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Majoring and Minoring

For complete information about majoring and minoring, see the online catalog.

100 Introductory Topics in Literature

105 The Art of the Novel

150 Films Adapting Fiction

200 Creative Writing: Fiction 1

201 Creative Writing: Poetry 1

203 Creative Writing: Nonfiction 1

205 Major Periods and Issues in English Literature

206 Major Periods and Issues in English Literature

209 Introduction to American Literature

210 Writing and Illness

218 Renaissance Medicine in Literature

235 Topics in Literature

240 The Brontës: Legends and Legacies

241 Text and Image

243 Women Writers

244 Practicum

251 Radical Film

258 Women and Film

271 Law and Literature

276 Animals and Animal Rights in Literature

281 From Scroll to Codex: Working With Medieval Manuscripts

300 Creative Writing: Fiction 2

301 Creative Writing: Poetry 2

303 Creative Writing: Nonfiction 2

309 Ancient Masterpieces and English Literature

310 Medieval Literature

311 Literature of the English Renaissance

312 The Early English Novel

313 Satire and Sentiment, 1660–1780

314 Romanticism in the Age of Revolution

315 The Victorians: Heroes, Decadents, and Madwomen

316 Modern British and Irish Literature

318 Modern Poetry

319 Postcolonial Literature: Anglophone Africa, India, Caribbean

320 Inventing America: Literature of Colonialism and the Early Republic, 1540–1830

321 National Sins, National Dreams: American Literature 1830–1865

322 Getting Real: Post–Civil War American Literature

323 American Modernism

324 Mirrors, Maps, Mazes: Post–World War II American Literature

326 African American Literature

330 Chaucer

331 Shakespeare: Early Works

332 Shakespeare: Later Works

333 Major Figures

334 Special Topics in Literature

340 Topics in Literary Theory/Criticism

400 Creative Writing: Fiction 3

401 Creative Writing: Poetry 3

403 Creative Writing: Nonfiction 3

444 Practicum

450 Senior Seminar

490 Thesis

499 Independent Study

Majoring

The major requires 40 credits, including:

English 205 and English 206. A two-semester survey of literature in English from the medieval period through the present.
Two 300-level courses in earlier literature. Options include Chaucer; Shakespeare: Later Works; Satire and Sentiment, 1660-1780; and The Early English Novel. For a complete list of courses that will fulfill this requirement (Category I) see the online catalog.
Two 300-level courses in more recent literature. Options include The Romantics; National Sins and National Dreams: American Literature 1830-1865; American Modernism; Postcolonial Literature: Anglophone Africa, India, and the Caribbean; Fiction Writing II; and Poetry Writing. Students may fulfill this requirement with two literature courses OR one literature course and one creative writing course. For a complete list of courses that will fulfill this requirement (Category II) see the online catalog.
Three electives at any level. Options include Films Adapting Fiction,Animalsand Animal Rights in Literature; From Scroll to Codex: Working with Medieval Manuscripts; Gender and Aesthetic Expression; Fiction I; and Introduction to Poetry and Poetry Writing. For a complete list of courses that will fulfill the electives requirements, see the online catalog.
English 450. A one-semester senior seminar. Recent topics have included John Keats; William Faulkner; and Modernist Short Stories.

Minoring

The minor requires 24 credits, including:

English 205 or English 206.
Two 300-level literature courses.
Three electives at any level.

For a complete list of the categories and corresponding courses that satisfy them, see the online catalog.

Creative Writing

Majors and minors may add a concentration in creative writing to the degree in English. In order to earn the concentration, students must complete the structured sequence in either fiction or poetry.

We offer structured sequences of courses in both fiction and poetry as well as a class in creative nonfiction.
You may count up to four creative writing courses towards the major and/or add a concentration in creative writing to your degree.

Fiction

English 200.
English 300.
English 400.

Poetry

English 201.
English 301.
English 401.

Majors

Minors