Concentration in Literatures, Language and Criticism (39 cr)

A. Introduction to Literary Studies (3 cr)

 - to be taken within one semester of declaring the major

• ENGL 25200 - Introduction to Literary Studies

B. Required Courses (12 cr)

The following four courses are required for all students in this concentration:

• 1.  ENGL 30600 - Literary Theory (W)
• 2.  ENGL 33800 - Survey of British Literature I: Early Texts To the Eighteenth Century
• 3.  ENGL 32000 - Multi-Ethnic American Literature (W)

•                     -or-

•      ENGL 32500 - Post-Colonial Literature in English (W)
• 4.  ENGL 39500 - Survey of American Literature: Origins to the Civil War (W)

C. Required Area of Study (9 cr)

Students in this concentration must take three additional courses in one of the areas below. Particularly motivated students may also obtain prior approval from an advisor to design an area of their own choosing (e.g. literature by genre or by historical period, literary theory, cultural studies).

1. British and/or Irish Literatures
2. American Literatures, including African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American
3. Transnational and/or Postcolonial Studies
4. Gender and Sexuality Studies
5. Race, Ethnicity, and/or Class Studies
6. Linguistics, Language, and/or Rhetoric
7. Transatlantic Studies

D. One 300- or 400-level English course with a focus on literature or rhetoric before 1800 (3 cr)

Note: Students may use a period appropriate Area of Study course or Honors Seminar to satisfy this requirement. Students may not use ENGL 33800 or 39500 to satisfy this requirement.

Students may choose from among the following English courses:

• ENGL 31700 - Topics in Non- European Literary Traditions (W)
• ENGL 31800 - Topics in Literature of Non-European Americans (W)
• ENGL 31900 - Topics in Literature by Women (W)
• ENGL 32100 - Topics in African American Literature
• ENGL 32200 - Topics in Gender and Sexuality in Literature
• ENGL 32300 - Topics in Asian American Literature
• ENGL 32400 - Topics in Native American Literature
• ENGL 32600 - Topics in US Latina/o Literature
• ENGL 32700 - Topics in Caribbean Literature (W)
• ENGL 32900 - Topics in Cross-Cultural Literature in English (W)
• ENGL 33200 - History of the English Language (W)
• ENGL 33300 - Topics in Language and Linguistics
• ENGL 33400 - Beowulf and Other Early Texts
• ENGL 33500 - Chaucer
• ENGL 33600 - Medieval Literature (1100-1500)
• ENGL 33700 - Literary Aspects of Folklore
• ENGL 34000 - History of Rhetoric
• ENGL 34700 - Language and Ethnicity
• ENGL 35000 - Renaissance Drama
• ENGL 35100 - The Age of Elizabeth I
• ENGL 35200 - Shakespeare Survey
• ENGL 35300 - Shakespeare I
• ENGL 35400 - Shakespeare II
• ENGL 35500 - Topics in Shakespeare (W)
• ENGL 35900 - Topics in Seventeenth-Century Literature
• ENGL 36000 - The 17th Century
• ENGL 36100 - Milton
• ENGL 36200 - English Drama of Restoration and 18th Century
• ENGL 36300 - Topics in Milton
• ENGL 36400 - The Age of Satire
• ENGL 36500 - The Later 18th Century
• ENGL 36800 - The 18th Century English Novel
• ENGL 37100 - Topics in Romantic Literature
• ENGL 37200 - Romantic Poetry
• ENGL 38200 - Topics in Medieval Literature
• ENGL 38300 - Topics in Renaissance Literature
• ENGL 38400 - Topics in Restoration and 18th Century Literature
• ENGL 38700 - Topics in British and/or Irish Fiction
• ENGL 38800 - Topics in Multi-Genre British and/or Irish Literature
• ENGL 38900 - One Major Writer (W)
• ENGL 39100 - Topics in British and/ or Irish Poetry
• ENGL 39200 - Topics in American Poetry
• ENGL 39400 - World Literature: Drama
• ENGL 39800 - Topics in American Fiction
• ENGL 39900 - Topics in American Multi-Genre Literature (W)
• ENGL 49000 - Advanced Topics Seminar
• ENGL 49400 - Honors Seminar: Special Studies

E. Electives (12-15 cr)

The remaining courses in the major are electives, chosen by the student. Unless a student uses an Area of Study course to fulfill the requirement, one of these courses must be a 300- or 400-level English course with a focus on literature or rhetoric before 1800.
All English majors also have the option to take one of their elective courses in another department. In order to do this, students must meet all of that department’s prerequisites for the course. Students with double majors may apply the course to one of those majors, but not both. For example, someone majoring in English and History who takes HIST 342.51 Britain Since 1689 may count that course toward either the English or History major, not both. Students may choose from the courses and departments listed below.
Note: To take a 300-level course in one of the following departments and programs that is not on the list, or in another department, students must have prior written permission from an English advisor and must meet all the prerequisites for the course.