English (ENGL)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. The Catalog/Courses of Study 2025-2026 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

ENGL 1102

Some of the best novels of the last 75 years were written by people who were students or professors at Cornell. Reading a selection of these great Cornell novels, we will also be tracing the history and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2060

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19200 ENGL 1102   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Attell, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 2010

English 2010 is an introduction to key works of English and American literature for majors and non-majors. Here's a chance to study some of the greatest hits of the literary tradition in a single semester: ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: ENGL 2010

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2411 ENGL 2010   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Galloway, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6780 ENGL 2010   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Galloway, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2010

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6779 ENGL 2010   LEC 002

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Galloway, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 2150

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2105MUSIC 2250PMA 2650

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18236 ENGL 2150   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Gainor, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 2160

In this introductory course, participants will study the economic and technological history of the television industry, with a particular emphasis on its manifestations in the United States and the United ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18268 ENGL 2160   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Salvato, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 2400

Latina/os have always been part of U.S. history, yet the media often represents Latinx as only recent immigrants or as stereotypes that reduce rich cultures into a single, unified category or group of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2401COML 2400LSP 2400

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5887 ENGL 2400   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Brady, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 2535

Dragons? Spaceships? Bodies that change gendered characteristics at will? Vampire archivists? Speculative fiction (sci fi, fantasy) imagines the world not as it is but as it should be. It can imagine worlds ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 2535LGBT 2535

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19795 ENGL 2535   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Raskolnikov, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 2580

How is the memory of the Holocaust kept alive by means of the literary and visual imagination? Within the historical context of the Holocaust and how and why it occurred, we shall examine major and widely ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2580JWST 2580

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6829 ENGL 2580   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Schwarz, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 2603

Each year this seven-week, one-credit course focuses on a different novel by Nobel Laureate and Cornell alumna Toni Morrison. We read and discuss each novel in the context of Morrison's life and career, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Seven Week - First.  Combined with: ASRC 2603

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Jazz

  • 19995 ENGL 2603   LEC 001

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Oct 10, 2025
    • Gilbert, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 2604

What do recent calls to "decolonize the university" mean? This course considers this imperative from a historical perspective by tracing the economic, psychological, and cultural significance ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19767 ENGL 2604   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Bartels-Swindells, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 2620

This course will introduce both a variety of writings and media by Asian North American authors and some critical issues concerning the production and reception of Asian American texts. Working with a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 2620AMST 2620

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7338 ENGL 2620   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hu Pegues, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 2635

This course looks at the American Gothic tradition as showing us the fissures in early American political life specifically around the issues of slavery and Native American land rights. While Gothic literature ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2635

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19823 ENGL 2635   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Warren, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 2800

An introductory course in the theory, practice, and reading of fiction, poetry, and allied forms. Both narrative and verse readings are assigned. Students will learn to savor and practice the craft of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2420 ENGL 2800   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Cupido, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19803 ENGL 2800   SEM 102

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Bettencourt, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19804 ENGL 2800   SEM 103

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Wang, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19805 ENGL 2800   SEM 104

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • O'Brien, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2421 ENGL 2800   SEM 105

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Ayaz, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3083 ENGL 2800   SEM 106

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McClam, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3452 ENGL 2800   SEM 107

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Pham, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2422 ENGL 2800   SEM 108

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Ayaz, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19806 ENGL 2800   SEM 109

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Mageed, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2960 ENGL 2800   SEM 110

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Sam, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3133 ENGL 2800   SEM 111

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Setzer, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3134 ENGL 2800   SEM 112

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Van Clief-Stefanon, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19802 ENGL 2800   SEM 113

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Widerman, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8837 ENGL 2800   SEM 114

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Arora, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8838 ENGL 2800   SEM 115

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Cottle, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8839 ENGL 2800   SEM 116

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Osborne, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9239 ENGL 2800   SEM 117

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Chan, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 2880

This course offers guidance and an audience for students who wish to gain skill in expository writing—a common term for critical, reflective, investigative, and creative nonfiction. Each section provides ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: The Ecogothic

  •  2423 ENGL 2880   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Sharpless, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: What Was I Made For?

  •  3130 ENGL 2880   SEM 102

    • MWF
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Corwin, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Writing the Global Table: Food, Culture, Identity

  •  4087 ENGL 2880   SEM 103

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Corral Garcia, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 2971

This course will explore how in the body of world literature humans have construed, narrated, imagined the end of time and of the world and sometimes its new beginning.  Spanning from ancient epic and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2271

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18241 ENGL 2971   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Melas, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3051

This course provides an introduction to the theory of trauma, along with literary, artistic and clinical works that engage with traumatic experience. We will explore the enigmatic notion of an experience ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3050GERST 3513

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18940 ENGL 3051   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Caruth, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3110

English has a recorded history longer and more variable than any other language, including poetry and prose as skillful as writings in any period. While learning the language (especially in the first half ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ENGL 6110MEDVL 3110MEDVL 6110

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2668 ENGL 3110   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Zacher, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8777 ENGL 3110   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Zacher, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ENGL 3290

Was Milton a revolutionary poet? During the English civil war, he wrote radical political pamphlets defending regicide, divorce, unlicensed printing, and religious dissent. Yet he also saw himself as the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19770 ENGL 3290   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Kalas, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3360

Explores major American playwrights from 1900 to 1960, introducing students to American theatre as a significant part of modern American cultural history. We will consider the ways in which theatre has ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3360PMA 3757

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8061 ENGL 3360   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Warner, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3490

Though it now seems a positive character trait, curiosity was long considered a dangerous vice. What happened to bring about such a dramatic change in how curiosity was valued? What might make this desire ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19796 ENGL 3490   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Rosenberg, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3507

One way to think of African American literature is to recognize that certain themes and motifs recur and tell a story that one can study across time from slavery to freedom.  Solid literacies in this field ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3507

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20152 ENGL 3507   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Richardson, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3560

The Western nation-state has failed to solve the two most pressing, indeed catastrophic, global problems: poverty and climate change. This failure is due to the inability of national policy to imagine ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 3560AMST 3562

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19994 ENGL 3560   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Cheyfitz, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3571

This is a course on Irish writing of the modern period. In our readings over the semester (which will include some of the twentieth century's greatest literary texts), we will cover the development of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19779 ENGL 3571   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Attell, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3674

The term "AAPI" is often used as a U.S. demographic category for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, but what brings these disparate groups together? This course explores the interrelation between East ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 3674

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19783 ENGL 3674   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Kim, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3678

"Foreign in a domestic sense" is the perplexing way that the Supreme Court of the United States chose to define Puerto Rico's status in the so-called "Insular Cases" of the early 20th century. Written ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3679LSP 3678SPAN 3675

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9426 ENGL 3678   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hey-Colon, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3742

When an African and an African American meet, solidarity is presumed, but often friction is the result.  In this course, we will consider how Africans and African Americans see each other through literature.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3732ASRC 3742SHUM 3742

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8702 ENGL 3742   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Ngugi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3753

This course explores the creative cross-pollination between mass culture and avant-garde art, addressing key concepts in 20th century aesthetics (the middlebrow, the spectacle, pastiche, kitsch) and the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19801 ENGL 3753   SEM 101

    • MW TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Shechtman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3795

There is a lot of consensus about the science of climate change. But many members of the public remain confused or uninformed about the severity of the situation. Some are paralyzed by fear. Others are ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5891 ENGL 3795   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Levine, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19818 ENGL 3795   DIS 201

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Levine, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19819 ENGL 3795   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19820 ENGL 3795   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19821 ENGL 3795   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3801

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19768 ENGL 3801   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Bartels-Swindells, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3820

This course focuses upon the writing of fiction or related narrative forms. May include significant reading and discussion, explorations of form and technique, completion of writing assignments and prompts, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2424 ENGL 3820   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Viramontes, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7511 ENGL 3820   SEM 102

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Gilvarry, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8658 ENGL 3820   SEM 103

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Bulawayo, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3840

This course focuses upon the writing of poetry. May include significant reading and discussion, explorations of form and technique, completion of writing assignments and prompts, and workshop peer review ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2425 ENGL 3840   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Mort, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3890

Writers of creative nonfiction plumb the depths of their experience and comment memorably on the passing scene. They write reflectively on themselves and journalistically on the activities and artifacts ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19782 ENGL 3890   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Green, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 3920

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  • 18275 ENGL 3920   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Fleming, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 4170

This seminar explores the relation between book history and literary history during the span from medieval English "manuscript" culture through Renaissance "print culture," with invitations to apply these ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ENGL 6171MEDVL 4170MEDVL 6170

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19773 ENGL 4170   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Galloway, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19774 ENGL 4170   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Galloway, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ENGL 4505

This seminar explores one of the most consequential movements in African American cultural history, a movement of transnational impact. It was empowered in part by new social and institutional developments, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 4506

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19808 ENGL 4505   LEC 001

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hutchinson, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19809 ENGL 4505   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hutchinson, G

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ENGL 4625

If you haven't read contemporary U.S. American Indian fiction, then it might be fair to ask how much you know about the United States, its origins and its current condition. Since the 1960s, American Indians ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 4625AMST 4627

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19997 ENGL 4625   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Cheyfitz, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 4630

What are the limits and possibilities for Asian American longing and belonging? Asian Americans have been variously understood as immigrants, refugees, "forever foreigners," and "model minorities." These ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AAS 4630AMST 4632

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19785 ENGL 4630   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hu Pegues, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19786 ENGL 4630   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hu Pegues, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ENGL 4700

This class offers the opportunity to read James Joyce's epic novel Ulysses in relation to major concepts and methods of media studies, book history, and material text scholarship.  Challenging, multifarious, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19797 ENGL 4700   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Schwarz, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19798 ENGL 4700   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Schwarz, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ENGL 4706

How do queer people make family? What cultural and artistic practices sustain queer bonds? To answer these questions, this course examines queer and trans kinship narratives across a range of genres, including ... view course details

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  • 20142 ENGL 4706   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 4800

This course is intended for creative writers who have completed  ENGL 3840 and wish to refine their poetry writing. It may include significant reading and discussion, explorations of form and technique, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7657 ENGL 4800   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hutchinson, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 4801

This course is intended for narrative writing students who have completed ENGL 3820 and wish to refine their writing. It may include significant reading and discussion, explorations of form and technique, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3390 ENGL 4801   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Quinonez, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19822 ENGL 4801   SEM 102

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Viramontes, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 4815

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  • 18941 ENGL 4815   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Bachner, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 4850

Reading for Writers examines literary works through the eyes of a writer, focusing on the craft of literature. Topics vary with each section and semester and may focus on fiction, poetry, or both. Please ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 7850

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8813 ENGL 4850   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hutchinson, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 4930

Students should secure a thesis advisor by the end of the junior year and should enroll in that faculty member's section of ENGL 4930. Students enrolling in the fall will automatically be enrolled in a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one discussion and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  3337 ENGL 4930   DIS 201

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Lorenz, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    If your faculty member does not have a section listed, please contact english_dept@cornell.edu.

  •  2426 ENGL 4930   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Juffer, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  3012 ENGL 4930   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Raskolnikov, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  3013 ENGL 4930   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hu Pegues, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  3014 ENGL 4930   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hutchinson, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  3015 ENGL 4930   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Gilbert, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  3016 ENGL 4930   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Rosenberg, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  3017 ENGL 4930   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Cohn, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  3322 ENGL 4930   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hanson, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  3018 ENGL 4930   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Frazier, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  3019 ENGL 4930   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Galloway, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  3020 ENGL 4930   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Kalas, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  3021 ENGL 4930   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Lorenz, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  3022 ENGL 4930   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Warren, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  3023 ENGL 4930   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Braddock, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  3024 ENGL 4930   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Levine, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  4142 ENGL 4930   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Caruth, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

  •  4203 ENGL 4930   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Attell, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ENGL 4950

Independent reading course in topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students select a topic in consultation with the faculty member who has agreed to supervise the course work. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11846 ENGL 4950   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Levine, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12507 ENGL 4950   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Cohn, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12513 ENGL 4950   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Lorenz, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12517 ENGL 4950   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Schwarz, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12522 ENGL 4950   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Zacher, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13407 ENGL 4950   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Gilbert, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13408 ENGL 4950   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hu Pegues, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

ENGL 6000

An introduction to practical and theoretical aspects of graduate English studies, conducted with the help of weekly visitors from the Literatures in English department. There will be regular short readings ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  2428 ENGL 6000   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Thomas, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 6110

English has a recorded history longer and more variable than any other language, including poetry and prose as skillful as writings in any period. While learning the language (especially in the first half ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ENGL 3110MEDVL 3110MEDVL 6110

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2731 ENGL 6110   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Zacher, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8780 ENGL 6110   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Zacher, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ENGL 6171

This seminar explores the relation between book history and literary history during the span from medieval English "manuscript" culture through Renaissance "print culture," with invitations to apply these ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4170MEDVL 4170MEDVL 6170

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19771 ENGL 6171   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Galloway, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 6221

"All decolonization," wrote Frantz Fanon, "is successful at the level of description."  With a focus on the difference between description and critique and on the uneven relation between the academic project ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6221

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18942 ENGL 6221   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Melas, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 6261

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20114 ENGL 6261   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Lorenz, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 6440

This seminar will explore the both the intellectual grounding of and the nuts and bolts of feminist pedagogy. In what context did feminist pedagogy emerge and why? How have its practitioners variously ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6610FGSS 6441

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19791 ENGL 6440   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McCullough, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 6491

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20115 ENGL 6491   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Ngugi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 6632

The first half of the 20th century saw an unprecedented wave of poetic innovation, much of it produced by American poets living both in the United States and abroad.  This course will explore crucial texts ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 6632

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19780 ENGL 6632   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Gilbert, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 6705

How do queer people make family? What cultural and artistic practices sustain queer bonds? To answer these questions, this course examines queer and trans kinship narratives across a range of genres, including ... view course details

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  • 19273 ENGL 6705   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 6707

This course juxtaposes selected significant theoretical concepts and ensuing critical methodologies from the mid-twentieth century to the current moment, including poststructuralism, marxist theory, critical ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19769 ENGL 6707   SEM 101

    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Brown, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 6816

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi:
  • 18993 ENGL 6816   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Bachner, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 7800

The MFA poetry seminar is a required course for MFA poetry students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  2621 ENGL 7800   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Van Clief-Stefanon, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 7801

The MFA fiction seminar is a required course for all MFA fiction students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  2622 ENGL 7801   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Gilvarry, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 7850

In general, "Reading for Writers" examines literary works through the eyes of a writer, focusing on the craft of literature. While the class is geared toward MFA students, all graduate students are welcome ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4850

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8763 ENGL 7850   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hutchinson, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 7880

In this course, we'll build the skills necessary to edit and publish a small magazine and will learn how to produce the kind of popular critical writing that drives literary conversation outside of academia. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7041 ENGL 7880   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Lennon, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 7910

This workshop will take students through the process of writing and revising an academic article. We will begin by introducing the genre of the article and its key components (central claims, methodological ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  8820 ENGL 7910   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Shechtman, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 7940

This course gives students the opportunity to work with a selected instructor to pursue special interests or research not treated in regularly scheduled courses. After getting permission of the instructor, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3049 ENGL 7940   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Cohn, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    If your faculty member does not have a section listed, please contact english_dept@cornell.edu.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6585 ENGL 7940   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hu Pegues, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7759 ENGL 7940   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Frazier, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7771 ENGL 7940   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Gilbert, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7779 ENGL 7940   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Levine, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7788 ENGL 7940   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Fridlund, E

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9327 ENGL 7940   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Warren, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9951 ENGL 7940   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Rosenberg, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10004 ENGL 7940   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hutchinson, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10043 ENGL 7940   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Terhmina, I

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

ENGL 7950

This course should be used for an independent study in which a small group of students works with one member of the graduate faculty. After getting permission of the instructor, students should contact ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2623 ENGL 7950   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McCullough, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    If your faculty member does not have a section listed, please contact english_dept@cornell.edu.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4191 ENGL 7950   SEM 102

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Ngugi, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6410 ENGL 7950   SEM 103

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Schwarz, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6570 ENGL 7950   SEM 104

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Warren, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

ENGL 7960

This seminar will help prepare graduate students for the academic job market. Though students will study sample materials from successful job applicants, much of the seminar will function as a workshop, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  3323 ENGL 7960   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Warren, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person