ENGL 475

Spring 2025 All Classes

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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; Graduate students may repeat if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

ENGL 475 class schedule data for spring 2025
CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
43335
Lecture-Discussion
1G
9:30AM -10:45AM
TR
FAB LAB Art-East Annex, Studio 2
Cordell, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Lit & Other Disciplines
Section Info:
SP25 ENGL 475 - Literature and Other Disciplines - Building a Better Book - Ryan Cordell - What is a book, and what might it become? This studio-based course will be a historical, imaginative, and experiential introduction to one of the most enduring and influential human technologies, the book. Students will investigate intersections among media, literature, and computation in order to understand the history of the book and imagine its future. Students will learn about the technical skills that helped produce books historically, such as letterpress printing and binding, while cultivating new technical skills that will enable them to effectively use contemporary technologies such as 3D printing and interactive digital storytelling. The course will be housed in Skeuomorph Press and BookLab. As a studio course, “Building a (Better) Book” centers around students’ conceiving, developing, and workshopping their own multimodal creative or research projects: in short, building their own books.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
43334
Lecture-Discussion
1U
9:30AM -10:45AM
TR
FAB LAB Art-East Annex, Studio 2
Cordell, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Lit & Other Disciplines
Section Info:
SP25 ENGL 475 - Literature and Other Disciplines - Building a Better Book - Ryan Cordell - What is a book, and what might it become? This studio-based course will be a historical, imaginative, and experiential introduction to one of the most enduring and influential human technologies, the book. Students will investigate intersections among media, literature, and computation in order to understand the history of the book and imagine its future. Students will learn about the technical skills that helped produce books historically, such as letterpress printing and binding, while cultivating new technical skills that will enable them to effectively use contemporary technologies such as 3D printing and interactive digital storytelling. The course will be housed in Skeuomorph Press and BookLab. As a studio course, “Building a (Better) Book” centers around students’ conceiving, developing, and workshopping their own multimodal creative or research projects: in short, building their own books.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
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