B.A. in English
Through the study of English, students learn to evaluate sensibilities both past and present, acquiring a profound knowledge of their own humanity and of the human condition in general. The study of English helps develop fluency of expression, skill in logical analysis, and facility in planning, organizing, and revising.
Undergraduate and graduate programs in English with a concentration in literature offers you an opportunity to explore the world around you and enduring issues of identity, morality, spirituality, and material success through the great minds of Western civilization.
The writing concentration explores various forms of creative expression through course work in literature, creative writing and non-fiction writing. Students pursuing this concentration have the opportunity to take courses in “Academic Writing” (expository, argumentative, creative writing), “Performance Writing” (screenplays, teleplays), “Writing for the Marketplace” (business, public relations), and “Rhetorical Theory” (ancient and modern).
With deep study of great literature, development of effective writing and communication skills, and courses in logic and political science, English is an excellent, traditional pre-law major, and with appropriate introductory sequences in the sciences, English is also an excellent pre-medical or pre-dental major. With a minor in Business or Computer Science, a student who majors in English will prepare especially well for many executive positions in business and government.
Program Curriculum
| Required English Foundation Course | ||
| ENG 10 | Introduction to Literature | 3 |
| ENG 85 | Disciplinary Literature in English | 3 |
| Required English Literature Courses (15 credits) | ||
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ENG 11 |
British Literature: Survey Medieval, Renaissance, Neo-Classical |
3 |
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ENG 12 |
British Literature: Survey Romantic, Victorian, Modern |
3 |
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One of the following: |
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ENG 100 |
Seminar in English |
3 |
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ENG 389 |
Honors Thesis | 3 |
| ENG 390 |
Honors Thesis |
3 |
| Major Figure (one of the following) | ||
| ENG 20 | Chaucer |
3 |
| ENG 21 |
Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, Non-Dramatic Poetry |
3 |
| ENG 22 |
Shakespeare: Tragedies, Romance |
3 |
| ENG 25 | Major Figure | 3 |
| Historical Period (one of the following) | ||
| ENG 7 | Western Literature: Classical, Medieval, Renaissance | 3 |
| ENG 8 | Western Literature: Enlightenment to Modern | 3 |
| ENG 13 | The Short Story | 3 |
| ENG 16 | The Modern Novel | 3 |
| ENG 21 | Shakespeare: Comedies, History, Non-Dramatic Poetry | 3 |
| ENG 22 | Shakespeare: Tragedies and Romance | 3 |
| ENG 58 | The Victorian Period | 3 |
| ENG 68 | Mythology | 3 |
| ENG 102 | Literatures of Africa | 3 |
| ENG 109 | American Slave Narratives | 3 |
| ENG 141 | The Literature of the Working Class | 3 |
| ENG 168 | The Jazz Age: 1920s American Literature and Culture | 3 |
| ENG 251 | American Writers since the Civil War | 3 |
| Genre (one of the following) |
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| ENG 13 | The Short Story | 3 |
| ENG 16 | The Modern Novel | 3 |
| ENG 21 | Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, Non-Dramatic Poetry | 3 |
| ENG 22 | Shakespeare: Tragedies, Romances | 3 |
| ENG 35 | Childhood and Literature | 3 |
| ENG 36 | Adolescent Literature | 3 |
| ENG 63 | The Literature of Memory | 3 |
| ENG 64 | Crime, Guilt, and Atonement | 3 |
| ENG 68 | Mythology | 3 |
| ENG 69 | From Fiction Into Film | 3 |
| ENG 102 | African Postcolonial Literature | 3 |
| ENG 108 | African-American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 109 | American Slave Narratives | 3 |
| ENG 138 | Gender, Sexuality, and Literature | 3 |
| ENG 141 | Literature of the Working Class | 3 |
| ENG 142 | Leadership and Literature | 3 |
| ENG 144 | Empathy and the Human Imagination | 3 |
| ENG 152 | Conformity and Rebellion in Literature | 3 |
| ENG 158 | Freak Shows and the Modern American Imagination | 3 |
| ENG 165 | Creativity and Nature | 3 |
| ENG 166 | Rebels, Riots, and Resistance in America | 3 |
| Required Upper-Level English Literature Courses (6 credits) | ||
| Two (2) courses (6 credits) from any 100-200 level ENG courses or ENG 389 OR 390 | ||
| Elective English Courses (6 credits) | ||
| Two (2) courses (6 credits) from any ENG courses numbered six (6) or above |
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| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
| Required Creative Writing Courses (6 credits) | ||
| ENG 183 | Creative Non-Fiction | 3 |
| One of the following | ||
| ENG 182 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENG 282 | Fiction Writing | 3 |
| ENG 283 | Poetry Writing | 3 |
| ENG 284 | Drama Writing | 3 |
| Required Advanced Writing Courses (12 credits) | ||
| ENG 181 | The Art of Expository Writing | 3 |
| ENG 184 | Writing and Healing | 3 |
| ENG 185 | Theories of Writing and Composing | 3 |
| ENG 186 | Writing in Digital Age: Multimodal Composing in Theory and Practice | 3 |
| ENG 187 | Editing and Professional Writing | 3 |
| ENG 188 | Writing in the Workplace: Rhetoric of Professional Communication | 3 |
| ENG 189 | Experimental Fiction Writing | 3 |
| ENG 192 | Technical Writing | 3 |
| ENG 193 | Writing Young Adult Fiction | 3 |
| ENG 389 | Honors Thesis | 3 |
| ENG 390 | Honors Thesis | 3 |
| Required Rhetoric/The English Language Courses (6 credits) | ||
| Two (2) courses (6 credits) from the following |
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| ENG 201 | The English Language | 3 |
| ENG 3 | Grammar and the Structure of English | 3 |
| ENG 202 | Varieties of English | 3 |
| ENG 203 | The Logic of Conversation | 3 |
| ENG 204 | Theories of Persuasion: Ancient and Modern | 3 |
| ENG 389 | Honors Thesis | 3 |
| ENG 390 | Honors Thesis | 3 |
| Required English Literature Courses (6 credits) | ||
| Two (2) courses (6 credits) from the following |
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| ENG 8 | Western Literature: Enlightenment to Modern | 3 |
| ENG 12 | Survey of English Literature: Romantic Period to Twentieth Century | 3 |
| ENG 22 | Shakespeare: Tragedies, Romances | 3 |
| ENG 251 | American Writers since the Civil War | 3 |
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
| POST 101 | Post Foundations | 1 |
| FY | First-Year Seminar | 3 |
| ENG 1* | Writing 1 | 3 |
| ENG 2* | Writing 2 | 3 |
| MTH | Quantitative Reasoning: fulfilled with any MTH course (MTH 7 required for major) |
3-4 |
| Choose one course from each of the five below course clusters and one additional course from one of the clusters. | ||
| Scientific Inquiry & the Natural World |
4 | |
| Creativity Media & the Arts | 3 | |
| Perspectives on World Culture | 3 | |
| Self, Society & Ethics | 3 | |
| Power, Institutions & Structures | 3 | |
| One additional course from one of the five above clusters. | 3-4 | |
* In addition to ENG 1 and 2, students take at least 3 more writing intensive (WAC) courses as part of their major, core, or elective courses.
ENG 303 and 304 can satisfy the ENG 1 and 2 requirement for students in the Honors College.
| Credit Requirements | |
| Total Major Requirement Credits | 15 |
| Elective Major Credits | 45 |
| Total Core Requirement Credits | 32 |
| Elective Liberal Arts & Sciences Credits | 28 |
| Total Degree Credits | 120 |
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