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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 10:00 AM–10:50 AM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03	Open 40 / 999 / 0	Burt, John	View Books
ENG 11A 1	Close Reading: Theory and Practice [ hum ]	M,W 5:00 PM–6:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr120	Open 27 / 999 / 0	Flesch, William	View Books
ENG 18A 1	Irish Literature, from the Peasantry to the Pogues [ hum ]	M,W,Th 11:00 AM–11:50 AM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG11	Open 22 / 999 / 0	Plotz, John	View Books
ENG 19A 1	Introduction to Creative Writing [ hum ] 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	Th 5:00 PM–7:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112	Closed Consent Req. 14 / 14 / 0	Campbell, Mary Baine	View Books
ENG 33A 1	Shakespeare [ hum ]	M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr120	Open 34 / 999 / 0	Flesch, William	View Books
ENG 40A 1	Coming of Age in Literature [ hum ]	T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr217	Open 19 / 999 / 0	Anjaria, Ulka	View Books
ENG 48B 1	Literature and Happiness [ hum wi ]	T,Th 5:00 PM–6:20 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104	Open 13 / 999 / 0	Skorczewski, Dawn M.	View Books
ENG 50A 1	Love Poetry from Sappho to Neruda [ hum ]	T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104	Open 26 / 999 / 0	Targoff, Ramie	View Books
ENG 58A 1	Literature and Medicine [ hum wi ]	T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112	Open 24 / 999 / 0	Sherman, David R.	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	T 6:30 PM–9:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr122	Closed Consent Req. 16 / 14 / 0	Weinberg, Marc	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.	M 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG11	Open Consent Req. 12 / 14 / 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	W 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG10	Closed Consent Req. 14 / 14 / 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	Th 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Golding Judaica Center107	Open Consent Req. 13 / 14 / 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.	T 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Rabb Graduate Center119	Closed Consent Req. 15 / 14 / 0	Bradfield, Elizabeth	View Books
ENG 127B 1	Migrating Bodies, Migrating Texts [ hum ]	M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr124	Open 14 / 999 / 0	Smith, Faith Lois	View Books
ENG 134B 1	Subjectivity [ hum ]	M,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112	Open 32 / 999 / 0	Quinney, Laura	View Books
ENG 140B 1	Hipsters on Trial: Irony, Meaning, and Style in the Digital Age [ hum ]	T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM Mandel Ctr for HumanitesG12	Open 44 / 999 / 0	Stevens, Kyle	View Books
ENG 150A 1	Sex and Cinema [ hum ] Screening time: Mondays 6:30-8:30pm in Mandel G03.	M,W,Th 12:00 PM–12:50 PM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03	Open 84 / 90 / 0	Neutill, Rani	View Books
ENG 171A 1	The History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to Postmodernism [ hum wi ]	T,F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112	Open 16 / 999 / 0	Sherman, David R.	View Books
ENG 187A 1	American Fiction since 1945 [ hum ]	T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr124	Open 23 / 999 / 0	Irr, Caren	View Books
ENG 188B 1	Capitalism and Culture [ hum ]	T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr120	Open 14 / 999 / 0	Irr, Caren	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 10:00 AM–10:50 AM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03	Open 40 / 999 / 0	Burt, John	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 10:00 AM–10:50 AM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03	Open 40 / 999 / 0	Burt, John	View Books
ENG 11A 1	Close Reading: Theory and Practice [ hum ]	M,W 5:00 PM–6:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr120	Open 27 / 999 / 0	Flesch, William	View Books
English: Literary Theory / Criticism Courses
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 11A 1	Close Reading: Theory and Practice [ hum ]	M,W 5:00 PM–6:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr120	Open 27 / 999 / 0	Flesch, William	View Books
ENG 171A 1	The History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to Postmodernism [ hum wi ]	T,F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112	Open 16 / 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 140B 1	Hipsters on Trial: Irony, Meaning, and Style in the Digital Age [ hum ]	T,F 9:30 AM–10:50 AM Mandel Ctr for HumanitesG12	Open 44 / 999 / 0	Stevens, Kyle	View Books
ENG 150A 1	Sex and Cinema [ hum ] Screening time: Mondays 6:30-8:30pm in Mandel G03.	M,W,Th 12:00 PM–12:50 PM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG03	Open 84 / 90 / 0	Neutill, Rani	View Books
English: Multicultural Literature/World Anglophone Courses
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 127B 1	Migrating Bodies, Migrating Texts [ hum ]	M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr124	Open 14 / 999 / 0	Smith, Faith Lois	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 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr120	Open 34 / 999 / 0	Flesch, William	View Books
ENG 50A 1	Love Poetry from Sappho to Neruda [ hum ]	T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104	Open 26 / 999 / 0	Targoff, Ramie	View Books
ENG 134B 1	Subjectivity [ hum ]	M,W,Th 1:00 PM–1:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112	Open 32 / 999 / 0	Quinney, Laura	View Books
English: Post-1800 Courses
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 18A 1	Irish Literature, from the Peasantry to the Pogues [ hum ]	M,W,Th 11:00 AM–11:50 AM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG11	Open 22 / 999 / 0	Plotz, John	View Books
ENG 40A 1	Coming of Age in Literature [ hum ]	T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr217	Open 19 / 999 / 0	Anjaria, Ulka	View Books
ENG 58A 1	Literature and Medicine [ hum wi ]	T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112	Open 24 / 999 / 0	Sherman, David R.	View Books
ENG 187A 1	American Fiction since 1945 [ hum ]	T,F 11:00 AM–12:20 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr124	Open 23 / 999 / 0	Irr, Caren	View Books
ENG 188B 1	Capitalism and Culture [ hum ]	T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr120	Open 14 / 999 / 0	Irr, Caren	View Books
English: Directed Writing Courses
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 19A 1	Introduction to Creative Writing [ hum ] 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	Th 5:00 PM–7:50 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr112	Closed Consent Req. 14 / 14 / 0	Campbell, Mary Baine	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	T 6:30 PM–9:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr122	Closed Consent Req. 16 / 14 / 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.	M 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG11	Open Consent Req. 12 / 14 / 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	W 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Mandel Ctr for HumanitiesG10	Closed Consent Req. 14 / 14 / 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	Th 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Golding Judaica Center107	Open Consent Req. 13 / 14 / 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.	T 2:00 PM–4:50 PM Rabb Graduate Center119	Closed Consent Req. 15 / 14 / 0	Bradfield, Elizabeth	View Books
English: Other Elective Courses
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ENG 48B 1	Literature and Happiness [ hum wi ]	T,Th 5:00 PM–6:20 PM Olin-Sang Amer Civ Ctr104	Open 13 / 999 / 0	Skorczewski, Dawn M.	View Books
Cross-Listed in English: Multicult/World Anglo. Lit
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
SAS 101A 1	South Asian Women Writers [ hum nw ]	M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr125	Open 17 / 999 / 0	Singh, Harleen	View Books
Cross-Listed in English: Theory
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
HOID 100A 1	Introduction to Critical Theory [ hum ]	T,Th 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Golding Judaica Center109	Open 13 / 999 / 0	Gamsby, Patrick	View Books
Cross-Listed in English: Other Elective Courses
Course #	Course Title	Time Location	Enrl / Lim / Wait	Instructor(s)	View Books
ECS 100A 1	European Cultural Studies Proseminar: Modernism [ hum wi ]	M,W 2:00 PM–3:20 PM Shiffman Humanities Ctr125	Open 15 / 999 / 0	Dowden, Stephen	View Books
HSSP 118B 1	Viewing Health Policy Through the Lens of Literature [ ss ]	M,W 3:30 PM–4:50 PM Heller School G055	Open 11 / 25 / 0	Garnick, Deborah W.	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 16 / 30 / 0	Holmberg, Arthur	View Books
THA 102B 1	Shakespeare: On Stage and Screen [ ca ]	T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM Kutz Hall 130	Open 14 / 30 / 0	Holmberg, Arthur	View Books