English (BA [International Honours] in English)
The Joint Degree Program in English
The Joint Degree Program in English Language and Literature allows students to gain from both the St Andrews in-depth and progressive approach to the study of English and the more broad-based and interdisciplinary William & Mary approach. The joint degree program in English provides distinctive opportunities for the development of writing skills, increased sensitivity to language, awareness of the aesthetic and intellectual enjoyments of literature, and an understanding of the cultural values reflected in literature. Students will be exposed to a range of historical periods and critical approaches to literature. They can also take creative writing classes. The program serves students who are seeking to teach; students who are preparing for graduate study in English; students who desire a rich intellectual and aesthetic experience in advance of professional study in fields such as law, medicine and business; and students who choose English simply because they enjoy the disciplined study of literature and language. All English majors in the joint program have the opportunity to work on an independent research project as part of their degree, either by writing a dissertation at St Andrews or by taking a senior research seminar at William & Mary. A student who chooses to spend Year 4 at William & Mary may qualify to work on a senior honors project either in literature or creative writing.
Requirements for the Joint Degree Program in English
Note: ENGL is the prefix for English and CRWR is the prefix for Creative Writing courses at W&M; EN is the prefix for English courses at St Andrews
Required Credit Hours
- 61 credits toward the major, at least 21 of which are completed at William & Mary.
- Credit Requirements During Honours Years (Years 3 and 4)
- Students must earn at least 60 (W&M)/240 (StA) credits in Years 3 and 4 combined.
- Of the 60/240, students must earn 30 (W&M)/120 (StA) credits at each university.
- With the approval of the Programme Directors and major advisors at both institutions, students may apply up to six (6) 300- or 400-level credits taken at W&M during the summers before Years 3 and 4 toward the total required Honours credits.
- Of the 60/240, students must earn at least 52.5 (W&M)/210 (StA) credits at the 300(0)-400(0) level in Years 3 and 4 combined. Normally, no more than 7.5/30 credits below the 300(0) level may be earned. No courses below the 300(0) level will be used for St Andrews classification.
- Of the 60/240 total credits, at least 45 (W&M)/180 (StA) credits must be in the major at the 300(0)-400(0) level.
- Of the 45/180 major credits, at least 22.5 (W&M)/90 (StA) must be at the 4000 level at St Andrews or at the equivalent level at W&M. Some 300 level courses at W&M will count towards this requirement. See the major advisor for a list.
- Of the 60/240 total credits, at least 45 (W&M)/180 (StA) credits must be in the major at the 300(0)-400(0) level.
Major Writing Requirement
Fulfilled by the Capstone Experience requirement of the major.
Major Computing Requirement
Fulfilled by the Capstone Experience requirement of the major.
Capstone Experience:
All JDP students complete a major research project as a capstone experience during year 4, which involves extensive, independent, faculty-mentored research.
At W&M
Students may either complete an Honors Thesis or complete a Research Seminar in English (COLL 400). Students choose one of the following:
ENGL 475 Seminar in English
OR
ENGL 495 Honors and
ENGL 496 Honors
At St Andrews
EN 4399 Dissertation in English Credits (7.5)
Core Requirements
All majors in the joint program are required to take the following:
| First Year | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following: | 6 | |
| Interpreting Literature and British Literature II (at W&M) |
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EN1003 Culture and Conflict: An Introduction to 19th and 20th Century Literature |
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| Hours | 6 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Select one of the following: | 6 | |
| Interpreting Literature and British Literature I (at W&M ) |
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EN2004 Explorers and Revolutionaries 1680-1830 AND |
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EN2003 Medieval and Renaissance Texts (at St Andrews) |
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| Hours | 6 | |
| Total Hours | 12 | |
Note
A single course can be used to satisfy no more than two of the following requirements.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| American Literature | ||
| Select one Course or Module in American Literature: | 3 | |
| American Literature: Themes and Issues | ||
| Early American Literatures | ||
| Literatures of American Nationalism and the Crisis of Slavery | ||
| Literatures of Emancipation, Reconstruction, and Incorporation | ||
| American Modernism to the 1960s | ||
| Early Black American Literature | ||
| Modern African-American Literature | ||
| Topics in American Literature | ||
| Topics in American Literature Before 1920 | ||
| Afr-Amer Women Writers | ||
EN3210 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4370 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4409 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4418 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4419 (St Andrews) | ||
| Upper-Level/Honours | ||
| Select one course in two of the three period groupds below? | 3 | |
| Medieval: | ||
| Beowulf | ||
| Arthurian Literature | ||
| Topics in Old English Literature | ||
| Medieval Literature | ||
| Topics in British Literature Before 1700 | ||
EN3111 (St Andrews) | ||
EN3112 (St Andrews) | ||
EN3113 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4311 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4312 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4314 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4315 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4316 (St Andrews) | ||
ME3502 (St Andrews) | ||
| Renaissance: | ||
| Early Modern British Literature | ||
| Renaissance and Restoration | ||
| English Renaissance Drama | ||
| Topics in British Literature Before 1700 (depending on the topic) | ||
EN3141 (St Andrews) | ||
EN3142 (St Andrews) | ||
EN3143 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4341 (St Andrews) | ||
| EN4342 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4343 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4344 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4345 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4346 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4347 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4348 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4350 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4351 (St Andrews) | ||
| 18th-19th Century: | ||
| Enlightenment & Sensibility | ||
| The Rise of the Novel | ||
| Romanticism and Revolution | ||
| English Novel, 1832-1900 | ||
| Topics in British Literature Between 1700 and 1900 | ||
EN3161 (St Andrews) | ||
EN3162 (St Andrews) | ||
EN3163 (St Andrews) | ||
EN3164 (St Andrews) | ||
EN3165 (St Andrews) | ||
EN3166 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4361 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4362 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4363 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4364 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4365 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4367 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4368 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4369 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4370 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4372 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4374 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4423 (St Andrews) | ||
| Select one Course on Constructions of Race: 1 | 3 | |
| Early Black American Literature | ||
| Modern African-American Literature | ||
| Afr-Amer Women Writers | ||
| ENGL 417 | Topics in Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality | 3 |
| Topics in Post-Coloniality | ||
EN3213 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4372 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4374 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4424 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4433 (St Andrews) | ||
EN4435 (St Andrews) | ||
| Dissertation Module | ||
| ENGL 475 | Seminar in English | 4 |
| or ENGL 495 | Honors | |
| ENGL 496 | Honors | 3 |
or EN4399 | ||
| Total Hours | 19 | |
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Courses in literature and expressive culture by people of color and those that take race as a central conceptual category for critical examination can be counted toward this requirement. This requirement may be satisfied in combination with one of the courses that satisfy the American literature or period groups requirements above.
Courses typically satisfying this requirement are listed below, but other courses may satisfy on a one-time basis when content is appropriate.
Course Specific Requirements
Joint Programme students are required to complete the university’s foreign language, writing, quantitative, and major computing proficiencies and a first-year seminar (COLL 150). All William & Mary home students in their first year, and host students from StA at W&M in their second year, will take a COLL 150 and a 1-credit course in the Fall that will prepare them for the academic culture at W&M. W&M first year home students will also take, in the Spring semester of their first year, a 1-credit course that will prepare them for their first year abroad.
Knowledge objectives:
Every student must take a total of nine credits explicitly labelled COLL 200, with at least one course in each of the three knowledge domains of not less than three credits. In addition, students must take one additional course, of not less than three credits, in each of the three knowledge domains of ALV, CSI, and NQR, for a minimum total of 9 credits.
Knowledge Objectives and Proficiency Requirement Guidelines
College Board Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate examinations, and college-level coursework completed post-high school graduation may be used to satisfy Knowledge Domain objectives (not COLL 200), Foreign Language Proficiency, and Mathematics Proficiency. Note that the credit does not count towards the degree, even if it is used to fulfill these requirements.
The COLL 150 and COLL 200 requirements must be met at W&M.
All other requirements may be met with either W&M or StA coursework.