Curriculum for a Major in English

Total hours required for an English major ..... 31*

Required Courses
ENGL 310 Survey of British Literature I (3)
ENGL 311 Survey of British Literature II (3)
ENGL 370 Structure and Evolution of English

       OR ENGL 375 History of the English Language (3)
ENGL 418 Studies in Chaucer and Milton (3)
ENGL 421 Shakespeare (3)
ENGL 485 Senior Capstone Practicum (1)

Electives

Of the remaining 15 hours (5 elective courses), a minimum of three hours (one course) MUST come from EACH of the following period groupings:

Ancient/Medieval/Renaissance
ENGL 300 Greek Mythology (3)

ENGL 302 The Bible as Literature (3)

ENGL 315 Medieval Literature (3)

ENGL 316 Medieval Drama (3)

ENGL 320 Renaissance Prose and Poetry (3)

ENGL 321 Renaissance Drama (3)

ENGL 322 Hamlet in Context (3)

Restoration/Eighteenth Century
ENGL 330 Restoration/18th-Century Literature (3)
ENGL 331 Restoration/18th-Century Drama (3)
ENGL 332 **The British Novel (3)

ENGL 333 Satire (3)

ENGL 360 **Literature and the Sexes (3)

Nineteenth Century
ENGL 332 **The British Novel (3)

ENGL 340 British Romantic Literature (3)
ENGL 341 Nineteenth-Century British Literature (1837-1900) (3)
ENGL 346 **American Fiction (3)
ENGL 347 **American Poetry (3)
ENGL 360 **Literature and the Sexes (3)

ENGL 445 Studies in American Literature (3)

Modern
ENGL 346 **American Fiction (3)
ENGL 347 **American Poetry (3)
ENGL 355 American Ethnic Literature (3)
ENGL 357 Contemporary American Poetry (3)
ENGL 361 Short Story (3)
ENGL 362 Modern Novel (3)
ENGL 363 Modern Dramatic Literature (3)
ENGL 365 Contemporary Literature (3)

Seminars

With the consent of the department chair, one of the following Seminar in Literature courses may be substituted for a course in any appropriate period grouping listed above.

ENGL 405 Seminar in Literature (3)
ENGL 406 Seminar in Literature (3)
ENGL 407 Seminar in Literature (3)

*This total of 31 hours is in addition to the general studies requirements in English listed under the Program of General Studies.

**Courses designated with a double asterisk (**) cover more than one period but may be taken to satisfy only ONE period requirement.