Requirements for the Major

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

Prerequisites

(8 credits)

• Two lower division literature courses from the following:
• ENG 104 - Introduction to Literature 4 credits
• ENG 105 - Introduction to Literature 4 credits
• ENG 208 - Explorations in Literary Genres 4 credits
• ENG 209 - Literature in the Modern World 4 credits
• ENG 239 - Native American Myth and Culture 4 credits
• ENG 240 - Native American Narratives, Fiction, and Poetry 4 credits
• ENG 245 - Ethnic American Literature 4 credits
• ENG 298 - Introduction to Literary Analysis 4 credits

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• One lower division literature course (see above) and one lower division creative writing, rhetoric, or grammar course from the following:

• ENG 280 - Public Reasoning: Introductory Topics in Rhetoric 4 credits
• ENG 295 - Grammar and Style in Writing 4 credits
• CW 220 - Introduction to Creative Writing 4 credits
• CW 230 - Texts and Traditions 4 credits
• CW 281 - Introductory Fiction Writing 4 credits
• CW 282 - Introductory Poetry Writing 4 credits

Core Courses

(20-24 credits)

• Choose between ENG 298  and ENG 300  (8 credits) or ENG 301  (4 credits).

 

• 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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• ENG 414 - Writing for Publication 4 credits

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• One linguistics course, 4 credits:

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

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• ENG 491 - History of the English Language 4 credits

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• ENG 492 - Structure of the English Language 4 credits

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• 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 courses, 40 credits total

8 credits must be 400-level literature

8 credits must be from the following writing emphasis courses: ENG 312, 327, 355, 380, 395, 455, 472, 480.

4 credits may be 300- or 400-level non-studio CW course.