English Department

Beverly Chin, Chair

The Department of English is among the oldest and most prestigious units at the University. As one of the campus's original departments, it offered some of the University's inaugural courses, including literature classes taught by UM's first president, Oscar J. Craig.  In 1919, Rhodes Scholar H.G. Merriam inaugurated one of the first creative writing programs in the country. Now, more than a century old, this department offers a B.A. with options in Literature, Creative Writing, Teaching, Film Studies, and Linguistics, and graduate degrees in Creative Writing (M.F.A.), Literature (M.A.), and Teaching (M.A.). Our Composition program serves the entire University by offering the first-year composition requirement, as well as courses in advanced composition and graduate seminars in the teaching of writing. We have a relatively new minor in Irish Studies.

Admission Requirements

To be admitted to any option of the undergraduate English major, a student must satisfy the following requirements:

  1. Completion of 24 credits overall with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 or a GPA of 2.5 in the previous two terms.
  2. Completion of at least nine credits in English, excluding WRIT (composition) courses, with a minimum GPA of 2.5 and no grade lower than a C (2.00) in those courses.

Students who intend to major in English but who have not yet met the above requirements are admitted to the program as pre-English majors. Pre-English majors will be assigned to the English department Academic Advisor. Before a student can graduate with a major in English, she or he must meet the requirements to become an English major and declare a specific option within the program.

Undergraduate Degrees Available

Subject Type Option Track
English Bachelor of Arts Creative Writing
English Bachelor of Arts English Teaching
English Bachelor of Arts Film Studies
English Bachelor of Arts Linguistics
English Bachelor of Arts Literature
English Literature & The Environment
English Minor
English Minor Teaching English
Film Studies Minor
Irish Studies Minor

Department Faculty

Professor

  • Robert Baker, Professor | Director of Literature
  • Judy Blunt, Professor
  • Kevin Canty, Professor
  • Casey Charles, Professor
  • Beverly Chin, Professor and English Chair
  • Nancy Cook, Professor
  • Debra Earling, Professor | Director of Creative Writing
  • Louise Economides, Professor | Director of Graduate Studies
  • Ann Emmons, Visiting Professor
  • John Glendening, Professor
  • Brady Harrison, Professor
  • John Hunt, Professor
  • Ashby Kinch, Professor
  • Joanna Klink, Professor
  • Christopher J. Knight, Professor
  • Deirdre McNamer, Professor
  • Carla Mettling, Visiting Professor
  • David L. Moore, Professor
  • Prageeta Sharma, Professor
  • Karen Volkman, Professor

Associate Professor

  • David Gates, Associate Professor
  • Quan Manh Ha, Associate Professor
  • Kathleen Kane, Associate Professor
  • Eric Reimer, Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

  • Erin Wecker, Assistant Professor, Director of Composition

Adjunct

  • Tobin Addington, Adjunct Assistant Professor - Media Arts; Film Studies
  • Brian Buckbee, Instructor
  • Joe Campana, Online Instructor
  • Leanne Deschamps, Adjunct, English Teaching
  • Henrietta Goodman, Adjunct
  • Natalie Peeterse, Adjunct, Composition
  • Kenneth White, Adjunct Professor
  • Virginia Zech, Adjunct

Lecturer

  • Rob Browning, Visiting Assistant Professor
  • David Gilcrest, Lecturer
  • Sean O'Brien, Director of Film Studies
  • Traolach O'Riordain, Director of Irish Studies
  • Amy Ratto Parks, Assistant Director of Composition
  • Erin Saldin, Lecturer
  • Robert Stubblefield, Lecturer

Affiliates

  • Michael Murphy, Professor
  • Michel Valentin, Professor

Emeritus

  • Jill Bergman, Professor
  • Phil Fandozzi, Professor
  • Greg Pape, Professor

Course Descriptions

Creative Writing

  • CRWR 115L - Montana Writers Live

    Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered autumn. Open to all majors. An introduction to Montana’s practicing creative writers and their work through reading, live performances and discussion. Regional poets and prose writers will read from their work and lead class discussion. Students prepare questions developed from readings and criticism.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse

  • CRWR 191 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • CRWR 212A - Intro Nonfiction Workshop

    Credits: 3. A study of the art of nonfiction through reading and responding to contemporary nonfiction and the writing of original nonfiction works. Focus is on creative expression, writing technique and nonfiction forms. Students begin with writing exercises and brief essays, advancing to longer forms as the semester progresses.
    Course Attributes:
    • Expressive Arts Course

  • CRWR 234 - The Oval: Literary Mag

    Credits: 3. This course is open to undergraduates who have completed at least one semester of creative writing. Students focus on the editing, design, layout and marketing of The Oval, University of Montana's undergraduate literary magazine. Students will read, discuss and develop responses to to recongnized literary works, as well as developing criteria for each volume's content and design. The class will include the evaluation and selection of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual art submissions to The Oval. Students are required to keep a reading journal, and compile a portfolio of writing exercises, responses to texts and critiques of published works.

  • CRWR 291 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

  • CRWR 310 - Intermediate Fiction Workshop

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., completion of CRWR 210A with a "B" average or better. An intermediate fiction writing workshop. Students will be expected to finish 3 or 4 substantial stories for the course. Although some outside material will be considered, the primary emphasis will be analysis and discussion of student work.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • CRWR 311 - Intermediate Poetry Workshop

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., Completion of CRWR 211A with a "B" average or better. An intermediate workshop involving critical analysis of students' work-in-progress as well as reading and discussion of poems in an anthology. Numerous directed writing assignments, experiments, exercises focused on technical considerations like diction, rhythm, rhyme, and imagery.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • CRWR 312A - Interm Nonfiction Workshop

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Prereq., completion of CRWR 212A or CRWR 210A with a "B" average or better. An intermediate nonfiction workshop. Students read and respond to model essays, in addition to creating and revising original essays for workshop review. Assignments and exercises focus on writing craft and research techniques.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Expressive Arts Course

  • CRWR 320 - The Art and Craft of Revision

    Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered spring. Prereq., CRWR 210A or consent of instr. An intermediate writing course focused on revision of prose works-in-progress and study of narrative, plot, and editing at the language level. Materials include craft manuals, contemporary and classic examples, and student manuscripts.

  • CRWR 322 - Techniques of Modern Essay

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr.  Study of various forms of nonfiction essay, such as memoir, personal essay, travel and nature writing, profile and literary journalism.  Assignments and exercises focus on writing craft and research techniques.

  • CRWR 391 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • CRWR 398 - Internship

    Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of faculty supervisor, department chair, and the Internship Services Office.
    Course Attributes:
    • Internships/Practicums
    • English Course

  • CRWR 410 - Advanced Fiction Workshop

    Credits: 2 TO 3. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. An advanced writing workshop in which student manuscripts are read and critiqued. Rewriting of work already begun (in CRWR 310 classes) will be encouraged.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • CRWR 411 - Advanced Poetry Workshop

    Credits: 2 TO 3. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. An advanced writing workshop involving critical analysis of students' work-in-progress, as well as reading and discussion of poems by established poets. Discussions will focus on structure and stylistic refinement, with emphasis on revision. Different techniques, schools and poetic voices will be encouraged. Frequent individual conferences.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • CRWR 412 - Advanced Nonfiction Workshop

    Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. An advanced creative writing workshop focused primarily on reading and writing nonfiction; some classes may focus on personal essay, narrative nonfiction or short forms.  Students complete two substantial essays.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • CRWR 425 - Storytelling

    Credits: 3. This course is open to both undergraduate and graduate students, and is not limited to English majors. In-class exercises and out-of-class assignments are designed to help students identify, develop, and demonstrate effective narrative practices in their chosen fields. Students learn to recognize and identify unifying themes, motifs, and ideas in literature and oral stories. Students will read, write, edit and present stories to the class, as well as providing a critique of their peers' work.

  • CRWR 491 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered Intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • CRWR 492 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-9) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. and department chair, and junior or senior standing. Special projects in creative writing. Only one 492 may be taken per semester.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • CRWR 496 - Service Learning

    Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-9) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. and department chair, and junior or senior standing. Special projects in creative writing. Only one 496 may be taken per semester.
    Course Attributes:
    • Service Learning/Volunteer
    • English Course

  • CRWR 510 - Fiction Workshop

    Credits: 1 TO 15. (R-15) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • CRWR 511 - Poetry Workshop

    Credits: 1 TO 15. (R-15) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • CRWR 512 - Nonfiction Workshop

    Credits: 1 TO 15. (R-15) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instr. A creative writing workshop focused primarily on personal essay and narrative nonfiction. Attention given to writing and publishing professional magazine essays. Students complete two substantial essays. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • CRWR 513 - Techniques of Nonfiction

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered once every 2 years. Prereq., consent of instr. Study of form, technique and style in contemporary nonfiction. Level: Graduate

  • CRWR 514 - Techniques Modern Fiction

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Intensive reading of contemporary prose writers. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • CRWR 515 - Traditional Prosody

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Intensive practice and readings in prosodic and other poetic techniques. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • CRWR 516 - Topics in Creative Writing

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Creative Writing faculty explore readings in their genres of specialty. Each professor chooses the focus, reading list, and assignments for the course. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • CRWR 595 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • Internships/Practicums
    • English Course

  • CRWR 596 - Graduate Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. and Associate Chair. Special projects in creative writing. Only one 596 permitted per semester. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • Service Learning/Volunteer
    • English Course

  • CRWR 599 - Thesis

    Credits: 1 TO 12. (R-12) Offered every term. Preparation of a thesis or manuscript based on research for presentation and/or publication. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

English - Linguistics

  • ENLI 465 - Structure of Eng for Tchrs

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Same as LING 465. The development of the English language from a historical perspective contrasted with the phonological and grammatical structure of English from a modern linguistic point of view, specifically designed for teachers.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

English as a Second Language

  • ENSL 195 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

English - English Teaching

  • ENT 296 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

  • ENT 395 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 398 - Internship

    Credits: 1 TO 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of faculty supervisor, department chair, and the Internship Servcies office. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198, 298, 398, 498) may count toward graduation.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Internship graduation limit 6

  • ENT 439 - Studies in Young Adult Lit

    Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Reading of representative texts covering the history, genres, authors, and themes of literature for students in middle school and high school.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 440 - Teaching Writing

    Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq./co-req., EDU 220 and admission to Teacher Education Program. Emphasis on teaching writing in grades 5-12. Research about development and maturity of writers, overview of schools of writing/history of writing instruction, strategies for teaching writing as a process, elements of writing craft, criteria for assessing and responding to writing, peer-coaching methods, writing/reading workshops, the role of grammar in improving writing, writing/reading connections, assignment characteristics, and grading practices. Required of students pursuing secondary English major and minor teaching certificates.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 441 - Tchg Rdng & Literature

    Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq./Coreq., ENT 439, EDU 395, admission to Teacher Education Program, and consent of instr. Emphasis on various approaches to teaching reading and literature in grades 5-12. Research about the development and maturity of readers, strategies for teaching reading comprehension and vocabulary, strategies for diagnosing reading abilities and criteria for reading assessment, reading workshops/literature circles. Emphasis on various approaches to teaching literature: genre, inquiry, thematic, chronological and interdisciplinary. Includes techniques for developing responses to fiction, nonfiction, prose, poetry, film and other media. Focus on the design of lesson plans and curriculum using traditional/classic, contemporary, young adult, and multicultural literature in grades 5-12. Required of students pursuing secondary English major and minor teaching certificates.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 442 - Tchg Oral Lang & Media Lit

    Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq./co-req., LING 465, EDU 395, admission to Teacher Education Program, and consent of instr. Emphasis on preparation, implementation, and evaluation of teaching strategies and materials in grades 5-12. Includes learning objectives, teaching styles, unit plans, print and non-print media, and creative drama. Explores student-centered curriculum, with emphasis on developmental abilities in speaking, listening and viewing, and multigenre/multimodal communication. Teaching majors and minors in areas other than English should enroll in ENT 440.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 495 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 496 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-9) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. and department chair, and junior or senior standing. Special projects in English teaching. Only one 496 may be taken per semester.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 542 - Theor/Pedagog of Rhet/Comp

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Exploration of contemporary theories and practical strategies for teaching rhetoric and composition grades 5-16. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 543 - Adv Tchg Strat Yng Adv Lit

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., teaching experience or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Selecting, reading, teaching, and evaluating young adult literature. Design of thematic units with emphasis on students' responses to literature. Presentation of multicultural literature, gender inquiry, social justice, censorship, and media issues. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 544 - Creat Drama English Class

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., teaching experience, or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Designing, teaching and evaluating creative drama in the English language arts classroom. Emphasis on using creative drama as a learning strategy to teach literature and all the language arts. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 545 - Theor/Pedagog of Literacy

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Exploration of contemporary theories and practical strategies for teaching literacy grades 5-16. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 546 - Literary Crit for Teachers

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., teaching experience or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Emphasis on a variety of theories which focus on reader responses. Application of theories to prose and poetry genres. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 547 - Adv Tchg Strat Wrtg & Rdg

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., teaching experience, or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Current research and best practices in teaching writing and reading in all content areas. Emphasis on writing and reading processes, workshops, conferences and portfolios. National and state standards, curriculum, and assessments in writing and reading are addressed. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 548 - Portfolios and Assessment

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., teaching experience, or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Selecting, designing, and evaluating informal and formal assessments in English Language Arts. Exploration of portfolios as assessment strategies that align standards curriculum and instruction. Focus on content and performance standards, evaluation criteria and rubrics, and role of reflection in teaching and learning. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 550 - Montana Writing Project

    Credits: 9. Offered summer. Prereq., special application and consent of director. Intensive, four-week program designed to increase the effectiveness of the teaching and learning of writing in all levels of education in Montana. For graduate students, K-12 teachers in all content disciplines and university level educators. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 552 - MWP Leadership Training

    Credits: 7. Offered intermittently Prereq., ENT 440, special application, and consent of director. Intensive leadership training for Montana Writing Project teacher-consultants in responding to peer writing, organizing professional development institutes, honing strategies for curriculum development and institute design to provide professional development statewide that increases the effectiveness of teaching and learning of writing in all levels of education, pre-20. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 553 - Native Voices & Writing

    Credits: 7. Offered summer at Blackfeet Community College. Focus is on writing across the curriculum in the context of participants’ teaching assignments alongside the essential component of Niitsitapi (Blackfeet) culture and ways of knowing. Participants develop a theoretical articulation of what it means to write in their disciplinary area(s) of endorsement and with predominantly Blackfeet students. Participants design and critique writing curriculum and instruction in their disciplines with attention to theory and research on writing in the content areas and Blackfeet ways of knowing. Level: Graduate

  • ENT 556 - IEFA & Writing

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently in partnership with Montana Writing Project and local school districts. Consent of instr. This course assumes that writing is an ideal vehicle for moving forward with implementation of Montana law Indian Education for All (IEFA) in K-12 schools. The primary goal of this course is to help teachers of all grade levels and content areas develop the knowledge, resources, and confidence to enable them to integrate IEFA smoothly into their existing literacy curriculum. Level: Graduate

  • ENT 557 - The Holocaust and IEFA

    Credits: 3. Consent of Instr. This course, intended for K-12 and college/university educators, is a collaboration between Montana Writing Project and the Holocaust Educators’ Memorial Library in New York City to examine curricula and pedagogies for linking Nazi Holocaust Education and Indian Education for All through writing and literacy education. Level: Graduate

  • ENT 593 - Professional Paper

    Credits: 1 TO 4. (R-4) Offered intermittently. Pedagogical paper for the Master of Arts (Teacher Option). Credit not allowed toward any other degree. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 595 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered intermittently.  Prereq., teaching experience or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 596 - Graduate Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. and department chair. Special projects in English teaching. Only one independent study permitted per semester. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 598 - Internship

    Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of faculty supervisor, department chair, and the Internship Services office. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • ENT 599 - Thesis

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered every term. Level: Graduate

Film

  • FILM 103L - Introduction to Film

    Credits: 3. Offered every term. The history and development of the film medium. Emphasis on critical analysis of selected classic or significant films.
    Course Attributes:
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse

  • FILM 191 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered intermittently.  Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

  • FILM 291 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

  • FILM 300 - History of Film

    Credits: 3. Offered every year. Prereq., FILM 103L, LIT 270L. Survey of film history.

  • FILM 320 - Shakespeare and Film

    Credits: 3. Same as LIT 327. Offered once a year. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. A survey of selected Shakespeare plays emphasizing close reading of the texts and consideration of their dramatic possibilities in relation to film.
    Course Attributes:
    • Writing Course-Intermediate

  • FILM 327 - Film Genres

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered every other year. Prereq. FILM 103L. Intensive study of central works within one major film genre.

  • FILM 363 - The French Cinema

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. An historical, aesthetic, and critical survey of the French cinema, from its beginnings in 1895 through the contemporary cinema (Muet, classical, Realism, Nouvelle Vogue, etc.) with an introduction to contemporary film criticism. Students taking the course for French credits are required to do research, reading, and writing in the French language.

  • FILM 365 - Latin Amer Civ Thru Lit & Film

    Credits: 3. Offered in autumn odd-numbered years. The development of the traditional society of Latin American civilization through the interaction of European, Indian and African elements.

  • FILM 381 - Studies in the Film

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., FILM 103L or consent of instr. Studies in genres, directors, movements, problems, etc.

  • FILM 391 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

  • FILM 447 - Film Theory

    Credits: 3. Offered yearly. This course examines key approaches to film theory and criticism, and the theoretical roots of each. Classic and contemporary films will be assessed in the light of the theories covered.

  • FILM 481 - Advanced Studies in Film

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered every other year.  Studies in film aesthetics, politics of  film, international cinema and comparative film analyses.

  • FILM 484 - Film Directors

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered every year. Prereq. FILM 103L. Intensive study of the life and work of one major film director.

  • FILM 491 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics

  • FILM 492 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered every term. Pereq., consent of instr. and department chair, and junior or senior standing. Special Projects in film. Only one 492 may be taken per semester.

  • FILM 495 - Practicum

    Credits: 1 TO 6. R-6

  • FILM 596 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. and department chair. Special projects in film. Level: Graduate

Irish

  • IRSH 101 - Elementary Irish/Gaelic

    Credits: 3. Offered autumn or spring. Same as ENIR 101. This course represents an introduction to modern Irish in both its spoken and written forms: basic principles of grammar and sentence structure are covered. Emphasis is placed on the application of these principles in every-day situations. This course is housed in the English Department. The GenEd Foreign Language requirement can be fulfilled by successful completion of 101, 102 and 103.
    Course Attributes:
    • Foreign Language Requirement

  • IRSH 102 - Elementary Irish II

    Credits: 3. Offered autumn or spring. Same as ENIR 102. The primary objective of this course is to build on the foundations laid in Elementary Irish I. Students will expand their vocabulary with a special focus on verbs; they will also engage new themes that demand a corresponding increase in their store of nouns, adjectives, idioms and expressions. This course is housed in the English Department. The GenEd Foreign Language requirement can be fulfilled by successful completion of 101, 102 and 103.
    Course Attributes:
    • Foreign Language Requirement

  • IRSH 103 - Elementary Irish III

    Credits: 3. Offered autumn or spring. Same as IRSH 103. The primary objective of this course is to build on the foundations laid in Beginning Irish I. Students will expand their vocabulary with a special focus on verbs; they will also engage new themes that demand a corresponding increase in their store of nouns, adjectives, idioms and expressions. The GenEd Foreign Language requirement can be fulfilled by successful completion of 101, 102 and 103.
    Course Attributes:
    • Foreign Language Requirement

  • IRSH 201 - Intermediate Irish I

    Credits: 3. Offered spring semester. Prereq. ENIR 101, 102, and 103 or their equivalent from another university. Students will continue their study of the verbs; engage more complex syntax and grammatical constructions; and consult the prose and poetry of the written and oral literary traditions.  For proficiency equal to the 202-level, students must take the five semester sequence (101, 102, 103, 201, & 202) of Irish language study.  

  • IRSH 202 - Intermediate Irish II

    Credits: 3. Offered fall semester. Prereq. IRSH 201 or its equivalent from another university. Students will expand their knowledge of Irish language verbs: they will study the five declensions of the nouns; and acquire the vocabulary and language necessary to engage more abstract ideas and topical issues on an intellectual level.  For proficiency equal to the 202-level, students must take the five semester sequence (101, 102, 103, 201, & 202) of Irish language study. 

  • IRSH 345L - Literature in the Irish Lang

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. This course acknowledges Irish as the oldest documented vernacular in Europe and its literature as a voice that is over 1500 years old. Examines the literary response of Gaelic Ireland to invasion, conquest, and colonization as articulated by its literature.
    Course Attributes:
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse

  • IRSH 360 - Irish/N Irish Literature

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Examines (in English) selection of fiction, poetry, drama, film, and music from the Irish and/or Northern Irish literary traditions. Students will seek to understand how artists respond to the burdens of history, identity, and political conflict, and how they articulate the possibilities afforded by Ireland’s changing position in the world.

  • IRSH 380 - Topics in Irish Studies

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. A rotating variety of special topics in Irish Studies, including Irish and Irish-American cinema, major Irish/N. Irish authors, Irish cultural studies, and transatlantic and comparative studies.

  • IRSH 391 - Special topics

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics;

  • IRSH 492 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics;

English - Literature

  • LIT 110L - Intro to Lit

    Credits: 3. Offered every term. Study of how readers make meaning of texts and how texts influence readers. Emphasis on interpreting literary texts: close reading, critical analysis and effective writing.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse
    • Writing Course-Intermediate

  • LIT 120L - Poetry

    Credits: 3. Offered every term. An introduction to the techniques of reading and writing about poetry with emphasis on the lyric and other shorter forms.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse
    • Writing Course-Intermediate

  • LIT 191 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 201 - Intro to Literary Studies

    Credits: 3. Offered every term. Introduction to the field of literary studies, to the conventions of literary analysis, and to the literature option for English majors. Reading, writing, and research skills will be stressed, along with interpretative approaches to major genres within the field.

  • LIT 202L - The Environmental Imagination

    Credits: 3. Course is designed to introduce students to the many discourses of nature. In this course we will approach “natural history” as a complex literary genre grounded in personal experience of the “more-than-human” world (in David Abram’s now ubiquitous phrase). While the study of natural history writing has historically focused on authors like Gilbert White, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and John Burroughs (as prominent practitioners of the personal narrative essay that explores the natural world), a more thorough understanding of the genre requires consideration of the role race, class, and gender play in shaping discourses of nature. Further, consideration of non-Anglo-American traditions (including, for example, a range of Native American and Asian “literary” practices) expands our understanding of those traditions as it allows us to see the Anglo-American tradition in useful perspective.
    Course Attributes:
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse
    • Writing Course-Intermediate

  • LIT 210L - American Lit I

    Credits: 3. Offered every term. Representative texts from the pre-colonial period through the Civil War.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse
    • Writing Course-Intermediate

  • LIT 211L - American Lit II

    Credits: 3. Offered every term. Representative texts from the Civil War to the present.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse
    • Writing Course-Intermediate

  • LIT 220L - Brit Lit: Med to Renaissance

    Credits: 3. Offered every term. Representative texts from the Anglo-Saxon period through the Renaissance.
    Course Attributes:
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse
    • Writing Course-Intermediate

  • LIT 221L - Brit Lit: Enlightenment to Rom

    Credits: 3. Offered every term. Representative texts from the seventeenth through the eighteenth century.
    Course Attributes:
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse
    • Writing Course-Intermediate

  • LIT 222L - Brit Lit: Victorian to Contemp

    Credits: 3. Offered every term. Representative texts from the early nineteenth century to the present.
    Course Attributes:
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse
    • Writing Course-Intermediate
    • American and European

  • LIT 270L - Film & Lit

    Credits: 3. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Studies of the relationship between film and literature. Topics vary.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse

  • LIT 280L - Ecology of Literature

    Credits: 3. Literary study of nature writing and other genres introducing an ecocritical perspective, with revolving Anglophone texts.

  • LIT 291 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.

  • LIT 300 - Literary Criticism

    Credits: 3. Offered every term. Prereq. or coreq., 12 credits of lower-division English courses. Study of various literary theories and their application to literary texts.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Writing Course-Advanced

  • LIT 301 - Studies in Literary Forms

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. Reading of various authors from different literary periods and cultures working in the same mode of composition (courses offered under this rubric may include Literature of Place, Modern Drama, 19th Century Fiction, 20th Century Fiction, Lyric Poetry, Science Fiction, Autobiography; less frequently, Travel Literature, Popular Fiction, Epic, Tragedy, Satire, Romance, Comedy).
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 304 - U.S. Writers of Color

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. Selected readings from African American, Asian American, Chicano/a, Latino/a, and Native American literatures.
    Course Attributes:
    • Writing Course-Advanced

  • LIT 305 - Lit by & About Native Amer

    Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., three credits of lower-division LIT courses and NASX 105H or 235X. Same as NASX 340. Selected readings from Native American literature with special emphasis on the literature of writers from the Rocky Mountain west.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 314 - The American Novel

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., LIT 210L or 211L and prereq. or co-req., LIT 300. Examination of a selection of American novels in their historical, cultural, and literary contexts. Exploration of literary movements such as realism, naturalism, modernism, and postmodernism. Discussion of critical theories and application to the texts.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Writing Course-Advanced

  • LIT 315 - Voices of the Am Renaissance

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., LIT 210L or 211L and LIT 300 or consent of instr. Perspectives on antebellum Native American, African American, and gender issues. Study of the poetry of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson in light of these three perspectives.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 316 - Topics in Postcolonial Lit

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., LIT 210L or 211L and LIT 300.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Writing Course-Advanced

  • LIT 327 - Shakespeare

    Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. A survey of selected Shakespeare plays emphasizing close reading of the texts and consideration of their dramatic possibilities.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Writing Course-Advanced

  • LIT 331 - Major Author/s

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. Intensive study of the life and works of one author writing in English (courses offered under this rubric have included Chaucer, Milton, Faulkner, Joyce, Twain; less frequently, Conrad, Hemingway, Blake, Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, Welty).
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 332 - Topics in Modernism

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. An introductory study of European and American modernism. Detailed exploration of major modernist novels and/or poems in relation to broader cultural and social contexts.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 335 - Women & Lit

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. Same as WGS 336. Study of the work of women writers through a progression of 19th century literary forms: the cautionary seduction novel, the sentimental and domestic novel, realism, naturalism, and utopianism.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 342 - Montana Writers

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., LIT 210L or 211L. Examination of poems, stories, and novels by or about Montanans and the treatment and representation of race, place, class, gender, sexuality, and identity in Montana. Exploration of the myths and realities of Montana and the American West.
    Course Attributes:
    • Writing Course-Advanced

  • LIT 343 - African American Lit

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. Selected works by African-American authors. Course may define a narrowed focus such as poetry, women writers, etc.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Writing Course-Advanced

  • LIT 344 - Asian American Literature

    Credits: 3. This course introduces both a variety of writings by Asian North American authors and major critical issues concerning the production and reception of Asian American texts, with an emphasis on the relation between literary forms and the Asian American socio-historical context, and on the historical formation of Asian American identities.

  • LIT 349L - Medieval Lit

    Credits: 3. Offered alternate years. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. Exploration of literature from the medieval period, focusing on the major cultural and intellectual influences on the emergence of vernacular writing. Topics will vary, but will regularly include Anglo-Saxon literature and Middle English literature (excluding Chaucer).
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse

  • LIT 350L - Chaucer

    Credits: 3. Offered alternate years. Critical reading of Chaucer's masterpiece, the Canterbury Tales, with attention to Chaucerian irony, the author's place in literary history, and issues in Chaucer studies.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse

  • LIT 351 - Donne & His Followers

    Credits: 3. Offered alternate years. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. Close study of John Donne and other early 17th century religious poets within the context of Renaissance intellectual history.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 353L - Milton

    Credits: 3. Offered alternate years. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. Selected study of poetry and prose of Milton.
    Course Attributes:
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse
    • Writing Course-Advanced

  • LIT 355 - British Romanticism

    Credits: 3. Offered alternate years. Prereq. or co-req., LIT 300. Introduction to the major texts, themes, and authors of British literature from 1790-1815, focusing on poets such as Blake, Barbauld, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and P.B. Shelley but attending also to prose writers from Austen to Mary Shelley.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 363 - Modern Poetry

    Credits: 3. Offered alternate years. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. Survey of modern poetry in English beginning with Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman and moving toward the present, centering on modernist poets.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 369 - Short Fiction

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instructor. Study of selected short stories and novellas from mid-19th century to the present.

  • LIT 370 - Science Fiction

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. Study of the science fiction genre from its pulp magazine beginnings in the 1920s to the present.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 373 - Lit & Environment

    Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Prereq., LIT 210L or 211L (ENLT 224L or 225L) and LIT 300 (ENLT 301) or consent of instr. Study of major texts and issues in American nature writing.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 375 - Literary History

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. Study of influences on and innovations in the works of various authors within a particular literary historical period in England or America (e.g. British Renaissance, 18th century, Victorian, British Modern, American Puritanism, American Realism and Naturalism; 17th century).
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 376 - Lit & Oth Disciplines

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., nine credits in LIT or LSH or consent of instr. Selected works of literature studied in conjunction with works of art, music, religion, philosophy, or another discipline (e.g. Film and Literature, Modernism, Literature and Science, Bible as Literature, Song).
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Writing Course-Advanced

  • LIT 378L - Gay and Lesbian Studies

    Credits: 3. Offered alternate years. Prereq., LIT 300 or consent of instr. Review of the history of the gay and lesbian movement in the twentieth century as a basis for understanding the political, social, and sexual issues that influenced homoerotic cultural representation in plays, films, and novels.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Writing Course-Upper-Division

  • LIT 379L - Gender & Sexuality in Eng. Fic

    Credits: 3. Offered alternate years. Same as LSH 327L. Major 20th century novels and short stories written in English in different parts of the world and how these texts explore changing concepts of gender and sexuality.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Literary & Artistic Stds Crse

  • LIT 380 - Literary Approaches to Drama

    Credits: 3. This course introduces students to dramatic literature, with an emphasis on dramatic elements and devices, and the continuity in the history/tradition of drama. Topics vary, determined by the instructor's special interests, and might focus on either US, British, or global drama.

  • LIT 391 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 398 - Internship

    Credits: 1 TO 6. Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of faculty supervisor, department chair, and the Internship Services office. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198, 298, 398, 498) may count toward graduation.
    Course Attributes:
    • Internships/Practicums

  • LIT 402 - Literature in Place

    Credits: 3. This course gives students a set of advanced learning opportunities to engage with Anglophone texts on the general theme of nature and culture, applying an ecocritical lens to extended literary analysis. Drawing from various periods and from various trans-Atlantic national literatures, the course is designed to focus on the emerging critique of nature and culture that questions foundational structures of epistemology and economy, animate and inanimate, civilization and wilderness.

  • LIT 420 - Critical Theory

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered autumn or spring. Prereq., LIT 300 and six credits in literature courses numbered 300 or higher or consent of instr. Study and application of one or more theoretical approaches to interpreting texts (e.g., aesthetic post-structural, new historicist, classical, Renaissance, Romantic, narrative, psychoanalytic, formalist, neo-Marxist, feminist, gender, cultural studies and reader-response theory).
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 421 - History of Criticism & Theory

    Credits: 3. Offered autumn or spring. Prereq., LIT 300 and six credits in literature courses numbered 300 or higher or consent of instr. Survey of the historical development of critical theories which shaped ways of reading and writing from Plato and Aristotle to the present.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 422 - Ecocritical Theory & Practice

    Credits: 3. Prereq., or coreq., LIT 300. This course surveys the developing field of ecocriticism, introducing students to the major issues and methodologies entailed in the study of literature and the environment.

  • LIT 429 - Studies in Native Am Autobio

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Same as NAS 410. Prereq., LIT 300 or LIT 305/NASX 340, or consent of instr. Study of texts that present a first-person story of an American Indian individual's life within historical and cultural contexts, with discussion of theories of autobiography.

  • LIT 430 - Studies in Comparative Lit

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Same as LSH 342. The study of important literary ideas, genres, trends and movements. Credit not allowed for the same topic in more than one course numbered 430, LSH 342.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 491 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 492 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-9) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. and department chair, and junior or senior standing. Special projects in literature. Only one independent study may be taken per semester. Consent must be obtained prior to enrollment.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 494 - Seminar: Lit Capstone

    Credits: 3. (R 9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., LIT 300 and nine credits in literature courses numbered higher than 300. Required for completing the English literature option, this seminar will allow students to conduct advanced studies in literary figures and topics chosen by faculty to engage a broad range of interests. A long research paper is required.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course
    • Writing Course-Advanced

  • LIT 499 - Thesis/capstone: Honors

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of chair. Preparation of a thesis or manuscript based on research for presentation and/or publication.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 500 - Intro to Graduate Studies

    Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Instruction in advanced literary and cultural theory, library and research skills, and academic genres. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 502 - Topics in Ecocriticism

    Credits: 3. This course is a central requirement for the English Department's graduate option in Ecocriticism. The course will vary by topic, but will link introductions to ecocritical theory with practice as it models how to apply ecocritical theory to the study of literature. Each offering will explore the interconnections between nature and culture, through the cultural artifacts language and literature. Although changing with the topic, in most cases the course considers the role race, class, and gender play in shaping discourses of nature. Further, consideration of non-Anglo-American traditions will be featured for many offerings. Level: Graduate

  • LIT 520 - Sem in British Lit

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered every autumn and spring. Prereq., graduate status or consent of instructor. Topics will vary. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 521 - Sem American Lit

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., graduate status or consent of instr. Topics will vary. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 522 - Sem Comparative Lit

    Credits: 3. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Same as MCLG 522.  Prereq., graduate status or consent of instructor. Topics will vary. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 524 - Nature, Language and Politics

    Credits: 3. Offered intermittently. Investigation of environmental, social and political thought from the perspective of contemporary language theory. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • LIT 595 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • Internships/Practicums

  • LIT 596 - Graduate Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. and chair. Special projects in literature. Only one 596 permitted per semester. Consent must be obtained prior to enrollment. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • Service Learning/Volunteer

  • LIT 598 - Internship

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of faculty supervisor, department chair, and the Internship Services office. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • Internships/Practicums

  • LIT 599 - Thesis

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered every term. Preparation of a thesis or manuscript based on research for presentation and/or publication. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

Writing

  • WRIT 101 - College Writing I

    Credits: 3. UM: Offered every term. Prereq., WRIT 095 or proof of passing score on writing diagnostic examination, referral by WRIT 095 instructor-SAT writing score at or above 440, MUSWA at or above 3.5, SAT/ACT essay score at or above 7, or ACT Combined English/Writing score at or above 18. Expository prose and research paper; emphasis on structure, argument, development of ideas, clarity, style, and diction. Students expected to write without major faults in grammar or usage. Credit not allowed for both WRIT 101 and COM 101. Grading A-F, or NC (no credit). MC: Offered every term. Prereq., WRIT 095 or proof of appropriate SAT/ACT essay, English/Writing, writing section scores, appropriate MUSWA scores, or proof of passing scores on Writing Placement Exam). Expository prose and research paper; emphasis on structure, argument, development of ideas, clarity, style, and diction. Students expected to write without major faults in grammar or usage. Grading A-F, or NC (no credit).
    Course Attributes:
    • Writing Course-Introductory

  • WRIT 191 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • WRIT 198 - Coop Education Experience

    Credits: 1 TO 12. Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of department. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Internship Services office. A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198, 298, 398, 498) may count toward graduation.
    Course Attributes:
    • Internships/Practicums

  • WRIT 201 - College Writing II

    Credits: 3. Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., placement or C or better in WRIT 101. MUSWA at or above 5.5, SAT/ACT essay at or above 11, a SAT writing section score at or above 700 or a Combined English/Writing portion of the ACT at or above 32.  Designed for first year students with advanced writing ability and students who seek a lower-division writing course. Offers instruction in rhetorical reading and writing, particularly the study and practice of written argumentation in different academic and civic contexts.
    Course Attributes:
    • Writing Course-Intermediate
    • Writing Course-Introductory

  • WRIT 391 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • WRIT 398 - Coop Education Experience

    Credits: 1 TO 12. Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of department. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Internship Services office. A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198, 298, 398, 498) may count toward graduation.
    Course Attributes:
    • Internships/Practicums

  • WRIT 491 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 6. (R-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • WRIT 492 - Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-9) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. and chair, and junior or senior standing. Special projects in expository writing. Only one 496 may be taken per semester.
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • WRIT 540 - Tchg Coll Levl Composition

    Credits: 3. Offered autumn. Restricted to graduate students teaching expository writing at The University of Montana. Theory and pedagogy of teaching college composition are emphasized. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • English Course

  • WRIT 595 - Special Topics

    Credits: 1 TO 9. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • Internships/Practicums

  • WRIT 596 - Grad Independent Study

    Credits: 1 TO 3. (R-9) Offered every term. Prereq., consent of instr. and chair. Special projects in expository writing. Only one 596 may be taken per semester. Level: Graduate
    Course Attributes:
    • Service Learning/Volunteer