Courses and Syllabi
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English Fall 2025
Undergraduate
ENGH 123: Language-Enhanced Composition for Multilingual Writers (4 Credits)
Provides student writers with the skills and mindsets needed to effectively respond to a range of academic and public writing situations, with additional language support for building English fluency. Multilingual students with developing proficiency in English learn rhetorical reading and writing strategies that attend to the linguistic structures and moves enacted in non-fiction genres. Students learn to: engage in a process of discovery and consider diverse perspectives before making a judgment, taking a stance, or proposing a solution; locate, evaluate, and synthesize source material to discover and answer complex questions; and reflect on linguistic choices and research and writing processes. Students develop linguistic proficiency in English through context-specific instruction and practice in the interplay of grammatical structures and rhetorical aims and receive individualized feedback on language usage/writing development. Min. grade of C required to meet degree requirement. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts. Equivalent to ENGH 101.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Written Communication (lower)
Schedule Type: Lecture, Recitation
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ENGH 206: Literature in the Creation of Just Societies (3 Credits)
Explores the unique role literature plays in the creation of just societies. Analyzes texts with attention to structure, language, specific literary devices, and contexts of production as they relate to questions of justice. Offered by English. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Just Societies, Literature
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: lower division composition requirement
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
ENGH 270: Introduction to Screen Cultures (3 Credits)
Introduces students to core questions and methods in screen studies. Looks at the dynamic relationship between screen-based media and their cultural and historical contexts. Teaches analysis of a variety of aesthetic objects including film, TV, video games, animation, social media, and photography while considering how aesthetic practices shape and are shaped by questions of identity, formations of power, and issues of social justice. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.
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 270 - 001: Intro to Screen Cultures — Hatim El-Hibri — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM TR - East Building 201
ENGH 315: Folklore and Folklife (3 Credits)
Topics include folktales, personal narratives, legends, proverbs, jokes, folk songs, folk art and craft, and folk architecture. Considers ethnicity, community, family, festival, folklore in literature, and oral history. Discusses traditions in students' own lives. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Arts, Just Societies
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.
2 Sections Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 315 - DL1: Folklore and Folklife — Kim D Stryker — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R - Online
- ENGH 315 - 002: Folklore and Folklife — Lijun Zhang — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW - Horizon Hall 1011
ENGH 363: Postcolonial Literature (3 Credits)
Introduces the field of postcolonial literature, focusing on the colonial experience and its cultural legacies in formerly colonized countries and highlighting key theoretical concepts and issues that have shaped debates in the field. Studies works drawn from multiple world regions or cultures and situates texts within social, historical, and aesthetic contexts of production and reception. Considers questions of language, representation, power, race, sexuality, nationalism, violence, and hybrid and diasporic identities. 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 363 - DL1: Postcolonial Literature — Amal Amireh - Online
ENGH 374: Screening the Global City (3 Credits)
Familiarizes students with an essential subfield of film and media studies—the relationship of urban space to screen cultures. Addresses the construction of the global city on screen in relation to questions of wealth and poverty; crime and criminality; surveillance, occupation, and the state of emergency; gender and sexuality; space, place, and shooting on location; among other things. Explores the central role the “global city” plays in the generation and global circulation of wealth while also attending to the marginal spaces of such cities. Offered by English. Limited to three attempts.
Recommended Prerequisite: ENGH 372 Introduction to Film
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 374 - 001: Screening the Global City — Jessica Scarlata — 04:30 PM to 05:45 PM TR - Music Theater Building 1004
ENGH 412: Topics in Folklore Studies (3 Credits)
Exploration of various aspects of folklore and folklife such as folklore and literature, folk arts, folk song, and material culture. Notes: May be repeated when topic is different with permission of department. Offered by English. May be repeated within the term.
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.
3 Sections Currently Scheduled
- ENGH 412 - 002: Public Folklore — Lisa Gilman — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W - Horizon Hall 1007
- ENGH 412 - 003: Folk Narratives: Past & Presnt — Lijun Zhang — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R - Thompson Hall 2022
- ENGH 412 - 004: Food and Culture in China — Hongmei Sun — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R - Horizon Hall 5008
Graduate
ENGH 590: Topics in Folk Narrative (3 Credits)
Explores types of folk narratives such as mythology, folktale, fairy tale, legend, family narrative, personal narrative. Focuses on tales from around the world. Considers aspects of storytelling such as storytelling as performance, storytelling as therapeutic modality, and storytelling during crises and conflicts. Notes: May be repeated when topic is different. Offered by English. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
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 590 - 001: Folk Narratives: Past & Presnt — Lijun Zhang — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R - Thompson Hall 2022
ENGH 591: Topics in Folklore Studies (3 Credits)
Explores folklore and folklife topics such as folk narrative and story telling, folklore and literature, folksong, and folk arts. Notes: May be repeated when topic is different. Offered by English. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 12 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
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 591 - 002: Public Folklore — Lisa Gilman — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W - Horizon Hall 1007
ENGH 606: Publishing Practicum: Poetry Daily (3 Credits)
Involves students in real-world literary publishing as it occurs at Poetry Daily, the long-established organization, website, and app dedicated to the dissemination and discussion of contemporary poetry, providing them with hands-on experience in and knowledge of the worlds of on-line publishing and website management. The course will focus on career-applicable publishing skills and knowledge, including editorial work, art and design, media and marketing, web content development and management, and/or business operations. In addition, the course will provide students with a broad view of the world of contemporary poetry, providing them with a greater understanding of the professional and literary issues involved. 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.
Students in a Non-Degree Post-Baccalaureate or Non-Degree Undergraduate degrees 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 606 - 001: Publishing Practicum: Poetry — Sally Keith — 01:30 PM to 04:10 PM M - Innovation Hall 131