This pathway involves courses in both the English department and Theatre Studies. It requires two courses and a Maymester venture into archives or theater performances in London, culminating in a written report. Suggested courses to choose from among:

• Shakespeare Course: Shakespeare: Representative Selections (3340); Shakespeare: Comedies and Histories (3336); Shakespeare: Tragedies and Romances (3337); English Renaissance: The Drama (3332); Shakespeare and Film (ENGL 1260)
• Course in Theatre Studies: Introduction to Theatrical Production (THTR 1711); Theatre in London (3281); Playwriting (3311)l Shakespeare in the Theatre (THTR 4201)
• Maymester in London and/or Stratford: either archival research and/or attending theatrical performances with a final written essay or report

This pathway includes courses in creative writing and literary studies. Students can complete a lyric immersion completely with courses in the English department or jointly with courses in Blair or in Business. It requires two courses and a project that culminates in a public performance. Suggested courses to choose from among:

• Literary Studies course: Introduction to Poetry (ENGL 1250); English Renaissance Poetry (ENGL 3335); Love Books (ENGL 3890); The Romantic Period (3610)
• Writing workshop or song-writing course in Blair, in Business of Music, or a Composition Studio Class

Students can complete an immersion course entirely in English or by taking a Science Fiction course in another department (for instance, Jewish Studies). This immersion would require two courses and a final project. The literature courses from which one could choose are as follows: 

• Science Fiction (ENGL 3728 or 3728W)—Recent offering was “The Afro-Futurism of Octavia Butler”
• Literature, Science, and Technology (ENGL 3720W)—Recent offering was “Robots and Clones in Literature and film”
• The Nineteenth Century English Novel (ENGL 3618)—Recent offering was “Nineteenth Century Science Fiction”
• Imagining the Aliens: Jewish Science Fiction (JS 2290W)

The final written project could be an academic essay with an oral defense or a Science Fiction story alongside a final paper

*Sequence of courses to be taken in the order they appear below

Course One: 

• Introductory workshop in nonfiction (ENGL 1240)

Course Two: 

• Upper-division nonfiction workshop (ENGL 3210 or 3220)
• writing workshop in poetry (ENGL 1290, 3250, or 3260) or fiction (ENGL 1280, 3230, or 3240)
• creative writing craft course (ENGL 3280)
• contemporary literature course focused on nonfiction writing or a pertinent course outside of the Department of English, such as studio arts, music, sociology, history, etc.—as related to student’s culminating project

Course Three:

• First (or additional) upper-division nonfiction workshop (ENGL 3210 or 3220 workshops can be repeated for credit) or ENGL 3891(only when offered as a multi-genre workshop) in which students will complete their Immersion projec

Project:  

• Produced in upper-division nonfiction workshop (ENGL 3210 or 3220) or ENGL 3891, only when offered as a multi-genre workshop, the immersion project draws on craft techniques developed in workshops and will be overseen by the workshop instructor, who will become the immersion student’s advisor. 
• Projects to be publicly shared.

 

*Sequence of courses to be taken in the order they appear below

Course One

• Introductory workshop in fiction (ENGL 1280)

Course Two

• Upper-division fiction workshop (ENGL 3230 or 3240)
• writing workshop in poetry (ENGL 1290, 3250, or 3260) or nonfiction (ENGL 1240, 3210, or 3220)
• creative writing craft course (ENGL 3280)
• contemporary literature course focused on fiction writing or a pertinent course outside of the Department of English, such as studio arts, music, sociology, history, etc.—as related to student’s culminating project

Course Three

• First (or additional) upper-division fiction workshop (ENGL 3230 or 3240—workshops can be repeated for credit) or Special Topics (ENGL 3891, only when offered as a multi-genre workshop) in which students will complete their Immersion project.

Project

• Produced in upper-division fiction workshop (ENGL 3230 or 3240) or ENGL 3891, only when offered as a multi-genre workshop, the immersion project draws on craft techniques developed in workshops and will be overseen by the workshop instructor, who will become the immersion student’s advisor.
• Projects to be publicly shared.

 

*Sequence of courses to be taken in the order they appear below

Course One

• Introductory workshop in poetry (ENGL 1290)

Course Two

• Upper-division poetry workshop (ENGL 3250 or 3260)
• writing workshop in nonfiction (ENGL 1240, 3210, or 3220) or fiction (ENGL 1280, 3230, or 3240)
• creative writing craft course (ENGL 3280)
• contemporary literature course focused on fiction writing or a pertinent course outside of the Department of English, such as studio arts, music, sociology, history, etc.—as related to student’s culminating project ​

Course Three

• First (or additional) upper-division poetry workshop (ENGL 3250 or 3260—workshops can be repeated for credit) or Special Topics (ENGL 3891, only when offered as a multi-genre workshop) in which students will complete their Immersion project

Project

• Produced in upper-division poetry workshop (ENGL 3250 or 3260) or ENGL 3891, only when offered as a multi-genre workshop; the immersion project draws upon craft techniques developed in workshops and will be overseen by the workshop instructor, who will become the immersion advisor.
• Projects to be publicly shared.