2008-2009 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
English Department
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Old Main, Room 112
(607) 753-4307
E-mail: karen.knapp@cortland.edu
www.cortland.edu/english
School
Arts and Sciences
Faculty
Karla Alwes (Chair), Ross Borden, Victoria Boynton, Debra Brown, T. Ellen Byrnes, Vaughn Copey, Bernie Earley, Tim Emerson, David Franke, Marni Gauthier, Alexander Gonzalez, Andrea Harbin, Mary Lynch Kennedy, Denise D. Knight (M.A. Coordinator), Kathy Lattimore, Matthew Lessig, Gailanne Mackenzie, Noralyn Masselink (M.A.T. and M.S.Ed. Coordinator), Edward McCorduck, Nicola Morris, Emmanuel Nelson, Lisa Neville, Robert Patterson, Alex Reid, Linda Rosekrans, Cynthia Sarver, Karen Stearns, E. Kim Stone, Paul Washburn, Laureen Wells, Anne Wiegard, Janet Wolf
Adjunct Faculty
For a listing of adjunct faculty see the Faculty and Administration section of this catalog.
Programs offered
Master of Arts in English
Master of Arts in Teaching in Adolescence Education: English (7-12)
Master of Science in Education in Adolescence Education: English (7-12)
Graduate
AED 541 - Teaching Literature and Critical Literacy (F)This course integrates the teaching of literature and critical literacy. Lesson planning, instructional strategies and teaching with English Language Arts standards are emphasized, as are theory and methods for helping students apply critical reading and writing skills to a range of genres and levels of interpretation.Prerequisite: 3.0 grade point average in the major.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code F = offered in fall
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
AED 576 - Practicum I: Student Teaching in the Middle School (B)Supervised student teaching in a middle school for students enrolled in the M.A.T. in adolescence education: English (7-12) program.Prerequisites: ENG 504, ENG 505, AED 541, AED 668, AED 669 and 3.0 grade point average. Corequisites: AED 577 and AED 578. S, U grades are assigned.(6 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
AED 577 - Practicum II: Student Teaching in the High School (B)Supervised student teaching in a high school for students enrolled in the M.A.T. in adolescence education: English (7-12) program.Prerequisites: ENG 504, ENG 505, AED 541, AED 668, AED 669 and 3.0 grade point average. Corequisites: AED 576 and AED 578. S, U grades assigned.(6 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
AED 578 - Master's Project and Teaching Colloquia (B)Production of English Language Arts Portfolio and participation in colloquia for the purpose of sharing best practices and supporting portfolio development. S, U grades assigned.Prerequisite: AED 663. Corequisites: AED 576 and AED 577.(1 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
AED 661 - Language Development in Adolescence for Non-Literature Majors (B)Combines models of first-language acquisition, the structure of the English language, cooperative learning, sentence combining and accelerated learning to develop an overall model for enhancing language development of all adolescents, regardless of dialect and socioeconomic standards.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
AED 663 - Seminar in Research in the Teaching of English (S)This study of empirical investigations of the teaching of English will culminate in students writing a review of research in a particular aspect of teaching English or conducting an original research study.Prerequisites: Completion of 12 hours of graduate work in English and 12 in education.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code S = offered in spring
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
AED 668 - Language Development in Adolescence (S)Combines models of first-language acquisition, the structure of the English language, cooperative learning, sentence combining and accelerated learning to develop an overall model for enhancing development of all adolescents, regardless of dialect and socioeconomic standing. M.A.T. students must be concurrently enrolled in AED 669.Prerequisites: AED 541, 3.0 grade point average.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code S = offered in spring
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
AED 669 - Participant-Observer Experience: Language Development (S)A 50-hour field experience supervised by the course instructor. M.A.T. students must be concurrently enrolled in AED 668.Prerequisites: AED 541, 3.0 grade point average, permission of the department.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code S = offered in spring
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
AED 678 - MSED_AEN Final Project (B)Development of an English Language Arts Teaching Portfolio demonstrating comprehensive and advanced understanding of knowledge and practices in the teaching of English language arts. S, U grades assigned.Prerequisite: AED 663.(1 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 500 - Old English (O)Phonemic and grammatical structures of Old English; translation and analyses of selected West-Saxon texts; general background reading in history of English language, major trends in Old English literature.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 504 - Seminar in the Composing Process: Rhetoric and Analysis (F)An experimental and theoretical approach to the teaching of writing, focusing on research, theory and practice. M.A.T. students must be concurrently enrolled in ENG 505.Prerequisite: 3.0 grade point average.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code F = offered in fall
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 505 - Participant-Observer Experience: Composing Process (F)A 50-hour field experience supervised by the course instructor.Prerequisites: Graduate status, permission of the department, 3.0 grade point average. Corequisite: ENG 504.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code F = offered in fall
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 506 - Computers and the Study of English (B)Introduces graduate students, particularly students who plan to teach or are currently teaching English at middle school, secondary school or adult levels, to computer tools and environments that complement the study of literature, language, rhetoric and composition.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 529 - Special Topics in English (O)Selected topics. May be taken more than once as subtitle changes.Prerequisites: Designated by department as appropriate for content and academic level of credit(1-4 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 530 - Chaucer (O)Poetry of Chaucer in Middle English; emphasis upon literary rather than linguistic aspect of his work.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 538 - Studies in 17th-Century English Literature (O)Intensive study of a few authors or literary movement from roughly 1600 to 1660. May be repeated as subtitle changes(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 539 - Milton (O)Poetry and prose.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 547 - 19th Century British Women Writers (O)This course will focus on the British women writers of the 19th century, with attention to the various genres of the era — novel, poetry, essay.Prerequisites: The course is open to seniors in good academic standing, for undergraduate credit; credit at graduate level requires an undergraduate degree.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 548 - Studies in British Literature 1950-Present (O)Study of selected author(s), theme, genre or movement of the period.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 549 - Studies in Irish Literature (O)Intensive study of a few authors or of literary movements in Irish literature, such as Irish Renaissance. May be repeated as subtitle changes.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 600 - Advanced Grammar and Usage (O)Historical, social elements behind conflicting usages of current American English; problems on language learning and application of modern linguistic principles with attention to structural generative language models.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 601 - History of the English Language (O)Prehistory of English: reconstructed Indo-European, Germanic. Historical survey of sound, structural changes from 900 to present with some attention to lexical borrowings.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 602 - Rhetorical Tradition (O)A survey of rhetorical theory from antiquity to the present, examining the applicability of rhetorical tradition for today's writers, students and teachers.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 615 - Studies in American Literature to 1900 (O)Intensive study of a few authors or literary movement to 1900. May be repeated as subtitle changes.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 616 - Studies in American Literature From 1900 to 1950 (O)Intensive study of one or two authors or a literary movement from 1900 to 1950. May be repeated as subtitle changes.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 617 - Studies in American Literature Since 1950 (O)Intensive study of one or two authors or a literary movement since 1950. May be repeated as subtitle changes.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 618 - Global Multicultural Literature (C)Close readings of representative texts by major contemporary writers of color from around the world.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 619 - Seminar in Literature for Adolescence (S)Critical study, examination and evaluation of literature written specifically for adolescents and works written for an adult audience but incorporated into the canon of young adult literature.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code S = offered in spring
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 622 - Seminar in American Women Writers (O)Intense examination of the literature of American women writers with attention to literary history and criticism.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 629 - Special Topics in English (O)Selected topics. May be taken more than once as subtitle changes.Prerequisites: Designated by department as appropriate for content and academic level of credit(1-4 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 632 - Middle English Literature (O)Most significant works by English writers in periods 1200-1500, in Middle English.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 636 - Seminar in Shakespeare (B)Representative problems in critical and scholarly examination of Shakespeare's plays.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 640 - Studies in English Literature 1660-1800 (O)Two or three authors of Restoration Period, 18th century.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 645 - Studies in the Romantic Era (O)Two or three major poets, essayists or novelists in English literature, 1780-1830.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 646 - Studies in the Victorian Era (O)Two or three major writers in England and Ireland in the Victorian Age.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 672 - Seminar in Literary Criticism (B)Study of examples of several contemporary approaches to literary analysis and interpretation. Use of one such approach in the writing of multiple drafts of a substantial paper which presents an original thesis and incorporates the most recent research on the topic (master’s paper). Course may be taken again for an additional three credit hours to complete the thesis.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 677 - Seminar in Contemporary British Literature (O)Two or three major British writers of 20th century.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 678 - World Drama (C)A survey of drama from a variety of cultures including Asian, African and aborigine Australian.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 697 - Extension of Graduate Culminating Activity (A)This course is designed to serve as a continuation/extension of the culminating activity (i.e. thesis, comprehensive exam, and project) in the master's program. The student will continue to work toward meeting the necessary criteria for completing the culminating activity under the direction of department faculty and/or graduate advisor. S, U grades assigned. Permission of department. Repeatable.(1 cr. hr.)
Frequency code A = offered every semester
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
ENG 699 - Independent Study (O)Advanced study in language and literature open to graduate English students only. Reading, research, papers, examinations and credit hours (not more than six) to be arranged with instructor who directs study and approved by Graduate English Committee. Course may be repeated but for no more than a total of six hours.(1-6 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally
Additional frequency code descriptions can be found in the Terminology Guide.
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