30 credits (Total does not include First-Year Seminar, ENG-100 or foreign language courses)
Major Requirements
Complete the following (3 credits):
| 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 9 credits of 300-level literature seminars:
| 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 |
| ENG-315 | Ghosties and Ghoulies and Long-Leggedy
Beasties: 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ENG-337 | American Poetry and Poetics | 3 credits |
| ENG-338 | Postmodern Literature | 3 credits |
| ENG-344 | Author Seminar: Henry David Thoreau | 3 credits |
200-Level Writing Workshops
Complete 6 credits from the following:
| ENG-245 | Poetry Writing Workshop | 3 credits |
| ENG-246 | Fiction Writing Workshop | 3 credits |
| ENG-247 | Creat Nonfiction Writ Wkshp | 3 credits |
| JOURN-200 | Principles and Practices of Journalism:
Print | 3 credits |
Additional Writing and Seminar Requirements (6 credits):
Complete 6 credits from the following:
| ENG-345 | Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop | 3 credits |
| ENG-346 | Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop | 3 credits |
| ENG-347 | Advanced Creative Nonfiction WritingWorkshop | 3 credits |
| - | or | |
Complete 3 credits from the following:
| ENG-345 | Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop | 3 credits |
| ENG-346 | Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop | 3 credits |
| ENG-347 | Advanced Creative Nonfiction WritingWorkshop | 3 credits |
| - | and | |
Complete the following:
| ENG-SEM- | One 300-Level Literature Seminar | 3 credits |
Capstone (3 credits):
| ENG-496 | Creative Writing Capstone Seminar | 3 credits |
Foreign Language Courses
Complete 1 first-year sequence from the following languages:
Spanish
| SPA-101 | Spanish Language & Culture I | 3 credits |
| SPA-102 | Spanish Language & Culture II | 3 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.