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Nov 23, 2024
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2012-2013 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
English, B.A.
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The department offers courses in literary history and traditions. These courses assist students to see how the works of generations of writers explore unifying themes, ideas, ideals, achievements, and aspirations. The department offers courses on “writers at work” that invite close study of the ideas and literary habits of a writer or a community of writers. These courses assist in understanding the texture of writing produced by individuals of great or compelling talent. The department offers courses in reading cultural contexts that promote awareness of literary texts as cultural constructs. These courses highlight the importance of society and culture as crucial determinants in the texts we read and analyze. The department offers courses in theories and practices that explore the methods of literary inquiry. These courses expose and test the theoretical grounding of our various approaches to literary material. A capstone course integrating theory and practice is required of all majors in their senior year. The department offers courses in creative writing that provide instruction in and contexts for practicing and producing the students’ own literary texts: stories, poems, plays, critical essays. Among the special-topics courses offered in recent years are Love in Literature, Political Satire, Hypertext Literature, Short Fiction, Gothic Thrills, Unruly Women in Theatre, and The Medieval in the Modern.
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General Education Requirements (A&S)
In addition to major requirements, students must meet the General Education Requirements that correlate to their degree.
Major GPA and Grade Requirements
Students must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in courses required to complete the major. All courses required for the major must be taken for a letter grade. Requirements
Thirty-six credits are required of all English majors. Literature Concentration
Students with a literature concentration are required to take Two historical surveys of literature, one from each of the following lists:
One 300- or 400-level course in four of the following five categories:
One course in a genre other than drama:
One cultural diversity course:
Electives
- English electives at the 200 level or above, to reach a total of at least 36 credits (12 courses) to complete the major
Note(s):
A single course may be used to satisfy two—but not three—distribution areas; for example, a course on African American drama might satisfy both the drama requirement and the cultural diversity requirement.
Depending on their content, Studies in…, Special Topics, and honors courses may be used to fulfill distribution requirements. Consult the department chair. Creative Writing Concentration
Students with a creative writing concentration are required to take Four other creative writing courses:
Two courses that focus on modern and/or contemporary literature:
English department courses
- 9 credits from within the English department
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