Course Description
Shakespeare, ENGLISH 9
Plays by William Shakespeare are used to explore the playwright’s poetic gifts, theatrical imagination, and inquiry into human relationships and the human condition.
Key Information
Credit: 4 quarter units /
2.67 semester units credit
UC Irvine, English
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
Unit Credit
UC Davis:
General Education: AH, DD.
UC Irvine:
General Education: IV
Major Preparation: can be used as an introductory course for English Majors
Major Requirement: English Majors, Minors
UC Los Angeles:
Unit Credit
UC Merced:
Unit Credit (see your Academic Advisor)
UC Riverside:
General Education: ENGL Elective units
UC San Diego:
General Education: TMC 1 course toward lower division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major; Sixth - 1 course NAHR; Warren - May be counted depending on major/PofC/AS; may petition as one course in a Literatures in English GE sequence in Humanities; Muir: 1 course in Humanities theme in "Literary Narratives"; ERC - Regional Specialization: Europe;
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
Course Equivalence: English 15
General Education: Area G-Literature
Major Preparation: Equivalent to UCSB English 15
UC Santa Cruz:
General Education: TA
More About The Course
Love and friendship, separation and reunion, rivalry and jealousy, buffoonery and bullying, and race and gender: these are among the themes addressed in this designed-online Shakespeare course. Explore Shakespeare’s poetic gifts, theatrical imagination, and global references and concerns alongside his inquiry into human relationships and the human condition. You will be guided by an experienced team of faculty from UCI’s English department. Professionally-recorded online lectures are illustrated with clips from the plays and voice overs by UCI actors. Texts include Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, and Othello. Students will complete three multi-modal projects as well as lecture and reading quizzes and peer evaluation of creative assignments.
Course Creators
Julia Reinhard Lupton
Julia Lupton is professor of English at UC Irvine and co-director of UCI's New Swan Shakespeare Center. She is an award-winning teacher and internationally recognized scholar who has devoted her life to teaching Shakespeare in undergraduate, graduate, and public settings.
Julia Lupton is professor of English at UC Irvine and co-director of UCI's New Swan Shakespeare Center. She is an award-winning teacher and internationally recognized scholar who has devoted her life to teaching Shakespeare in undergraduate, graduate, and public settings.
