Department of English

Department Chair
Lisa Tremain, Ph.D.

Program Lead 
Janelle Adist, Ph.D.

Graduate Program Coordinator
Janet Winston, Ph.D.

Department of English
Founders Hall 201
707-826-3758

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Programs

• English, B.A.

• Applied English Studies, M.A.

• English Literature Minor
• English Writing Minor
• Ethnic American Literatures Minor
• Linguistics Minor
• Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language Minor

• English, Literary Studies Concentration, B.A. MAP
• English, Teaching the Language Arts (English Education) Concentration, B.A. MAP
• English, Writing Practices Concentration, B.A. MAP

Courses

• ENGL 102 - Composition & Rhetoric A
• ENGL 103 - Composition & Rhetoric B
• ENGL 104 - Accelerated Composition & Rhetoric
• ENGL 104S - Accelerated Composition & Rhetoric
• ENGL 105 - Literature, Media & Culture
• ENGL 107 - Critical Writing
• ENGL 110 - Developing Academic Literacy Lab
• ENGL 120 - Introduction to the English Major
• ENGL 180 - Special Topics in English
• ENGL 200 - Academic Writing & Revision Workshop
• ENGL 211 - Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENGL 215 - Information Literacy & Writers Seminar
• ENGL 220 - Literature, Identity & Representation
• ENGL 225 - Introduction to Language Analysis
• ENGL 230 - Survey of British Literature
• ENGL 231 - Survey of British Literature
• ENGL 232 - Survey of American Literature
• ENGL 240 - World Literature
• ENGL 280 - Special Topics
• ENGL 305 - Postcolonial Perspectives: Literature of the Developing World
• ENGL 306 - Contemporary Texts
• ENGL 308B - Women in Literature
• ENGL 308C - Women in Literature
• ENGL 311 - Environmental Writing
• ENGL 314 - Creative Writing: Nonfiction
• ENGL 315 - Creative Writing: Fiction
• ENGL 316 - Creative Writing: Poetry
• ENGL 318 - Rhetoric for Writers
• ENGL 319 - Digital Rhetorics & Writing
• ENGL 320 - Practical Criticism
• ENGL 323 - Children’s Literature
• ENGL 325 - History of the English Language
• ENGL 326 - Language Study for Teachers
• ENGL 328 - Structure of American English
• ENGL 330 - American Literature
• ENGL 336 - American Ethnic Literature
• ENGL 342 - Special Topics in Shakespeare
• ENGL 344 - Young Adult Literature
• ENGL 350 - Topics in British and Postcolonial Literatures
• ENGL 360 - Special Topics in Literature
• ENGL 370 - Topics in the Literature of Power & Place
• ENGL 406 - Contemporary Composition: Traditional Studies & Digital Practice
• ENGL 417 - Second Language Acquisition
• ENGL 420 - Advanced Topics in Critical Theory
• ENGL 422 - Advanced Research Writing
• ENGL 424 - Communication in Writing I
• ENGL 426 - Communication in Writing II
• ENGL 435 - Introduction to English as a Second/ Foreign Language
• ENGL 436 - Integrating Language & Content in English Instruction
• ENGL 450 - Tutoring Developing Writers
• ENGL 460 - Literary Editing & Publishing (Toyon)
• ENGL 461 - Professional Concerns in Writing & Editing
• ENGL 465B - Multicultural Issues in Literature/Languages
• ENGL 465C - Multicultural Issues in Literature/Languages
• ENGL 480 - Special Topics
• ENGL 482 - Internship in Teaching Writing, Literature, or Linguistics
• ENGL 490 - Senior Project Seminar
• ENGL 499 - Directed Study
• ENGL 536 - Problems in Form, Genre, Media
• ENGL 546 - Reading Historically
• ENGL 560 - Special Topics in Literature
• ENGL 570 - Topics in the Literature of Power & Place
• ENGL 580 - Special Topics Seminar
• ENGL 581 - Practicum in Teaching Writing
• ENGL 600 - Graduate Studies Introduction
• ENGL 605 - Cultural Studies Introduction
• ENGL 611 - Reading & Writing Pedagogy I
• ENGL 612 - Theory of Rhetoric & Composition
• ENGL 614 - Teaching ESL Reading & Writing
• ENGL 615 - Digital Humanities: Public History, Archives, & Scholarly Communication
• ENGL 618 - Linguistic & Rhetorical Approaches to Writing
• ENGL 620 - Seminar in Critical Theory
• ENGL 635 - Introduction to English as a Second/ Foreign Language
• ENGL 681 - Internship in Teaching Literature
• ENGL 682 - Internship in the Teaching of Writing
• ENGL 684 - Internship in Teaching ESL
• ENGL 690 - Master’s Project
• ENGL 694 - Field Experience: Observe & Reflect
• ENGL 695 - Critical Analysis of Field Experience
• ENGL 699 - Independent Study
• LING 495 - Practicum in Language Studies