Programs

English Major

This major prepares students for careers in business and government, and for professions ranging from law and medicine to publishing.

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• Total Credits Required for Degree

  120
• General Education

  30-40

• Required Courses in Major

  52
• Pre-1800 Literature Course*

  4
• English Core Courses

  24
• EN 247 Introduction to Literary Studies

  4
• EN 283 Survey of British Literature I [INTT] or

  4
•      EN 284 Survey of British Literature II (4 cr.) [INTT]
• EN 285 Survey of American Literature [HUME] or

  4
•      EN 286 Survey of American Literature II (4 cr.) [HUME]
• EN 366 Applied Literary Theory

  4
• EN 493 English Capstone Seminar

  4
• Choose one course from the following:

  4
•      EN 250 Introduction to Gender and Sexuality in Literature (4 cr.) [INTT]
•      EN 311 World Literature in English (4 cr.) [SOCR]
•      EN 311Z World Literature in English (4 cr.) [SOCR]
•      EN 314 Traditional Oral Literatures: Selected Native American Cultures (4 cr.) [SOCR]
•      EN 316 Native American Novels and Poetry (4 cr.) [SOCR]
•      EN 317 Native American Drama, Nonfiction and Short Stories (4 cr.) [SOCR]
•      EN 375 Diverse Traditions in American Literature (4 cr.) [SOCR]
•      EN 375Z Diverse Traditions in American Literature (4 cr.) [SOCR]
•      EN 378 Early African-American Literature (4 cr.) [SOCR]
•      EN 379 Modern African-American Literature (4 cr.) [SOCR]
•      EN 440 Topics in Gender in Literature (4 cr.)

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• Choose a Concentration: Literature or Writing
• Concentration: Literature

  24
• Upper-Level Literature Courses (300+)

  8
• Literature Elective

  4
• English Electives**

  8
• Choose one course from the following:

  4
•      EN 412 Chaucer (4 cr.)
•      EN 420 Shakespeare (4 cr.)
•      EN 422 Milton (4 cr.)
•      EN 430 Major Authors (4 cr.)
• Concentration: Writing

  24
• Upper-Level Writing Courses (300+)

  8
• Upper-Level Writing Course (400+)

  4
• Upper-Level Literature Courses (300+)

  8
• English Electives**

  4
• Language Requirement

  4
• Minimum completion of EN 414: History of the English Language or one semester of a language other than modern English.

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*Pre-1800 literature courses include: EN 220, EN 283, EN 310, EN 312, EN 320, EN322, EN 330, EN 370, EN 412, EN 420, EN 422, and EN 295/495/430 when topic is appropriate.

**EN 090, EN 103, EN 109, EN 111, and EN 211 may not be used as English electives.

A minor is not required for this major.