English (BA) With A Literature Specialization

The literature curriculum encourages a broad exposure to literature of various cultures, literary periods, genres and themes; the development of critical, analytic, and interpretive skills in reading texts; and strong competencies in research and written communication. Students are prepared for postgraduate studies and teaching, as well as for careers in fields that value the wide knowledge and the critical thinking, research, and writing skills acquired in a core liberal arts major.

Goals and Objectives

The literature curriculum has the following goals and objectives:

  • Demonstrating a set of critical practices in reading and writing;
  • Performing close reading of the content and style of a variety of texts from the Anglo-American canon to multicultural, postcolonial, and gendered expansions of the canon; and
  • Developing an awareness of the history of literatures and genres written in English in terms of specific aesthetic, political, and social contexts.

Degree Requirements (120 credits)

Literature Specialization (21 credits)

The literature specialization requires a minimum of 18 credit hours in literature and humanities courses, plus the capstone course. *No more than 6 credits in HUM

Period Courses in ENG

ENG-424AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1800-1865

3

ENG-425AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1865-1914

3

ENG-426AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1914-PRESENT

3

ENG-43219TH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE: THE ROMANTICS

3

ENG-43319TH CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE: THE VICTORIANS

3

ENG-46020TH CENTURY LITERATURE: 1900-1945

3

ENG-46120TH CENT LITERATURE: 1945-PRESENT

3

ENG-42318TH CENTURY ENG LIT

3

Genre Courses in ENG

ENG-300SPECIAL TOPICS

3

ENG-315THE NOVEL

3

ENG-336LATINO/LATINA LITERATURE

3

ENG-340WOMEN IN LITERATURE

3

ENG-348CARIBBEAN LITERATURE

3

ENG-352SURVEY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE

3

ENG-387INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM

3

ENG-419LITERATURE AND FILM

3

ENG-429ENGLISH STUDIES

3-12

ENG-449FILM THEORY AND CRITICISM

3

HUM Courses

HUM-396CULTURAL STUDIES SPECIAL TOPICS

3

HUM-397ETHNIC STUDIES SPECIAL TOPICS

3

HUM-398GENDER STUDIES SPECIAL TOPICS

3

HUM-399GENRE STUDIES SPECIAL TOPICS

3

Capstone Experience ENG

ENG-487SENIOR SEMINAR

3

Other ENG courses may be used as major electives with permission of the Chair.