ENGLISH OPTION A: ENGLISH MAJOR – 39 CREDITS* (2007-08 BULLETIN) 

I.              Engl 151: Introduction to English Studies  _____

 II.            Three courses in Literary History

                 Required: Engl 221: British Literature I    _____   and Engl 241: American Literature I   _____

                Take one: Engl 222: British Literature II   _____   or Engl 242: American Literature II   _____

 (Note: Students who choose English 222: British Literature II must take an upper-level course in American Literature since 1860; students who choose Engl 242: American Literature II must take an upper-level course in English Literature since 1660. This requirement may be satisfied by one of the courses taken to satisfy Section III or by the Capstone Course (Section VIII) as long as it is on the appropriate area.)

III.           Three 300- or 400-level courses in British or American Literature

                Engl 330: Shakespeare                                             _____

                Engl 334: English Drama:                                        _____     

                Engl 335: English Novel                                          _____

                Engl 356: American Poetry                                     _____

                Engl 367: American.  Short Story                           _____

                Engl 368: American Novel                                      _____

                Engl 422: Age of Chaucer                                       _____

                Engl 423: Old & Middle English Lit                       _____

                Engl 427: Advanced Shakespeare                           _____

                Engl 428: Engl Renaissance/16^th Cent.Lit               _____

                Engl 434: 18^th Century English Literature              _____

                Engl 437: English Romantic Literature                   _____

                Engl 438: English Victorian Literature                   _____

                Engl 439: Modern English Literature                      _____

                Engl 440: Contemporary English Lit                      _____

                Engl 453: American Renaissance                            _____

                Engl 454: Amer. Realism & Naturalism                  _____

                Engl 459: Amer.Lit Between the Wars                   _____

                Engl 460: Contemporary American Lit                  _____

                Engl 492: (on American or British Lit)**               _____

IV.           Multi-Cultural/Minority Literature (one course required)

                Engl 211: World Literature I                                   ______

                Engl 212: World Literature II                                  ______

                Engl 248: Women in Literature                               ______

                Engl 249: Lit of Diverse Cultures                           ______

                Engl 410: Mythology and Literature                      ______

                Engl 445: American Indian Literature                     ______

                Engl 447: Amer. Indian Lit of the Present              ______

                Engl 268 or 492: (on multicultural topic)**           ______

V.            Writing (one course required)

                Engl 379: Technical Writing                                    ______

                Engl 383: Creative Writing                                      ______

                Engl 485: Advanced Creative Writing                     ______

                Engl 492: (on Prof. or Creative Writing)**             ______

VI.           Linguistics (one course required)

                Ling 203: English Grammar                                    ______

                Ling 420: The New English                                    ______

                Ling 425: The Structure of English                         ______

                Ling 443: Development of English Lang                ______

                Ling 452: General Semantics                                  ______

VII.          Two Electives

                In addition to the above courses, students may choose from the following:

                Engl 210: Introduction to Lit, Honors***             ______

                Engl 240: Juvenile Literature                                  ______

                Engl 250: Science Fiction                                        ______

                Engl 256: Lit of the American West                       ______

                Engl 268: Literature:                                               ______

                Engl 411: Literature of the Bible                            ______

                Engl 484: Literary Criticism                                   ______

                Engl 492: (topic not used above)**                        ______