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Subject Notes for Undergraduate Students

(1-99) Primarily for Undergraduate Students
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 1A 1	Introduction to Literary Studies [ hum ]	M,W,Th 11:00 AM–11:50 AM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03	Open 41 / 999 / 0	Morrison, Paul	View Books
ENG 6A 1	The American Renaissance [ hum ]	M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Golding Judaica Center103	Open 9 / 999 / 0	Tharaud, Jerome	View Books
ENG 10B 1	Poetry: A Basic Course [ hum ] Does not satisfy the WI requirement for fall 2015.	M,W,Th 12:00 PM–12:50 PM Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies203	Open 35 / 999 / 0	Quinney, Laura	View Books
ENG 22A 1	Filmi Fictions: From Page to Screen in India [ hum nw ]	M,W 5:00 PM–6:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr120	Open 26 / 999 / 0	Kantor, Roanne	View Books
ENG 28A 1	Contemporary Environmental Writing [ hum ]	M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Golding Judaica Center109	Open 12 / 999 / 0	Irr, Caren	View Books
ENG 32B 1	The Black Transnational Romance [ hum ]	T,Th 5:00 PM–6:20 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr116	Open 9 / 999 / 0	Pugliese, Gina Nicole	View Books
ENG 33A 1	Shakespeare [ hum ]	M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM Golding Judaica Center101	Open 38 / 999 / 0	Flesch, William	View Books
ENG 38B 1	Race, Region, and Religion in the Twentieth-Century South [ hum ]	T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr122	Open 11 / 999 / 0	Burt, John	View Books
ENG 61B 1	Philosophical Approaches to Film Theory [ hum ] Studentswho have time conflicts with the screening time should complete a Time Conflict Form http://www.brandeis.edu/registrar/forms/docs/forms/time_conflict.pdf including the signatures of both instructors.	M,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM Golding Judaica Center101 M 6:30 PM–8:30 PM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03	Open 34 / 999 / 0	Flesch, William	View Books
ENG 77B 1	Literatures of Global English [ hum nw ]	M,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112	Open 16 / 999 / 0	Kantor, Roanne	View Books
ENG 79A 1	Directed Writing: Beginning Screenplay [ hum wi ] See Course Catalog for Special Notes Instructor's Signature Required Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. All Creative Writing courses are by instructor's permission, after the submission of a manuscript sample. Manuscript samples should be no more than 6 pages long, and in the genre of the Creative Writing workshop the student is applying for; poetry, fiction, screenwriting. Samples should be emailed to the relevant instructor as early in the registration process as possible, in a single document, (.doc or .doxc). Each workshop is capped at 14, with the exception of screenwriting, which is capped at 16. During early registration each workshop will accept up to 12 students, allowing room for incoming first-years and transfer students during the fall registration period. Will not participate in July Registration This is an experiential learning course.	T 6:30 PM–9:20 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104	Closed Consent Req. 23 / 12 / 0	Weinberg, Marc	View Books
ENG 87A 1	Sex and Race in the American Novel [ hum ]	T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr216	Open 32 / 999 / 0	Abdur-Rahman, Aliyyah	View Books
(100-199) For Both Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 109A 1	Directed Writing: Poetry [ hum wi ] See Course Catalog for Special Notes Instructor's Signature Required Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. All Creative Writing courses are by instructor's permission, after the submission of a manuscript sample. Manuscript samples should be no more than 6 pages long, and in the genre of the Creative Writing workshop the student is applying for; poetry, fiction, screenwriting. Samples should be emailed to the relevant instructor as early in the registration process as possible, in a single document, (.doc or .doxc). Each workshop is capped at 14, with the exception of screenwriting, which is capped at 16. During early registration each workshop will accept up to 12 students, allowing room for incoming first-years and transfer students during the fall registration period. Will not participate in July Registration This is an experiential learning course.	W 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104	Open Consent Req. 10 / 12 / 0	Bradfield, Elizabeth	View Books
ENG 109B 1	Directed Writing: Short Fiction [ hum wi ] Instructor's Signature Required See Course Catalog for Special Notes Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. All Creative Writing courses are by instructor's permission, after the submission of a manuscript sample. Manuscript samples should be no more than 6 pages long, and in the genre of the Creative Writing workshop the student is applying for; poetry, fiction, screenwriting. Samples should be emailed to the relevant instructor as early in the registration process as possible, in a single document, (.doc or .doxc). Each workshop is capped at 14, with the exception of screenwriting, which is capped at 16. During early registration each workshop will accept up to 12 students, allowing room for incoming first-years and transfer students during the fall registration period. Will not participate in July Registration This is an experiential learning course.	M 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr124	Closed Consent Req. 13 / 12 / 0	McCauley, Stephen D.	View Books
ENG 119A 1	Directed Writing: Fiction [ hum wi ] See Course Catalog for Special Notes Instructor's Signature Required Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. All Creative Writing courses are by instructor's permission, after the submission of a manuscript sample. Manuscript samples should be no more than 6 pages long, and in the genre of the Creative Writing workshop the student is applying for; poetry, fiction, screenwriting. Samples should be emailed to the relevant instructor as early in the registration process as possible, in a single document, (.doc or .doxc). Each workshop is capped at 14, with the exception of screenwriting, which is capped at 16. During early registration each workshop will accept up to 12 students, allowing room for incoming first-years and transfer students during the fall registration period. Will not participate in July Registration This is an experiential learning course.	Th 5:00 PM–7:50 PM Golding Judaica Center107	Closed Consent Req. 12 / 12 / 0	Hoover, Michelle	View Books
ENG 119B 1	Directed Writing: Poetry [ hum wi ] Instructor's Signature Required See Course Catalog for Special Notes Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. All Creative Writing courses are by instructor's permission, after the submission of a manuscript sample. Manuscript samples should be no more than 6 pages long, and in the genre of the Creative Writing workshop the student is applying for; poetry, fiction, screenwriting. Samples should be emailed to the relevant instructor as early in the registration process as possible, in a single document, (.doc or .doxc). Each workshop is capped at 14, with the exception of screenwriting, which is capped at 16. During early registration each workshop will accept up to 12 students, allowing room for incoming first-years and transfer students during the fall registration period. Will not participate in July Registration This is an experiential learning course.	Th 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Golding Judaica Center107	Closed Consent Req. 12 / 12 / 0	Bradfield, Elizabeth	View Books
ENG 129A 1	Directed Writing: Creative Nonfiction [ hum wi ] See Course Catalog for Special Notes Instructor's Signature Required Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. All Creative Writing courses are by instructor's permission, after the submission of a manuscript sample. Manuscript samples should be no more than 6 pages long, and in the genre of the Creative Writing workshop the student is applying for; poetry, fiction, screenwriting. Samples should be emailed to the relevant instructor as early in the registration process as possible, in a single document, (.doc or .doxc). Each workshop is capped at 14, with the exception of screenwriting, which is capped at 16. During early registration each workshop will accept up to 12 students, allowing room for incoming first-years and transfer students during the fall registration period. Will not participate in July Registration This is an experiential learning course.	T 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Golding Judaica Center107	Open Consent Req. 11 / 12 / 0	Hoover, Michelle	View Books
ENG 131A 1	Comedy: Literature, Film, and Theory [ hum ]	T,F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112	Open 27 / 999 / 0	Sherman, David R.	View Books
ENG 146A 1	Reading the American Revolution [ hum ]	M,W,Th 10:00 AM–10:50 AM Rabb Graduate Center236	Open 5 / 999 / 0	Tharaud, Jerome	View Books
ENG 152B 1	Arthurian Literature [ hum ] See Course Catalog for prerequisites.	T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104	Open 7 / 999 / 0	Campbell, Mary Baine	View Books
ENG 160A 1	Digital Media and Culture [ hum ]	T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104	Open 11 / 999 / 0	Wouters, Conley	View Books
ENG 160B 1	Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath [ hum wi ]	T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104	Open 17 / 999 / 0	Skorczewski, Dawn M.	View Books
Core Course for the English Major and Minor
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 1A 1	Introduction to Literary Studies [ hum ]	M,W,Th 11:00 AM–11:50 AM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03	Open 41 / 999 / 0	Morrison, Paul	View Books
Core Courses for the Creative Writing Major
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 1A 1	Introduction to Literary Studies [ hum ]	M,W,Th 11:00 AM–11:50 AM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03	Open 41 / 999 / 0	Morrison, Paul	View Books
English: Literary Theory / Criticism Courses
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 61B 1	Philosophical Approaches to Film Theory [ hum ] Studentswho have time conflicts with the screening time should complete a Time Conflict Form http://www.brandeis.edu/registrar/forms/docs/forms/time_conflict.pdf including the signatures of both instructors.	M,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM Golding Judaica Center101 M 6:30 PM–8:30 PM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03	Open 34 / 999 / 0	Flesch, William	View Books
ENG 131A 1	Comedy: Literature, Film, and Theory [ hum ]	T,F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112	Open 27 / 999 / 0	Sherman, David R.	View Books
English: Media and Film Courses
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 22A 1	Filmi Fictions: From Page to Screen in India [ hum nw ]	M,W 5:00 PM–6:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr120	Open 26 / 999 / 0	Kantor, Roanne	View Books
ENG 61B 1	Philosophical Approaches to Film Theory [ hum ] Studentswho have time conflicts with the screening time should complete a Time Conflict Form http://www.brandeis.edu/registrar/forms/docs/forms/time_conflict.pdf including the signatures of both instructors.	M,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM Golding Judaica Center101 M 6:30 PM–8:30 PM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03	Open 34 / 999 / 0	Flesch, William	View Books
ENG 160A 1	Digital Media and Culture [ hum ]	T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104	Open 11 / 999 / 0	Wouters, Conley	View Books
English: Multicultural Literature/World Anglophone Courses
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 22A 1	Filmi Fictions: From Page to Screen in India [ hum nw ]	M,W 5:00 PM–6:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr120	Open 26 / 999 / 0	Kantor, Roanne	View Books
ENG 32B 1	The Black Transnational Romance [ hum ]	T,Th 5:00 PM–6:20 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr116	Open 9 / 999 / 0	Pugliese, Gina Nicole	View Books
ENG 77B 1	Literatures of Global English [ hum nw ]	M,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112	Open 16 / 999 / 0	Kantor, Roanne	View Books
ENG 87A 1	Sex and Race in the American Novel [ hum ]	T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr216	Open 32 / 999 / 0	Abdur-Rahman, Aliyyah	View Books
English: Pre-1800 Courses
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 33A 1	Shakespeare [ hum ]	M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM Golding Judaica Center101	Open 38 / 999 / 0	Flesch, William	View Books
ENG 146A 1	Reading the American Revolution [ hum ]	M,W,Th 10:00 AM–10:50 AM Rabb Graduate Center236	Open 5 / 999 / 0	Tharaud, Jerome	View Books
ENG 152B 1	Arthurian Literature [ hum ] See Course Catalog for prerequisites.	T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104	Open 7 / 999 / 0	Campbell, Mary Baine	View Books
English: Post-1800 Courses
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 6A 1	The American Renaissance [ hum ]	M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Golding Judaica Center103	Open 9 / 999 / 0	Tharaud, Jerome	View Books
ENG 28A 1	Contemporary Environmental Writing [ hum ]	M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Golding Judaica Center109	Open 12 / 999 / 0	Irr, Caren	View Books
ENG 38B 1	Race, Region, and Religion in the Twentieth-Century South [ hum ]	T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr122	Open 11 / 999 / 0	Burt, John	View Books
ENG 160B 1	Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath [ hum wi ]	T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104	Open 17 / 999 / 0	Skorczewski, Dawn M.	View Books
English: Directed Writing Courses
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 79A 1	Directed Writing: Beginning Screenplay [ hum wi ] See Course Catalog for Special Notes Instructor's Signature Required Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. All Creative Writing courses are by instructor's permission, after the submission of a manuscript sample. Manuscript samples should be no more than 6 pages long, and in the genre of the Creative Writing workshop the student is applying for; poetry, fiction, screenwriting. Samples should be emailed to the relevant instructor as early in the registration process as possible, in a single document, (.doc or .doxc). Each workshop is capped at 14, with the exception of screenwriting, which is capped at 16. During early registration each workshop will accept up to 12 students, allowing room for incoming first-years and transfer students during the fall registration period. Will not participate in July Registration This is an experiential learning course.	T 6:30 PM–9:20 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104	Closed Consent Req. 23 / 12 / 0	Weinberg, Marc	View Books
ENG 109A 1	Directed Writing: Poetry [ hum wi ] See Course Catalog for Special Notes Instructor's Signature Required Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. All Creative Writing courses are by instructor's permission, after the submission of a manuscript sample. Manuscript samples should be no more than 6 pages long, and in the genre of the Creative Writing workshop the student is applying for; poetry, fiction, screenwriting. Samples should be emailed to the relevant instructor as early in the registration process as possible, in a single document, (.doc or .doxc). Each workshop is capped at 14, with the exception of screenwriting, which is capped at 16. During early registration each workshop will accept up to 12 students, allowing room for incoming first-years and transfer students during the fall registration period. Will not participate in July Registration This is an experiential learning course.	W 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104	Open Consent Req. 10 / 12 / 0	Bradfield, Elizabeth	View Books
ENG 109B 1	Directed Writing: Short Fiction [ hum wi ] Instructor's Signature Required See Course Catalog for Special Notes Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. All Creative Writing courses are by instructor's permission, after the submission of a manuscript sample. Manuscript samples should be no more than 6 pages long, and in the genre of the Creative Writing workshop the student is applying for; poetry, fiction, screenwriting. Samples should be emailed to the relevant instructor as early in the registration process as possible, in a single document, (.doc or .doxc). Each workshop is capped at 14, with the exception of screenwriting, which is capped at 16. During early registration each workshop will accept up to 12 students, allowing room for incoming first-years and transfer students during the fall registration period. Will not participate in July Registration This is an experiential learning course.	M 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr124	Closed Consent Req. 13 / 12 / 0	McCauley, Stephen D.	View Books
ENG 119A 1	Directed Writing: Fiction [ hum wi ] See Course Catalog for Special Notes Instructor's Signature Required Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. All Creative Writing courses are by instructor's permission, after the submission of a manuscript sample. Manuscript samples should be no more than 6 pages long, and in the genre of the Creative Writing workshop the student is applying for; poetry, fiction, screenwriting. Samples should be emailed to the relevant instructor as early in the registration process as possible, in a single document, (.doc or .doxc). Each workshop is capped at 14, with the exception of screenwriting, which is capped at 16. During early registration each workshop will accept up to 12 students, allowing room for incoming first-years and transfer students during the fall registration period. Will not participate in July Registration This is an experiential learning course.	Th 5:00 PM–7:50 PM Golding Judaica Center107	Closed Consent Req. 12 / 12 / 0	Hoover, Michelle	View Books
ENG 119B 1	Directed Writing: Poetry [ hum wi ] Instructor's Signature Required See Course Catalog for Special Notes Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. All Creative Writing courses are by instructor's permission, after the submission of a manuscript sample. Manuscript samples should be no more than 6 pages long, and in the genre of the Creative Writing workshop the student is applying for; poetry, fiction, screenwriting. Samples should be emailed to the relevant instructor as early in the registration process as possible, in a single document, (.doc or .doxc). Each workshop is capped at 14, with the exception of screenwriting, which is capped at 16. During early registration each workshop will accept up to 12 students, allowing room for incoming first-years and transfer students during the fall registration period. Will not participate in July Registration This is an experiential learning course.	Th 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Golding Judaica Center107	Closed Consent Req. 12 / 12 / 0	Bradfield, Elizabeth	View Books
ENG 129A 1	Directed Writing: Creative Nonfiction [ hum wi ] See Course Catalog for Special Notes Instructor's Signature Required Offered exclusively on a credit/no credit basis. All Creative Writing courses are by instructor's permission, after the submission of a manuscript sample. Manuscript samples should be no more than 6 pages long, and in the genre of the Creative Writing workshop the student is applying for; poetry, fiction, screenwriting. Samples should be emailed to the relevant instructor as early in the registration process as possible, in a single document, (.doc or .doxc). Each workshop is capped at 14, with the exception of screenwriting, which is capped at 16. During early registration each workshop will accept up to 12 students, allowing room for incoming first-years and transfer students during the fall registration period. Will not participate in July Registration This is an experiential learning course.	T 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Golding Judaica Center107	Open Consent Req. 11 / 12 / 0	Hoover, Michelle	View Books
Foundational Courses for the Creative Writing Major
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 10B 1	Poetry: A Basic Course [ hum ] Does not satisfy the WI requirement for fall 2015.	M,W,Th 12:00 PM–12:50 PM Lown Cntr for JudaicStudies203	Open 35 / 999 / 0	Quinney, Laura	View Books
Cross-Listed in English: Post-1800
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
RECS 154A 1	The Art of Vladimir Nabokov [ hum ] See Course Catalog for Special Notes	T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr218	Open 2 / 999 / 0	Powelstock, David	View Books
THA 66A 1	The American Drama since 1945 [ ca ] See Course Catalog for Special Notes	T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM Kutz Hall 130	Open 11 / 30 / 0	Holmberg, Arthur	View Books
Cross-Listed in English: Other Elective Courses
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
HOID 102B 1	Knowledge and Power [ hum ]	T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112	Open 27 / 999 / 0	Gamsby, Patrick	View Books
THA 11A 1	Theater Texts and Theory I [ ca ] This is an experiential learning course.	T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Kutz Hall 130	Open 29 / 30 / 0	Holmberg, Arthur	View Books