Introductory courses (6 credits)

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

Writing courses (6 credits)

• ENGL 301 - Writing and the Teaching of Writing

• and complete one course, selected from the following:

• ENGL 200 - Personal and Public Writing
• ENGL 201 - Technical Writing I
• ENGL 202 - Business Communication
• ENGL 207 - Technical Writing I for English Majors
• ENGL 226 - Writing about Writing
• ENGL 228 - Fiction Writing Workshop
• ENGL 229 - Poetry Writing Workshop
• ENGL 280 - The Journalistic Essay
• ENGL 302 - Technical Writing II
• ENGL 371 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
• ENGL 372 - Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop
• ENGL 374 - Grant Writing
• ENGL 389 - Topics in Writing
• ENGL 390 - Theories of Writing

300-level area electives in Shakespeare, Language and Linguistics, and Young Adult (9 credits)

Complete one course from each area below:

• Language and Linguistics

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

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  Shakespeare

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

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  Young Adult

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

300-level elective in British literature (non-Shakespeare) (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 327 - Women Writers: The Female Tradition to 1900 * 
• ENGL 328 - Women Writers: The Female Tradition since 1900 * 
• ENGL 335 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama
• ENGL 340 - Literature of the English Renaissance
• ENGL 350 - Recent British Fiction
• ENGL 354 - 20th-Century British Drama
• ENGL 355 - International Study Tour * 
• ENGL 360 - The English Novel I
• ENGL 361 - The Victorian Novel
• ENGL 365 - Victorian Prose and Poetry
• ENGL 370 - 17th-Century Literature
• ENGL 380 - Milton
• ENGL 381 - Ireland’s Literary Past
• ENGL 386 - English Romantic Poets
• ENGL 399 - Topics in Literature * 
• ENGL 490 - Literary Studies in Oxford * 

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  * with British focus and department approval via the “Substitute or Waive a Requirement in my Major” form.

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 319 - Contemporary Native American Literature
• ENGL 326 - Native American Writing and Rhetoric
• 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 336 - American Modernism
• ENGL 346 - Southern Literature
• ENGL 352 - 19th-Century American Theater Culture
• ENGL 356 - Modern American Drama
• ENGL 357 - Recent American Drama
• ENGL 395 - Studies in Recent American Poetry
• ENGL 399 - Topics in Literature *

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  * with American focus and department approval via the “Substitute or Waive a Rquirement in my Major” form.

World Literature (3 credits)

Complete one course, selected from the following:

• ENGL 211 - World Literature to 1500
• ENGL 214 - The Classical Tradition
• ENGL 251 - Literary Themes *
• ENGL 252 - Literary Types *
• ENGL 253 - Non-Western Literature
• ENGL 255 - East Asian Literature in Translation
• ENGL 277 - Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Literary Studies
• ENGL 304 - Classical Mythology
• ENGL 306 - Sagas of the Icelanders
• ENGL 327 - Women Writers: The Female Tradition to 1900 *
• ENGL 328 - Women Writers: The Female Tradition since 1900 *
• ENGL 341 - Literature of the Continental Renaissance
• ENGL 355 - International Study Tour *
• ENGL 377 - Postcolonial Literature and Theory
• ENGL 382 - Modern and Contemporary Irish Literature
• ENGL 399 - Topics in Literature *

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  *with World focus and department approval via the “Substitute or Waive a Requirement in my Major” form.

Diverse Literature (3 credits)

Complete one course, selected from the following:

• ENGL 233 - Introduction to the African American Novel
• ENGL 235 - Topics in Native American Literature
• ENGL 251 - Literary Themes *
• ENGL 252 - Literary Types *
• ENGL 253 - Non-Western Literature
• ENGL 255 - East Asian Literature in Translation
• ENGL 262 - Film Study: Literature and Film *
• ENGL 315 - Ethnic American Literature
• ENGL 317 - African American Literature I
• ENGL 318 - African American Literature II
• ENGL 319 - Contemporary Native American Literature
• ENGL 326 - Native American Writing and Rhetoric
• ENGL 327 - Women Writers: The Female Tradition to 1900 *
• ENGL 328 - Women Writers: The Female Tradition since 1900 *
• ENGL 355 - International Study Tour *
• ENGL 357 - Recent American Drama
• ENGL 377 - Postcolonial Literature and Theory
• ENGL 388 - Topics in Film *
• ENGL 399 - Topics in Literature *

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  *with Diverse focus and department approval via the “Substitute or Waive a Requirement in my Major” form.

Research methods (3 credits)

Complete one course, selected from the following:

• ENGL 402 - Research Methods in Pre-1800 British Literature
• ENGL 403 - Research Methods in Post-1800 British Literature
• ENGL 404 - Research Methods in American Literature
• ENGL 405 - Research Methods in World Literatures
• ENGL 406 - Research Methods in Writing Studies
• ENGL 407 - Research Methods in Technical and Professional Writing

Capstone: Senior seminar (3 credits)

The seminar requirement satisfies the CWRM requirement. 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

Total minimum credits: 36-39