Area
5 Nineteenth-Century English
4510, Early
Romantic Poetry and Prose
4520, Later
Romantic Poetry and Prose
4540, The
Nineteenth-Century English Novel
4560, Prose and
Poetry of the Victorian Period
4580, Literature
of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
4934, Austen and
the Brontės
4935, Women
Heroes and Romantic Tales
Area
6 Nineteenth-Century American
4610, Selected
Major American Writers I
4620, Selected
Major American Writers II
4630, African
American Literature Prior to 1900
4640, American
Fiction to World War I
Area
7 Twentieth-Century English/American
4650, Modern
American Fiction
4660, African
American Literature Since 1900
4740, Poetry
Since World War II
4750, Modern
British Fiction
4760, Modern
Drama
4770, Modern
Poetry
4937, Irish and
Irish-American Women Writers
4938, American
Women Poets of the 20th/21st Centuries
Area
8 Literary Criticism
4000, History of
Literary Criticism
4030,
Contemporary Critical Theory
4070, The Two Cultures: Literature and Science
4080, Narrative,
Cognition, and Emotion
Area
9 Special Topics
4060, Adolescent
Literature
4900, Seminar
4910, Studies in
African/African American Literature, Criticism, and Diaspora
4920, Major Works
of European Fiction
4930, Studies in
Gender and Literature
4932, Female
Gothic
4933, Female
Novel of Development
4936, Tales of
the Islamic East
4940, Special
Topics in Jewish Literature
4950, Special
Topics in Literature
4960, Ethnic
Literatures
Area
10 Linguistics
4800,
Linguistics
4810, English
Grammar
4820, History of
the English Language
2008-09 Degree Requirements
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Area
5 Nineteenth-Century English Area
6 Nineteenth-Century American Area
7 Twentieth-Century English/American Area
8 Literary Criticism Area
9 Special Topics Area
10 Linguistics |
Bachelor of Arts in English
English majors must complete at least 36, but no more than
45, hours in English exclusive of ENGL 1100, Freshman
Composition; ENGL 1110, Freshman Composition for
International Students; and ENGL 3090, Practical Criticism:
Writing About Literature.
1)
Students majoring in English must take:
2310, English
Literature I
2320, English
Literature II
2710, American
Literature I
2720, American
Literature II
2810, Traditional
Grammar--or test out
2) ENGL 3090, Practical Criticism: Writing About Literature.
(For English majors, this course is a prerequisite or corequisite
for 4000-level courses in English.)
3)
Students must also complete one course from five of the following 10 areas:
Area 1
Medieval English
4260, Chaucer
4270, Medieval
English Literature
Area 2
Shakespeare
4370, Shakespeare:
Tragedies and Romances
4380, Shakespeare:
Comedies and Histories
Area 3 The Renaissance
4320, Elizabethan
Poetry and Prose
4340, Early
Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose
4350,
4360, Tudor and
Stuart Drama
4931, English Women
Writers, 1300-1750
Area 4 Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English
4410, Restoration and
Eighteenth-Century Drama
4420, Age of
Dryden and Pope
4440, Age of Johnson
4450, The Eighteenth-Century English Novel