English, B.A.

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Kate McCarthy-Gilmore, Ph.D., Dean

General Education	36-39 credits
Major	36 credits
General Electives	45-48 credits

The English program also offers minors in English and in Rhetoric and Public Writing .

Student Learning Outcomes - English

Demonstrate critical reading skills required to articulate a persuasive and insightful close reading, and a persuasive and insightful formal or structural analysis of a literary text.
Demonstrate the rhetorical skills and literacy (grammar, punctuation, and the like) required to make a persuasive and insightful written argument using evidence from a text.
Demonstrate an ability to conduct and incorporate research, orally or in writing.
Demonstrate a clear understanding and effective deployment of the elements of literature, such as plot, structure, character, setting, ideas, point of view, imagery, metaphor, symbolism, allegory, and prosody.
Demonstrate the ability to write aesthetically interesting original works of writing.
Articulate how a text can be understood in social, cultural, and literary-historical contexts.
Demonstrate a clear understanding and imaginative experience of a literary text.
Demonstrate the ways the study of literature and/or writing cultivates skills to engage in vocational reflection and exploration.

General Education Requirements

Requirements for the major in English (B.A.):

L.ENG 135 - Intro to Creative Writing-EC Credits: 3
L.ENG 145 - Literature and Public Life-EI Credits: 3
L.ENG 245 - Critics and Creators Credits: 3
L.ENG 492 - English Senior Seminar-IN Credits: 3

Select 2 electives:

Students seeking an English, Secondary Education degree are required to take two courses in World Literature. This requirement is met through regular completion of the English major which requires students to take Nations and Movements and Interdisciplinary Connections.

L.ENG 222 - World Literature: Renaissance to Modern Credits: 3
L.ENG 224 - African American Literature Credits: 3
L.ENG 237 - Fiction Writing Credits: 3
L.ENG 238 - Poetry Writing Credits: 3
L.ENG 270 - Bleak House in Context Credits: 3
L.ENG 271 - Screenwriting Credits: 3
L.ENG 277 - Rhetoric and Political Engagement-EI Credits: 3
L.ENG 278 - Grant and Proposal Writing Credits: 3
L.ENG 279 - Writing for New Media Credits: 3
L.ENG 285 - Modern Irish Literature & Culture Credits: 3
L.ENG 286 - Ireland in Film Credits: 3
L.ENG 296 - Poetry Workshop: The Magic of Myth & Metaphor Credits: 3
L.ENG 299 - Poetry Workshop: Love & Other Dangerous Emotions Credits: 3
L.ENG 325 - American Literature: 1820-1860 Credits: 3
L.ENG 326 - American Literature: 1861-1900 Credits: 3
L.ENG 328 - American Literature: Modern & Contemporary Poetry Credits: 3
L.ENG 329 - American Literature: Modern & Contemporary Drama Credits: 3
L.ENG 330 - American Literature: Modern Prose, 1900-1945 Credits: 3
L.ENG 331 - American Literature: Contemporary Prose, 1945-Present Credits: 3
L.ENG 332 - Major American Authors Credits: 3
L.ENG 333 - Shakespeare Before 1600 Credits: 3
L.ENG 334 - Shakespeare After 1600 Credits: 3
L.ENG 337 - Medieval & Renaissance British Literature Credits: 3
L.ENG 340 - Romantic Age: 1798-1832 Credits: 3
L.ENG 341 - Victorian Age: 1832-1901 Credits: 3
L.ENG 342 - Victorian Age Novel Credits: 3
L.ENG 343 - British/Irish Poetry 1900-Present Credits: 3
L.ENG 344 - British Fiction 1900-Present Credits: 3
L.ENG 345 - British Drama 1890-Present Credits: 3
L.ENG 351 - Milton & 17th Century Literature Credits: 3
L.ENG 352 - 18th Century British Literature Credits: 3
L.ENG 355 - English Novel: 1800-1840 Credits: 3
L.ENG 370 - Fantastic Fiction Credits: 3
L.ENG 380 - Nature Writing Credits: 3
L.ENG 383 - Nonfiction Genre Workshop Credits: 3
L.ENG 384 - Fiction Genre Workshop Credits: 3
L.ENG 385 - Poetry Genre Workshop Credits: 3
L.ENG 389 - Revision, Editing & Publishing Credits: 3
L.ENG 390 - Writing as Social Action Credits: 3

English, B.A.

Student Learning Outcomes - English

General Education Requirements

Requirements for the major in English (B.A.):

Select 1 Nations and Movements Course:

Select 1 Interdisciplinary Connections Course:

Select 1 Deep Read Course:

Select 3 Writing Courses:

Select 2 electives: