English, English Literature, BA

Survey Courses

Survey courses should be taken in Freshmen/Sophomore years. Choose one from each category:

• ENGL 24000 - Survey of the British Literature: From the Beginnings Through the Neoclassical Period (m)

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• ENGL 24100 - Survey of the British Literature: From the Rise of Romanticism to the Modern Period (m)

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• ENGL 26000 - Introduction to World Literature: to 1700

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• ENGL 26100 - Introduction to World Literature: Since 1700

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• ENGL 35000 - Survey of American Literature From Its Beginnings to 1865

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• ENGL 35100 - Survey of American Literature From 1865 to the Post-World War II Period

Author Studies

Choose one:

• ENGL 41100 - Studies in Major Authors (may also be taken to satisfy the JR/SR seminar if the course features a different author.)
• ENGL 44100 - Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
• ENGL 44200 - Shakespeare
• ENGL 44400 - Milton

Theory

Should be taken in Senior year.

• ENGL 40300 - Literary Theory

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• ENGL 46900 - Issues in Contemporary Criticism and Theory

Choose One Junior/Senior Seminar From:

Should be taken in Junior/Senior years.

• ENGL 41100 - Studies in Major Authors
• ENGL 41200 - Studies in Genre
• ENGL 41300 - Studies in Literature and History
• ENGL 41400 - Studies in Literature and Culture

Choose One Genre Course

• ENGL 23800 - Introduction to Fiction
• ENGL 26400 - The Bible as Literature
• ENGL 28600 - The Movies
• ENGL 31000 - Introduction to Popular Culture
• ENGL 31300 - African American Women’s Fiction
• ENGL 31800 - Graphic Narrative
• ENGL 32000 - By and About Women
• ENGL 32500 - International Short Story
• ENGL 35600 - American Humor
• ENGL 37300 - Science Fiction and Fantasy
• ENGL 37500 - British Drama to 1800, Exclusive of Shakespeare
• ENGL 37700 - Major Modern Poetry
• ENGL 37900 - The Short Story
• ENGL 38100 - The British Novel
• ENGL 38200 - The American Novel
• ENGL 38300 - Modern Drama: Ibsen to the Absurdists
• ENGL 41200 - Studies in Genre
• ENGL 47900 - The Short Story
• ENGL 49200 - Literature in the Secondary Schools
• THTR 34800 - Dramatic Performance in Context

Choose One Historical Course

• ENGL 24000 - Survey of the British Literature: From the Beginnings Through the Neoclassical Period
• ENGL 24100 - Survey of the British Literature: From the Rise of Romanticism to the Modern Period
• ENGL 25700 - Literature of Black America
• ENGL 26000 - Introduction to World Literature: to 1700
• ENGL 26100 - Introduction to World Literature: Since 1700
• ENGL 26200 - Greek and Roman Classics in Translation
• ENGL 26600 - World Literature: From the Beginnings to 1700 A.D.
• ENGL 26700 - World Literature: From 1700 A.D. to the Present
• ENGL 31100 - Identity in Ethnic American Women’s Literature
• ENGL 32700 - English Language I: History and Development
• ENGL 33100 - Medieval English Literature
• ENGL 33300 - Renaissance English Literature
• ENGL 33500 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature
• ENGL 33700 - Nineteenth-Century English Literature
• ENGL 33900 - Twentieth-Century British Literature
• ENGL 35000 - Survey of American Literature From Its Beginnings to 1865
• ENGL 35100 - Survey of American Literature From 1865 to the Post-World War II Period
• ENGL 35500 - African American Literature Slavery to 1940
• ENGL 36600 - Postcolonial Literatures
• ENGL 37000 - Nineteenth-Century American Literature
• ENGL 37100 - Twentieth-Century American Literature
• ENGL 37500 - British Drama to 1800, Exclusive of Shakespeare
• ENGL 37700 - Major Modern Poetry
• ENGL 38100 - The British Novel
• ENGL 38200 - The American Novel
• ENGL 38300 - Modern Drama: Ibsen to the Absurdists
• ENGL 38600 - History of Film to 1938
• ENGL 38700 - History of the Film From 1938 to the Present
• ENGL 41300 - Studies in Literature and History
• ENGL 46200 - The Bible as Literature: The Old Testament
• ENGL 46300 - The Bible as Literature: The New Testament
• ENGL 46800 - Problems in the History of Criticism

Choose One Culture Course

• ENGL 25700 - Literature of Black America
• ENGL 28600 - The Movies
• ENGL 31000 - Introduction to Popular Culture
• ENGL 31100 - Identity in Ethnic American Women’s Literature
• ENGL 31200 - Ethnic American Women Writers
• ENGL 31800 - Graphic Narrative
• ENGL 32000 - By and About Women
• ENGL 32300 - Sexual Identity in Literature
• ENGL 32400 - International Women’s Literature
• ENGL 33600 - Mothers and Daughters in Literature
• ENGL 34000 - Literature By Women of Color
• ENGL 35500 - African American Literature Slavery to 1940
• ENGL 36300 - African American Literature Slavery 1940 to Present
• ENGL 36000 - Gender and Literature
• ENGL 36600 - Postcolonial Literatures
• ENGL 37300 - Science Fiction and Fantasy
• ENGL 41400 - Studies in Literature and Culture
• ENGL 46900 - Issues in Contemporary Criticism and Theory

Choose One Writing Course

• ENGL 30200 - Publications Design
• ENGL 30600 - Introduction to Professional Writing
• ENGL 30900 - Computer-Aided Publishing
• ENGL 31900 - Creative Writing
• ENGL 40000 - Creative Non-Fiction Writing
• ENGL 40600 - Review Writing
• ENGL 40900 - Introduction to Fiction Writing
• ENGL 41000 - Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing
• ENGL 41101 - Introduction to Writing in the Health Sciences
• ENGL 41800 - Short Fiction Writing
• ENGL 41900 - Multimedia Writing
• ENGL 42000 - Business Writing
• ENGL 42001 - Careers in English
• ENGL 42100 - Technical Writing
• ENGL 42501 - Writing or New Media
• ENGL 42601 - Writing for Social Media
• ENGL 43000 - Professional Copy Editing
• ENGL 43500 - Topics in Writing for Interactive Digital Media
• ENGL 43600 - Writing for Informational Interactive Media
• ENGL 43700 - Writing for Video Games
• ENGL 45100 - Feature Writing
• ENGL 47000 - Theories of Rhetoric and Composition

Modern Language (12 Credits)

ASL, French, German, or Spanish at the fourth level

Western Heritage (3 Credits)

Choose one:

• ENGL 26400 - The Bible as Literature
• HIST 10200 - Introduction to the Ancient World
• HIST 10300 - Introduction to the Medieval World
• HIST 10400 - Introduction to the Modern World
• HIST 29000 - Russia: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
• HIST 40300 - Europe in the Reformation
• HIST 40400 - Kings and Philosophers: Europe 1618-1789
• HIST 40500 - The French Revolution and Napoleon
• HIST 40600 - Rebels and Romantics: Europe 1815-1870
• NUR 22200 - Foundations of Holistic Health and Wellness
• PHIL 11000 - Introduction to Philosophy
• PHIL 30100 - History of Ancient Philosophy
• PHIL 30200 - History of Medieval Philosophy
• PHIL 33100
• POL 35000 - Foundations of Western Political Theory: from the Renaissance to Marx
• POL 35300 - Current Political Ideologies

United States Traditions (3 Credits)

Choose one:

• ENGL 25000 - Great American Books
• ENGL 35000 - Survey of American Literature From Its Beginnings to 1865
• ENGL 35100 - Survey of American Literature From 1865 to the Post-World War II Period
• ENGL 38200 - The American Novel
• GBG 12700 - Development of Business in the United States
• HIST 15100 - American History to 1877
• HIST 15200 - United States Since 1877
• HIST 31005 - The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850 to 1877
• HIST 35001 - Gettysburg: Three Days That Changed America
• HIST 36700 - 20th Century American History
• HIST 36800 - Episodes in American Religious History
• HIST 37800 - Early National America: 1787-1850
• HIST 38600 - History of American Foreign Relations
• HIST 46000 - American Colonial History
• HIST 46400 - Jacksonian America 1815-1850
• HIST 46700 - The Emergence of Modern America
• HIST 46800 - Recent American History
• NUR 22200 - Foundations of Holistic Health and Wellness
• NUR 34900 - Contemporary Trends in Health Care Systems
• POL 10100 - American Government and Politics
• POL 23300 - Introduction to the Study of Law

Social Ethics (3 Credits)

Choose one:

• ENGL 21600 - Ethics and Literature
• PHIL 11100 - Ethics
• PHIL 32500 - Ethics and Public Health
• SOC 22000 - Social Problems

Racial and Ethnic Diversity (3 Credits)

Choose one:

• ANTH 37900 - Native American Cultures
• ENGL 25700 - Literature of Black America
• HIST 36600 - Hispanic Heritage of the United States
• HIST 40100 - Indigenous Traditions of Latin America
• HIST 46600
• LALS 10100 - Introduction to Latin American Studies
• PSY 33400 - Cross Cultural Psychology
• PSY 33500 - Stereotyping and Prejudice
• SOC 31000 - Racial and Ethnic Diversity
• SPAN 33500 - The Literature of the Spanish-Speaking Peoples in the United States

Literature and the Arts (3 Credits)

Choose one:

• AD 11300 - Basic Drawing
• AD 25500 - Art Appreciation
• AD 38300 - Modern Art
• COM 24000 - Introduction to Oral Interpretation
• ENGL 20100 - The Nature of Literary Study
• ENGL 20500 - Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENGL 22100 - Introduction to Shakespeare
• ENGL 23000 - Great Narrative Works
• ENGL 23100 - Introduction to Literature
• ENGL 23200 - Thematic Studies in Literature
• ENGL 23500 - Introduction to Drama
• ENGL 23700 - Introduction to Poetry
• ENGL 23800 - Introduction to Fiction
• ENGL 23900 - Introduction to Biography
• ENGL 24000 - Survey of the British Literature: From the Beginnings Through the Neoclassical Period
• ENGL 24100 - Survey of the British Literature: From the Rise of Romanticism to the Modern Period
• ENGL 25000 - Great American Books
• ENGL 25700 - Literature of Black America
• ENGL 26400 - The Bible as Literature
• ENGL 26600 - World Literature: From the Beginnings to 1700 A.D.
• ENGL 26700 - World Literature: From 1700 A.D. to the Present
• ENGL 28600 - The Movies
• ENGL 31100 - Identity in Ethnic American Women’s Literature
• ENGL 31800 - Graphic Narrative
• ENGL 35000 - Survey of American Literature From Its Beginnings to 1865
• ENGL 35100 - Survey of American Literature From 1865 to the Post-World War II Period
• ENGL 35600 - American Humor
• ENGL 36000 - Gender and Literature
• ENGL 37300 - Science Fiction and Fantasy
• ENGL 37900 - The Short Story
• ENGL 38100 - The British Novel
• ENGL 38200 - The American Novel
• ENGL 40700 - Introduction to Poetry Writing
• ENGL 40900 - Introduction to Fiction Writing
• ENGL 41000 - Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing
• ENGL 41100 - Studies in Major Authors
• ENGL 44100 - Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
• ENGL 44200 - Shakespeare
• ENGL 44400 - Milton
• ENGL 46900 - Issues in Contemporary Criticism and Theory
• MUS 25000 - Music Appreciation
• PHIL 27500 - The Philosophy of Art
• SPAN 23500 - Spanish American Literature in Translation
• SPAN 24100 - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literature
• SPAN 33500 - The Literature of the Spanish-Speaking Peoples in the United States
• THTR 20100 - Theatre Appreciation
• THTR 30800 - The History and Development of the American Musical Theatre
• THTR 34800 - Dramatic Performance in Context

Individual and Society (3 Credits)

Choose one:

• ANTH 10000 - Introduction to Anthropology
• COM 21200 - Approaches to the Study of Interpersonal Communication
• COM 25000 - Mass Communication and Society
• COM 32000 - Small Group Communication
• COM 32400 - Introduction to Organizational Communication
• ECON 21000 - Principles of Economics
• ECON 25200 - Macroeconomics
• ENGL 22700 - Elements of Linguistics
• NUR 21800 - Human Development and Health Promotion
• NUR 22200 - Foundations of Holistic Health and Wellness
• PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology
• PSY 20000 - Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
• PSY 23500 - Child Psychology
• PSY 24000 - Introduction to Social Psychology
• PSY 25000 - Psychology of Adjustment
• PSY 25100 - Health Psychology
• PSY 35000 - Abnormal Psychology
• SOC 10000 - Introductory Sociology
• SOC 34000 - General Social Psychology
• SOC 35000 - Social Psychology of Marriage
• SOC 36500 - Constructing American Families

Global Cultures (3 Credits)

Choose one:

• ANTH 20500 - Human Cultural Diversity
• ASL 28000 - American Deaf Community: Language, Culture, and Society
• ENGL 26600 - World Literature: From the Beginnings to 1700 A.D.
• ENGL 26700 - World Literature: From 1700 A.D. to the Present
• ENGL 36600 - Postcolonial Literatures
• HIST 10500 - Survey of Global History
• HIST 27100 - Introduction to Colonial Latin American History (1492-1810)
• HIST 27200 - Introduction to Modern Latin American History (1810 to the Present)
• HIST 30501 - Latin American History through Film
• HIST 35201 - Revolution and Revolutionaries in 20th and 21st Century Latin America
• HIST 36110 - Environmental History of Latin America
• HIST 36600 - Hispanic Heritage of the United States
• HIST 40100 - Indigenous Traditions of Latin America
• HIST 42500 - Social and Ecological History of the Andes
• LALS 10100 - Introduction to Latin American Studies
• PHIL 33000
• POL 13000 - Introduction to International Relations
• POL 14100 - Governments of the World
• POL 23200 - Contemporary Crises in International Relations
• POL 32300 - Comparative Environmental Policy
• POL 34500 - West European Democracies in the Post-Industrial Era
• SOC 40300 - Sociology of Developing Countries in Era of Globalization
• SOC 40400 - The Environment and Social Justice
• SOC 40500 - Power, Social Control and the Media
• SOC 40600 - People’s Movements and Social Power
• SPAN 23500 - Spanish American Literature in Translation

Gender Issues (3 Credits)

Choose one:

• ANTH 23000 - Gender Across Cultures
• COM 37600 - Communication and Gender
• ENGL 31100 - Identity in Ethnic American Women’s Literature
• ENGL 36000 - Gender and Literature
• GBG 45000 - Women in Business
• HIST 36500 - Women in America
• IDIS 10600 - Introduction to Gender Studies
• PHIL 40800 - Philosophy of Love and Friendship
• PSY 23900 - The Psychology of Women
• PSY 36500 - Development of Gender Roles in Children
• SOC 31501 - Gender in Society
• SOC 31700 - Sociology of Sex and Sexualities
• WOST 28000