University of Michigan-Flint

AMC 598 -- Cancelled


ENG 537 American Literature pre-1900: The Concord Transcendentalists (LT, AM)
MW 5:30-8:00                   
Professor Jan Furman


ENG 562 Creative Writing Workshop: Creative Non-Fiction (WR)
Mixed-Mode: W 5:30-8:00 and online       
Professor Jacob Blumner


ENG 590 Directed Study
Staff (arrange)


ENG 591 Independent Scholarship Experience
Staff (arrange)


EDR 543 Foundations of Literacy (TH)
MW 5:30-8:15                   
Instructor TBA

ENG/LIN 409, ENG 509 American English
W 4:30-7:00 pm (Mixed mode)  Prerequisite: At least junior standing
Professor Jan Bernsten
 
Social and regional variations in American English will be considered in terms of contemporary views of cultural history and process of language change.  This advanced course is cross-listed as a graduate course relevant for students in the English MA and MLS programs.

If you grew up in Michigan, you are a speaker of the Inland Northern dialect of American English.  In this class, we will look at the factors that have shaped American English, starting with geography and going on to dialect differences based on social class, social network, gender, ethnicity, and educational level.  We will do a case study of African American Vernacular English.  In addition, we will consider the implications of dialect diversity on language policy in American schools and communities.


ENG 561 Writing and Publishing (Freelance Book and Magazine Writing) (WR)
Online
Professor Tom Foster

Getting you from here to published—every writer starts out unpublished, but the successful ones don’t stay that way.  The business of publishing takes time to learn and is full of pitfalls.  This course will look at that business, from generating ideas all the way through the process to the finished article or book.  It won’t guarantee publication—no course or book can do that—but it will provide you with the knowledge and tools to get your writing in print.  Query letters.  Narrative hooks.  Anecdotes and illustrations.  Book proposals.  Structure and pacing.  Audience considerations.  Finding the right market.  Negotiating payments.  Finding an agent.  Working with editors.  Research and reporting.  Handling interviews, and interviewers.  The economics of writing.  We’ll cover it all.  Through intensive writing, individual and group research, and student-led discussions and presentations, you will develop yourself as a working professional.

 
ENG 588 (online) Special Topics: Language and Human Nature 
Dr. Kazuko Hiramatsu
 
We will be using Steven Pinker’s book, The Stuff of Thought (2007), as a starting point for examining how language reflects human nature. What does language tell us about human conceptions of such things as space, time and causation? By looking at a variety of examples, including legal language, baby naming and swearing, we will explore how language relates to: thought, reality, community, emotions and social relations.


ENG 590 Directed Study                   
Staff (arrange)


ENG 591 Independent Scholarship Experience
Staff (arrange)