Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 School of Graduate Studies Catalog 
    
2017-2018 School of Graduate Studies Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Graduate Courses


 
  
  • EDU 999CS - Consulting Services in Special Education

    3 Credit(s) This course is designed with a focus on the home, school and community influences. Issues and interactions are analyzed as especially related to family adjustment in the presence of a handicapped child. Family reactions and behavioral differences are also considered vis-a-vis services to children with various degrees of disability. Emphasis is given to guidance skills and knowledge needed by teachers and other professional workers in the field of Special Education.
  
  • EDU 999EM - Teaching Elementary & Middle School Math & Science

    3 Credit(s) Addresses curriculum in mathematics and science at elementary and middle levels based on national and state guidelines for standards of performance. Approach to instruction is constructivist, inquiry-based and cross-disciplinary, incorporating new technologies to enhance teaching and learning.
  
  • EDU 999ST - Introduction to Storytelling (Prek-8)

    3 Credit(s) This course will introduce students to the history of storytelling, the current revival of storytelling, and the art of becoming a storyteller. Emphasis will be placed on the acquisition of storytelling techniques to use with children in classrooms (PreK-8), nursery schools, day care centers, and libraries. A workshop format designed to help beginners gain confidence prior to sharing their stories with youngsters in group settings will be utilized.
  
  • EDU 999TT - Advanced Teaching Strategies in the Early Childhood and Elementary Curriculum

    3 Credit(s) This curriculum course will focus on practicing early childhood and elementary teachers developing their practice of teaching. Various advanced teaching strategies will be examined and practiced, as well as current national mandates on teaching. Participants will have hands-on experience in the exploration of various strategies. 
  
  • EEC 807 - Leadership and Supervision in Early Education and Care

    3 Credit(s) This course provides an overview of effective leadership and supervision in early education and care settings. Current and aspiring early education and care administrators will learn how to foster the professional development of new and veteran teachers; to form enduring and productive partnerships with families; and to recruit and orient substitutes and volunteers. Special emphasis will be placed on how to create a learning culture among the teaching staff. Includes a 15-hour field experience.
  
  • EEC 808 - Supporting Dual Language Learners and Their Families in Early Childhood

    3 Credit(s) Early educators will learn how to support dual language learners in early childhood settings. Through multiple activities, students will learn to effectively communicate with linguistically and culturally diverse families, support dual language development, assess children’s learning needs, and design developmentally appropriate instruction that promotes dual language and literacy development. Strategies for communicating and collaborating with limited or non-English speaking families and for supporting children’s home languages will also be addressed. Includes 15 hours of field-based assignments.
  
  • EEC 809 - Policy, Prespectives, and Advocacy in ECE

    3 Credit(s) This course explores historical and current trends and issues involving legislation and policy in early childhood education, multi-lingual education, early childhood special education, and culturally-responsive education. Students will also explore the historical role of social advocacy with a focus on how to develop their own advocacy skills. The importance of collaboration and consultation with other professionals and staff in early childhood education will also be explored.
  
  • EEC 810 - Early Intervention and Care

    3 Credit(s) Students learn how to work effectively with young children (birth to three) who are experiencing or are at-risk for developmental delays. Students will explore the history of and rationale for providing early intervention services and the impact that disability conditions have on children’s learning in all developmental domains. Appropriate instructional techniques and family engagement models will also be explored along with effective ways to collaborate with family, therapists, and other professions. Includes 15-hour field experience.
  
  • EEC 811 - Risk Factors that Affect Children and Families

    3 Credit(s) This course examines risk factors that affect development during childhood (Birth to 8) as well as effective interventions that can support children and families in the early years. Specifically, the impact of risk factors including socioeconomic status (SES), access (to qualify early education or health care), parental characteristics (e.g., education, stress, parenting style), and child characteristics (e.g., behavior, resiliency) on child development, as well as the interaction between and among these factors will be explored. This course will also address effective intervention strategies for fostering positive development among children considered at-risk. Includes a 15 hour field experience. Three lecture hours per week.
  
  • EME 990PM - Practicum in Middle School Mathematics

    3 Credit(s) A full semester of at least 300 hours in a middle school mathematics classroom(s). Practicum students are supported by cooperating teachers and college supervisors as they develop their professional knowledge and skills working with early adolescents. Restricted to candidates in the MAT Middle School Mathematics Initial Licensure track who have completed all required courses.
    Co-requisite: EME 990SM 
  
  • EME 990SM - Practicum Seminar in Middle School Mathematics

    3 Credit(s) A weekly seminar to accompany the practicum experience that provides instruction in classroom management, teaching strategies, measurement, evaluation and other issues for student teachers working in a middle school mathematics classroom.
    Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of all licensure program requirements and Program Coordinator approval.
    Co-requisite:
    EME 990PM 
  
  • ENG 700 - Early American Literature

    3 Credit(s) A study of American literature in its social and political context, from its beginnings in New England and Virginia to about 1800. Particular emphasis upon the origins and development of fiction and the first American novels.
  
  • ENG 704 - Contemporary American Fiction

    3 Credit(s) Contemporary American Fiction introduces students to the graduate-level study of significant works of fiction by still-active and recently active writers in the United States.
  
  • ENG 707 - Nineteenth Century American Novel

    3 Credit(s) A study of the development of the early American novel. Some of the writers to be considered are Brown, Cooper, Hawthorne, Stowe, Alcott, Jewett, and Melville.
  
  • ENG 708 - Native American Literature

    3 Credit(s) This course introduces students to Native American literature and to the historical, literary, and cultural influences shaping Native American literary production. Special attention may be given to such recurrent themes and artistic concerns in Native American literature as genocide, sovereignty, relocation, tribal identity, mythology, and orality.
  
  • ENG 709 - Literature of the American Dream

    3 Credit(s) Study of the crosscurrents of materialism and idealism in American literature, emphasizing attitudes toward the land, work, progress, and success. Works to be considered will be selected from the writings of American authors from the seventeenth through the twentieth century.
  
  • ENG 713 - Digital Humanities

    3 Credit(s) This course introduces students to the theories and practices of using digital tools and methodologies for humanities research. The course will cover a range of topics within the digital humanities, such as the role of technology in digital humanities, ongoing intellectual debates in the field, and applications of critical theory to new media technologies. Students will also gain hands-on experience working on digital scholarship.
  
  • ENG 714 - Modern American Jewish Novel

    3 Credit(s) Is Jewishness the key to the gentile heart, as one critic claims, or is there an “ancient and eternal rift between the Jewish ideal and the world at large”? We will address these and other questions about the literary intersection of Jewish and American culture in this chronological survey of American Jewish fiction.
  
  • ENG 715 - Topics in Digital Humanities

    3 Credit(s) This course offers an intensive examination of highly specialized topical areas in digital studies. May be repeated, with a different topic, for up to 6 credits with permission of the English MA graduate coordinator.
  
  • ENG 717 - African American Fiction

    3 Credit(s) The course will examine the work of African American novelists and short story writers from William Well Brown to the present, including such major figures as Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison. The course will place the writing in its historical setting and emphasize the development of the African American tradition in fiction.
  
  • ENG 719 - Contemporary American Autobiography

    3 Credit(s) This course examines American autobiography since 1945, with an emphasis on unusual presentations of selfhood. Among the authors studied are Richard Wright, Kim Chernin, Maxine Hong Kingston and Art Spiegelman. We will also survey recent autobiography criticism which questions the limits and possibilities of the genre.
  
  • ENG 722 - Methods of Teaching ESOL in Varied Contexts (Non-Licensure)

    3 Credit(s) This course provides an introduction to teaching English to speakers of other languages in varied contexts in the United States and abroad. Current methods and approaches will be explored and practiced. Topics include working with diverse populations, teaching language in context, developing lessons and curriculum for specific age groups and situations, aspects of literacy, and issues surrounding culture and identity. Field experience hours are required. This course is not required for those seeking licensure in K-12 schools.
  
  • ENG 725 - Introduction to Graduate Studies in Literature

    3 Credit(s) This course introduces students to thinking and writing about literature in the context of the discipline’s academic discourse. The course focuses on familiarizing students with debates and problems relevant to the field, researching secondary literature, and writing for a scholarly audience. Required of all MA, MAT, and MA/MAT students in their first semester in the program. Three lecture hours per week.
  
  • ENG 726 - Studies in Theory

    3 Credit(s) This course offers an opportunity for students to study a specific area of theory. Possibilities might include the study of theoretical issues such as aesthetics, theoretical movements such as critical race studies, or theorists such as Michel Foucault. This course may be repeated for a max of nine credits where the topics are different. Three lecture hours per week.
  
  • ENG 728 - TESOL Methods in PK-12 Schools

    3 Credit(s) This course is designed to prepare English as a Second Language (ESL) licensure candidates to plan, implement, and manage standards-based ESL and Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) content instruction in PreK-12 schools. Students will apply their knowledge of evidence-based ESL practices and strategies to classrooms that serve English language learners (ELL’S) from diverse backgrounds across grade levels and program models. Emphasis will be placed on developing and integrating language skills within the context of thematic units aligned to the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks. Students will also learn to evaluate, adapt, and develop materials and assessments for English language learners. (ELLs) in PreK-12 contexts. Three lecture hours a week plus a pre-practicum field experience in a PreK-12 school.

    Pre-requisites:  ENG 770N  or EDS 770N  and ENG 792  or EDS 792  

  
  • ENG 735 - Seventeenth Century British Poetry

    3 Credit(s) A study of Ben Jonson and the neoclassical tradition, John Donne and the metaphysical tradition, the Spenserian writers and others. A close reading of selected poems, with an emphasis on the intellectual and philosophical movements of the era.
  
  • ENG 736N - Modern British Literature I

    3 Credit(s) A multi-genre approach to the literature of the British Isles in the first half of the twentieth century: fiction, poetry, drama, non-fiction.
  
  • ENG 738 - Modern British Drama

    3 Credit(s) This course addresses the variety of British Drama from O’Casey and Shaw to Ayckbourn and Churchill. With emphasis especially on developments since the 1950s, readings will explore the social and political influences and the theatrical experiments that shape contemporary British Theater.
  
  • ENG 744 - English Language Arts Curriculum, Materials, and Methods (8-12)

    3 Credit(s) This course investigates the background and philosophies of teaching English Language Arts 8-12, focusing on methods and materials in the classroom. Topics include curriculum development, unit and lesson planning, teaching resources, classroom practice and management, testing and assessment, the integration of the arts and humanities, and the role of technology in teaching English. A review of national and state standards, the Massachusetts Frameworks, and social, political and cultural issues of concern to the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) will be conducted. Includes a 25-hour pre-practicum field experience at an area middle or secondary school.
    Prerequisites: EDG 705 , EDU 709 , EDU 814 , and permission of program coordinator.

  
  • ENG 745 - Introduction to Writing and Rhetoric

    3 Credit(s) This course introduces students to the discipline of writing and rhetoric, its formation, histories, theories, and methodologies. Students will study key concepts, theories, and practices as well as trace and explore historical and ongoing conversations in the discipline. Three lecture hours per week.
  
  • ENG 748 - Literature For Young Adults

    3 Credit(s) This course is designed to acquaint teachers and librarians with the latest in literature for the junior and senior high schooler. It explores the literary tastes of today’s young adults and suggests relevant material for inclusion in the literature program. Emphasis is placed on teaching techniques which will encourage young people of varying abilities to read widely and voluntarily.
  
  • ENG 751 - Masterpieces of Nineteenth Century English Literature

    3 Credit(s) Readings in the famous novels of the age: Austen, Brontes, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, Wilde, and others. Other genres also will be considered.
  
  • ENG 754 - Origins of the Novel: Eighteenth Century British Fiction

    3 Credit(s) This course focuses on selected eighteenth century works of fiction and their place in the historical development of the novel. We will consider them as important literary texts in their own rights that emerged from and contributed to literary, cultural and political currents. In addition, we will consider the way these works influenced later fiction.
  
  • ENG 755 - English Romanticism

    3 Credit(s) A study of the major English romantic poets. A close reading of important poems, with an emphasis on the intellectual and philosophical movements of the era.
  
  • ENG 757 - The Arthurian Legend

    3 Credit(s) A study of the Arthurian literary tradition, from the Middle Ages to the present including such works as Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur, Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, and T.H. White’s The Once and Future King.
  
  • ENG 758 - Studies in Shakespeare

    3 Credit(s) A study of selected topics in the works of Shakespeare. More specific information on particular points of focus is provided in the brochure for the semester in which the course is offered.
  
  • ENG 761 - Shakespeare Teacher’s Institute with Actors’ Shakespeare Project

    3 Credit(s) The weeklong institute is for teachers and teachers-in-training and brings Shakespeare’s plays to life through performance techniques and scholarly research. The institute focuses on a single play and is co-led with faculty from Salem State and staff/actors from Actors’ Shakespeare Project. Students will do some acting, learn about curriculum development, and generate both teaching lesson plans/assessments and a short scholarly project. Online discussions after the institute and a reconvene meeting are also required. May be repeated for credit or taken only for professional development points. As establishing pre-institute communication is necessary, enrollment is by permission of coordinator.
  
  • ENG 764 - Twentieth-Century Japanese Fiction

    3 Credit(s) An introduction to modern Japan through its literature. Students will read a variety of twentieth century Japanese novels and short stories to discover Japanese literary forms, themes and techniques.
  
  • ENG 770N - Context and Culture in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

    3 Credit(s) This course provides a foundation for understanding the field of teaching English to speakers of other languages. Local, national, and international contexts are examined and used in investigating various historical and current approaches to teaching English language learners. Topics include laws and language policies, cultural identity, language diversity, and culturally responsive teaching to forge family and or community relations. Field-based assignments are required.

     

  
  • ENG 771 - Sociolinguistics

    3 Credit(s) This course investigates the relationship between language and human society. Students will evaluate current and classic sociolinguistic theory and research and will gather language data for an original research paper. Students will become familiar with a variety of topics applicable to this field including language variety; language and ethnicity; language, language choice; language and gender; and aspects of language and culture. The challenges inherent to societal issues related to language, literacy, and education will be covered in depth.
  
  • ENG 776 - Linguistics for Language Teachers

    3 Credit(s) This course will provide in-depth analysis of the components of language: syntax, phonetics, phonology, morphology, and semantics. Students will apply concepts to language teaching and learning. Ten pre-practicum hours are required.
  
  • ENG 778N - Assessment of English Language Learners

    3 Credit(s) This course examines the assessment of English Language Learners (ELLs) for a variety of purposes including documenting the effects of instruction on student learning and using assessment to inform instruction. Students will design and analyze performance assessments and indicators for second language learners in English as a Second Language (ESL) and Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) classrooms. Students will also become familiar with placement and content-area tests that meet state requirements and will design original assessments focused on content and language development designed to measure academic achievement for linguistically diverse students. Field-based experiences are required.
    Pre-requisites: EDS 770N  /ENG 770N   and    /EDS 792  
  
  • ENG 780 - Psycholinguistics

    3 Credit(s) This course will consider topics such as the nature of language, language and the brain, first and second language acquisition and bilingualism.
    Prerequisite: ENG 776 .

  
  • ENG 782 - Origin and Development of the English Language

    3 Credit(s) This course will trace the origin of the English language, its linguistic and historical development, and the social and literary forces which shaped it until the present time.
  
  • ENG 787 - The Literature of Genocide

    3 Credit(s) This course examines a range of literary responses to genocide through such media as fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, eye-witness testimony, human rights documents, and documentary and feature films. Readings are drawn from various world regions, and concentrate primarily on post-1945 texts which investigate common concerns of Genocide Studies such as ethics, gendericide, trauma, justice and retribution. The course may culminate in a research project in a chosen area. Three lecture hours.
    Prerequisite:  ENG 725 
  
  • ENG 790 - The Bible as Literature

    3 Credit(s) This course will offer in depth literary analysis of selected readings from the English Bible in translation. Readings will represent a range of literary genres.
  
  • ENG 792 - Introduction to TESOL Methods

    3 Credit(s) This course focuses on applying theories, principles, and evidence-based methods of second language acquisition to the development of materials, lessons, and curricula for teaching English to speakers of other languages. Students will cultivate skills in the design and delivery of contextualized lesson plans, develop expertise in the selection and evaluation of materials such as textbooks, computer-assisted materials, and realia, and demonstrate their understanding of critical issues in TESOL. Field-based assignments are required.
    Pre-requisite:   or   
  
  • ENG 794 - Studies in Literature of the World

    3 Credit(s) This course offers an opportunity for students to study texts drawn from World literatures. Possibilities might include study of a significant author or work in a global context, or examination of various genres or traditions in World Literature. This course may be repeated for a maximum of nine credits. Multiple enrollments in a term are allowed.
  
  • ENG 796 - Feminist Literary Criticism

    3 Credit(s) A study of the origins of feminist literary criticism and its relationship to other contemporary critical approaches. The course will examine mainly American and French critics and will include practice of the methodology to critique selected texts.
  
  • ENG 797 - Feminist Rhetorical Theory and Criticism

    3 Credit(s) This course will introduce students to theories and research methodologies that inform feminist scholarship in rhetoric. Students will have the opportunity to read work my major feminist scholars, develop their own commitments as writers and scholars, and research subject of interest. Three lecture hours per week.
  
  • ENG 799 - English Study and Travel Seminar

    3 Credit(s) A study and travel course that incorporates a research trip to a location appropriate to the course. Topic varies. May be repeated up to two times for up to a total of six credits. Students will be responsible for travel costs. Three lecture hours.
  
  • ENG 808 - Public Relations Institute

    3 Credit(s) An intensive institute on the practical aspects of successful writing and design of publications. The workshops will involve desktop publishing. Designed for the educator, the professional, or the beginner.
  
  • ENG 812 - Poetry and Poetics

    3 Credit(s) This course explores important aspects of poetry analysis, including such topics as figurative language, symbol, sound, rhythm, and form. Readings include classic poems from the past, contemporary works, and critical commentary.
  
  • ENG 816 - Writing for Travel and Tourism

    3 Credit(s) This course is designed to help students learn how to write articles suitable for publication in newspapers and magazines dealing with travel and tourism and to acquaint students with some classic works in the literature of travel.
  
  • ENG 817 - Contemporary Approaches to the Teaching of Composition

    3 Credit(s) This course will investigate the research and theories which inform current composition pedagogy. Students will practice adapting various theoretical perspectives to actual classroom situations.
  
  • ENG 818 - Poetry Workshop

    3 Credit(s) A writing course for those who wish to concentrate exclusively on poetry. Participants will be expected to write a series of poems, to read widely in contemporary poetry and in poetic theory and to write critical reviews. This course may be repeated for a maximum of nine credits. Three lecture hours.

     

  
  • ENG 819 - Advanced Creative Writing

    3 Credit(s) Lecture and workshop methods are combined to represent the fine points of writing poetry and fiction. Readings in contemporary fiction and poetry.
  
  • ENG 820 - Workshop in Fiction and Narrative Forms

    3 Credit(s) A workshop course concentrating on the short stories, novels-in-progress, and nonfiction narratives of the participants. Workshop members read and critique one another’s work and discuss works by accomplished authors. Topics include how to publish. This course may be repeated for a maximum of nine credits.

     

  
  • ENG 821 - Contemporary Approaches to Teaching Literature

    3 Credit(s) A specialized course for teachers of English but open to everyone. Investigating the research and theories which inform current literature pedagogy. Using historical and theoretical perspectives to develop their own pedagogical framework, students will consider their assumptions, experiences, and strategies for teaching literature, and decide how to adapt current models to their own classroom situations.
  
  • ENG 822A - Nonfiction Workshop

    3 Credit(s) A course in writing nonfiction, ranging from the personal to the objective, from brief journalistic pieces to literary essays. Classes will involve workshop discussions of students’ writing, attention to the details of style, and the study of lessons derived from professional writers. This course may be repeated for a maximum of nine credits. Three lecture hours.

     

  
  • ENG 823 - Studies in Grammar and Style

    3 Credit(s) A comprehensive foundation in the syntactical structures of English as a basis for an investigation of stylistics. Designed for educators, writers and editors, this course considers such questions as grammatical “correctness” from the perspectives of both sociolinguists and historians of English and extends to considerations of effectiveness, grace, emphasis, and suitability of styles for a range of both subject matter and audiences.
  
  • ENG 825 - Workshop in Memoir and Prose Forms

    3 Credit(s) A writing course for those who wish to concentrate on memoir and related prose forms, including fiction creative nonfiction, and hybrid texts. Workshop members will submit work in progress for in-class criticism and commentary. The coursework will include deriving lessons from exemplary published memoirs and nonfiction. Information on publishing will be given. This course may be repeated up to nine credits.

     

  
  • ENG 829 - Research in the Teaching of English

    3 Credit(s) An introduction to the history, techniques, methodologies, vocabulary, and theoretical assumptions of research and research findings in the teaching of English, specifically literature, composition, and areas of language arts. Students will read and interpret major research studies of others and conduct individual research projects.
  
  • ENG 830 - Digital Writing

    3 Credit(s) This course introduces students to an expanded definition of writing through the study and practice of digital writing. Students will engage with contemporary scholarship (e.g. rhetoric, semiotics, digital humanities) to understand theories and practices of digital writing. They also will consider how the digital world affords writers the genres, strategies, tools, and platforms for composing beyond text and print. For the hands-on experience needed to effectively create digital content, students will analyze and compose digital tasks, such as comics, videos, websites, podcasts, and blogs.
  
  • ENG 831AN - Topics in American Literature and Criticism

    3 Credit(s) An intensive examination of highly specialized topical areas in American literature and criticism. This course may be repeated for a maximum of nine credits. Three lecture hours.
  
  • ENG 832 - Topics in British Literature and Criticism

    3 Credit(s) This course offers an intensive examination of highly specialized topical areas in British Literature and Criticism. This course may be repeated for a maximum of nine credits. Three lecture hours.
  
  • ENG 833 - Topics in Writing

    3 Credit(s) This course offers students the opportunity to explore current, relevant subjects and issues in the field of writing. Among the topics that may be offered are Nature Writing, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Sports Writing, and Travel Writing. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • ENG 839 - Research in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

    3 Credit(s) This course examines current research methods in the field of ESL teaching and students will develop the ability to read and conduct classroom research. Quantitative and qualitative methods, such as ethnography, focus group, case study, and action research will be considered. Teacher research in the ESL classroom will be emphasized. Students will develop a detailed research proposal and conduct a pilot study designed to investigate language acquisition and language teaching.
    Pre-requisite:  /EDS 770N  
  
  • ENG 855 - Creative Writing Theory & Pedagogy

    3 Credit(s) This course introduces students to the major pedagogies in creative writing studies. Students will familiarize themselves with current debates in the field about creativity and the teaching of writing and study the history of creative writing instruction in the United States. Students will explore an array of creative writing pedagogies including but not limited to workshop, process, rhetorical, feminist, critical race, collaborative, Writing-Across-the-Curriculum, digital, holistic, and eco-pedagogy.
  
  • ENG 859 - Teaching Grammar to English Language Learners

    3 Credit(s) This course examines the theory and practice of grammar instruction in the second language context. Students will apply the study of grammatical forms and structures of English to teaching English in context. Students will develop original lesson plans that incorporate grammar instruction and technology into a standards-based framework. Field-based experiences are required.

     

  
  • ENG 860 - Sheltering Content for English Language Learners

    3 Credit(s) This course will prepare students with knowledge and skills to more effectively implement sheltered content instruction to English Language Learners. Students will develop strategies and approaches that help ELLs at varying stages of proficiency to acquire English language skills while meeting content-area standards. This course is designed to meet the requirements of the Sheltered English Immersion endorsement course as described by the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Topics include: second language acquisition, linguistic awareness, sheltered English immersion, the WIDA English language standards and assessment, differentiated instruction, and socio-cultural factors affecting language acquisition. Field-based assignments are required.
  
  • ENG 870 - Writing Center-Graduate Practicum

    3 Credit(s) Required of graduate assistants assigned to the Writing Center, but also open to other graduate students. The course offers training in composition theory, practice in the conference method of teaching writing, and participation in the operations of the Writing Center. Requirements include regular weekly tutoring in the Writing Center and a project on composition theory and practice. Prerequisite: Permission of the Instructor.
  
  • ENG 871 - Workshop in Academic Writing

    3 Credit(s) This course will offer students working on academic writing projects an opportunity to develop, research, and complete them in the context of a supervised peer workshop. The course will review scholarly research and writing techniques, as well as provide intensive instructor and peer review of individual manuscripts.
    Prerequisites:   , 18 credits graduate course work.
  
  • ENG 875 - Directed Study

    3 Credit(s) An independent reading, research, and/or writing project supervised by a member of the English graduate faculty. Can be repeated once for a maximum of six credits. Pre-approval by graduate coordinator and supervising faculty member required before a student enrolls in the course.
  
  • ENG 879 - Internship in Digital Humanities

    1-3 Credit(s) In this 1-3 credit internship, graduate students intern with a faculty member to gain practical experience applying digital humanities theory to practice. Through research, hands-on collaboration, and individual meetings, interns work with the faculty member on a digital humanities project to develop advanced research skills in digital scholarship, apply digital tools to humanities research, and expand project management skills
  
  • ENG 880 - Internship in College Pedagogy

    1-3 Credit(s) In this 1-3 credit internship, graduate students intern with a faculty member to gain practical experience and knowledge in college-level pedagogy. Through reading, research, individual meetings, classroom observation, interns work with the faculty member in syllabus design, research and preparation for lectures, activity design, and classroom management. May be repeated up to three times for up to a total of 3 credits.

    Pre-requisites: ENG 725  and permission of the instructor and the graduate coordinator.

  
  • ENG 895 - Topics in Irish Literature and Culture

    3 Credit(s) An intensive examination of specialized topical areas in Irish literature and culture. Three lecture hours per week. This course may be repeated for a maximum of six credits.
    Prerequisite:  ENG 725  
  
  • ENG 899 - Seminar in Literacy Studies

    3 Credit(s) This is an advanced literature course that follows a student-driven approach to course content and includes student presentations and a significant culminating project. Topics vary according to instructor. Required of all M.A. in English students with literature option.

    Pre-requisites: ENG 725  ; all seminar enrollees must have completed 15 credits in graduate studies toward an English M.A., M.A.T., or M.A./M.A.T. May be repeated once for credit

  
  • ENG 935 - Topics in European Narratives from Modernism to Present

    3 Credit(s) A study of innovative and experimental forms of modernism, postmodernism, and avant-garde literary and visual narratives produced in Europe since the late nineteenth century.This course may be repeated for a maximum of nine credits. Multiple enrollments in a term are allowed.

     

  
  • ENG 950 - Women in Literature and Film

    3 Credit(s) This course emphasizes gender, narrative, and genre in selected literary texts and films by incorporating the theories and methods of feminist scholars.
  
  • ENG 951 - Mystery, Suspense and Science Fiction

    3 Credit(s) Studies in various types of popular fiction, considering the aesthetic and cultural significance of major works directed to a general audience. Emphasis will be on key works of historical importance.
  
  • ENG 965 - MAT English to Speakers of Other Languages Thesis, Part One: Planning and Research

    3 Credit(s) The first half of a two-semester sequence designed for MAT ESOL candidates. Planned with the program coordinator and designated thesis adviser using guidelines and criteria and approved by the Graduate Dean, this course is devoted to proposing, planning, and gathering the data needed to write an original thesis that explores a relevant topic in the field.
    Prerequisite: ENG 839 ; Permission of the graduate coordinator.
  
  • ENG 966 - MAT English to Speakers of Other Languages Thesis, Part Two: Writing

    3 Credit(s) The second half of a two-semester sequence designed for MAT in ESOL candidates. Planned with the program coordinator and thesis advisor and approved by the Graduate Dean, this course is devoted to applying theory and original research toward writing a substantial thesis that explores a relevant topic in the field.


    Pre-requisite: ENG 965 ; Permission of the graduate coordinator.

  
  • ENG 994 - Portfolio Capstone

    3 or 6 Credit(s) The Portfolio Capstone is a 1-2 semester-long project/course in which students in the M.A. or M.A./M.A.T. English Program with an option in Literature showcase the work that they have produced, engage in substantive revisions, and create two new papers: an introductory narrative and an independent paper. The student works closely with a faculty advisor.
    Pre-requisites: 24 Graduate English Credits,  , matriculation into the M.A. or M.A./M.A.T. English Program. This course is repeatable for a total of six credits.
  
  • ENG 996 - Manuscript Capstone in Writing

    3 or 6 Credit(s) The Manuscript Capstone in Writing is a 1-2 semester-long course in which students in the M.A. or M.A./M.A.T. English Program writing option complete an original work of significant length in a single genre. The student works closely with a faculty advisor.
    Pre-requisites: Matriculation into the M.A./M.A.T.program, 24 credits toward M.A. or M.A./M.A.T. in English degree,

      , approval of graduate coordinator. This course is repeatable for a total of six credits.

     

  
  • ENG 998 - Thesis Capstone

    3 or 6 Credit(s) The Thesis Capstone is a 1-2 semester-long course in which students in the M.A. or M.A./M.A.T. English Program with an option in Literature write a scholarly thesis. The student works closely with a faculty advisor.
    Pre-requisites: matriculation into the M.A. or M.A./M.A.T. program, cumulative G.P.A. of 3.75 or higher, 24 credits toward M.A. or M.A./M.A.T. English degree,  ,  , approval of graduate coordinator. Repeatable once for a total of six credits.
  
  • FIN 720 - Foundations of Finance

    3 Credit(s) This course introduces theory and application of concepts related to corporate financial management decisions. Topics include agency relationship, financial statement analysis, risk-return relationship, time value of money, asset valuation models, capital budgeting techniques, cost of capital, and financial ethics.
    Prerequisite/Co-requisite: Financial Accounting for Managers (ACC 720 ).
  
  • FIN 751 - Fundamentals of Financial Planning and Insurance

    3 Credit(s) This course introduces students to the financial planning process with an overview of risk management and insurance, income tax planning, investment planning, retirement planning, employee benefits, and estate planning. Students will learn about time value of money, legal/ethical aspects of financial planning. The course also covers details of insurance planning.
  
  • FIN 753 - Retirement and Employee Benefits Planning

    3 Credit(s) This course covers the importance of retirement planning and provides students with knowledge of public plans (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid etc.) and retirement plans including DB and DC plans and their regulatory provisions. Individual retirement plans like KEOGH, SRA, IRA etc. are also addressed as will other non-qualified DC plans. Other life changing events and their impact on retirement planning will also be discussed.
    Prerequisite:
    FIN 751 .
  
  • FIN 757 - Income Tax Planning

    3 Credit(s) This course examines the Federal Income Tax Statutes as they relate to individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, estates and trusts. The course examines how individuals can utilize their understanding of these tax statutes so as to minimize tax liabilities.
  
  • FIN 759 - Estate Planning

    3 Credit(s) This course explores the complex legal, tax, and financial issues in transfer of property, wills, trust, gifts, etc. The course introduces students to the areas of wills, probate, marital deductions, charitable contributions, charitable trusts and planning for incapacity. Special attention is given to the use of trusts, insurance, and taxation issues in estate planning, etc. The course provides the students with the basic tools necessary to advise clients in estate planning matters. Prerequisite: FIN 751 .
  
  • FIN 780 - Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management

    3 Credit(s) This course examines key concepts and practices of investments. Included are topics in introduction of security markets; types of investment vehicles such as common and preferred stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and derivatives; investment environment; economy review; industry and security analysis; and portfolio concepts.
    Pre-requisite or co-requisite:   or   or chairperson’s approval
  
  • FIN 785 - Case Studies in Financial Planning

    3 Credit(s) Students will integrate key financial planning concepts, including investment analysis, retirement and employee benefits planning, insurance and income tax planning and estate planning. The primary pedagogy is through case studies. Students will work individually or in teams to develop solutions to realistic situations described in cases and present their recommendations. Three lecture hours.
    Prerequisites:   and successful completion of a minimum of four 700 level Finance courses including FIN751.
  
  • FIN 800 - Financial Decision Making and Value Creation

    3 Credit(s) This course focuses on the application of financial theories in corporate decision making, building upon and expanding concepts introduced in Foundations of Finance (FIN 720 ). Topics include valuation models with uncertainty, cash flow forecasting, modern portfolio theory, asset pricing models, capital structure, cost of capital, working capital management and introduction to option pricing models. Spreadsheet software and cases will be used.
    Prerequisites: Matriculation into the MBA program; completion of all foundation courses or permission of Program Coordinator.

  
  • FIN 868 - Advanced Financial Analysis

    3 Credit(s) The course is intended to provide the student with an understanding of the relationship between financial statements produced in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and the informational content that they may or may not provide. The course will enable the student to come way with a better understanding of published financial statements and their usefulness to investors and creditors. Three lecture hours per week.

    Pre-requisites: FIN 720  or permission of the program coordinator.

  
  • FLT 700 - Intensive Reading in French

    3 Credit(s) An intensive one-semester course focused on developing proficiency in reading French. Students will learn the fundamentals of French grammar, will learn to recognize basic vocabulary words and cognates, and will develop strategies for reading comprehension. Students will not learn to write, to speak or to understand spoken French. This course is open to graduate students with limited or no prior study of French. Three credit hours.
  
  • FLT 701 - Intensive Reading in Spanish

    3 Credit(s) An intensive one-semester course focused on developing proficiency in reading Spanish. Students will learn the fundamentals of Spanish grammar, will learn to recognize basic vocabulary words and cognates, and will develop strategies for reading comprehension. Students will not be expected to write, to speak or to understand spoken Spanish. This course is open only to graduate students with limited or no prior study of Spanish. Three credit hours.
  
  • FRE 754 - Readings from French-Speaking Africa and the Caribbean

    3 Credit(s) This course will explore the literatures and cultures of French-speaking Africa and the Caribbean. Essays and literary readings serve as topics for class discussion and textual analysis, while providing insight into the Francophone experience in Africa and the Caribbean. Emphasis will be placed on the themes of colonization, oppression, racism, and identity. Conducted entirely in French.
    Prerequisite: Intermediate to advanced proficiency in written and spoken French.
  
  • FRE 762 - Quebec: Culture and Literature

    3 Credit(s) In this course, students will explore the culture and literature of French-speaking Québec. Through essays, literary readings, songs, works of art, and films, students will follow the development of this province of Canada from its origins as a French colony through the exodus of French-Canadians in the early 20th century and the “Révolution Tranquille” of the 1960’s, up to the present day. Conducted entirely in French.
    Prerequisite: Intermediate to advanced fluency in written and spoken French.
  
  • GLS 750 - Advanced Survey

    3 Credit(s) This course acquaints the student with advanced methods of land survey as they relate to the geo-computing environment. Students learn by conducting field survey using both land and global positioning system.
 

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