2019 Course Offerings

Undergraduate

2202111 English I
ENGLISH I

T 8:00–9:30, Th 11:00–12:30

Intermediate listening, speaking, reading, writing skills in English, based on topics on current social and cultural issues; introduction to paragraph writing.

Coordinator: Crabtree

Reading

  • Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson, Speakout Advanced Students' Book (Pearson, 2016)
  • Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin Classics, 2009; external reading)
  • Supplement packet (includes reading and writing practice exercises, and practice tests for reading and grammar)

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 13.
  • The Speakout course textbook is available for purchase from Chulalongkorn University Book Center on August 13–14 from 7:30 a.m. in the BRK (Boromrajakumari Building) lobby.
  • The external reading is available for purchase on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building.
3 (3-0-6)

3M5

322 seats

Faculty of Arts requirement

 

 

 

 

 

2202201 Academic English Oral Skills
ACAD ENG ORAL

MW 11:00–12:30

Listening comprehension; note-taking and summarizing; discussion of texts on academic topics; logical presentation of ideas and arguments through short speeches.

Coordinator: Peters

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 14.
  • Course material is available for purchase at the MCS photocopy center, ground floor. The packet includes Jeremy Comfort's Oxford Effective Business Presentations, the student guidelines, and a listening practice pack.
  • Please bring the course packet to first class.
3 (3-0-6)

TDF

60 seats

English major requirement; non-major elective with consent of faculty

Prerequisite: 2202112 English II, 5500112 Experiential English II, or consent of faculty

2202208 English Conversation and Discussion
ENG CONVER DISC

MW 11:00–12:30

Conversation and discussion on topics related to everyday life and work; listening comprehension; logical expression of ideas and arguments through class discussion and presentations.

Coordinator: Lobb

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 14.
  • Course material is available for purchase at the MCS photocopy center, ground floor. Please bring the packet with you to first class.
3 (3-0-6)

TDF

60 seats

English major requirement (for class of 2562 and after); language elective for non-English majors; English majors (for classes 2561 and before) cannot count as credit toward major

Prerequisite: 2202112 English II or 5500112 Experiential English II

2202217 English Reading Skills

ENG READ SKILLS

M 8:00–9:30, W 9:30–11:00

Reading comprehension of various text types; use of reading strategies; summary writing; analysis of structure and language of the materials.

Coordinator: Somjit

Reading

  • Course packet
  • Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere (Penguin, 2019; external reading)

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 14.
  • Course material is available for purchase on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building. Please bring the packet with you to first class.
  • Ng's Little Fires Everywhere is the course external reading. You may purchase the novel on your own or pick it up with the course packet.
3 (3-0-6)

2M5

110 seats

English major requirement

Prerequisite: 2202112 English II, 5500112 Experiential English II, or consent of faculty

2202224 Introduction to English Sound System and Structure
INTRO SOUND STRUCT 1:00–2:30, Th 9:30–11:00

Basic English phonology, morphology and syntax.

Coordinator: Prima

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 13.
  • Course material is available for purchase on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building.
3 (3-0-6)

3A5

135 seats

English major requirement

Prerequisite: 2202112 English II, 5500112 Experiential English II, or consent of faculty

2202234 Introduction to the Study of English Literature
INTRO STUD ENG LITM 9:30–11:00, W 8:00–9:30

Introduction to the literary elements of English literature: form, theme, and technique; analysis of selected prose, poetry, and drama.

Coordinator: Tapanat

Reading

  • Course packet
  • Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2018)

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 14.
  • Course material is available for purchase on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building.
  • The course novel Where the Crawdads Sing will be available for purchase along with the course packet.
3 (3-0-6)

2A5

110 seats

English major requirement; non-major literature elective

2202263 Mythological and Biblical Background to English Literature
MYTH BIBL ENG LITM 8:00–9:30, W 9:30–11:00

Greco-Roman mythological and Biblical background to literature; their relevance to interpretation of English literature.

Coordinator/instructor: Kris

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 14.
  • Course material is available for purchase on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building.
3 (3-0-6)

4M5

30 seats

Literature elective

2202266 Background to British Literature
BKGD BRIT LITM 1:00–2:30, Th 8:00–9:30

Historical, philosophical, social and cultural background to British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the twentieth century; major writers and their representative works; analysis of excerpts.

Coordinator/instructor: Nida

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 15.
  • Course material is available for purchase on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building.
3 (3-0-6)

2A5

50 seats

 

2202267 Background to American Literature
BKGD AM LITM 1:00–2:30, Th 8:00–9:30

Historical, philosophical, social and cultural background to American literature from the beginning to the twentieth century; major writers and their representative works; analysis of excerpts.

Coordinator/instructor: Jittima

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 14.
  • Course materials are available for purchase on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building.
3 (3-0-6)

2A5

50 seats

2202302 English Composition II
ENG COMPO IIM 9:30–11:00, W 8:00–9:30

Writing of essays on various topics, with emphasis on logical presentation of ideas and proper use of language; introduction to the use of references.

Coordinator: Crabtree

Announcement: Class begins on August 14.

3 (3-0-6)

4M5

30 seats

Language elective

Prerequisite: 2202202 English Composition I

2202304 English Business Writing
ENG BUS WRITTF 11:00–12:30

Writing of business resumes, memorandums, minutes, and reports, with emphasis on correct form, content, clarity and conciseness of expression.

Coordinator: Sani

Announcement: Class begins on August 13.

3 (3-0-6)

3A5

60 seats

Language elective

Prerequisite: 2202112 English II or 5500112 Experiential English II

2202313 Translation: English-Thai
TRANSL E-TMW 11:00–12:30

Translation of informative, expressive and texts from English into Thai.

Coordinator: Subenja

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 14.
  • Course material is available for purchase on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building.
  • Please read and translate exercise passage 1 (informative text) for first class.
3 (3-0-6)

2M5

60 seats

Language elective

Prerequisite: 2202124 Introduction to Translation

2202314 Translation: Thai-English I
TRANSL T-E ITF 9:30–11:00

Translation of informative and expressive texts from Thai into English.

Coordinator: Nattama

Announcement

  • Class begins August 13.
  • Course material is available on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building.
3 (3-0-6)

3M5

60 seats

Language elective

Prerequisite: 2202124 Introduction to Translation

2202317 English Critical Reading Skills
CRIT READ SKILLT 2:30–4:00, Th 1:00–2:30

Principles of critical reading; analytical and critical reading of selected articles on current controversial issues; oral and written discussion of the issues.

Coordinator/instructor: Crabtree

Reading

  • Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister, the Serial Killer (2019; external reading)
  • Cory Doctorow, Radicalized (2019; external reading)

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 13.
  • Copies of the Braithwaite novel are available from khun Maew on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building and from Kinokuniya bookstore. Radicalized can be ordered online now if you want to start reading it immediately. Otherwise, wait for my copy to arrive.
3 (3-0-6)

6A5

25 seats

Language elective

Prerequisite: 2202217 English Reading Skills or consent of faculty

2202324 Phonetics for English Pronunciation
PHONE ENG PRONUNM 8:00–9:30, Th 2:30–4:00

Use of phonetic alphabet in transcription at word and sentence levels; phonemes and allophones; word stress and sentence stress in real life situations; sounds in connected speech; varieties of English.

Coordinator: Preena

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 15.
  • Course material is available for purchase on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building.
3 (3-0-6)

6A5

30 seats

Language elective

Prerequisite: 2202224 Introduction to English Sound System and Structure

2202326 English Syntax
ENGLISH SYNTAX<T 1:00–2:30, Th 11:00–12:30

Analysis of English sentence structures according to syntactic theories and its application.

Coordinator/instructor: Nirada

Reading

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 13.
  • Course material is available for purchase on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building.
3 (3-0-6)

11M5

25 seats

Language elective

Prerequisite: 2202224 Introduction to English Sound System and Structure

2202340 Nineteenth-Century British Fiction
19C BRIT FICTT 1:00–2:30, F 8:00–9:30

Subject matter, theme, form technique of nineteenth-century British fiction; analysis and criticism of selected fiction.

Coordinator/instructor: Nida

Reading

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 13.
  • Course material is available for purchaase on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building.
  • Titles of short stories to be read in this course will be announced at the start of the semester.
3 (3-0-6)

9A5

25 seats

Literature elective

Prerequisite: 2202234 Introduction to the Study of English Literature

2202342 Drama from the Twentieth Century to the Present
DRAMA 20C-PREST 8:00–9:30, Th 9:30–11:00

Subject matter, theme, form and technique of British and American drama from the twentieth century to the present; analysis and criticism of selected plays.

Coordinator/instructor: Sani

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 13.
  • Course material is available for purchase in class.
3 (3-0-6)

6M5

30 seats

Prerequisite: 2202234 Introduction to the Study of English Literature

2202350 Selected Topics in English Literature: Comics and Visual Narrative
SEL TOPIC ENG LITT 2:30–4:00, Th 11:00–12:30

Analysis and criticism of selected topics in English literature from a social, cultural and literary perspective.

Coordinator/instructor: Bancha

Reading (tentative)

  • Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese (Square Fish, 2008)
  • Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea (Drawn and Quarterly, 2007)
  • Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Mariner, 2007)
  • Nick Drnaso, Sabrina (Drawn and Quarterly, 2018)
  • Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson, X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills (Marvel, 2011)
  • Fumio Obata, Just So Happens (Jonathan Cape, 2014)

Announcement: Class begins on August 13.

3 (3-0-6)

9A5

25 seats

Literature elective

Prerequisite: 2202234 Introduction to the Study of English Literature

2202370 Literature in English Translation
LIT ENG TRANSLT 1:00–4:00

Analysis and criticism of selected works that have been translated into English from a social, cultural and literary perspective.

Coordinator/instructor: Verita

Announcement: Class begins on August 13.

3 (3-0-6)

3A5

25 seats

Literature elective

Prerequisite: 2202234 Introduction to the Study of English Literature or consent of faculty

2202371 Children’s Literature
CHILD LITMW 11:00–12:30Form, content, and roles of children’s literature written in English; analysis and criticism of selected works.

Coordinator/instructor: Kris

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 14.
  • Course material is available for purchase on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building.
3 (3-0-6)

TDF

25 seats

Literature elective

Prerequisite: 2202234 Introduction to the Study of English Literature or consent of faculty

2202401 Creative Writing
CREAT WRITM 2:30–4:00, F 11:00–12:30

Elements of creative writing: point-of-view, setting, mood, characterization, dialog, plot, timeshift, suspense; practice of the techniques of imaginative writing.

Coordinator/instructor: Wright

Announcement: Class begins on August 16.

3 (3-0-6)

TDF

24 seats

Language elective

Prerequisite: 2202202 English Composition I

2202408 Public Speaking
PUBLIC SPEAKINGF 8:00–11:00

Effective oral communication of ideas; preparation and delivery of various types of speeches to persuade, stimulate and convince.

Coordinator/instructor: Poole

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 13.
  • Course material is available for purchase on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building.
3 (3-0-6)

TDF

16 seats

Language elective

Prerequisite: 2202201 Academic English Oral Skills or consent of faculty

2202442 American Fiction from the Twentieth Century to the Present
AM FICT 20C-PREST 2:30–4:00, Th 1:00–2:30

Subject matter, theme, form and technique of American fiction from the twentieth century to the present; analysis and criticism of selected works.

Coordinator/instructor: Subenja

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 13.
  • Course material is available for purchase on August 13 from 7:30 a.m. in front of the third floor student elevator, BRK Building.
3 (3-0-6)

6A5

25 seats

Literature elective

Prerequisite: 2202234 Introduction to the Study of English Literature or consent of faculty

2202449 Introduction to Modern Critical Theory
INTRO CRIT THEOM 8:00–9:30, W 1:00–2:30

Introduction to modern critical theories; application of these theories in analyzing selected literary works.

Coordinator/instructor: Darin

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 14.
  • Course material is available for purchase from khun On (Call 09 2621 0992) or visit her Faculty of Science Library photocopy shop (2nd floor, Tab Building).
3 (3-0-6)

TDF

10 seats

Literature elective

Prerequisite: 2202234 Introduction to the Study of English Literature or consent of faculty

2202450 Shakespeare
SHAKESPEAREM 8:00–9:30, W 9:30–11:00

Subject matter, theme, form and technique of Shakespeare’s plays; analysis and criticism of selected plays.

Coordinator/instructor: O'Neill

Reading

  • Henry IV, Part 1
  • Twelfth Night
  • Macbeth

Announcement

  • Class begins on August 14.
  • Do not bring "parallel text" versions of the play to class (i.e. SparkNotes' No Fear Shakespeare series). Only regular editions (e.g. Norton, Oxford, Cambridge, Arden, Wordsworth, Penguin) will be allowed for classroom use.
  • An essential online resource when reading is www.shakespeareswords.com, a glossary of Early Modern English by David and Ben Crystal.
3 (3-0-6)

2A5

25 seats

Literature elective

Prerequisite: 2202234 Introduction to the Study of English Literature, 2208101 Introduction to Dramatic Arts or consent of faculty