Courses
Fall 2021
For fall 2021, all classes and educational experiences for undergraduate and graduate students in Arts, Sciences & Engineering at the University of Rochester are expected to be held on campus at full classroom capacity, assuming health and safety guidelines are met. Virtual instruction options will be prepared as part of contingency plans, including instructional plans for international students who cannot travel to the U.S. As always, the University reserves the prerogative to change the mode of instruction for any course to on-line or hybrid delivery whenever deemed necessary or pedagogically appropriate.
Below, we have outlined what students, faculty, and staff can anticipate in the next few months:
Courses for First-Year Students
In the English Department, first-year students are welcome to enroll in any 100- or 200-level course. However, in the sampling below, you'll find courses that are specifically designed to provide an introduction to the study of English Literature, Film, Creative Writing, Theater and Communication.
| Course # | Title | Semester | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
| 100 | Great Books: Heaven and Hell | Fall | MW | 1525 | 1640 | Miller |
| 101 | Maximum English | Fall | TR | 1230 | 1345 | Eaves |
| 103 | Rochester, NY | Fall | MW | 1025 | 1140 | Kegl |
| 112 | Classical and Scriptural Backgrounds | Fall | MW | 1150 | 1305 | Hahn |
| 113 | British Literature I | Fall | TR | 1400 | 1315 | Rozenski |
| 117 | Intro to the Art of Film | Fall | TR | 1105 | 1220 | Middleton |
| 121 | Intro to Creative Writing Fiction | Fall | W | 1400 | 1640 | Schottenfeld |
| 122 | Intro to Creative Writing: Poetry | Fall | M | 1400 | 1640 | Longenbach |
| 154 | Intro to Design for Stage | Fall | Reiser | |||
| 135 | Intro to Debate | Fall | T | 1400 | 1640 | Fletcher |
| 135 | Intro to Debate | Fall | R | 1400 | 1640 | Fletcher |
| 200 | History of the English Language | Fall | TR | 1105 | 1220 | Rozenski |
Fall 2021 Courses
| Course # | Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Great Books: Heaven and Hell | MW | 1525 | 1640 | Miller |
| 101 | Maximum English | TR | 1230 | 1345 | Eaves |
| 103 | Rochester, NY | MW | 1025 | 1140 | Kegl |
| 112 | Classical and Scriptural Backgrounds | MW | 1150 | 1305 | Hahn |
| 113 | British Literature I | TR | 1400 | 1315 | Rozenski |
| 117 | Intro to the Art of Film | TR | 1105 | 1220 | Middleton |
| 121 | Intro to Creative Writing Fiction | W | 1400 | 1640 | Schottenfeld |
| 122 | Intro to Creative Writing: Poetry | M | 1400 | 1640 | Longenbach |
| 123-1 | Playwriting | M | 1230 | 1515 | Solomon |
| 134 | Public Speaking | TR | 940 | 1055 | Smith |
| 135 | Intro to Debate | T | 1400 | 1640 | Fletcher |
| 135 | Intro to Debate | R | 1400 | 1640 | Fletcher |
| 154-1 | Intro to Design for Stage | M | 1025 | 1305 | Reiser |
| 164-1 | Improvisation | R | 1525 | 1805 | Thompson |
| 170-1 | Technical Theatre | MW | 900 | 1015 | Lawlor |
| 172-1 | Intro to Stage Lighting & Sound | TR | 1105 | 1220 | Spitaliere |
| 174-1 | Acting Techniques: F21 | T | 1400 | 1640 | Browne |
| 174-2 | Acting Techniques: Fall Lab | W | 1525 | 1640 | Browne |
| 176-2 | Movement for the Actor | F | 1025 | 1305 | Penner |
| 178-3 | Design for Stage: Scenery | M | 1025 | 1305 |
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| 180-1 | Directing | F | 1400 | 1640 | Greer |
| 180-2 | Directing Lab | W | 1525 | 1640 | Greer |
| 182-1 | Staging Revolution: Creating Theatre for Social Change | M | 1650 | 1930 | Yousefzadeh |
| 200 | History of the English Language | TR | 1105 | 1220 | Rozenski |
| 206 | Goddesses, Warriors, and Shamans: Medieval Irish and Welsh Literature | MW | 1400 | 1515 | Higley |
| 210 | Shakespeare | TR | 1400 | 1515 | Gross |
| 216 | The Hidden Canon | TR | 0940 | 1055 | Heyworth |
| 221 | Victorian Literature | TR | 1105 | 1220 | Rajan |
| 226 | American Realism: Sex, Race, Empire | MW | 1400 | 1515 | Michael |
| 228 | The Harlem Renaissance | MW | 1230 | 1345 | Tucker |
| 228 | Reimagining the Human: Global Black Speculative Fiction | TR | 1400 | 1515 | Omelsky |
| 235 | 20th Century Drama | MW | 1230 | 1345 | Schottenfeld |
| 236 | African Digital Cultures | TR | 940 | 1055 | Omelsky |
| 238 | The Great War Revisited | MW | 1150 | 1305 | London |
| 242 | Literary Theory | TR | 1230 | 1345 | Mannheimer |
| 243 | The Brontes | MW | 1525 | 1640 | London |
| 244 | Poetry and Memory | TR | 1105 | 1220 | Gross |
| 245 | Comic Books | MW | 1025 | 1140 | Tucker |
| 249 | Gender and Anger | TR | 940 | 1055 | Bleich |
| 251 | The Album as Literature: From Jazz to Rap | MW | 1150 | 1305 | Miller |
| 255 | Film History: Early Cinema | TR | 1525 | 1640 | Rosenow |
| 269 | All is Fair in Love and War | TR | 1230 | 1345 | Bleich |
| 272-1 | Advanced Acting | M | 1025 | 1305 | Flaherty |
| 275 | Advanced Creative Writing Fiction | M | 1400 | 1640 | Scott |
| 275 | Advanced Creative Writing Fiction - Tutorial | W | 1650 | 1930 | Scott |
| 276 | Advanced Creative Writing Poetry | T | 1400 | 1640 | Longenbach |
| 281 | Advanced Feature Writing | T | 1025 | 1305 | Balmain |
| 286 | Presidential Rhetoric | TR | 1525 | 1640 | Smith |
| 262 | American Experiments: Film and Art of the 1930s | TR | 1230 | 1345 | Rosenow |
| 290-1 | Acting for Camera | W | 1230 | 1515 | Markusfeld |
| 292-1 | Plays in Performance | TBA | TBA | TBA | Maister |
| 294 | Plays in Performance | TBA | TBA | TBA | Maister |
| 296-1 | Stage Management: F21 | F | 1400 | 1640 | Maister |
| 298-2 | Performance Lab | TBA | TBA | TBA | Flaherty & Maister |
| 299 | Performance Lab | TBA | TBA | TBA | Flaherty & Maister |
| 360-1 | Special Projects Theatre | TBA | TBA | TBA | Maister & Lawlor |
| 380 | Alexander the Great: World Conqueror, Evil Genius, Global Visionary? | MW | 1525 | 1640 | Hahn |
| 380 | The Real World of Fiction | TR | 1400 | 1515 | Rajan |
| 391-2 | Independent Study Theatre | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 392-1 | PRACTICUM Theatre (Advanced Stage Management) | TBA | TBA | TBA | Maister |
| 396 | Utopian and Dystopian Writing | MW | 1230 | 1345 | Kegl |
| 504 | Serpent Woman: Origins and Afterlife of a Medieval Fairy Tale | R | 1400 | 1640 | Higley |
| 541 | Henry James and the Theory of the Novel Goethe to Globalism | T | 1400 | 1640 | Michael |
| 552 | What is the Aesthetic? | M | 1400 | 1640 | Kegl |
| 555 | Theorizing Horror | W | 1400 | 1640 | Middleton |
Contacts for Questions
The Department of English is still operating remotely. If you have questions or need assistance, please reach out to the appropriate person below.
General
Katherine Mannheimer, Department Chair
katherine.mannheimer@rochester.edu
Sherri Gunter, Administrator
sherri.gunter@rochester.edu
Graduate Studies
Carrie Morriss, Graduate Coordinator
carrie.morriss@rochester.edu
Ezra Tawil, Director of Graduate Studies
ezra.tawil@rochester.edu
William Miller, MA Advisor
william.miller@rochester.edu
Undergraduate Studies
Cara Smith, Undergraduate Coordinator
csmith73@rochester.edu
Jeffrey Tucker, Director of Undergraduate Studies
jeffrey.tucker@rochester.edu
Joanna Scott, Creative Writing Advisor
joanna.scott@rochester.edu
Blake Journal and Archive
Sarah Jones, Managing Editor, Blake/An Illustrated Quarterly
sarah.jones@rochester.edu
Morris Eaves, Director, The Blake Archive
morris.eaves@rochester.edu
Lazarus Project and Literary Arts Program
Kathy Kingsley, Program Coordinator
kathy.kingsley@rochester.edu