2020-2021 College Catalog

English Major with Emphasis in Writing

English Major with Emphasis in Writing Requirements

Minimum of 20 courses, distributed as follows:

*PLEASE NOTE: The English major, Creative Writing major, and English with an Emphasis in Writing major have changed, beginning in AY ’20 – ’21.  Faculty advisors will work with Class of 2021, 2022, 2023 graduates to determine equivalencies with the former English, Creative Writing, and English with an Emphasis in Writing majors.

Thirteen courses in literature:

One gateway course

ENGL 190Intro to Textual Analysis & Criticism

3

Four foundational courses in literary antecedents

ENGL 230British Literature: Beginnings through Milton

3

ENGL 231British Literature: Enlightenment to Contemporary

3

ENGL 270American Literature: Beginnings through Civil War

3

ENGL 390Using Contemporary Theory

3

Three 300 level courses in literature (A, C, and G)

Cultural emphasis, Author emphasis, Genre emphasis

*Any one 300/400-level course can fulfill only one of the open 300/400-level course requirements (i.e., an “Author emphasis” course cannot also fulfill a “Genre emphasis” course requirement; a “Culture emphasis” course cannot also fulfill an “Author emphasis” course requirement).

 

One Praxis/Practicum Course

*Class of 2021, 2022, and 2023 Majors may, in consultation with their faculty advisor, substitute a course—including a non-ENGL-department course—that is demonstrably a “praxis/practicum” course, i.e., and applied-knowledge course.

ENGL 350BLiterary Editing

3

Or

ENGL 350CCritical Game Studies

4

Or

ENGL 391Modes and Methods of Scholarship (G)

4

Three 400-level courses

ENGL 470Senior Seminar

4

ENGL 489Senior Project Methods

1

ENGL 490Senior Project in English (Fall)

4

One elective literature course at or above the 200-level

*Students may substitute ENGL 310 Advanced College Writing for one literature elective

Seven courses in writing:

One gateway course

ENGL 213Intro to Creative Writing

3

Two 300-level writing workshops selected from:

ENGL 310Creative Non-Fiction Workshop

3

ENGL 311Intermediate Fiction Workshop

4

ENGL 312Intermediate Poetry Workshop

4

Three 400-level courses (including one 400-level workshop)

ENGL 411Advanced Fiction Workshop

4

Or

ENGL 412Advanced Poetry Workshop

4

ENGL 489Senior Project Methods

1

ENGL 490ASenior Project (J-Term)

4

One elective from the following:

ENGL 200Business Writing

3

ENGL 205Journalism

3

ENGL 250BCareers in Writing

2

ENGL 250CIntro to Grant Writing

2

ENGL 300Writing Center Theory and Practice

2

ENGL 305Advanced Journalism

3

ENGL 311Intermediate Fiction Workshop

4

ENGL 312Intermediate Poetry Workshop

4

ENGL 411Advanced Fiction Workshop

4

ENGL 412Advanced Poetry Workshop

4

ENGL 295English Internship

1

Or

ENGL 395English Internship

1

Or

ENGL 495English Internship

1

THEA 270Introduction to Playwriting

3

Note: two two-credit courses count as “one elective”

English with Writing Emphasis Degree Pathway

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year