English, BA Major in

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Students majoring in English select a concentration, either in Literatures in English, Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Creative Writing and Literature, or Publishing Studies. Students who choose the Literatures in English concentration take a wide variety of courses in literature, organized around issues, authors, genres, or historical periods. Students who choose the Creative Writing and Literature concentration divide their course work between literature courses and workshops in writing prose, poetry, drama, essays, screenplays, and children’s literature. Students who choose the Publishing Studies concentration divide their course work between literature courses and courses in which they study the history and practice of publishing and the skills and techniques that are essential in the publishing industry. Students who choose the Children’s and Young Adult Literature concentration complete course work in literature, creative writing, publishing studies, and psychology to develop the knowledge and skills needed to contribute to the field of children’s literature as writers, critics, and/or editors.

Program Requirements

124 semester hours of course work, including at least 94 semester hours in liberal arts courses.

The requirements of these four areas of concentration are listed below.

Literatures in English - Semester Hours: 39

1. Literary Analysis - Semester Hours: 6

ENGL 010 - (LT) Introduction to Literary Study Semester Hours: 3-4
or
ENGL 014F - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4
or
ENGL 014S - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4
and
ENGL 020 - Ways of Reading Literature Semester Hours: 3-4

2. Constructing Literature - Semester Hours: 9

ENGL 060 - (LT) Constructing British Literature Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 070 - (LT) Constructing American Literature Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 080 - (LT) (CC) Constructing Global Anglophone Literature Semester Hours: 3

3. Junior/Senior Seminar - Semester Hours: 3

Majors must take ENGL 194 in their junior or senior year.

ENGL 194 A-Z - Special Topics: Junior/Senior Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4

4. Pre-1800 Electives - Semester Hours: 6

Chosen from the following:

ENGL 105 - The Middle Ages in England Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 107 - (LT) Canterbury Tales Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 110 - The Age of Spenser Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 112 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 115 - (LT) Shakespeare: The Earlier Plays and Sonnets Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 116 - Shakespeare: The Later Plays Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 117 - Seminar: Renaissance and 17th-Century Literature Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 118 - 17th Century English Literature Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 119 - Milton: Literature, Liberty, Revolution Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 120 - (LT) British Drama from 1660 to 1789 Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 127 - Shakespeare’s Comedy Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 129 - (LT) The 18th Century Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 130 - Seminar: 18th-Century Literature Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 131 - The 18th-Century British Novel Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 137 - Colonial and Early American Literature From the Puritans Through Irving Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 169 - (LT) Renaissance Pick-Up Artists Semester Hours: 3

5. Pre-1900 Electives - Semester Hours: 3

Chosen from the following:

ENGL 105 - The Middle Ages in England Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 107 - (LT) Canterbury Tales Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 110 - The Age of Spenser Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 112 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 115 - (LT) Shakespeare: The Earlier Plays and Sonnets Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 116 - Shakespeare: The Later Plays Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 117 - Seminar: Renaissance and 17th-Century Literature Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 118 - 17th Century English Literature Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 119 - Milton: Literature, Liberty, Revolution Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 120 - (LT) British Drama from 1660 to 1789 Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 121 - (LT) The Novel Before 1900 Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 127 - Shakespeare’s Comedy Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 129 - (LT) The 18th Century Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 130 - Seminar: 18th-Century Literature Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 131 - The 18th-Century British Novel Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 132 - The 19th-Century British Novel Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 137 - Colonial and Early American Literature From the Puritans Through Irving Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 142 - The American Renaissance, 1820-1860 Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 149 - The 19th-Century American Novel Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 153 - (LT) The Romantic Age Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 154 - Seminar in the Romantic Age Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 157 - (LT) Victorian Literature Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 158 - Seminar in Victorian Literature Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 169 - (LT) Renaissance Pick-Up Artists Semester Hours: 3

6. Major Electives - Semester Hours: 12

For the 12 s.h. of required major electives, students may select from 100-level ENGL or PUBL courses.

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