Required courses (9 credits)

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

Elective in pre-1800 British literature (3 credits)

Complete one course, selected 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

Elective in post-1800 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 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

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 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

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

Electives (15 credits)

Complete five additional English (ENGL) courses at the 200-level or above; at least three courses must be at the 300-level or above.

Note

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