Core Courses for All English Majors

The following is a list of the required courses for all English Major tracks.

• A minimum of 36 credit hours is required, with at least 15 hours in the chosen track.
• Only courses listed on this checklist count toward the major. If you wish to substitute a course, before taking it you must submit a petition to the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
• English Composition (ENGL 1001) is prerequisite to any English Major coursework.
• Although not required, it is highly recommended to complete the composition sequence (ENGL 2089: Intermediate Composition or equivalent) prior to beginning English Major coursework.

Reading & Research

• ENGL 2100 Ways of Reading Literature

Writing Foundations (choose one)

• ENGL 3076 Writing With Style
  
• ENGL 3046 Modern English Grammar
  

Culture & Diversity (choose one)

• ENGL 2025 Catholic Themes in Literature
  
• ENGL 2026 Introduction to Disability Literature
• ENGL 2028 Theater & Performance Studies
• ENGL 2029 Literature and Gender
• ENGL 2030 Lit. & Environment
• ENGL 2031 Film & Envinronment
• ENGL 2032 Ecocriticism
• ENGL 2041 21st Century American Drama
• ENGL 2045 Queer Literatures
• ENGL 2051 Outrageous Writings by Women
• ENGL 2054 Women’s Literature
• ENGL 2056 Holocaust Literature
• ENGL 2073 Writing for Justice
• ENGL 2074 Social Media & Society
• ENGL 2080 Ethnic Literatures of the U.S. 
• ENGL 2083 African American Literature Survey I
• ENGL 2084 African American Literature Survey II
• ENGL 2093 Cross Cultural Communication
• ENGL 2130 Study Abroad Topics in English
• ENGL 2141 Introduction to American Ethnic Literature 
• ENGL 2142 Topics in American Ethnic Literature 
• ENGL 2144 Social Media for Social Justice & Activism
• ENGL 2161 Black Women Writers 
• ENGL 2179 Modern Asian Fiction 
• ENGL 2193 Intro. to Environmental Writing
• ENGL 3049 Creative Writing & Social Change
• ENGL 3079 Creative Writing and the Environment
• ENGL 3081 Romanticism & the Invention of Nature
• ENGL 3082 Environment in Literature & Film
• ENGL 3083 Environmental Health Literature
• ENGL 3103 Creative Writing & the Community
• ENGL 3104 Poetic Justice
• ENGL 3127 Intro. to Critical Race Theory
• ENGL 3137 Queer Theory
• ENGL 3177 Global English Fiction

Literary Traditions (choose one)

• ENGL 2007 American Literature Survey I
• ENGL 2008 American Literature Survey II
• ENGL 2134 English Literature Survey I
• ENGL 2135 English Literature Survey II
• ENGL 2087 Pre-20th Century Literature
• ENGL 2021 World Literature I
• ENGL 2022 World Literature II
• ENGL 2078 Bible Literature I
• ENGL 2079 Bible Literature II
• ENGL 3006 Introduction to Shakespeare

Fields of English (choose one from outside of your track)

    Literary and Cultural Studies (LCS) (for Creative Writing and RPW students)

• ENGL 3125 Introduction to Critical Theory
• ENGL 2046 Identity, Politics, and Literature
• ENGL 2088 20th and 21st Century Literature
• ENGL 2035 Contemporary Novel
• ENGL 2115 Human Values in Literature
• ENGL 2067 Topics in Film
• ENGL 2184 Comics/Graphic Novel 

    Creative Writing (for LCS and RPW students)

• ENGL 2010 Intro to CW Multi
• ENGL 2011 Intro to CW Fiction
• ENGL 2013 Intro to CW Nonfiction
• ENGL 2015 Intro to Screenwriting
• ENGL 2017 Intro to CW Poetry
• ENGL 2027 Intro to CW Drama
• ENGL 3085 Forms of Poetry
• ENGL 3086 Forms of Fiction
• ENGL 3087 Forms of Literary Nonfiction
• ENGL 3096 Creative Writing & Literary Publishing 

    Rhetoric and Professional Writing (RPW) (for LCS and Creative Writing students)

• ENGL 2000 Digital Composing
• ENGL 2004 Intro to Copyediting & Publishing
• ENGL 2005 Topics in Rhetoric
• ENGL 2060 Language, Power, & Community
• ENGL 2070 Desktop Publishing
• ENGL 2159 Intro. to Professional Writing
• ENGL 4091 Business Writing
• ENGL 4092 Technical and Scientific Writing
• ENGL 4093 Environmental Writing
• ENGL 4094 Biomedical Writing