English teaching courses do not count toward majors under the Literature, English Linguistics, and Creative Writing emphases.
U 395 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-9) Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
UG 440 Teaching Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum 3 cr. Prereq., C&I 303, senior standing and consent of instr. Emphasis on teaching writing and reading in grades 5-12. Research about development and maturity of readers/writers, strategies for teaching writing and reading in all content areas, criteria for evaluating writing/reading, peer-coaching methods, writing/reading workshops, assignment characteristics, and grading practices. Required of students pursuing secondary teaching certificates.
UG 441 Teaching Literature 3 cr. Prereq., senior standing and consent of instr. Emphasis on various approaches to teaching literature: generic, thematic, chronological and interdisciplinary. Includes techniques for developing evaluative, interpretive, perceptive, and personal responses to prose, poetry, film and other media. Explores criteria, evaluation and curriculum of teaching traditional, multicultural, and young adult literature in grades 5-12. Teaching majors and minors in areas other than English should enroll in Ent 440.
UG 442 Methods of Teaching English 3 cr. Prereq., senior standing 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 reading, speaking, listening and viewing. Special emphasis on language and language developent. Teaching majors and minors in areas other than English should enroll in Ent 440.
UG 446 Special Topics in English Education 1-3 cr. (R-9) Prereq., consent of instr. Experimental offerings by visiting professors and others.
UG 495 Special Topics 1-6 cr. (R-6) Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
G 541 English Teaching Workshop Variable cr. (R-9) Prereq., teaching experience or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Experimental offerings of current topics in English langauge arts and reading curriculum.
G 542 Teaching Reading in English Classes 3 cr. Prereq., teaching experience or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Offered alternate years. Emphasis on teaching reading in English classes. Reading processes, structured overviews, reading study guides, comprehension/vocabulary activities, attitude inventories, assessment, methods, and readability measures. Modeling of pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading activities for literature.
G 543 Teaching Young Adult Literature 3 cr. Prereq., , teaching experience or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Offered alternate years. Selecting, reading, teaching, and evaluating young adult literature. Design of thematic units with emphasis on students' responses to literature. Presentation of multicultural literature, gender equity, censorship, and media issues.
G 544 Creative Drama in English Class 3 cr. Prereq., teaching experience, or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Offered alternate years. Designing, teaching and evaluating creative drama in the English language arts classroom. Emphasis on using creative drama as a learning skill to teach literature and language.
G 545 Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum 3 cr. Prereq., teaching experience or senior standing (3.0 GPA and petition) with consent of instr. Offered alternate years. Emphasis on writing as a thinking/learning skill in all content areas. Design, implementation, and evaluation of writing assignments. Focus on criteria to assess writing, peer response and editing groups, teacher-student writing conferences, and computer-assisted writing.
G 593 Professional Paper (Teacher) Variable cr. (R-4) Pedagogical paper for the Master of Arts (Teacher Option). Credit not allowed toward any other degree.
G 595 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-9) 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.
U 120L The Contemporary Imagination 3 cr. Focusing primarily on twentieth-century texts, instruction in articulating strong responses to varied imaginative texts_fiction, poetry, drama, and other art forms. Emphasis on the process and results of readers' ideologies meeting texts' ideologies.
U 121L Introduction to Poetry 3 cr. An introduction to the techniques of reading and writing about poetry with emphasis on the lyric and other shorter forms.
U 195 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-6) Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
U 220 The History of British Literature 3 cr. Prereq., Enlt 120L. An introduction to the British cultural tradition through readings of its major texts and discussions of what these texts represent from the Middle Ages to World War I.
U 221 The History of American Literature 3 cr. Prereq., Enlt 120L. An introduction to the American cultural tradition through readings of its major texts and discussions of what those texts represent from the Colonial period (1620) to World War I (1920).
U 301 Applied Literary Criticism 3 cr. Prereq. or coreq., Enlt 220 and 221. A study of various approaches to literary theory and criticism, applied to texts studied in Enlt 220 and 221.
UG 320 Shakespeare 3 cr. Prereq., Enlt 301 or consent of instr. A survey of selected Shakespeare plays emphasizing close reading of the texts and consideration of their dramatic possibilities.
UG 321 Studies in a Major Author 3 cr. (R-9) Prereq., Enlt 301 or consent of instr. Intensive study of the life and works of one author writing in English (every two years, Chaucer, Milton, Faulkner, Joyce, Twain; less frequently, Conrad, Hemingway, Blake, Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, Welty).
UG 322 Studies in Literary History 3 cr. (R-9) Prereq., Enlt 301 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 (every two years, British Renaissance, Age of Johnson, Romantic, Victorian, British Modern, American Puritanism to Transcendentalism, American Realism and Naturalism, American Romanticism; less frequently, Medieval, 17th century).
UG 323 Studies in Literary Forms 3 cr. (R-9) Prereq., Enlt 301 or consent of instr. Same as LS 323. Reading of various authors from different literary periods and cultures working in the same mode of composition (every two years, 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).
UG 324 Studies in Literature and Society 3 cr. (R-9) Prereq., Enlt 301 or consent of instr. Reading devoted to a single topic of contemporary social concern (every two years, Women's Writing, Montana Writers; less frequently, Regionalism, American Indian Literature, Contemporary Women's Writing).
UG 325 Studies in Literature and Other Disciplines 3 cr. (R-9) Prereq., nine credits in Enlt or LS or consent of instr. Same as LS 356. Selected works of literature studied in conjunction with works of art, music, religion, philosophy, or another discipline (every two years, Psychology and Literature, Film and Literature, The Poetry of Meditation; less frequently, British Art and Literature, Modernism, Literature and Science, Bible as Literature, Song).
UG 326E Politics, Ethics, and Language 3 cr. Prereq., lower-division course in Perspective 5 or consent of instr. The relation between suppression of information, low standards of literacy and argumentation, and political unfreedom.
UG 327E Bioethical Issues in Literature 3 cr. Prereq., lower-division course in Perspective 5 or consent of instr. An examination of specific bioethical issues raised in selected literary texts, e.g. medical intervention in the creation, alteration or termination of life; use and abuse of medical authority or procedures; public health issues in conflict with economic development.
UG 329 Native American Literature 3 cr. Prereq., Enlt 220 and 221 or six credits in NAS. Same as NAS 329. Selected readings from Native American literature with special emphasis on the literature of writers from the Rocky Mountain west.
U 395 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-9) Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
U 398 Cooperative Education Experience Variable cr. (R-12) 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 Cooperative Education Office.
UG 420 The History of Critical Theory to 1900 3 cr. Prereq., 15 credits in literature courses numbered 300 or higher. Same as LS 460. Survey of the historical development of critical theories which shaped ways of reading and writing from Plato and Aristotle to the beginning of the twentieth century.
UG 421 Twentieth-Century Critical Theory 3 cr. (R-6) Prereq., 15 credits in literature courses numbered 300 or higher. Same as LS 461. Readings in and background to contemporary theoretical debates on the roles readers and writers play in the creation of meaning in literature (every two years, Narrative Theory, Psychoanalysis, Feminist Theory, Semiotics; less frequently, Reader Response Theory).
UG 422 Theoretical Approaches to Literature 3 cr. (R-9) Prereq., 15 credits in literature courses numbered 300 or higher. Study in the application of a particular critical model(s) to interpret literature (every two years, Freud and Fairy Tales; less frequently, Psychoanalysis and Women's Writing, Freud and Modern Fiction, Feminist Theory and the Canon, Kenneth Burke's Dramatism).
UG 430 Studies in Comparative Literature 3 cr. (R-9) Prereq., consent of instr. Same as FLLG 440 and LS 455. The study of important literary ideas, genres, trends and movements. Credit not allowed for the same topic in more than one course numbered 430, FLLG 440, FLLG 494, or LS 455.
UG 495 Special Topics 1-6 cr. (R-6) Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
U 496 Independent Study 1-3 cr. (R-9) Prereq., consent of instr. and chair, and junior or senior standing. Special projects in literature, language, creative writing, and English teaching. Only one 496 may be taken per semester. Consent must be obtained prior to enrollment.
U 499 Honors Thesis Variable cr. (R-9) Prereq., consent of chair.
G 520 Seminar in British Literature 3 cr. (R-9)Prereq., consent of instructor. Topics will vary.
G 521 Seminar in America Literature 3 cr. (R-9) Prereq., consent of instr. Topics will vary.
G 522 Seminar in Comparative Literature 3 cr. (R-9) Same as FLLG 522. Prereq., consent of instructor. Topics will vary.
G 595 Special Topics Variable cr. (R-9) Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
G 596 Graduate Independent Study Variable cr. (R-9) Prereq., consent of instr. and chair. Special projects in literature, languages, creative writing, and English teaching. Only one 596 permitted per semester. Consent must be obtained prior to enrollment.
G 598 Cooperative Education Experience Variable cr. (R-9) 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 Cooperative Education Office.
G 599 Thesis Variable cr. (R-6)