30 credits (Total does not include First-Year Seminar, ENG-100, or foreign language courses)
Major Requirements
Complete the following:
| ENG-280 | Theory and Methods of the Study of Literature | 3 credits |
Note: ENG-280 should be taken before enrolling in 300-level literature seminars.
Complete 6 credits from the following:
ENG 200-level-
| Introduction to Literary Studies Courses | 6 credits |
Note: 6 credits of 200-level Introduction to Literary Studies Courses are to be completed by no later than end of sophomore year. Ideally students majoring or minoring in Literature in English or Creative Writing majors will have taken two Introduction to Literary Study courses at the 200-level before enrolling in 300-level literature seminars.
Complete 18 credits in 300-level literature seminars with at least 3 credits in each of the following areas:
American Literature
Complete at least 1 course from the following:
| ENG-329 | Inventing America | 3 credits |
| ENG-330 | African American Literature | 3 credits |
| ENG-331 | Gardens of American Literature | 3 credits |
| ENG-332 | Adrienne Rich | 3 credits |
| ENG-333 | Hemingway and Faulkner | 3 credits |
| ENG-334 | Ecopoetics | 3 credits |
| ENG-335 | American Renaissance | 3 credits |
English Literature before 1789
Complete at least 1 course from the following:
| ENG-306 | The Seventeenth-Century Lyric | 3 credits |
| ENG-307 | Origins and Traditions of English Literature | 3 credits |
| ENG-308 | Rival Playwrights: Marlowe, Shakespeare, Johnson | 3 credits |
| ENG-309 | The Epic Tradition | 3 credits |
| ENG-310 | English Renaissance Literature | 3 credits |
| ENG-311 | Drama of Early Modern Europe | 3 credits |
English Literature after 1789
Complete at least 1 course from the following:
| ENG-315 | The Supernatural in British Literature | 3 credits |
| ENG-316 | The Brontes | 3 credits |
| ENG-317 | Nineteenth-Century British Fiction | 3 credits |
| ENG-318 | Prize Books | 3 credits |
| ENG-319 | Nineteenth-Century Literature of the British Isles | 3 credits |
| ENG-320 | Twentieth-Century Literature of the British Isles | 3 credits |
Postcolonial Literature
Complete at least 1 course from the following:
| ENG-322 | V. S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie | 3 credits |
| ENG-323 | Postcolonial Studies | 3 credits |
| ENG-324 | Narratives Against Oppression | 3 credits |
| ENG-325 | Constructing World Literatures | 3 credits |
Other 300-Level Seminar Courses
| ENG-338 | Postmodern Literature | 3 credits |
Note: 6 additional credits in Seminars are required from any of the above listed 300-level seminars to satisfy the required 18 credits.
Literature in English Capstone
| ENG-498 | Senior Thesis Seminar in Literature | 3 credits |
Foreign Language Courses
Complete 1 first-year sequence from the following languages:
Spanish
| SPA-101 | Spanish Language and Culture I | 4 credits |
| SPA-102 | Spanish Language and Culture II | 4 credits |
French
| FRE-101 | French Language and Culture I | 4 credits |
| FRE-102 | French Language and Culture II | 4 credits |
Note: If available, students may study Latin or Greek. Equivalency tests must be agreed upon by both the Modern Foreign Language and English Departments.
Students who wish to be certified to teach English at the secondary level should consult with a faculty member in the Education Department to learn the current requirements for certification.