English, BA

English Electives (3000-4000 level): (35)

Choose a total of thirty-five credits of upper-division electives, including:

• Pre-1800 Literature (10)
• 1800-Present Literature (10)
• 5 credits of the above courses or additional Pre-1800 or 1800-Present Literature must be CT
• 5 credits of the above courses or additional Pre-1800 or 1800-Present Literature elective must be 4000-level
• 10 credits of any of the above courses or additional electives must be Intercultural/Intersectional Literature

Senior Synthesis Capstone: (5)

• ENGL 4900 - Senior Synthesis Capstone

Literature (2000-level)

2000-level courses are foundational to the advanced study of literature and creative writing. Students will learn to identify different literary genres and conventions, and to develop close reading skills. In “Encountering” courses students will develop an understanding of English and American literary history and of literatures that reflect on transnational and transcultural differences.

• ENGL 2000 - Literary Studies
• ENGL 2910 - Special Topics
• ENGL 2010 - Encountering British Literatures
• ENGL 2020 - Encountering American Literatures
• ENGL 2030 - Encountering Intercultural Literatures
• ENGL 2960 - Directed Study

Literature (3000-level)

3000-level courses build on the skills of close reading developed in 2000-level courses, extend students’ repertoire of interpretive strategies, and teach sound habits of scholarship needed for success in 4000-level courses. 3000-level courses offer a wide range of approaches to literature. Instructors’ teaching strategies and course assignments aim to help students read with sophistication, develop theoretical awareness, and understand disciplinary methods of inquiry and analysis. 3000-level courses are designed for both majors and non-majors. English Majors are advised to complete one CT course before taking a 4000-level literature course.

• ENGL 3010 - Lit to 1500 Context and Theory
• ENGL 3011 - Lit 1500-1800 Context and Theory
• ENGL 3012 - Lit 1800 - Present Context and Theory
• ENGL 3013 - American Literature Context and Theory
• ENGL 3014 - Intercultural/Intersectional Context and Theory
• ENGL 3080 - History of the English Language
• ENGL 3210 - The Bible as Literature
• ENGL 3220 - The Literature of Greece and Rome
• ENGL 3230 - Medieval Marvels
• ENGL 3260 - Dante’s Divine Comedy
• ENGL 3270 - Arthurian Romance
• ENGL 3280 - Chaucer
• ENGL 3310 - Shakespeare in Performance
• ENGL 3320 - Shakespeare
• ENGL 3330 - Renaissance Drama
• ENGL 3340 - Renaissance Heroism: Marlowe, Shakespeare, and Milton
• ENGL 3350 - The Renaissance Lyric
• ENGL 3360 - 17th Century Literature: The Rhetoric and Poetics of Modern Revolutions
• ENGL 3380 - Restoration and 18th Century Literature
• ENGL 3400 - British Romanticism
• ENGL 3410 - Late 19th Century Literature
• ENGL 3420 - Clash of Ideals: The Issue of Progress in 19th Century Literature
• ENGL 3430 - 19th Century European Novel
• ENGL 3440 - Modernism in Art and Literature
• ENGL 3450 - Irish Literature
• ENGL 3460 - Russian Literature
• ENGL 3470 - Modern Drama
• ENGL 3510 - American Novelists
• ENGL 3520 - American Poets
• ENGL 3530 - American Drama
• ENGL 3540 - What is Ethnic American Literature?
• ENGL 3610 - American Renaissance, 1820-1860
• ENGL 3620 - 20th Century American Literature
• ENGL 3630 - Modern African American Literature
• ENGL 3720 - Literature of India
• ENGL 3730 - African Literature
• ENGL 3810 - Children’s Literature
• ENGL 3820 - Introduction to Film Analysis
• ENGL 3830 - Detective Fiction
• ENGL 3840 - Ecocriticism
• ENGL 3910 - Special Topics
• ENGL 3960 - Directed Study

Writing (3000-level)

3000-level writing courses are designed for writers in any discipline who wish to learn advanced strategies for producing effective prose in a variety of academic, civic, or professional contexts. Prerequisites are UCOR 1100 or equivalent transfer credit, plus junior standing or permission of instructor.

• ENGL 3040 - Advanced Writing: Argument and Persuasion
• ENGL 3050 - Composition Theory and Practice
• ENGL 3090 - Tutoring Writing: Theory and Practice

Literature (4000-level)

Courses with a 4000 number are advanced studies in literature and writing that build on the research writing skills developed in 3000-level courses. 4000-level courses have three goals: first, to help students gain a depth of understanding of a focused series of texts, e.g. on a major theme, by one or two authors, or in a particular genre; second, to help students gain an understanding of various theories and methods of literary criticism, as well as learn to apply them to the central texts of the course; and third, to assist students in the writing of a major scholarly paper or creative portfolio. The literary paper will demonstrate close reading, the raising of a literary question in relation to debates among the critics, and the pursuit of an extended and persuasive literary argument.

• ENGL 4210 - Medieval Masculinities
• ENGL 4220 - Medieval Women and Writing
• ENGL 4230 - Medieval Sexualities
• ENGL 4310 - Donne and His Critics
• ENGL 4320 - Milton Seminar
• ENGL 4410 - Female Gothic
• ENGL 4420 - Modernism/Postmodernism
• ENGL 4430 - Time Travels
• ENGL 4510 - Indigenous American Literature
• ENGL 4520 - African American Slave Narratives
• ENGL 4530 - Slavery and Labor in American Film and Literature
• ENGL 4540 - Asian American Literature
• ENGL 4550 - Americans in Paris
• ENGL 4610 - Early American Literature
• ENGL 4620 - Contemporary American Fiction
• ENGL 4710 - Japanese Drama
• ENGL 4720 - Writing Resistance: Women in Non-Western Cultures
• ENGL 4730 - Postcolonial Literature and Theory
• ENGL 4810 - The History of Narrative from Homer to Hypertext
• ENGL 4840 - Literary Theory
• ENGL 4850 - Major Author Seminar
• ENGL 4910 - Special Topics
• ENGL 4950 - Internship
• ENGL 4960 - Independent Study
• ENGL 4990 - Directed Research

Creative Writing

These courses focus on the craft of imaginative writing in four genres (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, scripts) and are available to all students, though priority may be given to English and English/Creative Writing majors.

• ENGL 3100 - Writers Workshop Abroad
• ENGL 3110 - Writing Non-Fiction
• ENGL 3120 - Writing the Personal Narrative
• ENGL 3130 - Writing Fiction: Storytelling Principles
• ENGL 3140 - Writing Fiction: Longer Forms
• ENGL 3150 - Writing Lyric Poetry
• ENGL 3160 - Writing Narrative Poetry
• ENGL 3170 - Travel Writing
• ENGL 3180 - Writing Scripts
• THTR 4040 - Playwriting
• ENGL 4110 - Advanced Non-Fiction Writing
• ENGL 4130 - Advanced Fiction Writing
• ENGL 4150 - Advanced Poetry Writing