Current & Upcoming Courses
General information
If you are interested in individualized instruction (Directed Reading, Project or Thesis), please refer to our Individualized Instruction page. 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!
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.
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.
Questions?
Course Information
Requirements
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General Questions
masterofenglish@weber.edu or 801-626-7179
Summer 2024
First Block
Monday/Wednesday
MENG 6770: Screenwriting; Taught by Dr. Siân Griffiths
Tuesday/Thursday
MENG 6250: Seminar in British Literature – Modern and Contemporary Irish Drama; Taught by Dr. Karen Moloney; Virtual
Second Block
Tuesday/Thursday
MENG 6610: Advanced Studies in Genre - Science Fiction; Taught by Dr. Eric Swedin
No Block
MENG 6110: Writing for Teachers – Wasatch Range Writing Project; Taught by William Pollett; Mondays-Thursdays, 10:30am-2:30pm, June 10-27
MENG 6240: Seminar in American Literature – The Women’s Movement and Literature; Taught by Dr. Emily January Petersen; Tuesdays, 2:30-5:10pm, Full Term
MENG 6260: Seminar in World Literature - World Gothic Literature; Taught by Dr. Rebekah Cumpsty; Hybrid; Wednesdays; Full Term
Fall 2024
Monday
MENG 6010: Introduction to Graduate Studies; Taught by Dr. David Hartwig
MENG 6030: Studies in Literary Theory and Criticism; Taught by Dr. Rebekah Cumpsty
Tuesday
MENG 6822/23: Teaching College Writing and Practicum; Taught by Dr. Chris Scheidler
Wednesday
MENG 6740: Creative Nonfiction Writing; Taught by Dr. Siân Griffiths
MENG 6510: Seminar in Eminent Writers - Shakespeare on Stage; Taught by Dr. Dave Hartwig
Thursday
MENG 6120: Young Adult Literature; Taught by Dr. Megan Van Deventer
MENG 6730: Creative Writing Forms and Crafts; Taught by Laura Stott
Online
MENG 6150: Grant Writing; Taught by Dr. Becky Jo Gesteland
MENG 6710: Variable Topics - Queer Literature; Taught by Dr. Emily January (this course will count as a Core Literature or Literature Seminar requirement)
Spring 2025
Monday
MENG 6010: Introduction to Graduate Studies; Taught by Rebekah Cumpsty
MENG 6130: Theories of Rhetoric and Writing; Taught by Dr. Chris Scheidler
Tuesday
MENG 6760: Poetry Writing; Taught by Abraham Smith
MENG 6510: Seminar in Eminent Writers - Viet Thanh Nguyen and Jumpa Lahiri; Taught by Dr. Michael Wutz
Wednesday
MENG 6822/23: Teaching College Writing and Practicum; Taught by TBD
MENG 6750: Fiction Writing; Taught by Ryan Ridge
Thursday
MENG 6210: Teaching Literature and Literacy; Taught by Dr. Megan Van Deventer
MENG 6240: Seminar in American Literature - Literature of the American West; Taught by Dr. Christy Call
Online
MENG 6140: Foundations of Professional and Technical Writing; Taught by Dr. Emily January; Second Block
MENG 6140: Foundations of Professional and Technical Writing; Taught by Dr. Emily January; Second Block
Summer 2025
First Block
Monday/Wednesday
TBD
Tuesday/Thursday
MENG 6250: Seminar in British Literature; Taught by Dr. Karen Moloney; Virtual
Second Block
TBD
No Block
MENG 6110: Writing for Teachers - Wasatch Range Writing Project; Taught by William Pollett; special workshop schedule - Mon-Thurs, three consecutive weeks in June, exact schedule TBD
Online
MENG 6120: Young Adult Literature; Taught by Dr. Megan Van Deventer
TBD
Fall 2025
Monday
MENG 6010: Introduction to Graduate Studies; Taught by TBD
MENG 6030: Studies in Literary Theory and Criticism; Taught by Dr. Rebekah Cumpsty
Tuesday
MENG 6210: Teaching Literature and Literacy; Taught by Dr. Megan Van Deventer
MENG 6750: Fiction Writing; Taught by Dr. Siân Griffiths
Wednesday
MENG 6250: Seminar in British Literature - Early Modern Playwrights NOT Named Shakespeare; Taught by Dr. David Hartwig
MENG 6822/23: Teaching College Writing and Practicum; Taught by Dr. Chris Scheidler
Thursday
MENG 6510: Seminar in Eminent Authors - The Contemporary Age Through Three; Taught by Dr. Christy Call
MENG 6730: Creative Writing Forms and Crafts; Taught by Dr. Courtney Craggett
Online
MENG 6010: Introduction to Graduate Studies; Taught by Dr. David Hartwig
MENG 6240: Seminar in American Literature - Ernest Hemingway; Taught by Dr. Hal Crimmel
MENG 6130: Theories of Rhetoric and Writing; Taught by Dr. Chris Scheidler
Spring 2026
Monday
MENG 6010: Introduction to Graduate Studies; Taught by Dr. Emily January
MENG 6770: Screenwriting; Taught by Dr. Siân Griffiths
Tuesday
MENG 6240: Seminar in American Literature - Immigration in Literature; Taught by Dr. Becky Jo Gesteland
MENG 6100: Literary Curriculum Design; Taught by Dr. Megan Van Deventer
Wednesday
MENG 6822/23: Teaching College Writing and Practicum; Taught by Dr. Chris Scheidler
TBD
Thursday
MENG 6260: Seminar in World Literature - After Lives; Taught by Dr. Rebekah Cumpsty
TBD
Online
MENG 6140: Foundations of Professional and Technical Writing; Taught by Dr. Emily January
TBD
TBD