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English Graduate Courses Fall 2009

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ENGL 4152 Nineteenth Century British Novel

(A-F only, unless otherwise noted)

54654-001 LEC, 06:20 P.M. - 08:50 P.M., Tu (09/04/2007 - 12/12/2007), LindH 207A, TCEASTBANK, Luke, David B, 3 credits, 1 seat(s) reserved for non-PSEO, non-admitted student .

The course will study the cultural developments of the 19th-C English novel from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein through Bronte, Dickens, Eliot and Hardy, to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1898) in terms of aesthetic, psychological, philosophical, and social issues

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ENGL 4311 Asian American Literature and Drama

(A-F)

53540 -001 LEC , 11:15 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. , Tu,Th (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , ApH 103 , TCEASTBANK , Lee,Josephine D , 3 credits.

This course focuses on the literary and theatrical contributions of American artists of Asian descent. Through these novels, memoirs, poetry, stories, and plays, we can understand the particular connections between literary form, expression, and production and the social formations of race, ethnicity, nationalism, class, gender, and sexuality. Asian Americans come from a diverse range of national and cultural backgrounds; likewise their literature and drama presents many different perspectives and experiences. This course will not attempt a survey of these works; rather our readings and discussions will reflect particular preoccupations that regularly surface in these works. These include migration (and its accompanying states of disorientation and acts of reinvention), racism and stereotypes, the road trip, and redefining home. We will pay special attention to Asian American experiences in Minnesota and other parts of the Midwest. This course satisfies the core requirement for the Asian American Studies minor as well as elective requirements for the English major and minor.

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ENGL 4593 The African-American Novel

(Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for: AFRO 4593)

59247 -001 SEM , 11:15 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. , Tu,Th (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , BlegH 415 , TCWESTBANK , Wright,John Samuel, 3 credits.

AFRO /ENGL 4593: The African American Novel Since romanticism and literary abolitionism converged in the 1850s, African American storytellers have discovered strategic uses for the modern novel -- making it both an ethical instrument and a vessel of ancestral traditions. Inclined initially more to social realism than to fantasy, romance, or surrealism, black American novelists have created a ?committed? literature rooted in the view that the images and ideas of the novel are potential weapons in the struggle for social justice and social transformation. Yet an ever-ready countercurrent of comedies, satires, historical fables, and speculative fictions conjured up by African American novelists express their indebtedness also to philosophical and folk traditions that view literature as a ritualistic and healing exploration of human possibility and the transmundane -- of alternate worlds and worldviews. This course explores these African American novelistic traditions -- plot patterns, character types, settings, symbols, themes, movements, and mythologies. From the little known novelistic worlds of late nineteenth century preachers and journalists to Harlem Renaissance political thrillers and urban picaresques to internationally renowned neo-slave narratives, Black Arts magic realism, and philosophical metafictions from the late twentieth century, we will steer a course through the creative and critical torrents of the modern black imagination. Because these writers have been profoundly concerned with social and historical 'truth,' we will find that the materials and techniques of many African American novels, while dramatizing the conflicts and consciousness of the individual, attempt to "reconstruct" emblematically the experiences and historical consciousness of the group. To complement lectures, during regular class meetings we will rely periodically on filmed interviews or documentaries, as well as on a variety of informal small groups to help focus your attention on the texts and concepts at hand, to strengthen your abilities to articulate and share what you have learned, and to provide another gauge of how successfully you are mastering various elements of the course.

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ENGL 4612 Old English I

(Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for: ENGL 3612, ENGL 5612; credit will not be granted if credit already received for: EngL 3612)

53541 -001 LEC , 10:10 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. , M,W,F (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , NichH 335 , TCEASTBANK , Scheil,Andrew , 3 credits

This course is an introduction to the rich language and literature of Anglo-Saxon England (circa. 500-1100). "Old English," or as it is sometimes known, "Anglo-Saxon," is the earliest form of the English language; therefore, the primary course goal will be to acquire the ability to read Old English texts in the original. No previous experience with Old English or any other language is necessary or expected; undergraduates and graduate students are welcome. This course fulfills the literary theory/linguistic requirement. for the undergraduate English major. A knowledge of Old English will allow you to touch the most ancient literary sensibilities in the English tradition; these sensibilities are familiar and strange at the same time, as we sense our deep cultural connection to these texts across the centuries, yet at the same time feel that the past is a strange place indeed. The power of Old English literature has profoundly influenced authors such as Tennyson, Pound, Graves, Wilbur, Hopkins, Gunn, Auden, Seamus Heaney, C.S. Lewis, and of course, J.R.R. Tolkien. The first half of the course will be spent on the basics of Old English morphology and syntax, with brief readings and exercises drawn from a variety of Anglo-Saxon sources-magic charms, the bible, riddles, monster tales, medical texts, homilies. In the second half of the course we will translate more extensive selections from religious and historical prose, as well as religious, elegiac, and heroic battle poetry.

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ENGL 5001 Introduction to Methods in Literary Studies

(prereq grad or instr consent)

23315 -001 LEC , 11:15 A.M. - 01:45 P.M. , F (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 202 , TCEASTBANK , Brown,Tony C. , 3 credits

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ENGL 5040 Theories of Film

(max crs 9; 3 completions allowed; prereq Grad student or instr consent )

53936 -001 LEC , 05:30 P.M. - 07:20 P.M. , Tu (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 325 , TCEASTBANK , Craig,Siobhan S , 05:30 P.M. - 08:15 P.M. , Th (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 325 , TCEASTBANK , Fascism & Film , 3 credits.

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ENGL 5090 Readings in Special Subjects

(Max crs 9; 3 repeats allowed; Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for: ENGL 5100; prereq grad student or instr consent )

41631 -001 LEC , 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , W (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , AmundH 116 , TCEASTBANK , Elfenbein,Andrew , Dracula & Decadence , 3 credits.

43849 -002 LEC , 12:20 P.M. - 02:15 P.M. , M,W (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 302 , TCEASTBANK , Fitzgerald,M. J , Sicilian Writers , 4 credits

58041 -003 LEC , 02:30 P.M. - 03:45 P.M. , Tu,Th (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , FolH 218 , TCEASTBANK , Allen,Joseph R , Work of Translation:Theory, Function, and Practice , 3 credits. (Meets with: GER 5610 section 001, CL 5910 section 001, CSCL 5910 section 001, FREN 5350 section 001, ALL 5261 section 001.)

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ENGL 5150 Readings in 19th Century Literature and Culture

(max crs 9; 3 completions allowed; Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for: ENGL 3110; prereq Grad student or instr consent ; credit will not be granted if credit received for: 5210)

53550 -001 LEC , 06:20 P.M. - 08:50 P.M. , M (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 202 , TCEASTBANK , Goldberg,Brian B , The Brontes , 3 credits.

This course will undertake a semester-long study of the writing of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte. The core of the course will be a reading of (some) of the major novels, but we?ll also consider juvenilia, biography, contemporary responses, and current critical perspectives.

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ENGL 5711 Introduction to Editing

(credit will not be granted if credit received for: 5401)

28425 -001 WKS , 04:40 P.M. - 06:35 P.M. , M,W (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 302 , TCEASTBANK , Tortorello,Michael , 4 credits

If the media doomsayers are right, editing is a dying craft. Right now, polytechnic institutes are training the next generation of copyeditors in Bangalore. Newspapers are shedding weight like dueling celebs in an US photospread. Bloggers are proving that no one need come between a rant and a reader. (Granted, they're doing it one typo at a time.) But someone, somewhere, has to generate that alumni magazine, the St. Paul Saints season guide, and the co-op newsletter. In other words, a demand persists in the American marketplace for someone who knows how to turn slop into steak. In this class, we'll study editing as a process, a protocol, and a philosophy. To elaborate, we'll study the conventions of editing (grammar, story, and style) and we'll meet professionals who do it well. (Fall '08 guests included the editor in chief of the Minnesota Historical Society Press, the art director of City Pages, the media analyst at MinnPost, and an executive employment lawyer at U.S. Bancorp.) We'll analyze why creative collaboration can feel like a playground brawl. Mostly, using real, raw manuscripts from newspapers, magazines, and books, we'll practice how to screw up the written word--with the ultimate goal of screwing up a little less.

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ENGL 5800 Practicum in the Teaching of English

(prereq Grad student or instr consent )

19681 -001 SEM , 02:30 P.M. - 04:30 P.M. , F (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 215 , TCEASTBANK , Daigre,Eric Stephen , 2 credits.

This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of teaching literature and creative writing at the college level. We will reflect on our teaching in light of our experiences, our readings, and our class discussions. We will model, practice, and report back on various teaching methods and activities, both in our discussions and interactive learning activities, and--beginning at mid-semester--through more structured "teaching dialogues." We will apply the very skills we aim to impart to our undergraduate students--critical reading, writing, and thinking--to ourselves as we analyze our teaching through regular journal writings and final projects. This course is required for (and limited to) new graduate students in the English MA, MFA, and PhD programs.

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ENGL 5992 Directed Readings, Study, or Research

(Max crs 15; 15 repeats allowed; prereq instr consent , college consent )

Each insturctor has a section. See class schedule.

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ENGL 8090 Seminar in Special Subjects

(Max crs 12; 4 repeats allowed; prereq Engl grad student or instr consent )

35051 -001 SEM , 06:20 P.M. - 08:50 P.M. , Tu (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 215 , TCEASTBANK , Matar,Nabil I , Prelude to Empire: from Hakluyt to Defoe , 3 credits

When and how did the British Empire begin? This course examines writings from early modern England that articulate the idea of empire and its subsequent implementation. From the Elizabethan period on, English (and Scottish and Cornish and Welsh) ships sailed in various directions seeking trade, settlement, and natural resources. But the first imperial project was in Ireland, followed by North America, and in the second half of the seventeenth century, North Africa (Tangier) and India. By the early eighteenth century, Britain ruled the waves and was able to begin its world-wide imperial project in earnest. The readings in this course vary in their genres. We shall start with Hakluyt, the father of the idea of empire, and look at Spenser?s account about Ireland, the first imperial venture under Elizabeth I. We will examine the charters of various trading companies ? from Barbary to Virginia ? and sermons about the divine calling to America. Britain?s occupation of Tangier has often been ignored, although the colony was viewed as the spearhead into the Islamic world. We will look at various commercial and peace treaties between Britain and other countries, study the development and advancement of the navy ? the engine of empire - and then look at the decisive wars with France (the Nine Years War and the War of the Spanish Succession). We will end with Daniel Defoe for whom Britain?s imperial expansion was a reflection of Protestant industry, piety, and superiority.

55946 -003 SEM , 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , Th (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , AmundH 104 , TCEASTBANK , Philippon,Daniel J, Grad School Seminar , 3 credits

This interdisciplinary dissertation writing seminar will examine three aspects of advanced study of the environment in the humanities: (1) how three humanistic disciplines--literary and rhetorical studies, history, and philosophy--each address "the environment" in different ways, (2) how an emerging body of interdisciplinary work breaks these disciplinary boundaries in innovative ways, and (3) how students in the natural and social sciences can benefit from engaging humanistic approaches in their own dissertation work. The title of the course--"Whose Nature?"--is meant to summarize the overarching question that drives much of the work in the environmental humanities, which seeks to link understandings of the physical environment common to the natural sciences with questions of human identity and purpose that characterize the humanities. Readings will include two or three recent books that began as dissertations (to serve as models for student work), as well as articles that represent the different disciplinary perspectives in the humanities and their application to the natural and social sciences. Additional readings will come from students' own dissertation work, which seminar participants will be asked to workshop, much as a writing support group might do. Depending on student interest, the course may also involve visits from facuty members in related areas, a field session, and a variety of cooperative learning activities.

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ENGL 8110 Seminar: Medieval Literature and Culture

(Max crs 12; 4 repeats allowed)

41163 -001 SEM , 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , W (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 207A , TCEASTBANK , Scheil,Andrew , Medieval Saints' Lives , 3 credits

This research seminar is an advanced exploration of medieval hagiography in the British Isles from ca. 650-1500. Saints' lives constitute an important conduit for narrative desire in an era before the novel; like any widespread narrative form, hagiography displays the ideological fault-lines of its culture, those fascinating moments when medieval culture bodies forth its sublimated hopes and fears. Touched by the divine in their earthly lives, saints bridge the gap between humanity and the ineffable; the imperatives of literature, history, theology, and popular religiosity all meet in the composition of a saint's earthly story. Our readings will be chiefly in Latin, Old English and Middle English; translations will be provided for the entire class, with weekly additional translation exercises for those with skills in the appropriate languages. The course will be of interest to graduate students in English, Classical and Near Eastern Studies, History, Germanic Philology, Religious Studies and so forth. Further details available upon request; interested students should contact the instructor as soon as possible so the readings can be tailored to your interests and abilities.

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ENGL 8400 Seminar in Post-Colonial Literature, Culture, and Theory

(Max crs 12; 4 repeats allowed)

42041 -001 SEM , 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , Tu (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 202 , TCEASTBANK , Ismail,Qadri M , Recharging Postcoloniality , 3 credits.

The term culture was not used in the Anglo-U.S. episteme, at least in the sense we understand it today, until the later part of the nineteenth century. Put differently, until then we didn't all know we "had" a culture. In this course, we will consider the implications of that statement. Or, more exactly, of this question: how might one read the emergence of culture at that politico-epistemological moment in modern, colonial Britain?

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ENGL 8444 FTE: Doctoral

(No Grade Associated, unless otherwise noted; prereq Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent)

21371 -001 THE , TCEASTBANK , 1 credit

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ENGL 8510 Studies in Criticism and Theory

(max crs 12; 4 completions allowed)

53937 -001 SEM , 03:30 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , Th (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , NichH 325 , TCEASTBANK , Brennan,Timothy Andres , Marxist Literary Theory & the Postcolonial Questio , 3 credits

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ENGL 8666 Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits

(Max crs 60; 4 repeats allowed; No Grade Associated, unless otherwise noted; prereq Max 18 cr per semester or summer; doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral).

1647 -001 THE , TCEASTBANK , 1 - 6 credits

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ENGL 8888 Thesis Credit: Doctoral

(Max crs 100; 10 repeats allowed; No Grade Associated, unless otherwise noted; prereq Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required).

26799 -001 THE , TCEASTBANK , 1 - 24 credits

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ENGL 8992 Directed Reading in Language, Literature, Culture, Rhetoric, Composition, or Creative Writing

(Max crs 15; 15 repeats allowed; prereq instr consent, dept consent).

Each insturctor has a section. See class schedule.

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ENGW 5102 Advanced Fiction Writing

(max crs 8; 2 repeats allowed; prereq dept consent).

13351 -001 WKS , 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , W (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 202 , TCEASTBANK , Fitzgerald,M. J , 4 credits

We will read and critique student fiction. Each student is expected to have two new short stories at the beginning of the term that they will present and that will be critiqued by their fellow students. Additionally, we will read and analyze published work with an eye toward structure and style. Students are expected to practice editorial skills, apply criticism, and re-draft at least one of the stories they have presented in class. Students will be graded on improved writing proficiency, editorial contributions, and class participation.

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ENGW 5104 Advanced Poetry Writing

(max crs 8; 2 repeats allowed; prereq dept consent).

3353 -001 WKS , 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , Th (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 202 , TCEASTBANK , Browne,M D, 4 credits

We will read and critique student poetry. We will also read and analyze published work. Students are also encouraged to keep notebooks, to memorize, and to bring to class favorite poems and statements on poetry and poetics for discussion and reading. At the end of the semester, students turn in a portfolio of poems, including revisions.

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ENGW 5106 Advanced Literary Nonfiction Writing

(max crs 8; 2 repeats allowed; prereq dept consent).

26649 -001 WKS , 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , Th (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 216 , TCEASTBANK , Schumacher,Julie , 4 credits

Students will discuss and analyze a range of nonfiction works (memoir, essay, journalism), and submit their own work for class discussion/critique.

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ENGW 5205 Screenwriting

(prereq jr or sr, one EngW 3xxx course, dept consent permission number available in creative writing office).

24043 -001 WKS , 06:20 P.M. - 08:50 P.M. , M (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 203 , TCEASTBANK , Olive III,John Thomas , 4 credit.

A hands-on advanced workshop for students with experience in creative writing and/or a working knowledge of basic screenplay format. Students’ scripts-in-progress may be either a complete short film or an excerpt from a feature-length film. Class critiques will emphasize issues of imagery, characterization, plot and structure, as well as the creative process within screenwriting. Also expect in-class screenings, guests, and nuts and bolts discussion about story pitches, synopses and other vagaries of the professional industry. For advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and writers from the community interested in continuing education. Non-MFA students must either be a junior or a senior with at least one completed 3000-level EngL/EngC/EngW course. Students need not be English majors. Application form available in 209 Lind.

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ENGW 5310 Reading as Writers

(max crs 8; 2 completions allowed; prereq grad student, dept consent )

54285 -001 WKS , 04:40 P.M. - 07:10 P.M. , M (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 216 , TCEASTBANK , Hampl,Patricia,, The Memoir , 4 credits

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ENGW 5993 Directed Study in Writing

(max crs 18; 18 repeats allowed; prereq instr consent, dept consent, college consent).

14215 -001 DST (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , TCEASTBANK , 1 - 4 credits
20873 -002 DST (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , TCEASTBANK , 1 - 4 credits

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ENGW 8101 Reading Across Genres

(S-N only, unless otherwise noted; prereq creative writing MFA student, dept consent).

20133-001 SEM, 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M., Th (09/04/2007 - 12/12/2007), AmundH 162, TCEASTBANK, Gonzalez, Ray, 4 credit.

This class is designed for students beginning the MFA program. Students will be introduced to the program, how it functions, and how to make the best use of the three years. Students will read and discuss short works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, with a number of the books focusing on the writing life and the craft of working in various genres. There will be visits by members of the Creative Writing faculty throughout the semester. Packets containing samples of writing from the faculty will be discussed during each visit. Class time will consist of discussion of the required texts, writing assignments, and several workshop sessions. The main focus will be studying the three major genres taught in the program (poetry, fiction, and non-fiction) with an emphasis on writing and developing skills in more than one genre.

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ENGW 8140 Thesis Seminar: Poetry

(max crs 8; 2 repeats allowed; prereq creative writing MFA student, instr consent ).

32573 -001 SEM , 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , Tu (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 216 , TCEASTBANK , Gonzalez,Ramon , 4 credits

This course is designed for students who are constructing or completing their MFA theses in poetry. Required for students in the second and third years.

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ENGW 8150 Thesis Seminar: Fiction

(max crs 8; 2 repeats allowed; prereq creative writing MFA student, instr consent ).

4649 -001 SEM , 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , Tu (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , AmundH 162 , TCEASTBANK , Treuer,David Robert , 4 credits

This course is designed for students who are constructing or completing their MFA theses in fiction. Required for students in the second and third years.

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ENGW 8160 Thesis Seminar: Nonfiction

(max crs 8; 2 repeats allowed; prereq creative writing MFA student, instr consent ).

34651 -001 SEM , 03:35 P.M. - 06:05 P.M. , Tu (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , AmundH 158 , TCEASTBANK , Sprengnether,Madelon M, 4 credits

This course is designed for students who are constructing or completing their MFA thesis in nonfiction. Required for students in the second and third years.

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ENGW 8170 MFA Practicum: EngW 1101W

(S-N only; prereq Creative writing MFA student, instr consent )

38713 -001 PRC , 01:00 P.M. - 02:15 P.M. , W (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , LindH 207A , TCEASTBANK , Schumacher,Julie , 3 credits

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ENGW 8333 FTE: Master's

(No Grade Associated, unless otherwise noted; prereq Master's student, adviser and DGS consent).

21035 -001 THE , TCEASTBANK , 1 credit

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ENGW 8990 MFA Creative Thesis

(max crs 48; 24 repeats allowed; prereq 8140, 8150, 8160, creative writing MFA student, instr consent).

17681 -001 THE (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , TCEASTBANK , 2 - 8 credits
20249 -002 THE (09/08/2009 - 12/16/2009) , TCEASTBANK , 2 - 8 credits

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Professor Jani Scandura leads graduate seminar

Professor Jani Scandura leads graduate seminar