May 04, 2024  
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2014-2015 
    
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

English

  
  • ENGL 362 Reading Cultural Studies


    3 semester hours

    Examines the concept of culture in literary analysis, introducing students to different methods of reading and the analysis of power in various social categories such as race and gender, religion, and nationalism.

    Fulfills theory requirement.

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 371 American Literature I


    3 semester hours

    A survey of American literature from colonial times to 1865.

    Fulfills pre-1800 requirement or American Survey.

    Junior or senior standing or permission of the Chairperson required.

  
  • ENGL 372 American Literature II


    3 semester hours

    A survey of American literature from 1865 to the present.

    Fulfills post-1800 requirement or American Survey.

    Junior or senior standing or permission of the Chairperson required.

  
  • ENGL 373 RoadRead


    3 semester hours

    This multi-genre course explores the literature of Los Angeles and California. Involves field trips. Lab fee.

    Open to English majors and minors who are juniors or seniors.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 201  and either ENGL 200  or ENGL 202 .

  
  • ENGL 374 RoadWrite


    3 semester hours

    This multi-genre writing course explores the literature of Los Angeles and California. Involves field trips. Lab fee.

    Open to English majors and minors who are juniors or seniors.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 201  and either ENGL 200  or ENGL 202 .

  
  • ENGL 375 StreetRead


    3 semester hours

    Students will respond critically to literature in the classroom and run reading groups in the community.

    Open to English majors and minors who are juniors or seniors.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 201  and either ENGL 200  or ENGL 202 .

  
  • ENGL 376 StreetWrite


    3 semester hours

    Student writers will workshop their own writing and run field workshops in the community.

    Open to English majors and minors who are juniors or seniors.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 201  and either ENGL 200  or ENGL 202 .

  
  • ENGL 381 Journalism and New Media


    3 semester hours

    This course will look at the emergent forms of new media by examining websites, blogs, and podcasts and reading the works of media thinkers. Students will use various digital tools, such as podcasts, Flip cameras, slideshows, etc., in their weekly blog postings and papers/presentations.

    Fulfills writing requirement.

    Junior or senior standing required.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 206  or ENGL 301 .

  
  • ENGL 398 Special Studies


    1 TO 4 semester hours

    Junior or senior standing required. 

  
  • ENGL 399 Independent Studies


    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Junior or senior standing required. 

  
  • ENGL 402 Writing Internship in Media


    3 semester hours

    Students enrolled in this course work 10-12 hours per week with an off-campus media firm.

    Permission of the instructor required. Students must submit a portfolio of their writing to the instructor four weeks prior to registration for the course.

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 403 Non-Fiction Workshop


    3 semester hours

    A writer’s workshop with practice in analyzing and creating non-fiction prose.

    This course is repeatable for degree credit up to two times provided new course material is covered and a new subtitle has been designated.

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 405 Literary Non-Fiction Workshop


    3 semester hours

    An advanced course in non-fiction prose, with practice in both creating and analyzing non-fiction.

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 406 Journalism: Interview: Workshop


    3 semester hours

    A course in interview strategies for journalists.

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 407 Reviewing the Arts


    3 semester hours

    A course in writing reviews. Topics may include art, books, film, music, theatre, TV, or video games.

    Class may involve field trips to theatre, film, or other performances or exhibits.

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 408 Journalism: Editing Workshop


    3 semester hours

    A course in editing techniques for journalists.

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 411 Fiction Writing Workshop: Narrative and Style


    3 semester hours

    Exercises, experiments, and creative construction in classic narrative fiction styles.

    Junior or senior standing required.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 202 .

  
  • ENGL 412 Poetry Writing Workshop: Imagination


    3 semester hours

    Writing poetry with an emphasis on image and the lyric imagination.

    Junior or senior standing required.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 201 .

  
  • ENGL 413 Play Writing Workshop: One-Acts


    3 semester hours

    Writing monologues, ten-minute, and one-act scripts for the stage.

    Junior or senior standing required.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 200 .

  
  • ENGL 421 Fiction Writing Workshop: Dialogue and Scene


    3 semester hours

    Exercises in literary dialogue, scene setting, and scene execution.

    Junior or senior required.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 202 .

  
  • ENGL 422 Poetry Writing Workshop: Forms


    3 semester hours

    Writing poetry in traditional and non-traditional forms.

    Junior or senior standing required.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 201 .

  
  • ENGL 424 Play Writing Workshop: Full-Lengths


    3 semester hours

    Writing full-length scripts for the stage.

    Junior or senior standing required.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 200 .

  
  • ENGL 431 Fiction Writing Workshop: The Components of the Short Story


    3 semester hours

    Exercises and experiments in putting together the parts of a short story.

    Junior or senior standing required.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 202 .

  
  • ENGL 432 Poetry Writing Workshop: Voice


    3 semester hours

    Writing poetry persona poems and/or dramatic monologues.

    Junior or senior standing required.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 201 .

  
  • ENGL 433 Play Writing Workshop: Adaptation


    3 semester hours

    Adapting fiction, non-fiction, and other genres for the stage.

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 460 Hard News to Blogs: Post-1800 Journalism


    3 semester hours

    A study of diverse journalists from 1800 to the present, emphasizing how their work reflects the concerns of their age and their contributions to the tradition of journalism that continues today. Students will develop their own journalistic writing in response to this tradition.

    Fulfills writing requirement.

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 463 The Art of the Essay


    3 semester hours

    A study of the form of the essay, with emphasis on the historical tradition of essay writing. Students will develop their own essays in response to this tradition.

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 464 Publishing a Journal


    3 semester hours

    This is an advanced journalism course designed to train the student in the practical elements involved in publishing an international journal of literary nonfiction.

    Fulfills writing requirement.

    Consent of instructor required.

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 466 Journalism: The Age of Content


    3 semester hours

    This journalism course will take an in-depth, critical look at the emergent forms of new media by examining websites, blogs, videos, fan fiction, and podcasts and reading the works of media scholars. This is an upper-level writing course that requires familiarity with basic digital tools.

    Fulfills writing requirement.

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 467 Time in 20th/21st Century Fiction and Film


    3 semester hours

    A writing and theory course that explores the shift from modernist to postmodernist ideas of time.

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 468 Capstone Course: The Backpack Journalist


    3 semester hours

    Students will complete their English minor in Journalism by producing a multi-platform journalism project.

    Open to senior English minors in Journalism by permission of instructor.

    Required of all English minors in Journalism.

  
  • ENGL 469 Practicum in Journalism I


    1 TO 3 semester hours

    This course gives students practical journalism experience working on the staff of the Los Angeles Loyolan or the Tower. Particularly appropriate for editors.

    Consent of instructor required.

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 470 Practicum in Journalism II


    1 TO 3 semester hours

    This course is for advanced journalism students who have served as editors for at least one semester and who have completed ENGL 469 .

    Consent of instructor required.

    Junior or senior standing required.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 469 .

  
  • ENGL 498 Special Studies


    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 499 Independent Studies


    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Junior or senior standing required.

  
  • ENGL 502 The Arthurian Romance


    3 semester hours

    A study of Arthurian legend from Geoffrey of Monmouth to Sir Thomas Malory.

    Fulfills pre-1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 503 English Literature of the Middle Ages


    3 semester hours

    English literature, from the Normans to the Tudors.

    Fulfills pre-1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 504 Chaucer


    3 semester hours

    The works of Chaucer, particularly The Canterbury Tales.

    Fulfills pre-1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 511 Literature of the Renaissance


    3 semester hours

    English literature, exclusive of drama, from Thomas More to the death of Elizabeth I.

    Fulfills pre-1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 512 Seventeenth-Century Poetry


    3 semester hours

    English poetry in the Metaphysical and Cavalier traditions, including the works of Jonson, Donne, Herrick, Herbert, and Marvell.

    Fulfills pre-1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 513 Milton


    3 semester hours

    The poetry and selected prose of John Milton.

    Fulfills pre-1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 521 British Literature: 1660-1800


    3 semester hours

    Studies in British literature of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century, exclusive of the novel.

    Fulfills pre-1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 522 Eighteenth-Century English Novel


    3 semester hours

    The development of the English novel in its first century.

    Fulfills pre-1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 530 Studies in Romanticism


    3 semester hours

    Explore the key works, concepts, genres, and writers associated with Romanticism.

    This course is repeatable for degree credit up to two times provided new course material is covered and a new subtitle has been designated.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 532 The Nineteenth-Century English Novel


    3 semester hours

    The development of the English novel from Austen to Hardy.

    This course is repeatable for degree credit up to two times provided new course material is covered and a new subtitle has been designated.

    Fulfills post-1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 533 Victorian Literature


    3 semester hours

    Explores the key works, concepts, genres, and writers associated with Victorianism.

    This course is repeatable for degree credit up to two times provided new course material is covered and a new subtitle has been designated.

    Fulfills post-1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 534 Literature of the Holocaust


    3 semester hours

    A study of the literature of the Holocaust including fiction, poetry, drama, and film.

    Fulfills post- 1800 or comparative/cultural literatures requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 541 British Fiction: 1900-1950


    3 semester hours

    A study of British novels and short fiction from 1900 to 1950.

    Fulfills post-1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 542 British Literature: 1950 to the Present


    3 semester hours

    A study of British novels, short fiction, and poems from 1950 to the present.

    Fulfills post-1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 543 British Poetry: 1900-1950


    3 semester hours

    A study of the poetry of Yeats, Eliot, Auden, Thomas, and other modernists.

    Fulfills post-1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 544 Modern Irish Literature


    3 semester hours

    A survey of Irish literature from 1900 to World War II.

    Fulfills post-1800 or comparative/cultural literatures requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 545 Contemporary Irish Literature


    3 semester hours

    A study of Irish literature from the end of World War II to the present.

    Fulfills post-1800 or comparative/cultural literatures requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 546 Irish Renaissance


    3 semester hours

    A study of the period from the 1890s through the 1920s in Ireland focusing on the effort of Irish writers (and others) to preserve the rich legacy of Irish culture and carry it forward into the modern age.

    Fulfills post- 1800 or comparative/cultural literatures requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 547 Irish Short Story


    3 semester hours

    A study of the short story in Ireland during the twentieth century.

    Fulfills post-1800 or comparative/cultural literatures requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 548 Irish Women Writers


    3 semester hours

    This course will examine women’s issues in Ireland from 1800 to the preset, from the perspective of Irish women novelists, playwrights, and poets.

    Fulfills post-1800 or comparative/cultural literatures requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 549 The Dark Stuff: Horror in Irish Literature


    3 semester hours

    The Dark Stuff will explore the rich traditions of the Gothic and the literary ghost story in Irish literature.

    Fulfills post-1800 or comparative/cultural literatures requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 551 Early American Literature and Ideas


    3 semester hours

    A survey of representative fiction, poetry, and essays from the colonial, revolutionary, and early national periods.

    Fulfills pre-1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 552 American Renaissance


    3 semester hours

    The study of American Transcendentalists and other writers from the American Renaissance period of the 19th century.

    Fulfills post-1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 553 American Realism and Naturalism


    3 semester hours

    The study of such representative American fiction writers as Twain, James, and Crane.

    Fulfills post- 1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 554 Modern American Fiction


    3 semester hours

    The study of such representative novelists as Hemingway, Faulkner, Anderson, and Fitzgerald.

    Fulfills post- 1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 555 American Fiction Since 1950


    3 semester hours

    A study of American novels and short fiction from 1950 to the present.

    Fulfills post- 1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 556 Modern American Poetry


    3 semester hours

    The study of representative American poets from Whitman to the mid-twentieth century.

    Fulfills post- 1800 requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 558 Caribbean Literature


    3 semester hours

    The study of representative writers from the English-speaking Caribbean, such as George Lamming, Jean Rhys, Sam Salvon and Jamaica Kincaid.

    Fulfills post-1800 or comparative/cultural literatures requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 559 Survey of Literary Criticism


    3 semester hours

    The principles and practice of literary criticism from the Ancient Greeks to World War II.

    Fulfills theory requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 561 Contemporary Literary Criticism


    3 semester hours

    The principles and practice of literary criticism from World War II to the present.

    Fulfills theory requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 562 Contemporary Rhetorical Theory


    3 semester hours

    Textual analysis and production based on contemporary rhetorical theory.

    Fulfills theory or writing requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 563 Creative Writing Seminar


    3 semester hours

    An intensive writing class in fiction, poetry, drama, creative non-fiction, or some combination of these genres.

    This course is repeatable for degree credit up to two times, provided new course material is covered and a new subtitle has been designated.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

    Prerequisite: One 400-level creative writing course in the appropriate genre.

  
  • ENGL 565 Theory of Teaching Writing and Literature


    3 semester hours

    A course for current and future teachers of composition designed to facilitate the application of theory to pedagogy.

    Fulfills theory or writing requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 566 Metaphor: Theory and Practice


    3 semester hours

    A course investigating metaphor theoretically and in the students’ own writing.

    Fulfills writing requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 567 Style in Writing


    3 semester hours

    An examination of prose styles and theories of style to help students develop their own writing styles.

    Fulfills writing requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 569 Linguistics


    3 semester hours

    An introduction to issues in linguistics, such as phonology, morphology, syntax, and sociolinguistics.

    Fulfills theory requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 571 Writing the Novella: Workshop


    3 semester hours

    Practice in writing extended narrative forms.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

    Prerequisite: ENGL 411 , ENGL 421 , or ENGL 431 .

  
  • ENGL 574 Rhetoric and Media


    3 semester hours

    A study of persuasion and rhetorical strategies used by the media.

    Fulfills theory or upper division writing course requirement for the English major.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 575 The Art of Rhetoric


    3 semester hours

    A survey of rhetoric from the classical to the modern period.

    Fulfills theory requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 580 Comparative Drama


    3 semester hours

    An exploration of dramatic literature and criticism through the comparative study of stage plays, teleplays, films, and other performance texts.

    Fulfills comparative/cultural literature requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 584 The Black Aesthetic


    3 semester hours

    Study of theories of African American aesthetics.

    Fulfills theory requirement.

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 598 Special Studies


    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 599 Independent Studies


    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Junior, senior, or graduate standing required.

  
  • ENGL 600 Critical Methodology


    3 semester hours

    Prolegomena to Graduate Studies in English (must be completed in the first semester).

  
  • ENGL 601 Seminar in a Literary Period


    3 semester hours

    Intensive study of a formative era in the history of English Literatures.

  
  • ENGL 602 Seminar in a Genre


    3 semester hours

    Exploration of one of the types or categories into which literary works are conventionally grouped.

  
  • ENGL 603 Seminar in a Major Writer


    3 semester hours

    Intensive study of an influential writer.

  
  • ENGL 604 Seminar Literary Theory


    3 semester hours

    Exploration of theoretical approaches to literature and its production.

  
  • ENGL 605 Contemporary Critical Theory


    3 semester hours

    Exploration of theoretical approaches to art, thought, and culture (must be completed in the first year).

  
  • ENGL 606 Seminar in Rhetoric


    3 semester hours

    Intensive study of the arts of persuasion.

  
  • ENGL 607 Seminar in Composition Theory


    3 semester hours

    Exploration of theoretical approaches to the disciplines of Rhetoric and Composition.

  
  • ENGL 610 Seminar in Creative Writing


    3 semester hours

    Intensive practicum in Creative Writing.

  
  • ENGL 691 Comprehensive Examination (M.A.)


    0 semester hours

    The exam is restricted to students who entered the M.A. program by Fall 2013.

  
  • ENGL 694 Capstone Portfolio


    0 semester hours

    The capstone portfolio is a culminating project that requires students to work under the supervision of an advisor to create a critical or creative portfolio that highlights his/her research or creative interests.

    Students should register in their final semester of coursework.

    CR/NC grading.

  
  • ENGL 698 Special Studies


    1 TO 3 semester hours

  
  • ENGL 699 Independent Studies


    0 TO 3 semester hours


Entrepreneurial Organizations

  
  • MBAH 611 Entrepreneurship


    3 semester hours

    Sources of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial opportunities are explored. Steps in starting a new venture, preparation of a business plan for this venture.

    Prerequisites: MBAA 605 , MBAA 606 , MBAA 608 .

  
  • MBAH 613 Performance Management


    3 semester hours

    Key principles, methods, and techniques are presented for enhancing employee productivity through performance problem analysis, work design, coaching, training and skill development, performance appraisal system design and implementation, employee correction and discipline, interpersonal communication skills, team development and management, empowerment, and other formal and informal performance management systems. Includes Human Resource performance management issues and methods appropriate for the small- and medium-sized enterprise. Critical legal aspects of performance management are also covered. Also listed as MBAB 613  and MBAE 613 .

    Prerequisite: MBAA 605 .

  
  • MBAH 615 Program Management


    3 semester hours

    The use of basic management concepts in the operational management of projects and programs that operate within the framework of larger firms by utilizing matrix structures and systems approaches. Also listed as MBAB 615 .

    Prerequisite: MBAA 605 .

  
  • MBAH 617 Small Business Management and Law


    3 semester hours

    This course focuses on the structure of law as it applies generally to syndications, franchises and business opportunities; legal representation benefits to business opportunities; insurance and risk management, worker’s compensation, health benefits; legal analytical skills to achieve business goals; and, the interface of business opportunities, government and regulatory agencies, wage and hour laws, architectural requirements, E.E.O.C. and disability compliance rules.

    Prerequisites: MBAA 601  and MBAA 605 .

  
  • MBAH 618 Entrepreneurial and Small Business Marketing


    3 semester hours

    Traditional marketing approaches often assume large budget, well-organized management structures, available information and power in the marketplace. Small and entrepreneurial business now constitutes a critical sector of the global economy, and the unique needs of such enterprises must be addressed. This course examines how marketers in emergent firms may challenge major competitors through the use of niche strategies, guerrilla techniques, and general creativity. Also listed as MBAC 618 .

    Prerequisite: MBAA 606 .

  
  • MBAH 622 Management Consulting


    3 semester hours

    This course is primarily intended for the individual who is considering becoming a full-time independent consultant but also has value for those considering joining a large firm and for those considering only a part-time consulting career. There will be a focus on the consultant’s ability to cut to the main issues, understand them, formulate alternative responses, and present those alternatives in a way that the client can quickly understand the recommended action. Business experience is a plus. Also listed as MBAB 622 .

    Prerequisite: MBAA 605 .

  
  • MBAH 624 Mergers and Acquisitions


    3 semester hours

    A capstone MBA entrepreneurial experience that looks at mergers, acquisitions, long-term capital investments, levered buyouts, and divestitures. Major management decisions attempting to exploit economic and market opportunities are investigated in regard to their impact upon shareholder wealth. Also listed as MBAF 624.

    Prerequisite: MBAA 608 .

  
  • MBAH 625 Real Estate Investments and Entrepreneurships


    3 semester hours

    An entrepreneurial approach to real estate investment built around financial modeling, market area supply and demand analysis, risk analysis, mortgage alternatives, and taxation impacts. Merits of real property investment options and strategies are presented in a “real world” context. Also listed as MBAF 625 .

    Prerequisite: MBAA 608 .

  
  • MBAH 630 Strategies for Technology Ventures


    3 semester hours

    This course explores emerging trends and opportunities arising from innovations in science and technology and examines strategies that ventures utilize to exploit them. This course is designed to be approachable for all graduate students regardless of backgrounds and will be highly relevant for those interested in careers in management, marketing, and financing of technology. Through a collection of case studies, lectures, guest speakers, and projects that cover high-growth ventures, the student will gain an understanding of the basic opportunities and challenges around some of the most promising technologies. The purpose of the course is to offer the student the tools necessary to successfully identify a true business opportunity and to start, grow, and maintain a technology enterprise.

 

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