These are a few of the classes I have designed and offered at Nevada State College.
ENG 485 Special Topics in Comparative Literature
This class focuses on what could loosely be considered “strange” literature, novels that emphasize their relationship with dreams and the absurd. It uses Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams as a way of considering how we interpret ideas that defy rational explanation.
ENG 101 (linked with PSY 101)
In this experimental composition class, the same group of students is enrolled in both ENG 101 and PSY 101. The two classes are linked with an overarching theme: What is normal? The composition assignments are linked with the work students are doing in the psychology class, and the psychology class reviews concepts that the composition class is able to integrate into writing exercises. This linked class allows for great faculty collaboration, and it provides students with an engaging way of studying both fields.
ISC 300/ISC 495 – Interdisciplinary Studies
Students majoring in interdisciplinary studies take two courses that allow them to work with their selected disciplines. ISC 300 introduces students to interdisciplinary work, and ISC 495 functions as a capstone class. I offer both classes online, and both classes give students the opportunity to design a research question based on their own disciplinary interests and develop a project based on that question.
ENG 462e – Contemporary American Poetry
This class focuses on American poetry after 1950, and uses T.S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent” as a way of considering how contemporary authors fit (or do not fit) into certain poetic traditions. This class also emphasizes poets that are in conversation with on another.
I have also offered:
Literary Theory (ENG 303)
Modern American Poetry (ENG 462c)
Contemporary American Novels (ENG 473c)
Major Figures in American Literature (ENG 450)
Comparative Literature (ENG 481)
Genres in Film (ENG 477c)
Film and Literature (ENG 477a)
History of American Film (ENG 476B)
Language of Film (FIS 110)
Introduction to Film (FIS 100)
Major Figures in Cinema (FIS 410)
Introduction to Digital Cinema (VIS 290)
ENG 485 Special Topics in Comparative Literature
This class focuses on what could loosely be considered “strange” literature, novels that emphasize their relationship with dreams and the absurd. It uses Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams as a way of considering how we interpret ideas that defy rational explanation.
ENG 101 (linked with PSY 101)
In this experimental composition class, the same group of students is enrolled in both ENG 101 and PSY 101. The two classes are linked with an overarching theme: What is normal? The composition assignments are linked with the work students are doing in the psychology class, and the psychology class reviews concepts that the composition class is able to integrate into writing exercises. This linked class allows for great faculty collaboration, and it provides students with an engaging way of studying both fields.
ISC 300/ISC 495 – Interdisciplinary Studies
Students majoring in interdisciplinary studies take two courses that allow them to work with their selected disciplines. ISC 300 introduces students to interdisciplinary work, and ISC 495 functions as a capstone class. I offer both classes online, and both classes give students the opportunity to design a research question based on their own disciplinary interests and develop a project based on that question.
ENG 462e – Contemporary American Poetry
This class focuses on American poetry after 1950, and uses T.S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent” as a way of considering how contemporary authors fit (or do not fit) into certain poetic traditions. This class also emphasizes poets that are in conversation with on another.
I have also offered:
Literary Theory (ENG 303)
Modern American Poetry (ENG 462c)
Contemporary American Novels (ENG 473c)
Major Figures in American Literature (ENG 450)
Comparative Literature (ENG 481)
Genres in Film (ENG 477c)
Film and Literature (ENG 477a)
History of American Film (ENG 476B)
Language of Film (FIS 110)
Introduction to Film (FIS 100)
Major Figures in Cinema (FIS 410)
Introduction to Digital Cinema (VIS 290)
