ENGL 501 Techniques of Literary Research (4) (CR/NC)
Purposes and methods of literary research in literature. Acquaintance with printed materials of research and practical experience in collecting material, weighing evidence, reaching conclusions, and writing scholarly articles. Analysis of dissemination of scholarly information. Discussion of ethics of scholarship. Credit/No Credit grading only. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
ENGL 502 Seminar in Critical Analysis (4)
Basic approaches used by critics. Multiple points of view. Application to literary works. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 12 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
ENGL 503 Seminar in English Linguistics (4)
Current modes of linguistic study and their application to English grammar. Class Schedule will list topic selected. 4 seminars. May be repeated to 12 units. Prerequisite: ENGL 290, ENGL 390 or consent of instructor.
ENGL 504 Seminar in Applied English Linguistics (4)
Consideration of applications of linguistics to literature, dialectology, language acquisition, literacy, bilingualism, or discourse analysis. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 12 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: ENGL 290, ENGL 390, or ENGL 503, or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
ENGL 505 Seminar in Composition Theory (4)
Special problems in composition. Direct application of new language information to composition or detailed analysis of relationship between rhetorical principles and writing. Total credit limited to 12 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English.
ENGL 506 Pedagogical Approaches to Composition (4) (CR/NC)
Practical problems in the teaching of English composition. Application and study of practical approaches. Discussion of day to day experiences in the classroom. Discussion of and research into the nature and solution of student writing problems. Required of all new teaching assistants in English. Total credit limited to 8 units. Credit/No Credit grading only. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English.
ENGL 510 Seminar in Authors (4)
Intensive study of major British and American literary figures, singly, doubly or in small groups. Written and oral reports of individual investigation. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 12 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 501.
ENGL 511 Seminar in American Literary Periods (4)
American periods. Written and oral reports of individual investigation. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 12 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English, completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 501.
ENGL 512 Seminar in British Literary Periods (4)
British periods. Written and oral reports of individual investigation. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 12 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 501.
ENGL 513 Seminar in Special Topics (4)
Themes and ideas in language and literature not ordinarily covered in the routine graduate course offerings. Written and oral reports of individual investigation. Class Schedule will list topic selected. Total credit limited to 12 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 501.
ENGL 515 Apprenticeship in Teaching Literature or Linguistics at College Level (2) (CR/NC)
Supervised experience in planning, teaching, and evaluating a 200- or 300-level linguistics or literature class taught by English faculty member. Planning, selecting texts, conferring with students, discussing and constructing assignments, lecturing, leading small group discussions. Credit/No Credit grading only. Total credit limited to 8 units. Prerequisite: ENGL 506 and successful teaching experience in ENGL 114 or ENGL 215.
ENGL 518 Technical Communication Theory (4)
Theory of technical communication for teachers, managers, advanced writers, and editors. Applications to science, agriculture, engineering. Evolving concepts and uses of literacy in a technological age: e.g., readability, information retrieval, document design. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: ENGL 318 or equivalent or consent of instructor.
ENGL 520 Problems in Secondary English (3)
Topical issues in teaching secondary school English. Designed especially for credentialed teachers in the field. Alternate topics like the following: writing instruction workshop, teaching masterworks and young adult literature, implications of rhetorical and discourse theories, computer technology in English, literary criticism and teaching, research in reading and writing. Written reports of topic investigations. Total credit limited to 9 units. 3 seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English.
ENGL 590 Directed Study (2-4)
Supervised independent or group study of special problems in selected areas of language, composition, or literature. Total credit limited to 12 units. Prerequisite: Graduate standing in English.