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