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Literature Track
Because it provides a humanistic education that is broad as well as deep, the English major is excellent preparation for a variety of other careers. The successful English major learns skills that have increasingly high value in the marketplace: to read and write well, to do research, and to solve complex interpretive problems.
Our students have gone on to careers in teaching, writing and publication, medicine and law, business, journalism, social work, and information systems. In these fields it has often been noted that English majors have an advantage unavailable to those with narrower preparation.
The English major often involves interdisciplinary problems. Students may also find that English works well as part of a double or triple major in conjunction with other disciplines, such as English/Theatre, English/History/Philosophy.
Major
Requirements
EFFECTIVE DATE: MARCH 1, 2001
NOTE: Students who declared their English Major before March 2001 may complete the old major requirements (although they may choose to complete the new major requirements listed below). Students who declare their English Major after March 2001 must complete the new major requirements listed below.
English Major Codes:
ENGL - LI = Literature track
ENGL - CT = Communication and Technology track
ENGLISH MAJOR PROGRAM
The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English consists of a minimum 39 credits as distributed below. The major offers two tracks: (1) Literature and (2) Communication and Technology. These tracks share a common core of four courses and the same elective requirements. Additional requirements are listed under the separate tracks.
Common Core Courses (12 credits)
English 301 - Analysis of Literary Language
English 250 - Introduction to Shakespeare OR English 351 - Studies in Shakespeare
English 391 - Advanced Exposition & Argumentation OR
English 393 - Technical Writing
Senior Seminar (Students will normally take a senior seminar in their track.)
Common Elective Requirements (12 credits)
These electives must be English courses at the 300 or 400 level, although students may, with their advisor´s permission, include one 200-level course as part of this requirement. Students must take one literature course, one expository writing course, and two other electives. Creative writing courses may be used to satisfy the literature elective. The expository writing elective should be selected from the following courses: ENGL 291, 303, 324, 326, 380, 382, 383, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 407. Any English course at the prescribed level fulfills the unrestricted electives.
LITERATURE TRACK (15 credits)
English majors in the Literature Track will develop skills of close reading, critical thinking, and analysis of literary texts. Students will also develop an extensive historical knowledge of British and American literature in its cultural and social contexts. Students will be prepared for careers in such fields as education, business, law, journalism, publishing, and public relations.
Survey Courses (12 credits)
Choose four out of the following five survey courses. These survey courses need not be taken in chronological order, and they may be taken concurrently with any other major courses.
English 304 - British Literature: Medieval & Renaissance
English 305 - British Literature: Neo-Classical & Romantic
English 306 - British Literature: Victorian & Modern
English 307 - American literature: Through the Civil War
English 308 - American Literature 1870-1930
Methods Course (3 credits)
English 401 - Methods of Interpretation
NOTE: English 401 should be taken in the senior year.
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