Literature & Culture Concentration

University Requirements

Completion of Minimum University Requirements for an Undergraduate Baccalaureate Degree.

  • Minimum 120 credits and minimum GPA of 2.0
  • Completion of 45 upper-level credits, the residence requirement, the Writing Intensive requirement, and the General Education requirement

Major Requirements

  • Minimum 39 credits
  • Minimum grade of ‘C’ in courses applied to the major
  • Students may pursue secondary education certification through Education in addition to the Literature & Culture Concentration

Course Requirements

Literature & Culture Concentration

The Literature & Culture Concentration consists of 30 credits.

Required Courses

Complete the following:

  • ENGL 204 – Foundations of Literature & Culture (3)
  • ENGL 302 – Literary Methodologies and Research (3)
300-level Literature Courses: Literature & Culture before 1800

Complete 6 credits from the following:

  • ENGL 304 – British Literature: Medieval and Renaissance (3)
  • or ENGL 334 – Medieval Literature (3)
  • ENGL 305 – British Literature: Restoration to Romantic (3)
  • ENGL 339 – Early Modern Literature (3)
  • or ENGL 351 – Studies in Shakespeare (3)
300-level Literature Courses: Literature & Culture after 1800

Complete 6 credits from the following:

  • ENGL 306 – British Literature: Victorian and Modern (3)
  • ENGL 307 – American Literature: from New World Contact to the Civil War (3)
  • ENGL 308 – American Literature: The Civil War to 1945 (3)
  • or ENGL 332 – Contemporary American Literature (3)
300-level Elective Course

Complete 3 credits from the following:

  • ENGL 310 – Topics in Poetry (3)
  • ENGL 312 – Topics in Fiction (3)
  • ENGL 314 – Topics in Drama (3)
  • ENGL 315 – Studies in World Literature (3)
  • ENGL 316 – Literature and the Other Arts (3)
  • ENGL 317 – Literature and the Sciences (3)
  • ENGL 318 – Myth and Literature (3)
  • ENGL 331 – Contemporary British Literature (3)
  • ENGL 336 – Medieval and Early Modern Drama (3)
  • ENGL 340 – Major Literary Traditions and Movements (3)
  • ENGL 345 – Topics in Literature and History (3)
  • ENGL 347 – Contemporary Developments in Literature & Culture (3)
  • ENGL 348 – Literature and Culture (3)
  • ENGL 349 – The Bible and Literature (3)
  • ENGL 350 – Major British and American Writers (3)
  • ENGL 360 – The Literature of Minorities (3)
  • ENGL 361 – Studies in Black Drama (3)
  • ENGL 362 – Studies in Black Poetry (3)
  • ENGL 364 – Perspectives on Women in Literature (3)
  • ENGL 366 – World Literature Written in English (3)
  • ENGL 369 – Race and Ethnicity in U.S. Literature (3)
400-level Literature & Culture Courses

Complete 9 credits from the following:

  • ENGL 401 – Methods of Interpretation (3)
  • ENGL 405 – Seminar in Literary History (3)
  • ENGL 410 – Seminar in Genre Studies (3)
  • ENGL 411 – Advanced Topics in Literary History (3)
  • ENGL 413 – Advanced Topics in Medieval and Early Modern Literature (3)
  • ENGL 416 – Advanced Topics in Literature and Other Arts (3)
  • ENGL 417 – Seminar in Literature and Other Arts (3)
  • ENGL 419 – Seminar in Literature and the Sciences (3)
  • ENGL 431 – Seminar in Contemporary British and American Literature (3)
  • ENGL 448 – Seminar in Literature and Culture (3)
  • ENGL 451 – Seminar in Major Writers (3)
  • ENGL 461 – Seminar in Minority Literature (3)
  • ENGL 464 – Studies in Women and Literature (3)
  • ENGL 469 – Studies in Race and Ethnicity (3)

Electives (9 credits)

Complete 9 credits of additional English electives in any concentration.