ENGL 4710 — Capstone Seminar
4 semester hoursUndergraduateSeminarNUpath CENUpath WIusually offered: fall, springtypical days: T/FBostonOakland, CATraditionalrepeatable for credit
Offers an advanced senior seminar organized around an important critical question in the discipline. This writing-intensive course is designed to be a summative experience for English majors, offering in-depth study of the theories, methods, and practices of critical work on a particular topic while providing students opportunities for reflecting on the connections between their capstone and other work they have done as majors. Offers students an opportunity to produce significant research projects on the critical issues raised by the seminar. May be repeated once.
Prerequisites
- all of:
- one of:
- ENGL 3301 (min C)
- ENGL 3302 (min C)
- ENGL 3303 (min C)
- ENGL 3304 (min C)
- ENGL 3305 (min C)
- ENGL 3306 (min C)
- ENGL 3307 (min C)
- ENGL 3308 (min C)
- ENGL 3309 (min C)
- ENGL 3310 (min C)
- ENGL 3311 (min C)
- ENGL 3313 (min C)
- ENGL 3314 (min C)
- ENGW 3301 (min C)
- ENGW 3302 (min C)
- ENGW 3303 (min C)
- ENGW 3304 (min C)
- ENGW 3305 (min C)
- ENGW 3306 (min C)
- ENGW 3307 (min C)
- ENGW 3308 (min C)
- ENGW 3309 (min C)
- ENGW 3310 (min C)
- ENGW 3311 (min C)
- ENGW 3313 (min C)
- ENGW 3314 (min C)
- ENGW 3315 (min C)
- ENGL 3710 (min C)
- one of:
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 93% | 1.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 3 | 26 | 45 | 58% | 6.3 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 87% | 2.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 2 | 30 | 30 | 100% | 0.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 73% | 4.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 74% | 5.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 26% · T 60% · W 40% · Th 0% · F 74%
Common patterns: TF (60% of sections), MW (26% of sections), WF (14% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Carla Kaplan (37% of students) · reviews
- Chris Gallagher (34% of students) · reviews
- Patrick Mullen (29% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Elizabeth Dillon (29% of students) · reviews
- Laura Green (21% of students) · reviews
- Gordon Henry (21% of students) · reviews
- Patrick Mullen (17% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (ENGL course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All ENGL courses · Plan it at numap.app