Required courses (12 credits)

• ENGL 203 - Writing About Literature
• ENGL 223 - Survey of British Literature to 1800
• ENGL 234 - Survey of American Literature
• ENGL 301 - Writing and the Teaching of Writing

Elective in classical literature (3 credits)

Complete one course, selected from the following:

• ENGL 211 - Literary Classics of Western Civilization to 1600
• ENGL 214 - The Classical Tradition

Elective in language and linguistics (3 credits)

Complete one course, selected from the following:

• ENGL 305 - History of the English Language
• ENGL 323 - Introduction to Linguistics
• ENGL 324 - Language and Society

Elective in Shakespeare (3 credits)

Complete one course, selected from the following:

• ENGL 342 - Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies
• ENGL 343 - Shakespeare: Tragedies and Late Plays

Elective in culturally diverse literatures (3 credits)

Complete one course, selected from the following:

• ENGL 233 - Introduction to the African-American Novel
• ENGL 253 - Non-Western Literature
• ENGL 255 - East Asian Literature in Translation
• ENGL 315 - Ethnic American Literature
• ENGL 317 - African-American Literature I
• ENGL 318 - African-American Literature II
• ENGL 326 - Native American Writing and Rhetoric

Elective in modern 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 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 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

Elective in young adult literature (3 credits)

• ENGL 344 - Young Adult Literature
• or  LIBR 420 - Literature for Young Adults

Elective (3 credits)

Complete one additional English (ENGL) course. ENGL 254 - Literature for Elementary Education Majors  does not count toward the English major.

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 seminar courses also fulfills the upper-level Writing Designated within the Major core requirement (CWRM).

Note

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

Total minimum credits: 39