The English Department offers three Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree programs: English Literature, English Writing, and a Double Major in English Literature and Writing. In addition, two minor programs are offered in English Literature and English Writing.

Bachelor of Arts, Major in English Writing (27 hours)

  • ENWR 310 An Introduction to Non-Fiction Prose or ENWR 311 An Introduction to Creative Writing
  • ENWR 495 Senior Writing Project
  • ENLT 413 Shakespeare
  • Choose one:
    • ENWR 317 Expository Writing
    • ENWR 319 Classical Rhetoric
  • Choose one of the following or any course designed to fulfill Pre-1700 British Literature:
    • ENLT 378 Medieval Literature
    • ENLT 379 16th/17th-Century British Literature
    • ENLT 411 Chaucer
  • Choose two of the following or any course designed to fulfill 18th/19th Century British Literature:
    • ENLT 380 The 18th Century
    • ENLT 381 Romantic Movement
    • ENLT 382 Victorian Literature
  • Choose one of the following or any course designed to fulfill 20th/21st Century Literature:
    • ENLT 377 American Literature 1945 to Present
    • ENLT 383 20th Century British Literature
  • Two ENWR electives above the 200 level

    Bachelor of Arts, Double Major in English Literature and Writing (48 hours)

    • ENLT 413 Shakespeare
    • ENWR 310 An Introduction to Non-Fiction Prose or ENWR 311 An Introduction to Creative Writing
    • ENWR 495 Senior Writing Project
    • Choose one of the following or any course designed to fulfill Pre-1700 British Literature:
      • ENLT 378 Medieval Literature
      • ENLT 379 16th/17th-Century British Literature
      • ENLT 411 Chaucer
    • Choose two of the following or any course designed to fulfill 18th/19th Century British Literature:
      • ENLT 380 The 18th Century
      • ENLT 381 Romantic Movement
      • ENLT 382 Victorian Literature
    • Choose one of the following or any course designed to fulfill 20th/21st Century Literature:
      • ENLT 377 American Literature 1945 to Present
      • ENLT 383 20th Century British Literature
    • Choose one of the following or any course designed to fulfill American Literature:
      • ENLT 375 American Literature to 1865
      • ENLT 376 American Literature 1865-1945
      • ENLT 377 American Literature 1945 to Present
    • Choose one:
      • ENWR 317 Expository Writing or ENWR 319 Classical Rhetoric
    • One ENLT elective above the 100 level
    • Four ENWR electives above the 200 level