Courses
ENGLISH N1A
First-Year Reading and Composition
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Summer 2016 8 Week Session, Summer 2015 8 Week Session
Training in writing expository prose. N1A. Instruction in expository writing in conjunction with reading literature. Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Passing grade in Subject A (exam or course)
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement
Hours & Format
Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH N1B
First-Year Reading and Composition
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Summer 2016 8 Week Session, Summer 2015 8 Week Session
Training in writing expository prose. N1B. Further instruction in expository writing in conjunction with reading literature. Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Passing grade in Subject A (exam or course)
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement
Hours & Format
Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH R1A
Reading and Composition
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Training in writing expository prose. Instruction in expository writing in conjunction with reading literature. Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: UC Entry Level Writing Requirement or UC Analytical Writing Placement Exam. R1A or equivalent course is prerequisite to R1B
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: 1A
ENGLISH R1AN
First-Year Reading and Composition
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Summer 2016 8 Week Session, Summer 2015 8 Week Session
Training in writing expository prose. Instruction in writing and reading expository prose. Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Passing grade in Subject A (exam or course)
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 5-6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: 1AN
ENGLISH R1B
Reading and Composition
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Training in writing expository prose. Further instruction in expository writing in conjunction with reading literature. Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: UC Entry Level Writing Requirement or UC Analytical Writing Placement Exam. 1A or equivalent course is prerequisite to 1B
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: 1B
ENGLISH 17
Shakespeare
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010 10 Week Session
Lectures on Shakespeare and reading of his best works.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 20
Modern British and American Literature
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 1996
Lectures on and discussion of major authors of modern British and American literature.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 24
Freshman Seminars
1 Unit
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 25
English as a Language
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2008, Spring 2006, Spring 2004
An introduction to the grammar of English, including phonology (sound structure), morphology (word structure), syntax (sentence structure), semantics (linguistic meaning), and pragmatics (contextual meaning), with consideration of different varieties of English in use within the United States and throughout the world, and comparison of English with other languages.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 26
Introduction to the Study of Poetry
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
Lectures and discussion on poetry intended to develop the student's ability to understand and evaluate a poem. Designed primarily for students whose major is not English, but majors and prospective majors are welcome.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 27
Introduction to the Study of Fiction
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014
Lectures and discussion intended to develop the student's ability to understand and evaluate fiction. Designed primarily for students whose major is not English, but majors and prospective majors are welcome.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 28
Introduction to the Study of Drama
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2002
Lectures and discussion intended to develop the student's ability to read, understand and evaluate plays. Designed primarily for students whose major is not English, but majors and prospective majors are welcome.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 31AC
Literature of American Cultures
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
An introduction to the ethnic diversity of American literature. The course will take substantial account of the literature of three or more of the following groups: African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, and European Americans. Topics vary from semester to semester. Students should consult the department's "Announcement of Classes" well before the beginning of the semester for details.
Rules & Requirements
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 33
African American Literature and Culture
4 Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Major literary and cultural texts in the African American tradition from origins to the present.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 37
Chicana/o Literature and Culture
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2014
Major literary and cultural texts in the Chicana/o tradition from origins to the present.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 43A
Introduction to the Writing of Short Fiction
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Fall 2012
A workshop course intended for students who have recently begun to write fiction or who have not previously taken a course in creative writing.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 43B
Introduction to the Writing of Verse
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
A workshop course intended for students who have recently begun to write verse or who have not previously taken a course in creative writing.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 43N
Introduction to the Writing of Creative Non-Fiction
4 Units
Terms offered: Not yet offered
A workshop course in creative non-fiction, a prose genre that takes on non-fiction subjects (the world of culture, history, personal experience) but also is alert to the creativity required to translate those subjects into the realm of writing. Students will study exemplary works of creative non-fiction in different modes (e.g. literary journalism, personal essay, travel writing) and write their own works in selected modes as well.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring:
15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 45A
Literature in English: Through Milton
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Historical survey of literature in English: Beginnings through Milton.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.
Repeat rules: Students may remove a deficient grade in 46A by taking 45A; a deficient grade in 46B may be removed by taking 45B and 45C (2 units from each course). Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 45B
Literature in English: The Late-17th through the Mid-19th Century
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Historical survey of literature in English: The late-17th through the mid-19th century.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 45C
Literature in English: The Mid-19th through the 20th Century
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Historical survey of literature in English: the mid-19th through the 20th century.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH C77
Introduction to Environmental Studies
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
This integrative course, taught by a humanities professor and a science professor, surveys current global environmental issues; introduces the basic intellectual tools of environmental science; investigates ways the human relationship to nature has been imagined in literary and philosophical traditions; and examines how tools of scientific and literary analysis; scientific method, and imaginative thinking can clarify what is at stake in environmental issues and ecological citizenship.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will not receive credit for C12 after taking UGIS C12 or EnglWill count toward ESPM Social Science core requirement for the Conservish C77. ation and Resource studies major.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Also listed as: ESPM C12
ENGLISH 80K
Children's Literature
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2011
The study of selected works written for children.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 84
Sophomore Seminar
1 or 2 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Sophomore seminars are small interactive courses offered by faculty members in departments all across the campus. Sophomore seminars offer opportunity for close, regular intellectual contact between faculty members and students in the crucial second year. The topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 sophomores.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: At discretion of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring:
5 weeks - 3-6 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-3 hours of seminar per week
15 weeks - 1-2 hours of seminar per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-5 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 1.5-3.5 hours of seminar and 2-4 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 98
Directed Group Study for Freshmen and Sophomores
1 - 4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
Group study in a field that may not coincide with that of any regular course and must be specific enough to enable students to write essays based upon their studies.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Lower division standing
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 98BC
Berkeley Connect
1 Unit
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Berkeley Connect is a mentoring program, offered through various academic departments, that helps students build intellectual community. Over the course of a semester, enrolled students participate in regular small-group discussions facilitated by a graduate student mentor (following a faculty-directed curriculum), meet with their graduate student mentor for one-on-one academic advising, attend lectures and panel discussions featuring department faculty and alumni, and go on field trips to campus resources. Students are not required to be declared majors in order to participate.
Course may be repeated for credit.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 99
Independent Study
1 - 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Spring 2017
Meetings to be arranged. Reading and regular conference with the instructor in a field that shall not coincide with that of any regular course and shall be specific enough to enable students to write essays based on their studies.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Open to sophomore students with an overall G.P.A. of not less than 3.3
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 1-5 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 101
The History of the English Language
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2012, Spring 2009
The history of the English language from its Indo-European roots, through its Old, Middle, and Early Modern periods, as preserved in the literary heritage, to its different forms in use throughout the world today.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 102
Topics in the English Language
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013
Topics vary from semester to semester.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 104
Introduction to Old English
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
Basic introduction to the vocabulary, grammar, and syntax of Old English designed to get students reading original texts immediately. Typical Old English texts include: riddles, charms, medical recipes, laws, chronicles, elegies, saints' lives, heroic poetry, and monster lore.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 105
Anglo-Saxon England
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2013, Fall 2012
Instruction in the basic elements of the Old English language with analysis of literary and cultural issues relating to the formative period of the English nation. (Undergraduates who pass 105 with a grade of B+ or higher, or with permission of the 205B instructor, are eligible to enroll in 205B, Beowulf.)
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH C107
The English Bible As Literature
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2012, Fall 2009
Introduction to the English Bible treated as a literary work.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Also listed as: RELIGST C119
ENGLISH N107
English Bible as Literature
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2002 10 Week Session, Summer 2001 10 Week Session, Summer 1999 10 Week Session
Introduction to the English Bible treated as a literary work.
Hours & Format
Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 110
Medieval Literature
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2014
Development of literary form and idiom throughout the Christian West from the first to the fifteenth century.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 111
Chaucer
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014
Lectures on and discussion of Chaucer's major works.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 112
Middle English Literature
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
Middle English literature exclusive of Chaucer studied in the original language.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 114A
English Drama
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
English drama to 1603.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 114B
English Drama
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2013, Spring 2010, Fall 2008
English drama from 1603 to 1700.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N114A
English Drama
3 Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
English drama to 1603.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH N114B
English Drama
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2009 10 Week Session, Summer 2009 8 Week Session
English drama from 1603 to 1700.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 115A
The English Renaissance
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2014
Beginnings of the English Renaissance and literature of the 16th century.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 115B
The English Renaissance
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2011
Literature of the 17th century.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Friedman
ENGLISH N115A
The English Renaissance
3 Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Beginnings of the English Renaissance and literature of the 16th century.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH N115B
The English Renaissance
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2010 10 Week Session, Summer 2010 8 Week Session, Summer 2007 8 Week Session
Literature of the 17th century.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Instructor: Friedman
ENGLISH 116
Backgrounds of English Literature in the Continental Renaissance
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2012, Fall 2001
A survey of the principal continental documents which are important to an understanding of the English Renaissance.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 117A
Shakespeare
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Fall 2012, Fall 2011
A chronological survey of Shakespeare's career.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 117B
Shakespeare
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015
A chronological survey of Shakespeare's career.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: Altman, J. Knapp
ENGLISH 117F
Shakespeare and Film
4 Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Close study of the texts and films based on 8 to 10 plays. Lectures will emphasize the critical implications of transposing plays to film. The goal of the course is the critical understanding of Shakespeare, and the course satisfies the departmental requirement of a course on Shakespeare in the major.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 117J
Shakespeare
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2011, Fall 2006
Study of selected plays, with practice in various critical approaches, e.g., establishing text, relation to source, changing concepts of comedy and tragedy, influence of theatrical conditions on technique.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N117S
Shakespeare
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2017 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2017 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2016 First 6 Week Session
Lectures on Shakespeare and reading of his best works.
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 117S
Shakespeare
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Lectures on Shakespeare and reading of his best works.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 117T
Shakespeare in the Theatre
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2007
The interrelation of Elizabethan plays and stage practices. Classroom exercises, written assignments, and a final examination. The course will usually culminate in the performance of a play.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Offered in conjunction with or as a sequel to 117S or 117A-117B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 118
Milton
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
Lectures on and discussion of Milton's major works.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N118
Milton
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2011 10 Week Session, Summer 2011 Second 6 Week Session
Lectures on and discussion of Milton's major works.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 119
Literature of the Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2013
Lectures on and discussion of Dryden, Swift, Pope, and some of their contemporaries.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 120
Literature of the Later 18th Century
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
Lectures on and discussion of later eighteenth-century British literature.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 121
Romantic Period
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014
Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, and contemporaries.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: A deficient grade in English N121 may be removed by taking English 121.<BR/>
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N121
Romantic Period
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2012 10 Week Session, Summer 2012 Second 6 Week Session
Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, and contemporaries.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 122
Victorian Period
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Literature of the Victorian period with an emphasis on poetry and nonfiction prose.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 125A
The English Novel
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2012
Defoe through Scott.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 125B
The English Novel
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2013
Dickens through Conrad.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: A: Starr, B: Gallagher
ENGLISH 125C
The European Novel
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2012
Lectures on and discussion of major European novels.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 125D
The 20th-Century Novel
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
Lectures on and discussion of major novels of the twentieth century.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 125E
The Contemporary Novel
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Important contemporary novels, some of which may be read in translation.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N125B
The English Novel
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2014 10 Week Session, Summer 2014 8 Week Session, Summer 1999 10 Week Session
Dickens through Conrad.
Hours & Format
Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Kratins
ENGLISH N125D
The 20th-Century Novel
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2017 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2016 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2015 First 6 Week Session
Lectures on and discussion of major novels of the twentieth century.
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N125E
The Contemporary Novel
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2015 10 Week Session, Summer 2015 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2010 First 6 Week Session
Important contemporary novels, some of which may be read in translation.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 126
British Literature: 1900-1945
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Lectures on and discussion of British literature written between 1900 and 1945.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 127
Modern Poetry
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
British and American poetry: 1900 to the present.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 128
Modern Drama
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2001, Fall 1999
British and American drama: 1860 to the present.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 130A
American Literature: Before 1800
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015
Lectures on and discussion of the major writers of the early American period.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 130B
American Literature: 1800-1865
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
Lectures on and discussion of the major texts of the American Renaissance.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 130C
American Literature: 1865-1900
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2012
Lectures on and discussion of American literature from the Civil War through 1900.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 130D
American Literature: 1900-1945
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
A survey of modern American literature.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N130A
American Literature: Before 1800
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2012 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2011 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2004 10 Week Session
Lectures on and discussion of the major writers of the early American period.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH N130B
American Literature: 1800-1865
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2008 10 Week Session, Summer 2005 10 Week Session
Lectures on and discussion of the major texts of the American Renaissance.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH N130D
American Literature: 1900-1945
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2012 10 Week Session, Summer 2012 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2011 First 6 Week Session
A survey of modern American literature.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 131
American Poetry
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015
A historical survey of American poetry and its backgrounds.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 132
American Novel
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2013
A survey of major American novels.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N132
American Novel
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2014 10 Week Session, Summer 2014 8 Week Session, Summer 2013 8 Week Session
A survey of major American novels.
Hours & Format
Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 133A
African American Literature and Culture Before 1917
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2014
Major literary and cultural texts in the African American tradition from origins through World War I.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 133B
African American Literature and Culture Since 1917
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2012
Major literary and cultural texts in the African American tradition from the Harlem Renaissance through the twentieth century.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 133T
Topics in African American Literature and Culture
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2014
Topics vary from semester to semester. Students should consult the department's "Announcement of Classes" for offerings well before the beginning of the semester.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 134
Contemporary Literature
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Lectures on and discussion of selected works written since the Second World War.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N134
Contemporary Literature
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2001 10 Week Session
Lectures on and discussion of selected works written since the Second World War.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 135AC
Literature of American Cultures
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012
Study of the ethnic diversity of American literature. The course will take substantial account of the literature of three or more of the following groups: African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, and European Americans. Topics vary from semester to semester. Students should consult the department's "Announcement of Classes" well before the beginning of the semester for details.
Rules & Requirements
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N135
Literature of American Cultures
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2013 10 Week Session, Summer 2013 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2012 First 6 Week Session
Study of the ethnic diversity of American literature. The course will take substantial account of the literature of three or more of the following groups: African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, and European Americans. Topics vary from summer to summer.
Rules & Requirements
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic and consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Schweik
ENGLISH S135
Literature of American Cultures
3 Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Study of the ethnic diversity of American literature. The course will take substantial account of the literature of three or more of the following groups: African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, and European Americans. Topics vary from semester to semester. Topic for this summer: Theorizing Children's Literature in American Cultures.
Rules & Requirements
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic and consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Instructor: Schweik
ENGLISH C136
Topics in American Studies
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
A course on the intellectual, cultural, historical, and social backgrounds to American literature. Topics will vary from semester to semester. Students should consult the department's "Announcement of Classes" for current offerings well before the start of the semester.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic and consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Also listed as: AMERSTD C111E
ENGLISH 137A
Chicana/o Literature and Culture to 1910
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2011, Spring 2006
Major literary and cultural texts in the Chicana/o tradition from origins through the Mexican Revolution of 1910.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 137B
Chicana/o Literature and Culture Since 1910
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
Major literary and cultural texts in the Chicana/o tradition from 1910 through the contemporary Chicana/o period.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 137T
Topics in Chicana/o Literature and Culture
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2013
Topics in Chicana/o literature and culture.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 138
Studies in World Literature in English
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2014
An examination of various aspects of the modern literature written in English in Africa, the Caribbean, India, and Southeast Asia. Topics will vary from semester to semester. Students should consult the department's "Announcement of Classes" for current offerings well before the start of the semester.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 139
The Cultures of English
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Literatures of various regions in which English is one of the spoken languages, such as Canada, the Caribbean, Australia, Africa, India; and the writings of specific groups or distinctive cultures in the English-speaking world, including the U.S. and the British Isles. Topics vary from semester to semester. Students should consult the department's "Announcement of Classes" for current offerings well before the start of the semester.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 141
Modes of Writing (Exposition, Fiction, Verse, Etc.)
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Writing in connection with reading in recent English literature and its continental background.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: R1A-R1B or equivalent
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated once for credit with different instructor.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH N141
Modes of Writing (Exposition, Fiction, Verse, Etc.)
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2016 10 Week Session, Summer 2016 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2013 Second 6 Week Session
Writing in connection with reading in recent English literature and its continental background.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: R1A-R1B or equivalent
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive credit English N141 after taking English 141 for a total of 7 units combined.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated once for credit with different instructor.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 143A
Short Fiction
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
A seminar in writing short stories.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 143B
Verse
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
A seminar in writing poetry.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 143C
Long Narrative
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2012
Students will work through the semester on a single project, either fiction (novel) or nonfiction (biography, history).
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH C143V
Visual Autobiography
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2003, Spring 2002
Since visual and literary studies have historically been viewed as separate disciplines, we will use theories from both to study those forms of self-representation that defy disciplinary boundaries, or what we call "visual autobiography." The course aims to help students become conversant with the elements of alphabetic literacy (reading and writing) and visual literacy (observing and making) in order to develop a third distinctive textual/visual literacy.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Also listed as: AMERSTD C174/UGIS C135/VIS STD C185A
ENGLISH 143D
Expository and Critical Writing
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2001, Spring 2000
A seminar in expository and critical writing.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 143E
Playwriting
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2004, Spring 2003, Spring 2002
A seminar in playwriting.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 143N
Prose Nonfiction
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
A seminar in the writing of prose nonfiction as an art.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 143T
Poetry Translation Workshop
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2013, Spring 2013
Open to those who wish to assimilate foreign influences for writing poetry or to seek a fuller understanding of any foreign poetry by rendering it into English.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor, willingness to translate, working knowledge of at least one foreign language
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 152
Women Writers
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010
Topics will vary from semester to semester.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N152
Women Writers
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 1997 10 Week Session
Topics will vary from summer to summer. Topic for this summer: Modern British Women Novelists.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic and consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 160
Methods and Materials of Literary Criticism
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Spring 2006
An introduction to issues in literary criticism with emphasis on application of principles and methods to selected literary texts.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 161
Introduction to Literary Theory
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
This class will focus on literary theory.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 165
Special Topics
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Designed primarily for English majors. Topics vary from semester to semester. Students should consult the department's "Announcement of Classes" for offerings well before the beginning of the semester.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 165AC
Special Topics in American Cultures
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2010, Fall 2007
Designed primarily for English majors. Study of a special topic related to the diversity of the United States. Topics vary from semester to semester. Students should consult the department's "Announcement of Classes" for offerings well before the beginning of the semester.
Rules & Requirements
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 166
Special Topics
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Topics vary from semester to semester. Students should consult the department's "Announcement of Classes" for offerings well before the beginning of the semester.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit with different topic and consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 166AC
Special Topics in American Cultures
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2014
Study of a special topic related to the diversity of the United States. Topics vary from semester to semester. Student's should consult the department's "Announcement of Classes" for offerings well before the beginning of the semester.
Rules & Requirements
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit with different topic and consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N166
Special Topics
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2017 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2017 Second 6 Week Session, Summer 2016 8 Week Session
Topics vary from summer to summer.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 170
Literature and the Arts
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Studies in the relationship of literature in English to the arts.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 171
Literature and Sexual Identity
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Sexual identity in literature in relation to thematics, literary convention, psychology, and the particular politics and sociology of individual cultures. The course may range broadly over Western literature or concentrate on one historical period.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 172
Literature and Psychology
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2003, Spring 2000
Studies in the relationship of literature in English to psychology.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 173
The Language and Literature of Films
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013
Studies in film as a mode of representing reality; cinematic techniques and the "language" of film. Lectures, class discussions, and film viewings.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N173
The Language and Literature of Films
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Summer 2016 8 Week Session, Summer 2015 8 Week Session
Studies in film as a mode of representing reality; cinematic techniques and the language of film. Lectures, class discussions, and film viewings.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 174
Literature and History
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014
Topics will vary from semester to semester.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 175
Literature and Disability
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
Studies of the relationships among literature, culture, and "disability." The course may range broadly or concentrate on one historical period, genre, or issue.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 176
Literature and Popular Culture
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2012
Topics will vary from semester to semester.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N176
Literature and Popular Culture
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2011 10 Week Session, Summer 2011 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2008 8 Week Session
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic and consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Instructor: Hutson
ENGLISH 177
Literature and Philosophy
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2004, Summer 2003 10 Week Session
Studies in the relationship of literature in English to philosophy.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N177
Literature and Philosophy
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2003 10 Week Session, Summer 2002 10 Week Session, Summer 2001 10 Week Session
Studies in the relationship of English literature to philosophy.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic and consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Summer: 8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 178
British and American Folklore
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2004, Fall 2000, Spring 1999
Study of representative forms of folklore and oral literature among the English-speaking people of the British Isles and North America.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 179
Literature and Linguistics
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2012
Study of the English language as a medium for literature. Topics may include rhyme, alliteration, meter, poetic syntax, metaphor, irony, the language of point of view, narrative tense, orality, literacy, etc.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 180A
Autobiography
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Lectures on and discussion of autobiographical forms.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 180C
Comedy
4 Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Studies of representative comic forms, techniques, and points of view.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 180E
The Epic
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2012, Fall 2009
Reading and discussion of epics, considering their cultural and historical contexts, the nature of their composition, and the development of the form.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 180H
Short Story
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015
Lectures on and discussion of the form of the short story.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 180J
The Essay
4 Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Study of the essay as a literary form, the circumstances of its use and development, and its fortunes in twentieth-century culture.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 180L
Lyric Verse
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2015
Study of lyric forms and techniques.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 180N
The Novel
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Study of the novel as a literary genre, its formal development and variations, its technical possibilities, its cultural functions. Topics may vary from semester to semester.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH N180A
Autobiography
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2013 10 Week Session, Summer 2013 Second 6 Week Session
Lectures on and discussion of autobiographical forms.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH N180H
Short Story
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2013 10 Week Session, Summer 2013 8 Week Session, Summer 2012 First 6 Week Session
Lectures on and discussion of the form of the short story.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH N180Z
Science Fiction
3 Units
Terms offered: Summer 2017 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2016 10 Week Session, Summer 2016 First 6 Week Session
A survey of science fiction which includes both short stories and novels. The focus will be on the analysis of the texts and on the history and theory of the genre.
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 180R
The Romance
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011
Study of the romance as a literary genre. Topics may vary from semester to semester; focus may be historical or restricted to a particular period (e.g., medieval, modern).
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 180S
Satire
4 Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Study of representative satire forms, techniques, and points of view.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 180T
Tragedy
4 Units
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Study of representative tragic forms, techniques, and points of view.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH 180Z
Science Fiction
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Study of speculative fiction (or science fiction) as a genre. Topics may vary from semester to semester. Focus may be historical or thematic.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
ENGLISH C181
Digital Humanities, Visual Cultures
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017
“Digital humanities” describes how digital formats and tools can be used to produce knowledge about cultural materials. This course introduces students to techniques used to study visual culture and related disciplines, possibly including mapping, network analysis, digital (re)construction of objects and environments; digital editions of texts or online exhibitions; digital manipulation of images; and content-management systems and structured data. The class also provides a framework to help students think critically about the values that underpin existing DH projects.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Also listed as: HISTART C109
ENGLISH 190
Research Seminar
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Research-oriented and designed for upper-division English majors. Intensive examination of critical approaches, literary theory, or a special topic in literary and cultural studies. Topics vary from semester to semester. Students should consult the department's "Announcement of Classes" for offerings well before the beginning of the semester.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH H195A
Honors Course
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
This is a two-semester course, graded IP at the end of the first semester. During the second semester, each student will write an honors thesis. Completion of the thesis is required for a passing grade in the course.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Open only to senior English major honors candidates (i.e., students with an overall GPA of 3.51 or higher and a GPA of 3.65 or higher in courses taken at Berkeley in the major). Consent of instructor is required
Credit Restrictions: Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. This is part one of a year long series course. A provisional grade of IP (in progress) will be applied and later replaced with the final grade after completing part two of the series. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH H195B
Honors Course
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
This is a two-semester course, graded IP at the end of the first semester. During the second semester, each student will write an honors thesis. Completion of the thesis is required for a passing grade in the course.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Open only to senior English major honors candidates (i.e., students with an overall GPA of 3.51 or higher and a GPA of 3.65 or higher in courses taken at Berkeley in the major). Consent of instructor is required
Credit Restrictions: Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. This is part two of a year long series course. Upon completion, the final grade will be applied to both parts of the series. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 198
Directed Group Study
1 - 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Enrollment is restricted by university regulations. Group study in a field that shall not coincide with that of any regular course and shall be specific enough to enable students to write essays based upon their studies.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Open to students who have completed 12 units of upper division English with an average of not less than B
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 198BC
Berkeley Connect
1 Unit
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Berkeley Connect is a mentoring program, offered through various academic departments, that helps students build intellectual community. Over the course of a semester, enrolled students participate in regular small-group discussions facilitated by a graduate student mentor (following a faculty-directed curriculum), meet with their graduate student mentor for one-on-one academic advising, attend lectures and panel discussions featuring department faculty and alumni, and go on field trips to campus resources. Students are not required to be declared majors in order to participate. Course may be repeated for credit.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 199
Supervised Independent Study for Advanced Undergraduates
1 - 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Spring 2017
Meetings to be arranged. Enrollment is restricted by university regulations. Reading and conference with the instructor in a field that shall not coincide with that of any regular course and shall be specific enough to enable students to write essays based upon their studies.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Open to students who have completed 12 units of upper division English with an average grade of not less than B
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-7.5 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
ENGLISH 200
Problems in the Study of Literature
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
Approaches to literary study, including textual analysis, scholarly methodology and bibliography, critical theory and practice.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Open only to students in the English Ph.D. program
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 201B
Topics in the History of the English Language
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2010, Spring 2009
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 203
Graduate Readings
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Graduate lecture courses surveying broad areas and periods of literary history, and directing students in wide reading. Offerings vary from semester to semester. Students should consult the department's "Announcement of Classes" for offerings well before the beginning of the semester.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Open to advanced undergraduates, with the consent of the instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 205A
Old English
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2009
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Open to undergraduates with the consent of the instructor
Credit Restrictions: Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 205B
Old English
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Open to undergraduates with the consent of the instructor
Credit Restrictions: Offered for 4 units in fall and in spring, 3 units in summer.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 211
Chaucer
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2014
Discussion of Chaucer's major works.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 212
Readings in Middle English
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2012, Spring 2012
Rapid reading of selections in Middle English, from the twelfth century through the fifteenth.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 217
Shakespeare
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013
Discussion of selected works of Shakespeare.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 218
Milton
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2009
Discussion of Milton's major works.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 243A
Fiction Writing Workshop
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2012
A writing workshop in fiction for graduate students.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor, normally based on prior writings submitted
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 243B
Poetry Writing Workshop
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
A writing workshop in poetry for graduate students.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor, normally based on prior writings submitted
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 243N
Prose Nonfiction Writing Workshop
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014
A writing workshop in prose nonfiction for graduate students.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor, normally based on prior writings submitted
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 246D
Graduate Proseminars: Renaissance: Seventeenth century through Milton
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Fall 2011
Proseminars in the major chronological fields of English and American literature providing graduate instruction in scholarly and critical approaches appropriate to each field.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 246E
Graduate Proseminars: Restoration and early 18th century
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2014, Fall 2010, Fall 2008
Proseminars in the major chronological fields of English and American literature providing graduate instruction in scholarly and critical approaches appropriate to each field.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 246F
Graduate Proseminars: Later 18th century
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2016, Fall 2013, Fall 2011
Proseminars in the major chronological fields of English and American literature providing graduate instruction in scholarly and critical approaches appropriate to each field.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 246G
Graduate Proseminars: Romantic
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2011
Proseminars in the major chronological fields of English and American literature providing graduate instruction in scholarly and critical approaches appropriate to each field.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 246H
Graduate Proseminars: Victorian
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2007, Spring 2006
Proseminars in the major chronological fields of English and American literature providing graduate instruction in scholarly and critical approaches appropriate to each field.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 246I
Graduate Proseminars: American to 1855
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Fall 2011
Proseminars in the major chronological fields of English and American literature providing graduate instruction in scholarly and critical approaches appropriate to each field.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 246J
Graduate Proseminars: American 1855 to 1900
4 Units
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2014, Fall 2012
Proseminars in the major chronological fields of English and American literature providing graduate instruction in scholarly and critical approaches appropriate to each field.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 246K
Graduate Proseminars: Literature in English 1900 to 1945
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012
Proseminars in the major chronological fields of English and American literature providing graduate instruction in scholarly and critical approaches appropriate to each field.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 246L
Graduate Proseminars: Literature in English 1945 to Present
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012
Proseminars in the major chronological fields of English and American literature providing graduate instruction in scholarly and critical approaches appropriate to each field.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 250
Research Seminars
4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Required of all Ph.D. students. Advanced study in various fields, leading to a substantial piece of writing. Offerings vary from semester to semester. Students should consult the department's "Announcement of Classes" for offerings well before the beginning of the semester.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 298
Special Studies
1 - 4 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Directed research. Open to qualified graduate students wishing to pursue special topics. If taken to satisfy degree requirements, must be taken for four units and a letter grade.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-12 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
ENGLISH 299
Special Study
1 - 12 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Normally reserved for students directly engaged upon the doctoral dissertation.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-12 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
ENGLISH 310
Field Studies in Tutoring Writing
1 - 3 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Tutoring Berkeley undergraduates in College Writing R1A, R1A, R1B, and other writing and/or literature courses. Seminar topics: the writing process, responding to writing, composition theory, grammar, collaborative learning, tutoring methods. Tutors keep a weekly journal, read assigned articles, videotape their tutoring, and write a final paper. This course cannot be used toward fulfillment of the major requirements.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Pre-enrollment interviews required
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of fieldwork per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
ENGLISH 375
The Teaching of Composition and Literature
3 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015
Discussion of course aims, instructional methods, grading standards, and special problems in the teaching of composition and literature, with practice in handling sample essays. When given for graduate student instructors in the ENGLISH R1A-R1B Program or the English 45 series, the course will include class visitation.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: English 302
ENGLISH 602
Individual Study for Doctoral Students
1 - 12 Units
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D. May not be used for unit or residence requirements for the doctoral degree.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Graduate standing
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: English/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.