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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.

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: 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: TBD

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.


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 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.

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 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 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: Joseph Han

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