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Requirements

Requirements for the English Major (Bachelor of Arts) (40 semester hours)

The advisor and the student will develop together a major program that ensures the study of a wide variety of literary texts and varied interpretive strategies. Individual research is encouraged through Reading and Conference (ENGL390) and students can also apply internship credit toward the major through ENGL394.

Most students on the literature track complete the Senior Experience by designing and developing substantive, individualized projects in a sequence of two 400-level seminar-style courses. Students with excellent academic records in their English studies can design an advanced Independent Study project (ENGL490) to fulfill one 400-level Senior Experience credit.

English majors are encouraged to take courses from a variety of related fields. Courses in theatre, music, religion, classical studies, philosophy, art history, history, French, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish can be applied to the English major.

Department Honors for Literature and Creative Writing are awarded by faculty nomination and a faculty vote to recognize the most outstanding graduating students each year.

Only one course in fulfillment of the English major may be from a department other than English.

Core courses (8 semester hours)

  • ENGL101W Reading Literature and Culture (4)

  • ENGL213W Finding the Story: Research Methods in Literature and Creative Writing (4)

One course in literature outside the modern Anglophone tradition (4 semester hours)

  • ENGL341 Shakespeare (4)

  • ENGL345 Chaucer (4)

  • ENGL347 Medieval Literature (4)

  • ENGL348 Early Modern English Poetry (4)

  • ENGL353 The Early Novel (4)

  • ENGL359 Early Modern Drama (4)

  • ENGL453W Advanced Studies in Lit 1300-1800 (4)

  • CLAS244W The Greek and Roman Stage (4)

  • CLAS247 Women in Roman Literature and Life (4)

  • FREN275 African Cinema (4)

  • FREN341 Oral Tradition and Performance in African Literature (4)

  • GCS250W Narratives of Migration: From Islamic Spain to the US/Mexico Border (4)

  • GERM241 German Cinema & Visual Culture (4)

  • HIST374 Love and Reason in the Middle Ages: European Intellectual History 400-1500 (4)

  • HIST375 Women and Gender in Medieval Europe (4)

  • JAPN314W Japanese Literature in Translation (4)

  • JAPN340 The Japanese Cinema (4)

  • REL225 Forgotten Scriptures: Apocryphal Literature and the Origins of Christianity (4)

  • RUSS242W Great Short Stories from Russia (4)

  • RUSS245W From Russia with Love: Family and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Russian Literature (4)

  • RUSS250W Tolstoy's War and Peace (4)

  • RUSS320W The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel (4)

  • RUSS325 Topics in Russian Literature (4)

  • SPAN260 Hispanic Literature in Translation (4)

  • SPAN380 Latin American Cinema (4)

  • THTR217W Theatre History (4)

  • Or other approved course (4)

One course in American Ethnic or Post-Colonial Literature (4 semester hours)

  • ENGL326 Literature of Diaspora (4)

  • ENGL337 African-American Literature I (4)

  • ENGL338 African-American Literature II (4)

  • ENGL381 Latinx Literature and Culture (4)

  • FREN275 African Cinema (4)

  • FREN285W Gender and Sexuality in African Literature and Cinema (4)

  • FREN341 Oral Tradition and Performance in African Literature (4)

  • GCS250W Narratives of Migration: From Islamic Spain to the US/Mexico Border (4)

  • SPAN380 Latin American Cinema (4)

  • Or other approved course (4)

Four additional courses (16 semester hours)

  • Two additional electives at the 300 or 400 level ENGL literature courses (8)

  • Two additional approved electives (8):

    • ENGL102W Creative Writing Fundamentals (4)

    • ENGL300-level literature class (4)

    • ENGL400-level literature class (4)

    • ENGL300-level creative writing class (4)

    • CLAS244W The Greek and Roman Stage (4)

    • CLAS247 Women in Roman Literature and Life (4)

    • CLAS252 Poetics of Magic, Magic of Poetry (4)

    • FREN275 African Cinema (4)

    • FREN341 Oral Tradition and Performance in African Literature (4)

    • GCS250W Narratives of Migration: From Islamic Spain to the US/Mexico Border (4)

    • GERM241 German Cinema & Visual Culture (4)

    • HIST306 History through Biography (4)

    • HIST374 Love and Reason in the Middle Ages: European Intellectual History 400-1500 (4)

    • HIST375 Women and Gender in Medieval Europe (4)

    • JAPN314W Japanese Literature in Translation (4)

    • JAPN340 The Japanese Cinema (4)

    • REL225 Forgotten Scriptures: Apocryphal Literature and the Origins of Christianity (4)

    • REL323 The Bible and American Culture (4)

    • REL335W Race, Class, and Gender in the Life and Letters of Paul (4)

    • RUSS242W Great Short Stories from Russia (4)

    • RUSS245W From Russia with Love: Family and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Russian Literature (4)

    • RUSS250W Tolstoy's War and Peace (4)

    • RUSS320W The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel (4)

    • RUSS325 Topics in Russian Literature (4)

    • SPAN260 Hispanic Literature in Translation (4)

    • SPAN380 Latin American Cinema (4)

    • THTR217W Performance Historiography (4)

    • THTR219 Theatre Literature and History: 1850-present (4)

    • THTR318W Theatre and Culture (4)

    • Or other approved course (4)

Senior Experience (8 semester hours)

  • Two 400W-level ENGL literature classes (8)

Requirements for the Creative Writing Concentration for the English Major (40 semester hours)

Core courses (12 semester hours)

  • ENGL101W Reading Literature and Culture (4)

  • ENGL102W Creative Writing Fundamentals (4)

  • ENGL213W Finding the Story: Research Methods in Literature and Creative Writing (4)

One course in literature outside the modern Anglophone tradition (4 semester hours)

  • ENGL341 Shakespeare (4)

  • ENGL345 Chaucer (4)

  • ENGL347 Medieval Literature (4)

  • ENGL348 Early Modern English Poetry (4)

  • ENGL353 The Early Novel (4)

  • ENGL359 Early Modern Drama (4)

  • ENGL453W Advanced Studies in Lit 1300-1800 (4)

  • CLAS244W The Greek and Roman Stage (4)

  • CLAS247 Women in Roman Literature and Life (4)

  • FREN275 African Cinema (4)

  • FREN341 Oral Tradition and Performance in African Literature (4)

  • GCS250W Narratives of Migration: From Islamic Spain to the US/Mexico Border (4)

  • GERM241 German Cinema & Visual Culture (4)

  • HIST374 Love and Reason in the Middle Ages: European Intellectual History 400-1500 (4)

  • HIST375 Women and Gender in Medieval Europe (4)

  • JAPN314W Japanese Literature in Translation (4)

  • JAPN340 The Japanese Cinema (4)

  • REL225 Forgotten Scriptures: Apocryphal Literature and the Origins of Christianity (4)

  • RUSS242W Great Short Stories from Russia (4)

  • RUSS245W From Russia with Love: Family and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Russian Literature (4)

  • RUSS250W Tolstoy's War and Peace (4)

  • RUSS320W The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel (4)

  • RUSS325 Topics in Russian Literature (4)

  • SPAN260 Hispanic Literature in Translation (4)

  • SPAN380 Latin American Cinema (4)

  • THTR217W Performance Historiography (4)

  • Or other approved course (4)

One course in American Ethnic or Post-Colonial Literature (4 semester hours)

  • ENGL326 Literature of Diaspora (4)

  • ENGL337 African-American Literature I: Slave Narrative & Early African-American Literary Tradition (4)

  • ENGL338 African-American Literature II: Modern African-American Literature (4)

  • ENGL381 Latinx Literature and Culture (4)

  • FREN275 African Cinema (4)

  • FREN285W Gender and Sexuality in African Literature and Cinema (4)

  • FREN341 Oral Tradition and Performance in African Literature (4)

  • GCS250W Narratives of Migration: From Islamic Spain to the US/Mexico Border (4)

  • SPAN380 Latin America Cinema (4)

  • Or other approved course (4)

Two English 300-level Creative Writing Classes (8 semester hours)

Two additional courses (8 semester hours)

At least two electives must be approved literature classes (8)

  • ENGL 300-level literature class (4)

  • ENGL 400-level literature class (4)

  • CLAS244W The Greek and Roman Stage (4)

  • CLAS247 Women in Roman Literature and Life (4)

  • CLAS252 Poetics of Magic, Magic of Poetry (4)

  • FREN275 African Cinema (4)

  • FREN341 Oral Tradition and Performance in African Literature (4)

  • GCS250W Narratives of Migration: From Islamic Spain to the US/Mexico Border (4)

  • GERM241 German Cinema & Visual Culture (4)

  • HIST306 History through Biography (4)

  • HIST374 Love and Reason in the Middle Ages: European Intellectual History 400-1500 (4)

  • HIST375 Women and Gender in Medieval Europe (4)

  • JAPN314W Japanese Literature in Translation (4)

  • JAPN340 The Japanese Cinema (4)

  • REL225 Forgotten Scriptures: Apocryphal Literature and the Origins of Christianity (4)

  • REL323 The Bible and American Culture (4)

  • REL335W Race, Class, and Gender in the Life and Letters of Paul (4)

  • RUSS242W Great Short Stories from Russia (4)

  • RUSS245W From Russia with Love: Family and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Russian Literature (4)

  • RUSS250W Tolstoy's War and Peace (4)

  • RUSS320W The Nineteenth-Century Russian Novel (4)

  • RUSS325 Topics in Russian Literature (4)

  • SPAN260 Hispanic Literature in Translation (4)

  • SPAN380 Latin American Cinema (4)

  • THTR217W Performance Historiography (4)

  • THTR219 Theatre Literature and History: 1850-present (4)

  • THTR318W Theatre and Culture (4)

  • Or other approved course (4)

Only one course in fulfillment of the English major may be from a department other than English

Senior Experience (4 semester hours)

  • ENGL498W Senior Seminar in Creative Writing (4)

Requirements for the English Minor (20 semester hours)

The minor program in English consists of twenty semester hours--one required course and the options listed below--selected in consultation with an English Department advisor from the following:

Required course (4 semester hours)

  • ENGL101W Reading Literature and Culture (4)

Four additional courses (16 semester hours)

  • ENGL102W Creative Writing Fundamentals (4) and/or

  • Three to Four electives chosen in consultation with your English Department advisor (12-16)

Only one course in fulfillment of the English minor may be from a department other than English

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