Along with specific requirements for any major, all students in the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs must meet all general education and graduation requirements under a single catalog.
The English major with Literature Concentration (40 hours) enables students to build on the common core of foundational courses:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| ENGL 155 | Reading Writers: Introduction to Literary Studies | 4 |
| or ENGL 156 | Reading Writers: Introduction to Literary Studies (Shakespeare) | |
or any 100-level ENGL course | ||
| ENGL 215 | Classical and Early British Literature | 4 |
| Pre-1800 British Literature | ||
| Select 4 credits of the following: | 4 | |
| Medieval Literature | ||
| The English Renaissance | ||
| Seventeenth-Century English Literature | ||
| Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature | ||
| Post-1800 British/Global Literature | ||
| Select 4 credits of the following: | 4 | |
| Transatlantic Crossroads in Modern Literature | ||
| The Romantic Period | ||
| Victorian Literature | ||
| British Modernism: 1900-1939 | ||
| British Literature after 1939 | ||
| American Literature | 6 | |
| At least one period survey course: | ||
| American Literature: Beginnings through Romanticism | ||
| American Literature: Realism to Modernism | ||
| American Literature after 1945 | ||
| One American Literature in Focus from a different time period: | ||
| American Literature in Focus: Beginnings Through Romanticism | ||
| American Literature in Focus: Realism to Modernism | ||
| American Novel-in-Stories | ||
| American Literature in Focus: Beginnings through Romanticism | ||
| American Literature in Focus: Realism to Modernism | ||
| American Literature in Focus: After 1945 | ||
| British/World Figure | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Shakespeare | ||
| Selected Authors | ||
| Selected Authors | ||
| C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| Jane Austen in Her Time and Ours | ||
| Studies in Wade Center/Special Collections Authors | ||
| Studies in Wade Center/Special Collections Authors | ||
| Electives | ||
| Select 10 credits 1 | 10 | |
| Integrative Senior Seminar | ||
| ENGL 494 | Senior Seminar in English | 4 |
| Total Credits | 40 | |
| 1 | Students are invited to explore various interests from among a wide range of elective offerings in world literature, theory, genre, figure courses, writing, and special topics from a list of courses numbered 200 or above (available in the English Department). Students my choose up to 6 credits in writing courses (ENGW 213, ENGW 214, or sections of ENGW 444) as electives toward the Literature Concentration. |
Note: ENGL 326 Children's Literature and ENGL 328 Young Adult Literature do not count toward the major.