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English Major Requirements
Degree Requirements for B.A. in EnglishPlease note, the current curriculum is for those students who declared after July 1, 2003. All other students are obliged to meet the requirements of the previous curriculum. Please direct any undergraduate program questions to Dr. Doody, Director of Undergraduate Studies. 1. A minimum of twelve courses (36 credit hours), eight (24 hours) of which must be at advanced levels (numbered 300 or higher). Double majors must have ten courses (30 hours), six (18 hours) of which must be advanced. 2. Required for the major, English 200 Seminar in Literature & Literary Analysis 3. Required for the major, English 300 Practices in Literary Study 4. For distribution, 9 hours at the 300 level or above in periods before 1900; 6 of the 9 hours must be in periods before 1800, only one of which can be Shakespeare course. 5. For distribution, 3 hours at the 200 level or above in a course that focuses on non-canonical traditions, such as courses in women, African American, Chicano/a, Asian American, ethnic, global, and diasporic writers Notes 1. Students may petition the Undergraduate Committee of the English department for permission to substitute two courses from outside the department (such as foreign literature in translation). In no case may the total number of courses to be substituted exceed two. Humanities 101 and 102 may be counted toward the English major. 2. The student has the primary responsibility to understand and satisfy all the requirements for the major, as well as for the university degree. 3. It is recommended that all English majors take some formal instruction in English or American history. If the student anticipates doing graduate work, he/she should consider courses in historical periods of literature and in criticism and literary theory, as well as advanced courses in Latin, French, German, Spanish, etc. Descriptions of Required Courses for the English Major1. English 200: Seminar in Literature & Literary Analysis This course serves as an introduction to the English major. It is required of all majors. It is open to non-majors, but has a limited enrollment (15). Majors should take the course in the freshman year or the first semester of the sophomore year. Sections will be offered in both the Fall and Spring semesters. It emphasizes the close reading of literature and critical writing about literature, as well as familiarizing students (at a basic level) with the extra-literary contexts within which imaginative works are produced and interpreted. English 200 will include: a) a range of genres (poetry, fiction, drama/film); b) 4-5 short papers (a 5000 word minimum for the semester) with significant attention paid to the process of the revision; c) 3 texts in common across the sections. 2. English 300: Practices of Literary Study This course serves as an introduction to methods of literary interpretation. It is required of all majors and preference will be given to majors (although the course will be opened to non-majors.) Enrollment will be limited to 15. Ideally, majors should take the course in the second semester of the sophomore year or the first semester of the junior year. Sections of the course will be offered in both the Fall and Spring semesters. Practices of Literary Study will emphasize a range of theoretical and critical approaches brought to bear on a selection of literary texts (approaches might include literary and critical theory, cultural studies, postcolonial theory and theories of globalization, race theory and ethnic studies, queer theory, feminist theory, and historicism). English 300 will include: a) a range of theoretical and critical approaches; b) a 5000 word (20 pp.) minimum of writing for the semester, which includes one long paper (10 pp.). |
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