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.
  • 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.

Core Courses for All English Majors

Reading & Research

  • ENGL 2100 - Ways of Reading Literature

Writing Foundations (choose one)

  • ENGL - 3076 Writing With Style
  • ENGL - 3046 Modern English Grammar
  • ENGL - 3189 Critical Writing Workshop 

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 & Environment
  • ENGL 2032 - Ecocriticism
  • ENGL 2041 - 21st Century American Drama
  • ENGL 2045 - Queer Literatures
  • ENGL 2046 - Social Justice & Literature
  • 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 - Intro. 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 2035 - Contemporary Novel 
  • ENGL 2046 - Social Justice & Literature 
  • ENGL 2067 - Topics in Film 
  • ENGL 2184 - Comics/Graphic Novel  
  • ENGL 3090 - Literature & Medicine

    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 2159 - Intro to Professional Writing 
  • ENGL 2070 - Desktop Publishing 
  • ENGL 2074 - Social Media and Society 
  • ENGL 2093 - Cross Cultural Communication 
  • ENGL 2193 - Intro to Environmental Writing 
  • ENGL 3072 - Multimedia Writing 
  • ENGL 4091 - Business Writing 
  • ENGL 4092 - Technical and Scientific Writing 
  • ENGL 4093 - Environmental Writing