English (Western and World Literature Concentration), Bachelor of Arts

(Program of Study)

Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements for the English Major Western and World Literature Concentration:

ENG 201	Literary Genres and Critical Approaches	3
ENG 209	World Epics	3
ENG 226	Classical Mythology	3
ENG 227	Philosophical and Biblical Themes in Literature	3
ENG 315	Dante's Divine Comedy	3
ENG 325	Shakespeare: The Tragedies and Tragi-Comedies	3
	OR
ENG 405	Studies in Shakespeare	3
ENG 416	Modern World Literature	3
ENG 434	Senior Thesis	1
	Intermediate Foreign Language Requirement	6

One from each of the following categories:

(1)

ENG 326	English Literature of the Medieval Period	3
ENG 331	Studies in Chaucer	3

(2)

ENG 335	The English Renaissance	3
ENG 336	The Metaphysical Poets	3
ENG 340	Eighteenth-Century Literature	3
ENG 447	Milton	3

(3)

ENG 318	European Romanticism	3
ENG 345	The Romantic Movement	3
ENG 346	The Victorian Period	3

(4)

ENG 410	The Modern British Novel	3
ENG 440	Modern Poetry	3
ENG 350	Modern Drama	3
ENG 445	Modern Short Fiction	3

(5)

ENG 300	American Poetry	3
ENG 301	American Literature to 1865	3
ENG 302	American Literature from 1865	3
ENG 235	The African-American Experience	3
ENG 415	The American Novel	3

(6)

ENG 360	Russian Literature	3
ENG 423	Readings in World Literature	3

Freshman Year

First Semester

ENG 210	Epic and the Person	3
	Elementary Foreign Language OR Elective	3
	History Core	3
	Natural Science Core	3
	Philosophy Core	3

Second Semester

ENG 211	Lyric and Dramatic Voices	3
	Elementary Foreign Language OR Elective	3
	Natural Science Core	3
	Philosophy Core	3
	Theology Core	3

Sophomore Year

First Semester

ENG 201	Literary Genres and Critical Approaches	3
ENG 209	World Epics	3
ENG 226	Classical Mythology	3
	Philosophy Core	3
	Intermediate Foreign Language Requirement	3
	Theology Core	3

Second Semester

ENG 227	Philosophical and Biblical Themes in Literature	3
ENG 300	American Poetry	3
	OR
ENG 301	American Literature to 1865	3
	OR
ENG 302	American Literature from 1865	3
	OR
ENG 235	The African-American Experience	3
	OR
ENG 415	The American Novel	3
	American Founding Principles Core	3
	Intermediate Foreign Language Requirement	3
	Theology Core	3

Junior Year

First Semester

ENG 315	Dante's Divine Comedy	3
ENG 326	English Literature of the Medieval Period	3
	OR
ENG 331	Studies in Chaucer	3
	Catholic Traditions in Fine Arts Core	3
MTH/ECO	Math or Economics Core	3
	Elective	3

Second Semester

ENG 325	Shakespeare: The Tragedies and Tragi-Comedies	3
	OR
ENG 405	Studies in Shakespeare	3
ENG 340	Eighteenth-Century Literature	3
	OR
ENG 447	Milton	3
	OR
ENG 336	The Metaphysical Poets	3
	OR
ENG 335	The English Renaissance	3
	Social Science Core	3
	Elective	3
	Elective	3

Senior Year

First Semester

ENG 416	Modern World Literature	3
ENG 318	European Romanticism	3
	OR
ENG 345	The Romantic Movement	3
	OR
ENG 346	The Victorian Period	3
ENG 350	Modern Drama	3
	OR
ENG 410	The Modern British Novel	3
	OR
ENG 445	Modern Short Fiction	3
	OR
ENG 440	Modern Poetry	3
	Elective	3
	Elective	3

Elective: ENG 400 Internship may be applied for here

Second Semester

ENG 434	Senior Thesis	1
ENG 360	Russian Literature	3
	OR
ENG 423	Readings in World Literature	3
	Elective	3
	Elective	3
	Elective	3
	Elective	3

Elective: ENG 400 Internship may be applied for here