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Course Descriptions: Fall 2012

Course descriptions for many of the courses that the UNLV English Department will offer during the Fall 2012 semester are now available online. For detailed course descriptions, follow the links on this page from each course title. More course descriptions will be made added to this page as the information becomes available.

Please note that this is a selective listing of detailed course descriptions, focusing on advanced undergraduate and graduate-level courses. For a complete listing of all Fall 2012 course offerings, see MyUNLV and the the University Registrar’s Catalog.

Undergraduate Courses

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Course Instructor Meeting times
COLA 100: First-Year Seminar Prof. Jane Hafen TBA
ENG 298: Writing About Literature Prof. Anne Stevens MW 10–11:15am
ENG 298: Writing About Literature Staff TR 1:00–2:15pm
- or - Tues. 7–9:35pm
ENG 303: Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism Prof. Megan Becker-Leckrone TR 11:30am–12:45pm
ENG 303: Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism Prof. Anne Stevens TR 2:30–3:45pm
ENG 414A: History of the English Language Prof. Philip Rusche MW 10:00–11:15am
ENG 415B/615B: Old English I Prof. Philip Rusche MW 11:30am–12:15pm
ENG 427B/627B: Gender and Literature: Women Travelers Prof. Felicia Campbell Wed. 4–6:45pm
ENG 434A/634A: Shakespeare: Tragedies Prof. Evelyn Gajowski TR 10–11:15am
ENG 434B/634B: Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances Prof. Evelyn Gajowski TR 1–2:15am
ENG 449A: British Literature I Profs. Donald Revell and Richard Harp TR 8:30–9:45am
ENG 449B: British Literature II Prof. Kelly Mays MW 8:30-9:45am
ENG 449B: British Literature II Prof. Beth Rosenberg TR 11:30-12:45pm
ENG 451B: American Literature II Prof. Patrice Hollrah TR 2:30-3:45pm
ENG 460A/660A: Heroic Epic: Tolkien, Scholar and Storyteller Prof. John Bowers MW 10-11:15am
ENG 473C/673C: The Contemporary American Novel Prof. Douglas Unger W 4-6:45pm
ENG 481B/681B: Modern Comparative Literature Prof. Steve Brown TBA
ENG 491B/691B: Environmental Literature Prof. Steve Brown TBA
ENG 494A/694A: Native American Literature Prof. Jane Hafen TR 8:30-9:45am
UNLV English Department Undergraduate Course Offerings for Fall 2012

Graduate Courses

NOTE: A Full list of Fall courses is available through MyUNLV. The following is just a partial listing of courses with more detailed descriptions than those available through MyUNLV.

Course Instructor Meeting times
ENG 700: Bibliography and Methods Prof. Christopher Decker M 1:00-3:45pm
ENG 702: History of Rhetoric Prof. Jeffrey Jablonski R 1-3:45pm
ENG 705: Creative Writing: Poetry Prof. Claudia Keelan M 4-6:45pm
ENG 705: Creative Writing: Fiction Prof. Douglas Unger R 4-6:45pm
ENG 722: Chaucer Prof. John Bowers W 4:00-6:45pm
ENG 729: Forms of Fiction Prof. Richard Wiley TR 4-6:45pm
ENG 731: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: Ancients and Moderns in the Visual Archive Prof. Timothy Erwin R 4-6:45pm
ENG 744: American Modernist Expatriate Writers Prof. John Unrue T 1-3:45pm
ENG 760: Modern Poetry Prof. Donald Revell W 4-6:45pm
ENG 760: Popular Fiction Prof. Felicia Campbell T 4-6:45pm
ENG 791: College Teaching Prof. Julie Staggers T 4-6:45pm
 UNLV English Department Graduate Course Offerings for Fall 2012