Literature Emphasis

We study literature for a variety of reasons because we: love to read; try to understand all rhetorical uses of language; learn about people and human behavior; and culture both reflects and transmits itself in its art. Students who elect a major in English with an emphasis in literature will spend a lot of time with texts, not merely as consumers but as analysts and critics. If they accept all the challenges that literary study affords, they will prepare themselves well as active, critical citizens who know how to learn from every situation and every artifact of culture.

MAJOR: ENGLISH, Liberal Arts, Literature
(Code 540-206)

Core courses:

Engl 210 Introduction to Texts (5 cr.)
Engl 221 The English Language (3 cr.)
Engl 285 Introduction to Theory and Criticism (3 cr.)
Engl 480 English Capstone (1-3 cr.)

In addition to the English core requirement:

one British literature course before 1790
one British literature course after 1790
one American literature course before 1900
one American literature course after 1900
one World/Post Colonial literature course
one American Ethnic literature course
one Women’s literature course
three to six additional literature credits

Note: No single course can be used in two categories except Women’s literature.

Note: No more than six credits at the 200 level; no fewer than nine credits at the 400 level.

Printable requirements (pdf) to use as an advising guide or checklist.

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