UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR: English CREDITS REQUIRED IN MAJOR: 36
FOUNDATION COURSES (6 credits)
COURSE NUMBER / COURSE NAME / CREDITS / PREREQUISITESENG 100 / College Writing or equivalent CW course / 3 / None
ENG 140 / Reading Literature / 3 / CW
REQUIRED MAJOR COURSES (6 credits)
COURSE NUMBER / COURSE NAME / CREDITS / PREREQUISITESENG 245 / Introduction to Literary Studies / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 220 / World Masterpieces / 3 / CW
SELECT AT LEAST ONE 300- OR 400-LEVEL THEORY COURSE FROM THE FOLLOWING (3 credits):
Note: ENG 245 is a prerequisite to all upper-level courses for English majors only.
ENG 340 / History of Literary Criticism and Theory / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 341 / Contemporary Critical Theories / 3 / CW, ENG 140, & ENG 245
ENG 342 / Topics in Contemporary Theory / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 344 / Sex/Gender and Sexuality / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 345 / Racial Formations / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 440 / Independent Study in Literary Criticism and Theory / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 441 / Seminar in Literary Criticism and Theory / 3 / CW, ENG 140, & ENG 245
SELECT AT LEAST ONE 300- OR 400-LEVEL WRITING COURSE FROM THE FOLLOWING (3 credits):
Note that there is a limit of 12 credits of 200-level English courses that may count toward the major including required courses.
COURSE NUMBER / COURSE NAME / CREDITS / PREREQUISITESENG 300 / Fiction Writing / 3 / ENG 201
ENG 301 / Poetry Writing / 3 / ENG 300 or instructor’s permission
ENG 302 / Fiction Workshop / 3 / ENG 300 or instructor's permission – may be repeated for 3 additional credits with instructor’s permission
ENG 303 / Poetry Workshop / 3 / ENG 301 or instructor's permission – may be repeated for 3 additional credits with instructor’s permission
ENG 304 / Advanced Memoir / 3 / ENG 202or instructor’s permission
ENG 305 / Rhetoric, Syntax, and Style / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 306 / Writing the Novel / 3 / ENG 302 preferred and permission of instructor
ENG 309 / Newswriting / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 310 / Topics in Journalism / 3 / ENG 309
ENG 400 / Independent Study in Creative or Expository Writing / 3 / By instructor's permission. See Department for application form.
ENG 401 / Writing Minor Thesis / 1 / 302, 303, 304, or 306
ENG 409 / Internship in Professional Writing / Variable / ENG 309 or 310, or permission of the Department.
ENG 410 / Independent Study in Journalism / Variable / By instructor's permission. See Department for application form.
ENG 411 / Seminar in Journalism / 3 / 24 credit hours in English & ENG 245 or instructor permission
SELECT THREE 300- OR 400- LEVEL HISTORICAL PERIOD COURSES, ONE OF WHICH MUST BE BEFORE 1800, FROM THE FOLLOWING (9 credits):
Historical Period Courses Before 1800
COURSE NUMBER / COURSE NAME / CREDITS / PREREQUISITESENG 315 / Ancient Literature / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 316 / The Bible / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 317 / Studies in Ancient and Biblical Literature and Culture / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 320 / Continental Literature / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 325 / Epic and Romance / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 350 / Medieval English Literature / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 351 / Chaucer and the Medieval World / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 352 / Medieval Drama / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 353 / Medieval Women Writers / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 354 / Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 355 / English Renaissance Literature and Culture / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 357 / Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 360, ENG 361 / Shakespeare / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 362 / Studies in Shakespeare / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 363 / Studies in the Renaissance / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 365 / Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 366 / Studies in the Restoration and Eighteenth Century / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 367 / Literature and Culture of the Early Republic / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 368 / Studies in Eighteenth-Century American Literature and Culture / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 369 / Emergence of the Novel / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 370 / Literature of Discovery, Exploration, and Colonialism / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 379 / Earlier Women Writers / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 415 / Independent Study in Ancient and Biblical Literature and Culture / Variable / By instructor's permission. See Department for application form.
ENG 450 / Independent Study in Medieval Studies / Variable / By instructor's permission. See Department for application form.
ENG 451 / Seminar in Medieval Studies / 3 / Prerequisite: 24 credit hours in English, including ENG 245 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 455 / Independent Study in the Renaissance / Variable / By instructor's permission. See Department for application form.
ENG 456 / Seminar in the Renaissance / 3 / Prerequisite: 24 credit hours in English, including ENG 245 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 465 / Independent Study in the Eighteenth Century / Variable / By instructor's permission. See Department for application form.
ENG 466 / Seminar in the Eighteenth Century / 3 / 24 credit hours in English, including ENG 245 or permission of the instructor
Historical Period Courses After 1800
COURSE NUMBER / COURSE NAME / CREDITS / PREREQUISITESENG 321 / Modernisms / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 322 / Modern Autobiography / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 324 / Studies in Canadian Literature and Culture / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 326 / Studies in International Literature Since 1900 / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 327 / Modern Short Story: Themes and Methods / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 328 / Modern Novel: Themes and Methods / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 329 / Modern Drama / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 346 / Language, Literature and the Politics of Identity in Contemporary Ireland / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 371 / Romantic Writing / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 373 / Studies in Romantic Literature and Culture / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 375 / Nineteenth-Century British Novel / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 376 / Victorian Literature and Culture / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 377 / Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature and Culture / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 378 / The Novel of Self Development / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 380 / Early Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 382 / The Earlier American Novel / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 383 / Studies in African-American Literature and Culture / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 384 / Late Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 385 / Studies in Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 387 / Women Writers Since 1900 / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 390 / British Poetry Since 1900 / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 391 / American Poetry Since 1900 / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 392 / British Novel Since 1900 / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 393 / The American Novel Since 1900 / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 394 / Studies in American Literature and Culture Since 1900 / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 395 / Irish Literature and Culture / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 396 / James Joyce / 3 / CW, ENG 140
ENG 397 / Studies in Irish Literature and Culture / 3 / CW, ENG 140; May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
ENG 398 / Studies in British Literature and Culture Since 1900 / 3 / CW, ENG 140; May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
ENG 475 / Independent Study in the Nineteenth Century / Variable / By instructor's permission. See Department for application form.
ENG 476 / Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Studies / 3 / 24 credit hours in English, including ENG 245 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 490 / Independent Study in Literature Since 1900 / Variable / By instructor's permission. See Department for application form.
ENG 491 / Seminar in Literature Since 1900 / 3 / 24 credit hours in English, including ENG 245 or permission of the instructor.
CAPSTONE SELECT ONE COURSE FROM THE FOLLOWING:
COURSE NUMBER / COURSE NAME / CREDITS / PREREQUISITESENG 411 / Seminar in Journalism / 3 / 24 credit hours in English, including ENG 245 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 419 / Seminar in Genre and Form / 3 / 24 credit hours in English, including ENG 245 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 431 / Seminar on Literacy Studies and the Teaching of Writing / 3 / 24 credit hours in English, including ENG 245 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 441 / Seminar in Literary Criticism and Theory / 3 / 24 credit hours in English, including ENG 245 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 445 / Seminar in Interdisciplinary and Cultural Studies / 3 / 24 credit hours in English, including ENG 245 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 451 / Seminar in Medieval Studies / 3 / 24 credit hours in English, including ENG 245 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 456 / Seminar in the Renaissance / 3 / 24 credit hours in English, including ENG 245 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 466 / Seminar in the Eighteenth Century / 3 / 24 credit hours in English, including ENG 245 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 476 / Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Studies / 3 / 24 credit hours in English, including ENG 245 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 491 / Seminar in Literature Since 1900 / 3 / 24 credit hours in English, including ENG 245 or permission of the instructor.
MAJOR ELECTIVES: _12_ CREDITS (or as needed to complete 36 hours in the major)
With the help of a faculty advisor, students may choose elective courses that will prepare them for specific goals, such as teaching in secondary schools, applying to graduate school, or pursuing a career in writing. See the Department website for more information on concentrations.Note that there is a limit of 12 credits of 200-level English courses that may count toward the major including required courses.
COURSE NUMBER / COURSE NAME / CREDITS / PREREQUISITESMAJOR COURSES OVERLAPPING IN THE CORE:
CORE AREA / COURSE NUMBER / COURSE NAME / REQUIRED BY MAJOR?CW / ENG 100 / College Writing / Yes, as a prerequiste
CE / ENG 201 / Creative Writing / No, but may be selected
CE / ENG 202 / Memoir & Autobiography / No, but may be selected
CI / ENG 140 / Reading Literature / Yes, as a prerequiste
CI / ENG 244 / Intro to Cultural Studies / No, but may be selected
CI / ENG 262 / Poetry / No, but may be selected
SCA / ENG 230 / Literacy Studies / No, but may be selected
EISRC / ENG 348 / Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies – Empire, Ethics and Globalization / No, but may be selected
DIV / ENG 383 / Harlem Renaissance; African American Women’s Novel (all titles of this topic) / No, but may be selected
INT / ENG 326 / Women and Islam / No, but may be selected
INT / ENG 397 / Irish Film / No, but may be selected
Text from the 2016 – 2017 Catalog:
BA in English
The minimum number of credits (exclusive of the University's Core curriculum) required for the major is 36. No more than 12 credits in 200-level courses may count toward the major.
English majors must meet the following English Department requirements. All courses must be passed with a grade of C- or better and six hours with a grade of B or better. Prior to beginning the English major, students must complete ENG 100 College Writing (or an equivalent writing course) and ENG 140 Reading Literature. After satisfying these prerequisites, students should take ENG 245 Introduction to Literary Studies before concentrating on more advanced work to complete the 36-credit major requirement.
Prerequisites
Students must take the following courses before beginning study in the English Major. These courses do not count as credit toward the English Major.
- ENG 100 College Writing (or an equivalent writing course)
- ENG 140 Reading Literature
Core curriculum codes
EYE – Entry Year Experience
CW – College Writing
QR – Quantitative Reasoning
CE – Creative Expression
SCA – Socio-cultural Analysis
CI – Cultural Interpretation
SE – Science Exploration
EISRC – Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, & Citizenship
DIV – Diversity
INT – International
CAP - Capstone