English Major - Liberal Education Curriculum (34 hours)

1. Required Entry-level Course (4 hours)

ENGL 1100 - Literary Interpretation Credits: 4 hours

2. Required Courses (27 to 28 hours)

A. Three of the following four:

ENGL 3200 - American Literature I Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 3210 - American Literature II Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 3300 - British Literature I Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 3310 - British Literature II Credits: 3 hours

B. One of the following three:

ENGL 3710 - Structures of Modern English Credits: 4 hours
ENGL 3720 - Development of Modern English Credits: 4 hours
ENGL 4720 - Language Variation in American English Credits: 4 hours

C. Two courses at the 4000 level, including at least one of the following four:

Students who use ENGL 4720 to satisfy requirement 2.B. may not use that course to satisfy this requirement.

ENGL 4150 - Literary Theory and Criticism Credits: 4 hours
ENGL 4400 - Studies in Verse Credits: 4 hours
ENGL 4420 - Studies in Drama Credits: 4 hours
ENGL 4440 - Studies in the Novel Credits: 4 hours

D. At least two of the following courses:

Students who use ENGL 4520 to satisfy requirement 3.C. may not use that course to satisfy this requirement.

ENGL 4520 - Shakespeare Seminar Credits: 4 hours
ENGL 5220 - Studies in American Literature Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 5300 - Medieval Literature Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 5320 - English Renaissance Literature Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 5340 - Restoration and 18th-Century Literature Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 5360 - Romantic Literature Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 5370 - Victorian Literature Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 5380 - Modern Literature Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 5550 - Studies in Major Writers Credits: 3 hours

3. Elective Courses

At least one additional English Department course at the 2000, 3000, 4000, or 5000 levels to complete the major, unless an elective course has already been taken under #2 above. The following courses cannot be used for this purpose: ENGL 1000, 1050, 1070, 1120, 3070, 3080, 3110 or 4800.

4. Foreign Language Requirement

Minimum of two semesters of a modern or classical foreign language at the college level with a grade of “C” or better, or two years of such study at the high school level with a minimum grade of “B-” in the second semester of the second year. One year at the high school level coupled with the second semester of the same language at the college level is also satisfactory.