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Department of English . Courses Offered . Tour Objectives . Projected Itinerary . Syllabi |
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All of the information
included here is subject to change. Modifications may be required
depending on the exigencies of the situation.
Final pre-departure class meeting---3pm, May 12 in Clow 209. Reading
assignments, writing assignments and syllabi are posted on D2L sites.
For updates, please visit our blog at
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| Marguerite Helmers, Department of English.
www.english.uwosh.edu/helmers. helmers[at]uwosh.edu Pamela Gemin, Department of English. www.english.uwosh.edu/gemin. geminp[at]uwosh.edu Contact Office of International Education for more information: oie@uwosh.edu http://www.uwosh.edu/oie/, 424-0775 |
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Undergraduate Introduction to Creative Writing ENG 204 An introduction to a number of creative written and/or graphic genres including poems, concrete poems, prose-poems, short stories, cartoons, plays, and graphic novels, plus approaches to reading and writing about related texts. Does not fulfill General Education Humanities requirement. Prerequisite: Any Writing-Based Inquiry Seminar (WBIS 188), or English 101, or English 110. Instructor: Pamela Gemin. Modern British Literature ENG 225 A study of works by 20th-Century British writers. Primarily for non-majors. Prerequisite: Any Writing-Based Inquiry Seminar (WBIS 188) or English 101 or English 110. Writing assignments will be required. Instructor: Marguerite Helmers. Creative Writing: Poetry I ENG 305 A course designed to provide a workshop approach to student writing and analysis. Student poetry is given constructive in-class critique. Requirements include a minimum of one original poem each week and outside reading in contemporary poetry, with attention to form and content. Prerequisite: English 281 or consent of instructor. 305/505. Instructor: Pamela Gemin. Advanced Poetry Writing ENG 306 A course designed to provide further opportunity, through a workshop approach, for close analysis and critique of student writing. Class structure, requirements, and assignments are similar to English 305, but each student is expected to demonstrate increased proficiencies in the discovery and development of a personal style. Prerequisite: English 281 or consent of instructor. 306/506. Instructor: Pamela Gemin. Advanced Composition for the Social Sciences ENG 316
Literary Study Tour ENG 350 This course may be offered with different content. With a different subtitle it may be taken twice with the signature of the department chair. A course in British, American, or post-colonial literature which includes a conducted tour of sites in England, the U.S., or other regions pertinent to the focus the tour takes in any given year. Offered jointly by the English Department and the Division of Continuing Education. Itineraries, special course fees, and specific course requirements will be available whenever the course is offered. 350/550. Instructor: Marguerite Helmers. Graduate Creative Writing: Poetry I (graduate) ENG 505 An elective course designed to provide a workshop approach to student writing and analysis. Student poetry is given constructive, in-class critique. Requirements include a minimum of one original poem each week and outside reading in contemporary poetry, with attention to form and content. 305/505. Instructor: Pamela Gemin. Advanced Poetry Writing (graduate) ENG 506 A course designed to provide further opportunity, through a workshop approach, for close analysis and critique of student writing. Class structure, requirements and assignments are similar to English 305, but each student is expected to demonstrate increased proficiencies in the discovery and development of a personal style. 306/506. Instructor: Pamela Gemin. Literary Study Tour (graduate) ENG 550 This course may be offered with different content. With a different subtitle, it may be taken twice with the signature of the department chair. A course in British, American or post-colonial literature, which includes a conducted tour of sites in England, the U.S., or other regions pertinent to the focus in any given year. Offered jointly by the English Department and the Division of Continuing Education. Itineraries, special course fees and specific course requirements will be available whenever the course is offered. 350/550.Instructor: Marguerite Helmers. |
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The study tour to Ireland helps students achieve the following Essential Learning Outcomes of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh:
Responsibility, as Individuals and Communities, including
Traveling increases our ability to problem solve, because we are placed in unfamiliar locations. The relative independence of travel affords us the opportunity to move outside the comfort zone of home and become decision-makers. It helps travelers become flexible and adaptable, as we adapt to slightly different customs and a particularly different cuisines. In Ireland, where the official languages are English and Irish (Gaelic), students will be able to experience a culture that is both familiar and strange. In addition to literary awareness, students will gain geographical and historical knowledge by traveling. Ireland’s literary history extends back centuries and includes such famous names as Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, W. B. Yeats, and George Bernard Shaw. Furthermore, due to the migration from Ireland to the USA during the mid-19th century, America is home to a vast population of American Irish immigrants who have sought to preserve their heritage through story and song. Thus, as students travel to Ireland, they will also learn more about some of the histories and cultures that make up the United States and will become aware of cultural differences within their own country, thus enhancing their greater cultural sensitivity. |
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| Projected Itinerary (subject to change) |
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Sunday, May 15: Depart Chicago Monday, May 16:
Arrival Dublin Tuesday, May 17:
Dublin Wednesday, May 18:
Dublin Thursday, May 19:
Dublin Friday, May 20:
Dublin to Sligo Saturday, May 21
Sligo—Innisfree Boat Tour Sunday, May 22:
Galway Monday, May 23:
Inishmore (Aran Islands) Tuesday, May 24:
Westport and Connemara Wednesday, May 25:
Galway free day Thursday, May 26: Dublin to Chicago |
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| Sample Syllabi, subject to modification |
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Introduction to Creative Writing ENG 204 Modern British Literature ENG 225 Creative Writing: Poetry I ENG 305 Advanced Poetry Writing ENG 306 Literary Study Tour: Reading and Writing in Place: Ireland ENG 350 Creative Writing: Poetry I ENG 505 Advanced Poetry Writing ENG 506 Literary Study Tour: Reading and Writing in Place: Ireland ENG 550 |
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