Requirements
The major consists of ENG 150, ENG 250, and at least eight other courses. These must include at least five at the 300 level or above that satisfy three geographical areas (British, U.S., and World literatures) and three historical periods (Medieval/Renaissance literature, Renaissance/Eighteenth Century/Romantic literature, and literature from 1800 to the present). The same course may satisfy both an area and a period requirement, but no single course can satisfy two area or two period requirements.
Required Courses for all Students:
| ENG 150 | ESSENTIALS OF LITERARY STUDY | 4 |
| ENG 250 | THEORY/PRACT OF LITERARY STUDY | 4 |
British Literature Courses:
U.S. Literature Courses:
World Literature Courses:
Medieval/Renaissance Literature Courses:
Renaissance/Eighteenth Century/Romantic Literature Courses:
Literature from 1800 to the present courses:
All majors are required to complete a senior seminar (ENG 493 or ENG 494) unless they are writing a critical honors thesis. Both the senior seminar and honors study may be used to meet the area and period requirements of the major. Only one course at the 100 level, in addition to ENG 150, may be counted towards the minimum of ten. One course in a foreign-language literature may be counted towards the minimum of ten; such a course cannot satisfy an area or period requirement.
Only two courses in writing (ENG 105, ENG 217, ENG 221, ENG 240, ENG 300, ENG 321, ENG 322, ENG 340) may be counted towards the minimum of ten, although all writing courses are counted in determining the maximum of 16 courses allowed in one department.
Two courses taken outside the College may, with permission of the chair, be counted towards the major.
Concentration in Creative Writing
Students are expected to concentrate in either fiction or poetry writing.
Fiction writing concentration requirements
Students must complete the ten courses for the major, including:
Students elect two additional courses in fiction writing. A course in poetry writing may be substituted for a course in fiction writing:
Poetry Writing Concentration
Students must complete the ten courses for the major, including
Students elect two additional courses in poetry writing. A course in fiction writing may be substituted for a course in poetry writing:
Concentration in World Literature
To satisfy the concentration in world literature, students must complete the ten courses for the major, including one of the following courses as a "core course" in the concentration:
Core Courses
They must also take two additional courses from this list:
Students may complete an advanced-level literature course in a language other than English (300- or 400- level, can be taught in translation) in lieu of one of the two additional courses.
In addition to the College language requirement, majors must take at least one course in a foreign language at the intermediate level or beyond.
Students must also complete a seminar writing requirement with a paper on world literature for a course or individual study course at the 400 level.
Students concentrating in World Literature are strongly encouraged to study away.
Race, Power, Difference Concentration
The English Department’s Race, Power, Difference Concentrations coalesces faculty research interests in race, gender, queer theory, age studies, disability studies, empire, and other areas of power and difference for use on literary texts. For the concentration, students take courses that foreground race in literature all the while considering how forms of difference and power cut across or reinforce ideas of race.
Students take 3 courses (1 core course and 2 additional courses) in order to conduct a sustained investigation of how the intertwining of these categories is represented in literary and other texts. To complete the concentration, these courses must be capped with a Race, Power, Difference themed comprehensive exercise—a full length senior seminar paper, honors study, or individual study at the 400 level—that must be completed by the senior year.
To satisfy the concentration, students must complete the ten courses for the major including a core course in the concentration as well as two additional courses from a short list.
Students choose ONE core course from the list of core courses below:
Students choose TWO ADDITIONAL courses from the short list of courses below: