English

After 2008 (fall semester)

Major Requirements
(For students beginning major fall 2008 or later)

ENGL 2316 English Literature I 3 hours
ENGL 2317 English Literature II 3 hours
ENGL 2318 English Literature III 3 hours
ENGL 2312 American Literature I 3 hours
ENGL 2313 American Literature II 3 hours
ENGL 3105 Research Methods Workshop 1 hour
ENGL ____ Upper Division "Period" Course 3 hours
ENGL ____ Upper Division "Author" Course 3 hours
ENGL ____ Upper Division "Genre" Course 3 hours
ENGL ____ Upper Division "Language" Course 3 hours
ENGL ____ Upper Division Elective 3 hours
ENGL ____ Upper Division Elective 3 hours
ENGL 4335 Senior Seminar* 3 hours

Total

37 hours

Minor Requirements

ENGL 2316 English Literature I 3 hours
ENGL 2317 English Literature II 3 hours
ENGL 2318 English Literature III 3 hours
ENGL 2312 American Literature I 3 hours
ENGL 2313 American Literature II 3 hours
ENGL 3105 Research Methods Workshop 1 hour
ENGL ____ Upper Division Language Course 3 hours
ENGL ____ Upper Division English Elective 3 hours
ENGL ____ Upper Division English Elective 3 hours

Total

25 hours
With the approval of their advisor and the department chair, candidates may present one of the following as an upper-division elective: WRTG 3300 Creative Writing; or WRTG 3301 Rhetoric and Composition.

*With the approval of the advisor and the department chair, Senior Seminar may be used to satisfy genre requirement.  If this occurs, the student must take one more upper division elective.

COURSES FOR ENGLISH MAJORS AND MINORS

Courses taken by all majors and minors
ENGL 2316 English Literature I
ENGL 2317 English Literature II
ENGL 2318 English Literature III
ENGL 2312 American Literature I
ENGL 2313 American Literature II
Courses fulfilling the "Genre" requirement
ENGL 3371 The Modern Novel
ENGL 3372 American Novel to 1900
ENGL 4315 20th Century American Poetry
ENGL 4335 Senior Seminar (depending on topic)
ENGL 4343 Tudor-Stuart Drama
ENGL 4344 English Drama:  1660 - Present
ENGL 4366 Literary Theory and Criticism
ENGL 4370 Women and Literature
ENGL 4372 English Novel:  18th Century
ENGL 4373 English Novel:  19th Century
ENGL 4374 English Novel:  20th Century
ENGL 4375 English Poetry:  20th Century
Courses fulfilling the "Period" requirement
ENGL 4301 The Renaissance
ENGL 4305 Medieval English Literature
ENGL 4311 The Neo-Classical Period
ENGL 4312 American Provincial Literature
ENGL 4313 American Romanticism & Realism
ENGL 4320 The Romantic Period
ENGL 4321 The Victorian Period
ENGL 4342 The Seventeenth Century
ENGL 4352 American Modernism, 1900 to 1945
ENGL 4353 American Postmodernism, 1945 to the Present
Courses fulfilling the "Author" requirement
ENGL 4330 Shakespeare I
ENGL 4331 Shakespeare II
ENGL 4340 Chaucer
ENGL 4341 Milton
Course fulfilling the "Language" requirement *
ENGL 3312 Modern Grammars
ENGL 3335 Language and Grammar Studies
ENGL 4360 History and structure of the English Language
* ENGL 3335 Applies only to students seeking teaching licensure
Courses fulfilling the Licensure requirement
ENGL 4350 Internship I
ENGL 4358 Methods of Teaching English & Composition
ENGL 4361 Literature for Adolescents
ENGL 4680 Internship II
ENGL 4681 Internship II
Elective courses
ENGL 3315 Gender and Language
ENGL 3325 Advanced Readings in World Literature
ENGL 3343 Southern Literature
ENGL 4300 Readings for Honors Degree
ENGL 4304 Studies in English and American Literature
ENGL 4361 Literature for Adolescents
ENGL 4380 African and African/American Literature
ENGL 4381 Major African/African American Writers
ENGL 4382 Race in American Literature
ENGL 4385 Travel Seminar in Literature
ENGL 4685 Travel Seminar in Literature