Offered as ENG 135wp and WRT 135wp. In the 20th century, as literacy rates rose, images disappeared from literature. Pictures were relegated to children’s books; only words were fit for adults. But the situation is changing. The internet and new printing technologies have allowed serious stories to again be told with words and images. This course examines creative nonfiction in graphic novels, hybrid and artist’s books, art labels, zines, digital platforms and more. Students need not be an artist to take this class!

This course familiarizes students with key aspects of structure and form in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Students focus in turn on such elements of creative writing as imagery, diction, figurative language, character, setting and plot. Students draft, workshop and revise three pieces of writing over the course of the semester, one each in the genres of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Enrollment limited to 15.

This course familiarizes students with key aspects of structure and form in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Students focus in turn on such elements of creative writing as imagery, diction, figurative language, character, setting and plot. Students draft, workshop and revise three pieces of writing over the course of the semester, one each in the genres of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Enrollment limited to 15.

This course familiarizes students with key aspects of structure and form in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Students focus in turn on such elements of creative writing as imagery, diction, figurative language, character, setting and plot. Students draft, workshop and revise three pieces of writing over the course of the semester, one each in the genres of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Enrollment limited to 15.

This course familiarizes students with key aspects of structure and form in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Students focus in turn on such elements of creative writing as imagery, diction, figurative language, character, setting and plot. Students draft, workshop and revise three pieces of writing over the course of the semester, one each in the genres of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Enrollment limited to 15.

This course familiarizes students with key aspects of structure and form in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Students focus in turn on such elements of creative writing as imagery, diction, figurative language, character, setting and plot. Students draft, workshop and revise three pieces of writing over the course of the semester, one each in the genres of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Enrollment limited to 15.

Offered as ENG 112 and PYX 112. This course offers the opportunity to read contemporary poetry and meet the poets who write it. The course consists of class meetings alternating with public poetry readings by visiting poets. This course does not count toward the English major. S/U only. Course may be repeated.

The goal of this seminar is to introduce students to several approaches used to model, understand, simulate and forecast engineering processes. One approach covered is the use of artificial neural networks—a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) with connections to the brain. Other approaches covered are based upon probability and statistics and include auto-regressive moving average (ARIMA) processes. Although students learn about the theory behind these approaches, the emphasis of the course is on their application to model processes throughout the field of engineering.

Periods in human history have been defined by advancements in new materials. Discoveries in Materials Science have lead the way to new technologies in every engineering discipline and continue to be at the forefront of developing fields such as biomaterials and nanotechnology. This course provides a broad introduction into the world of Materials Science with a special emphasis on the relationship between the composition, processing, structure and properties of metals, ceramics, polymers and composites. Prerequisites: EGR 270 and EGR 290.

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of mechanics of materials from a static failure analysis framework. Structural behavior is analyzed, along with the material and geometric contributions to this behavior. Lecture topics are complemented with hands-on project work designed to help students make connections between the theoretical and experimental behavior of materials. Prerequisite: EGR 270. Restrictions: Engineering majors only.