English Literature and Language Concentration

Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits: 125

First Year - Credits: 32-33

• Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
• Science and Technology General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3-4)
• American Literature Elective  (Cr: 3)
• Writing and Rhetoric Elective  (Cr: 3)
• World Language  (Cr: 6)
• Elective  (Cr: 3)

• ENG 102 - Introduction to Literary Studies (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement

• ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.

• ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.

• INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)
  

Sophomore - Credits: 32

• Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
• British Literature Elective  (Cr: 3)
• Global Issues General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
• Individual and Society General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
• Multicultural Literature Elective   (Cr: 3)
• World Cultures General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
• Writing and Rhetoric Elective  (Cr: 3)

• ENG 203 - Early American Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 213 - Early British Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 225 - Literary Criticism and Interpretation (Cr: 3)
  

• INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)
  

Junior - Credits: 31

• English Elective  (Cr: 6)
• Elective (Cr: 9)
• Multicultural Literature Elective   (Cr: 3)
• Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)

• ENG 314 - Early World Literature (Cr: 3)
  
  or

• ENG 316 - World Literature: 18th Century to Present (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 365 - Shakespeare (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 379 - Semester Internship Strategies (Cr: 1)
  

• IDS 302 - Methods of Inquiry in the Humanities (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies Writing Designated Requirement

Senior - Credits: 30

• General Education Electives   (Cr: 12)
  (two courses must be above the 100 level)

• ENG 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
  

• ENG 489 - Senior Research (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 490 - Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
  
  Or

• ENG 491 - Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)
  

English Major (Literature and Language) Elective Courses

At least two of the eight courses used to fulfill the requirements below must be at or above the 300 level.

American Literature

Students choose one American literature elective 

• ENG 204 - American Literature: Civil War to Present (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 224 - Justice and Injustice in American Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 226 - Early American History and Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 240 - Boston in Literature and Film (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 266 - Science Fiction Literature: From Galaxies Far Away (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 310 - Modern American Poetry (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 337 - American Indian Literature (Cr: 3)
  

British Literature

Students choose one British literature elective

• ENG 214 - British Literature: 18th Century to Present (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 233 - Other Worlds: Fantasy Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 260 - Gothic Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 361 - Victorian Secrets: Fear and Hypocrisy in Victorian Literature (Cr: 3)
  

Multicultural Literature

Students choose two multicultural literature electives

• ENG 224 - Justice and Injustice in American Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 227 - African-American Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 230 - Rebels and Misfits (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 236 - Growing up LGBTQ+ (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 315 - Women Writers (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 337 - American Indian Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 367 - Eastern Literature and Haiku (Cr: 3)
  

Writing and Rhetoric

Students choose two writing and rhetoric electives

• ENG 110 - Introduction to Professional Writing (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 217 - History and Structure of the English Language (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 218 - Argument Based Writing (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 250 - Proposal and Grant Writing (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 305 - Writing for Inquiry (Cr: 3)
  

English Electives

Students may take any two other ENG courses (literature, professional writing, or creative writing based) to fulfill the requirement, provided they are not also used to fulfill other major requirements or the General Education requirements.

Learning Outcomes

In addition to fulfilling the outcomes of the English program, students completing the creative writing concentration will:

• Write expository essays that are polished and that advance coherent, well-reasoned arguments.
• Use literary theories, terms, and approaches, and properly cite textual evidence, when analyzing literary texts.
• Demonstrate foundational knowledge of American, British, and World Literatures.
• Produce a substantial work of scholarship using primary and secondary sources.
• Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analytical skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within the discipline.
• Make connections between their major and professional opportunities through internships.

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