English major, English Literature

This section specifies the major discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins in this section.

Lower-level requirements: 18 credits

• Six credits from ENGL 105, 120, 130, 150, 170
• 12 credits from ENGL 201-280

Upper-level requirements: 32 credits

• Eight credits from ENGL 301, 304-318
• Eight credits from ENGL 323-361
• 16 credits from ENGL 301-490

* A senior Literature in Translation course may be substituted for one course in this series.

Students completing the upper-level credits in this program will have both depth and breadth in their study of English literature. For students considering graduate work in English, we recommend at least one senior course from as many of the following categories as possible: Chaucer or Medieval Studies; Tudor Poetry and Prose, Shakespeare, or Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama; Seventeenth or Eighteenth Century; Romantics, Victorian Novel, or Victorian Poetry; Modern British Literature or Modernism; Canadian Literature; American Literature; Literary Theory, History of Criticism, or Advanced Composition.
 

English major, North American concentration

This section specifies the major discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins in this section.

Lower-level requirements: 18 credits

• Six credits from ENGL 105, 120, 130, 150, 170
• 12 credits from second-year English courses:
    ENGL 240
    Nine credits from ENGL 201-280

Upper-level requirements: 32 credits

• Eight credits from ENGL 301, 304–318
• Eight credits from ENGL 354, 356, 358, 360, 361, 362, 372
• Eight credits from ENGL 344, 348, 349, 350, 352
• Eight credits from ENGL 301-490

Note: Students should consult the English department for a list of recommended courses in other Arts disciplines to augment the breadth of the North American Literature Concentration.
 

English major, Drama concentration

This section specifies the major discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins in this section.

Lower-level requirements: 18 credits

• Six credits from ENGL 105, 120, 130, 150, 170, THEA 101
• Nine credits from ENGL 201-280
• Three credits from ENGL 230, THEA 201, THEA 202

Upper-level requirements: 32 credits

• Eight credits from ENGL 301, 304-318
• 12 credits from ENGL 310, 312, 361, 368, THEA 352, 359, 370, 453
• 12 credits from ENGL 301-490
 

English major, Writing and Rhetoric concentration

This section specifies the major discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins in this section.

Lower-level requirements: 18 credits

• Six credits from ENGL 105, 120, 130, 150, 170
• Six credits from ENGL 201-280
• Six credits from ENGL 209, 210, 214

Upper-level requirements: 32 credits

• Eight credits from ENGL 301, 304-318
• 16 credits from ENGL 370, 371, 372, 374, 375, 376, 379
• Eight credits from ENGL 301-490

Course listings

For complete details on courses see the course descriptions section.

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