Required courses (6 credits)

• ENGL 203 - Writing about Literature
• ENGL 223 - Survey of British Literature to 1800

• or ENGL 234 - Survey of American Literature 

Electives (12 credits)

Complete 12 additional credits in literature and literary studies courses, selected from the list below. At least nine credits must be at the 300-level or above.

• ENGL 211 - World Literature to 1500
• ENGL 221 - Major British Writers to 1800
• ENGL 222 - Major British Writers since 1800
• ENGL 227 - Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
• ENGL 228 - Fiction Writing Workshop
• ENGL 229 - Poetry Writing Workshop
• ENGL 231 - Major American Writers to 1865
• ENGL 232 - Major American Writers since 1865
• ENGL 233 - Introduction to the African American Novel
• ENGL 241 - Shakespeare
• ENGL 251 - Literary Themes
• ENGL 252 - Literary Types
• ENGL 253 - Non-Western Literature
• ENGL 254 - Literary Interpretation for Elementary Education Majors
• ENGL 261 - Film Study: Introduction to the Art
• ENGL 262 - Film Study: Literature and Film
• ENGL 270 - Reading Film Language
• ENGL 277 - Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Literary Studies
• ENGL 309 - Early American Literature, Beginnings to 1820
• ENGL 312 - Modern British Fiction
• ENGL 314 - Medieval English Literature
• ENGL 315 - Ethnic American Literature
• ENGL 317 - African American Literature I
• ENGL 318 - African American Literature II
• 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 327 - Women Writers: The Female Tradition to 1900
• ENGL 328 - Women Writers: The Female Tradition since 1900
• 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 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 346 - Southern Literature
• ENGL 350 - Recent British Fiction
• ENGL 354 - 20th-Century British Drama
• ENGL 355 - International Study Tour
• ENGL 356 - Modern American Drama
• ENGL 357 - Recent American Drama
• ENGL 360 - The English Novel I
• ENGL 361 - The Victorian Novel
• ENGL 365 - Victorian Prose and Poetry
• ENGL 370 - 17th-Century Literature
• ENGL 371 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
• ENGL 372 - Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop
• ENGL 377 - Postcolonial Literature and Theory
• ENGL 380 - Milton
• ENGL 381 - Ireland’s Literary Past
• ENGL 382 - Modern and Contemporary Irish Literature
• ENGL 386 - English Romantic Poets
• ENGL 388 - Topics in Film
• ENGL 391 - Modern Literary Criticism
• ENGL 392 - Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop
• ENGL 393 - Modern British Poetry
• ENGL 395 - Studies in Recent American Poetry
• ENGL 399 - Topics in Literature
• ENGL 490 - Literary Studies in Oxford
• 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
• ENGL 499 - Directed Study in English

Total minimum credits: 18