The English Major
36 hours beyond the freshman requirement to complete English
Major
48 hours beyond the freshman requirement to complete English
Major with a Writing Concentration
Core Requirements
12 Required Hours
- 3 hours - EN185: Intro. to the Discipline of English
- 9 hours - Inquiries in American Lit. & History I&II and
Inquiries in British Lit. & History I & II (three of four:
EN245, EN246, EN265, EN266) Note: These courses should be completed
before enrolling at the 300 level
Writing Concentration: Additional requirements
- 3 hours - EN218: Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry
- 3 hours - EN219: Introduction to Creative Writing: Prose -
fiction & non-fiction
Junior/Senior Requirements
24 Required Hours
Junior/Senior Years
- 3 hours - EN321 or 322: World Literature 1 or 2
- 3 hours - One 300/400-level course in Language, Rhetoric or
Literary Criticism
- 3 hours - 300-level course in Literary and Cultural
History†
- 6 hours - Two additional 300-level literature courses
- 3 hours - EN390: Research Seminar
Senior Year
- 3 hours - 400-level Seminar
- 3 hours - EN450 - Senior Essay
Writing Concentration: Additional requirements
Junior/Senior Years
- 6 hours - Two EN310-level writing courses
Senior Year
- 3 hours - EN410: Creative Writing Seminar (This is the required
senior seminar for creative writing students-they need not take
another senior seminar in literature-EN450 is required)
- Creative Writing Portfolio
Upper-division English courses are to be selected from
among the following:
EN301: Topics in Advanced Composition
EN368/468: Twentieth-Century British Literature (2B)
EN310: Intermediate Creative Writing Workshop
EN381/481: Studies in Major Authors
EN319: History of the English Language
EN382/482: Studies in Poetry
EN341/441: Lit. of the American Renaissance (A1)
EN383/483: Studies in Fiction
EN342/442: Modern American Literature (A2)
EN384/484: Studies in Drama
EN361/461: Medieval Literature (B1)
EN385/485: Studies in Literary Criticism
EN362/462: Renaissance Literature (B1)
EN386/486: Studies in Rhetoric
EN363/463: Shakespeare
EN390: Research Seminar
EN364/464: Seventeenth-Century British Literature (B1)
EN393/493: Special Topics
EN365/465: Eighteenth-Century British Literature (B1)
EN395, 396: Internship
EN366/466: Romanticism (B2)
EN410: Senior Creative Writing Seminar
EN367/467: Victorian Literature (B2)
EN450: Senior Essay
EN495-496: Independent Study
† Literary and Cultural History Requirement
Students are required to take three of the four courses in the
Literary and Cultural History sequence (EN245, EN246, EN265 and
EN266). Students will take an upper-level course in the fourth area
that they do not cover at the 200-level.
For the designation of courses meeting the Literary and Cultural
History Requirement, see the schedule of classes each semester, or
consult with the Head of English.