2007-08 Catalog
English Requirements

English Major (11 courses):
ENGL 150 Introduction to Literature
ENGL 225 Survey of English Literature 1--Beginnings to Johnson or ENGL 226 Survey of English Literature 2--Blake to the Present
ENGL 235 Survey of U.S. Literature 1--Beginnings to 1865 or ENGL 236 Survey of U.S. Literature 2--1865 to the Present
ENGL 305 Literary Theory and Writing
ENGL 325 Chaucer or ENGL 334 Milton or ENGL 339 Shakespeare's Drama
ENGL 489 Advanced Seminar in English Literary Studies
4 ENGL electives*
ENGL 499 Senior portfolio ** (0 credits)
Modern Language Course (101&102)

English Major with Secondary Certification (11 courses ):
ENGL 150 Introduction to Literature
ENGL 225 Survey of English Literature 1--Beginnings to Johnson or ENGL 226 Survey of English Literature 2--Blake to the Present or ENGL 235 Survey of U.S. Literature 1--Beginnings to 1865 or ENGL 236 Survey of U.S. Literature 2--1865 to the Present
ENGL 290 The English Language
ENGL 305 Literary Theory and Writing
ENGL 310 Contemporary Ethnic Fiction in the United States or ENGL 356 The Post Colonial Novel
ENGL 325 Chaucer or ENGL 334 Milton or ENGL 339 Shakespeare's Drama
ENGL 489 Advanced Seminar in English Literary Studies
2 ENGL electives*
ENGL 499 Senior portfolio ** (0 credits)
Modern Language Course (101&102)

Special Note: Students must fulfill their Area 5 General Education requirement by taking ENGL 150 and their Area 7 requirement by taking a modern language through 102.

English Major with a Creative Writing emphasis (10 courses plus a foreign language through 102):
ENGL 150 Introduction to Literature
ENGL 225 Survey of English Literature 1--Beginnings to Johnson or 226 Survey of English Literature 2--Blake to the Present
ENGL 235 Survey of U.S. Literature 1--Beginnings to 1865 or 236 Survey of U.S. Literature 2--1865 to the Present
ENGL 305 Literary Theory and Writing
ENGL 325 Chaucer or ENGL 334 Milton or ENGL 339 Shakespeare's Drama
ENGL 307 Fiction Workshop or ENGL 308 Poetry Workshop
ENGL 489 Advanced Seminar in English Literary Studies
ENGL 425 Advanced Seminar in Creative Writing and Contemporary Literature
2 ENGL electives*
ENGL 499 Senior portfolio ** (0 credits).

English Minor (6 courses): ENGL 150; ENGL 225 or ENGL 226; ENGL 235 or ENGL 236; ENGL 305; ENGL 325 or ENGL 334 or ENGL 339; 1 ENGL elective *.

English Teaching Minor (6 courses): ENGL 150; 290; 225 or 226; 235 or 236; 305; 310 or 356; plus 1 ENGL elective *. Special Note: Students must fulfill their Area 5 General Education requirement by taking ENGL 150.

* HUMA 222, HUMA 262 and WOLT 325 may be taken as ENGL electives. Students may take more than one ENGL 289, ENGL 489, or ENGL 491 course with the approval of the advisor and course instructor.

**All English majors are required to collect and submit a senior English portfolio (one essay or writing assignment from each ENGL course taken and a self-evaluative introductory essay) in order to fulfill graduation requirements (ENGL 499). During their coursework, English majors will store essays and writing assignments electronically under the supervision of their academic advisor(s). Senior portfolios (ENGL 499) are due at the conclusion of the English major's coursework at the College.

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