Undergraduate Program in English

English Major Degree Requirements

Majors must achieve a grade of C or above in EN 101 Writing I and EN 102 Writing II. Credit earned for EN 101 and EN 102 may not be applied to the major. The Department of English will permit a major to use only one passing grade below C- to satisfy requirements in the English major. An additional grade below C- will require that major take another English course. The major must earn 36 credits in English, which must include three semester hours in each of the following:

  • EN 203 Writing About Literature (must be taken early in the major)
  • EN 211 Literary Classics of Western Civilization to 1600 or EN 221 Major British Writers to 1800
  • English literature before 1800 (EN 221 is one of many courses which satisfies this requirement but may not be double counted);
  • English literature after 1800 (any course);
  • American literature (any course);
  • a seminar (generally taken during the senior year).

No more than six hours of 200 level literature courses can be credited toward the major. The six-hour limit in literature does not apply to 200 level writing and film courses.

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Last Modified: June 6, 2006