English Major: Standard Program

Program Requirements

All standard majors require a minor in a second discipline or a second major.

English majors and minors must complete the required course ENG 250 Critical Approaches to Literature with a minimum grade of “C” before registering for upper-division courses in English.

A minimum of 39 credits is required, including a three-credit, upper-division literature elective, and the following:

ENG 161Introduction to Creative Writing (GT-AH1)3
ENG 250Critical Approaches to Literature3
ENG 358Global Literatures: Studies In: Topic Variable3
ENG 371Literary Theory and Criticism3
ENG 493Senior Seminar I: Studies in: Social Justice3
ENG 494Senior Seminar: Studies in:3
Select one of the following:3
Borderlands: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
Women and Literature
Literary Culture of the American West
Environmental Literature (GT-AH2)
Ancient World Literature (GT-AH2)
Literature and Ethnicity: Studies in:
Women Writers
Myth and Culture
Select one of the following:3
Creative Writing: Fiction
Creative Writing: Poetry
Creative Writing
Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
Select two of the following:6
British Literature: Medieval and Renaissance Texts
British Literature: Milton through the Romantics
British Literature: The Victorians to the Present Day
Major British Authors: Cont. Lit. & Film
Select two of the following:6
American Literature Early to Civil War
American Literature-Civil War to Present
Major American Authors:
Total Credits36
Plan of Study Grid
Year One
FallCredits
HWTR 100 First Year Seminar 1
ENG 102 Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) 3
Essential Skills MATH 3
Gen Ed Social Sciences 3
Gen Ed Arts & Humanities 3
 Credits13
Spring
Elective Elective or minor course 3
ENG 103 Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) 3
ENG 161 Introduction to Creative Writing (GT-AH1) 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences 3
Gen Ed Social Sciences 3
 Credits15
Year Two
Fall
ENG 220 Grammar and the English Language 3
ENG 250 Critical Approaches to Literature 3
Gen Ed Arts & Humanities 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences 3
Gen Ed Social Sciences 3
 Credits15
Spring
ENG ENG elective (200 level) 3
Elective Elective or minor course 8
ENG 358 Global Literatures: Studies In: Topic Variable 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences 3
 Credits17
Year Three
Fall
ENG Literature Elective 3
ENG Writing Elective 3
ENG 372
British Literature: Medieval and Renaissance Texts
or British Literature: Milton through the Romantics
or British Literature: The Victorians to the Present Day
3
Elective Elective or minor course 6
 Credits15
Spring
ENG 371 Literary Theory and Criticism 3
ENG 384
American Literature Early to Civil War
or American Literature-Civil War to Present
3
Elective Elective or minor course 9
 Credits15
Year Four
Fall
ENG 405 Advanced Writing 3
ENG 373
British Literature: Milton through the Romantics
or British Literature: Medieval and Renaissance Texts
or British Literature: The Victorians to the Present Day
3
ENG 493 Senior Seminar I: Studies in: Social Justice 3
Elective Elective or minor course 6
 Credits15
Spring
ENG 494 Senior Seminar: Studies in: 3
ENG 384
American Literature Early to Civil War
or American Literature-Civil War to Present
3
Elective Elective or minor course 9
 Credits15
 Total Credits120