Current & Upcoming Classes
*Note Faculty reserve the right to modify these syllabi. Please use them as examples of what you'll be reading/covering. For the official list of texts, check the WSU Bookstore site. You must petition the program director for permission in order to take more than 9 credit hours in any semester.
General information
If you are interested in individualized instruction (Directed Reading, Project, or Thesis), please refer to our Individualized Instruction page on our Google Site. You should begin discussing your proposal with the director or the faculty early in the previous semester. The Project and Thesis require a committee of 3 faculties. It takes time to get these approved and register. Start as early as possible!
Class times: 5:30-8:10 p.m. unless noted otherwise.
Classes are three credit hours.
This schedule represents a plan for the coming semesters and is subject to change.
Spring 2023
Monday
MENG 6010 Introduction to Graduate Studies; Taught by Dr. Dave Hartwig; 6:30 - 9:10 p.m.
MENG 6260 Seminar in World Literature: Young Adult World Literature; Taught by Dr. Megan Van Deventer
MENG 6730 Creative Writing Forms and Crafts; Taught by Dr. Courtney Craggett
Tuesday
MENG 6410 Strategies and Methodology of Teaching ESL/Bilingual; Taught by Dr. Debi Sheridan
MENG 6822/23 Teaching College Writing and Teaching Practicum; Taught by Dr. Emily January Petersen; 4:30 - 7:20 p.m.
Wednesday
MENG 6130 Theories of Rhetoric and Writing Studies; Taught by Dr. Jason Barrett-Fox; Virtual
MENG 6240 Seminar in American Literature: Immigration in American Literature; Taught by Dr. Becky Jo Gesteland; Virtual
Thursday
MENG 6250 Seminar in British Literature: Romanticism; taught by Dr. John Schwiebert
MENG 6710 Variable Topics: The Art of Protest/The Protest of Art; Taught by Dr. Christy Call
MENG 6760 Poetry Writing; Taught by Laura Stott; 6:30 - 9:10 p.m.
Online, Second Block
MENG 6140 Foundations of Professional and Technical Writing; Taught by Dr. Chris Scheidler; Online
Summer 2023
First Block
Monday/Wednesday
MENG 6770: Screenwriting; Taught by Dr. Sian Griffiths
Tuesday/Thursday
MENG 6250: Seminar in British Literature: The Poetry of Ireland; Taught by Dr. Karen Moloney; Virtual
Online
MENG 6410: Strategies and Methods of Teaching ESL; Taught by Dr. Deborah Sheridan, ONL
Second Block
Monday/Wednesday
MENG 6420: Phonology and Syntax for ESL; Taught by Susan McKay, 10:30am-1:10pm
Tuesday/Thursday
MENG 6240: Seminar in American Literature: Late-19th/Early-20th Century African-American Literature; Taught by Dr. Sarah Vause, 1:30pm-4:10 pm MENG 6510: Seminar in Eminent Authors: Miguel Pinero and Outlaw Poetics; Taught by Dr. Jose Otero
Online
MENG 6450: Bilingual Assessment Theory, Taught by Dr. Deborah Sheridan, ONL
No Block
MENG 6110: Writing for Teachers - Wasatch Range Writing Project; Taught by William Pollett, Mon-Thurs, June 5-22, 10:00am-2:30pm
Teacher participants who are not current MA students should register for MENG 6920: Wasatch Range Writing Project through the Department of Continuing Education (link forthcoming).
Teachers/students who complete this three-week course receive three graduate credits from Weber State University. The course is limited to 15 participants. Contact William Pollett (wpollett@weber.edu) to reserve your spot. Registration for the Summer semester begins in April 2023.
Fall 2023
Monday
MENG 6010: Introduction to Graduate Studies; Taught by Dr. Dave Hartwig; 6:30 pm-9:10 pm
MENG 6510: Seminar in Eminent Writers: Viet Than Nguyen & Jhumpa Lahiri; Taught by Dr. Michael Wutz; 4:30 pm-7:10 pm
MENG 6140: Foundations of Professional Technical Writing; Taught by Dr. Emily January Petersen
MENG 6240: Phonology & Syntax for ESL: Taught by Dr. Susan McKay
Tuesday
MENG 6822/23: Teaching College Writing/Practicum; Taught by Dr. Chris Scheidler
MENG 6710: Variable Topics: Gothic Literature and Haunted Media; Taught by Dr. Julia Panko, Virtual
Wednesday
MENG 6030: Studies in Literary Theory and Criticism: Postcolonialism and Decolonialism; Taught by Dr. Rebekah Cumpsty
MENG 6730: Creative Writing Forms and Crafts; Taught by Dr. Courtney Craggett
Thursday
MENG 6750: Fiction Writing; Taught by Ryan Ridge
Spring 2024
Monday
MENG 6010: Introduction to Graduate Studies: Taught by Dr. David Hartwig
MENG 6510: Whitman and Dickinson; Taught by Dr. John Schwiebert; Virtual
Tuesday
MENG 6822/23: Teaching College Writing and Practicum; Taught by Dr. Mark LeTourneau
MENG 6240: Seminar in American Literature- Moby Dick; Taught by Dr. Becky Jo Gesteland; Virtual
Wednesday
MENG 6740: Creative Nonfiction; Taught by Dr. Courtney Craggett
Thursday
MENG 6100: Literary Curriculum Design; Taughht by Dr. Megan van Deventer
MENG 6130: Theories of Rhetoric/Writing; Taught by Dr. Chris Scheidler
Online- Second Block
MENG 6140: Foundations of Professional and Technical Writing; Taught by TBD
General Information
Each semester, we can schedule 5000-level courses that count toward your electives. Please contact the administrative assistant for a list of possible classes.
The syllabi above may be modified as the faculty sees fit, but this gives you an idea of how classes are structured and what you can anticipate. Make sure you take something new; don't repeat a class you took while earning your bachelor's degree.
Questions?
Course Information
Requirements
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General Questions
masterofenglish@weber.edu or 801-626-7179.