Timeroom: Spring 2024

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 581 (01) - Reading the Postcolonial Experience

Reading Postcolonial Exp

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 54671

Modern South Asia and Africa have been shaped by their history of colonization. What is it like to live in places once dominated by foreigners, then reshaped by nationalisms and various injustices intensified by globalization? In this course, we?ll read literary depictions that illuminate the lives, dreams, joys, hates, and failures of individuals and groups in these places, exploring both ordinary life and extraordinary experiences created by dispossession, political tyranny, civil war, and environmental trauma.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Equivalent(s): ENGL 581H

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, World Cultures(Discovery)

Instructors: Sandhya Shetty

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/23/2024	5/6/2024	TR	9:40am - 11:00am	HS 240

Additional Course Details:

This course satisfies the Modern Literature foundational survey requirement for general ENGLISH majors.

This course satisfies a Post-1800 Literature requirement for ENGL:TBD, ENGL/JOURNALISM majors.

This course satisfies the Anglophone requirement for ENGLISH LITERATURE majors.

This course satisfies the general English course elective for ENGLISH TEACHING majors.

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ENGL 602 (01) - Advanced Professional and Technical Writing

Adv Professional & Tech Writ

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 53518

An advanced writing course focusing on writing in a global and technological workplace. In addition to fluency in the documents of the workplace, students focus on visual rhetoric in a technological environment through web design and usability while studying the issues of globalism, ethics, and the environment that affect all professional writing today.

Section Comments: Required course for all ENGL:TBD Majors

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Molly Campbell

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/23/2024	5/6/2024	TR	11:10am - 12:30pm	HS 340

Additional Course Details:

This course is required for all ENGL:TBD majors.

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 621 (01) - Newswriting

Newswriting

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 51747

Students get a strong journalistic foundation with hands-on experience reporting and writing compelling news stories for print and digital platforms. Skills taught include finding news stories and tracking down sources; conducting interviews and verifying facts; and drafting and revising stories. ENGL 621 may be taken more than once for credit with the approval of the Journalism Program Director. Students must fill out a Permission to Repeat an English Course For Credit form, available in the department office.

Section Comments: Permission of Instructor required for registration

Instructor Approval Required. Contact Instructor for permission then register through Webcat.

Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 401 or ENGL 401H) and ENGL 534

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Tom Haines

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/23/2024	5/6/2024	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 104

Additional Course Details:

*Contact Prof. Lisa Miller for permission to register for ENGL 621 in Spring 2024: LC.Miller@unh.edu

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ENGL 623 (01) - Creative Nonfiction

Creative Nonfiction

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 54776

Intensive writing course emphasizing the blend of basic elements that constitute creative nonfiction: research, observation, and personal experience. Also readings and discussion of some of the best published creative nonfiction. Students must fill out a Permission to Repeat an English Course For Credit form, available in the department office.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 501 or ENGL 526 or ENGL 527

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Sue Hertz

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/23/2024	5/6/2024	TR	9:40am - 11:00am	HS 332

Additional Course Details:

Spring 2024 Course Details:

Learn to make facts dance. By employing the imagery of a poet, the drama of a novelist, and the content drive of a journalist, we will craft vivid and compelling and maybe even publishable narratives based on your life and the lives of others. We will study and write both longform and flash, as well as digital and oral forms of CNF. For inspiration, we will read the masters such as Nikesh Shukla, Rebecca Skloot, Jerald Walker, Leslie Jamison, Joe Wilkins, and Jesmyn Ward. In this class you will hone your storytelling skills, which transfer well to other forms of creative and academic writing, as well as career pursuits.

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ENGL 625 (01) - Intermediate Fiction Writing Workshop

Intermediate Fiction Workshop

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 52489

Students continue to explore the aspects of fiction writing. Through short exercises students learn to create visual scenes, integrate exposition with dramatic scene, and construct convincing characters in believable situations. We'll continue to explore the basic elements of what makes a short story, such as point of view, dialogue, dramatization, voice, meaning, language. Students write short stories and significantly revise them. Through discussion of student writing in a workshop format, as well as reading and responding to short stories by published authors, we'll address the questions: What is a short story? How do we create a world in which the reader is fully involved? Where does the story evoke emotion or meaning? ENGL 625 may be taken more than once for credit, recommended with two different instructors. Students must fill out a Permission to Repeat an English Course For Credit form, available in the department office.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 501 or ENGL 526 or ENGL 527

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Clark Knowles

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/23/2024	5/6/2024	MW	11:10am - 12:30pm	HS 240

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 627 (01) - Intermediate Poetry Writing Workshop

Intermediate Poetry Workshop

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 50945

Workshop discussion of poems written by students, with focus on more complex techniques and forms. Individual conferences with instructor. ENGL 627 may be taken more than once for credit, recommended with two different instructors. Students must fill out a Permission to Repeat an English Course For Credit form, available in the department office.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 501 or ENGL 526 or ENGL 527

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: David Blair

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/23/2024	5/6/2024	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 240

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ENGL 657 (01) - Shakespeare

Shakespeare

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 52490

An introduction to the main periods of Shakespeare's playwriting career, addressing representative works from each of the genres in which he wrote (tragedy, comedy, history, romance). We will discuss such matters as a Renaissance theater architecture and performance conventions, Shakespeare's poetic language, the representation of women, commoners and minorities on stage, royal power and court politics, love, sex, religion, and revenge. Live and filmed performances will be included as available.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 401 or ENGL 401H

Equivalent(s): ENGL 657H

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Douglas Lanier

	Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
	1/23/2024	5/6/2024	MW	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 240
Final Exam	5/10/2024	5/10/2024	F	1:00pm - 3:00pm	HS 240

Additional Course Details:

Spring 2024 Detailed Description:

An introduction to the college-level study of Shakespeare's plays. We will examine seven representative works chosen from the dramatic genres within which Shakespeare worked (comedy, tragedy, history, romance), situating the works within the social, political, literary and performance contexts of early modern England. Plays will include The Taming of the Shrew, Henry V, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, The Winter’s Tale and others. We will also have occasion to discuss modern performances and adaptations of Shakespeare's works on stage and on screen. Assignments will include reading quizzes, short writing assignments, and three major essays, as well as attendance at a live performance (if available).

This course satisfies a Pre-1800 Literature requirement for English Department majors.

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ENGL 693R (01) - Special Topics in Literature

Special Topics in Lit

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 56505

A) Old English Literature, B) Medieval Literature, C) 16th Century, D) 17th Century, E) 18th Century, F) English Romantic Period, G) Victorian Period, H) 20th Century, I) Drama, J) Novel, K) Poetry, L) Nonfiction, M) American Literature, N) A Literary Problem, O) Literature of the Renaissance, R) Race and Racial Theories. The precise topics and methods of each section vary. Barring duplication of subject, course may be repeated for credit. For details, see course descriptions available in the English department. (Not offered every year). Special fee on some topics.

Section Comments: Special Topic: Race, Rhetoric & Reading

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Equivalent(s): ENGL 693

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Florianne Jimenez

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/23/2024	5/6/2024	TR	3:40pm - 5:00pm	HS 150

Additional Course Details:

Spring 2024 Special Topic : Race, Rhetoric & Reading

This special topics course will explore how writing, rhetoric, and literature are central to race and racial formation in the United States and across the globe. Students will read texts on race, writing, and rhetoric from scholars, literary authors, public figures, and cultural critics. Throughout the course, students will engage in creative, critical, and/or analytical writing. Possible texts to be included on the syllabus are: Elaine Castillo’s How to Read Now, Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings, and The New York Times The 1619 Project.

This course satisfies the Race, Gender & Postcolonial Studies requirement for general ENGLISH majors.

This course satisfies the Post-1800 Literature requirement for ENGL: TBD, ENGL/JOURNALISM and ENGLISH TEACHING majors.

This course satisfies the Race & Racial Theory requirement for ENGL: TBD, ENGL/JOURNALISM, ENGLISH LITERATURE and ENGLISH TEACHING majors.

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ENGL 701 (01) - Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop

Adv Fiction Writing Workshop

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 50764

Students come to this course with a firm grasp of all the elements of fiction, ready to write short stories that construct convincing characters in believable situations. In a workshop format, students give and receive critiques on classmates' work. Significant revisions of short stories and thorough discussions of work by published authors will round out the course as students continue to explore the art of writing the short story. Students are responsible for leading discussion of published stories. ENGL 701 may be taken more than once for credit, recommended with two different instructors.

Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 625

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Clark Knowles

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/23/2024	5/6/2024	MW	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 344

Additional Course Details:

This course may be taken for Capstone credit by general ENGLISH majors following requirement guidelines in place prior to Fall 2023. Fill out a Capstone Declaration form (available in the main English office, Ham Smith 230F) if you wish to declare it as Capstone.

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ENGL 712 (01) - Multimedia Storytelling

Multimedia Storytelling

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2024 - Full Term (01/23/2024 - 05/06/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 15
CRN: 54676

In this course, students explore the theory and practice of visual storytelling -- including composition, lighting, editing and more -- to produce short yet vibrant journalistic video documentaries. Students learn to shoot and edit audio and video. They explore narrative techniques and structure. They broaden their reportorial range, bringing visual sensitivity to storytelling.

Section Comments: Special Topic: Video Storytelling

Instructor Approval Required. Contact Instructor for permission then register through Webcat.

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 621

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Scott Ripley

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/23/2024	5/6/2024	TR	3:40pm - 5:00pm	HS 104

Additional Course Details:

*Contact Prof. Lisa Miller for permission to register for ENGL 712 in Spring 2024: LC.Miller@unh.edu

Spring 2024 Course Details - Video Storytelling

In this course, students explore the theory and practice of visual storytelling -- including composition, lighting, editing and more -- to produce short yet vibrant journalistic video documentaries. They will also learn how to create and adapt content for social media platforms. Students will have access to cameras and audio equipment and will learn to shoot and edit. They will also explore narrative techniques and structure and broaden their reportorial range, bringing visual sensitivity to storytelling.

Scott Ripley has worked in video for over 20 years and is currently the Director of Photo and Video in the UNH Marketing Department. Before coming to UNH he was a television news photographer for ten years in Upstate NY and Boston. He will bring in a variety of guests throughout the course who work professionally in video storytelling with some of them being former students in this class.

Examples of student work created with Mr. Ripley's mentorship include the examples posted on this Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@unhjournalism4313

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