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IDS-404: Popular Culture at SNHU

IDS-404: Popular Culture at SNHU

I picked “Popular Culture” because I figured we’d get to talk about movies and TV and music. How hard could it be? I’ve been steeped in pop culture for 30 years.

Turns out, I was almost right.

LIT-450 Seminar in American Literature at SNHU

LIT-450: Seminar in American Literature at SNHU

If my college education was a movie, ENG-359 would be the climax, and LIT-450 (plus the next two courses) would be the last 15 minutes of the film that tries to wrap up the loose ends (except my ending was 16 weeks long, so it was more like The Return of the King that way).

ENG-359 Advanced Fiction Workshop at SNHU | Daniel M. Clark

ENG-359: Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop at SNHU

Everything led to this course. Every reason I had for going back to school brought me to this point. Sure, there are three more classes after this—two of them relevant to my major—but when you want to learn to be a better writer, you yearn for the workshops.

LIT-300: Literary Theory at SNHU | Daniel M. Clark

LIT-300: Literary Theory at SNHU

My studies covered literary theories like Marxism, New Criticism, and Formalism way back in LIT-200, and LIT-300 is merely more of the same. Like I said about LIT-200, it’s a lot. Take heart, though, because any student who did well in that course should have no trouble here.

ENG-350: The English Language at SNHU

ENG-350: The English Language at SNHU

I’m the kind of person who listens to podcasts about language, like Word Matters from Merriam-Webster, so this class should have been right up my alley. And it was! Except when it wasn’t. Hold on, I’ll explain.