An introduction to literatures written in English, organized around a theme, period, author, genre, or topic. All sections emphasize close reading, careful writing, and cultural understanding. Besides enhancing these foundational skills, the course will highlight the pleasures and excitement a lifetime of reading offers. Fulfills General Education Foundations - Philosophy and Literature. Offered fall and winter semesters.
Fall 2026 - Online Winter 2027 - Online
An introduction to science fiction literature, focusing primarily on texts from the late 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Examines the interaction between scientific change and the resulting ethical questions as depicted in fictional texts. Emphasis will be on short stories written by authors from diverse cultural backgrounds and contexts. Fulfills General Education Foundations - Philosophy and Literature. Offered fall and winter semesters.
Summer 2026 - Online
A comparative look at myths, folk tales, and fairy tales and how they derive from, and work on, the mind of a culture, both socially and aesthetically. Examines these tales as works of art and as metaphors expressing a society's major values, themes, and preoccupations. Fulfills General Education Cultures - Global Perspectives. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Fulfillment of General Education Foundations - Writing.
Winter 2026 - Online Summer 2026 - Online Fall 2026 - Online Winter 2027 - Online
This course will examine literary texts through the prism of different literary theories and other critical approaches and prepare students to undertake advanced literary interpretation and to produce literary critical writing. This course will enable students to connect literary texts and critical approaches to their historical and social contexts. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Fulfillment of general education Foundations - Writing.
Winter 2027 - Online
An in-depth study of the range of Shakespeare's work in its historical and critical context, including selections from comedy, tragedy, history, romance, and poetry. Prerequisites: Fulfillment of general education Foundations - Writing.
Fall 2026 - Online
This course examines the comics medium and its role in popular culture and academic studies. Students read and analyze historical and contemporary comics from varying genres, learn the formal elements of comics, consider the possibilities and limitations of the medium, and critique representations of race, class, and gender within comics. Offered fall or winter semesters. Part of the Information, Innovation, or Technology Issue. Prerequisites: Fulfillment of general education Foundations - Writing and junior standing.
An examination of American multicultural literature for children and young adults, such as African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American literatures. This service-learning course requires service reading, dramatic presentations, or other creative ways of engaging the community with literature. Prerequisites: Fulfillment of general education Foundations - Writing and junior standing.
Studies the importance and variety of literature by American minorities, such as African American, Native American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and other minority or marginalized authors. Emphasis will be on multiplicity of literary voices, social-historical contexts, and themes of negotiating identity between/among majority and minority cultures. Fulfills General Education Cultures - U.S. Diversity. Part of the Identity Issue. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: Fulfillment of General Education Foundations - Writing and junior standing.
