English with Creative and Professional Writing Concentration, Bachelor of Arts

The English Major with a Concentration in Creative & Professional Writing requires the following 11 courses:

Two 1000-level ENG courses or one 1000-level ENG course and one 1000-level ENF course 8
Two 2000-level ENG courses in Literature 6
One 3000-level ENG Literature seminars 3
Of these five courses, one must be an early literature elective and one must be a Non-Western/Post-Colonial literature elective (see lists below)
ENW 1013 Intro to Creative Writing 3
ENW 2016 Narrative Studies 3
Three electives in Creative/Professional Writing 9
ENW 3998 Senior Writing Portfolio 3

Early Literature Electives

ENG.1012Introduction to Literature and Society in the Age of Shakespeare

4

ENG.1018Introduction to Neoclassical and Romantic British Literature

4

ENG.2014Renaissance Women

3

ENG.2021Shakespearean Page and Stage

3

ENG.3026Shakespeare on Film

4

ENG.3119Monstrous Women

3

Nonwestern/Post-Colonial Literature Electives

ENG.1017Introduction to Postcolonial Literature

4

ENG.2016Global Horror Films: Sociological and Literary Analyses of Horror

4

ENG.2072Global Prison Literature

3

Creative Professional Writing Electives

Electives List

ENW.2025Poetics

3

ENW.2040Writing for the Media

3

ENW.4003Screenwriting Workshop I

3

ENW.4009Poetry Workshop

3

ENW.4011Journalism I

3

ENW.4020Fiction Workshop

3

 

 

Minimum grade for major or minor requirements: Only courses in which the student receives a grade of “C” or better may be used to satisfy major or minor requirements.

 

Students may opt to major in one concentration and minor in another as long as no courses are double-counted.

 

Credit towards the major or minor for courses taken in other programs and for on-line classes is determined by the Division Chair.

 

Students who have received a grade of B or better in Composition and Literature 102 at a Community College and students who have passed the Advanced Placement English Literature Exam with a score of 5 are exempt from one 1000-level literature class.

 

ENC (English composition) courses and courses with the ENE designation are not accepted towards any English major or minor.

 

Independent studies (ENG 4495 and ENW 4495 ) are permitted only with full-time members of the department.


Internships
 related to the major (ENG 4497 and ENW 4497 ) must be supervised by a full-time faculty member and should be arranged through the Center for Career Development Office.

 

Honors in the English major is granted to students with exceptional (A level) performance throughout their course of study in English.