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Upcoming Courses | Catalog and Rotation| Course Archive
Fall 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: TBD
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 73353
Focus: NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 200(002): Composition II
Instructor: Coralyn Sunico
Time: MWF 11:30-12:20
Crn: 72025
Focus: NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 200(003): Composition II
Instructor: TBD
Time: MWF 1:30-2:20
Crn: 80447
Focus: NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 270(001): Introduction to Litetature: Literary History
Instructor: Ruth Y. Hsu
Time: TR(ONLINE-SYNC) 10:30-11:45
Crn: 72692
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(001): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: TBD
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 72425
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(002): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: TBD
Time: TR 9:00-10:15
Crn: 73950
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(004): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: TBD
Time: MWF 12:30-1:20
Crn: 79956
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 272(001): Introduction to Literature: Culture & Literature
Instructor: Leomanaolamaikalani Peleiholani-Blankenfeld
Time: TR 10:30-11:15
Crn: 73579
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 272(002): Introduction to Literature: Culture & Literature
Instructor: TBD
Time: MWF 10:30-11:20
Crn: 76772
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 273(001): Introduction to Literature: Creative Writing
Instructor: TBD
Time: MW 9:00-10:15
Crn: 73242
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 273(002): Introduction to Literature: Creative Writing: The Poetics of Place
Instructor: Lawrence Ypil
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 74450
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 276(001): Introduction to Literature: Rhetoric and Literature
Instructor: Todd H. Sammons
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 79160
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 Litetature: Literary History
Instructor: Ruth Y. Hsu
Time: TR(ONLINE-SYNC) 10:30-11:45
Crn: 72692
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(001): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: TBD
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 72425
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(002): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: TBD
Time: TR 9:00-10:15
Crn: 73950
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 271(004): Introduction to Literature: Genre
Instructor: TBD
Time: MWF 12:30-1:20
Crn: 79956
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 272(001): Introduction to Literature: Culture & Literature
Instructor: Leomanaolamaikalani Peleiholani-Blankenfeld
Time: TR 10:30-11:15
Crn: 73579
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 272(002): Introduction to Literature: Culture & Literature
Instructor: TBD
Time: MWF 10:30-11:20
Crn: 76772
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 273(001): Introduction to Literature: Creative Writing
Instructor: TBD
Time: MW 9:00-10:15
Crn: 73242
Focus: DL,NI,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 273(002): Introduction to Literature: Creative Writing: The Poetics of Place
Instructor: Lawrence Ypil
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 74450
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): Introduction to Rhetoric: Classical
Instructor: Sarah Allen
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 77996
Focus: DL, ETH
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 1:30-2:45
Crn: 77997
Focus: DH
ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Composition/Language/Rhetoric;
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 306(001): Rhetoric and Writing
Instructor: Daphne Desser
Time: MW 9:00-10:15
Crn: 72929
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: Daphne Desser
Time: MW 10:30-11:45
Crn: 74128
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): Digital Writing & Rhetoric
Instructor: Isaac K. Wang
Time: MW 12:00-1:15
Crn: 72426
Focus: OC
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: 75562
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;
Description: Read the description
ENG 311(002): Autobiographical Writing
Instructor: Craig Howes
Time: MW 9:00-10:15
Crn: 78472
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;
Description: Read the description
ENG 313(001): Types of Creative Writing
Instructor: Joseph Han
Time: MW 1:30-2:45
Crn: 75563
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: MW 12:00-1:15
Crn: 76773
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: Emily Jungmin Yoon
Time: MW 9:00-10:15
Crn: 80449
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(004): Types of Creative Writing
Instructor: Lawrence Ypil
Time: TR 9:00-10:15
Crn: 80451
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: Anna Feuerstein
Time: TR 9:00-10:15
Crn: 76774
Focus: DL,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 320(002): Introduction to English Studies
Instructor: Candace Fujikane
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 70437
Focus: DL,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 321(001): Backgrounds of Western Literature
Instructor: Nandini Chandra
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 74129
Focus: DL
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 333(001): 19th-Centry British Literature
Instructor: Craig Howes
Time: MW 12:00-1:15
Crn: 78473
Focus: DL
ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (Pre-1700);
ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;
Description: Read the description
ENG 337(001): American Literature Mid-19th to Mid-20th Centry
Instructor: Hannah Manshel
Time: MW 10:30-11:45
Crn: 79162
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 362(001): Drama
Instructor: Jack Taylor
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 79163
Focus: DL,OC,WI
ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Genre;
ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;
Description: Read the description
ENG 363(001): Film
Instructor: Danielle Seid
Time: TR 12:00-1:15
Crn: 80453
Focus: DL
ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Genre;
ENG Major Pathways:
Description: Read the description
ENG 370(001): Literatures of Hawai’i
Instructor: Candace Fujikane
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 75564
Focus: DL, HAP
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 373(001): African American Literature
Instructor: Jack Taylor
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 80454
Focus: DL,ETH,OC
ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Literature & Culture;
ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres; Cultural and Literary Geographies;
Description: Read the description
ENG 383(001): Children’s Literature
Instructor: kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui
Time: MW 12:00-1:15
Crn: 80456
Focus: DL
ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Literature of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific;
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 404(001): English in Hawai’i
Instructor: Georganne Nordstrom
Time: MW 1:30-2:45
Crn: 80458
Focus: DH
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways: Cultural and Literary Geographies;
Description: Read the description
ENG 406(001): Rhetoric and Writing Workshop
Instructor: Georganne Nordstrom
Time: MW 10:30-11:45
Crn: 80459
Focus: WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;
Description: Read the description
ENG 408(001): Professional Editing
Instructor: Karyl Garland
Time: MW 12:00-1:15
Crn: 72110
Focus: WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;
Description: Read the description
ENG 409(001): Studies: Composition/Rhetoric/Language
Instructor: P. Darin Payne
Time: MW 1:30-2:45
Crn: 78007
Focus: DL,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;
Description: Read the description
ENG 411(001): Poetry Workshop
Instructor: Noʻu Revilla
Time: MW 10:30-11:45
Crn: 80460
Focus: DA,WI
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;
Description: Read the description
ENG 433(001): Studies in 19th Century Literature
Instructor: Hannah Manshel
Time: MW 12:00-1:15
Crn: 80461
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: Octavia Butler
Instructor: S. Shankar
Time: TR 1:30-2:45
Crn: 74130
Focus: DL
ENG Major Requirements: Single Author;
ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;
Description: Read the description
ENG 445(001): William Shakespeare
Instructor: Derrick Higginbotham
Time: WF 1:30-2:45
Crn: 80462
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: 80463
Focus: DL
ENG Major Requirements:
ENG Major Pathways: Cultural and Literary Geographies;
Description: Read the description
ENG 463(001): Studies: Film
Instructor: Danielle Seid
Time: TR 10:30-11:45
Crn: 80464
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/Practice of Tchnology Composition
Instructor: P. Darin Payne
Time: W 6:00-8:30
Crn: 76836
Focus: CR
Description: Read the description
ENG 610(001): Elements of Creative Writing
Instructor: Joseph Han
Time: M 6:00-8:30
Crn: 80465
Focus: CW
Description: Read the description
ENG 613C(001): Graduate Writing Workshop: Good Energy
Instructor: Kristiana Kahakauwila
Time: T 6:00-8:30
Crn: 80728
Focus: CW
Description: Read the description
ENG 620(001): Introduction to Graduate Study in English
Instructor: John David Zuern
Time: T 3:15-5:45
Crn: 79623
Focus: CR/CSAP/CW/LSE
Description: Read the description
ENG 625C(001): Introduction to Composition & Rhetoric
Instructor: Isaac K. Wang
Time: M 3:15-5:45
Crn: 80729
Focus: CR, pre-1700
Description: Read the description
ENG 745(001): Seminar in Shakespeare: Metamorphoses, Shakespeare, and Queer/Trans Studies
Instructor: Derrick Higginbotham
Time: F 3:15-5:45
Crn: 80724
Focus: LSE, pre-1700
Description: Read the description
ENG 771(001): Seminar in Pacific Literatures: Star Waka 2140AD” – 21st Century Pasifika Speculative Fiction, Wonder, and the Fantastic
Instructor: kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui
Time: W 3:15-5:45
Crn: 80725
Focus: LSE/CSAP, HAP
Description: Read the description
ENG 780P(001): Seminar in Comparative Literature: Translation and the Politics of Language
Instructor: S. Shankar
Time: R 6:00-8:30
Crn: 80901
Focus: CSAP/CW/LSE
Description: Read the description