English

Program Required Courses

Foundation

1. ENG 2000

   Introduction to English Studies
   4

Historical Periods/Literary Cultures - Select at least 12 credits so that all of the following areas are fulfilled (e.g. one Historical Period and one Literary Culture per four-credit course)

Historical Periods

Pre-Modern (beginnings-1500)

1. ENG 4140

   Vikings, Knights, and Courtly Lovers (Integrations : VILI - Literature)

   As published: “Vikings, Knights, and Courtly Lovers”
   4

Early Modern (1500-1800)

1. ENG 2310

   Magic and Demonology (Conceptions : VCLI - Literature)

   As published: “Magic and Demonology”

   or: ENG 3325 Brexit Sixteenth-Century Style

   or: ENG 3335 Sexploitation in Jacobean Drama

   or: ENG 3345 War and Paradise Lost

   or: ENG 3830 Piracy and Criminality

   or: ENG 4400 Shakespeare and Social Justice
   4

Modern (1800-present)

Individual Author Options in this Area: Austen, Morrison

1. ENG 2203

   Native American Literature (Conceptions : VCLI - Literature)

   As published: “Native American Literature”

   or: ENG 2204 African American Literature

   or: ENG 2205 Chicana/o Literature

   or: ENG 2260 Contemporary Movements in American Poetry

   or: ENG 2365 British Romanticism

   or: ENG 2410 Revolution and Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Poetry

   or: ENG 3315 American Short Story

   or: ENG 3316 Contemporary Ethnic American Poetry

   or: ENG 3361 Victorian Bodies

   or: ENG 3375 Geographies of the Nineteenth-Century Novel

   or: ENG 4410 Individual Author
   4

Literary Cultures

British Literature

Individual Author Options in this Area: Austen

1. ENG 2310

   Magic and Demonology (Conceptions : VCLI - Literature)

   As published: “Magic and Demonology”

   or: ENG 2365 British Romanticism

   or: ENG 3325 Brexit Sixteenth-Century Style

   or: ENG 3335 Sexploitation in Jacobean Drama

   or: ENG 3345 War and Paradise Lost

   or: ENG 3361 Victorian Bodies

   or: ENG 4140 Vikings, Knights, and Courtly Lovers

   or: ENG 4400 Shakespeare and Social Justice

   or: ENG 4410 Individual Author
   4

American Literature

Individual Author Options in this Area: Morrison

1. ENG 2203

   Native American Literature (Conceptions : VCLI - Literature)

   As published: “Native American Literature”

   or: ENG 2204 African American Literature

   or: ENG 2205 Chicana/o Literature

   or: ENG 2260 Contemporary Movements in American Poetry

   or: ENG 3315 American Short Story

   or: ENG 3316 Contemporary Ethnic American Poetry

   or: ENG 3375 Geographies of the Nineteenth-Century Novel

   or: ENG 3830 Piracy and Criminality

   or: ENG 4410 Individual Author
   4

Diverse Literature

Individual Author Options in the Area: Morrison

1. ENG 2203

   Native American Literature (Conceptions : VCLI - Literature)

   As published: “Native American Literature”

   or: ENG 2204 African American Literature

   or: ENG 2205 Chicana/o Literature

   or: ENG 3316 Contemporary Ethnic American Poetry

   or: ENG 3470 Autobiographies of Women in Healthcare

   or: ENG 4410 Individual Author
   4

Genre - Select eight credits in two different genres (one genre per four-credit course)

Poetry

1. ENG 2260

   Contemporary Movements in American Poetry (Conceptions : VCLI - Literature)

   As published: “Contemporary Movements in American Poetry”

   or: ENG 2365 British Romanticism

   or: ENG 2410 Revolution and Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Poetry

   or: ENG 3316 Contemporary Ethnic American Poetry

   or: ENG 3345 War and Paradise Lost

   or: ENG 4140 Vikings, Knights, and Courtly Lovers
   4

Fiction

Individual Author Options in this Area: Austen, Morrison

1. ENG 3315

   American Short Story (Integrations : VILI - Literature)

   As published: “American Short Story”

   or: ENG 2203 Native American Literature

   or: ENG 2204 African American Literature

   or: ENG 2205 Chicana/o Literature

   or: ENG 3361 Victorian Bodies

   or: ENG 3375 Geographies of the Nineteenth-Century Novel

   or: ENG 4410 Individual Author
   4

Drama

1. ENG 3335

   Sexploitation in Jacobean Drama (Integrations : VILI - Literature)

   As published: “Sexploitation in Jacobean Drama”

   or: ENG 4400 Shakespeare and Social Justice
   4

Nonfiction

1. ENG 2310

   Magic and Demonology (Conceptions : VCLI - Literature)

   As published: “Magic and Demonology”

   or: ENG 3325 Brexit Sixteenth-Century Style

   or: ENG 3470 Autobiographies of Women in Healthcare

   or: ENG 3830 Piracy and Criminality

   or: ENG 4415 Writing Nature
   4

Advanced Writing - Select four credits in Advanced Writing

1. ENG 3300

   Creative Writing: Fiction and Nonfiction (Integrations : VIFA - Fine Arts)

   As published: “Creative Writing: Fiction and Nonfiction”

   or: ENG 3301 Creative Writing: Poetry

   or: ENG 4415 Writing Nature
   4

Electives - Select 12 or more additional credits within ENG, not including ENG 1110

Some courses may fulfill both the History/Culture requirement and the Genre requirement