Literature Major

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At least two courses (taken to fulfill a specific requirement or as an elective) must primarily cover American or British literature written before 1800.

Program Requirements

ENGL 295 - Introduction to Studies in English
ENGL 330 - Hermeneutics and the Study of Literature
ENGL 395 - Senior Seminar

One from:

ENGL 200 - Literature in a Global Context
ENGL 202 - Russian Literature
ENGL 300 - Advanced World Literature

Two from:

(one 300-level required, two recommended)

ENGL 212 - Survey of British Literature I
ENGL 213 - Survey of British Literature II
ENGL 214 - Survey of British Literature III
ENGL 310 - British Literature of the Middle Ages
ENGL 312 - British Literature of the Renaissance and Reformation
ENGL 313 - British Literature of the Eighteenth Century
ENGL 314 - British Literature of the Early Nineteenth Century
ENGL 315 - British Literature of the Middle and Later Nineteenth Century
ENGL 316 - British Modernism
ENGL 317 - Contemporary British and Commonwealth Literature
ENGL 337 - Major Authors
ENGL 338 - Shakespeare

Two from:

(one 300-level required, two recommended)

ENGL 220 - Survey of American Literature I
ENGL 221 - Survey of American Literature II
ENGL 225 - African American Literature
ENGL 226 - Ethnicity in American Literature
ENGL 320 - Literature of the United States I: Settlement to Civil War
ENGL 321 - Literature of the United States II: Civil War to Great Depression
ENGL 322 - Literature of the United States III: World War II to the Present

Total Semester Hours: 36

Only one interim may count toward the major.