Requirements for a Major in English (B.A.)
Please Note: The English Major requirement has been changed.
Students declaring the major Fall 2006 and after should follow the guidelines below. The requirements for the dual major in English and Childhood Education remain unchanged.
Foundation Courses
(Should be taken by the end of sophmore year)
3 Units as follows:
English 111 World Literature
English 211 British Literature Survey
English 212 Introduction to Literary Analysis and Theory
Core British and American Courses
(should be taken by the end of junior year)
3 Units, one from each of the following:
Pre-1800 British literature:
English 302 Medieval Literature
English 303 Chaucer
English 304 Renaissance and Restoration
English 305 Crime and Violence in the 18th Century
English 327 Advanced Drama: Renaissance to Modern
Post - 1800 British Literature:
English 306 Romantic Period
English 309 Victorian Literature
English 311 Modern English and Irish Literature
English 313 Contemporary Irish Literature
English 314 Postcolonial Literature
English 324 Victorian Fiction
English 325 Gothic and Detective Fiction
American literature course from the following:
English 315 African American Literature
English 317 American Literature: Colonial to Civil War
English 318 Ameircan Literature: Civil War to World War I
English 319 American Literature: World War I to the Present
English 345 Modern American Literature
English 348 Southern Women Writers
English 416 Ameircan Mosaic: Other Voices
Elective Courses
(prerequisite of English 212 or permission of the instructor)
Note: Students who have fulfilled the requirements of core courses may count additional ones as electives.
3 units from the following:
English 203 The Spiritual Quest in Literature
English 213 Hispanic Literature in English Translation
English 291 Special Topics
English 310 Literature in Turn-of-the-Century Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and Barcelaon
English 326 Drama Survey
English 343 Major Authors
English 344 Modern Poetry
English 346 Contemporary Poetry
English 347 The Study of Fairy Tales
English 349 Women Writers
English 351 French Women Writers in Translation
English 352 The Divine Comedy: Dante's Itinerary to Divinity
English 354 The Western Canon II: Renaissance to the Present
English 355 Sex and Gender iin Medieval French Literature
English 359 Independent Study
Uppper Level Required Courses
3 Units as follows:
English 330 Shakespeare Survey
English 400 Senior Reflective Tutorial
English 425 Senior Seminar
Only one writing course (including journalism), or film-oriented course may count toward the English major, as an elective. These are as follows:
Writing:
English 280 Writing Intensive Tutoring
English 261 Introduction to Journalism
English 329 Creative Writing
English 363 Newspaper Design and Editing
English 366 Feature Writing
English 368 Reviewing
English 370 Sports Journalism
English 372 Journalism and Public Relations
English 373 Ethics in Journalism
English 376 History of Journalism
English 291 when focused primarily on writing
English 593 when focused primarily on writing
Film--designated (F):
English 230 Introduction to Film
English 356 French Cinema
English 357 Italian Cinema
English 358 The Vietnam War in Literature and Film
English 359 Asian Film
English 291 when focused primarily on film
English 593 when focused primarily on film
Requirements for a Major in English (B.A.)
Students declaring the major from 2003 through Spring 2006 should follow the guidelines below.
A minimum of 13 units with the following distribution:
Foundation requirements - 3 units as follows:
English 110 or 111, anEd 211, 212.
Period courses (at least one British and one American) - 3 units from the following:
English 302, 304, 306, 309, 311, 314, 317, 318, 319.
Required courses - 3 units:
English 330, 400 and 425 (English 400 and 425 make up the Senior Learning Community for the major)
Elective upper-level courses - 4 units from the following:
English 203, 213, 291, 303, 310, 313, 315, 324, 325, 327, 343, 345, 347, 349, 351, 352, 353, 354, 416.
One writing course (from among journalism, creative writing, or writing intensive tutoring courses) may be substituted for an upper-level elective.
Only courses with a grade of C− or higher may be applied to the requirements of the major in English. Although the study of a foreign language is not required, students majoring in English are strongly urged to undertake such a study.
Requirements for a Dual Major of English and Childhood Education (B.A.)
For the Education component of the Dual Major consult the Education section.
The English component of the Dual Major consists of a total of 11 units with the following distribution:
Foundation courses - Choose 2 from the following courses:
English 110, 211, 212.
Period courses - Choose 2 from the following courses:
English 302, 304, 306, 309, 311, 317, 318, 319.
Intercultural courses - Choose 2 from the following courses:
English 111, 213, 310, 313, 314, 315, 351, 352, 416; Spanish 347.
Elective upper-level courses - Choose 3 from the following courses:
English 203, 291, 303, 324, 325, 327, 330, 343, 345, 347, 349.
Courses in a language other than English - Choose 2
Requirements for a Minor in English
A minimum of 5 units, of which one must be a foundation course, one a period course, and three advanced elective courses.
Requirements for a Minor in Journalism
A minimum of 5 units, of which one must be English 261 and two must be the two-unit internship in journalism (English 397).
English Composition Requirement
The first writing requirement is met by successful completion of the freshman RFT course. A student who fails the freshman RFT writing component must take English 101 as the equivalent course in the spring semester following the RFT failure. Upon successful completion of English 101, the “F” earned in the RFT will become an “F/R” and will not count toward the cumulative GPA. The graduation requirement regarding the freshman RFT writing component will be met by successfully passing English 101. The student must pass English 101 before enrolling in the next writing-intensive literature course (courses designated as ”W”).
