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General Information: Graduate English Courses
Graduate English courses are numbered at the 500- or 600-level. 500-level courses commonly include upper-level undergraduates, but graduate students in these courses do more, and more advanced, work and are held to higher standards than their 400-level classmates. Only graduate students may register for 500- or 600-level courses. A typical full-time graduate semester comprises 8-11 credit hours. At least half of a graduate student’s minimum of 30 hours of coursework toward the M.A. Literature & Language or M.S. degree must be earned through 600-level courses.
The English Graduate Program offers some of its courses either once a year or once every two years, and each semester includes graduate courses with variable topics. Some graduate courses are required for certain categories of graduate students (see “Master’s Degree Requirements”). Students who are admitted but who are asked to take equivalency courses will take these courses at the 500-level unless the necessary course has no graduate component.
For more information, students should consult the English Graduate Website section “Master’s Degree Requirements,” the 2006-08 Graduate Catalog, the Director of Graduate Studies in English, and/or the Graduate TESOL Director. Internships, independent studies, and arranged courses are also offered to graduate students whose situation and studies warrant these special classes.
500/400 courses include the following 3-credit classes :
- 504: Advanced Creative Writing: Non-Fiction [prose]
- 505: Chaucer
- 510: Advanced Creative Writing: Prose [fiction]
- 512: Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
- 514: Shakespeare: Comedies & Histories
- 517: Shakespeare: Tragedies
- 532: Comparative Literature
- 539: Technical Writing
- 547: Literary Criticism: Theory & Practice
- 570: Seminar in American Literature (variable topic)
- 571: Seminar in British Literature (variable topic)
- 572: Seminar in Language & Discourse (variable topic)
- 580: Theories of Second-Language Acquisition
- 581: TESOL: Theory and Methods
- 582: Second Language Composition Studies
- 583: Pedagogical Grammar
- 584: ESL Material, Resources, & Assessment
600-level courses include the following classes :
- 602-603-604: Seminar in Literary Themes, Topics, Genres (3 s.h., variable topic)
- 605-606-607: Seminar in English Literature (3.s.h., variable topic)
- 608-609-610: Seminar in American Literature (3 s.h., variable topic)
- 611: Teaching Writing: Theory & Practice (4 s.h.): Offered every fall.
- 612: Graduate Research Methods (1 s.h.): Offered every fall.
- 613: Literature: Analysis & Pedagogy (3 s.h.): Offered every fall.
- 614: TESOL Research Methods (2 s.h.)
- 621: Internship (1-6 s.h.)
- 690: Independent Study (1-3 s.h.)
- 693: Exam Tutorial (1 s.h., P/NC): Offered every fall.
- 699: Arranged Course: Thesis Credits (1-5 s.h., P/NC)
Partial Schedule of Graduate Courses, 2006-08
Important note: Subject to modification, the schedule below does not include the regularly offered 500/400 level courses or the graduate-level TESOL courses. For information about when these courses will be offered, please see the WSU online course schedule and registration site or contact the Director of Graduate Studies in English, English Chairperson Dr. Ruth Forsythe, or the Graduate TESOL Director. AGAIN, ONLY CERTAIN UPCOMING COURSES ARE LISTED BELOW. As the website is periodically updated, the course-offering list may reflect increased coverage and specificity, but students should carefully consult the aforementioned resources in planning their schedules.
Fall 2006
- E611: Teaching Writing: Theory & Practice (4 s.h.): E. Krase
- E612: Graduate Research Methods (1.s.h.): D. Hayes
- E613: Literature: Analysis & Pedagogy (3 s.h.): J. Carducci
- E693: Exam Tutorial (1.s.h., P/NC): D. Hayes
- E6xx: Seminar: Age of Lowell (3 s.h.): J. Armstrong
Spring 2007
- E6xx: Seminar: History of the English Language (3 s.h.): D. Larsen
- E6xx: Shakespeare: Texts & Contexts (3 s.h.): J. Carducci
Fall 2007
- E611: Teaching Writing: Theory & Practice (4 s.h.): E. Krase
- E612: Graduate Research Methods (1 s.h.): D. Hayes
- E613: Literature: Analysis & Pedagogy (3 s.h.): J. Carducci
- E693: Exam Tutorial (1.s.h., P/NC): D. Hayes
- E6xx: Seminar: James Joyce (3.s.h.): C. Buttram
Spring 2008
- E6xx: Seminar: Postmodern American Fiction (3 s.h.): P. Johnson
- E6xx: Seminar: Rhetoric in Renaissance England (3 s.h.): D. Hayes
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