ENGLISH MAJOR:  LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE

 

 

•  Prerequisites:  ENGL-101 and ENGL-102 or equivalent.

•  No more than 15 hours may be transferred into the major in English.

 

REQUIRED COURSE:    ENGL-345 Practical Criticism

     

CORE COURSES:  Choose 12 hours from the courses listed below (one Major Author required):

 

Choose Three Survey Courses:                                                   Choose One Major Author:

ENGL-218  American Literature: Beginnings to 1865                      ENGL-314  Chaucer and His Age

ENGL-219  American Literature: 1865 to Present                             ENGL-329  Milton

ENGL-221  English Literature: Beginnings to c. 1750                      ENGL-330  Shakespeare:  Comedies and Romances

ENGL-222  English Literature: 1750 to Present                                 ENGL-331  Shakespeare:  Tragedies

 

*NOTE:  Students may choose only one Major Author course to fulfill CORE COURSE requirements, but they may apply other Major Author courses to their FREE ELECTIVES.  Students should also be advised that there is a limit of 5 200-level courses which may be applied to the English major, so they might want to take a 300-level Major Author course to fulfill CORE COURSE requirements and save a 200-level course for DIRECTED or FREE ELECTIVES.

 

DIRECTED ELECTIVES:  Choose 15 hours from the 4 categories below, with no more than 9 hours from any one category.**

 

English Literature

 

ENGL-307 Medieval Literature:  Arthurian Legend

ENGL-308 English Literature From Beowulf to Malory

ENGL-316 Forms of Poetry

ENGL-321 Literature of the Romantic Movement

ENGL-323 Shaw and Modern British Drama

ENGL-328 17th Century Literature

ENGL-341 Restoration & 18th Century Literature I

ENGL-342 Restoration & 18th Century Literature II

ENGL-348 Prose and Poetry of the Victorian Age

ENGL-350 Victorian Novel

ENGL-378 20th Century Fiction I

ENGL-379 20th Century Fiction II

 

                                        International Literature                                     

 

ENGL-300 Russian Literature

ENGL-302 Love in Western Literature

ENGL-324 Romantic Novel

ENGL-326 World Drama

ENGL-333 Mythological Bkgrds. in English & American Lit.

ENGL-334 Biblical Bkgrds. in English & American Lit.

ENGL-337 Nobel Laureates

ENGL-365 West Indian Literature

ENGL-370 Folklore and the Fairy Tale

ENGL-371 Studies in Women's Literature

ENGL-373 Yiddish Literature in Translation             

American Literature

 

ENGL-312 Literature of Colonial Times

ENGL-313 American Literary Renaissance:  1830-1860

ENGL-318 Readings in American Literature

ENGL-322 American Short Story

ENGL-361 Development of the American Novel

ENGL-368 American Realism

ENGL-378 20th Century Fiction I

ENGL-379 20th Century Fiction II

ENGL-380 Multi-Cultural Literature in America

ENGL-381 African-American Literature

ENGL-389 Contemporary Poetry

 

 

Writing

 

ENGL-200 Writing in Context

ENGL-235 Introduction to Creative Writing I

ENGL-236 Introduction to Creative Writing II

ENGL-316 Forms of Poetry

ENGL-335 Written Communication for Business

ENGL-376 Advanced Composition

ENGL-377 Argumentative Prose

ENGL-384 Creative Writing:  Poetry I

ENGL-385 Creative Writing:  Poetry II

ENGL-386 Creative Writing:  Fiction I

ENGL-387 Creative Writing:  Fiction II

 

TOTAL HOURS: 36

 

FREE ELECTIVES:  Choose 6 hours from any 200 or 300 literature or writing course offered by the department, with the exception of Gen Ed courses (ENGL 201, 202, and 203).

 

**NOTE:  While students may not take more than 9 hours under any one category of DIRECTED ELECTIVES, they may take 6 hours of FREE ELECTIVES from any category.  Thus, it is possible for students to create their own concentration of 15 hours in one category, such as 15 hours in Writing or American Literature (9 hours of DIRECTED ELECTIVES + 6 hours of FREE ELECTIVES).