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English Major Requirements
1. INTRODUCTION
A. The English major must complete 33 hours in English.
B. The English major must meet the foreign language requirements for the B.A. degree.
C. The English major has no required courses at the 100-level.
2. REQUIREMENTS AT THE 200-LEVEL: 12 Semester Hours
These survey courses are required for all English majors:
ENG 233 American Literature to 1865
ENG 235 American Literature 1865 to Present
ENG 237 British Literature to 1800
ENG 239 British Literature 1800 to Present
3. REQUIREMENTS AT THE 300-LEVEL: 3 Semester Hours
ENG 347 Shakespeare
4. FIVE DIFFERENT COURSES FROM AT LEAST FOUR OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS:
15 Semester Hours
GROUP 1 BRITISH PERIODS
These courses are close examinations of select literature handled from any number of perspectives:
ENG 341 Medieval English Literature
ENG 344 Renaissance English Literature
ENG 358 18TH Century British Literature
ENG 361 British Romantic Literature
ENG 363 British Victorian Literature
ENG 364 20th Century British Literature
GROUP 2 AMERICAN PERIODS
These courses are close examinations of select literature handled from any number of perspectives:
ENG 332 Early American Literature
ENG 334 19th Century American Literature
ENG 336 20th Century American Literature
GROUP 3 GENRES
The purpose of these courses is to introduce students to the formal study of literature as genre.
All courses in this category:
ENG 368 Science Fiction and Fantasy
ENG 372 Poetry As Genre
ENG 373 Fiction As Genre
ENG 374 Drama As Genre
- present, compare, and critique several significant theories of the genre in question
- closely examine significant texts in the genre
- emphasize the enabling and limiting aspects of approaching those texts as genre
GROUP 4 INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS
In-depth study of author(s), emphasizing scope and diversity of the works and illustrating author's development or change as seen in representative works.
ENG 378 Individual Authors
GROUP 5 CULTURAL LITERARY STUDIES
This group provides intensive study of the history, theory, and representations of particular racial, ethnic, and minority literatures. The courses in this category assume that students need to be aware of the literary communities and texts of diverse cultures.
Cultural Literary Studies
ENG 329 Studies In African American Literature
ENG 330 Studies In Native American Literature
ENG 331 Studies in Women Writers
ENG 381 Literatures of Asia
GROUP 6 TOPICS IN LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
For students interested in linguistics or teaching English, these courses will provide intensive study of a topic of English language study.
ENG 311 Introduction to Language
ENG 312 English Grammar
ENG 580 Methods of Teaching Composition
GROUP 7 CRITICISM AND THEORY
This group includes those courses whose primary focus consists of the diverse critical and theoretical frameworks underlying literary studies. These classes will include the more general introductory overview of literary criticism and theory, as well as more specialized courses in different contemporary approaches to literary texts.
ENG 370 Literary Criticism and Theory
GROUP 8 WRITING COURSES
These courses are intended to help students develop their writing skills beyond the University's requirement of 6 hours. In conjunction with a senior project that emphasizes writing, one or two of these courses would enable a student to acquire a significant writing emphasis within the English major.
ENG 207 Creative Writing I
ENG 300 Exposition
ENG 301 Argumentative Writing
ENG 303 Autobiography
ENG 304 Research In Individual Disciplines
ENG 305 Technical Writing
ENG 306 Business Writing
ENG 307 Creative Writing II
ENG 407 Creative Writing III
ENG 492 Practicum in English
ENG 503 Workshop for Writers
ENG 507 Workshop For Writers
(ENG 300, ENG 301, ENG 304, ENG 305, ENG 306 - only counted towards the major if taken in additon to the University's composition requirement).
5. SENIOR PROJECT: 3 Semester Hours
Every English major is required to complete a significant research writing project relating to interests/needs and including an audience, publishing, or organizational context. This requirement can be satisfied by ENG 480 or ENG 495. Majors wanting special project work in creative writing will take ENG 495 Independent Study.
ENG 480 Senior Project
ENG 495 Independent Study