English Language and Literature, BA

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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 can count a maximum of six credit hours in creative writing toward the 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.