English Major Requirements

(6 s.h. count toward the university Core requirement in Literature/Fine Arts)

All majors must complete, with grades of C or better, 37 s.h. No course may be used to satisfy more than one requirement within the major.

Core Requirements (9 s.h)

  1. ENGL 207 The Study of Literature
  2. ENGL 201 or 202 English Literature to 1700 or English Literature Since 170
  3. ENGL 203 or 204 American Literature to 1865 or American Literature Since 1865

Elective Courses:
Guidelines for 300-level coursework (24 s.h.)

  1. One course in a single author (e.g. ENGL 301, 304, 307 and single-author 360s)
  2. One course in a single period, whether literary or historical (e. g. ENGL 300, 302, 303, 310, 311, 313, 317, 321, 322, 323, 328, 333, 345 and period 360s)
  3. One course in a specific genre (e.g. ENGL 303, 315, 325, 330, 331, 334, 345 and genre 360s)
  4. Two courses that emphasize a specific, clearly defined contemporary theoretical and methodological approach (any 300-level literature course with this designated emphasis)
  5. Two courses that emphasize multinational or comparative study, minority writers, women writers, gender studies, or class issues in print or film (e.g. ENGL 331, 332, 333, 336 and specific 360s)
  6. Two courses that emphasize writing and language, such as creative writing, writing and/or editing for print or media, or the history of the English language (e.g. ENGL 342, 350, 354, 357, 358 and 359)
  7. English Education only: One course that emphasizes reading (ENGL 371)

Senior Seminar: ENGL 395 and 396 (4 s.h.)

Course content will change with instructor but the following features will be constant:

  1. Thesis (18-25 pages) produced during ENGL 395
  2. Public presentation of thesis during ENGL 396 (following semester)
  3. Portfolio of representative accomplishments in the major, completed during ENGL 396