Required Courses

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

Complete one course in pre-1800 British literature from the following (3 credits)

• ENGL 314 - Medieval English Literature
• ENGL 320 - Chaucer
• ENGL 321 - The Age of Pope: 1660-1740
• ENGL 322 - The Age of Johnson: 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

Complete one course in post-1800 British literature from the following (3 credits)

• 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 367 - English Literature of the Late Victorian and Edwardian Periods
• ENGL 377 - Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
• ENGL 381 - Irish Literature I
• ENGL 382 - Irish Literature II
• ENGL 386 - English Romantic Poets
• ENGL 393 - Modern British Poetry

Complete one course in American literature from the following (3 credits)

• 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 346 - Southern Literature
• ENGL 356 - Modern American Drama
• ENGL 357 - Recent American Drama
• ENGL 394 - Modern American Poetry
• ENGL 395 - Studies in Recent American Poetry

Complete one Senior Seminar from the following (3 credits)

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

• 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

Electives (15 credits)

Complete five additional 200-level or above elective courses in English (ENGL).  At least two courses must be at the 300 level or above.

Note(s)

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

Core Curriculum Requirements

A minimum of 120 earned credit hours is required for graduation. These earned hours include the Core Curriculum Requirements as specified in the “Undergraduate Academic Programs ” section of this catalog and at the Core Curriculum website, www.bridgew.edu/corecurriculum. For additional graduation requirements, see the “Undergraduate Academic Policies ” section of this catalog.