Students majoring in English may choose between two concentrations:  Literature or Writing.

Literature Concentration:

ENGL  1341- The Classical Tradition: Literature and Composition I
  1342- The Middle Ages and Renaissance: Literature and Composition II
  2312- The Modern World: Literature and Composition III
  Any 3000- or 4000-level English course in catalog
  3310- Chaucer
  3316- Shakespeare
  3341- Literary Criticism

18 additional credit hours must be completed, with the following distributions:

Renaissance- 3 credit hours from the following:
ENGL  3320- Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose
  3324- Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose
  3326- Milton
Or any upper-division Special Topics course in 16th-17th Century
 Literature

Restoration-Eighteenth Century- 3 credit hours from the following:
ENGL   3330- Augustan Age
  3314- Development of the Novel
Or any upper-division Special Topics course in Eighteenth-Century
 Literature

Nineteenth-Century- 3 credit hours from the following:
ENGL  [3314- Development of the Novel]  DELETE
  3340- English Romantic Poets
  3344- Victorian Poetry
  3345- Nineteenth Century Novel
Or any upper-division Special Topics course in Nineteenth-Century
 Literature

Modern-3 credit hours from the following:
ENGL  4314- Modern Poetry
  4320- Modern Drama
  4324- Modern British Novel
  4325- Modern American Novel
Or any upper-level Special Topics course in Twentieth-Century or contemporary literature

American- 3 credit hours from the following:
ENGL  4310- American Literature I
  4311- American Literature II
  or any upper-level Special Topics course in American Literature

3 credit hours of 3000- or 4000- level ENGL electives.

ENGL  4399- Senior Thesis

Writing Concentration:

ENGL  1341- The Classical Tradition: Literature and Composition I
  1342- The Middle Ages and Renaissance: Literature and Composition II
  2312- The Modern World: Literature and Composition III
  Any 3000- or 4000-level English course in catalog

One major author course- 3 credit hours from the following:
ENGL  3310- Chaucer
  3316- Shakespeare
  3326- Milton
  4393- Special Topics (if appropriate)

One genre course- 3 credit hours from the following:
ENGL  3314- Development of the Novel
  3315- Development of the Drama
  3345- Nineteenth Century Novel
  4314- Modern Poetry
  4320- Modern Drama
  4324- Modern British Novel
  4325- Modern American Novel
  4393- Special Topics (if appropriate)

One period course- 3 credit hours from the following:
ENGL  3320- Sixteenth -Century Poetry and Prose
  3324- Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose
  3330- The Augustan Age
  3340- English Romantic Poets
  3344- Victorian Poetry
  3345- Nineteenth Century Novel
  4314- Modern Poetry
  4310- American Literature I
  4311- American Literature II
  4324- Modern British Novel
  4325- Modern American Novel
  4393- Special Topics (if appropriate)

Five upper level writing courses- 15 credit hours from the following:
ENGL  3307- Creative Writing: Poetry
  3308- Creative Writing: Fiction
3335- Professional Writing and Editing
4326- Advanced Rhetoric
DRAM 3331- Playwriting
3332- Screenwriting
or approved English Writing course

3 credit hours of 3000- or 4000- level ENGL electives.

ENGL  4399- Senior Thesis

The department recommends that all English majors take courses in English and American history, and if they plan to do graduate work, at least 6 credit hours of a foreign language at the advanced level (3000- or 4000-level).