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Your search for courses · during 24FA, 25WI, 25SP · taught by gshuffel · returned 6 results
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ENGL 109 The Craft of Academic Writing 6 credits
This course is designed to demystify the practice of academic writing and to introduce students to the skills they’ll need to write effectively in a variety of academic disciplines and contexts. Students will learn how to respond to other authors’ claims, frame clear arguments of their own, structure essays to develop a clear logical flow, integrate outside sources into their writing, and improve their writing through revision. All sections will include a variety of readings, multiple writing assignments, and substantial feedback from the course instructor.
- Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration WR2 Writing Requirement 2
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ENGL 203 Other Worlds of Medieval English Literature 6 credits
When medieval writers imagined worlds beyond their own, what did they see? This course will examine depictions of the afterlife, the East, and magical realms of the imagination. We will read romances, saints' lives, and a masterpiece of pseudo-travel literature that influenced both Shakespeare and Columbus, alongside contemporary theories of post-colonialism, gender and race. We will visit the lands of the dead and the undead, and compare gruesome punishments and heavenly rewards. We will encounter dog-headed men, Amazons, cannibals, armies devoured by hippopotami, and roasted geese that fly onto waiting dinner tables. Be prepared. Readings in Middle English and in modern translations.
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ENGL 220 Arts of Oral Presentation 3 credits
Instruction and practice in being a speaker and an audience in formal and informal settings.
First five weeks
- Winter 2025
- No Exploration
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ENGL 292.11 Independent Research 2 – 3 credits
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Participation in OCS Ireland Program, 5 weeks | Participation in OCS London Program
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
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ENGL 292.12 American Minstrelsy 2 – 3 credits
This summer I worked as a research assistant investigating the history of American minstrelsy for Professor George Shuffelton. I hope to extend my research experience with an independent study this fall term. I intend to continue reading books by prominent scholars in the field, and I will look to examine the history of blackface performance through various lenses. I will meet with Professor Shuffelton for one hour each week to discuss my findings. The study will culminate in a visit to the Schomburg Library over winter break where I have made an appointment to view their special collections on the history of minstrelsy. Additionally, it may involve a writing component where I summarize my findings.
Participation in OCS Ireland Program, 5 weeks | Participation in OCS London Program
Register for this course by submitting the Independent Reading/Study/Research Form, which requires approval from the project faculty supervisor.
- Fall 2024
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ENGL 400 Integrative Exercise 6 credits
Senior English majors may fulfill the integrative exercise by completing one of the four options: the Colloquium Option (a group option in which participants discuss, analyze and write about a thematically coherent list of literary works); the Research Essay Option (an extended essay on a topic of the student’s own devising); the Creative Option (creation of a work of literary art); or the Project Option (creation of an individual or group multidisciplinary project). The Research Essay Option is open to students who have completed a senior seminar in the major by the end of fall term senior year. The Creative Option is open only to students who have completed at least two creative writing courses (one of which must be at the 300 level) by the end of fall term senior year.
- Winter 2025
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Student is an English major and has Senior Priority.