Signum University — Blackberry

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Module	Preceptor	Sector	Portals	Occurrences
A Brief Exploration of Japanese Poetry	Robert Steed Pilar Barrera	General Humanities	East Asian Studies Japan Poetry
Advanced Latin Readings: Silius Italicus' 'Punica' NOT PUBLIC	Patrick Lyon	Language	Classical Literature Poetry The Greco-Roman World
Advanced Old English Readings: Beowulf I NOT PUBLIC	Larry Swain	Language	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
Advanced Old English Readings: Beowulf II NOT PUBLIC	Larry Swain	Language	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
An Intensive Reading of the Tao Te Ching/Daode jing 道德經 Part II		General Humanities	China Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Ecocriticism History Japan Le Guin Magic Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
An Intensive Reading of the Zhuangzi/Chuang Tzu 莊子		General Humanities	Anime China Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Ethics Fantasy History Japan Le Guin Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
An Introduction to the Oddest Inkling NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Charles Williams Metaphysics Poetry Religious Studies Science Fiction The Inklings Weird Fiction
A Sip of Tea and Tea Culture	Robert Steed	General Humanities	China Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Food History Japan Poetry Religious Studies
Big Bold Beowulf: A Study of the Poem	Larry Swain	General Humanities	Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry The Middle Ages
Chinese History for Fans of Chinese Media NOT PUBLIC	Robert Steed	General Humanities	China Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies History Poetry Religious Studies Science Fiction The Middle Ages
Christmas Carols in Latin!		Language	Advanced Languages Beginning Languages Bible Classical Literature Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
Creative Writing: An Adventure in Analogy NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing Poetry
Creative Writing: Aristotle's Poetics for Story-Tellers	Julian Barr	Creative Writing	Adaptation Theory Classical Literature Collaborative Feedback Composition Creative Writing Cultural Studies Philosophy Poetry The Greco-Roman World
Creative Writing: Confessional Poetry NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing Poetry
Creative Writing: Free Verse NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing Poetry
Creative Writing: Lyric Poetry NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing Poetry
Creative Writing: Narrative Poetry NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing Poetry Workshops
Creative Writing: Poetic Meter NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing Poetry Workshops
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms Non-Sequential Series NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms: "Free Verse" NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms: The Ballad NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms: The Ode NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms: The Pantoum NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms: The Sestina NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms: The Sonnet NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms: The Villanelle NOT PUBLIC		Creative Writing	Creative Writing Poetry
Creative Writing: Tools of the Song Writer NOT PUBLIC	Christopher Bartlett	Creative Writing	Adaptation Theory Collaborative Feedback Composition Creative Writing Fall Survey 2023 Music Poetry
Discovering, Understanding, and Loving Haiku NOT PUBLIC	Pilar Barrera Robert Steed	General Humanities	Creative Writing East Asian Studies Japan Poetry Religious Studies
Earendel Sprang Up From The Ocean's Cup: The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Epic Fantasy Fairy Tales Fantasy Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Poetry Religious Studies
Early Modern Europe (1500-1800): Philosophy and Literature NOT PUBLIC	Hamish Williams	General Humanities	British Literature Classical Literature Cultural Studies Drama Ethics Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Renaissance Romanticism Shakespeare The Enlightenment
Elementary, My Dear Shakespeare NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	Poetry Shakespeare
English Sonnet Readings	Faith Acker	General Humanities	Poetry
Exploring Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義	Robert Steed	General Humanities	China Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Fall Survey 2023 History Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages Video Games
Exploring Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book 枕草子	Robert Steed	General Humanities	Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies History Japan Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages Women's Studies	March 2025
How To Read a Poem NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	Poetry
Ink Spots and Tea Stains: What We Learn from C.S. Lewis's Writing Habits	Brenton Dickieson	Creative Writing	Archival Research Arthurian Literature British Literature Children’s Literature Composition Crafting Creative Writing CS Lewis Digital Humanities Fantasy JRR Tolkien Owen Barfield Poetry Science Fiction The Inklings The Middle Ages Worldbuilding
Intermediate Latin Readings: Horace NOT PUBLIC	Larry Swain	Language	Advanced Languages Classical Literature Intermediate Languages Poetry The Greco-Roman World
Intermediate Latin Readings: Martial’s Epigrammata NOT PUBLIC	Faith Acker	Language	Advanced Languages Classical Literature Fall Survey 2023 Intermediate Languages Poetry The Greco-Roman World
Intermediate Latin Translation: The Vulgate Psalms	Faith Acker	Language	Advanced Languages Bible Intermediate Languages Poetry Religious Studies
Intermediate Old English: The Phoenix		Language	Advanced Languages Germanic Studies Intermediate Languages Poetry
Introduction to Japanese Religions Series		General Humanities	Anime Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Ethics History Japan Magic Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
Introduction to Japanese Religions I First in the Series		General Humanities	Anime Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Ethics History Japan Magic Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
Introduction to Japanese Religions II Continuing Series		General Humanities	Anime Classical Literature Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Ethics History Japan Magic Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages
Intro to Classical Mythology	Joshua Sosa	General Humanities	Comparative Mythology May Showcase 2023 Poetry The Greco-Roman World	May 2023
Japanese History for Fans of Japanese Media NOT PUBLIC	Robert Steed	General Humanities	Anime Classical Literature Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Drama East Asian Studies History Japan Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages Time Travel Travel Literature
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters Non-Sequential Series	Sara Brown Patrick Lyon	Fantasy Studies	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Linguistics Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 1		Fantasy Studies	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Linguistics Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 2		Fantasy Studies	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Linguistics Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 3		Fantasy Studies	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Linguistics Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 4		Fantasy Studies	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Linguistics Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún	Carl Edlund Anderson	Fantasy Studies	Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Poetry The Middle Ages
Latin: Cicero's Pro Archia NOT PUBLIC	Larry Swain	Language	Advanced Languages Classical Literature Poetry The Greco-Roman World
Latin: Plautus' Miles Gloriosus (the Braggart Soldier) NOT PUBLIC	Larry Swain	Language	Advanced Languages Classical Literature Poetry The Greco-Roman World
Latin Readings for Advanced Beginners 2 Continuing Series NOT PUBLIC	Faith Acker	Language	Beginning Languages Classical Literature Poetry The Greco-Roman World
Literature and Justice NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	Bible Classical Literature Ethics Metaphysics Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies
Medieval Drama: The Towneley Plays NOT PUBLIC	Chris Pipkin	General Humanities	Drama Poetry The Middle Ages
Medieval Monsters: Grendel NOT PUBLIC	Chris Pipkin	General Humanities	Monsters Poetry The Middle Ages
Milton's Paradise Lost NOT PUBLIC	Jeremy Larson	General Humanities	Bible Fall Survey 2023 Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies Renaissance
Modern British Poetry	Sara Brown	General Humanities	British Literature Poetry
Plague Literature NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	Poetry Science Fiction
Poems with a Story NOT PUBLIC	Pilar Barrera	General Humanities	Poetry
Poetry as Practical Ecology NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	Ecocriticism Poetry
Poetry in Tolkien's Time NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	Charles Williams CS Lewis JRR Tolkien Modernism Owen Barfield Poetry The Inklings
Reader's Theater: The Tempest NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	Drama Poetry
Reading John Donne’s Holy Sonnets	Faith Acker	General Humanities	Metaphysics Poetry Religious Studies Renaissance
Readings in Latin		Language	Advanced Languages Bible Intermediate Languages Poetry The Greco-Roman World
Readings in Old English: The Battle of Maldon & Group Reading NOT PUBLIC		Language	Advanced Languages Cultural Studies Germanic Studies Poetry The Middle Ages
Scottish Gaelic Song	Sìne Màiri MacDougall	Language	Conversational Languages Music Poetry
SPACE 4 Kids & Teens: Spinning into SAT Literature with Style (Tutoring Concept) NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	British Literature Children’s Literature Classical Literature Literacy Novellas Poetry Shakespeare Skills Test Preparation Travel Literature
Such an Odyssey! Non-Sequential Series	Faith Acker	General Humanities	Classical Literature History Poetry The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature
Such an Odyssey 1	Faith Acker	General Humanities	Classical Literature History Poetry The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature
Such an Odyssey 2	Faith Acker	General Humanities	Classical Literature History Poetry The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature
Such an Odyssey 3	Faith Acker	General Humanities	Classical Literature History Poetry The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature
Such an Odyssey 4	Faith Acker	General Humanities	Classical Literature History Poetry The Greco-Roman World Travel Literature
Sunshine, Fleas, and Desperate Pleas: Eight Amorous Verses by John Donne	Faith Acker	General Humanities	Metaphysics Poetry Renaissance
The Contours of Consciousness: A Study of Owen Barfield's Romanticism Comes of Age NOT PUBLIC	Clayton McReynolds	General Humanities	History Linguistics Metaphysics Owen Barfield Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies Romanticism The Inklings
The Music of Middle-earth: Storytelling and Adaptation		Fantasy Studies	Adaptation Theory Composition Epic Fantasy Fantasy JRR Tolkien Music Poetry
The Old Saxon for Old English Readers	Isaac Schendel	Language	Beginning Languages Fall Survey 2023 Germanic Studies Linguistics Poetry The Middle Ages
The (Other) Canterbury Tales		General Humanities	British Literature Fairy Tales History Poetry The Middle Ages Travel Literature
The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Early Poems 1 (Volume 1: The Years 1910-1919)		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings
The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Early Poems 2 (Volume 1: The Years 1910-1919)		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings	December 2024 (4) December 2024 (1) December 2024 (2)
The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Early Poems 3 (Volume 1: The Years 1910-1919)		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings	January 2025 (1) January 2025 (2) January 2025 (4)
The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Later Poems 1 (Volume 3: The Years 1931-1967) NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings
The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Later Poems 2 (Volume 3: The Years 1931-1967)		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings	November 2025 (1)
The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Later Poems 3 (Volume 3: The Years 1931-1967)		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings	January 2026 (1)
The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Mature Years 1 (Volume 2: The Years 1919-1931) NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings
The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Mature Years 2 (Volume 2: The Years 1919-1931)		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings	May 2025 (1)
The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Mature Years 3 (Volume 2: The Years 1919-1931)		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings	July 2025 (1)
The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien: Tolkien's Collected Poems (The Years 1910-1967 in Three Volumes) Non-Sequential Series		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings	November 2024
The Quest for the Holy Grail NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Bible CS Lewis JRR Tolkien Metaphysics Owen Barfield Poetry Religious Studies Renaissance The Inklings The Middle Ages
The Seven Deadly Stories NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	Bible Classical Literature CS Lewis Ethics Fairy Tales JRR Tolkien Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies Renaissance The Greco-Roman World The Inklings The Middle Ages
The Trojan Quest: Aeneid 1 NOT PUBLIC	Julian Barr	General Humanities	Classical Literature Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Fantasy History Magic Monsters Poetry The Greco-Roman World
The Women of Beowulf	Chris Vaccaro	Fantasy Studies	Beginning Languages Fairy Tales Fall Survey 2023 JRR Tolkien Monsters Poetry The Middle Ages Women's Studies
Tolkien and the Classical World		Fantasy Studies	British Literature Classical Literature Comparative Mythology Cultural Studies Epic Fantasy Ethics Fantasy History JRR Tolkien May Showcase 2024 Philosophy Poetry The Greco-Roman World	May 2024
Tolkien and the Romantics: Dark Romanticism and the Gothic Literary Tradition	Will Sherwood	General Humanities	Anthropocene British Literature Classical Literature Ecocriticism Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Monsters Philosophy Poetry Romanticism The Middle Ages
Tolkien and the Romantics: Forging Myth and History	Will Sherwood	General Humanities	Anthropocene Arthurian Literature British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature History JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Monsters Philosophy Poetry Romanticism The Middle Ages Time Travel Travel Literature Worldbuilding
Tolkien and the Romantics: Imagining and Dreaming	Will Sherwood	General Humanities	British Literature Classical Literature Epic Fantasy Fantasy Gothic Literature JRR Tolkien Literacy Magic Metaphysics Oct Showcase 2023 Owen Barfield Poetry Romanticism The Inklings The Middle Ages Time Travel	October 2023
Tolkien on Stage NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	Drama JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings
Tolkien's Collected Poems Non-Sequential Series NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
Tolkien's Collected Poems 1 NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Fantasy History JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
Tolkien's Collected Poems 2 NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	Fantasy Gothic Literature JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
Tolkien, the Anglo-Saxon Minstrel	Jennifer Rogers	Fantasy Studies	Fall Survey 2023 Germanic Studies JRR Tolkien Poetry
Tolkien & Williams as Worldbuilders NOT PUBLIC		Fantasy Studies	JRR Tolkien Poetry The Inklings Worldbuilding
Video Game Studies	Wesley Schantz	General Humanities	Adaptation Theory Anime Children’s Literature Digital Humanities Fall Survey 2023 Film Studies History Japan Monsters Music Philosophy Poetry Science Fiction Video Games	November 2022
William Butler Yeats: The Magical Modernist NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	British Literature Magic Modernism Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies
Wisdom Literature: The Book of Job NOT PUBLIC		General Humanities	Ancient Middle East Bible Metaphysics Poetry Religious Studies
Zen History and Thought: An Overview	Robert Steed	General Humanities	China Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Fall Survey 2023 History Japan Philosophy Poetry Religious Studies The Middle Ages

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