The English major includes a core of historically oriented survey courses, a capstone course in literary criticism, plus two upper level courses from literature prior to 1800, one course from the 19th century, and two modern courses. Majors may elect to focus on the Literature Track (2 additional upper level literature courses) or the Writing Track (3 courses in creative writing). The requirements for the B.A. degree with a major in English are as follows:

Core (5 courses):
ENGL 200 Introduction to World Literature                            
ENGL 210 British Literature to 1660
ENGL 220 British Literature, 1660 to Present
ENGL 230 Survey of American Literature
ENGL 460 Literary Criticism
                         
Plus Five Additional Courses:

Choose two of the following:
ENGL 303 Major Figures in World Drama: Ancient Greece to the Renaissance
ENGL 309 Chaucer and Medieval Literature
ENGL 313 Shakespeare
ENGL 318 The Seventeenth Century

Choose one of the following:
ENGL 322 Nineteenth Century British Literature
ENGL 324 Nineteenth Century American Literature

Choose two of the following:
ENGL 325 The Novel
ENGL 326 Modern British Literature
ENGL 327 Modern Drama
ENGL 328 Modern American Literature

Choose One Track

Literature Track:
Choose two of the following:
ENGL 304 Major Figures in World Drama: Renaissance to Modern
ENGL 332 African American Literature
ENGL 350 Contemporary Literature
ENGL 355 Special Studies in Literature: Drama, Fiction, Poetry
ENGL 336 Tragedy
ENGL 337 Comedy

Writing Track:
ENGL 306 Introduction to Creative Writing.
ENGL 308 Writing of Poetry
ENGL 310 Writing of Fiction

Prerequisites. Two courses chosen from English 200, 210, 220 or 230 should be completed before enrolling in any English courses numbered 300 or above. Special consideration will be given, in certain cases, to non-English majors who desire to take courses numbered 300 or above.