English Language and Literature, BA

Print Degree Planner (opens a new window) |

Required Credit Hours: 36

(at least 27 of which must be in courses numbered 300 and above)

Major Computing Requirement:

ENGL 475 - Research Seminar in English (4)
* ENGL 494 - Junior Honors Seminar (4)

Major Writing Requirement:

A student who satisfies all requirements for the major in English will also satisfy the Major Writing Requirement

Core Requirements:

All majors are required to take the following:

ENGL 203 - British Literature I (3)
ENGL 204 - British Literature II (3)
ENGL 475 - Research Seminar in English (4) or
* ENGL 494 - Junior Honors Seminar (4)

One Course in American Literature, Chosen From:

One Course in a Single Author or Auteur, Chosen From:

ENGL 419 - Study of a Single Author or Auteur (3)
ENGL 420 - Chaucer (3)
ENGL 421 - Shakespeare History and Comedy (3)
ENGL 422 - Shakespeare Tragedy (3)
ENGL 426 - Milton (3)

Additional Information

English majors may include six credit hours from Literary and Cultural Studies LCST 201 , LCST 301 or LCST 302 in the first 36 credits of their major program, but must notify the Registrar’s Office that they wish these courses to count toward their English major.

Major courses are chosen in consultation with a departmental advisor on the basis of the student’s preparation, background, career expectations, and educational interests. The department encourages students to design a program of study that exposes them to a range of historical periods and critical approaches to literature. A sound major program should include, in addition to the requisite courses in English, a coherent pattern of complementary courses in other departments and allied fields chosen in consultation with the advisor.