Major Requirements
The undergraduate curriculum in English offers study in literature, writing, linguistics, and rhetoric as these represent and constitute the experiences and cultures of people of England and the United States, as well as the Anglophone world more generally conceived. Although courses and specializations within the major may vary widely, they all focus in common on the processes of creating, interpreting, analyzing, and producing texts in English. The curriculum's goals are to enable students to do the following:
- interpret and analyze texts
- conduct independent research
- write effective expository prose
- acquire theoretical perspectives on language, rhetoric, and literature.
The Curriculum
- ENGL 2100: Backgrounds to English/American Literature
- Any three of the following four surveys:
- ENGL 2220 Survey of British Literature 1
- ENGL 2221 Survey of British Literature 2
- ENGL 2223 Survey of American Literature 1
- ENGL 2224 Survey of American Literature 2
- One course in Shakespeare
- Three period courses from three different centuries
- One major figure course
- Theory: one course in literary criticism, linguistics, or rhetoric
- One experiential education course
- ENGL 4710/4654: Junior/Senior Capstone Seminar
- Plus any two English electives
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