Bachelor of Arts in English: General Writing Concentration
Requirements for the General Writing Concentration
The major core, required of all four concentrations. These courses are offered at least once a year.
- ENGL 3600: American Literary Traditions OR ENGL 3610 British Literary Traditions
Introduction to the history of literature in each country.
- ENGL 3790: Foundations of Literary Study
An overview and introduction to the discipline of literary study, its history, its methods, and its specialized languages.
- ENGL 3510: Linguistic Principles
Basic principles of sound structure and sentence structure in natural language.
- ENGL 3810: Shakespeare
An introduction to Shakespeare as a dramatic artist through close analysis of selected plays.
Specific concentration requirements. Some of these courses are offered in alternate years. A list of courses to be offered in the upcoming semester, including detailed course descriptions, is available at this link and in the English Department office (Field House 1500).
- One 4000-level course in British literature before 1800, which can be any of the following:
ENGL 4440: British Literature: The Medieval Period
ENGL 4420: British Literature: The Renaissance
ENGL 4440: Early 17th-Century Literature
ENGL 4460: British Literature: Restoration and 18th Century
ENGL 4200: British Fiction 18th Century
- One 4000-level course in British literature after 1800:
ENGL 4500: British Literature: The Romantic Period
ENGL 4220: British Fiction: Early 19th Century
ENGL 4520: British Literature: The Victorian Period
ENGL 4230: British Fiction: Late 19th Century
ENGL 4540: British Literature: The 20th Century
ENGL 4240: British Fiction: 20th Century
- One 4000-level course in American literature:
ENGL 4690: Native American Literature and Culture
ENGL 4600: Early American Literature
ENGL 4620: American Romanticism
ENGL 4630: American Literary Realism
ENGL 4650: African American Literature Before the 20th Century
ENGL 4640: Early 20th-Century American Poetry
ENGL 4280: American Fiction: 20th Century
ENGL 4680: American Literature Since World War II
ENGL 4660: African American Literature in the 20th Century
- One 4000-level course examining a single author in depth:
ENGL 4800: Chaucer
ENGL 4810: Shakespeare II
ENGL 4820: Milton
ENGL 4850: Studies in the Work of a British Author Topic varies; examples in the past have included Edmund Spenser, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, George Eliot
ENGL 4860: Studies in the Work of an American Author Topic varies; examples have included William Faulkner, Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Richard Wright, Tom Robbins
- Two writing courses at the 4000 level and two at either the 3000 or 4000 level, chosen from the following:
ENGL 3010: Creative Writing
ENGL 3050: Persuasive Writing
ENGL 3060: Screenwriting
ENGL 3800: Visual Language
ENGL 4030: Writing Workshop in Nonfictional Prose
ENGL 4060: Screenwriting II
ENGL 4070: Writing Workshop in Poetry
ENGL 4080: Writing Workshop in Fiction
ENGL 4090: Current Writing Theory
ENGL 4950: Special Topics for Writers
In some instances individual sections of ENGL 3980: Special Topics or ENGL 4980: Special Topics, if they focus on writing, may be used for this requirement. Check with an advisor for more information.
In some instances ENGL 4980: Special Topics, if appropriate, may be used to meet one of the 4000-level requirements, and more frequently ENGL 3980:Special Topics may be used as a writing course. For example, ENGL4980: Salman Rushdie, offered in Fall 2009, meets the requirement for a course on a single author. Check with an advisor for more information.
Related fields The major requires 18 total credit hours in related fields outside of English, half of which must be on the 3000- or 4000-level. These are usually chosen from the other humanities, the social sciences, and interdisciplinary programs. The related area requirement may also be satisfied by taking a minor.
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