Required courses (9 credits)

• ENGL 203 - Writing About Literature
• ENGL 223 - Survey of British Literature to 1800
• ENGL 234 - Survey of American Literature

Elective in pre-1800 British literature (3 credits)

Complete one course, selected from the following:

• ENGL 314 - Medieval English Literature
• ENGL 320 - Chaucer
• ENGL 321 - British Literature in the Age of Enlightenment I, 1660-1740
• ENGL 322 - British Literature in the Age of Enlightenment II, 1740-1800
• ENGL 335 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama
• ENGL 340 - Literature of the English Renaissance
• ENGL 341 - Literature of the Continental Renaissance
• ENGL 342 - Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies
• ENGL 343 - Shakespeare: Tragedies and Late Plays
• ENGL 360 - The English Novel I
• ENGL 370 - 17th-Century Literature
• ENGL 380 - Milton

Elective in post-1800 British literature (3 credits)

Complete one course, selected from the following:

• ENGL 312 - Modern British Fiction
• ENGL 350 - Recent British Fiction
• ENGL 354 - 20th-Century British Drama
• ENGL 361 - The English Novel II
• ENGL 365 - Victorian Prose and Poetry
• ENGL 377 - Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
• ENGL 381 - Ireland’s Literary Past
• ENGL 382 - Modern and Contemporary Irish Literature
• ENGL 386 - English Romantic Poets
• ENGL 393 - Modern British Poetry

Elective in American literature (3 credits)

Complete one course, selected from the following:

• ENGL 309 - Early American Literature, Beginnings to 1820
• ENGL 315 - Ethnic American Literature
• ENGL 317 - African-American Literature I
• ENGL 318 - African-American Literature II
• ENGL 326 - Native American Writing and Rhetoric
• ENGL 329 - Modern American Fiction
• ENGL 330 - Recent American Fiction
• ENGL 331 - U.S. Literature in the 19th Century I
• ENGL 332 - U.S. Literature in the 19th Century II
• ENGL 333 - Realism and Naturalism
• ENGL 336 - American Modernism
• ENGL 346 - Southern Literature
• ENGL 356 - Modern American Drama
• ENGL 357 - Recent American Drama
• ENGL 395 - Studies in Recent American Poetry

Senior seminar (3 credits)

Complete one course, selected from the following: 

• ENGL 493 - Seminar: Writing Studies
• ENGL 494 - Seminar: Special Topics
• ENGL 495 - Seminar: British Literature and Culture
• ENGL 496 - Seminar: American Literature and Culture
• ENGL 497 - Seminar: World Literatures and Cultures

• Note: Each of these courses also fulfills the upper-level Writing Designated within the Major core requirement (CWRM).

Electives (15 credits)

Complete five additional English (ENGL) courses at the 200-level or above; at least three courses must be at the 300-level or above. ENGL 254 - Literature for Elementary Education Majors  does not count toward the English major.

Note

Topical courses may fulfill some of the above requirements with the consent of the department chairperson. Topics will be announced prior to registration.

Total minimum credits: 36