108 who have been admitted to Weber State University's MA program in English but have no upper-division undergraduate coursework in linguistics. MENG 5020. Introduction to the Study of Language for Teachers (3) This course is designed for English teaching majors and minors. It introduces students to the nature of language and linguistics. It also reviews the elements of traditional grammar. This course surveys prescribed applications for prospective secondary school English teachers, including language variation, contemporary alternatives to traditional grammar, the history of English, and linguistics and composition. This course is designed for students who have been admitted to WSU's MA program in English but have no upper-division undergraduate coursework in linguistics. MENG 5050. Grammar, Style, and Usage for Advanced Writing (3) This course presents the concepts and nomenclature of traditional grammar as a context for students wishing to increase their control of punctuation, style, and usage to become more proficient writers. Its purpose is to offer practical guidance in how grammatical concepts can be applied to revising and editing one's own or others' writing to more effectively express one's intended meaning. The course is designed for students with bachelor's degrees who have been admitted to Weber State University's MA program but do not have upper-division undergraduate coursework in linguistics. MENG 5510. World Literature (3) Students in this course read texts from a variety of eras and of authors and regions outside the United States and Great Britain. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same period was applied toward an undergraduate degree. MENG 5520. American Literature: Early and Romantic (3) Students in this course read texts from the late eighteenth century to the decades just before the Civil War. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same period was applied toward an undergraduate MENG 5530. American Literature: Realism and Naturalism (3) Students in this course read texts from the Civil War through World War I. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree. MENG 5540. American Literature: Modern (3) Students in this course read texts from the first half of the twentieth century. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards an undergraduate degree. MENG 5550. American Literature: Contemporary (3) Students in this course read texts from the 1950s to the present. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree. MENG 5610. British Literature: Medieval (3) Students in this course read texts from the eighth century to the end of the fifteenth century. Works written in Anglo-Saxon English and northern medieval dialects will be read in modem translations. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree. MENG 5620. British Literature: Renaissance (3) Students in this course read texts from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the middle of the seventeenth. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree. MENG 5630. British Literature: Neoclassical and Romantic (3) Students in this course read texts from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree. MENG 5640. British Literature: Victorian (3) Students in this course read texts from 1830 until roughly World War I. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree. MENG 5650. British Literature: Modern (3) Students in this course read texts from the first half of the twentieth century. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree. MENG 5660. British Literature: Contemporary (3) Students in this course read British and Anglo-Irish literature since 1950. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree. MENG 5730. Literature of Cultures and Places (3) Students in this course read texts focusing on a single national culture or works from various cultures. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree. MENG 5750. Classical Literature (3) Students in this course read texts from the Golden Age of Greece to the fall of the Roman Empire. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree. MENG 6010. Literature in Context (3.5) This course teaches research and bibliographic skills together with the application of appropriate critical theory. Co-requisite with MENG 6020. MENG 6020. Foundations (2) This course applies research and bibliographic skills and strategies expected of all students in the graduate program to the study of specific literary texts studied in MENG 6010. Students also select and apply appropriate critical theory to their text analysis. Co-requisite with MENG 6010. MENG 6030. Studies in Literary and Cultural Theory: Variable Title (2) This is an applied literary criticism course in which students enhance their critical skills by selecting and applying appropriate critical and cultural theory to selected major literary texts. This variable title course may be repeated for credit with different subject matter. MENG 6110. Writing for Teachers (3) Designed primarily for in-service teachers, this course explores the most current research and theory concerning the teaching of writing and applies it to issues in the secondary classroom. Weber State University 2008 - 2009 Catalog