English Major Requirements
Minimum of 14 courses, distributed as follows:
* PLEASE NOTE: The English major, Creative Writing major, and English with an Emphasis in Writing major have changed, beginning in AY ’20 – ’21. Faculty advisors will work with Class of 2021, 2022, 2023 graduates to determine equivalencies with the former English, Creative Writing, and English with an Emphasis in Writing majors.
One gateway course
| ENGL 190 | Intro to Textual Analysis & Criticism | 3 |
*English majors must take this course within one semester of declaring their major.
Seven courses at 300/400-level including one Approaches course distributed as follows:
*** With the exception of
ENGL 489 (Senior Project Methods), only courses bearing 3 or more semester hours of credit satisfy major requirements.
Four foundational courses in literary antecedents
| ENGL 230 | British Literature: Beginnings through Milton | 3 |
| ENGL 231 | British Literature: Enlightenment to Contemporary | 3 |
| ENGL 270 | American Literature: Beginnings through Civil War | 3 |
| ENGL 390 | Using Contemporary Theory | 3 |
Three 300-level courses in Literature (A,C, and G)
Cultural emphasis, Author emphasis, Genre emphasis
Any one 300/400-level course can fulfill only one of the open 300/400-level course requirements (i.e., an “Author emphasis” course cannot also fulfill a “Genre emphasis” course requirement; a “Culture emphasis” course cannot also fulfill an “Author emphasis” course requirement).
*Degree audits must show that ENGL majors completed three 300/400-level each taught by a unique ENGL faculty member.
One Praxis/Practicum Course
*Class of 2021-2023 Majors may, in consultation with their faculty advisor, substitute a course—including a non-ENGL-department course—that is demonstrably a “praxis/practicum” course, i.e., and applied-knowledge course.
The following three required courses
Two elective literature courses at the 200/300 level
****Student teachers and students with an emphasis in Writing may substitute ENGL 310 Creative Writing: Non-Fiction for one literature elective
*ENGL 213 or ENGL 310 only may substitute for one of these two elective courses
English Degree Pathway
First Year
Fall
Spring
Second Year
Fall
| Electives | |
| Advanced Literature Courses | |
Spring
| Electives | |
| Advanced Literature Courses | |
Third Year
Fall
Spring
| Practicum Course | |
| Electives | |
Fourth Year
Fall
| ENGL 489 | Senior Project Methods | 1 |
| Electives | |
Winter
Spring