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4+1 MA in English- BA Requirements

Degree Requirements

Bachelor of Arts Requirements

Bachelor of Arts Requirements
Major Requirements (30 cr.)
Introductory  Major Course (3 cr.)
  • ENG-L 202 Literary Interpretation

American Literature (3 cr.)

Select one from the following:

  • ENG-L 350 Early American Writing and Culture to 1800
  • ENG-L 352 American Literature 1865-1914
  • ENG-L 354 American Literature Since 1914
  • ENG-L 355 American Fiction to 1900
  • ENG-L 358 AmericanLiterature, 1914-1960
  • ENG-L 370 Recent Black American Writing
  • ENG-L 379 American Ethnic and Minority Literature

British Literature (3 cr.)

Select one from the following:

  • ENG-E 301 Literatures in English to 1600
  • ENG-E 302 Literatures in English 1600-1800
  • ENG-L 220 Introduction to Shakespeare
  • ENG-L 306 Middle English Literature
  • ENG-L 313 Early Plays of Shakespeare
  • ENG-L 314 Late Plays of Shakespeare
  • ENG-L 315 Major Plays of Shakespeare
  • ENG-L 327 Later 18th-Century Literature
  • ENG-L 347 British Fiction to 1800

British and World Literature After 1800 (3 cr.)

Select one from the following:

  • ENG-E 303 Literatures in English 1800-1900
  • ENG-E 304 Literatures in English 1900-Present
  • ENG-L 329 Romantic Literature
  • ENG-L 335 Victorian Literature
  • ENG-L 348 19th Century British Fiction
  • ENG-L 365 Modern Drama Continental
  • ENG-L 382 Fiction of Non-Western World
  • ENG-L 388 Studies in Irish Literature and Culture

Elective (3 cr.)
  • 200–Level (or higher) English major course
    Can be ENG-E or ENG-L course from the categories listed above; or a course in writing (ENG-W), linguistics (ENG-G), film studies (CMLT-C), an internship (ENG-W 398); or one of these specific Journalism classes (JOUR-J 200 or JOUR-J 341)

Critical Theory (3 cr.)
  • ENG-L 371 (must be taken before or concurrently with senior seminar

Senior Seminar (3 cr.)
  • ENG-L 450 Seminar: British and American Authors; OR
    ENG-L 460 Seminar: Literary Form, Mode, an Theme
    Not to be taken until almost/all major courses have been completed

Concentration (9 cr.)

Select one of the following concentrations:

Concentration in Literature
  • 9 credits of 300–Level literature coures listed in the categories above
Concentration in Writing
  • 3 credits of a 200–Level (or higher) writing course (ENG-W)
  • 6 credits of 300–Level (or higher) writing courses (ENG-W)

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2019-2020 Campus Bulletin
2018-2019 Campus Bulletin
2017-2018 Campus Bulletin
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2015-2016 Campus Bulletin
2014-2015 Campus Bulletin

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