Requirements for a Major in English (BA)

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Minimum Total Hours Requirement		(124)
Minimum GPA - 2.0 ("C") Overall
Minimum Hours in Residence		(60)
Minimum Advanced Hours (for UG: 3000- or 4000-level courses)		(36)
General Education Requirements
Arts and Sciences Core 1		47-54
Major Requirements
ENGL 2310	American Literary Cultures	3
ENGL 2301	British Literature	3
or ENGL 2306	World Literature
Required Areas of Study
Select 3 hrs. from each of the following areas:
Historical Period: Up to 1700		3
Historical Period: 1700–1900		3
Historical Period: 1900–Present		3
Diverse Perspectives		3
Career Exploration 2		3
Restricted Electives		9
Select 9 hrs. of 3000- or 4000-level ENG or ENGL classes 2, 3
Note: Additional elective hrs. to reach 124 hrs. minimum may be required.
Total Hours		124

¹

Core requirements and hours may vary based on individual student factors, including course selection, language proficiency, transfer status, specialized programs (e.g., BIC).  Students should consult with their advisor and degree audit for additional information.

²

No more than 3 hrs. of Creative Writing workshop classes will count toward the major.

³

Additionally, 3 hrs. of 1000-level (1350-1399) ENGL Literature may count towards this requirement.

Areas of Study

Historical Period: Up to 1700

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENG 3311	English Literature through the Sixteenth Century
ENG 4316	Special Topics in Medieval Literature
ENGL 3300	Special Topics: Historical Period Up to 1700
ENGL 3301	Major Authors: Up to 1700
ENGL 3303	Old and Early Middle English Literature
ENGL 3304	Chaucer
ENGL 3305	Shakespeare: Selected Plays
ENGL 3306	English Drama to 1700
ENGL 3307	Topics in Early American Literature
ENGL 3309	Renaissance Literature
ENGL 3310	Milton
ENGL 3311	English Literature from 1660 to 1745
ENGL 4390	Old English Language

Historical Period: 1700–1900

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENGL 3330	Special Topics: 1700-1900
ENGL 3331	Major Authors: 1700-1900
ENGL 3341	Writers of Color and their Allies
ENGL 3342	Global Romantic Literature, 1770–1865
ENGL 3343	Traversing the Long Eighteenth Century, 1660–1840
ENGL 3345	Novel Adventures
ENGL 3346	Literary Networks from 1700-1900
ENGL 3347	Writing the Self: Memoir and Autobiography 1700-1900
ENGL 3349	American Literature: First Encounters through Revolution
ENGL 3350	American Romanticism and Transcendentalism
ENGL 3351	American Realism and Naturalism

Historical Period: 1900–Present

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENGL 3360	Special Topics: 1900-present
ENGL 3361	Major Authors: 1900-present
ENGL 3362	The Oxford Christians
ENGL 3363	War Literature, 1900-Present
ENGL 3364	British Fiction after 1880
ENGL 3365	British Poetry after 1880
ENGL 3366	Modern American Novel
ENGL 3367	Modern American Poetry
ENGL 3368	Postmodern American Novel
ENGL 3369	Contemporary Novel
ENGL 3370	Contemporary Poetry
ENGL 3371	Contemporary Critical Theory
ENGL 3372	Readings in English Country House Fiction and Poetry
ENGL 3379	European Drama after 1880
ENGL 3380	Twentieth-Century American Drama
ENGL 3381	Modern and Contemporary Southern Literature

Diverse Perspectives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENGL 4300	Special Topics: Diverse Perspectives
ENGL 4301	Major Authors: Diverse Perspectives
ENGL 4305	Women Writers
ENGL 4306	African American Literature
ENGL 4307	Introduction to Asian-American Literature
ENGL 4309	Magical Realism in Latinx Literature
ENGL 4310	Shakespeare in Our World
ENGL 4311	The U.S. Through Immigrant Eyes
ENGL 4314	Urban Space and the American Literary Imagination
ENGL 4315	Literature of the American West and Southwest
ENGL 4318	Great Authors: James Baldwin
ENGL 4320	How Poetry Changes the World
ENGL 4322	Bound, Burned, and Banned: Five Centuries of American Censorship
ENGL 4365	Literature and Environmental Justice

Career Exploration

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENGL 3332	Modern English Grammar
ENGL 4330	Special Topics: Career Exploration
ENGL 4331	Major Authors: Career Exploration
ENGL 4332	Poetry in Public Spaces
ENGL 4333	Literature and Law
ENGL 4334	Literature, Medicine, & Public Health
ENGL 4340	Literary Editing and Publishing
ENGL 4341	Publishing the Literary Magazine
ENGL 4350	How We Read: Understanding Narrative Forms
CW 3302	Poetry of Illness and Imagination
CW 3310	Topics in Poetry
CW 3340	Creative Writing: Prose
CW 3342	Writing the Middle Grade Novel
CW 3343	Writing the Young Adult Novel
CW 3350	Topics in Prose
CW 3360	Screenplay and Scriptwriting
CW 3370	Topics in Drama and Screenwriting
CW 3381	Writing from Myth and Other Sources
CW 3390	Topics Across Genres
CW 4300	Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
CW 4301	Discourse with the Divine: Contemporary American Spiritual Poetry
CW 4306	Poetry of Grief and Elegy
CW 4310	Advanced Topics in Poetry
CW 4340	Advanced Creative Writing: Prose
CW 4345	Writing Climate Change
CW 4350	Advanced Topics in Prose
CW 4370	Advanced Topics in Drama and Screenwriting
CW 4390	Advanced Topics Across Genres
CW 4395	Special Topics in Creative Writing