Required Courses

• Writing (choose 2)

  • EN201 Writing About Literature (3)

  • EN275 Introduction to Creative Writing (3)
    (Required for Writing Option)

  • EN376 Advanced Composition (3)

• Surveys (choose 3)

  • LI260 English Literature I (3)

  • LI261 English Literature II (3)

  • LI270 American Literature I (3)

  • LI271 American Literature II (3)

• World Literature (choose 1)

  • LI311 World Literature I (3)

  • LI312 World Literature II (3)

• Language (choose 1)

  • EN486 Sociolinguistics (3)

  • UI500 History of the English Language (3)

  • UI501 Principles of Language (3)

Literature Option

• British Literature Before 1800 (choose 1)

  • LI560 Chaucer (3)

  • LI577 Studies in Early English Literature (3)

  • UI431 Shakespeare's Tragedies and the Human Condition (3)

  • UI432 Shakespeare's Comedies & Histories & the Human Condition (3)

• British Literature After 1800 (choose 1)

  • LI476 Early Twentieth Century British Literature (3)

  • LI578 Studies in Later British Literature (3)

  • UI341 Victorian Studies (3)

• American Literature (choose 2)

  • LI320 African American Writers (3)

  • LI421 Cross-Cultural American Voices (3)

  • LI565 Southern Literature (3)

  • LI568 19th Century American Novel (3)

  • LI570 Modern and Contemporary American Novel (3)

  • LI571 Contemporary American Poetry (3)

  • LI576 American Fiction of the 21st Century (3)

• World Literature (choose 1)

  • LI510 Literature and the Bible (3)

  • LI572 The Modern Essay (3)

  • LI574 Australian Literature (3)

  • LI587 Women and Madness (3)

  • UI332 Images of Women in Literature (3)

Writing Option

• Expository Writing (choose 1)

  • EN376 Advanced Composition (3)
    (If not taken in the core)

  • EN550 Style in Writing (3)

  • LI572 The Modern Essay (3)

• American Literature (choose 1)

  • LI421 Cross-Cultural American Voices (3)

  • LI542 Literature for the Young Adult (3)

  • LI565 Southern Literature (3)

  • LI570 Modern and Contemporary American Novel (3)

  • LI571 Contemporary American Poetry (3)

  • LI576 American Fiction of the 21st Century (3)

• Professional Writing (choose 1)

  • EN301 Writing for Science & Technology (3)

  • EN311 Literary Manuscript Editing Practicum (3)

  • EN435 Internship in English (3)

  • LI301 Small Press Publishing (3)

• Advanced Creative Writing (choose 1)

  • EN470 Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry (3)

  • EN478 Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction (3)

• 1 Additional Writing Course Not Taken Above

Additional Requirements

• EN001 Writing Portfolio

• LI001 Literature Portfolio

• 9 hours in 1 or 2 Foreign Languages
  OR
  6 hours in 1 Foreign Language
  AND
  One of the following:
  AN341 Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (3)
  EN378 Grammars of English (3)
  EN486 Sociolinguistics (3) (if not taken elsewhere in the major)
  UI500 History of the English Language (3) (if not taken elsewhere in the major)
  UI501 Principles of Language (3) (if not taken elsewhere in the major)