May 30, 2024  
2018-2019 Graduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Education Leadership

  
  • EDD 810 Introduction to Action Research, Academic Writing and the Dissertation Process (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Learning associates will be introduced to the process of dissertation action research including the development of their proposal that will become the focus of their research. Learning associates will develop academic writing skills and skills in critiquing their research literature as well as strategies for developing research ideas.
  
  • EDD 811 Qualitative Research (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Learning associates will be introduced to qualitative research related to the development of an action research dissertation study. Topics will include research paradigms for qualitative designs; developing surveys; questionnaires; developing questions for and analyzing interviews; and interpreting qualitative research studies. Learning associates will analyze readings that focus on qualitative research designs.
  
  • EDD 812 Understanding Statistics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Learning associates will understand how to use, apply, and interpret t- tests, correlation and regression, one-factor ANOVA, and Chi-Square. Learning associates will also examine and be able to interpret multi- factor ANOVA, regression and ANCOVA. Learning associates will analyze readings that focus on inferential statistics as well as those which focus on mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative research designs).
  
  • EDD 821 Organizations as Social Systems (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course examines contemporary theories, practices and research in planning, managing and assessing change in organizations as social systems. Particular emphasis will be placed on assessing the utility of theories based on previous and emerging research and deriving implications for professional practice.
  
  • EDD 822 Legal and Ethical Issues for Educational Leaders (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course provides a case study approach to understand current legal and ethical issues for leaders in educational environments.
  
  • EDD 825 Performance Appraisal: Evaluating People and Programs (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course addresses the theories, professional approaches, and under-standings from various psychological perspectives as they relate to developing, leading, and managing people and programs. Emphasis will be on best practices from the educational, social sciences and management professions for sustaining an organization’s capacity for continuous growth.
  
  • EDD 829 Regional Stewardship: A Collaborative Project (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course is experiential in nature and focuses on leadership and group processes through collaboration on a regional educational leadership project. Learning associates will acquire and apply knowledge, skills, and dispositions in an immediate and relevant setting. Topics include examining core values in the leadership process, group problem solving, leadership styles, decision making, power and influence, conflict management, ethical di-lemmas, and community building.
  
  • EDD 830 Transformative Curriculum Design (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course focuses on an in-depth study of current theory and research about curriculum design and its relationship to developing and sustaining professional learning communities. Through a process of discussion, reflection, reading, discovery, designing, and sharing of experiences, learning associates will develop a platform of beliefs about curriculum design. They will develop an authentic curriculum for their workplace and engage in the analysis of data to determine learning needs and outcomes of their clients. They will design a substantive, ongoing professional development plan for their workplace.
  
  • EDD 832 Leading Through Technology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course explores theories, models, research, practical applications, cur-rent issues, and current approaches to educational technology leadership. By focusing on the integration of technology into curriculum, pedagogy, school organization management, and school organization leadership the course exposes leaders to a wide variety of 21st century technology issues. The course covers current topics and research in educational technology as well as practical applications of technology skills essential for all school organization leaders in the digital age.
  
  • EDD 833 Leadership in Multi-Cultural Society (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course is designed to prepare learning associates at all levels of leader-ship to be able to understand cultural adaptability and critical race theory. Learning associates will develop new and analyze existing curriculums and policies that focus on multiculturalism and social justice. They will explore dimensions of gender, race, and social-class equity in the workplace. Learning associates will develop approaches to multicultural reforms by completing a site specific proposal with a strategic action plan that will address multicultural issues in their workplace.
  
  • EDD 840 History of US Higher Ed & Current Issues (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership with specialization in higher education or permission of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    An examination of the development of American higher education, its origin, major characteristics, trends, distinctive features and challenges; current research, theory, policies and practices and critical issues facing higher education today.
  
  • EDD 841 Understanding the US College Student (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership with specialization in higher education or permission of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Examines the changing demographics and characteristics of the American college student with a focus on strategies for enhancing student success.
  
  • EDD 842 Organization and Admin of Higher Ed (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership with specialization in higher education or permission of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Shared governance, the role of governing and coordinating boards, unit and university level responsibilities, organizational alignment, strategic planning, policy development, resource procurement and management, change management, crisis management.
  
  • EDD 843 International Higher Education (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership with specialization in higher education or permission of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A comparative study of higher education systems throughout the world and their relationship to American higher education. Best practice in the inter-nationalization of higher education.
  
  • EDD 849 Dissertation Seminar (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Learning associates will develop their action research dissertation proposal. Topics will include integration of research methodology, measurement and statistics; research ethics; IRB application; time management; and navigating through the dissertation project. (This course may be repeated once.)
  
  • EDD 894 Special Topics in Doctor of Education in Ed. Leadership (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership or program director approval.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A specific aspect of concern to the educational leadership or a contemporary issue appropriate for doctoral level study. May be repeated for additional credit when topic varies. May be repeated for up to a total of 12 semester hours. See Schedule of Classes for current offerings.
  
  • EDD 898 Dissertation Research (1-12 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Learning associates will continue to develop dissertation topics with their Leader Scholar Community (LSC). The LSC will meet monthly during fall and spring semesters and as needed in the summer sessions during the dissertation research process.
  
  • EDD 899 Independent Study (1-12 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Specific topics for in-depth study by doctoral students. May be repeated for additional credit when topic varies. May be repeated for up to a total of 9 semester hours. Independent studies must be arranged by learning associate with an NKU faculty member and approved by the learning associate’s advisor.

Education- Special Education

  
  • EDS 551 Assistive Technology in the Classroom (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    Evaluating for assistive technology; approaches and devices for communication, mobility, and sensory impairments; distances learning technology for transition to the community and post school careers.
  
  • EDS 561 Intellectual and Orthopedic Disabilities (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Undergraduates must be admitted in to Teacher Education.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Characteristics and educational programs for students who have intellectual disabilities or orthopedic and/or health impairments.
  
  • EDS 562 Early Childhood Special Education Programs (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EDS 360 or equivalent.
    Taught: Fall-even years, Summer-odd years
    Building on knowledge of child development, students will learn to adapt curricula and intervention approaches to support children with special needs.
  
  • EDS 570 Working with Families of Students with Disabilities (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Undergraduates must be admitted in to Teacher Education.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Information, skills, and resources for effective interaction with parents and families of children with disabilities.
  
  • EDS 572 Secondary Special Education Programs (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Undergraduates must be admitted in to Teacher Education.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Characteristics of adolescents with learning and behavior disorders; educational programming for secondary students with mild disabilities.
  
  • EDS 573 Individuals w Autism Spectrum Disorders (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): EDS 360 or equivalent introduction to special education course.
    Taught: Variable-check w/department
    This course provides the foundation for working with individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Topics include the history and evolution of autism spectrum disorder; definition, identification, and characteristics of individuals with ASD; and effective applied behavior analysis (ABA) based interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorder including assessment, teaching strategies, and collaboration.
  
  • EDS 588 Professional Laboratory Experiences (3-6 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3-6 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completed coursework for certification; valid teaching certificate.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Classroom field experience in added area of certification; individual project.
  
  • EDS 599 Independent Study: Special Education (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Departmental permission.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individualized study of a special topic under supervision of a faculty member. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

English

  
  • ENG 500 Poetry (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of poetry. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. GENRES.
  
  • ENG 501 Drama (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of dramatic literature. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. GENRES.
  
  • ENG 505 Medieval Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of literature from the Medieval period. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (PRE-1800, PRE- 1900)
  
  • ENG 515 Readings in Western Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of literature from the Renaissance. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (PRE-1800, PRE-1900)
  
  • ENG 525 Restoration and 18th-Century Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of Restoration and 18th-century literature. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (PRE-1800, PRE- 1900)
  
  • ENG 530 Readings in the English Language (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of literature at the undergraduate level.
    Taught: Fall only
    Topics about the language and its use: specialized readerships, applications, and theories. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 531 English Grammar for Teachers of ESOL (2 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester units of literature and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Review of English grammar from pedagogical point of view. Does not count toward English major.
  
  • ENG 535 Teaching High School Writing (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Teacher Education Program and EDU 311 (Admission to Secondary Field Experience); or Admission to MAT Program or MA English program; or possession of valid secondary teaching certificate.
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    Methods and theories in the teaching of high school writing. Required of all students majoring in English who seek secondary certification.
  
  • ENG 537 Teaching High School Literature (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Teacher Education Program and EDU 311 (Admission to Secondary Field Experience); or Admission to MAT Program or MA English program; or possession of valid secondary teaching certificate.
    Taught: Fall Only
    Methods and theories in the teaching of high school literature. Required of all students majoring in English who seek secondary certification.
  
  • ENG 541 Linguistics for Teachers of ESOL (2 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester units of literature and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Overview of linguistics for teachers of ESOL. Does not count toward English major.
  
  • ENG 542 Teaching and Practice/Creative Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Activities, materials, objectives, theory, practice, and curricula for teaching writing at the middle and secondary school levels. Does not satisfy methods course requirements for any Kentucky teaching certificate program.
  
  • ENG 544 Research/Methods in Professional Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to key theories and research methods in professional writing. WRITING STUDIES.
  
  • ENG 546 Grant Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate level student or by permission of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Theory and practice of preparing and analyzing grant applications. Special focus on the grant process in academic settings.
  
  • ENG 550 Playwriting Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 231 or equivalent or Graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Intensive exploration of playwriting theory, approach, creativity, and style. Focus on developing the individual playwright’s method and practice through creation of drama, research, and engagement with the theater community.
  
  • ENG 552 Screenwriting Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 231 or equivalent or Graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced exploration of the elements and techniques of film production and screenwriting. Focus on style and form; camera, geography, staging, balance, timing, and rhythm; business analysis of films and screenplays; and role of the screenwriter and other personnel.
  
  • ENG 556 Composition Theories (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study in composition/rhetoric. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 560 American Literature Before 1865 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semester of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of American literature written before 1865. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (PRE-1900) 
  
  • ENG 565 American Literature After 1865 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of American literature written after 1865. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS.
  
  • ENG 570 American Folklore (3 credits)

    3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate level standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of oral, customary, and material genres of folklore in different American folk groups.
  
  • ENG 575 20th Century British Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of British literature written in the twentieth century. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (POST-1900)
  
  • ENG 580 Studies in Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of literature at the undergraduate level.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Special topics in literature; genres, interdisciplinary subjects, individual authors. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS.
  
  • ENG 581 Major Authors (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of one or more major literary authors. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS.
  
  • ENG 582 Special Topics in Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of special topics in literary studies. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 584 Literary Publishing and Editing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 291 or equivalent or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Current trends and challenges in publishing explored through research and practical editing of literary journals and other projects.
  
  • ENG 600 Introduction to Graduate Studies (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Introduction to graduate level writing, research, and careers in English Studies. Required of all Master of Arts in English candidates.
  
  • ENG 620 The Teaching of Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    Activities, materials, objectives, and curricula for secondary literature instruction. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours as topics vary.
  
  • ENG 622 Poetry Writing Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    In-depth techniques for poetry writing, with emphasis on the development of style, voice, and language for poetry; intensive written analysis and in-class critique of student work. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • ENG 624 Fiction Writing Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    In-depth techniques for fiction writing, with emphasis on revision, development of voice, and preparation for publication; intensive written analysis and in-class critique of student work. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • ENG 626 Novel Writing Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    In depth techniques for the writing of novels. Intensive written and in- class analysis of published and student-generated work. May be repeated once for credit.
  
  • ENG 628 Creative Non-Fiction Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    In depth techniques for the writing of creative nonfiction. Intensive written and in-class analysis of published and student-generated work. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • ENG 630 The Teaching of Composition (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Activities, materials, objectives, and curricula for secondary school writing instruction. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours as topics vary.
  
  • ENG 632 New Media and Professional Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Theoretical examination of technology and its implications for the practices of academic and professional writing and writers. Examines the historical impact of phenomena from the printing press through new media and other emerging technologies.
  
  • ENG 636 Issues in Professional Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of selected contemporary professional writing topics shaping the construction, reception, and delivery of professional documents. May be repeated once when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 638 Theories of Community Literacy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    Introduction to theories of community literacy and public engagement. Explores scholarly research applied to community-driven literacy initiatives.
  
  • ENG 639 Fieldwork in Community Literacy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    Fieldwork in community literacy and public engagement. Students engage in at least 20 hours of supervised service-learning work and research on-site within a community organization.
  
  • ENG 642 Online Literary Research (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Location, analysis, use, and creation of digitized primary and secondary resources for literary study. Exploration of online collaborative environments.
  
  • ENG 644 Digital Humanities (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Use and application of technology to the study of the humanities, including information retrieval, multimedia technologies, digitization technologies, and text encoding and test quality. May be repeated once when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 645 Topics in Contemporary Rhetoric (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of contemporary rhetoric emphasizing current issues, theories, and practice. May be repeated once when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 646 Composition and Rhetoric Practicum (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the graduate director.
    Taught: Spring only
    Introduction to history, theory, and practice of college-level writing instruction.
  
  • ENG 647 History of Rhetoric (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    Seminar in the history and theory of written rhetoric from the Classical Period to the present.
  
  • ENG 648 Developing Writing Programs for Elementary and Secondary Schools I (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Theories of writing and planning of developmental writing programs for specific grade levels and for school-wide programs across disciplines. May be taken concurrently with ENG 649.
    Same as EDU 648.
  
  • ENG 655 Studies in British Literature before 1750 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Authors, genres, themes, and traditions from earlier periods of British literature (Anglo-Saxon through 18th century May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
  
  • ENG 657 Studies in British Literature since 1800 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Authors, genres, themes, and traditions related to British literature from the late 18th century to recent times. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
  
  • ENG 665 Studies in American Literature before 1865 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Authors, genres, themes, and traditions related to American literature from colonial period to end of Civil War. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
  
  • ENG 667 Studies in American Literature since 1865 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Authors, genres, themes, and traditions related to American literature since end of Civil War. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
  
  • ENG 671 World Literature in English (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Seminar in literature written in English outside major American and British traditions. May cover materials in a transnational context. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 672 African American Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    Seminar in authors, genres, themes, and traditions from African American literature. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 674 Multicultural Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Seminar in works by writers in one or more ethnic literatures. May be repeated once when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 676 Post-Colonial Theory and Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Seminar in theoretical, cultural, and critical contexts of post-colonial literature.
  
  • ENG 678 Folklore and Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Seminar examining the use of folklore in literature. May be repeated once for credit when topics change.
  
  • ENG 680 Studies in Literature and Criticism and Theory (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Issues in the history of literary criticism and recent literary theory. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
  
  • ENG 685 Studies in Comparative Literary Forms and Themes (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Issues in form and meaning of literatures from various cultures and languages. May be repeated once for credit with different topic.
  
  • ENG 687 Gender and Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Seminar considering written materials from the perspective of women’s gender studies. May be repeated once when topics change.
  
  • ENG 689 Major Authors (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Seminar in the works of one or more major authors in their theoretical, cultural, and critical contexts. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary.
  
  • ENG 696 Internship: Portfolio Development (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of graduate director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    On-or off- campus internship in a variety of writing or literacy related set-tings, and creation/supervised revision of work.
  
  • ENG 699 Independent Study: Directed Readings (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of graduate director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individualized reading, research, and/or projects.
  
  • ENG 722 Prose Writing Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Summer only
    Intensive workshop for participants working in a variety of prose forms. Emphasis on preparation for publication, intensive written analysis, and in-class critique of student work. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • ENG 724 Emerging Genres in Creative Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Exploration of one or more emerging genres in creative writing in a work-shop setting, with emphasis on writing, revision, and publishing venues. May be repeated for credit when topics change
  
  • ENG 725 Theory and Craft of Creative Writing (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program in English.
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    Representative theories of craft in the field of creative writing.
  
  • ENG 726 History of Reading and Writing Practices (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Broadly historical survey of the cultural contexts surrounding the creation, distribution, and reception of books and book history, including scribal and print culture.
  
  • ENG 735 Readings In Composition (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program in English.
    Taught: Fall and Spring
     Representative authors and trends in the field of composition and rhetoric.
  
  • ENG 750 Theories and Concepts of Cultural Studies (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    History, theory, and practice of cultural studies. Provides a repertoire of tools for exploring the production of verbal and written cultural discourses as well as their valuation and uses.
  
  • ENG 755 Readings in Literary Studies (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program in English.
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    Representative authors and trends in the field of literary studies.
  
  • ENG 786 Prospectus Readings (2 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Graduate Director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Independent reading and writing in preparation for writing the prospectus. May not be repeated. Does not count toward the MA in English.
  
  • ENG 792 Comprehensive Exam (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Preparation for and completion of exams in two areas. Enrollment by per-mission of the graduate program director.
  
  • ENG 793 Master’s Project (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Supervised development, creation, and defense of the project. Enrollment by permission of the graduate program director.
  
  • ENG 794 Master’s Portfolio (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Supervised development, writing, revision, and defense of the portfolio. Enrollment by permission of the graduate program director.
  
  • ENG 796 Master’s Thesis (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Supervised development, writing, and defense of an original research- based, scholarly work in one or more areas of English Studies. Enrollment by permission of the graduate program director.
  
  • ENG 798 Continuing Capstone Project (1 credit)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the English graduate program director.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Continued work for students who have exhausted maximum allowed enrollment in ENG 792 , ENG 793 , ENG 794  or ENG 796 .
  
  • ENG 799 Capstone Presentation (0 credits)

    0 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Permission of English Graduate Program Director.
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    A graduation capstone experience applying the theories, methods, concepts and/or tools of English Studies in an public oral presentation of a significant work.

Entrepreneurship

  
  • ENTP 640 Entrepreneurship and Innovation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 605 , FIN 605 , and MKT 625  or consent of MBA director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Creating value through innovation; understanding Entrepreneurs; seeking and evaluating opportunities; gathering resources to convert these opportunities into valuable outcomes; and writing a business plan.
  
  • ENTP 670 Managing Growth and Entrepreneurship in Organizations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 640  or consent of MBA director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Managing growing firms and innovation within organizations; advanced study of factors making an organization effective at each stage of growth and the key management systems that are primary tools in managing an entrepreneurial organization: strategic planning, organizational design, organizational development, control systems, and leadership.
  
  • ENTP 680 Corporate Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 605 , FIN 605 , and MKT 625  or consent of MBA director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Concepts of change, innovation, and corporate venturing; entrepreneurial behavior and the development and implementation of programs to encourage entrepreneurship (creating value through innovation in midsize and large firms.
  
  • ENTP 696 Field Studies: Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 640  or consent of MBA director.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Practicum course offering insight into the entrepreneurial process of man-aging and growing a business where students, with a faculty member, work in large or small entrepreneurial organizations with problems related to entrepreneurial management issues. Guest speakers from regional business community. Students may seek to obtain approval to repeat this course for 3 additional hours credit.
 

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