English
Majoring & Minoring
Major requirements ensure that majors are exposed to a broad range of issues and texts representative of the discipline.
The major features courses that present the historical and cultural range of literary production in English, a deliberate encounter with interpretive strategies under the heading of critical theory, and, under “emergent literatures or popular cultures,” a set of courses that exceed established, national canons of literature. Special topics courses (10-304) are frequently offered that, where designated, fulfill these requirements.
English 10-284 is strongly recommended to the prospective major or minor, as is one or more courses among 10-154, 164, and 174.
Major in English
9 courses (Majors consist of a minimum of 30 credits.) English 10-284; one course in English literature written before 1785 from 10-154, 604, 614, 624, 634, 654; one course in English literature written since 1785 from 10- 164, 664, 674, 684; one course in American literature from 10-174, 714, 734, 754; one course in emergent literatures and popular cultures from 10-514, 524, 534, 544, 574, 594; one course in critical theory from 10-404, 444, 474; 10-934 (Capstone); enough additional hours of English to total 30 hours overall, and at least 18 hours above the introductory level.
Minor in English
5 courses (Minors consist of a minimum of 18 credits.) English 10-284; one survey or period course in English literature written before 1785 from 10-154, 604, 614, 624, 634, 654; 3 additional courses in English, with sufficient upper-level courses such that the student will take at least three upper-level courses in the minor.
It is possible to complete a 15-course paired major in English and Feminist Studies by double counting three of the five courses cross-listed in English and Feminist Studies: Feminist Film Studies (10-474), Topics in Women’s Literature (10-574), Topics in Romanticism (10-664), and Topics in Victorian Literature and Culture (10-674). The department frequently offers other, more specialized, cross-listed courses that might substitute for one of these cross-listed courses with the approval of both the English and Feminist Studies chairs.
Tutorials and Independent Study (10-901, 902, 903, 904 and 10-951, 952, 953, 954) are open to majors and minors who wish to develop special projects.
See the Education Department for information regarding teacher certification in English.
Courses for Fall 2013
See the course schedule on Webadvisor for details
10-284 Literary Analysis & Methods (required for major & minor)
Courses that fulfill the requirement in British literature before 1785
10-634 Shakespeare & Peer Dramatists
10-654 Reason & Madness in 18th-Century Fiction
Courses that fulfill the requirement in British literature after 1785
10-164 Survey of English Literature II: Gender, Nation, Adaptation
10-304 Austen/Brontë
10-684 20th-Century British Women Writers
Courses that fulfill the requirement in American literature
10-174 Survey of American Literature
10-734 Transcendentalism: Emerson & Thoreau
10-754 Expats and Anglophiles (London Semester)
10-754 20th- and 21st-Century American Literature
Courses that fulfill the requirement in emergent literatures & popular cultures
10-524 American Movies
Courses that fulfill the requirement in critical theory
10-444 Teaching of Writing (London Semester)
Capstone Seminar
10-934 Theory & the Novel
Additional Elective Offerings
10-004 Introduction to Creative Writing
10-144 Intro to Literature: Crime Time
10-314 Playwriting
10-334 Advanced Writing: Food & the City (London Semester)
10-384 Shakespeare through Performance: As You Like It
Courses for Spring 2014
(tentative)
10-004 Introduction to Creative Writing
10-114 College Writing
10-154 Survey of British Literature 1
10-174 Survey of American Literature
10-284 Literary Analysis and Methods
10-324 Advanced Creative Writing
10-404 Literary Theory/Literary Criticism
10-444 Teaching of Writing
10-514 World Cinema
10-664 Romanticism
10-714 Race & Ethnicity in American Literature
10-754 20th & 21st-Century American Literature
10-954 Capstone:The Wasteland and Textuality
Looking Ahead
The fall semester 2014 capstone will be taught by Dr. Piedmont-Marton
The spring semester 2015 capstone will be taught by Dr. Evans Hoffpauir
*May be taken in fulfillment of this category with a substitution card signed by the department chair.
