ENGL 475

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Lit and Other Disciplines

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Advanced topics seminar exploring the intersection of literary study and other scholarly disciplines. The disciplines students study vary each term, but past courses have examined connections between literature and psychology, forensic science, environmental studies, and the law.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated with permission of English advising office to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours if topics vary.May be repeated for graduate credit if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 475 class schedule data for spring 2019
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	43335	Lecture-Discussion	1G	2:00PM -3:15PM	TR	149 English Building	Littlefield, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Science and Technology Studies Section Info: Topic: Science and Technology Studies • Why are mammals called mammals? • What do racial politics have to do with the origins of modern gynecology? • How are pharmaceutical companies changing our definitions of health? • When did sperm and eggs take on a life of their own? This course is an introduction to Science and Technology Studies. Specifically, we will explore how scientists, sciences, and technologies understand and politicize bodies. We'll pay particular attention to how those bodies are represented in a variety of literatures. We will begin by asking some practical questions: who’s doing science? How did various sciences come into being? We will then work through a series of case studies, like those listed above, that address the ways in which bodies have been used in science and created by scientific discourse. Throughout, we will discuss how fiction can be a tool-kit for challenging conventional relationships between science and the body. No exams! Course work includes audience-centered writing assignments and a research project, topic of student's choice! Short stories and novels by Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Judith Merrill, H.G. Wells, Nathaniel Hawthorne . . . and many more! Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	43334	Lecture-Discussion	1U	2:00PM -3:15PM	TR	149 English Building	Littlefield, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Science and Technology Studies Section Info: Topic: Science and Technology Studies • Why are mammals called mammals? • What do racial politics have to do with the origins of modern gynecology? • How are pharmaceutical companies changing our definitions of health? • When did sperm and eggs take on a life of their own? This course is an introduction to Science and Technology Studies. Specifically, we will explore how scientists, sciences, and technologies understand and politicize bodies. We'll pay particular attention to how those bodies are represented in a variety of literatures. We will begin by asking some practical questions: who’s doing science? How did various sciences come into being? We will then work through a series of case studies, like those listed above, that address the ways in which bodies have been used in science and created by scientific discourse. Throughout, we will discuss how fiction can be a tool-kit for challenging conventional relationships between science and the body. No exams! Course work includes audience-centered writing assignments and a research project, topic of student's choice! Short stories and novels by Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Judith Merrill, H.G. Wells, Nathaniel Hawthorne . . . and many more! Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.