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Fall Semester 2024

The following descriptions of individual courses and sections supplement the general catalog descriptions. For the complete registration listings with CRNs and prerequisites, see the official schedule.

Composition I and Honors Program

  • ENGLISH 100: Composition I
  • ENGLISH 100A: Honors Program. Contact the Honors Office at 956-8391 for information.
  • ENGLISH 190: Composition I for Transfer Students to UH Manoa

200-Level Descriptions

All ENG 270-273 classes require a substantial amount of writing and are designated as Writing Intensive (W). In compliance with the Focus Hallmarks for Writing Intensive classes, you will produce a least 16 pages or 4,000 words in these classes.


ENG 200(001): Composition II

Instructor: Shilpi Suneja

Time: TR 12:00-1:15

Crn: 73559

Focus: NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 200(002): Composition II

Instructor: Brittany Winland

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 72159

Focus: NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 270(001): Intro to Lit: Literary History

Instructor: Jack Taylor

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 72864

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 271(001): Intro to Lit: Genre

Instructor: Micah Lau

Time: TR 12:00-1:15

Crn: 72582

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 271(002): Intro to Lit: Genre

Instructor: Claire Buttery

Time: MWF 11:30-12:20

Crn: 74206

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 272(001): Intro to Lit: Culture & Lit

Instructor: Jiyoung Lee

Time: MWF 10:30-11:20

Crn: 73809

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 272(002): Intro to Lit: Culture & Lit

Instructor: Ruth Y. Hsu

Time: TR 9:00-10:15

Crn: 77510

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 273(001): Intro to Lit: Creative Writing

Instructor: Andrew Hoe

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 73441

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 273(002): Intro to Lit: Creative Writing

Instructor: Ashley Somwaru

Time: MWF 1:30-2:20

Crn: 74740

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


Introduction to Literature Descriptions

  • ENG 270 Introduction to Literature: Literary History
  • ENG 271 Introduction to Literature: Genre
  • ENG 272 Introduction to Literature: Culture and Literature
  • ENG 273 Introduction to Literature: Creative Writing and Literature

All ENG 270-273 classes require a substantial amount of writing and are designated as Writing Intensive (W). In compliance with the Focus Hallmarks for Writing Intensive classes, you will produce a least 16 pages or 4,000 words in these classes


ENG 270(001): Intro to Lit: Literary History

Instructor: Jack Taylor

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 72864

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 271(001): Intro to Lit: Genre

Instructor: Micah Lau

Time: TR 12:00-1:15

Crn: 72582

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 271(002): Intro to Lit: Genre

Instructor: Claire Buttery

Time: MWF 11:30-12:20

Crn: 74206

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 272(001): Intro to Lit: Culture & Lit

Instructor: Jiyoung Lee

Time: MWF 10:30-11:20

Crn: 73809

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 272(002): Intro to Lit: Culture & Lit

Instructor: Ruth Y. Hsu

Time: TR 9:00-10:15

Crn: 77510

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 273(001): Intro to Lit: Creative Writing

Instructor: Andrew Hoe

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 73441

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 273(002): Intro to Lit: Creative Writing

Instructor: Ashley Somwaru

Time: MWF 1:30-2:20

Crn: 74740

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


300-Level Descriptions

English majors should see their department advisor for information and assistance. If you are interested in declaring English as your major, sign up for an orientation session on the Majors page.


ENG 300B(001): Intro to Rhetoric: Classical

Instructor: Sarah Allen

Time: TR 12:00-1:15

Crn: 79144

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Composition/Language/Rhetoric; Historical Breadth (Pre-1700);

ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;

Description: Read the description


ENG 303(001): Modern English Grammar

Instructor: Todd H. Sammons

Time: TR 12:00-1:15

Crn: 79145

Focus: DH

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Composition/Language/Rhetoric;

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 306(001): Argumentative Writing

Instructor: Georganne Nordstrom

Time: TR 1:30-2:45

Crn: 73111

Focus: WI

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Composition/Language/Rhetoric;

ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;

Description: Read the description


ENG 306(002): Argumentative Writing

Instructor: Isaac K. Wang

Time: MW 12:00-1:15

Crn: 74396

Focus: WI

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Composition/Language/Rhetoric;

ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;

Description: Read the description


ENG 306(003): Argumentative Writing

Instructor: Steven Holmes

Time: MW 9:00-10:15

Crn: 77511

Focus: WI

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Composition/Language/Rhetoric;

ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;

Description: Read the description


ENG 307(001): Rhetoric, Composition, & Computers

Instructor: P. Darin Payne

Time: M 1:30-4:00

Crn: 72583

Focus:

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Composition/Language/Rhetoric;

ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;

Description: Read the description


ENG 311(001): Autobiographical Writing

Instructor: Cynthia Franklin

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 75989

Focus: DA,ETH,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Composition/Language/Rhetoric; Breadth of Field: Creative Writing;

ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing; Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;

Description: Read the description


ENG 311(002): Autobiographical Writing

Instructor: Craig Howes

Time: MW 10:30-11:45

Crn: 79703

Focus: DA

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 313(001): Types of Creative Writing

Instructor: Joseph Han

Time: MW 1:30-2:45

Crn: 75990

Focus: DA,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Composition/Language/Rhetoric; Breadth of Field: Creative Writing;

ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;

Description: Read the description


ENG 313(002): Types of Creative Writing

Instructor: Noʻu Revilla

Time: TR 12:00-1:15

Crn: 77512

Focus: DA,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Composition/Language/Rhetoric; Breadth of Field: Creative Writing;

ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;

Description: Read the description


ENG 320(001): Intro to English Studies

Instructor: S. Shankar

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 70474

Focus: DL,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 320(002): Intro to English Studies

Instructor: Emily West

Time: TR 9;00-10:15

Crn: 70473

Focus: DL,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 320(003): Intro to English Studies

Instructor: Hannah Manshel

Time: MW 9:00-10:15

Crn: 77513

Focus: DL,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 321(001): Backgrounds of Western Lit

Instructor: Nandini Chandra

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 74397

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (Pre-1700);

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description


ENG 330(001): Medieval Literature

Instructor: Derrick Higginbotham

Time: TR 12:00-1:15

Crn: 79146

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (Pre-1700);

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres; Cultural and Literary Geographies;

Description: Read the description


ENG 333(001): 19th-C British Literature

Instructor: Craig Howes

Time: MW 9:00-10:15

Crn: 79704

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 337(001): Am Lit Mid-19th to Mid-20th C

Instructor: Ruth Y. Hsu

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 72576

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1898-Present);

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres; Cultural and Literary Geographies;

Description: Read the description


ENG 363(001): Film

Instructor: Danielle Seid

Time: TR 1:30-2:45

Crn: 79141

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Genre;

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 365(001): Fiction

Instructor: Jack Taylor

Time: TR 12:00-1:15

Crn: 79148

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Genre;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description


ENG 370(001): Literatures of Hawai’i

Instructor: Candace Fujikane

Time: MW 12:00-1:15

Crn: 75991

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Literature of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres; Cultural and Literary Geographies;

Description: Read the description


ENG 371(001): Literature of the Pacific

Instructor: kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui

Time: MW 10:30-11:45

Crn: 79149

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Literature of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres; Cultural and Literary Geographies;

Description: Read the description


ENG 382(001): Gender, Sexuality & Literature

Instructor: Emily West

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 79155

Focus: DL,OC,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Literature & Culture;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description


ENG 383(001): Children’s Literature

Instructor: kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui

Time: MW 12:00-1:15

Crn: 73727

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Literature & Culture;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description


400-Level Descriptions

English majors should see their department advisor for information andassistance. If you are interested in declaring English as your major, sign up for an orientation session on the Majors page.

Please note the following:

All 400-level “Studies” courses are designed to have a significant research component and are designated as Writing Intensive (WI). In compliance with the Focus Hallmarks for Writing Intensive classes, you will produce a least 16 pages or 4,000 words in these classes.

For a list of Studies and Single Author courses to be offered for the next two years, see the Upcoming Courses page.


ENG 408(001): Professional Editing

Instructor: Karyl Garland

Time: W 3:00-5:30

Crn: 72245

Focus:

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;

Description: Read the description


ENG 409(001): Studies: Composition/Rhetoric/Language

Instructor: Daphne Desser

Time: MW 10:30-11:45

Crn: 79156

Focus: DL,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;

Description: Read the description


ENG 411(001): Poetry Workshop

Instructor: Emily Yoon

Time: MW 1:30-2:45

Crn: 75992

Focus: DA,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;

Description: Read the description


ENG 413(001): Form and Theory of Fiction

Instructor: Kristiana Kahakauwila

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 75993

Focus: DL,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;

Description: Read the description


ENG 433(001): Studies: 19th Century Literature

Instructor: Hannah Manshel

Time: MW 12:00-1:15

Crn: 79205

Focus: DL,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1700-1898); Studies;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description


ENG 440(001): Single Author: Patricia Highsmith

Instructor: Nandini Chandra

Time: TR 12:00-1:15

Crn: 74398

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Single Author;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description


ENG 445(001): William Shakespeare

Instructor: Todd H. Sammons

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 70475

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (Pre-1700); Single Author;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres; Cultural and Literary Geographies;

Description: Read the description


ENG 455(001): U.S. Women’s Literature and Culture

Instructor: Cynthia Franklin

Time: TR 1:30-2:45

Crn: 77521

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways: Cultural and Literary Geographies;

Description: Read the description


ENG 463(001): Studies: Film: Postcolonial Narrative Cinema

Instructor: S. Shankar

Time: TR 12:00-1:15

Crn: 79157

Focus: DH,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Studies;

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


Graduate-Level Descriptions

The concentration or requirement for which each course will count in the M.A. program is indicated to the right of its title:

  • HAP = Hawai‘i/Asia/Pacific content course requirement
  • CR = Composition and Rhetoric
  • CSAP = Cultural Studies in Asia/Pacific
  • CW = Creative Writing
  • LSE = Literary Studies in English

Classified graduate students in other departments of the University are welcome to enroll in graduate courses in English with the permission of the instructor.


ENG 605(001): Theory/Prac of Tchg Compositn

Instructor: P. Darin Payne

Time: W 6:00-8:30

Crn: 77624

Focus: CR

Description: Read the description


ENG 613B(001): Grad Writing Workshop: Poetry

Instructor: Noʻu Revilla

Time: T 3:15-5:45

Crn: 79592

Focus: CW

Description: Read the description


ENG 625B/E(001): Theories and Methods of Literary Studies / Theories in Cultural Studies

Instructor: John David Zuern

Time: W 3:15-5:45

Crn: 72157

Focus: LSE/CSAP

Description: Read the description


ENG 625C(001): Introduction to Composition & Rhetoric

Instructor: Daphne Desser

Time: M 3:15-5:45

Crn: 73768

Focus: CR

Description: Read the description


ENG 625D(001): Foundatns of Creative Writing

Instructor: Kristiana Kahakauwila

Time: T 6:00-8:30

Crn: 72158

Focus: CW

Description: Read the description


ENG 713(001): Seminar in Creative Writing

Instructor: TBD

Time: M 6:00-8:30

Crn: 78064

Focus: CW

Description: Read the description


ENG 730U(001): Literature and Social Change: Undisciplining Jane Austen

Instructor: Anna Feuerstein

Time: T 3:15-5:45

Crn: 79208

Focus: LSE,Pre-1898

Description: Read the description


ENG 735Q(001): Asian American Lit & Theory: Asian American Narratives of Relationality and Climate Change

Instructor: Candace Fujikane

Time: M 3:15-5:45

Crn: 79207

Focus: LSE/CSAP, HAP

Description: Read the description


ENG 763(001): Seminar in Film Theory & Criticism: Sex on Screen

Instructor: Danielle Seid

Time: R 6:00-8:30

Crn: 79206

Focus: LSE/CSAP

Description: Read the description