Engl 5233: Literary Criticism

Have you ever had to write an essay about a piece of literature and found that you had no idea how to begin, no idea how to get an idea? Have you ever had those teachers who ask questions like: what does the guitar symbolize in this poem?--and their question might as well have been: I'm thinking of a number from 1 to 10; what is it? Then this is the class for you! We are going to look at approaches to reading and analyzing literature: post-structuralist, psychoanalytic, Marxist, feminist, new historicist, and others. Since we're covering this material in a brief five weeks, we won't have time to read novels or other lengthy literary texts but will rather read readings of texts most of you will already be familiar with.

Engl 5713: ESL Assessment

An introduction to the tools, techniques, and procedures for evaluating the English proficieny and language development of ESL students

Engl 6283: Literature and Society - Civil Rights Era

EDFD 6003: Educational Research

An introduction to educational research research procedures, including formulation of research problems, research designs, data collection, and analysis of data.

EDFD 6053: The At-Risk Child in the School Environment

A seminar designed to investigate the characteristics of the at-risk student and to investigate the teaching strategies utilized to meet the needs of the at-risk student in the regular classroom.

EDFD 6313: Principles of Curriculum Development

A study of the elements and principles of curriculum design and construction for teachers at the elementary and secondary levels. The course considers the theroretical concerns of curriculum planning as well as the activities involved in carrying theory into practice.

EDFD 6993: Projects Ed Research

SEED 5013: Teaching in the Middle School

Methods and procedures in teaching in the middle school. Includes individualization of instruction and interdisciplinary teaching for middle school students. May not be taken for credit after completion of SEED 4013.

Summer II (July 10 - August 10)

Engl 6813: Directed Readings

In this online course students will study our landmarks of British literature which are on the Masters exam list: Coleridge and Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads, Eliot's Middlemarch, Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, and Ishiguro's Remains of the Day. Students will write exercises and papers on these works.

Fall 2001 (Classes start August 22)

Engl 5093: Seminar in Creative Writing - Metrical Poetry

Engl 5283: Seminar in American Literature - Nineteenth Century

Engl 5703: Teaching English as a Second Language

Engl 5723: Teaching People of Other Cultures

An examination of c ultural diversity in Arkansas and the United States, designed for prospective ESL teachers.

Engl 6003: Introduction to English Graduate Study

Engl 6033: Rhetoric

A study of the history, theory, and application of rhetoric.

EDFD 6003: Educational Research

An introduction to educational research research procedures, including formulation of research problems, research designs, data collection, and analysis of data.

EDFD 6043: Current Issues in Human Learning

A detailed study of some current issues in human learning which reflects the concerns of classroom teachers as they apply psychology to teaching. Course is designed to serve both elementary and secondary teachers.

EDFD 6313: Principles of Curriculum Development

A study of the elements and principles of curriculum design and construction for teachers at the elementary and secondary levels. The course considers the theroretical concerns of curriculum planning as well as the activities involved in carrying theory into practice.

EDFD 6993: Projects Ed Research