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Upcoming Courses | Catalog and Rotation| Course Archive
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