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Upcoming Courses | Catalog and Rotation| Course Archive
Spring Semester 2026
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: Sarah Allen
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 81822
Focus: NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 200(002): Composition II
Instructor: Caroline (Coco) Basha
Time: MWF 1:30-12:20
Crn: 82956
Focus: NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 200(003): Composition II
Instructor: TBD
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 88989
Focus: NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 270(001): Introduction to Literature: Literary History
Instructor: Ruth Y. Hsu
Time: MW (ONLINE) 3:00-4:15
Crn: 88993
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(001): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: Nandini Chandra
Time: MW 12:00-1:15
Crn: 82733
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 1:30-2:45
Crn: 81256
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(003): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: Joe Manuel
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 86308
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(004): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: Cynthia Franklin
Time: MW 10:30-11:45
Crn: 89656
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 272(001): Introduction to Literature: Culture & Literature
Instructor: Andrew Hoe
Time: MWF 10:30-11:20
Crn: 83128
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 272(002): Introduction to Literature: Culture & Literature
Instructor: Cynthia Franklin
Time: MW 1:30-2:45
Crn: 88994
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 272(003): Introduction to Literature: Culture & Literature: Queer Pasts, Queer Presents
Instructor: Derrick Higginbotham
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 89667
Focus: DL,NI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 273(001): Introduction to Literature: Creative Writing
Instructor: Mariah Robinson
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 83150
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 276(001): Introduction to Literature: Rhetoric and Literature
Instructor: Michael Pfau
Time: MWF 1:30-2:20
Crn: 87599
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 270(001): Introduction to Literature: Literary History
Instructor: Ruth Y. Hsu
Time: MW (ONLINE) 3:00-4:15
Crn: 88993
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(001): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: Nandini Chandra
Time: MW 12:00-1:15
Crn: 82733
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 1:30-2:45
Crn: 81256
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(003): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: Joe Manuel
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 86308
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(004): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: Cynthia Franklin
Time: MW 10:30-11:45
Crn: 89656
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 272(001): Introduction to Literature: Culture & Literature
Instructor: Andrew Hoe
Time: MWF 10:30-11:20
Crn: 83128
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 272(002): Introduction to Literature: Culture & Literature
Instructor: Cynthia Franklin
Time: MW 1:30-2:45
Crn: 88994
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 272(003): Introduction to Literature: Culture & Literature: Queer Pasts, Queer Presents
Instructor: Derrick Higginbotham
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 89667
Focus: DL,NI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 273(001): Introduction to Literature: Creative Writing
Instructor: Mariah Robinson
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 83150
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): Introduction to Rhetoric: Contemp
Instructor: Georganne Nordstrom
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 86310
Focus: DL
ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Composition/Language/Rhetoric; Historical Breadth (1898-Present);
ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;
Description: Read the description
ENG 306(001): Rhetoric and Writing
Instructor: P. Darin Payne
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 80303
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): Rhetoric and Writing
Instructor: Todd H. Sammons
Time: WF 12:00-1:15
Crn: 83664
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): Rhetoric and Writing
Instructor: Georganne Nordstrom
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 89157
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: Craig Howes
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 85103
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: Joseph Han
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 85771
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: Kristiana Kahakauwila
Time: MW 9:00-10:15
Crn: 87820
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: Megan Kakimoto
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 85104
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): Introduction to English Studies
Instructor: S. Shankar
Time: MW 12:00-1:15
Crn: 82169
Focus: DL,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 320(002): Introduction to English Studies
Instructor: John David Zuern
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 82734
Focus: DL,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 331(001): Renaissance British Literature
Instructor: Derrick Higginbotham
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 86311
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 9:00-10:15
Crn: 83674
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 C
Instructor: Hannah Manshel
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 84296
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 360(001): Film, Literature, & Adaptation
Instructor: Danielle Seid
Time: MW 10:30-11:45
Crn: 88995
Focus: DL
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 374(001): Race, Ethnicity, & Literature
Instructor: Cynthia Franklin
Time: MW 10:30-11:45
Crn: 88996
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 375(001): Philippine Literature in English
Instructor: Lawrence Ypil
Time: MW 12:00-1:15
Crn: 89162
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 1:30-2:45
Crn: 84297
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 385(001): Fairy Tales & Adaptations
Instructor: kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 88998
Focus: DL,OC
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: Derrick Higginbotham
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 87864
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): Writing Center Practicum
Instructor: Isaac K. Wang
Time: T 12:00-2:30
Crn: 82166
Focus: WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 408(001): Professional Editing
Instructor: Karyl Garland
Time: MW 12:30-1:45
Crn: 87812
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: 87705
Focus: DL,WI
ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Creative Writing;
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 412(001): Nonfiction Writing
Instructor: Lawrence Ypil
Time: MW 1:30-2:45
Crn: 87706
Focus: DA,WI
ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Creative Writing;
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 414(001): Fiction Workshop
Instructor: Megan Kakimoto
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 85105
Focus: DA,WI
ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Creative Writing;
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 434(001): Studies: 20th & 21st C Literature
Instructor: Todd H. Sammons
Time: WF 10:30-11:45
Crn: 85105
Focus: DL,WI
ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1898-Present); Studies;
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 440(001): Single Author: Toni Morrison
Instructor: Jack Taylor
Time: MW 1:30-2:45
Crn: 82746
Focus: DL
ENG Major Requirements: Single Author;
ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;
Description: Read the description
ENG 440(002): Single Author: Aphra Behn
Instructor: Emily West
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 86312
Focus: DL
ENG Major Requirements: Single Author;
ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;
Description: Read the description
ENG 463(002): Studies: Film
Instructor: Danielle Seid
Time: MW 1:30-2:45
Crn: 89143
Focus: DH,WI
ENG Major Requirements: Studies;
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 481(002): Studies: Literature & Popular Culture
Instructor: Hannah Manshel
Time: TR 9:00-10:15
Crn: 89144
Focus: DL,WI
ENG Major Requirements: Studies;
ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres; Cultural and Literary Geographies;
Description: Read the description
ENG 495(002): Internship
Instructor: Anna Feuerstein
Time: TBA TBA-TBA
Crn: 89159
Focus:
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;
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 613B(001): Graduate Writing Workshop: Poetry
Instructor: Noʻu Revilla
Time: W 3:15-5:45
Crn: 89153
Focus: CW
Description: Read the description
ENG 664(001): Biography
Instructor: Craig Howes
Time: T 6:00-8:30
Crn: 89442
Focus: LSE/CSAP
Description: Read the description
ENG 705(001): Seminar in Composition Studies: Generative AI and the Teaching of Writing
Instructor: P. Darin Payne
Time: T 3:15-5:45
Crn: 83331
Focus: CR
Description: Read the description
ENG 709(001): Seminar in Rhetoric: Reframing Argumentation for the 21st Century
Instructor: Daphne Desser
Time: R 6:00-8:30
Crn: 86313
Focus: CR
Description: Read the description
ENG 716B(001): Seminar in Techniques in Contemporary Literature: Short Story Cycle, Novel-in-Stories, and the Multi-POV Novel
Instructor: Joseph Han
Time: T 3:15-5:45
Crn: 89377
Focus: CW
Description: Read the description
ENG 727(001): Seminar in Literary Criticism: Power and Subjectivity
Instructor: Jack Taylor
Time: M 6:00-8:30
Crn: 89145
Focus: LSE/CSAP
Description: Read the description
ENG 770(001): Seminar in Cultural Studies in Asia/ Pacific: Elemental Love and Cartography in an Era of Climate Change
Instructor: Candace Fujikane
Time: W 6:00-8:30
Crn: 89148
Focus: LSE/CSAP,HAP
Description: Read the description
ENG 775(001): Seminar in Cultural Studies: The Creative Uses of Waste: The Essay-Film and Other Recyclings
Instructor: Nandini Chandra
Time: M 3:15-5:45
Crn: 89146
Focus: CW/LSE
Description: Read the description