School of Writing, Literature, and Film

THE ENGLISH MAJOR

Required Coursework

Lower Division – 21 Credits of 200-level courses

From one of the following sequences, 8 credits:
Survey of British Literature (ENG 204, ENG 205, ENG 206)
Survey of American Literature (ENG 253, ENG 254)    

From one of the following, 12 additional credits (at least 4 credits pre-1800*):
Survey of British Literature (ENG 204*, ENG 205, ENG 206)
Survey of American Literature (ENG 253, ENG 254)
Literature of Western Civilization (ENG 207*, ENG 208)
Literatures of the World (ENG 210, ENG 211, ENG 212, ENG 213)                                 
Shakespeare (ENG 201*, ENG 202*)                                                                                   

Library Skills for Literary Studies (ENG 200, 1 credit)                                                      

Upper Division – 32 Credits of 300/400-level courses

Introduction to Literary Criticism and Theory (ENG 345)   4 credits
Pre-1800 Literature (minimum 2 courses)  8 credits
Post-1800 Literature (minimum 2 courses) 8 credits
Electives (from upper division ENG or WR, 3 courses) 12 credits

TOTAL  53 credits

Writing Intensive Course (WIC): At least one of your upper-division courses must be a WIC.

Also Note:
Courses taken to satisfy major requirements may not be taken for an S/U grade.

Undergraduate English majors must attain proficiency in a foreign language, as certified by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, equivalent to that assumed at the end of the second-year language course.

Classification of Upper-Division Courses for English Majors:

Pre-1800
ENG 411                                 Studies in British Theater and Society
ENG 417                                 The English Novel
ENG 425                                 Studies in Medieval Literature
ENG 426                                 Studies in Chaucer
ENG 429                                 Studies in Early Modern Literature
ENG 430                                 Studies in Seventeenth-Century Literature
ENG 433                                 Studies in the Long Eighteenth Century
ENG 435                                 Studies in Shakespeare
ENG 490                                 History of the English Language

Post-1800
ENG 317, 318, 319                 The American Novel
ENG 320                                 American Drama
ENG 355                                 Continental European Literature: Nineteenth Century
ENG 356                                 Continental European Literature: Twentieth/Twenty-First Century
ENG 360                                 Native American Literature
ENG 362, 362H                       American Women Writers
ENG 374                                 The Modern Short Story
ENG 418, 419                         The English Novel
ENG 434                                 Studies in Romanticism
ENG 436                                 Studies in Victorian Literature
ENG 438                                 Studies in Modernism
ENG 440                                 Studies in Modern Irish Literature
ENG 450                                 Studies in Short Fiction
ENG 452                                 Studies in Film (WIC)
ENG 457, 458                         Comparative Literature: Colonialism/Postcolonialism
ENG 482                                 Studies in American Literature, Culture, and the Environment
ENG 485                                 Studies in American Literature (WIC)
ENG 495                                 Language, Technology, and Culture

Course Classified by Term According to Date of Materials Studies:

ENG 311, 312, 313                  Studies in British Prose/Drama/Poetry (WIC)
ENG 399                                 Selected Topics
ENG 401, 402, 403, 404
405, 406, 407                         Research, Independent Study, Thesis, etc.
ENG 416                                 Power and Representation
ENG 445                                 Studies in Non-Fiction (WIC)
ENG 454                                 Major Authors
ENG 460                                 Studies in Drama
ENG 465                                 Studies in the Novel
ENG 470                                 Studies in Poetry (WIC)
ENG 475                                 Studies in Criticism
ENG 480                                 Studies in Literature, Culture, and Society
ENG 486                                 Studies in British Literature
ENG 497                                 International Women's Voices
ENG 498                                 Women and Literature