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.
Fall 2023
Monday
MENG 6010: Introduction to Graduate Studies; Taught by Dr. Dave Hartwig; 6:30 pm-9:10 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
MENG 6750: Fiction Writing; Taught by Dr. Siân Griffiths
Tuesday
MENG 6822/23: Teaching College Writing/Practicum; Taught by Dr. Chris Scheidler
MENG 6510: Seminar in Eminent Writers: Viet Than Nguyen & Jhumpa Lahiri; Taught by Dr. Michael Wutz
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
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 6760: Poetry Writing; Taught by Laura Stott
Thursday
MENG 6100: Literary Curriculum Design; Taught 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 Dr. Emily January Petersen
Summer 2024
First Block
Monday/Wednesday
MENG 6770: Screenwriting; Taught by Dr. Siân Griffiths
Tuesday/ Thursday
MENG 6250: Seminar in British Literature - British Literature or Irish Drama; Taught by Dr. Karen Molony; Virtual
Second Block
MENG 6510: Seminar in Eminent Authors- Shakespeare on the Contemporary Stage; Taught by Dr. David Hartwig
(Will include a trip to Utah Shakespeare Festival/ The Wooden O Symposium)
No Block
MENG 6110: Writing for Teachers- Wastach Range Writing Project; Taught by William Pollett; Days/ Times TBD
MENG 6240: Seminar in American Literature- The Women's Movement and Literature; Taught by Dr. Emily January Petersen; ONL, full term
Fall 2024
Monday
MENG 6010: Introduction to Graduate Studies; Taught by Dr. David Hartwig
MENG 6510: Seminar in Eminent Writers- Anglophone African Authors; Taught by Dr. Rebekah Cumpsty
Tuesday
MENG 6822/23: Teaching College Writing and Practicum; Taught by Dr. Chris Scheidler
MENG 6710: Variable Topics- Environmental Humanties; Taught by Dr. Hal Crimmel, Farmington Campus
Wednesday
MENG 6740: Creative Nonfiction Writing; Taught by Dr. Siân Griffiths
MENG 6150: Grant Writing; Taught by Dr. Becky Jo Gesteland; Virtual
Thursday
MENG 6120: Young Adult Literature; Taught by Dr. Megan Van Deventer
MENG 6240: Seminar in American Literature- Literature of the American West; Taught by Dr. Christy Call
MENG 6730: Creative Writing- Forms and Crafts; Taught by Laura Stott
Spring 2025
MondayMENG 6010: Intro to Graduate Studies; Taught by TBD
MENG 6130: Theories of Rehtoric and Writing; Taught by Dr. Chris Scheidler
Tuesday
MENG 6760: Poetry Writing, Taught by Abraham Smith
MENG 6510 or 6240 Taught by Dr. Michael Wutz
Wednesday
MENG 6750: Fiction Writing; Taught by Ryan Ridge
MENG 6260: Seminar in World Literature- Contemporary Revisions of Colonial Historiography; Taught by Dr. Rebekah Cumpsty
Thursday
MENG 6210: Teaching Literature and Literacy; Taught by Dr. Megan Van Deventer
Online-Second Block
MENG 6140: Foundations of Professional and Technical Writing; Taught by TBD
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General Questions
masterofenglish@weber.edu or 801-626-7179.