Literature in English Major

HFA PEAK

30 credits (Total does not include First-Year Seminar, ENG-100, or foreign language courses)

Major Requirements

Complete the following:

ENG-280Theory and Methods of the Study of Literature

3 credits

Note: ENG-280 should be taken before enrolling in 300-level literature seminars.

Complete 6 credits from the following:

ENG 200-level-
Introduction to Literary Studies Courses

6 credits

Note: 6 credits of 200-level Introduction to Literary Studies Courses are to be completed by no later than end of sophomore year. Ideally students majoring or minoring in Literature in English or Creative Writing majors will have taken two Introduction to Literary Study courses at the 200-level before enrolling in 300-level literature seminars.

Complete 18 credits in 300-level literature seminars with at least 3 credits in each of the following areas:

American Literature

Complete at least 1 course from the following:

ENG-329Inventing America

3 credits

ENG-330African American Literature

3 credits

ENG-331Gardens of American Literature

3 credits

ENG-332Adrienne Rich

3 credits

ENG-333Hemingway and Faulkner

3 credits

ENG-334Ecopoetics

3 credits

ENG-335American Renaissance

3 credits

English Literature before 1789

Complete at least 1 course from the following:

ENG-306The Seventeenth-Century Lyric

3 credits

ENG-307Origins and Traditions of English Literature

3 credits

ENG-308Rival Playwrights: Marlowe, Shakespeare, Johnson

3 credits

ENG-309The Epic Tradition

3 credits

ENG-310English Renaissance Literature

3 credits

ENG-311Drama of Early Modern Europe

3 credits

English Literature after 1789

Complete at least 1 course from the following:

ENG-315The Supernatural in British Literature

3 credits

ENG-316The Brontes

3 credits

ENG-317Nineteenth-Century British Fiction

3 credits

ENG-318Prize Books

3 credits

ENG-319Nineteenth-Century Literature of the British Isles

3 credits

ENG-320Twentieth-Century Literature of the British Isles

3 credits

Postcolonial Literature

Complete at least 1 course from the following:

ENG-322V. S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie

3 credits

ENG-323Postcolonial Studies

3 credits

ENG-324Narratives Against Oppression

3 credits

ENG-325Constructing World Literatures

3 credits

Other 300-Level Seminar Courses

ENG-338Postmodern Literature

3 credits

Note: 6 additional credits in Seminars are required from any of the above listed 300-level seminars to satisfy the required 18 credits.

Literature in English Capstone

ENG-498Senior Thesis Seminar in Literature

3 credits

Foreign Language Courses

Complete 1 first-year sequence from the following languages:

Spanish
SPA-101Spanish Language and Culture I

4 credits

SPA-102Spanish Language and Culture II

4 credits

French
FRE-101French Language and Culture I

4 credits

FRE-102French Language and Culture II

4 credits

Note: If available, students may study Latin or Greek. Equivalency tests must be agreed upon by both the Modern Foreign Language and English Departments.

Students who wish to be certified to teach English at the secondary level should consult with a faculty member in the Education Department to learn the current requirements for certification.