Courses and Syllabi
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Fall 2026
Undergraduate
ENGH 201: Reading and Writing about Texts (3 Credits)
Close analysis of literary texts, including but not limited to poetry, fiction, and drama. Emphasizes reading and writing exercises to develop basic interpretive skills. Examines figurative language, central ideas, relationship between structure and meaning, narrative point of view. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Literature
Recommended Prerequisite: 3 credits of 100-level English.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ENGH 202: Texts and Contexts (3 Credits)
Studies literary texts within the framework of culture. Examines texts within such categories as history, gender, sexuality, religion, race, class, and nation. Notes: Builds on reading and writing skills taught in ENGH 101. Offered by English. May be repeated within the degree.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Literature
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: 3 credits of 100-level English.
Schedule Type: Lecture, Recitation
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ENGH 203: Western Literary Tradition (3 Credits)
Major works of Western literature in historical progression. Focuses on writers such as Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Dante, Cervantes, Machiavelli, and Montaigne. Notes: All readings are in modern English. Courses build on reading and writing skills taught in ENGH 101. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Literature
Recommended Prerequisite: 3 credits of 100-level English.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 203 - 001: Western Literary Traditions I — Jacqueline M. Burek — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW - Music Theater Building 1004
ENGH 204: Western Literary Traditions (3 Credits)
Major works of Western literature in historical progression. Covers writers such as Moliere, Mme. de Lafayette, Goethe, Ibsen, Flaubert, Dostoyevski, Tolstoy, Mann, Kafka, Borges, and Soyinka. All readngs are in modern English. Notes: Courses build on reading and writing skills taught in ENGH 101. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Literature
Recommended Prerequisite: 3 credits of 100-level English.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 204 - 001: Western Literary Traditions II — David Kaufmann — 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM MW - Planetary Hall 212
ENGH 310: Topics: Women and Literature (3 Credits)
Explores experiences of women as both authors and subjects of imaginative literature. Notes: May be repeated when topic is different. Offered by English. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 6 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 310 - 001: Black Wmn Literary Traditions — Stephanie Rambo — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR - Thompson Hall 1017
ENGH 322: Introduction to Shakespeare (3 Credits)
Introduces the works of English poet and playwright William Shakespeare. Studies a broad range of Shakespeare’s writings, including at least one comedy, one tragedy, and one history. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 322 - 002: Introduction to Shakespeare — Jennifer Linhart Wood — 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR - Horizon Hall 1009
ENGH 336: British Novel of the 19th Century (3 Credits)
Works by Dickens, Thackeray, the Brontes, Eliot, Trollope, and Hardy. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 336 - 001: British Novel 19th Century — Kristin Samuelian — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW - Krug Hall 210
ENGH 349: African American Literature: Reconstruction to 1903 (3 Credits)
Emphasizes several major writers from Reconstruction to beginning of 20th century, concluding with W.E.B. DuBois's The Souls of Black Folk . Concentrating on evolution of African American fiction and poetry as well as political and social discourses on "race," explores how authors such as Frances E.W. Harper, Charles Chesnutt, Pauline Hopkins, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Anna Julia Cooper, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Booker T. Washington, and DuBois shaped the foundation for 20th-century African American literary art and aesthetics. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 349 - 001: African Amer Lit: Recons-1903 — Stefan Wheelock — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T - Lecture Hall - Hybrid
ENGH 352: Topics in Ethnic American Literature (3 Credits)
Studies particular ethnic American literatures. Focuses on literatures such as Asian American, Native American, Latino/a, Arab American, or Jewish American. Notes: May be repeated when topic (expressed by course subtitle and content) is different. Offered by English. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 6 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 352 - DL1: Haunted Native America — Eric Gary Anderson — 05:55 PM to 07:10 PM T - Online
ENGH 361: Continental Fiction, 1880-1950 (3 Credits)
Offered in cooperation with the Department of Modern and Classical Languages. Focuses on continental novel from beginning of 20th century to present. Includes Proust, Mann, Gide, Kafka, Yourcenar, Beauvoir, Calvino, and Garcia Marquez. Attention to influence of this literature on novel in English. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 361 - 001: Continental Fiction, 1880-1950 — David Kaufmann — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW - Planetary Hall 212
ENGH 419: Topics in Popular Literature (3 Credits)
Studies specific topic or theme in popular literature. Notes: May be repeated when topic is different with permission of department. Offered by English. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 6 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 419 - 001: Popular Horror — Eric Gary Anderson — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR - Peterson Hall 1109
ENGH 428: Milton (3 Credits)
Milton's major poetic works, with emphasis on Paradise Lost . Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 428 - 001: Milton — Denise Albanese — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W - Lecture Hall 3
ENGH 458: RS: Topics in Literary Research (3 Credits)
Topic-based course in research methods. Students conduct advanced research in literary studies using traditional and digital research tools and approaches. Notes: May be repeated when the topic is different. Offered by English. May be repeated within the degree.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Mason Apex
Specialized Designation: Research/Scholarship Intensive, Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: ENGH 305 (3 credit) and 85 credit hours earned.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 458 - 001: Indigenous Futurisms — Jessica Hurley — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR - Horizon Hall 1007
Graduate
ENGH 511: Graduate Literature Survey (3 Credits)
Advanced survey of selected genres, periods, areas, styles, and theoretical issues in literature. Notes: Baccalaureate degree highly recommended. Offered by English. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
Recommended Prerequisite: 15 credits of advanced undergraduate work and approval of the department. Baccalaureate degree highly recommended.
Registration Restrictions:
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
2 Sections Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 511 - 001: The Figure of the Author — Alok Yadav — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R - Aquia Building 219
- ENGH 511 - DL1: Haunted Native America — Eric Gary Anderson — 05:55 PM to 07:10 PM T - Online
ENGH 513: Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies (3 Credits)
Intensive study of topics involving literary or other texts such as film, television, opera, and folklore. Notes: May be repeated with permission of department. Offered by English. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: 15 credits of advanced undergraduate English courses and permission of department; or baccalaureate degree.
Registration Restrictions:
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
3 Sections Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 513 - 001: The Short Story — Courtney Angela Brkic — 10:30 AM to 01:10 PM F - East Building 134
- ENGH 513 - 002: Literary Journalism — Timothy Denevi — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W - Angel Cabrera Global Center 1405
- ENGH 513 - 003: Folklore and Fantasy — Debra Lattanzi Shutika — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T - Thompson Hall 1017
ENGH 642: Seminar in British Literature (3 Credits)
Intensive study of a selected period, movement, or genre in British or world Anglophone literature. Offered by English. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 24 credits.
Registration Restrictions:
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 642 - 001: Austen&Eliot: Secret of Style — Kristin Samuelian — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W - East Building 121
ENGH 675: Feminist Theory and Criticism (3 Credits)
Presents historically based introduction to major debates within feminist theory and criticism. Stressing gender in literature and its interpretation, explores diverse collection of feminist interpretive practices. Offered by English. May not be repeated for credit.
Registration Restrictions:
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 675 - DL1: Feminist Theory/Criticsm — Anu Aneja — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R - Online