with information about interdisciplinary concentration majors and the English minor

• This is an outline of the options for the English major declared between Spring 1998-Spring 2003.
• It may help advisors and students to consult the planning & advising checklists -- which can be printed -- available by clicking on the links below.

• A regular major in English
• Interdisciplinary majors with concentrations drawing on work in other departments and programs
  • African-American Studies
  • American Literature and Culture
  • Creative Writing
  • Modern Culture and Media
  • Theater and Drama
  • Women's Studies
• The English Minor

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The Regular Major in English

• checklist for advising & planning purposes
• at least 27 hours, including
  • at least 3 courses in English at the 200 level
    • one college course of up to 3 hours in literature in a foreign language (that is, a course in a language department other than English, with literature either read in the original or in translation) may substitute for one of the 3 courses at the 200 level
  • at least 4 courses in English at the 300 level or higher
  • a course at the 400 level is strongly recommended for English majors in their senior year
  • for information about how to count courses taken before 1998-99, click here
• courses must fulfill certain distribution requirements, as follows (for further information on distributions, click here)
  • area
    • 2 EL: 2 courses in English Literature before 1790
    • 1 WL: 1 course in World Literature (English, Anglophone, or other, excluding American) since 1790 (NOTE: the foreign-language option for a course in literature of another language does not satisfy this requirement; this should be a course in the English Department)
    • 2 AL: 2 courses in American Literature (of any period)
  • genre
    • P: one course in poetry
    • F: one course in narrative fiction
    • D: one course in drama

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Concentration Majors

English Major with concentration in African-American Studies

checklist for advising & planning purposes

In the English Department: at least 21 hours, including

• at least 3 courses in English at the 200 level
• at least 3 courses in English at the 300 level or higher
• a course at the 400 level is strongly recommended for English majors in their senior year
• for information about how to count courses taken before 1998-99, click here
• courses should fulfill certain distribution requirements, as follows (for further information on area and genre distributions, click here)
  • concentration:
    • at least 3 courses with a strong focus on African-American or Third World literature with a significant treatment of the literature of Africa and/or the African diaspora
  • area
    • EL: 1 course in English Literature before 1790
    • WL: 1 course in World Literature (English, Anglophone, or other, excluding American) since 1790 (NOTE: the foreign-language option for a course in literature of another language does not satisfy this requirement; this should be a course in the English Department)
    • AL: 1 course in American Literature (of any period)
  • genre: one course in each of TWO of the following genres
    • P: poetry
    • F: narrative fiction
    • D: drama

Outside the English Department:

• at least 15 hours in African-American or Third World Studies courses, including no more than one literature course

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English Major with concentration in American Literature and Culture

checklist for advising & planning purposes

In the English Department: at least 21 hours, including

• at least 3 courses in English at the 200 level
• at least 4 courses in English at the 300 level or higher
• a course at the 400 level is strongly recommended for English majors in their senior year
• for information about how to count courses taken before 1998-99, click here
• courses should fulfill certain distribution requirements, as follows (for further information on area and genre distributions, click here)
  • concentration:
    • at least 4 courses in American literature and culture
  • area
    • EL: 1 course in English Literature before 1790
    • WL: 1 course in World Literature (English, Anglophone, or other, excluding American) since 1790 (NOTE: the foreign-language option for a course in literature of another language does not satisfy this requirement; this should be a course in the English Department)
  • genre: one course in each of TWO of the following genres
    • P: poetry
    • F: narrative fiction
    • D: drama

Outside the English Department:

• at least 15 hours in courses dealing with American culture in History, Art History, African-American Studies, etc.

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English Major with concentration in Creative Writing

checklist for advising & planning purposes

In the English Department: at least 21 hours, including

• at least 3 courses in English at the 200 level
• at least 3 courses in English at the 300 level or higher
• a course at the 400 level is strongly recommended for English majors in their senior year
• for information about how to count courses taken before 1998-99, click here
• courses should fulfill certain distribution requirements, as follows (for further information on area and genre distributions, click here)
  • concentration:
    • at least 3 courses in 20th century literature, including one in post-1945 literature
  • area
    • EL: 1 course in English Literature before 1790
    • WL: 1 course in World Literature (English, Anglophone, or other, excluding American) since 1790 (NOTE: the foreign-language option for a course in literature of another language does not satisfy this requirement; this should be a course in the English Department)
    • AL: 1 course in American Literature (of any period)
  • genre: one course in each of TWO of the following genres
    • P: poetry
    • F: narrative fiction
    • D: drama

Outside the English Department:

• at least 15 hours in the Creative Writing Program, including at least 3 courses offered for Creative Writing credit by Creative Writing Program faculty

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English Major with concentration in Modern Culture and Media

checklist for advising & planning purposes

In the English Department: at least 21 hours, including

• at least 3 courses in English at the 200 level
• at least 4 courses in English at the 300 level or higher
• a course at the 400 level is strongly recommended for English majors in their senior year
• for information about how to count courses taken before 1998-99, click here
• courses should fulfill certain distribution requirements, as follows (for further information on area and genre distributions, click here)
  • concentration:
    • at least 4 courses dealing with issues in modern culture and media, such as Film Theory, Contemporary Literary Theory, Technology and American Culture, The Scene of the Crime, Imagining History, American Literature and Culture in the 1930s, and relevant courses in 19th- and 20th-century literature
  • area
    • EL: 1 course in English Literature before 1790
    • WL: 1 course in World Literature (English, Anglophone, or other, excluding American) since 1790 (NOTE: the foreign-language option for a course in literature of another language does not satisfy this requirement; this should be a course in the English Department)
    • AL: 1 course in American Literature (of any period)
  • genre: one course in each of TWO of the following genres
    • P: poetry
    • F: narrative fiction
    • D: drama

Outside the English Department:

• at least 15 hours in courses dealing with modern culture and media, including all film courses outside the English Department and selected courses in Theater and Dance, Art History, History, German/Russian, Music History, and other departments which focus on the interaction of the arts, culture, and media during the last 200 years.

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English Major with concentration in Theater and Dance

checklist for advising & planning purposes

In the English Department: at least 21 hours, including

• at least 3 courses in English at the 200 level
• at least 3 courses in English at the 300 level or higher
• a course at the 400 level is strongly recommended for English majors in their senior year
• for information about how to count courses taken before 1998-99, click here
• courses should fulfill certain distribution requirements, as follows (for further information on area and genre distributions, click here)
  • concentration:
    • at least 3 courses in dramatic literature, playwriting, or other topics in drama or film
  • area
    • EL: 1 course in English Literature before 1790
    • WL: 1 course in World Literature (English, Anglophone, or other, excluding American) since 1790 (NOTE: the foreign-language option for a course in literature of another language does not satisfy this requirement; this should be a course in the English Department)
    • AL: 1 courses in American Literature (of any period)
  • genre: one course in each of TWO of the following genres
    • P: poetry
    • F: narrative fiction
    • D: drama

Outside the English Department:

• at least 15 hours (total) in at least two other areas (dramatic literature, theater, film) to be chosen from among courses such as these:
  • courses in Theater and design/technical areas
  • film courses
  • other literature courses in translation or in the original language of which the substance is drama

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English Major with concentration in Women's Studies

checklist for advising & planning purposes

In the English Department: at least 21 hours, including

• at least 3 courses in English at the 200 level
• at least 3 courses in English at the 300 level or higher
• a course at the 400 level is strongly recommended for English majors in their senior year
• for information about how to count courses taken before 1998-99, click here
• courses should fulfill certain distribution requirements, as follows (for further information on area and genre distributions, click here)
  • concentration:
    • at least 3 courses with a strong feminist or Women's Studies component
  • area
    • EL: 1 course in English Literature before 1790
    • WL: 1 course in World Literature (English, Anglophone, or other, excluding American) since 1790 (NOTE: the foreign-language option for a course in literature of another language does not satisfy this requirement; this should be a course in the English Department)
    • AL: 1 course in American Literature (of any period)
  • genre: one course in each of TWO of the following genres
    • P: poetry
    • F: narrative fiction
    • D: drama

Outside the English Department:

• at least 15 hours from courses listed in the catalog under Women's Studies
  • one of these courses must be Women's Studies 100
  • the rest may include up to 3 hours in courses listed as "Related Courses" in Women's Studies
  • the remainder must be from courses listed as "Program Courses" or "Cross-listed Courses"

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The English Minor

• checklist for advising & planning purposes
• at least 15 hours, including
  • at least 3 courses in English at the 200 level
  • at least 2 courses in English at the 300 level or higher
• for information about how to count courses taken before 1998-99, click here
• courses should fulfill certain distribution requirements, as follows (for further information on distributions, click here)
  • area
    • EL: 1 course in English Literature before 1790
    • WL: 1 course in World Literature (English, Anglophone, or other, excluding American) since 1790 (NOTE: the foreign-language option for a course in literature of another language does not satisfy this requirement; this should be a course in the English Department)
    • AL: 1 course in American Literature (of any period)
  • genre: one course in each of TWO of the following genres
    • P: poetry
    • F: narrative fiction
    • D: drama

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FURTHER INFORMATION

• notes on how to count courses taken before 1998-99
  • students who have already taken one or more introductory courses in English (English 151, 152, or 153: Introduction to Poetry, Fiction, or Drama) may count them as equivalent to courses at the 200 level
  • "Critical Issues" (the old English 200) is now discontinued; students have taken it may count it as one of the 200-level courses for the new major
  • courses at the 100 level, beginning with fall semester 1998, do not count for the English major
  • students who have already taken 300-level courses in English (under the old curriculum, through spring semester 1998) may count any of these as equivalent either to a course at the new 200 level or to a course at the new 300 level, but not both
• notes on distribution requirements
  • these requirements may be met by courses at the 200, 300, or 400 levels
  • to see which courses fulfill these requirements, look for the codes following the listing of each course at "Description of Courses" on the English Department home page
  • a course designated for more than one category (for example, AL and WL) may be used by an individual student to satisfy only one requirement (that is, either AL or WL, but not both)
  • a course may satisfy both an area requirement and a genre requirement for an individual student (for example, a course in Shakespeare would give a student 1 EL credit and 1 D (Drama) credit)