English, B.A., Literature Track

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Major Field of Concentration

Upper Division Requirements:

The major concentration in English consists of a minimum of 22 semester hours of upper-division work. Required courses are:

One British Literature course-any of the following British literature courses will fulfill the requirement. Students choose one course from the following:
EN 3000 - Major Figures of British Literature (3)
EN 3220 - Chaucer and His World (3)
EN 3400 - British Literature: 17th and 18th Centuries (3)
EN 3500 - Studies in the English Novel (3)
EN 3520 - Jane Austen (3)
EN 3530 - The Romantic Period (3)
EN 3550 - Victorian Literature (3)
EN 3560 - Unruly Victorian Women (3)
EN 3870 - Irish Literature (3)
EN 4855 - Colonialism and Literature (3)
EN 4860 - The Empire Writes Back (3)
Other Upper Division courses also required:
EN 3150 - Writing the Essay: Advanced Composition (3) or
EN 3130 - Writing for the Environment: Advanced Composition (3)
One Shakespeare course
One American literature course
EN 4930 - Senior Thesis (1-3)

Literature Track:

Within the literature track of the English major, the student must complete at least three upper-division literature electives, such as period, genre, figure, theory, or interpretation courses. Because an important purpose of the electives is to broaden the student’s experience of literature, additional courses in Shakespeare will not count toward the three electives of the literature track. Students may, of course, take additional courses beyond their major requirements.

Also Required:

Also required are two semesters of college-level study of one language other than English. This requirement may be fulfilled by completing two semesters of college-level literature in one language other than English. In either case, the language courses must be taken for college-level credit. [Neither College Level Examination Program (CLEP) nor Advanced Placement (AP) exams fulfills this requirement.]

For the remainder of a student’s program, including 12 required semester hours of upper-division courses in related subjects, selection is based upon the student’s objectives and in consultation with the major advisor. A grade of C or better is required in each upper-division course of the major. (A grade of C- will not satisfy the requirement.)

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