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Fall 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: MW 12:00-1:15

Crn: 73353

Focus: NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 200(002): Composition II

Instructor: TBD

Time: TR 12:00-1:15

Crn: 72025

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: 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: S. Shankar

Time: TR 12:00-1:15

Crn: 72425

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 271(002): Introduction to Literature: Genre

Instructor: Turki Alghamdi

Time: MWF 11:30-12:30

Crn: 73950

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 271(003): Introduction to Literature: Genre

Instructor: Danielle Seid

Time: TR 1:30-2:45

Crn: 79902

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 272(001): Introduction to Literature: Culture & Literature

Instructor: Jiyoung Lee

Time: MWF 2:30-3:20

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: Taylor Marty

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

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: Brittany Winland

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 73242

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 273(002): Introduction to Literature: Creative Writing

Instructor: Ashley Somwaru

Time: MWF 1:30-2:20

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: Sarah Allen

Time: TR 1:30-2:45

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 Literature: 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: S. Shankar

Time: TR 12:00-1:15

Crn: 72425

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 271(002): Introduction to Literature: Genre

Instructor: Turki Alghamdi

Time: MWF 11:30-12:30

Crn: 73950

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 271(003): Introduction to Literature: Genre

Instructor: Danielle Seid

Time: TR 1:30-2:45

Crn: 79902

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 272(001): Introduction to Literature: Culture & Literature

Instructor: Jiyoung Lee

Time: MWF 2:30-3:20

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: Taylor Marty

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

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: Brittany Winland

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 73242

Focus: DL,NI,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 273(002): Introduction to Literature: Creative Writing

Instructor: Ashley Somwaru

Time: MWF 1:30-2:20

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: P. Darin Payne

Time: MW 12:00-1:15

Crn: 77996

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 1:30-2:45

Crn: 77997

Focus: DH,IDAP

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Composition/Language/Rhetoric;

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 306(001): Rhetoric and Writing

Instructor: Scott Kaalele

Time: MW 12:00-1:15

Crn: 72929

Focus: WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 306(002): Rhetoric and Writing

Instructor: Steven Holmes

Time: TR 1:30-2:45

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: P. Darin Payne

Time: W 1:30-4:00

Crn: 72426

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: Christina Lee

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 75562

Focus: DA,ETH,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 311(002): Autobiographical Writing

Instructor: Daphne Desser

Time: MW 1:30-2:45

Crn: 78472

Focus: DA,ETH,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Composition/Language/Rhetoric; Breadth of Field: Creative Writing;

ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing; Cultural and Literary Geographies;

Description: Read the description


ENG 313(001): Types of Creative Writing

Instructor: Brittany Winland

Time: TR 9:00-10:15

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: Joseph Han

Time: MW 9:00-10:15

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 320(001): Introduction to English Studies

Instructor: Anna Feuerstein

Time: TR 1:30-2:45

Crn: 76774

Focus: DL,WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 320(002): Introduction to English Studies

Instructor: Emily West

Time: MW 1:30-2:45

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 10:30-11:45

Crn: 74129

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (Pre-1700);

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description


ENG 333(001): 19th-Century British Literature

Instructor: Anna Feuerstein

Time: TR 12:00-1:15

Crn: 78473

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 337(001): American Literature Mid-19th to Mid-20th Century

Instructor: Hannah Manshel

Time: MW 1:30-2:45

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

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Genre;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description


ENG 365(001): Fiction

Instructor: John David Zuern

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 78000

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: TR 12:00-1:15

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


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: MW 10:30-11:45

Crn: 72110

Focus: WI

ENG Major Requirements:

ENG Major Pathways: Composition, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy;

Description: Read the description


ENG 409(001): Studies in Composition/ Rhetoric/ Language

Instructor: Isaac K. Wang

Time: MW 3:00-4:15

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: Lawrence Ypil

Time: MW 12:00-1:15

Crn: 75565

Focus: DA,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Creative Writing;

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 413(001): Form and Theory of Fiction

Instructor: Joseph Han

Time: MW 10:30-11:45

Crn: 75566

Focus: DL,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Breadth of Field: Creative Writing;

ENG Major Pathways:

Description: Read the description


ENG 416(001): Studies: Creative Writing

Instructor: Lawrence Ypil

Time: MW 9:00-10:15

Crn: 79168

Focus: DA,WI

ENG Major Requirements: Studies;

ENG Major Pathways: Creative Writing;

Description: Read the description


ENG 440(001): Single Author: Virginia Woolf

Instructor: Daphne Desser

Time: MW 12:00-1:15

Crn: 74130

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1898-Present); Single Author;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description


ENG 440(002): Single Author: Patricia Grace

Instructor: kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui

Time: WF 12:00-1:15

Crn: 79169

Focus: DL

ENG Major Requirements: Historical Breadth (1898-Present); Single Author;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres;

Description: Read the description


ENG 482(001): Studies: Literature & Sexuality & Gender

Instructor: Cynthia Franklin

Time: TR 10:30-11:45

Crn: 79170

Focus:

ENG Major Requirements: Studies;

ENG Major Pathways: Literary Histories and Genres; 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 605(001): Theory and Practice of Teaching Composition

Instructor: Isaac K. Wang

Time: M 6:00-8:30

Crn: 76836

Focus: CR

Description: Read the description


ENG 613D(001): Nonfiction Workshop

Instructor: S. Shankar

Time: T 3:15-5:45

Crn: 79184

Focus: CW

Description: Read the description


ENG 620(001): Introduction to Graduate Study in English

Instructor: Hannah Manshel

Time: M 3:15-5:45

Crn: 79623

Focus: CR/CSAP/CW/LSE

Description: Read the description


ENG 713(001): Seminar in Creative Writing

Instructor: Kristiana Kahakauwila

Time: T 6:00-8:30

Crn: 77105

Focus: CW

Description: Read the description


ENG 730U(001): Literature and Social Change

Instructor: Todd H. Sammons

Time: R 6:00-8:30

Crn: 78054

Focus: LSE

Description: Read the description


ENG 730X(001): Literature & History

Instructor: Emily West

Time: W 3:15-5:45

Crn: 79185

Focus: LSE, Pre1700

Description: Read the description


ENG 763(001): Seminar in Film Theory & Criticism

Instructor: Danielle Seid

Time: T 3:15-5:45

Crn: 78052

Focus: LSE/CSAP

Description: Read the description


ENG 773(001): Seminar in Hawaiian Literature

Instructor: kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui

Time: F 3:15-5:45

Crn: 79186

Focus: LSE/CSAP,HAP

Description: Read the description