Northeastern University English Department
Expected Course Offerings
Spring 2016 through Spring 2017
The English department plans to offer the following courses over the next three semesters. Please note that these
offerings may change.
Spring 2016
Core:
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1000 English at Northeastern (Capogna)
1400 Introduction to Literary Studies (Boeckeler)
1410 Introduction to Writing Studies (Poe)
1700 Global Literature to 1500 (Kelly)
Periods:
 Early Literatures:
o 4000 Seminar in Early Literatures (Leslie)
o 2216 Shakespeare’s Tragedies (Boeckeler)
 17th-18th Centuries:
o 2296 Early African American Literature (Aljoe) (Also counts for Diversity)
 19th Century:
o 3190 Topics in 19th C American Literature: 19th C. Women (Davis)
 20th /21st Centuries:
o 3730 20th/21st C Major Figure: Toni Morrison and John Wideman (TuSmith)
o 3100 Anti-Semitism in American Literature & Film (Lowenthal)
Comparative:
 1500 British Literature to 1800 (Leslie)
 1701 Global Literature 1500 to Present (Aljoe)
 2510 Horror Fiction (Goshgarian)
 3572 Fantasy (Kelly)
Theories and Methods:
 3339 Topics in Criticism: Orality in Fiction (TuSmith)
 3381 The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing (Gonso)
Writing:
 3377 Poetry Workshop (Peterfreund)
 3378 Fiction Workshop (Goshgarian)
Capstone:
 4710 Capstone Seminar: Joyce’s Finnegans Wake (Mullen)
Diversity:
 2296 Early African American Literature, Aljoe) (Also counts as 17-18th Century period)
Fall 2016
Core:
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1000 English at Northeastern (Instructor TBD)
1400 Introduction to Literary Studies (Leslie, Aljoe)
1160 Introduction to Rhetoric (Britt)
1700 Global Literature to 1500 (Kelly)
Periods:
 Early Literatures:
o 1600 Intro to Shakespeare (Boeckeler)
 17th-18th Centuries:
o 3618 Milton (Blessington)
o 2295 Early American Literature (Dillon)
 19th Century:
o 2270 Victorian Literature (Green)
o 3619 Emerson and Thoreau (Davis)
 20th /21st Centuries:
o 2440 Modern Bestseller (Goshgarian)
o 3200 Topics in 20th/21st C British Literature: Irish Comic (Mullen)
Comparative:
 1450 Technology, Literature, and New Media (Cordell)
 3620 Four Major Playwrights (Bernstein)
 2470 Asian American Literature (TuSmith) (also counts as Diversity)
 2510 Horror Fiction (Goshgarian)
 3427 Literature of Science (Peterfreund)
Theories and Methods:
 2830 Literary Theory (Mullen)
 3325 Rhetoric of Law (Britt)
Writing:
 2700 Creative Writing (Bernstein)
 2760 Writing in Global Contexts (Poe) (also counts as Diversity)
 3375 Writing Boston: Black Writers in Boston (Aljoe) (also counts as Experiential Ed)
 3377 Poetry Workshop (Peterfreund)
Capstone:
 4710 Capstone Seminar: Naturalist Fiction (Davis)
Diversity:
 2470 Asian American Literature, TuSmith (also counts as Comparative]
 2760 Writing in Global Contexts, Poe (also counts as Writing)
Experiential Education:
 3375 Writing Boston: Black Writers in Boston (Aljoe) (also counts as Writing)
Spring 2017
Core:
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1000 English at Northeastern (Instructor TBD)
1400 Introduction to Literary Studies (Boeckeler)
1410 Introduction to Writing Studies (Poe)
1700 Global Literature to 1500 (Blessington)
Periods:
 Early Literatures:
o 3150 Topics in Early Literature: King Arthur Then & Now (Kelly)
 17th-18th Centuries:
o 3160 Topics in 17th/18th C. British Literature: Women and The Novel in 18th C. Britain (Aljoe)
 19th Century:
o 2260 Romantic Poetry (Peterfreund)
o 2330 American Renaissance (Davis)
o 4030 Seminar in 19th C. British Literature: Topic TBD (Green)
 20th /21st Centuries:
o 3730 10th/21st C. Major Figure: Eugene O’Neill (Bernstein)
o 2410 Contemporary American Literature (TuSmith)
Comparative:
 1500 British Literature to 1800 (Leslie)
 2460 Multiethnic Literature of US (TuSmith) (also counts as Diversity)
 2520 Science Fiction (Goshgarian)
 3340 Technologies of Text (Cordell) (also counts as Experiential Education)
 3572 Fantasy (Kelly)
 3240 Topics in Postcolonial Literatures: Topic TBD (Aljoe) (also counts as Diversity)
Theories and Methods:
 3339 Topics in Literary Criticism: Queer Theory, Lit, and Film (Mullen)
 4400 Opening the Archive (Leslie)
Writing:
 2700 Creative Writing (Bernstein)
 2710 Style and Editing (Britt)
 3378 Fiction Workshop (Goshgarian)
 3377 Poetry Workshop (Blessington)
Capstone:
 4710 Capstone Seminar: Sonnets and Skulls (Boeckeler)
 4720 Capstone Project (Mullen)
Diversity:
 2460 Multiethnic Literature of US (TuSmith) (also counts as Comparative)
 3240 Topics in Postcolonial Literatures: Topic TBD (Aljoe) (also counts as Comparative)
Experiential Education:
 3340 Technologies of Text (Cordell) (also counts as Comparative)
(Last updated 08/31/2015)