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Spring & Summer Semester 2020: Individual course descriptions are located under Course Archive.

Spring Semester 2021

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

ENG 100(001): Composition I

Instructor: Scott Kaalele

Time: MWF 7:30-8:20

Crn: 85554

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(002): Composition I

Instructor: Eric Lauritzen

Time: MWF 8:30-9:20

Crn: 85555

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(003): Composition I

Instructor: TBD

Time: MW 12:30-13:45

Crn: 92196

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(005): Composition I

Instructor: Kyle Malashewski

Time: MWF 9:30-10:20

Crn: 85556

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(006): Composition I

Instructor: Elizabeth Calero

Time: MWF 9:30-10:20

Crn: 88419

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(007): Composition I

Instructor: Lane Davey

Time: MWF 10:30-11:20

Crn: 87890

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(008): Composition I

Instructor: Jade Lum

Time: MWF 10:30-11:20

Crn: 85558

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(009): Composition I

Instructor: Elizabeth Calero

Time: MWF 11:30-12:20

Crn: 87224

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(010): Composition I

Instructor: Matthew Ito

Time: MWF 11:30-12:20

Crn: 88881

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(011): Composition I

Instructor: Joana O'Steen

Time: MWF 12:30-13:20

Crn: 86463

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(012): Composition I

Instructor: Alexander Casey

Time: MWF 12:30-13:20

Crn: 90352

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(013): Composition I

Instructor: Shilpi Suneja

Time: TR 12:00-13:15

Crn: 92160

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(014): Composition I

Instructor: Leilani Portillo

Time: MW 12:30-13:45

Crn: 85557

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(015): Composition I

Instructor: Leilani Portillo

Time: MW 14:00-15:15

Crn: 87891

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(016): Composition I

Instructor: Alexander Casey

Time: MWF 13:30-14:20

Crn: 91469

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(017): Composition I

Instructor: Quynh Vo

Time: MWF 14:30-15:20

Crn: 90170

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(018): Composition I

Instructor: Dax Garcia

Time: MWF 8:30-9:20

Crn: 90171

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(019): Composition I

Instructor: Leiana Naholowaa

Time: TR 9:00-10:15

Crn: 88420

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(020): Composition I

Instructor: Justin Clapp

Time: TR 9:00-10:15

Crn: 86477

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(021): Composition I

Instructor: Cameron Mahealani Ahia

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 90172

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(022): Composition I

Instructor: TBD

Time: MWF 14:30-15:20

Crn: 85559

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(023): Composition I

Instructor: Amanda Huynh

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 85560

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(024): Composition I

Instructor: Brittany Winland

Time: TR 12:00-13:15

Crn: 87030

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(025): Composition I

Instructor: Amanda Christie

Time: TR 12:00-13:15

Crn: 88880

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(026): Composition I

Instructor: Ren Pruitt

Time: TR 12:00-13:15

Crn: 91467

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(027): Composition I

Instructor: Ren Pruitt

Time: TR 13:30-14:45

Crn: 86462

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(028): Composition I

Instructor: Bonnie (Nani) Ross

Time: TR 13:30-14:45

Crn: 86876

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100(029): Composition I

Instructor: TBD

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 94493

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 100A(001): Composition I

Instructor: Cornelius Rubsamen

Time: TR 12:00-13:15

Crn: 90184

Focus: FW

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 190(002): Composition I for Transfers

Instructor: Karyl Garland

Time: MWF 12:30-13:20

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

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

Instructor: Wyatt Souza

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 87031

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 270(002): Intro to Lit: Literary History (Unnatural Bodies in 18th C Lit)

Instructor: Emily West

Time: WF 13:30-14:45

Crn: 89509

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 270(003): Intro to Lit: Literary History (Southeast Asian Island Literature)

Instructor: Maria Karaan

Time: MWF 13:30-14:20

Crn: 94423

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 271(001): Intro to Lit: Genre (Film and Literature of the Holocaust)

Instructor: Daphne Desser

Time: MWF 12:30-13:20

Crn: 89510

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 271(002): Intro to Lit: Genre (Digital Literature and Media)

Instructor: Avree Ito-Fujita

Time: TR 9:00-10:15

Crn: 89508

Focus:

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 271(003): Intro to Lit: Genre (The spiritual and political landscape)

Instructor: Peter Quigley

Time: MW 9:30-10:45

Crn: 87032

Focus:

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 272(001): Intro to Lit: Culture & Lit (Pop Culture as Literature)

Instructor: Hannah Manshel

Time: TR 12:00-13:15

Crn: 90134

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 272(002): Intro to Lit: Culture & Lit (Literature and Film Adaptation)

Instructor: Danielle Seid

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 93756

Focus:

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 272(003): Intro to Lit: Culture & Lit (Seeing the Unseen in Novels and Film)

Instructor: Cynthia Ward

Time: MWF 10:30-11:20

Crn: 93766

Focus:

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

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

Instructor: John David Zuern

Time: TR 12:00-13:15

Crn: 87225

Focus:

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Description: Read the description

ENG 273(002): Intro to Lit: Creative Writing (Back to the Basics)

Instructor: Kristina Togafau

Time: MWF 10:30-11:20

Crn: 90182

Focus:

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 300(001): Introduction to Rhetoric

Instructor: P. Darin Payne

Time: MWF 10:30-11:20

Crn: 89537

Focus: DL, WI

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

ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy; Writing, Editing, and Digital Media;

Description: Read the description

ENG 306(001): Argumentative Writing

Instructor: Sarah Allen

Time: MW 13:00-14:15

Crn: 85561

Focus: WI

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

ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy; Writing, Editing, and Digital Media;

Description: Read the description

ENG 306(002): Argumentative Writing

Instructor: Lauren Nishimura

Time: MWF 13:30-14:20

Crn: 91289

Focus: WI

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

ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy; Writing, Editing, and Digital Media;

Description: Read the description

ENG 306(003): Argumentative Writing

Instructor: Nicole Kurashige

Time: TR 9:00-10:15

Crn: 91290

Focus: WI

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

ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy; Writing, Editing, and Digital Media;

Description: Read the description

ENG 311(001): Autobiographical Writing

Instructor: Daphne Desser

Time: WF 14:00-15:15

Crn: 91845

Focus: DA,WI

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

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

Description: Read the description

ENG 313(001): Types of Creative Writing (Fiction and Nonfiction)

Instructor: Laurel Fantauzzo

Time: WF 10:30-11:45

Crn: 87892

Focus: DA,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Creative Writing;

ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;

Description: Read the description

ENG 313(002): Types of Creative Writing (Poetry & Life Writing)

Instructor: Noʻu Revilla

Time: WF 9:30-10:45

Crn: 90183

Focus: DA,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Creative Writing;

ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;

Description: Read the description

ENG 313(003): Types of Creative Writing (On Looking)

Instructor: Susan M. Schultz

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 89538

Focus: DA,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Creative Writing;

ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;

Description: Read the description

ENG 313(004): Types of Creative Writing

Instructor: Rain Wright

Time: TR 9:00-10:15

Crn: 88197

Focus: DA,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Creative Writing;

ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;

Description: Read the description

ENG 320(001): Intro to English Studies

Instructor: Ruth Y. Hsu

Time: TR 9:00-10:15

Crn: 88422

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 320(002): Intro to English Studies

Instructor: Peter Quigley

Time: MW 11:30-12:45

Crn: 89511

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 326(001): Literatures of the World

Instructor: S. Shankar

Time: TR 12:00-13:15

Crn: 91846

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1900-Present);

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description

ENG 331(001): Renaissance British Literature

Instructor: Derrick Higginbotham

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 88882

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 332(001): Restoration/18th-C British Lit

Instructor: Emily West

Time: MF 11:00-12:15

Crn: 91345

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1700-1900);

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

Description: Read the description

ENG 335(001): British Literature After 1900

Instructor: Nandini Chandra

Time: MWF 11:30-12:20

Crn: 90111

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1900-Present);

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

Description: Read the description

ENG 336(001): American Lit to Mid-19th C

Instructor: Hannah Manshel

Time: TR 12:00-13:15

Crn: 92899

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1700-1900);

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

Description: Read the description

ENG 338(001): American Lit Since Mid-20th C

Instructor: Jack Taylor

Time: TR 12:00-13:15

Crn: 85563

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1900-Present);

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

Description: Read the description

ENG 361(001): Poetry

Instructor: Craig Howes

Time: TR 9:00-10:15

Crn: 88178

Focus: DL,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Genre;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description

ENG 366(001): Shakespeare and Film

Instructor: Danielle Seid

Time: TR 13:30-14:45

Crn: 87866

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Genre;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description

ENG 372(001): Asian American Literature

Instructor: Ruth Y. Hsu

Time: TR 12:00-13:15

Crn: 90113

Focus: DL,OC,WI

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

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

Description: Read the description

ENG 378(001): Native Hawaiian Lit in English

Instructor: Joyce Pualani Warren

Time: MW 13:30-14:45

Crn: 92901

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 381(001): Popular Literature

Instructor: Cynthia Ward

Time: MW 12:00-13:15

Crn: 93767

Focus:

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

ENG Major Pathways: Cultural and Literary Geographies;

Description: Read the description

ENG 385(001): Fairy Tales & Adaptations

Instructor: kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 88883

Focus: DL

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

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description

ENG 388(001): Literature and the Environment

Instructor: Sarah Allen

Time: MW 11:00-12:15

Crn: 93768

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 405(001): Teaching Composition

Instructor: Todd H. Sammons

Time: TR 13:30-14:45

Crn: 88418

Focus: WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;

Description: Read the description

ENG 407(001): Writing for Digital Media

Instructor: P. Darin Payne

Time: MWF 13:30-14:20

Crn: 92902

Focus:

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy; Writing, Editing, and Digital Media;

Description: Read the description

ENG 409(001): Studies: Comp/Rhet/Language (Human Rights Rhetoric)

Instructor: John Gagnon

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 89540

Focus: DL,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Studies;

ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy; Writing, Editing, and Digital Media;

Description: Read the description

ENG 410(001): Form and Theory of Poetry

Instructor: Noʻu Revilla

Time: WF 12:30-13:45

Crn: 93769

Focus: W,O

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;

Description: Read the description

ENG 412(001): Nonfiction Writing

Instructor: Laurel Fantauzzo

Time: WF 12:00-13:15

Crn: 90112

Focus: DA,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;

Description: Read the description

ENG 414(001): Fiction Workshop

Instructor: Kristiana Kahakauwila

Time: MW 10:30-11:45

Crn: 91949

Focus: DA

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description

ENG 433(001): Studies: 19th C Literature (Race, Slavery, and Empire)

Instructor: Anna Feuerstein

Time: MF 12:00-13:15

Crn: 91095

Focus: DL,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1700-1900); Studies;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description

ENG 440(001): Single Author (Jane Austen)

Instructor: Reed Dasenbrock

Time: TR 13:30-14:45

Crn: 89539

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1700-1900); Single Author;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description

ENG 442(001): Geoffery Chaucer

Instructor: Reed Dasenbrock

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 93800

Focus: DL

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

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description

ENG 480(001): Studies: Literature & Folklore (Children’s Lit. in Oceania)

Instructor: kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui

Time: TR 13:30-14:45

Crn: 93801

Focus: DL,HAP,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Studies;

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

Description: Read the description

ENG 481(001): Studies: Lit&Popular Culture (Unbearable Lightness)

Instructor: Nandini Chandra

Time: ONLINE -

Crn: 93802

Focus: DL,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Studies;

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

Description: Read the description

ENG 495(001): Internship

Instructor: Candace Fujikane

Time: TBA TBA-TBA

Crn: 88884

Focus:

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways: Writing, Editing, and Digital Media;

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.