Department of English
WH Wharton UG General Education - Humanities Course
https://courses.upenn.edu/?course_attributes=course_attributes_WUHM
2026
spring
ENGL0020.601 - Anxiety, Menace, and Peril: The Gothic - Melissa Jensen TR 5:15-6:44pm
ENGL0304.301 - Dangerous Literature - Abdulhamit Arvas TR 10:15-11:44am
ENGL0401.301 - First-Year Seminar: Fundamentals of Storytelling - Ellen Umansky Wednesday 1:45-4:44pm
ENGL0509.401 - Dante's Divine Comedy - Department Staff MW 12:00-1:29pm
ENGL0540.401 - Literary Theory Ancient to Modern - Rita Copeland TR 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL0767.301 - Poetry, Music, and the Sounds of the Twentieth Century (SNF Paideia Program Course) - Chris Mustazza T 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL1009.401 - Classical Traditions - Department Staff MW 3:30-4:59pm
ENGL1030.001 - Slavery and the Enlightenment - Chris Chan TR 8:30-9:59am
ENGL1179.401 - World Literature - Department Staff MW 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL1200.401 - Introduction to African American Literature - Dagmawi Woubshet TR 10:15-11:44am
ENGL1409.401 - Introduction to Literary Study - Department Staff TR 10:15-11:44am
ENGL1891.401 - Broadway Musicals in the 21st Century - David Fox, Department Staff MW 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL3010.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction - Ahmad Almallah MW 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL3100.301 - Poetry Workshop - Laynie Browne Tuesday 1:45-4:44pm
ENGL3200.301 - Fiction Workshop: You’re the Author-ity - Karen Rile Monday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL3201.301 - Flash Fiction Workshop - Sebastian Castillo Tuesday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL3300.301 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop - Anna Badkhen Thursday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL3423.301 - Climate and Environment Journalism: Truth-Telling in the Trump Era - Peter Tarr Tuesday 1:45-4:44pm
ENGL3600.401 - Screenwriting Workshop - Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve Monday 1:45-4:44pm
2025
fall
ENGL0040.001 - Love and Work: Race, Sex, and Class in America - Heather K. Love, Josephine Park MW 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL0052.401 - Introduction to Psychoanalysis: History, Theory, Practice - Jean-Michel Rabaté, David L. Lopez Wednesday 8:30-11:29am
ENGL0320.401 - Black Queer Traditions - Dagmawi Woubshet MW 10:15-11:44am
ENGL0402.301 - First-Year Seminar: Kelly Writers House - Julia Bloch Thursday 10:15am-1:14pm
ENGL0519.402 - Borders in South Asia: Literature, Culture, Resistance - Sara Kazmi Tuesday 10:15am-1:14pm
ENGL0765.301 - Podcasting (SNF Paideia Program Course) - Chris Mustazza Wednesday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL1045.001 - Romantic and Victorian Poetry - Chris Chan TR 10:15-11:44am
ENGL1270.401 - Introduction to Asian American Literature and Culture - Bakirathi Mani TR 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL1271.401 - American Musical Theatre - David Fox, Department Staff MW 1:45pm-3:14pm
ENGL1409.401 - Introduction to Literary Study: Close Reading Global Fiction and Film - Jack Cao MW 12:00-1:29pm
ENGL2222.401 - August Wilson and Beyond - Herman Beavers, Suzana Berger MW 1:45pm-3:14pm
ENGL3010.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction - Ahmad Almallah Thursday 1:45-4:44pm
ENGL3010.302 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction - Ahmad Almallah Wednesday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL3200.301 - Fiction Workshop: Short Fiction - Sebastian Castillo TR 12:00-1:29pm
ENGL3308.301 - Cooking with Words - Gabrielle Hamilton Tuesday 1:45-4:44pm
summer
ENGL0039.910 - Narrative Across Cultures - Department Staff TR 5:15pm-7:14pm (5/27 to 7/2)
spring
ENGL0010.001 - Introduction to Shakespeare - Zachary Lesser MW 10:15-11:44am
ENGL0300.301 - Medieval Worlds (First Year Seminar) - Emily Steiner TR 10:15-11:44am
ENGL0509.401 - Dante's Divine Comedy - Department Staff MW 12pm-1:29pm
ENGL0590.401 - Arts of Abolition and Liberation - Julia Alekseyeva, Chi-ming Yang Monday 10:15am-1:14pm
ENGL0761.401 - Medium Matters: How to Make Books, Cuneiform to Kindle - Department Staff MW 1:45pm-3:14pm
ENGL0767.301 - Poetry, Music, and the Sounds of the Twentieth Century (SNF Paideia Program Course) - Chris Mustazza Wednesday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL1009.401 - Classical Traditions - Department Staff TR 12pm-1:29pm
ENGL1200.401 - Introduction to African American Literature - Dagmawi Woubshet TR 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL1820.301 - 18th-Century British Poetry - Chi-ming Yang MW 3:30-4:59pm
ENGL1875.401 - Theatre, History, Culture II: Romantics, Realists and Revolutionaries - Department Staff TR 3:30pm-4:59pm
ENGL1891.401 - Broadway Musicals in the 21st Century - David Fox, Department Staff MW 1:45pm-3:14pm
ENGL3010.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction - Ahmad Almallah MW 10:15-11:44am
ENGL3010.302 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction - Andrew Smyth Thursday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL3201.301 - Flash Fiction Workshop - Weike Wang Monday 1:45-4:44pm
ENGL3300.301 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop - Anna Badkhen Thursday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL3400.301 - Journalistic Writing: Exploring the Genre - Matt Katz Monday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL3502.301 - Writing and Borders - Ahmad Almallah Wednesday 1:45-4:44pm
ENGL3600.401 - Screenwriting Workshop - Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve Monday 1:45-4:44pm
ENGL3600.402 - Screenwriting Workshop - Scott F Burkhardt Thursday 1:45-4:44pm
2024
fall
ENGL0039.401 - Narrative Across Cultures - Ania Loomba MW 3:30-4:59pm
ENGL0052.401 - Introduction to Psychoanalysis: History, Theory, Practice - Max Cavitch, David L. Lopez TR 12-1:29pm
ENGL0340.301 - Scenes of Teaching (First Year Seminar) - Heather K. Love MW 10:15-11:44am
ENGL0380.301 - Modern American Poetry (First Year Seminar) - Josephine Park MW 10:15-11:44am
ENGL0402.302 - First Year Seminar: Kelly Writers House - Julia Bloch Thursday 10:15am-1:15pm
ENGL0519.401 - Partition and the Making of South Asia - Suvir Kaul Thursday 12-2:59pm
ENGL0765.301 - Podcasting (SNF Paideia Program Course) - Chris Mustazza Wedesday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL1260.401 - Intro to Latinx Cultural Studies - Jennifer Ponce de León MW 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL1270.401 - Introduction to Asian American Literature and Culture - Bakirathi Mani MWF 10:15-11:14am
ENGL1740.401 - Woolf and Eliot in Dialogue - Jean-Michel Rabaté TR 12-1:29pm
ENGL2222.401 - August Wilson & Beyond (BFS and ABCS) - Herman Beavers, Suzana Berger MW 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL3010.301 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction - Ahmad Almallah MW 12:00-1:30pm
ENGL3025.401 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Writing Asian American Lives - Piyali Bhattacharya TR 1:45-3:15pm
ENGL3211.301 - Fiction Workshop: Friends and Frenemies - Piyali Bhattacharya TR 3:30-5:00pm
ENGL3308.301 - Cooking with Words - Gabrielle Hamilton Tuesday 1:45-4:45pm
ENGL3501.401 - Writing and Witnessing - Syd Zolf Wednesday 3:30-6:30pm
ENGL3600.401 - Screenwriting Workshop - Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve Monday 1:45-4:45pm
ENGL3600.402 - Screenwriting Workshop - Scott F Burkhardt Wednesday 1:45-4:45pm
ENGL3600.403 - Screenwriting Workshop - Scott F Burkhardt Wednesday 5:15-8:15pm
ENGL3652.401 - Is This Really Happening? Performance and Contemporary Political Horizons - Brooke O'Harra, Sharon A. Hayes W 5:15-8:15pm
summer
ENGL0040.910 - Study of a Theme: Philadelphia in Literature and Film - Thomas Collins TR 5:15-7:15pm
ENGL1900.910 - World Film History to 1945 - Hugo Salas MW 12:00-3:50pm
ENGL1901.920 - World Film History 1945-Present - Department Staff TR 10:15am-1:50pm
spring
ENGL0060.001 - Law and Literature - Nancy Bentley MWF 10:15-11:14am
ENGL0365.401 - SPIEGEL-WILKS FIRST YEAR SEMINAR: The Art of Care - Aaron Levy Monday 1:45-4:44pm
ENGL1200.401 - Introduction to African American Literature - Dagmawi Woubshet MW 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL1271.401 - American Musical Theatre - David Fox MW 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL1875.401 - Theatre, History, Culture II: Romantics, Realists and Revolutionaries - Margit Edwards TR 3:30-4:59pm
ENGL1900.401 - World Film History to 1945 - Ian Fleishman MW 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL1900.402 - World Film History to 1945 - Hugo Salas TR 3:30-4:59
ENGL1901.401 - World Film History 1945-Present - Julia Alekseyeva MW 3:30-4:59pm
ENGL1901.402 - World Film History 1945-Present - Sasha Dilan Krugman Thursday 12-2:59pm
ENGL1950.401 - Television and New Media - Knar Gavin MW 3:30-4:59pm
ENGL1950.601 - Television and New Media - Department Staff Wedesday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL3100.301 - Poetry Workshop - Ron Silliman W 1:45-4:45pm
ENGL3201.301 - Fiction Workshop: Flash Fiction - Weike Wang M 1:45-4:45pm
ENGL3423.301 - Planet on the Brink: Climate and Environment Journalism - Peter Tarr T 1:45-4:45pm
2023
fall
ENGL0039.401 - Narrative Across Cultures - Ania Loomba MW 3:30-4:59pm
ENGL0040.601 - The Twentieth Century: Whose American Dream? - Thomas Collins Tuesday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL0051.401 - Community Writing: Post-COVID University - Zita Cristina Nunes Monday 10:15-1:14pm
ENGL0052.401 - Introduction to Psychoanalysis - Jean-Michel Rabaté, Susan C Adelman TR 5:15-6:44pm
ENGL0509.401 - Dante's Divine Comedy - Department Staff MW 12pm-1:29pm
ENGL0590.401 - Cinema and Politics - Rita Barnard MW 10:15-11:44am
ENGL0590.402 - Cinema and Politics - Rita Barnard TR 10:15-11:44am
ENGL0765.301 - Podcasting - Chris Mustazza Wednesday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL1009.401 - Classical Traditions - Department Staff TR 1:45pm-3:14pm
ENGL1260.401 - Latinx Literature and Culture - Jennifer Ponce de León MW 3:30-4:59pm
ENGL1270.401 - Introduction to Asian American Literature - Josephine Park MWF 10:15-11:14am
ENGL1295.401 - Italian History on the Table - Eva Del Soldato MW 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL1400.401 - Introduction to Literary Theory: Ideology - David L. Eng Tuesday 12-2:59pm
ENGL1425.401 - Freud's Objects - Liliane Weissberg MW 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL1745.401 - Writing the Self: Life-Writing, Fiction, Representation - Department Staff R 10:15-1:14pm
ENGL1820.301 - 18th-Century British Poetry - Chi-ming Yang TR 10:15-11:44am
ENGL1891.401 - The Broadway Musical in 21st Century - David Fox MW 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL1900.401 - World Film History to 1945 - Chenshu Zhou MW 1:45-3:14
ENGL1900.402 - World Film History to 1945 - Hugo Salas TR 3:30-4:59pm
ENGL1901.401 - World Film History 1945-present - Meta Mazaj TR 12-1:29pm
ENGL1901.601 - World Film History 1945-Present - Sasha Dilan Krugman Monday 5:15-8:14pm
ENGL1950.401 - Television and New Media - Rahul Mukherjee W 1:45-4:44pm
ENGL1950.402 - Television and New Media - Joseph Coppola TBA
ENGL2222.401 - August Wilson and Beyond - Suzana Berger MW 1:45-3:14pm
ENGL2275.401 - The Chinese Body and Spatial Consumption in Chinatown - Ken Lum Tuesday 1:45-4:44pm
summer
ENGL1900.910 - World Film History to 1945 - Joseph Coppola MW 12-3:50pm
ENGL1901.920 - World Film History 1945-Present - Anat Dan TR 10:15-1:49