6906 Independent Study
• •  RLG 6911 Directed Research
• •  RLG 6938 Special Topics in Religious Studies
• •  RLG 6940 Graduate Instruction Methods
• •  RLG 6971 Thesis: Master’s

Department of World Languages (WLE)

Programs

• •  French, M.A.
• •  Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Ph.D.
• •  Linguistics: English as a Second Language, M.A.
• •  Spanish, M.A.

Courses

FOL - Foreign Languages

• •  FOL 5906 Directed Study

FRE - French Language

• •  FRE 5425 Advanced Written Expression
• •  FRE 5566 Contemporary France
• •  FRE 6910 Directed Research
• •  FRE 6971 Thesis: Master’s

FRW - French Literature (Writings)

• •  FRW 5222 Classical Prose and Poetry
• •  FRW 5226 20th Century Poetry and Theatre
• •  FRW 5286 The 20th Century Novel
• •  FRW 5314 Classical Drama
• •  FRW 5425 Literature of the Renaissance
• •  FRW 5755 African and Caribbean Literature
• •  FRW 5829 An Introduction to Modern French Literary Criticism
• •  FRW 5934 Selected Topics
• •  FRW 6405 Old French

GER - German

• •  GER 5845 History of the German Language
• •  GER 6908 Independent Study

GEW - German Literature (Writings)

• •  GEW 5606 Faust
• •  GEW 5934 Selected Topics

GRW - Classical Greek Literature (Writings)

• •  GRW 5905 Directed Reading

LIN - Linguistics

• •  LIN 5700 Applied Linguistics
• •  LIN 6081 Introduction to Graduate Study in Linguistics
• •  LIN 6601 Sociolinguistics
• •  LIN 6675 The Grammatical Structure of American English
• •  LIN 6720 Second Language Acquisition
• •  LIN 6722 Writing Processes in Second Languages Acquisition
• •  LIN 6908 Independent Study
• •  LIN 6910 Directed Research
• •  LIN 6932 Selected Topics
• •  LIN 7635 Professional Development
• •  LIN 7637 Research and Writing in Applied Linguistics
• •  LIN 7638 Qualitative Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
• •  LIN 7639 Quantitative Methods in Applied Linguistics
• •  LIN 7885 Discourse Analysis
• •  LIN 7911 Directed Research - Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
• •  LIN 7931 Advanced Seminar in Applied Linguistics
• •  LIN 7980 Dissertation - Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

LNW - Latin Literature (Writings)

• •  LNW 5900 Directed Reading

SPN - Spanish Language

• •  SPN 5525 Modern Spanish American Civilization
• •  SPN 6845 History of the Spanish Language
• •  SPN 6846 Spanish Paleography and Textual Criticism

SPW - Spanish Literature (Writings)

• •  SPW 5135 Colonial Spanish American Literature
• •  SPW 5339 Golden Age Drama
• •  SPW 5375 Latin American Short Story
• •  SPW 5387 Spanish American Prose
• •  SPW 5405 Medieval Literature
• •  SPW 5487 Spanish Culture in Theatre
• •  SPW 5597 Latin American Culture in Fantastic Literature and Film
• •  SPW 5605 Cervantes
• •  SPW 5934 Selected Topics
• •  SPW 6427 Golden Age Novel
• •  SPW 6775 Caribbean Literature
• •  SPW 6806 Introduction to Hispanic Graduate Studies
• •  SPW 6910 Directed Research
• •  SPW 6971 Thesis: Master’s

TSL - Teaching English as a Second Language

• •  TSL 5371 Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language
• •  TSL 5372 ESOL Curriculum and Instruction
• •  TSL 5440 Language Testing
• •  TSL 5525 Cross-Cultural Issues in ESL
• •  TSL 6945 Internship