Major Requirements

English Major Requirements

Thirty-nine (39) hours in English, including:

> ENGL---011 Literary Perspectives OR ENGL---090 Great Books Seminar
> ENGL---200 Survey of English Literature I
> ENGL---205 Survey of English Literature II
> ENGL---206 Survey of American Literature I
> ENGL---207 Survey of American Literature II

ONE period course in British or Irish Literature from:

> ENGL---240 Shakespeare
> ENGL---300 Chaucer
> ENGL---305 Elizabethan Literature
> ENGL---310 Early Modern Literature
> ENGL---315 Literature of the Enlightenment
> ENGL---320 Romantic Literature
> ENGL---325 Victorian Literature
> ENGL---330 Modern British Writers
> ENGL---332 Modern British Poets
> ENGL---335 Irish Literary Revival
> ENGL---340 Contemporary Irish Literature

ONE upper-level course in American Literature from:

> ENGL---345 Early American Literature (1500-1820)
> ENGL---350 American Renaissance Literature (1820-1865)
> ENGL---355 Realistic Movements in American Literature
> ENGL---360 American Literature of the Jazz Age
> ENGL---365 Atomic Literature
> ENGL---368 Literature of the War in Vietnam
> ENGL---370 African American Literature
> ENGL---372 Native American Literature
> ENGL---374 Asian American Literature
> ENGL---376 Latino/a Literature

ONE special topics course from:

> ENGL---210 Women in Literature
> ENGL---215 Sexuality in Literature
> ENGL---220 Literature and the Environment
> ENGL---225 Comedy
> ENGL---235 Science Fiction
> ENGL---236 Adolescent Literature
> ENGL---285 Topics in English

English majors must also fulfill a six hour requirement in a modern or classical language. Transfer students majoring in English may apply to the Department Head to have core requirement waived. No WRIT courses count toward the major but WRIT courses are auxiliary courses for the English/Education certificate.