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Upcoming Courses | Catalog and Rotation| Course Archive
Spring Semester 2025
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.
200-Level Descriptions
All ENG 270-276 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: TBD
Time: MWF 11:30-12:45
Crn: 81950
Focus: NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 200(002): Composition II
Instructor: TBD
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 83141
Focus: NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(001): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: Turki Alghamdi
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 82910
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(002): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: Daphne Desser
Time: TR 9:00-10:15
Crn: 81345
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(003): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: TBD
Time: MW 3:30-4:45
Crn: 87041
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 272(001): Introduction to Literature: Culture & Literature
Instructor: Joe Manuel
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 83325
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 273(001): Introduction to Literature: Creative Writing
Instructor: Mackenzie Suess
Time: MWF 9:30-10:20
Crn: 83356
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 273(002): Introduction to Literature: Creative Writing
Instructor: Mariah Robinson
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 87042
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 276(001): Introduction to Literature: Rhetoric and Literature
Instructor: Alaka'i Antonio
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 88848
Focus: DL,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 276(002): Introduction to Literature: Rhetoric and Literature
Instructor: Eric Lauritzen
Time: MWF 10:30-11:20
Crn: 88847
Focus: DL,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 271(001): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: Turki Alghamdi
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 82910
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(002): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: Daphne Desser
Time: TR 9:00-10:15
Crn: 81345
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(003): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: TBD
Time: MW 3:30-4:45
Crn: 87041
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 272(001): Introduction to Literature: Culture & Literature
Instructor: Joe Manuel
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 83325
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 273(001): Introduction to Literature: Creative Writing
Instructor: Mackenzie Suess
Time: MWF 9:30-10:20
Crn: 83356
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 273(002): Introduction to Literature: Creative Writing
Instructor: Mariah Robinson
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 87042
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.
ENG 300C(001): Intro to Rhetoric: Contemp
Instructor: Daphne Desser
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 87043
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 306(001): Argumentative Writing
Instructor: P. Darin Payne
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 80334
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: Georganne Nordstrom
Time: MW 10:30-11:45
Crn: 89906
Focus: WI
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: Nandini Chandra
Time: MW 12:00-1:15
Crn: 85530
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 313(001): Types of Creative Writing
Instructor: Emily Yoon
Time: MW 9:00-10:15
Crn: 86349
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: Franny Choi
Time: TR 9:00-10:15
Crn: 89095
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(003): Types of Creative Writing
Instructor: Joseph Han
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 85531
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: Emily West
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 82318
Focus: DL,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 320(002): Intro to English Studies
Instructor: S. Shankar
Time: MW 1:30-2:45
Crn: 82911
Focus: DL,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 321(001): Backgrounds of Western Literature
Instructor: John David Zuern
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 83905
Focus: DL, OC
ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (Pre-1700);
ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;
Description: Read the description
ENG 326(001): Literatures of the World
Instructor: Ruth Y. Hsu
Time: MW 9:00-10:15
Crn: 88849
Focus: DL
ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1898-Present);
ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;
Description: Read the description
ENG 331(001): Renaissance British Literature
Instructor: Todd H. Sammons
Time: WF 1:30-2:45
Crn: 87044
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 Literature
Instructor: Emily West
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 83919
Focus: DL
ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1700-1898);
ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres; Cultural and Literary Geographies;
Description: Read the description
ENG 336(001): American Literature to Mid-19th Century
Instructor: Hannah Manshel
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 84627
Focus: DL
ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1700-1898);
ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres; Cultural and Literary Geographies;
Description: Read the description
ENG 338(001): American Literature Since Mid-20th Century
Instructor: Ruth Y. Hsu
Time: MW 10:30-11:45
Crn: 80335
Focus: DL,OC,WI
ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1898-Present);
ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres; Cultural and Literary Geographies;
Description: Read the description
ENG 369(001): Film History
Instructor: Danielle Seid
Time: MW 3:00-4:15
Crn: 88966
Focus: DH
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 372(001): Asian American Literature
Instructor: Candace Fujikane
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 83313
Focus: DL
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 Literature in English
Instructor: kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 84628
Focus: DL,OC
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: TBD
Time: MW 1:30-2:45
Crn: 86414
Focus: DL,OC,WI
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: kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 89147
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.
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: Isaac K. Wang
Time: T 12:00-2:30
Crn: 82314
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: T 9:00-11:30
Crn: 88965
Focus:
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;
Description: Read the description
ENG 408(001): Professional Editing
Instructor: Karyl Garland
Time: W 3:00-5:30
Crn: 89086
Focus: WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;
Description: Read the description
ENG 410(001): Form and Theory of Poetry
Instructor: Noʻu Revilla
Time: MW 12:00-1:15
Crn: 88967
Focus: DL,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;
Description: Read the description
ENG 412(001): Nonfiction Writing
Instructor: Franny Choi
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 88968
Focus: DA,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;
Description: Read the description
ENG 414(001): Fiction Workshop
Instructor: Joseph Han
Time: TR 9:00-10:15
Crn: 85532
Focus: DA,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;
Description: Read the description
ENG 416(001): Studies: Creative Writing
Instructor: Kristiana Kahakauwila
Time: MW 9:00-10:15
Crn: 86350
Focus: DA,WI
ENG Major Requirements: Studies;
ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;
Description: Read the description
ENG 433(001): Studies: 19th C Literature
Instructor: Anna Feuerstein
Time: MW 12:00-1:15
Crn: 89280
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: Jane Austen
Instructor: Anna Feuerstein
Time: MW 3:00-4:15
Crn: 82926
Focus: DL
ENG Major Requirements: Single Author;
ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;
Description: Read the description
ENG 440(002): Single Author: Wong Kar-Wai
Instructor: Danielle Seid
Time: MW 1:30-2:45
Crn: 87047
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: WF 3:00-4:15
Crn: 80336
Focus: DL
ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1700-1898); 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: TBD
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 89085
Focus: DL,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways: Cultural and Literary Geographies;
Description: Read the description
ENG 472(001): Studies:Cultural Identities & Literature
Instructor: Candace Fujikane
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 88972
Focus: DL,WI
ENG Major Requirements: Studies;
ENG Major Pathways: Cultural and Literary Geographies;
Description: Read the description
Graduate-Level Descriptions
The concentration or requirement for which each course will count in the M.A. program is indicated in the Focus field:
- 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
ENG 613C(001): Grad Writing Workshop: Fiction: Managing Focalization, POV and Perspective in Prose Fiction
Instructor: S. Shankar
Time: W 6:00-8:30
Crn: 88973
Focus: CW
Description: Read the description
ENG 705(001): Seminar in Composition Studies
Instructor: Isaac K. Wang
Time: T 3:15-5:45
Crn: 83540
Focus: CR
Description: Read the description
ENG 709(001): Seminar in Rhetoric: Ecological Writing and Rhetoric
Instructor: Sarah Allen
Time: W 3:15-5:45
Crn: 87049
Focus: CR
Description: Read the description
ENG 716C(001): Techniques in Poetry: Poetry, Media, and the Body
Instructor: Noʻu Revilla
Time: M 6:00-8:30
Crn: 88975
Focus: CW
Description: Read the description
ENG 745(001): Seminar in Shakespeare: Early Modern Ecologies
Instructor: Derrick Higginbotham
Time: F 3:15-5:45
Crn: 87051
Focus: LSE, Pre-1700
Description: Read the description
ENG 764(001): Seminar in Life Writing: Letters, Love, and Politics
Instructor: Cynthia Franklin
Time: M 3:15-5:45
Crn: 88977
Focus: LSE/CSAP
Description: Read the description
ENG 775(001): Seminar in Cultural Studies: Queer Theory
Instructor: Hannah Manshel
Time: T 3:15-5:45
Crn: 84631
Focus: LSE
Description: Read the description
ENG 775(002): Seminar in Cultural Studies: From Trashy to Literary Heterotopias: A History of the Form and Function of Comics
Instructor: Nandini Chandra
Time: M 3:15-5:45
Crn: 84631
Focus: LSE/CSAP
Description: Read the description
ENG 780B(001): Seminar in Comparative Literature: African Migration Literature
Instructor: Jack Taylor
Time: W 3:15-5:45
Crn: 88981
Focus: LSE
Description: Read the description