Timeroom: Fall 2024

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 621 (01) - Newswriting

Newswriting

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 10047

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: Students repeating this course for credit must visit the ENGL department office for a "Repeat for Credit" form.

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: Lisa Miller

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 104

Additional Course Details:

Fall 2024 Course Details:

How is the university going to choose a new dean for the College of Liberal Arts? Who decides when to change a study lounge into a built-up triple dorm room? Where can needy families on the Seacoast get a free meal, and why are those places getting busier? Why doesn’t the university build a parking garage?

This is the class where you’ll learn to seek answers to these kinds of questions and tell the true stories they reveal. By researching and writing weekly news articles, you’ll begin to grasp the practice of journalism and better understand the role of journalists in our society.

Responsible, accurate journalism is more important now than it ever was. We’re bombarded with so much information every day that it’s hard to determine what’s reliable and what’s not. The world needs great journalists to tell important stories.

This is a required course for all English/Journalism majors.

Click to see: Booklist

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 623 (01) - Creative Nonfiction

Creative Nonfiction

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 11020

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.

Section Comments: Students repeating this course for credit must visit the ENGL department office for a "Repeat for Credit" form.

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.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Sue Hertz

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MW	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 126

Additional Course Details:

This course satisfies the Linguistics or Writing requirement for all English majors.

This course counts towards the 'One English Dept course in Writing, Linguistics, Critical Theory, Film or Literature' requirement for English Teaching majors.

This course counts towards the 'One of Three on-campus Journalism courses' requirement for English/Journalism majors.

This course satisfies an upper-level ENGL course requirement for English/Law 3+3 majors.

Click to see: Booklist

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 625 (01) - Intermediate Fiction Writing Workshop

Intermediate Fiction Workshop

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 16138

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.

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

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Ann Joslin Williams

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	3:40pm - 5:00pm	HS 124

Additional Course Details:

This course satisfies the Linguistics or Writing requirement for all English majors.

This course counts towards the 'One English Dept course in Writing, Linguistics, Critical Theory, Film or Literature' requirement for English Teaching majors.

This course satisfies the 'One additional 500/600/700 level ENGL course' requirement for English/Journalism majors.

This course satisfies an upper-level ENGL course requirement for English/Law 3+3 majors.

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 627 (01) - Intermediate Poetry Writing Workshop

Intermediate Poetry Workshop

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 13166

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.

Section Comments: Students repeating this course for credit must visit the ENGL department office for a "Repeat for Credit" form.

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.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: David Blair

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MW	9:40am - 11:00am	HS 232

Additional Course Details:

This course satisfies the Linguistics or Writing requirement for all English majors.

This course counts towards the 'One English Dept course in Writing, Linguistics, Critical Theory, Film or Literature' requirement for English Teaching majors.

This course satisfies the 'One additional 500/600/700 level ENGL course' requirement for English/Journalism majors.

This course satisfies an upper-level ENGL course requirement for English/Law 3+3 majors.

Click to see: Booklist

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 631 (01) - Digital Reporting

Digital Reporting

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 16384

This course immerses students in the digital news landscape and teaches them to report across multiple platforms. Students learn reporting tools and strategies for producing dynamic digital journalism.

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

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 621 with minimum grade of B

Equivalent(s): ENGL 531

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Ian Lenahan

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	3:40pm - 5:00pm	HS 104

Additional Course Details:

Fall 2024 Course Details & Instructor Bio:

Ian Lenahan is a University of New Hampshire Class of 2020 graduate and a general assignment reporter for the Portsmouth Herald and Foster's Daily Democrat, both of which are owned by Seacoast Media Group, a part of the USA Today Network. In his work, he covers Dover and Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine, writing daily news and investigative pieces about crime and the court system, education, business and development, the environment and weather, real estate and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, among other topics. The ENGL 631 course will be focused on encouraging students to examine the way news and feature stories are presented to digital audiences, with an emphasis on discovering new formats to report the news.

Students interested in taking ENGL 631 this fall must contact Prof. Tom Haines for permission to enroll: tom.haines@unh.edu

Click to see: Booklist

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 655 (01) - Reading in all Directions: Comics and Graphic Narrative

Comics and Graphic Narrative

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 14145

"Reading happens in all directions," says Hilary Chute about the study of comics and graphic narrative. In this course, students will learn to read images and texts from all directions: up, down, horizontally, vertically, across panels and jacket flaps, in seriality and on the internet. Comics' ability to represent both trauma and the trivial takes students from newspaper funnies to the Holocaust, from superheroes in mid-century floppies to Underground comix and current autobiographical comics, comics journalism, comics history, and fiction.

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.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Lawrence Beemer

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MWF	12:10pm - 1:00pm	HS 108

Additional Course Details:

This course satisfies the 'Genres or Theory' requirement for English Majors following degree requirments activated in Fall 2023.

This course satisfies a Post-1800 Literature requirement for English, English Literature, English: TBD, English/Journalism, English/Law 3+3 Makors.

This course may count as one of two upper-level Literature courses for English Teaching majors.

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 657 (01) - Shakespeare

Shakespeare

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 16140

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: Rachel Trubowitz

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 107

Additional Course Details:

This is a required course for all English Teaching majors.

This course satisfies the 'Literature Before 1800'/Pre0-1800 requirement for English, English Literature, English: TBD, English/Journalism, English/Law 3+3 Majors.

Click to see: Booklist

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 693 (01) - Special Topics in Literature

Special Topics in Literature

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 16148

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: Masterworks of Short Fiction

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

Repeat Rule: May be repeated up to 2 times.

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Stephanie Harzewski

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	TR	3:40pm - 5:00pm	HS 107

Additional Course Details:

Fall 2024 Special Topic: Masterworks of Short Fiction

This course surveys exemplary achievement in short fiction, with an emphasis on the contemporary period in America and the UK. Together these stories and novellas offer a context for literary terms, subgenres, and historical contexts, as well as diverse opportunities for close reading. Besides regular attendance and a class presentation, writing assignments--blog posts and a range of analytical and creative writing options--enable further investigation of these perennial and new classics!

This course satisfies the Literature After 1800 requirement for English Majors.

This course satisfies a Post-1800 Literature requirment for English Literature, English: TBD majors, English/Journalism, English/Law 3+3 Majors.

This course may count as one of two upper-level Literature courses required for English Teaching Majors.

In Fall 2024 this course may count as one of three classes with a 'Digital Humanities' (DH) component by English: TBD majors.

Click to see: Booklist

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 693R (01) - Special Topics in Literature

Special Topics in Lit

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 30
CRN: 16421

Section Comments: Special Topic: On Race

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: Petar Ramadanovic

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MW	11:10am - 12:30pm	HS 104

Additional Course Details:

Fall 2024 Course Details: On Race

Come laugh at racism with us! “And there’s something funny—there’s always something a little funny in all our disasters, if one can face the disaster,” said James Baldwin in his “The Uses of the Blues.” This semester, we will apply several different critical approaches to explore and understand what race is. Of our special concern will be the claim that race is a culturally (not biologically) constructed category. The reading list will include literary texts (Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif”), works of African American comedians (Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, etc.), philosophical texts (W. E. B. Du Bois, K. A. Appiah, etc.) as well as some legal documents (recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning affirmative action) and Henry Louis Gates’s recent, Stony the Road.

The general goal of the course is to improve the student’s ability to speak and think critically about race and race relations in the U.S.

This course satisifes the 'Race, Gender & Postcolonial Studies' requirement for English Majors.

This course satisfies the Race & Racial Theories requirement for English Literature, English: TBD, English/Law 3+3, English Teaching Majors.

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

ENGL 714 (01) - Critical Skills

Critical Skills

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2024 - Full Term (08/26/2024 - 12/09/2024)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 25
CRN: 13573

This course provides training in critical analysis of various texts (literature, film, and media). Criticism is often applied to the hot-button issues of the day. We ask questions like: How does gender shape the way we read? How to interpret texts in a globalized world? Does the truth matter? This course satisfies a post-1800 literature requirement for English Department majors; may be taken for elective credit by English Teaching Majors.

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

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 419

Equivalent(s): ENGL 617

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Petar Ramadanovic

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/26/2024	12/9/2024	MW	2:10pm - 3:30pm	HS 332

Additional Course Details:

This course is required for all English Literature majors.

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

This course counts as a Post-1800 Literature requirement for English:TBD Majors.

This course counts as one of two Literature courses taken at the 600/700 level for English Teaching majors.

This course may satisfy the CAPSTONE requirement for English/Journalism majors OR it may count as 'one additional 500/600/700 level' English course for English/Journalism majors. If you wish to count this course as your Journalism Capstone please speak to your advisor and pick up a Capstone Declaration form in the English Department main office (HS 230F).