To earn an Accelerated BA/MAT in English, a student must complete all basic requirements for the BA degree with a major in English, as well as additional coursework at the graduate level. (See Graduate Catalog for details of graduate requirements, including eligibility and admission).

BA in English

Requirements for a Major in English 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Thirty semester hours including the following:
Required Courses
ENG 2310	American Literary Cultures	3
Select three semester hours from the following:		3
ENG 2301	British Literature
or ENG 2306	World Literature
Select three semester hours in 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		3
Restricted Electives		9
Nine semester hours of 3000-4000 level ENG or ENGL classes 1
Total Hours		30

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Three semester hours of 1000-level (1350-1399) ENGL Literature may count towards this requirement. No more than three semester hours of Creative Writing workshop classes will count toward the major.

Areas of Study

Historical Period: Up to 1700

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENG 3311	English Literature through the Sixteenth Century
ENG 3331	English Literature of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
ENG 4302/LING 4312	Old English Language
ENG 4310	Old and Early Middle English Literature
ENG 4313	Later Middle English Literature Excluding Chaucer
ENG 4314	Chaucer
ENG 4316	Special Topics in Medieval Literature
ENG 4320	English Drama to 1642
ENG 4322	Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose
ENG 4324	Shakespeare: Selected Plays
ENG 4330	Early Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose
ENG 4332	Milton
ENG 4340	English Poetry and Prose from 1660 to 1745
ENG 4381	Early American Literature
ENGL 3300	Special Topics: Historical Period Up to 1700
ENGL 3301	Major Authors: Up to 1700
ENGL 3307	Topics in Early American Literature

Historical Period: 1700–1900

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENG 3331	English Literature of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
ENG 3351	British Literature from the Nineteenth Century to the Present
ENG 3380	American Literature through Whitman
ENG 4340	English Poetry and Prose from 1660 to 1745
ENG 4342	English Poetry and Prose from 1745 to 1798
ENG 4344	English Drama from 1660 to 1800
ENG 4347	Eighteenth-Century British Novel
ENG 4354	Romantic Poetry
ENG 4355	Romantic Prose
ENG 4360	Victorian Prose
ENG 4362	Victorian Poetry
ENG 4364	The Brownings
ENG 4368	Nineteenth-Century British Novel
ENG 4380	American Renaissance
ENG 4381	Early American Literature
ENG 4383	American Realism and Naturalism
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

Historical Period: 1900–Present

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENG 3372	The Oxford Christians
ENG 3375	Post-Colonial Literature
ENG 3390	American Literature from Whitman
ENG 4369	Modern British Novel
ENG 4371	Modern British Poetry
ENG 4372	Modern British and Continental Drama
ENG 4378	Contemporary Novel
ENG 4386	Postmodern American Novel
ENG 4387	Modern American Novel
ENG 4389	Postmodern American Poetry
ENG 4390	Literature of the South
ENG 4391	Modern American Poetry
ENG 4394	Twentieth-Century American Drama
ENGL 3360	Special Topics: 1900-present
ENGL 3361	Major Authors: 1900-present
ENGL 3363	War Literature, 1900-Present
ENGL 3372	Readings in English Country House Fiction and Poetry
ENGL 3380	Twentieth-Century American Drama
ENGL 3381	Modern and Contemporary Southern Literature

Diverse Perspectives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENG 3376	African American Literature
ENG 4370	Women Writers
ENG 4385	Contemporary Poetry
ENGL 4301	Major Authors: Diverse Perspectives
ENGL 4305	Women Writers
ENGL 4307	Introduction to Asian-American 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 4318	Great Authors: James Baldwin
ENGL 4320	How Poetry Changes the World

Career Exploration

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENG 3306	Creative Writing: Prose
ENG 3307	Screenplay and Scriptwriting
ENG 3315	Literary Editing and Publishing
ENG 3329	Writing the Young Adult Novel
ENG 4301	Advanced Creative Writing: Prose
ENG 4305	Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
ENG 4318	Writing for the Workplace
ENG 4395	Special Topics in Creative Writing
ENGL 4330	Special Topics: Career Exploration
ENGL 4331	Major Authors: Career Exploration
ENGL 4333	Literature and Law
ENGL 4334	Literature, Medicine, & Public Health
ENGL 4350	How We Read: Understanding Narrative Forms
CW 3302	Poetry of Illness and Imagination
CW 3310	Topics in Poetry
CW 3342	Writing the Middle Grade Novel
CW 3350	Topics in Prose
CW 3370	Topics in Drama and Screenwriting
CW 3381	Writing from Myth and Other Sources
CW 3390	Topics Across Genres
CW 4301	Discourse with the Divine: Contemporary American Spiritual Poetry
CW 4306	Poetry of Grief and Elegy
CW 4310	Advanced Topics in Poetry
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

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