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Requirements for the Major

Below are listed courses required for the BA with a major in English

Courses that fulfill both College Core Options and Major Requirements

Course Number
Course Name
Credits
ENG 120 Communication Skills: Writing I
3
ENG 203 Foundations and Traditions of Literature
3
ENG 204 Literature of the Modern World
3

Departmental Courses required for the Major

Course Number
Course Name
Credits
ENG 301 or 302 Shakespeare: Comedy & History or Shakespeare: Tragedy & Romance
3
ENG 314 Introduction to Literary Studies
3
ENG 401 or 407 Chaucer: Canterbury Tales or Chaucer: Troilus & Criseyde and the Minor Poems
3
ENG 300 - 499 Choose six courses from this level, only one of which may be in creative writing, and one must be in American Literature
18
ENG 499 Capstone: Literature and Criticism
3

Total credits required for this major: 30