Required courses (12 credits)

• ENGL 226 - Writing about Writing

• This course should be completed first, before other courses in the concentration.

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

Pre-1800 British literature electives (3 credits)

 Complete one course from the following:

• 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

Post-1800 British literature electives (3 credits)

 Complete one course 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 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

American literature electives (3 credits)

 Complete one course 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 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

Electives (9 credits)

Complete nine additional credit hours from the following:

• ENGL 200 - Personal and Public Writing
• ENGL 201 - Technical Writing I
• ENGL 202 - Business Communication
• ENGL 204 - Responding to Writing (one credit course; may be repeated for a maximum of three credits)
• ENGL 227 - Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
• ENGL 228 - Fiction Writing Workshop
• ENGL 229 - Poetry Writing Workshop
• ENGL 230 - Creative Writing
• ENGL 280 - The Journalistic Essay
• ENGL 301 - Writing and the Teaching of Writing
• ENGL 302 - Technical Writing II
• ENGL 303 - Writing Our Heritages
• ENGL 325 - Cultural Rhetorics
• ENGL 326 - Native American Writing and Rhetoric
• ENGL 371 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
• ENGL 372 - Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop
• ENGL 389 - Topics in Writing
• ENGL 390 - Theories of Writing
• ENGL 392 - Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop
• ENGL 396 - Rhetoric and Style
• ENGL 485 - Honors Thesis (with adviser approval, up to six credits may be applied toward the concentration)
• ENGL 498 - Internship in English
• ENGL 499 - Directed Study in English (with adviser approval, up to six credits may be applied toward the concentration)

Senior Seminar (3 credits)

Complete one course from the following:

• ENGL 493 - Seminar: Writing Studies (if not used to meet capstone requirement)
• 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

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

Capstone (3 credits)

• ENGL 489 - Advanced Portfolio Workshop

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• ENGL 493 - Seminar: Writing Studies (if not used to satisfy senior seminar requirement)

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• Note: ENGL 489 or ENGL 493 should be taken after nine of the 15 credit hours in the concentration have been completed. Students may elect to take both courses and have both applied toward the concentration.

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.