The English major is designed to prepare students for graduate work in English, law, library science, and careers requiring strong background in the liberal arts. The major provides a general focus with opportunity to select courses reflecting particular student interests.
Program Outcomes:
Students graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English will be able to:
- describe formal features of the genres of poetry, fiction, and drama
- demonstrate thematic and historical knowledge of Anglophone literature
- adequately research a critical problem and document their sources
- accurately describe the work of literary scholars, apply their methods, and reflect on these methods in the light of Christian theology
- craft scholarly arguments, i.e., support a main claim with evidence, including analysis, and with respect to a larger context or conversation
- demonstrate rhetorical and academic learning through critical self-reflection
Requirements total 43 hours. Up to 6 hours required in the major may be used to meet general education requirements.
Required Courses
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Genre Courses | ||
ENG 220 | Studies in Poetry | 3 |
ENG 222 | Studies in Fiction | 3 |
ENG 224 | Studies in Drama | 3 |
Required Period Courses | ||
ENG 306 | Renaissance Literature | 3 |
ENG 310 | Romantic Literature | 3 |
Period and Author Courses | ||
Select one of the American literature courses, plus 12 additional hours | 15 | |
Classical Literature | ||
Modern British Literature | ||
Russian Literature | ||
American Literature I: Puritanism Through Transcendentalism | ||
American Literature II: Civil War Through Depression | ||
Topics in Literature | ||
Shakespeare | ||
Theory Course | ||
This course may replace a Period and Author Course | ||
Survey of Contemporary Critical Theory | ||
Advanced Major Course | ||
ENG 420 | Capstone Seminar in the British Novel | 3 |
Skill Course | ||
Select two of the following: | 6 | |
Business Communication | ||
Writing for the Media I | ||
Creative Writing | ||
Professional Experience | ||
ENG 444 | Professional Experience (Theory Course) 1 | 1-4 |
Total Hours | 40-43 |
1 | 1 hrs minimum |