English, BA (New York)

English Major Requirements

Foundation Courses

1. ENGL 1000

   English at Northeastern
   1
2. ENGL 1160

   Introduction to Rhetoric

   or: ENGL 1410 Introduction to Research on Writing
   4
3. ENGL 1400

   Introduction to Literary Studies
   4
4. ENGL 1700

   Global Literatures 1

   or: ENGL 1701 Global Literatures 2
   4

Literary Periods

Pre-1850

1. Complete two of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   8
2. ENGL 1600

   Introduction to Shakespeare
   4
3. ENGL 2296

   Early African-American Literature

   or: AFCS 2296 Early African-American Literature
   4
4. ENGL 3160

   Topics in 17th- and 18th-Century British Literatures
   4
5. ENGL 3190

   Topics in 19th-Century American Literature
   4
6. ENGL 3619

   Emerson and Thoreau
   4
7. ENGL 3678

   Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
   4

Post-1850

1. Complete one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   4
2. ENGL 2430

   Contemporary Fiction
   4
3. ENGL 2451

   Postcolonial Women Writers
   4
4. ENGL 2455

   American Women Writers
   4

Theories and Methods

1. Complete one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   4
2. ENGL 1160

   Introduction to Rhetoric
   4
3. ENGL 1410

   Introduction to Research on Writing
   4
4. ENGL 1450

   Reading and Writing in the Digital Age
   4
5. ENGL 2520

   Science Fiction
   4
6. ENGL 3325

   Rhetoric of Law
   4
7. ENGL 3340

   Technologies of Text
   4
8. ENGL 3381

   The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing
   4
9. ENGL 3400

   Opening the Archive
   4
10. ENGL 3700

    Narrative Medicine
    4

Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

1. ENGW 3315

   Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
   4

Writing

1. Complete two of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   8
2. ENGL 2695

   Travel and Place-Based Writing
   4
3. ENGL 2700

   Creative Writing
   4
4. ENGL 2710

   Style and Editing
   4
5. ENGL 2770

   Writing to Heal
   4
6. ENGL 3375

   Writing Boston
   4
7. ENGL 3376

   Creative Nonfiction
   4
8. ENGL 3377

   Poetry Workshop
   4
9. ENGL 3378

   Fiction Workshop
   4
10. ENGL 3380

    Writing Seminar
    4

Major Seminar

1. ENGL 3710

   Major Seminar
   4

Capstone

1. ENGL 4710

   Capstone Seminar
   4

Diversity

1. Complete one of the following, which can also count toward another requirement in the major:

   Not resolved to a course
   4
2. ENGL 2455

   American Women Writers

   or: AFCS 2455 American Women Writers

   or: WMNS 2455 American Women Writers
   4
3. ENGL 2460

   Multiethnic Literatures of the U.S

   As published: “Multiethnic Literatures of the U.S.”
   4
4. ENGL 2760

   Writing in Global Contexts
   4

Electives

1. Complete any two ENGL courses, except for First-Year Writing and Advanced Writing in the Disciplines, that have not already been used to fulfill another requirement.

   Not resolved to a course
   8

Experiential Learning Requirement

Experiential Learning Coursework

1. ENGL 3340

   Technologies of Text
   4
2. ENGL 3375

   Writing Boston
   4
3. ENGL 3381

   The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing
   4
4. ENGL 3382

   Publishing in the 21st Century
   4
5. ENGL 3400

   Opening the Archive
   4

Dialogues of Civilization

Complete one Dialogues of Civilization experience including, but not limited to, those offered by the department (other study-abroad programs may not be used).

Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement

Complete one of the following:

1. ANTH 3410

   Ethnographic Field Experience
   4
2. ECON 2350

   Statistics for Economists
   4
3. ENGL 3340

   Technologies of Text
   4
4. ENGL 3381

   The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing
   4
5. ENGL 3382

   Publishing in the 21st Century
   4
6. ENGL 3400

   Opening the Archive
   4
7. HIST 1120

   Public History, Public Memory
   4
8. HIST 2311

   Colonialism/Imperialism
   4
9. HUSV 1101

   4 HUSV elective 4 Elective

   As published: “Social Change and Human Services”
   4
10. SOCL 2485

    Environment, Technology, and Society
    4

Optional Co-op

Successful completion of EXED 2000 is required for participation in co-op.

1. EXED 2000

   Professional Development for Co-op
   1
2. COOP 3945

   Co-op Work Experience

   or: COOP 3946 Co-op Work Experience--Half Time

   or: COOP 3947 Co-op Work Experience Abroad--Half Time

   or: COOP 3948 Co-op Work Experience Abroad
   0