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"English majors do not really take classes; we take experiences."
—Wendy Rogers, UNL English major
Most of our classes are run as small, intimate, discussion-based seminars, not large anonymous lectures. In English classes, your ideas are valued, your opinions matter. Your professor will know your name.
The experiences you undertake will be more varied than you may have imagined:
Walt Whitman · Film History · African poetry · Shakespeare · Chicano/a literature · Science fiction · Willa Cather · LGBTQ Literature and Queer Theory · Digital humanities · Native American literature · Poetry writing · Rhetorical analysis · Fiction writing · Film Criticism · Publishing and Editing · Nature writing and ecology · Sherman Alexie · Children's literature · Creative nonfiction · The Harlem Renaissance · Great Plains studies · Jane Austen · Slam poetry · German cinema · Women's and gender studies · Modern drama · Film theory
| Course Schedules | Undergraduate Course Descriptions | Graduate Course Descriptions |
|---|---|---|
| Summer 2026 Schedule | Summer 2026 Course Description Booklet | Summer 2026 Course Description Booklet |
| Fall 2026 Schedule | Fall 2026 Undergraduate Course Description Booklet | Fall 2026 Graduate Course Description Booklet |
| Spring 2027 Schedule | Spring 2027 Undergraduate Course Description Booklet | Spring 2027 Graduate Course Description Booklet |
Fall 2026 Projected Graduate Course
ENGL 4/845: Native American Literature
Tom Gannon
ENGL 4/845K: From Cobalt to DH: Kongo at The "Heart of" IoT
Ng’ang’a Wahu-Mũchiri
ENGL 4/801K: LGBTQ Literature and Popular Culture
Timothy Schaffert
ENGL 853: Writing of Poetry
Stacey Waite
ENGL 871: Literary Theory
Marco Abel
ENGL 880: Writing Center Theory and Practice
Rachel Azima
ENGL 953: Seminar in Creative Writing
Joy Castro
ENGL 957: Composition Theory & Practice
Mavis Beckson
ENGL 973: Collaborative Writing & Collaborative Pedagogies
Rachel Shah
ENGL 986: Publishing Blackness
Ken Price
One-Credit/Low Enrollment Courses
ENGL 890: Advanced Research Skills
Janel Simons
Spring 2027 Projected Graduate Courses
ENGL 4/810: Contemporary Novel & History
Guy Reynolds
ENGL 4/830: Green Shakespeare
Kelly Stage
ENGL 4/845B: Race, Law, & Literature
Greg Rutledge
ENGL 875: Rhetoric, Activism, And Social Change
Shari Stenberg
ENGL 4/865: Victorian Gothic
Laura White
ENGL 892: Body Studies Seminar
Peter Capuano
ENGL 953: Seminar in Creative Writing Poetry
Saddiq Dzukogi
ENGL 965: Literature & the Birth of Psychology
Amanda Gailey
ENGL 973: Public, Professional & Technical Writing
Mavis Beckson
ENGL 986: Critical and Creative Writing Pedagogies
Stacey Waite
One-Credit/Low Enrollment Courses
ENGL 893: Comps to Dissertation
Anne Nagel
ENGL 993: Placement
TBD
ENGL 895: Writing Center Internship
Rachel Azima