Graduate Courses in Research Methods, Scholarly Writing, & Literary Criticism

The Department of English offers the following graduate courses related to research methods, scholarly writing, and literary criticism:

ENGL 5750. Bibliography and Methods of Research
in Literature.
3 hours. An examination of the basic materials available for research in British and American literature; study of the conventions of presentation of material in scholarly writing; consideration of types of bibliography, problems in textual analysis and criticism, and methods of research in literary history and literary criticism. Offered each fall. This course should be taken in the first semester if possible.

ENGL 5760. Scholarly and Critical Writing.
3 hours. Examination of the writing strategies entailed in preparing successful term papers, theses, dissertations and publishable articles. Offered each fall.

ENGL 5810. Studies in Literary Criticism.
3 hours. A study of one or more major strains of critical emphasis, with special attention to those that have been influential in the 20th century.

ENGL 5900-5910. Special Problems.
1-3 hours each. Conference course open to advanced students capable of doing independent research under the direction of the instructor. Registration permitted only when other graduate courses are not available and only upon the recommendation of the instructor and the consent of the department chair. A maximum of 3 semester hours credit is allowed for each course. (Special Problems form)

ENGL 6900-6910. Special Problems.
1-3 hours each. Conference course open to doctoral candidates doing independent research under the direction of the instructor. (Special Problems form)