The English major requires eleven units of work, not including General Studies 101 and 102.  These must include three required core courses:  English 332, 411, 412.  Additionally, three 200-level courses and five 300 or 400-level courses are required as described below. 

Note for Non-English Majors:  The English department encourages upper-level students in other majors to take English electives; exceptions to prerequisites can be made with permission of the instructor.

General Studies 101 is a prerequisite for all English major courses.

I.    Introductory Requirements (3 units)

ENGL 240 British Literature

ENGL 250 American Literature

Either ENGL 220 or 260:

• ENGL 220 Special Topics

• ENGL 260 World Literature 
   

II.   Core Requirements (3 units) 

ENGL 332 Shakespeare

ENGL 411 Seminar

ENGL 412 Seminar

III.  One Course Before 1800 (1 unit)

ENGL 330 Chaucer

ENGL 333 The Literature of Tudor and Stuart England (at Oxford U)

ENGL 334 Studies in Medieval Literature

ENGL 335 Studies in Renaissance Literature

ENGL 336 Studies in Restoration and 18^th-Century Literature

IV.  Four 300 or 400 Level Electives (4 units) 

ENGL 301 Special Studies in Language and Literature

ENGL 302 Southern Literature

ENGL 304 Appalachian Literature

ENGL 305 Women Writers

ENGL 308 Author Studies

ENGL 310 Literatures of the African Diaspora

ENGL 312 Studies in the Cross-Cultural Imagination

ENGL 315 Studies in Literary Criticism

ENGL 316 Advanced Creative Writing

ENGL 320 Basic Linguistics

ENGL 321 Advanced Grammar and Style 

ENGL 322 Composition Theory and Practice

ENGL 323 The English Language

ENGL 337 Studies in Romanticism

ENGL 338 Studies in Victorian Literature

ENGL 339 Studies in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

ENGL 350 Genre Studies

ENGL 351 Studies in Twentieth-Century Fiction or Poetry

ENGL 352 Studies in Contemporary Fiction or Poetry

ENGL 354 Studies in Drama

ENGL 356 Studies in Literature and Film

ENGL 405, 406, 407 Independent Study

ENGL 416 Internship

ENGL 495, 496,497 Honors in the Major 

Prerequisites:  Because students are expected to have sufficient skills in critical reading and writing about literature, two 200-level courses, one of which must be ENGL 240 or 250, are required as prerequisites for the upper-level English courses.  Unless otherwise stated, 300- or 400-level English courses require as prerequisites ENGL 240 or 250, and one other 200-level course.