Requirements

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 Creative Writing
  • ENWR 495 Senior Writing Project
  • ENLT 413 Shakespeare or ENLT 414 Shakespeare and the Power of Art or ENLT 415 Shakespeare and the World
  • ENWR 317 Expository Writing or ENWR 319 Classical Rhetoric
  • Choose one of the following or any course designated 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 designated to fulfill 18th/19th Century British Literature:
    • ENLT 380 The 18th Century
    • ENLT 381 Romantics
    • ENLT 382 Victorians
  • Choose one of the following or any course designated 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 or ENLT 414 Shakespeare and the Power of Art or ENLT 415 Shakespeare and the World
  • ENWR 310 An Introduction to Non-Fiction Prose or ENWR 311 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 three of the following or any course designed to fulfill 18th/19th Century British Literature:
    • ENLT 380 The 18th Century
    • ENLT 381 Romantics
    • ENLT 382 Victorians
  • Choose two 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