Requirements for the Major

 Exceptions to the following requirements may be presented to the program chair for consideration

Prerequisites

(12 credits)

• Two lower division literature courses, 8 credits

        OR

• One lower division literature course and one lower division creative writing, rhetoric, or grammar course, 8 credits
• ENG 298 - Introduction to Literary Analysis 4 credits

Core Courses

(28 credits)

• ENG 300 - Introduction to Literary Theory and Critical Writing 4 credits

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• One of these courses, 4 credits:

• ENG 371 - Topics in British Literature Before 1800 4 credits
• ENG 381 - Topics in U.S. Literature Before 1865 4 credits
• ENG 436 - Topics in Shakespeare 4 credits

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• Two upper division WR courses, 8 credits
   
• WR 414 - Advanced Composition 4 credits

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• One linguistics course, 4 credits:

• ENG 490 - The English Language: An Introduction 4 credits

• or

• ENG 491 - History of the English Language 4 credits

• or

• ENG 492 - Structure of the English Language 4 credits

• or

• ENG 494 - Recent Developments in Language Study 4 credits

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• ENG 400 - Capstone I 2 credits
• ENG 401 - Capstone II 2 credits

Electives

• Upper division ENG or WR courses, 32 credits total

8 credits must be 400-level literature

4 credits may be 300- or 400-level creative writing (CW)