The School of English and Theatre Studies offers courses in the B.A. Program in English that focus on the study of literature and related texts across a broad range of theoretical, historical, and geographical sites. The School also welcomes non-majors into its courses at the 1000, 2000, and 3000 levels, suitable to other majors within the College of Arts and beyond. Certain courses in Theatre Studies (THST) and in Literature in Translation (CLAS, GERM, HUMN, SPAN) may be counted towards a degree in English.
Area of Concentration (General Program)
A minimum of 5.00 English credits is required in the English core and the English electives. English elective courses must be chosen to fulfill the Distribution Requirements for the Area of Concentration.
English core - 2.00 credits as follows:
ENGL*1080, ENGL*2080, core seminar (variable content), ENGL*2120
one additional core seminar (variable content): ENGL*2130, ENGL*3940, ENGL*3960
English electives - 3.00 credits to include:
1.00 credits from the following list of courses:
ENGL*2090 [0.50] Studies in Shakespeare
ENGL*3080 [0.50] History of the English Language
ENGL*3220 [0.50] Representing Britain: 18th- & 19th- Century Literature
ENGL*3240 [0.50] Studies in Early Modern Literature and Culture
ENGL*3280 [0.50] Old English Literature
ENGL*3300 [0.50] Restoration to Romanticism: Forging the Nation
ENGL*3320 [0.50] Romanticism to Victorianism: Culture and Conformity
ENGL*3340 [0.50] British Imperial Culture
ENGL*3380 [0.50] Studies in the History of Literary Production
ENGL*3540 [0.50] Writing the United States
ENGL*3560 [0.50] Medieval Literature
ENGL*3570 [0.50] Chaucer in Context
ENGL*3630 [0.50] Writing Canada: Forging the Nation
2.00 credits from any other ENGL lecture or seminar course. At least 1.00 credits in ENGL must be at the 3000 level.
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