English, BA (1501)

Literature prior to 1660*

Select at least two courses from the following:

• ENG 308 - Major Works of Shakespeare Credits: 3
• ENG 351 - Classical Mythology Credits: 3
• ENG 401 - Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Credits: 3
• ENG 402 - Medieval Literature Credits: 3
• ENG 412 - The Metaphysical Poets of the Seventeenth Century Credits: 3

Literature between 1660 and 1900*

Select at least one course from the following:

• ENG 313 - Milton Credits: 3
• ENG 332 - The Eighteenth-Century Novel Credits: 3
• ENG 334 - The Classic English Novel Credits: 3
• ENG 343 - Irish Literature Credits: 3
• ENG 405 - Seventeenth-Century British Literature: The World Turned Upside Down Credits: 3
• ENG 416 - Early American Literature Credits: 3
• ENG 423 - English Literature of the Eighteenth Century Credits: 3
• ENG 430 - The Romantic Poets: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley and Byron Credits: 3
• ENG 432 - The Victorian Age Credits: 3

Literature between 1900 and Present*

Select at least one course from the following:

• ENG 320 - Modern Comedy Credits: 3
• ENG 367 - Modern American Poetry Credits: 3
• ENG 368 - Modern American Fiction Credits: 3
• ENG 370 - Contemporary American Fiction Credits: 3
• ENG 372 - Multicultural Writers of America Credits: 3
• ENG 374 - African American Literature II Credits: 3
• ENG 378 - Children’s Literature Credits: 3
• ENG 380 - Literature for Young Adults Credits: 3
• ENG 467 - Modern British and Commonwealth Poetry Credits: 3

Other*

Select any three 300 - 400 level ENG courses.

Total credits required for this major: 30

*At least one period or elective course must focus primarily on gender, ethnicity, race and/or post-colonialism.