English Major in Literature and Language / Bachelor of Arts
Total Credit Hours: 128
Major Credit Hours: 43
The English Studies Department offers a concentration in Literature and Language that prepares the student for graduate studies in English and for other graduate degrees and for professional work in related disciplines that require enhanced verbal and analytical skills, such as law, library science, management, public relations, and humanities administration or research.
Degree Requirements
I. Core Courses (31)
A. Required Courses in Literature
| 06-250 | Introduction to English Studies | 3 |
| 06-235 | U.S. Literature: Beginnings to 1865 | 3 |
| 06-236 | U.S. Literature: 1865 to Present | 3 |
| 06-237 | British Literature: Beginnings to 1800 | 3 |
| 06-238 | British Literature: 1800 to Present | 3 |
| 06-360 | Shakespeare | 3 |
B. Required Courses in Language Study and Writing
1. Prerequisite to Linguistics: choose one of the following:
| 54-202 | Sign Language I | 3 |
| 70-200 | Introduction to Computer Science | 3 |
| 21-xxx | First-Semester Foreign Language | 3 |
First-Semester Foreign Language choices include, among others,
21-103 First-Year Spanish 1,
21-203 Spanish for Heritage Speakers 1,
21-107 First-Year Arabic 1,
21-109 First-Year Chinese 1,
21-113 First-Year Japanese 1,
21-117 First-Year Polish 1,
21-231 Polish for Heritage Speakers,
21-121 First-Year Russian 1,
21-123 First-Year French 1,
21-125 First-Year Italian 1,
21-127 First-Year German 1 and so forth.
2. Linguistics (required)
3. Advanced Writing Requirement: choose one of the following:
| 06-300 | Introduction to Professional Writing | 3 |
| 06-301 | Rhetoric for Writers | 3 |
| 06-302 | Writing in the Disciplines | 3 |
| 06-306 | Editing for Publishing | 3 |
| 06-307 | The Electronic Word: Computers and Writing in Theory and Practice | 3 |
| 06-308 | Technical Writing | 3 |
| 06-309 | Topics in Writing | 3 |
| 06-310 | Advanced Writing | 3 |
| 06-311 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
| 06-312 | Intermediate Workshop in Creative Writing | 3 |
| 06-319 | Publishing Practicum: Jet Fuel Review | 3 |
| 06-321 | Writing Digital Media | 3 |
Courses listed above fulfill the University’s General Education advanced writing requirement for English majors.
C. Required Capstone Experiences
| 06-380 | The ePortfolio Seminar | 1 |
| 06-460 | Senior Seminar in English Studies | 3 |
II. Elective Options for Exploratory and Advanced Literary Study (12)
A. Literature, Film, or Language course: choose one of the following:
Second-Semester Foreign Language courses include but are not limited to
21-104 First-Year Spanish 2,
21-204 Spanish for Heritage Speakers 2,
21-108 First-Year Arabic 2,
21-112 First-Year Chinese 2,
21-114 First-Year Japanese 2,
21-118 First-Year Polish 2,
21-122 First-Year Russian 2,
21-124 First-Year French 2,
21-126 First-Year Italian 2,
21-128 First-Year German 2, and so forth.
B. Advanced Study course: choose one of the following:
| 06-341 | Advanced Study in Early U.S. Literature | 3 |
| 06-343 | Advanced Study in 19th-Century U.S. Literature | 3 |
| 06-345 | Advanced Study in Modern and Postmodern U.S. Literature | 3 |
| 06-351 | Advanced Study in Early British Literature | 3 |
| 06-353 | Advanced Study in 18th- and 19th-Century British Literature | 3 |
| 06-355 | Advanced Study in Modern and Postmodern British Literature | 3 |
| 06-440 | Seminar in U.S. Authors | 3 |
| 06-450 | Seminar in British Authors | 3 |
C. Multicultural Literature: choose one of the following:
| 06-334 | Non-Western Literature | 3 |
| 06-335 | U.S.-Latino Literature | 3 |
| 06-336 | Latin American Literature | 3 |
| 06-339 | Topics in World Authors | 3 |
| 06-346 | Topics in Ethnic and Immigrant Literatures | 3 |
| 06-347 | Native American Literature | 3 |
| 06-348 | African American Literature | 3 |
| 06-356 | Post-Colonial Literatures in English | 3 |
| 06-376 | World/Ethnic Film | 3 |
D. Additional upper-level course: choose one of the following:
III. ePortfolio
In consultation with their advisors in the Department of English, majors must submit an ePortfolio of writing for review. The ePortfolio represents assignments and projects completed in courses. Students should register to take
06-380 ePortfolio during the final semester before graduation; i.e., the semester in which they plan to graduate. Further information can be obtained from the student’s advisor and the department chair.