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College Catalog 2020-2021

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College Catalog 2020-2021 ARCHIVED CATALOG

English, B.A.

Students should plan their course of study, in consultation with their faculty advisor, as soon as they have decided upon the major.

ENGL 120 or ENGL 220 (or an equivalent) is a prerequisite to all literature courses with a number of 300 or above, unless otherwise noted.

Note: INTD 100 - College Writing Seminar is not a departmental course. Neither it nor a course that met the freshman writing requirement at another institution may be counted toward the English major or minor.

Requirements

A minimum of 36 credits, at least 24 of which are at the 300 level or above

All majors must take ENGL 220 and ENGL 221 . It is required that they be taken sequentially; it is recommended, but not required, that they be taken before enrolling in upper division literature courses.

ENGL 220 - Major British Writers to 1785 3 credits
ENGL 221 - Major British & American Writers from 1660 3 credits

Writing and Language

Complete one course from:

ENGL 201 - Introduction to Journalism 3 credits
ENGL 202 - Writing Short Fiction 3 credits
ENGL 203 - Writing Poetry 3 credits
ENGL 302 - Advanced Fiction Writing 3 credits
ENGL 303 - Advanced Poetry Writing 3 or 4 credits
ENGL 305 - Screenwriting 3 credits
ENGL 306 - Writing Dramatic Monologues and Documentary Poetry 3 credits
ENGL 308 - Screenwriting: The Television Pilot 3 credits
ENGL 310 - Linguistics 3 credits
ENGL 311 - History of the English Language 3 credits

Advanced Courses in Literature

Complete one course from each category

British & European Literature from 500-1700

ENGL 319 - Early Modern Drama 3 credits
ENGL 320 - Literature of Medieval Europe 3 credits
ENGL 321 - British Literature 700-1500 3 credits
ENGL 323 - Dante 3 credits
ENGL 324 - Chaucer 3 credits
ENGL 325 - Literature of the English Renaissance 3 credits
ENGL 326 - Topics in Shakespeare 3 credits
ENGL 328 - Shakespeare 3 credits
ENGL 329 - Milton 3 credits

British & European Literature from 1700-1900

ENGL 330 - British Literature 1640-1789 3 credits
ENGL 331 - Rise of the Novel 3 credits
ENGL 332 - 19th-Century English Novel 3 credits
ENGL 333 - Jane Austen in Context 3 credits
ENGL 334 - Romantic Poetry 3 credits
ENGL 335 - Victorian Poetry 3 credits
ENGL 336 - The European Novel 3 credits
ENGL 337 - Gothic Fiction 3 credits

British & Global Literature from 1900

ENGL 270 - Transcultural Literature 3 credits
ENGL 352 - The Modern British Novel 3 credits
ENGL 353 - James Joyce 3 credits
ENGL 354 - Late Twentieth-Century British Fiction 3 credits
ENGL 355 - Contemporary Drama 3 credits
ENGL 356 - Twenty-First-Century British Fiction 3 credits
ENGL 358 - Postcolonial Novel 3 credits

American Literature

ENGL 361 - American Romanticism 3 credits
ENGL 362 - American Realism & Naturalism 3 credits
ENGL 363 - Modern American Novel 3 credits
ENGL 364 - Modern American and International Poetry 3 credits
ENGL 366 - Whitman and Melville 3 credits
ENGL 371 - Contemporary American Poetry 3 credits
ENGL 373 - African-American Literary Tradition 3 credits
ENGL 374 - Asian-American Literature 3 or 4 credits
ENGL 375 - Chicano/Chicana Literature 3 credits
ENGL 377 - Autobiography & the American Culture 3 credits

Major Genres

Complete one course from each of the three following major genres:

Fiction

ENGL 331 - Rise of the Novel 3 credits
ENGL 332 - 19th-Century English Novel 3 credits
ENGL 333 - Jane Austen in Context 3 credits
ENGL 336 - The European Novel 3 credits
ENGL 337 - Gothic Fiction 3 credits
ENGL 352 - The Modern British Novel 3 credits
ENGL 353 - James Joyce 3 credits
ENGL 354 - Late Twentieth-Century British Fiction 3 credits
ENGL 356 - Twenty-First-Century British Fiction 3 credits
ENGL 358 - Postcolonial Novel 3 credits
ENGL 362 - American Realism & Naturalism 3 credits
ENGL 363 - Modern American Novel 3 credits
ENGL 370 - Contemporary American Fiction 3 credits
ENGL 387 - Science Fiction 3 or 4 credits
ENGL 375 - Chicano/Chicana Literature 3 credits

Poetry

ENGL 323 - Dante 3 credits
ENGL 324 - Chaucer 3 credits
ENGL 329 - Milton 3 credits
ENGL 334 - Romantic Poetry 3 credits
ENGL 335 - Victorian Poetry 3 credits
ENGL 364 - Modern American and International Poetry 3 credits
ENGL 371 - Contemporary American Poetry 3 credits

Drama

ENGL 319 - Early Modern Drama 3 credits
ENGL 326 - Topics in Shakespeare 3 credits
ENGL 328 - Shakespeare 3 credits
ENGL 355 - Contemporary Drama 3 credits

Shakespeare

Complete one course from:

ENGL 326 - Topics in Shakespeare 3 credits
ENGL 328 - Shakespeare 3 credits

Senior Capstone

Complete both courses

ENGL 400 - Critical Procedures in Language & Literature 3 credits
ENGL 410 - Senior Seminar in English 3 credits

Strongly Recommended

Reading knowledge of a second language
ENGL 382 - History of Literary Criticism is recommended for students considering graduate study in English.