Teaching, with Teacher Certification in English (Preschool-Grade 12) and Teacher of Students with Disabilities (M.A.T.) - Graduate - 2015 University Catalog
The Master of Arts in Teaching Program in Subject Area and Teacher of Students with Disabilities is a 48-51 credit program designed to provide graduate students with a master's degree as well as dual certification: initial certification to teach in a subject area (P-12) and certification to teach students with disabilities in those settings.
Montclair State University’s Teacher Education Program is one of the most highly-regarded teacher preparation programs in the country. It has been consistently recognized both nationally and regionally for its unique features, including its structure, partnerships, and curricular emphases. The program is considered a model for other colleges and universities and has continuously been accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) since 1954.
The Teacher Education Program’s professional course sequence and field experiences emphasize teaching for critical thinking and culturally responsive teaching. The professional component for both graduate students addresses four broad areas: 1) student development and learning, 2) the classroom and the school, 3) the curriculum, and 4) effective teaching skills.TEACHING (ENGLISH & STUDENTS W/DISAB)
Complete the following 4 requirements for a total of 91 semester hours:
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ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE CERT
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SPEECH
Complete the following 1 course: (May be completed by examination)
CMST 101 Fundamentals of Speech: Communication Requirement (3 hours lecture) 3 -
PHYSIOLOGY & HYGIENE
Pass the MSU Health Knowledge Test available through the COP or have UG equivalent course approved by advisor.
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ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT
Complete 1 course from the following list.
EDFD 582 Learning Theories (3 hours lecture) 3 FCST 515 Child Development II: Adolescence (3 hours lecture) 3 PSYC 560 Advanced Educational Psychology (3 hours lecture) 3
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TEACHING FIELD REQUIREMENTS
Complete 36 semester hours including the following 7 requirement(s):
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Critical Theory
Complete 3 semester hours from the following list.
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British Literature
Complete 6 semester hours from the following list.
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American Literature
Complete 6 semester hours from the following list.
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Writing
Complete 3 semester hours from the following list.
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Genre Study
Complete 9 semester hours from the following list.
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Sociocultural Lenses
Complete 6 semester hours from the following list.
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Language Study
Complete 3 semester hours from the following list.
ENGL 284 The English Language (3 hours lecture) 3 ENGL 384 The Grammars of English (3 hours lecture) 3 LNGN 220 Structure of American English (3 hours lecture) 3 LNGN 284 History of the English Language (3 hours lecture) 3
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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Complete 49 semester hours including the following 3 requirement(s):
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REQUIRED COURSES
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Complete for 3 semester hours.
SASE 505 Teaching, Democracy, and Schooling (3 hours lecture) 3 -
Complete 5 courses for 15 semester hours:
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Complete for 1 semester hours.
SASE 516 Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners (1 hour lecture) 1 -
Complete for 2 semester hours.
SPED 584 Assessment and Evaluation in the Inclusive Classroom 2-3 -
Complete for 2 semester hours.
SPED 585 Technology for Inclusive Classrooms 2-3 -
Complete for 2 semester hours.
SPED 588 Promoting Prosocial Behaviors in Inclusive Settings 2-3 -
Complete for 2 semester hours.
SPED 591 Teaching Organization and Study Skills for the Inclusive Classroom (3 hours lecture) 2-3
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Complete 1 course from:
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PROFESSIONAL YEAR
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First Semester
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Complete 1 course for 3 semester hours:
SASE 526 Teaching for Learning I (3 hours lecture) 3 -
Complete 1 course for 3 semester hours:
SASE 527 Fieldwork (3 hours lecture) 3 -
Complete for 4 semester hours.
ENGL 571 Teaching Methods (Secondary English) 4
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Second Semester
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Complete 1 course for 3 semester hours:
SASE 543 Teaching for Learning II (3 hours lecture) 3 -
Complete 1 course for 6 semester hours:
SASE 529 Student Teaching (6 hours lab) 6
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COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
In the term that you will sit for exam, register for - which matches your major & advisor. Successfully pass exam.
GRAD CMP Comprehensive Examination 0
Course Descriptions:
CMST101: Fundamentals of Speech: Communication Requirement (3 hours lecture)
This course introduces students to the theoretical and practical requirements of different types of public presentations and helps students develop an understanding and appreciation of the dynamic nature of the communication process. The course focuses on the basic elements of the communication process, listening, communicator and audience characteristics, basic research skills, and message composition and delivery. Students learn about the demands of public presentations in culturally and professionally diverse environments and develop presentation competence and flexibility. Meets Gen Ed 2002 - Communication, Communication. Previous course SPCM 101 effective through Spring 2012. 3 sh.
EDFD582: Learning Theories (3 hours lecture)
Study of the learning process and its measurement as it applies in the classroom and non-school settings. Previous course ELRS 580 effective through Spring 2013. 3 sh.
ENGL206: World Literature: The Coming of Age Theme (3 hours lecture)
This course combines Western with non-Western works to approximate an approach to a "global perspective" on literature. It is designed to introduce the student to major works of world literature; to foster an international literary sensibility; to present a variety of cultural perspectives in a context which demonstrates how they are interrelated: to present students with assignments that will direct them toward developing skills of literary analysis and interpretation; and to guide students in deepening their awareness of the connections between national literatures and their cultural contexts. Meets Gen Ed 2002 - Humanities, World Literature or General Humanities. Previous course ENLT 206 effective through Spring 2014. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 105 or HONP 100.
ENGL207: World Literature: Voices of Tradition and Challenge (3 hours lecture)
Organized around the premise that writers have two fundamental ways of responding to the challenge of their culture, conformity or dissent, this course will present literary works in pairs that represent opposing ways of responding to the same subject. Meets Gen Ed 2002 - Humanities, World Literature or General Humanities. Previous course ENLT 207 effective through Winter 2014. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 105 or HONP 100.
ENGL210: Myth and Literature (3 hours lecture)
Myth and the myth-making process: the origins, meanings and major archetypes and motifs of Occidental and Oriental myths. Previous course ENLT 260 effective through Winter 2014. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL230: Images of Muslim Women in Twentieth Century Literature and Culture (3 hours lecture)
Through an exploration of writings by and about Muslim women in various parts of the world, students will be encouraged to develop an appreciation of the variety of aesthetic forms and narrative structures embodied therein. Representation in other cultural forms such as film will also be looked at to challenge monolithic assumptions. Previous course ENLT 230 effective through Winter 2014. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL234: American Drama (3 hours lecture)
American drama chosen for excellence or representative of a significant era or movement in the theatre from the early 18th century imitative works through melodrama to the serious works of the 20th century. Centered on major American playwrights and their work. The course also examines the backgrounds of our modern stage, including readings in minor/historical works. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL235: Contemporary Chinese Women's Literature (3 hours lecture)
Students of contemporary Chinese women's literature will analyze specific narrative techniques used in the representation of women in light of the literary inscriptions of place, family, history, gender, sexual politics, nationalism, and transnationalism. Students will examine how these narratives raise questions about Chinese origins, memories, desires and subjectivities in the age of globalization. Our primary focus will be on fiction written by women from mainland China, Taiwan, and Chinese diaspora. Previous course ENLT 235 effective through Winter 2014. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL238: Black Writers in the United States: A Survey (3 hours lecture)
Black writers in the United States from Colonial times to the present. Meets World Cultures Requirement. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL239: Social Protest Literature in America (3 hours lecture)
Novels, dramas and poetry of protest against social injustices in the United States since World War I. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL240: English Literature I: Beginnings to 1660 (3 hours lecture)
English literature from its beginnings to 1660 examined through representative works of major and minor authors. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL241: English Literature II: 1660 to Present (3 hours lecture)
English literature from the Restoration to the present. May be taken independently of English Literature I. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL250: Special Topics in English or American Literature (3 hours lecture)
A survey or genre course on a topic not included in the regular departmental offerings. May be used by English majors as a departmental elective. May be repeated without limit as long as the topic is different. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL252: Special Topics in Comparative Literature (3 hours lecture)
A survey or genre course on a topic not included in the regular departmental offerings. Satisfies the departmental major requirement in comparative literature. May be repeated without limit as long as the topic is different. Previous course ENLT 250 effective through Winter 2014. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL256: English Novel to 1900 (3 hours lecture)
Form and theme of the English novel through the 18th and 19th centuries, evaluated by literary, social, moral and cultural criteria. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL260: Art of Poetry (3 hours lecture)
An introductory course in reading, interpreting, and evaluating poetry. Attention is paid to style, form, and poetic convention. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL262: Art of Fiction (3 hours lecture)
An introduction to form and techniques in fiction through close reading and discussion of representative texts. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL263: Art of Drama (3 hours lecture)
This course explores the major forms, features, eras, and writers of world drama from ancient times to the present. Selections of plays explore ways in which cultural issues are performed. By examining a wide variety of such performances in their historical and political contexts, students will gain a broad appreciation for theater and a deep understanding of the many ways in which it expresses the tragedy and comedy of the human condition. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL274: Twentieth Century Literature of Immigration (3 hours lecture)
The Literature of Immigration examines the experience of immigrants to the United States through the fiction, poetry and drama of writers of varying cultural backgrounds to learn about the customs, religions, mores and assimilative strategies of old and new immigrant groups. Literary strategies used by the writers will be emphasized. Meets World Cultures Requirement. Previous course ENLT 274 effective through Winter 2014. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL275: Vietnam War and American Culture (3 hours lecture)
This course examines the problem of the legacy of the experience of the Vietnam War (sometimes called the "Vietnam Syndrome") as it is reflected in the culture of the United States and primarily in American literature since the end of the war in 1975. Differing discussions and evaluations of the problems bequeathed by the Vietnam War will be examined in works of political commentary, cultural criticism, history, and foreign affairs, as well as in literature. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL284: The English Language (3 hours lecture)
The history and development of English from its Indo-European and Germanic origins to the present, with emphasis on the morphology of Old and Middle English. Previous course ENGM 284 effective through Winter 2014. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL294: Women Poets (3 hours lecture)
Selected poets from Sappho through Emily Dickinson to Sylvia Plath examined in relation to contemporary women poets. Meets World Cultures Requirement. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL300: The Pursuits of English (4 hours lecture)
An inquiry into what constitutes contemporary literary study: its subject matter and its underlying goals and methods. Students study literary and cinematic texts of various genres, as well as literary criticism and theory; inquire into the nature of authorship and of texts; examine and expand their ways of reading, interpreting, and writing about texts; trace the relation of literary criticism to theory; consider the relation of literary study to issues of power; and develop independent habits of thought, research, discussion and analytic writing that are informed by literary theory and criticism. 4 sh.
Prerequisites: ENFL 208 or ENFL 251 or ENFL 255 or ENFL 260 or ENFL 265 or ENGL 206 or ENGL 207 or ENGL 230 or ENGL 234 or ENGL 235 or ENGL 237 or ENGL 238 or ENGL 239 or ENGL 240 or ENGL 241 or ENGL 250 or ENGL 252 or ENGL 256 or ENGL 260 or ENGL 262 or ENGL 263 or ENGL 270 or ENGL 274 or ENGL 278 ENGL 280 or ENGL 294 or ENWR 220.
ENGL301: The Novels of Toni Morrison (3 hours lecture)
This course focuses on the fiction of Toni Morrison. Readings will include her published novels (from 1970 to the present), as well as selections from her critical writings. Such matters as the nature of her prose style, developments of her literary reputation, and place within the literary canon will be studied. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL324: American Poetry to 1940 (3 hours lecture)
American poetry from Poe to Langston Hughes with an emphasis on what makes the American voice unique. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL325: American Poetry: World War II to Present (3 hours lecture)
American poetry beginning with William Carlo Williams and continuing to the present with an emphasis on new attitudes, techniques and contributions to American culture. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL326: Early American Literature (3 hours lecture)
American literature from the Puritans to 1800, tracing the development of colonial and revolutionary thought and the beginning of America's cultural independence. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL333: Literature of American Renaissance (3 hours lecture)
An analysis of American literary texts between 1820 and 1865. Covers American Romantics like Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe and transcendentalists like Margaret Fuller, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. Special attention given to political writings (e.g., Lydia Maria Child, Frederick Douglass) and to women writers (including Fanny Fern, Stowe, and Louisa May Alcott). Previous course ENGL 226 effective through Summer 2011. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 220 or ENGL 206 or ENGL 207 or ENGL 210 or ENJR 219 or ENGL 230 or ENGL 234 or ENGL 235 or ENGL 237 or ENGL 238 or ENGL 239 or ENGL 240 or ENGL 241 or ENGL 250 or ENGL 252 or ENGL 254 or ENGL 256 or ENGL 260 or ENGL 262 or ENGL 263 or ENGL 274or ENGL 275 or ENGL 294 or ENGL 300 or ENGL 341 or ENGL 342.
ENGL336: American Literary Realism (3 hours lecture)
The works of James, Howells, Twain, Crane, Norris, Dreiser and others are examined in light of the developing literary concepts of realism, naturalism and social Darwinism in the changing cultural period between 1860 and 1900. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL337: Modern American Fiction (3 hours lecture)
American fiction from 1918 to 1945 with attention to the works, criticism and lives of such authors as Hemingway, Faulkner and Fitzgerald. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL338: Contemporary American Fiction (3 hours lecture)
Developments in American fiction since the 1940's with attention to such authors as Mailer, Roth, Nabokov and Vonnegut. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL341: Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century (3 hours lecture)
Important works of literature from the long eighteenth century (ca. 1660-1780), including poetry, criticism, fiction, and drama, examined within the literary, cultural, social, and intellectual contexts of the Restoration era through the period of Enlightenment. Authors may include Behn, Burney, Cavendish, Defoe, Dryden, Fielding, Gay, Goldsmith, Haywood, Johnson, Montagu, Pope, Richardson, Sterne, Swift, and others. Previous course ENGL 247 effective through Winter 2013. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 220 or ENGL 206 or ENGL 207 or ENGL 210 or ENGL 230 or ENGL 234 or ENGL 237 or ENGL 238 or ENGL 240 or ENGL 241 or ENGL 250 or ENGL 252 or ENGL 256 or ENGL 260 or ENGL 262 or ENGL 263 or ENGL 274 or ENGL 280 or ENGL 294 or ENFL 208.
ENGL342: From Sensibility to Romanticism (3 hours lecture)
Important works of English literature--poetry, criticism, philosophical prose, fiction and drama--examined within the literary, social, cultural and intellectual contexts of the period 1745-1800. Previous course ENGL 248 effective through Winter 2013. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENFL 208 or ENWR 220 or ENGL 206 or ENGL 207 or ENGL 210 or ENGL 230 or ENGL 234 or ENGL 237 or ENGL 238 or ENGL 240 or ENGL 241 or ENGL 250 or ENGL 252 or ENGL 256 or ENGL 260 or ENGL 262 or ENGL 263 or ENGL 274 or ENGL 280 or ENGL 294 or ENGL 300.
ENGL343: Milton (3 hours lecture)
An introduction to the mind and art of Milton. Intensive study of one major work and selections representative of the full range of his achievement. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL344: Chaucer (3 hours lecture)
Troilus and Criseyde, The Canterbury Tales and some of the minor poems in Middle English. No previous language training required. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL345: Medieval English Literature (3 hours lecture)
The literature of England in the English Language from ca. 700 A.D. to A.D., in its historical and social contexts, and in relation to continental literature. Where appropriate, works are read in Middle English. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 220 or ENGL 206 or ENGL 207 or ENGL 210 or ENGL 230 or ENGL 234 or ENGL 235 or ENGL 237 or ENGL 238 or ENGL 239 or ENGL 240 or ENGL 241 or ENGL 250 or ENGL 252 or ENGL 256 or ENGL 260 or ENGL 262 or ENGL 263 or ENGL 274 or ENGL 275 or ENGL 278 or ENGL 280 or ENGL 284 or ENGL 294 or ENGL 341 or ENGL 342 or ENGL 352 or ENGL 219 or JAST 219 may be taken as prerequisites or corequisites.
ENGL346: 19th Century English Romantic Literature (3 hours lecture)
The revolutionary expression of such poets and essayists as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, Keats, Hazlitt, De Quincey and Lamb. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL347: Victorian Poetry (3 hours lecture)
Major British poets from the Victorian period (1837-1901), including Alfred Lord Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Christina Rossetti, and Gerard Manley Hopkins. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENFL 208 or ENWR 220 or ENGL 206 or ENGL 207 or ENGL 234 or ENGL 237 or ENGL 238 or ENGL 240 or ENGL 241 or ENGL 250 or ENGL 252 or ENGL 256 or ENGL 260 or ENGL 262 or ENGL 263 or ENGL 270 or ENGL 274 or ENGL 278 or ENGL 280.
ENGL348: Renaissance Literature (3 hours lecture)
Major poets and prose writers of 16th and early 17th century England such as Sydney, Lyly, Nashe, Greene, Donne and Browne, whose individual contributions in poetry and prose reflect the literary and philosophical preoccupations of the period. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL352: English Drama: Beginnings to 1642 (3 hours lecture)
English drama from its Medieval origins to the closing of the theaters in 1642; from miracles, mysteries and moralities through the development of Tudor and Stuart drama. Shakespeare excluded. Previous course ENGL 254 effective through Winter 2013. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENGL 263 or ENWR 220.
ENGL353: Shakespeare: Comedies-Histories (3 hours lecture)
Representative comedies and histories: their sources, devices and characteristics; their staging in the context of Elizabethan society; and Shakespeare's vision of man as actor. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL354: Shakespeare: Tragedies-Romances (3 hours lecture)
Representative tragedies and romances: their sources, devices and characteristics; their staging in the context of Elizabethan society; and Shakespeare's view of man in the tragic mode and in the later romances. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL356: Modern British Fiction 1900-1945 (3 hours lecture)
In-depth study of representative novels and short stories of the Modernist period in British Literature, 1900-1945. Fiction will be studied in its political, societal, cultural, and aesthetic contexts. Authors read might include Joseph Conrad, D.H.Lawrence, E.M.Forster, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Rebecca West, Katherine Mansfield, and Samuel Beckett. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 105 and ENWR 106.
ENGL357: Postwar British Fiction 1946-1990 (3 hours lecture)
In-depth study of representative novels and short stories of the post-World War period in British Literature, 1946-1990. Fiction will be studied in its political, societal, cultural, and aesthetic contexts. Authors read might include Graham Greene, Doris Lessing, Kingsley Amis, Samuel Selvon, V.S.Naipaul, John Fowles, Buchi Emecheta, Muriel Spark, Angela Carter. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 105 and ENWR 106 OR HONP 100 and HONP 101.
ENGL358: Recent British Fiction 1990-Present (3 hours lecture)
In-depth study of representative novels and short stories of the post-Cold War period in British Literature, 1990-present. Fiction will be studied in its political, societal, cultural, and aesthetic contexts. Authors read might include Kiran Desai, Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Irvine Welsh, Salman Rushdie, Colm Toibin, Rohinton Mistry, Pat Barker, Monica Ali. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 105 or HONP 100; and ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL360: Irish Literary Revival: 1890-1939 (3 hours lecture)
Irish fiction, drama, poetry, and prose during a period of energetic cultural nationalism from the 1890's through the Irish War of Independence and into the 1930's. Particular attention will be paid to the works of Joyce, Shaw, Yeats, Synge, Gregory and others. Previous course ENLT 348 effective through Winter 2014. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 220 or ENGL 240 or ENGL 241 or ENGL 245 or ENGL 247 or ENGL 248 or ENGL 256 or ENGL 260 or ENGL 262 or ENGL 263.
ENGL364: Contemporary Poetry (3 hours lecture)
Distinctive movements in poetry since the imagists, comparing the diverse styles, themes and poetic theories of representative poets of English-speaking countries. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL384: The Grammars of English (3 hours lecture)
A critical overview of traditional, structural, and transformational- generative approaches to the problems of analyzing the grammar of the English language; practical applications for teaching English and for understanding grammatical principles as a means of more effective writing and literary analysis. Cross listed with Linguistics, LNGN 384. Previous course ENLT 384 effective through Winter 2014. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 220 or ENGL 201 or ENGL 260 or ENGL 262 or ENGL 263 or LNGN 220.
ENGL401: Old English Language and Literature (3 hours lecture)
Selected prose and poetry representative of the heroic, elegiac, religious and popular traditions of pre-conquest England, with recitation and reading in the original old English. No previous language training required. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL444: 17th Century English Poetry (3 hours lecture)
The schools of Donne and Jonson and the works of Marvell and Dryden. Milton excluded. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL455: Restoration and 18th Century Drama (3 hours lecture)
Major innovation of dramatic form and conventions in the period from 1660 to 1715 on the English stage in the works of Etherege, Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh and Dryden. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL456: 20th Century English Novel (3 hours lecture)
The literary and cultural context and the stylistic and structural changes in representative British novels of the 20th century. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENGL493: Seminar in American Literature (3 hours seminar)
The works of one major American author in depth or of a group of authors whose works are related by theme, artistic form or cultural period. Enrollment limited. May be repeated without limit as long as the topic is different. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101; junior or senior English major.
ENGL494: Seminar in English Literature (3 hours seminar)
The works of one major English author in depth or of a group of English authors whose works are related by theme, artistic form or cultural period. Enrollment limited. May be repeated without limit as long as the topic is different. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101; junior or senior English major.
ENGL500: Old English Literature (3 hours lecture)
Specimens of Old English prose and poetry are read in the original language and studied for an appreciation of their literary art. No previous study of Old English is required. The first half of the course is spent on grammar and pronunciation, using prose from the chronicles and other works as examples. Oral recitation is required of all students. Poetry is studied in the second half of the course. Topics include the oral-formulaic tradition, the verse types, and the mixture of Christian and pagan themes characteristic of the literature. 3 sh.
ENGL505: Chaucer (3 hours lecture)
An intensive study of the Canterbury Tales and other works against their literary and social backgrounds, with special attention to Chaucer's language and to the procedures of Chaucerian scholarship. No previous study of Middle English is required. 3 sh.
ENGL508: Shakespeare Studies: Tragedies (3 hours lecture)
Shakespeare's tragic drama against a background of classical and Medieval theories of tragedy, and in relation to the practice of his contemporaries. Consideration is given to Shakespeare's use of plot sources and to Elizabethan theories of rhetoric. 3 sh.
ENGL509: Shakespeare Studies: Comedies (3 hours lecture)
Shakespeare's comic art in the light of comic theory and practice from Aristotle to the present. Areas of analysis include Shakespeare's use of Roman and native English comedy, his language, characters, sources, and the traditions of Shakespearean criticism. 3 sh.
ENGL510: Shakespeare Studies: Histories (3 hours lecture)
A study of the ten English history plays. Shakespeare's use of historical sources and variations from historical fact are examined carefully. Attention is given to scholarship, criticism, and production of the history plays. 3 sh.
ENGL511: Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama (3 hours lecture)
A comprehensive view of the period of the apex of English drama, from 1550 to the closing of the theaters in 1642. Major works by Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists other than Shakespeare are studied in the light of Medieval English drama and the new Renaissance theories of Shakespeare's contemporaries. Attention is given to changes in subject matter, tone, dramaturgy, and staging during the latter part of the period. 3 sh.
ENGL515: Seventeenth Century Literature: Poetry (3 hours lecture)
The poetry of Donne, Jonson, Herbert, Marvell, and Milton, supplemented by historical and intellectual background and by selections from the works of Vaughan, Traherne, Crashaw, Herrick, Suckling, Lovelace, Carew, and Cowley. Stylistic categories such as the metaphysical, the classical, and the meditative are considered in the light of a close critical analysis of the major poetry. 3 sh.
ENGL518: Milton (3 hours lecture)
Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and some of the minor works are analyzed intensively. Styles, themes and techniques are considered in the light of Milton's life and the political and religious controversies of his time. The poetry is also studied in terms of its relation to Milton's Italian and classical models, his Elizabethan masters, and his contemporaries. 3 sh.
ENGL521: The Augustan Age (3 hours lecture)
The literature of the Restoration and early eighteenth century in its cultural contexts. Topics include criticism and aesthetics, satire, the new nature poetry, and the relationship between literary forms and philosophical and critical ideas. Emphasis on the works of Dryden, Swift, Pope, Gay, Addison and Steele, and Thomson. 3 sh.
ENGL525: The English Novel from Defoe to Austen (3 hours lecture)
The rise of the English novel and its various traditions: Comic, realistic, satirical, psychological, and gothic. Authors include Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, Sterne, and Austen. 3 sh.
ENGL529: British Romanticism I: Wordsworth and Coleridge (3 hours lecture)
The poetry of the two most important writers of the first generation of the Romantic movement in England. Emphasis is placed on the significance of their poetry in terms of the poets' own personal experience and in the context of the age of democratic and industrial revolution. 3 sh.
ENGL530: British Romanticism II: Byron, Shelley, and Keats (3 hours lecture)
The major works of the second-generation Romantics are studied in relation to the experience of their lives and the movements of their time. Attention is also given to their letters and critical writings. 3 sh.
ENGL531: Victorian Studies I: Prose (3 hours lecture)
The responses of the major prose writers of the period to such issues as the rise of a large working class, the sudden growth of cities, demands for political freedom, and the promises and threats of science. The problems of establishing an aesthetic of nonfiction prose are also considered. Works by Carlyle, Mill, Arnold, Macaulay, Huxley, Newman, Pater, and Wilde. 3 sh.
ENGL532: Victorian Studies II: Novel (3 hours lecture)
The Victorian novel in its historical and cultural contexts, with emphasis on the responses of the most vital art form of the age to the unprecedented changes in English life that took place during the era. Works by Thackeray, Trollope, Dickens, the Brontes, Eliot, and others. 3 sh.
ENGL533: Victorian Studies III: Poetry (3 hours lecture)
The course concentrates on the major mid-Victorian poets, Tennyson, Browning, and Arnold, and to a lesser extent on their successors among the pre-Raphaelites, the aesthetes, and the rhymers. 3 sh.
ENGL535: Turn-of-the-Century British Writers (3 hours lecture)
An examination of British literature in the transitional period between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Writers might include Hardy, Conrad, Joyce, and Lawrence. Attention is given to the ways in which their works illuminate the movement from Victorian to modernist thinking and demonstrate the relation between literary consciousness and society. 3 sh.
ENGL540: The Modern British Novel (3 hours lecture)
Innovations in characterization, narrative technique, and theme under the impact of major twentieth-century political, economic, and cultural developments. Works by Forster, Huxley, Waugh, Orwell, Greene, Amis, Murdoch, Lessing, and others. 3 sh.
ENGL542: The Irish Renaissance (3 hours lecture)
The Irish contribution to twentieth-century literature and aesthetic theory, specifically to that brand of experimentation, individualism, and internationalism associated with the idea of the modern. Special attention to W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, J. M. Synge, Sean O'Casey, and Frank O'Connor. 3 sh.
ENGL550: Studies in Early American Literature (3 hours lecture)
All major and several minor American writers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are studied within several contexts: literary, religious, philosophical, and political. Topics include the development of American literature, 1620-1800; the effects of puritanism and deism; the concept of the American dream; the originality of the founding fathers; and the extent to which modern American literature and culture reflect the colonial heritage. 3 sh.
ENGL555: American Romanticism (3 hours lecture)
An exploration of the Romantic movement in America with attention to transcendentalism and other social movements. Writers might include Brown, Irving, Cooper, Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, Louisa May Alcott, and Whitman. 3 sh.
ENGL556: Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville (3 hours lecture)
An intensive examination of the writings of the three "Dark Romantics" of the American Renaissance, set against their biographical backgrounds and the literary and historical contexts in which they worked. 3 sh.
ENGL557: American Realism (3 hours lecture)
The development of American realistic fiction, with emphasis on the works of Twain, Howells, and James in relation to their literary heritage and to their social milieu. Attention will also be given to local-color writers, such as Jewett and Freeman, and to naturalist writers, such as Crane, Norris, and London. 3 sh.
ENGL560: Modern American Fiction (3 hours lecture)
After a brief examination of late nineteenth-century realism, the major writers of the twentieth century (up to World War II) are studied with special attention to the critical attitudes of the period and to related scholarship. Authors include Dreiser, Stephen Crane, Sherwood Anderson, Hemingway, and Faulkner. 3 sh.
ENGL561: Modern American Poetry (3 hours lecture)
Beginning with background material on late nineteenth-century poetry, the course examines selected major modern poets. The changing scene in modern poetry is noted, and the reading of contemporary poets is included. Works by Hart Crane, Hilda Doolittle, T. S. Eliot, Robert Lowell, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, and others. 3 sh.
ENGL563: Recent American Fiction (3 hours lecture)
American fiction of approximately the last forty years in the context of American culture and traditions. The course analyzes the characteristics of theme, technique, and sensibility which form the basis of a writer's response to the ambiguities of life in the contemporary world. Works studied might include Bellow, Roth, Didion, Walker, Doctorow, and Morrison. 3 sh.
ENGL564: American Drama (3 hours lecture)
The major American playwrights, such as Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams, are placed in the perspective of their contemporaries and of the traditions of the American stage. 3 sh.
ENGL565: Black American Women Writers (3 hours lecture)
This course explores the writings of Black American women. We will examine the conditions out of which Black women write and the ways in which their works are critiqued and theorized. Discussions will center on questions of race, gender, sexuality, and class; narrative approaches and literary devices; and the Black "womanist" creative tradition. 3 sh.
ENGL571: Teaching Methods (Secondary English)
This graduate level course prepares students to teach English on the secondary level (grades 6-12). ENGL 571 is required for graduate students enrolled in either the Initial Certification or MAT program. The course familiarizes students with the English classroom, the design of lesson and unit plans, writing assignments, and alignment of classroom activities with state curriculum standards and assessments. Students explore and experiment with approaches to teaching selected literary texts, including the adaptation of teaching styles and materials to meet the needs of diverse learners. This course provides a foundational understanding of composition pedagogy, including how to respond to and assess student writing. 4 sh.
ENGL597: Independent Study in British Literature
The student completes a research project under the supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. This course is designed to allow investigations into areas not covered by regular courses and seminars. Permission of the graduate program coordinator and of the project supervisor is required before registration. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6.0 credits as long as the topic is different. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: Departmental approval.
ENGL598: Independent Study in American Literature
The student completes a research project under the supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. This course is designed to allow investigations into areas not covered by regular courses and seminars. Permission of the graduate program coordinator and of the project supervisor is required before registration. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6.0 credits as long as the topic is different. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: Departmental approval.
ENGL600: Seminar in British Literature (3 hours seminar)
Advanced study of an author, genre, movement, theme, or critical theory. See current announcement for specific topic. May be repeated without limit as long as the topic is different. 3 sh.
ENGL601: Seminar in American Literature (3 hours seminar)
Advanced study of an author, genre, movement, theme, or critical theory. See current announcement for specific topic. May be repeated without limit as long as the topic is different. 3 sh.
ENGL605: Seminar in Literary Research (3 hours seminar)
Instruction and practical experience in such areas as reference sources, textual study, kinds of criticism, and the basics of editing. Recommended for the first or second semester of graduate study. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: Departmental approval.
ENLT315: American Indian Themes (3 hours lecture)
"American Indian Themes" will be organized around the following topics: attitudes toward the land and animals; relationship to the divine and its manifestations, gods and goddesses; culture, specifically understood as arts and rituals; gender identities and family structures; political realities of a conquered people; contemporary status of American-Indians and their lives. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENLT316: African, Asian and Caribbean Literature in English (3 hours lecture)
"African, Asian, and Caribbean Literature in English" will include four genres: prose, poetry, drama, and performance pieces. Significant connections will be drawn among the varieties of English and the thematic and critical issues being raised by experts who are studying these literatures. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENLT349: Contemporary Irish Literature (3 hours lecture)
A study of contemporary Irish writers reflecting cultural, social, political, economic and class changes since the Irish Revival period. Writers include Seamus Heaney, Roddy Doyle, Eavan Boland, and Brian Friel. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENLT366: African Myth and Literature (3 hours lecture)
The nature of the sub-Saharan experience and vision through African myths and literary works within the context of culture, criticism and theory. Meets World Cultures Requirement. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENLT367: Contemporary African Literature (3 hours lecture)
A comparative study of the literatures of African writers from countries with a history of British colonialism dating from the 1960's to the present. Topics will include: forms of storytelling and narrative representation; contemporary issues and themes in postcolonial texts; political and aesthetic frameworks; and dissemination of African literatures in a global market. ENLT 206 or 207 recommended. Meets World Cultures Requirement. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENLT372: Women Prose Writers (3 hours lecture)
Readings in the international fiction and non-fiction of women writers. The focus will be on such themes as the nature of the family, changing relationships between women and men, evolving concepts of the "feminine," the impact of colonialism on gender related issues (i.e. work and women's identity) and interrelationships between religion and women's lives. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENLT374: Contemporary European Drama (3 hours lecture)
Plays representing the themes, values and dramatic techniques of selected British and continental (French, German, Italian, Russian and/or other) dramatists. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENLT375: Modern Drama: Ibsen to O'Neill (3 hours lecture)
Major modern plays and the playwrights whose critical insights and historical perspectives led to their unique contributions. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENLT376: Modern European Novel (3 hours lecture)
The creative expression of such novelists as Gide, Hesse, Kafka, Proust and Woolf as shaped by events of the period 1910 to 1930, and how these works influenced the future of the novel. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENLT377: Speculative Fiction: Fantasy (3 hours lecture)
The impossible and improbable in fairy tales, myth, legend, horror, sword and sorcery, the supernatural and high fantasy as a critical mode. Technological science fiction excluded. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENLT378: Science Fiction (3 hours lecture)
Fiction of the future that speculates and extrapolates from the physical and social sciences, selected from both the classics and contemporary writings. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENLT464: Modern Poetry to T.S. Eliot (3 hours lecture)
Works of the French symbolists and the Georgian and imagist poets of Britain, the continent and America whose theories and principles underlie modern poetics. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENLT492: Seminar in Comparative Literature (3 hours seminar)
A culture, era, theme or literary approach studied through international literary masterpieces. Enrollment limited. May be repeated without limit as long as the topic is different. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101; junior or senior English major.
ENLT513: Literary Criticism from 1800 to the Present (3 hours lecture)
The break from classical theory (notably by the Romantics) and the search, principally in our own day, for new definitions of the nature and function of literature. Throughout the course, critical theory is related to the history, art, and principal writings of each period. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENLT 512.
ENLT514: Theoretical Approaches to Literature (3 hours lecture)
An in-depth study of late 19th and 20th Century theoretical approaches to literature and issues of representation. Critical methodologies to be studied will include: Formalism, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Historical Materialism, Psychoanalysis, Feminism, Post-colonialism and New Historicism. Students will study literary and/or filmic texts along with the critical theories. Does not count towards the International Literature specialization, as this is a required core course. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: Departmental approval.
ENLT515: Ancient Tragedy (3 hours lecture)
Selected plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Seneca in English translation; origins of Greek and Roman tragedy; religion and myth in tragedy; Aristotelian criticism; stage production; the influence of ancient tragedy on modern literature. 3 sh.
ENLT516: Ancient Comedy (3 hours lecture)
Study of selected plays of Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, and Terence. Topics include origins and development, staging, and theories of old and new comedy at Athens and of Roman comedy, mime, farce, influences on later comedy. 3 sh.
ENLT517: Ancient Epic (3 hours lecture)
The Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid in English translation. Topics include ancient and modern literary criticism of Homer and Virgil; oral versus literary epic; history, folklore, and saga in the ancient epic; basic epic themes (the nature of heroism, fate, people and the gods, etc.); Homeric and Virgilian influence on subsequent literature. 3 sh.
ENLT535: The Enlightenment in Europe (3 hours lecture)
A comparative study of literature and ideas in eighteenth-century Europe, focusing on English, French, and German literature, with some attention to Italian and Spanish. Major literary and philosophical trends are analyzed, including the rational and satirical attack on traditional values and the current of "sensibility" which stressed the powers of the emotions and the senses. Works by Swift, Voltaire, Fielding, Diderot, Johnson, Rousseau, Prevost, Goethe, Lessing, and others. 3 sh.
ENLT536: The Romantic Movement (3 hours lecture)
The origins and development of romanticism in England and Germany are compared with the later triumph of the movement in France. Representative works of Chateaubriand, Goethe, Novalis, Kleist, Hoffmann, Heine, Musset, and Nerval are studied, and their themes compared with those of the English romantics. (Taught in English. Recommended to French majors as a free elective.) Cross listed with French, FREN 536. 3 sh.
ENLT565: Ibsen, Strindberg, and Shaw (3 hours lecture)
Intensive study of three great modern playwrights with an emphasis on dramatic theory and criticism, social context, and literary/theatrical values. 3 sh.
ENLT569: Major Writers of Africa and the African Diaspora (3 hours lecture)
The course will concentrate on literature from sub-Saharan Africa and the African diaspora and may include writers from the Caribbean, Asia, and the Americas. Discussion topics may address issues of place; power and its effects, including colonialism and slavery; gender relations, family structures, religious beliefs; the arts and other cultural expressions. 3 sh.
ENLT570: The Modern Novel (3 hours lecture)
Selected works by European, English, and Latin American masters, illustrating the evolution of the novel during the twentieth century. Works by James, Proust, Kafka, Dos Passos, Woolf, Gide, Mann, Hesse, Stein, Beckett, and others. 3 sh.
ENLT571: Trends in the Contemporary Novel (3 hours lecture)
Significant fiction of the last fifty years from at least five countries. Students will be introduced to a variety of fictional forms which will include work from diverse geographical regions. 3 sh.
ENLT572: Modern Movements in the Arts (3 hours lecture)
An interdisciplinary course which considers theories and practices in the arts across cultures, beginning with classical modernism and its contemporary legacies. Emphasis on literature, with attention to the visual arts and/or music and performance. 3 sh.
ENLT577: Film Studies (3 hours lecture)
On a rotating basis, different cultural, historical, and aesthetic aspects of American, British, or world film will be examined. See current announcement. Students may repeat Film Studies so long as the topic is different each time. 3 sh.
ENLT578: Science Fiction (3 hours lecture)
This course compares international authors' contributions to science fiction, focusing on those texts that highlight its history and meaning: fiction of the future that speculates and extrapolates from the physical and social sciences. It provides graduate students with the critical perspectives to explore the reach of speculative fiction across the globe. Students will become familiar with the roots of literary tropes such as utopias/dystopias and the uncanny, through literature that interrogates what it means to be human. 3 sh.
ENLT599: Independent Study: International Literature
The student completes a research project under the supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. This course is designed to allow investigations into areas not covered by regular courses and seminars. Permission of the graduate program coordinator and of the project supervisor required before registration. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6.0 credits as long as the topic is different. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: Departmental approval.
ENLT602: Seminar in International Literature (3 hours seminar)
Advanced study of an author, genre, movement, theme or critical theory. See current announcement for specific topic. Students may be repeated without limit as long as the topic is different. 3 sh.
ENWR205: Creative Nonfiction (3 hours lecture)
Advanced writing skills with stress on developing a personal writing style, adapting writing style to various subjects and audiences and experimenting with different modes of exposition. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.
ENWR371: Teaching Writing in the Public Schools (3 hours lecture)
This offers students an introduction to the theory and practice of teaching writing to students in public schools (elementary, middle, and high). Students will explore all aspects of the writing process through the following activities: journaling, free-writing, drafting and revising analytical essays, peer review, and conferencing. Students will conduct research on writing issues, read foundational composition scholarship, respond to student writing, and experiment with approaches to teaching writing. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: ENWR 204 or ENWR 206 or ENWR 207 or ENWR 208 or ENWR 220 or ENGL 201 or ENGL 270 or ENGL 280.
ENWR583: Teaching Writing Through Literature (3 hours lecture)
The course considers the best theories and practices for teaching writing through literature. Students will also examine the social and historical intersection of literary studies and writing pedagogy. 3 sh.
ENWR585: Theory and Practice of Writing Centers (3 hours of lecture)
This course will focus on teaching writing through one-on-one instruction in the context of university writing centers. Students will learn how to conduct one-on-one conferences-a standard instructional model in writing centers-face to face and online, informed by readings of current scholarship on writing centers, learning styles, collaboration and language and literary acquisition. The course will begin with a review of the revolution in Writing Studies that occurred in the late 1970s through 1980s in the US and the relevant composing models, emergence of writing centers, and theories of individualized writing instruction that subsequently followed. The course will equip students with a range of instructional strategies suited to the particular needs of struggling writers, such as second-language learners, through the study of scholarship on cognitive and social forces that enable and inhibit writing development, as well as best writing center tutorial practices for maximizing individual potential. Students will complete a major research project on a key issue in individualized instruction and writing centers, as well as statement of their philosophy of teaching and learning, along with other writing assignments (such as essays, journal entries, blogs, digital presentations, research papers, among others) intended for reflection, research, and practice. 3 sh.
ENWR586: Theory and Practice of Teaching Writing (3 lecture hours)
This course explores the social, educational, and linguistic foundations of writing instruction, including various models of composing and approaches to writing pedagogy. Students will learn how to respond to writing, identifying strengths and strategies for improvement, and explore ways to encourage revision. Practicing and prospective teachers will examine the theory, research, and practice of writing instruction through a process of inquiry, workshops, and analysis of their own writing. 3 sh.
ENWR588: Research in Writing Studies (3 lecture hours)
An introduction to representative empirical research in composition pedagogy and writing studies. In the first half of the semester students will be introduced to a range of methodologies used in research in writing and composition studies. Inquiry models will include survey, ethnography, case study, the interview. In the second half of the semester students will explore a research question using one or more of the methodologies taught. 3 sh.
ENWR590: Graduate Writing Seminar (3 hours seminar)
Writing in one or more of the following: essay, scholarly research, autobiography, creative non-fiction, poetry, drama, screenwriting. May be repeated three times for a maximum of 12.0 credits as long as the topic is different. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: Departmental approval.
ENWR598: Rhetorical Theories and the Teaching of Writing (3 hours lecture)
An inquiry into the rhetorical and theoretical roots of current questions, methods and practices of writing instruction--to investigate the possibility that both teaching writing and writing itself are deeply constructed endeavors, rooted in structures of language, perception, knowing and being that are often discussed in theoretical discourse. 3 sh.
ENWR600: Seminar in Writing Studies (3 hours lecture)
Advanced study of a topic, issue or theory in the field of Writing Studies. See current announcement for specific topic. Students may repeat the Writing Studies Seminar up to 2 times for a total of 9 credits as long as the topic is different each time. 3 sh.
FCST515: Child Development II: Adolescence (3 hours lecture)
Students utilize developmental and ecological approaches to study physical, cognitive, and social development of adolescents (11-18 years) in terms of change within and differences between individuals. Students also examine how family, peer, neighborhood, sociocultural factors, and politics can have an influence on adolescents. The roles of race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status in adolescent development are likewise examined. Students also engage in out-of-class observations and/or interview projects as well as develop an APA style research literature review or proposal paper. 3 sh.
GRADCMP: Comprehensive Examination
This course is a placeholder for matriculated master's students planning to take the departmental Comprehensive Examination. Successful completion of the Comprehensive Examination will result in a grade of P, unsuccessful students will receive a grade of NC. Students who do not successfully complete the Comprehensive Examination will be required to register for this placeholder course in each term for which they plan to take the examination (limited to three). 0 sh.
Prerequisites: Matriculation in Master's degree program required.
LNGN220: Structure of American English (3 hours lecture)
The phonology, morphology, syntax of American English, geographical and social dialects; traditional, structural and transformational approaches to grammar. 3 sh.
LNGN284: History of the English Language (3 hours lecture)
English from its Indo-European origins up to and including the eighteenth-century grammarians. The Germanic strains; old, middle and modern English. 3 sh.
PSYC560: Advanced Educational Psychology (3 hours lecture)
A comprehensive treatment of the cognitive and affective characteristics of the learner and the processes of learning and teaching provide the framework for this course. Behavioral, cognitive and information-processing theory are presented and their applicability to instructional strategies and classroom dynamics is discussed. Other areas included are the origins of individual differences including heredity and environment, early childhood education, cultural differences, student motivation, classroom management, measurement and evaluation, exceptional children and other topics. 3 sh.
READ501: Techniques of Reading Improvement in the Secondary School (3 hours lecture)
Techniques of Reading Improvement in the Secondary School introduces pre-service and in-service teachers to an array of cross-content literacy strategies for the improvement of nonclinical reading difficulties. Students learn how to ground literacy strategies in purposeful and meaningful curricular and pedagogical projects. 3 sh.
SASE505: Teaching, Democracy, and Schooling (3 hours lecture)
This course brings together differing viewpoints regarding the purposes of teaching in the United States and the teacher's role in fostering democracy. It provides future teachers with the habits of mind, skills, tools and resources to analyze and evaluate the relationship between the history of public education, the evolution of teacher identity, and the roles teachers and teaching have played in shaping the United States as a society and vice versa. Using Montclair State's Portrait of a Teacher as an organizing framework, this course places particular emphasis on the idea that all students can learn regardless of their gender, ability, race, ethnicity, or economic background. Students in the course study the history, philosophy, and politics that shape differing views about the roles and responsibilities of teachers, especially as these views relate to integration and inclusion in the classroom. Cross listed with EDFD 505. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6.0 credits. Previous course CURR 505 effective through Spring 2014. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: Students must be enrolled in a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Instructional Teaching Certificate (CRI), Educational Services Certificate (CRE) or Master of Education (MED).
SASE509: Sociocultural Perspectives on Teaching and Learning (3 hours lecture)
Examines how teachers, teaching, & schooling can foster the learning of pupils from diverse socio-economic, linguistic & cultural backgrounds. Students explore the ways socialization shapes perceptions of oneself & others; reflect on their own beliefs & assumptions about their sociocultural identities & how those have been shaped through experience; examine the nature & impact of the increasing social, cultural, & linguistic diversity in K-12 schools; & reflect on their capacity to bring about educational change that promotes equity & affirms diversity. They investigate ways of teaching all children successfully, particularly through a culturally responsive curriculum, & of developing positive relationships among teachers, parents, & children across diversity. Through a community study of an urban area with a predominantly poor & diverse population, students develop a framework for understanding the relationship between schools, communities, & society; cultivate skills needed to familiarize themselves with diverse communities & their residents; & envision ways they can help future students see connections between their in-school & out-of-school experiences. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6.0 credits. Cross listed with EDFD 509. Previous course CURR 509 effective through Spring 2014. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: SASE 505 or EDFD 505; SASE 518. Students must be enrolled in a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Instructional Teaching Certificate (CRI), Educational Services Certificate (CRE) or Master of Education (MED).
SASE516: Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners (1 hour lecture)
This course examines the best practices in educating English language learners. Students gain a greater understanding of the linguistic difficulties and resources of English language learners as well as the importance of a multicultural curriculum. Students learn how to make content comprehensible and differentiate instruction based on the language levels of individual English language learners. Students develop an understanding of the academic and affective needs of English language learners, and of strategies for meeting these needs. May be repeated once for a maximum of 2.0 credits. Cross listed with EDFD 516. Previous course CURR 516 effective through Spring 2014. 1 sh.
Prerequisites: SASE 505 or EDFD 505; SASE 518. Students must be enrolled in a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Instructional Teaching Certificate (CRI), Educational Services Certificate (CRE) or Master of Education (MED).
SASE526: Teaching for Learning I (3 hours lecture)
This is the first course in a two-semester sequence (SASE 526, SASE 543). This course focuses on developing classroom practices necessary for student teaching and the beginning of a professional career in teaching, building from the knowledge and skills developed in previous courses in the professional sequence. In conjunction with SASE 527-Fieldwork, students have the opportunity to observe in classrooms and to do individual, small group, and whole class teaching. Students investigate democratic classroom practice by focusing on curriculum development; creating a positive, well-structured climate for learning in their classrooms; learning and practicing techniques for effective classroom management; and choosing appropriate teaching strategies and assessments to create successful learning experiences for their students. Previous course CURR 526 effective through Spring 2014. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: SASE 505 or EDFD 505; SASE 509 or EDFD 509; SASE 516 or EDFD 516; SASE 517; SASE 518; READ 501. Students must be enrolled in a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Instructional Teaching Certificate (CRI), Educational Services Certificate (CRE) or Master of Education (MED).
SASE527: Fieldwork (3 hours lecture)
Students spend 60 hours, or approximately one day per week, in a selected public school. Activities include, but are not limited to, observing classroom teachers, facilitating small group and individual instruction, participating in after-school activities, tutoring, attending department meetings, shadowing and interviewing students and teachers, lesson planning and teaching, and assessing student work. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6.0 credits. Previous course CURR 527 effective through Spring 2014. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: SASE 505 or EDFD 505; and SASE 509 or EDFD 509; and SASE 516 or EDFD 516; and SASE 517; and SASE 518; and EDFD 519 or SASE 519; and READ 501. Students must be enrolled in a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Instructional Teaching Certificate (CRI), Educational Services Certificate (CRE) or Master of Education (MED).
SASE529: Student Teaching (6 hours lab)
Full time student teaching in the public schools of New Jersey for the duration of a semester is required of all students who complete the regular program of certification requirements. 6 hour lab requirements. May be repeated once for a maximum of 12.0 credits. Previous course CURR 529 effective through Spring 2014. 6 sh.
Prerequisites: SASE 505 or EDFD 505; and SASE 509 or EDFD 509; and SASE 516 or EDFD 516; and SASE 517; and SASE 518; and SASE 519 or EDFD 519; and SASE 526; and SASE 527; and READ 501; and content area methods course(s). Students must be enrolled in a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Instructional Teaching Certificate (CRI), Educational Services Certificate (CRE) or Master of Education (MED).
SASE543: Teaching for Learning II (3 hours lecture)
This is the second course in a two-semester sequence (SASE 526, SASE 543). This course focuses on putting into practice all the knowledge and skills students have developed throughout their professional sequence in their full-time, supervised student teaching experience. A primary focus is on planning and implementing curriculum. In addition to curriculum planning and using appropriate instructional and assessment strategies, students learn about the impact of the school and classroom culture and climate on student learning and on relationships between and among students, teachers, and other professionals in school. May be repeated once for a maximum of 6.0 credits. Previous course CURR 543 effective through Spring 2014. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: SASE 505 or EDFD 505; and SASE 509 or EDFD 509; and SASE 516 or EDFD 516; and SASE 517; and SASE 518; and SASE 526; and SASE 527; and READ 501; and content area methods course(s). Students must be enrolled in a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Instructional Teaching Certificate (CRI), Educational Services Certificate (CRE) or Master of Education (MED).
SPED568: Instructional Planning for Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Settings II (3 hours lecture)
This course will enhance the ability of future educators to provide effective planning and instruction for students with disabilities in 6-12 inclusive classrooms. Educators will learn how to apply developmentally appropriate practice and curriculum design to improve the learning of students who exhibit competencies across a wide range. The emphasis will be on practical techniques and strategies that can be utilized in an inclusive setting. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: SPED 579. Students must be enrolled in a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Instructional Teaching Certificate (CRI), Educational Services Certificate (CRE) or Master of Education (MED).
SPED579: Special Education for Students with Disabilities (3 hours lecture)
An overview of instruction for students with special needs; characteristics of special populations, federal and state legislation, educational implications of disabling conditions, principles for instruction and planning for inclusion are presented; community resources and special issues related to the education of students with disabilities are discussed. 3 sh.
SPED584: Assessment and Evaluation in the Inclusive Classroom
This course is designed to be an introduction for pre-service teachers in the field of Special Education assessment and accountability. The course will introduce students to elements of traditional assessment, including record keeping, grading, objective and essay testing, theories of validity as well as authentic, performance, and portfolio assessment. The keeping of anecdotal records, inclusion, heterogeneous groups, and accommodations will also be components of this course. 2 - 3 sh.
Prerequisites: SPED 579. Students must be enrolled in a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Instructional Teaching Certificate (CRI), Educational Services Certificate (CRE) or Master of Education (MED).
SPED585: Technology for Inclusive Classrooms
The course is designed to provide educators with an understanding of how to use technology as a seamless part of the teaching and learning experience for students with disabilities in inclusive settings. Two main purposes for students with disabilities will be emphasized. Teachers will learn how to provide access to the curriculum for students with disabilities by using the principles of Universal Design for Learning as a framework for curriculum design. They will learn how to utilize technology to meet the unique needs of students with disabilities in order for them to attain maximum independence and participation in all environments. 2 - 3 sh.
Prerequisites: SPED 579. Students must be enrolled in a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Instructional Teaching Certificate (CRI), Educational Services Certificate (CRE) or Master of Education (MED).
SPED586: Transition Services for Students with Disabilities (3 hours lecture)
This course will focus on a Research-Based and Teacher-Tested Support Model for planning and implementing transition services for students with disabilities. Successful transition services will allow students to build the bridges toward becoming independent self advocates with the insights, skills, knowledge, and learning techniques for successful transition from school to adult life. 3 sh.
Prerequisites: SPED 579. Students must be enrolled in a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Instructional Teaching Certificate (CRI), Educational Services Certificate (CRE) or Master of Education (MED).
SPED588: Promoting Prosocial Behaviors in Inclusive Settings
This course is designed to provide future teachers with theory and practice related to the development of appropriate prosocial behaviors within inclusive classroom settings for students with disabilities. This course will focus on behavior and the developmental and environmental factors that influence its expression. Emphasis will be placed on functional analysis of behavior, how to promote appropriate behavior, and how to develop a classroom setting that fosters prosocial behaviors. Principles of social/emotional learning, social skills development as well as data collection, schedules of reinforcement monitoring progress, social problem solving, and promotion of positive behavior plans will be explored. 2 - 3 sh.
Prerequisites: SPED 579. Students must be enrolled in a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Instructional Teaching Certificate (CRI), Educational Services Certificate (CRE) or Master of Education (MED).
SPED591: Teaching Organization and Study Skills for the Inclusive Classroom (3 hours lecture)
In this course, future and practicing teachers who work with students with disabilities in middle and secondary school learn how to enable those students to become more effective learners so they can have greater access to the general education curriculum. Increased inclusion has led to higher expectations for students with disabilities and the need to meet the more rigorous demands of the general education classroom. This requires study and organization skills, which students with disabilities often lack as a result of the impact of their disability. In this course, teachers become familiar with research-based study and organization strategies as well as effective instructional methods for systematic and explicit instruction to teach these strategies. Through these strategies, they can help students compensate for their disability characteristics and become more independent, engaged learners. 2 - 3 sh.
Prerequisites: SPED 469, SPED 568 or SPED 587. Students must be enrolled in a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Instructional Teaching Certificate (CRI), Educational Services Certificate (CRE) or Master of Education (MED).
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