2025-2026 Academic Catalog
English, BA, Concentration: English Literature
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About the Program
 The Literature option is the broadest of our degrees, and involves the careful analysis of texts in their cultural, historical, and formal contexts. Because the Literature degree involves extensive training in writing and the close attention to the meaning of texts, this option provides a flexible set of skills that can be applied to a wide variety of careers.
PNW General Education Core (30 Credits Minimum)
CHESS College Core (24 Credits)
- Four (4) College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences (CHESS) electives from courses outside of the student’s major. Electives may not be used toward the fulfillment of General Education requirements (*See notes below) (12 Credits)
- World Language - Proficiency through Level IV in one world language (12 Credits)
*Requirements for transfer students are based on the number of transfer credits accepted at PNW as follows: - Students who transfer with less than 30 credits need to take 4 CHESS Core Electives (12 credits)
- Students who transfer with 30 credits or more and with less than 60 credits need to take 3 CHESS Core Electives (9 credits)
- Students who transfer with 60 credits or more and with less than 90 credits need to take 2 CHESS Core Electives (6 credits)
- Students who transfer with 90 credits or more need to take 1 CHESS Core Elective (3 credits)
Major Core (33 Credits)
- ENGL 28800 - Theory And Investigation (3 credits)
- ENGL 38800 - Literature And Culture In Context or ENGL 38801 Literature And Culture In Context , to be taken three times (9 credits)
- Choose one course focused on diversity in literature (3 credits): ENGL 25700 , ENGL 31200 , ENGL 31300 , ENGL 33600 , ENGL 33800 , ENGL 34201 , ENGL 34301 , ENGL 34600 , ENGL 34700 , ENGL 39600
- Choose one Multimodal Writing course (3 credits): ENGL 42401 , ENGL 42501 , ENGL 42601 (e), ENGL 43100 (e), ENGL 43500 *(e), ENGL 43700 (e), ENGL 43800
*Variable topics course, may be repeated for credit *variable topics course, may be repeated for credit - English Literature Elective (3 credits): Choose any English Literature course, ENGL 20000 or above
- English Electives (9 credits): Choose any three courses with an ENGL prefix at the 20000-level or above
Other Required Courses (33 Credits)
- Free Electives (33 Credits)
Civics Literacy Proficiency
The Civics Literacy Proficiency activities are designed to develop civic knowledge of Purdue Northwest students in an effort to graduate a more informed citizenry. Students will complete the Proficiency by passing a test of civic knowledge, and completing one of three paths: - Attending six approved civics-related events and completing an assessment for each; or
- Completing 12 podcasts created by the Purdue Center for C-SPAN Scholarship and Engagement that use C-SPAN material and completing an assessment for each; or
- Earning a passing grade for one of the approved courses (or transferring in approved AP or departmental credit in lieu of taking a course)
For more information visit the Civics Literacy Proficiency website. Total 120 Credits Required
Requirements
Minimum Grade and Grade Point Average (GPA): Minimum grade of C required for all ENGL and Foreign Language courses; 2.0 GPA Experiential Learning (EL): One EL course required, select from the Experiential Learning course list General Education Core: General Education notations can be found within the course description. Please click on a course to see if it meets a Gen Ed requirement. Milestone Courses noted by (m) next to the course title have been identified as being critical to your success in this field of study. Please see the Additional Information and Guidelines section below for more information. Semester 6 (15 Credits)
- CHESS Elective (See Note 5)
- Diverse Literatures Course (See Note 3)
- English Elective (See Note 4)
- Free Elective
- Free Elective
Semester 7 (15 Credits)
- CHESS Elective (See Note 5)
- English Elective (See Note 4)
- English Literature Elective (See Note 4)
- Free Elective
- Free Elective
Semester 8 (15 Credits)
- CHESS Elective (See Note 5)
- English Elective (See Note 4)
- Free Elective
- Free Elective
- Free Elective
Additional Information and Guidelines
- No cross-listed course may be double-counted.
- No single ENGL course may count toward more than one requirement of the English literature concentration.
- Undergraduates are limited to two 50000 level courses.
Note 1: SPAN, FR, or ASL: students must complete 4 semesters of the same language. Note 2: Take ENGL 38800 or ENGL 38801 - a variable topics course three times on three different topics Note 3: Choose one Multimodal Writing course: *Variable topics course, may be repeated for credit Choose any course in Public Writing and Rhetoric: *Variable topics course, may be repeated for credit Choose any Diverse Literatures course: Note 4: Choose any ENGL literature course at the 20000 level or above Note 5: Requirements for transfer students are based on the number of transfer credits accepted at PNW as follows: - Students who transfer with less than 30 credits need to take 4 CHESS Core Electives (12 credits)
- Students who transfer with 30 credits or more and with less than 60 credits need to take 3 CHESS Core Electives (9 credits)
- Students who transfer with 60 credits or more and with less than 90 credits need to take 2 CHESS Core Electives (6 credits)
- Students who transfer with 90 credits or more need to take 1 CHESS Core Elective (3 credits)
College Scorecard
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