English Major with Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education Major

English Literature Core

All English Literature and Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education majors are required to take Introduction to Literary Studies, three “Studies” courses in the areas of British, American, and Global Literature, and the Senior Seminar.

• ENGL 200 - Introduction to Literary Studies Credits: 3
• ENGL 210 - Studies in British Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 220 - Studies in American Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 230 - Studies in Global Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 400 - Literature Senior Seminar Credits: 3 /
  ENGL 499 - Literature Senior Experience
    Credits: 0

Additional Requirement for English Literature Major with Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education

In addition to the core courses listed above, all English Literature majors with Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education are required to take the follwing course in grammar and composition theory:

• ENGE 357 - English Language and Grammar Credits: 3

English Literature Elective Courses

In addition to the English Literature Core requirements:

English Literature Majors and English Literature with Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education

• Select five electives at the upper-level (300-400), including at least one course in each of the following areas: British, American, and Global Literature.

English Literature Majors with Adolescence Education

• Select four electives at the upper-level (300-400), including at least one course in each of the following areas: British, American, and Global Literature.

•  English Literature Elective Course List

• ENGL 304G - PII Comparative Mythology Credits: 3

• Global Literature Elective

• ENGL 305 - Shakespeare’s Comedies and Histories Credits: 3

• British Literature Elective

• ENGL 306 - Shakepeare’s Tragedies and Romances Credits: 3

• British Literature Elective

• ENGL 309 - The Invention of Modernity: Renaissance Literature Credits: 3

• British Literature Elective

• ENGL 310 - Writing England’s Century of Revolution: Seventeenth-Century Literature Credits: 3

• British Literature Elective

• ENGL 312 - Transatlantic Romanticism Credits: 3
• ENGL 313 - Victorian Literature Credits: 3

• British Literature Elective

• ENGL 321 - Twentieth Century American Literature Credits: 3

• American Literature Elective

• ENGL 322 - Twentieth Century British Literature Credits: 3

• British Literature Elective

• ENGL 325 - PII Young Adult Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 330G - Irish Literature and Culture Credits: 3

• Global Literature Elective

• ENGL 332G - PII Asian Literature Credits: 3

• Global Literature elective

• ENGL 333G - PII Resistance and Emerging Literature of Global South Credits: 3

• Global Literature Elective

• ENGL 334 - Selected Topics Credits: 3
• ENGL 340 - PII Cinema Studies Credits: 3
• ENGL 341 - Race and Ethnicity in Media Credits: 3

• American Literature Elective

• ENGL 342 - PII Women in Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 344 - PII African-American Literature I Credits: 3

• American Literature Elective

• ENGL 345 - PII African-American Literature II Credits: 3

• American Literature Elective

• ENGL 346 - PII Latino/a Literature Credits: 3

• American Literature Elective

• ENGL 347 - PII American Ethnic Experience through Literature Credits: 3

• American Literature Elective

• ENGL 348 - PII American Nature Writers Credits: 3

• American Literature elective

• ENGL 389 - International Graphic Narrative Credits: 3

• Global Literature Elective

• ENGL 401 - Chaucer Credits: 3

• British Literature Elective

• ENGL 402G - PII The Medieval World Credits: 3

• British or Global Literature Elective

• ENGL 404 - Poet, Patriot, Heretic: Milton Credits: 3

• British Literature Elective

• ENGL 410 - Gender, Sexuality, and the Media Credits: 3
• ENGL 415G - Postcolonial Literature Credits: 3

• Global Literature Elective

• ENGL 416 - Modern Poetry Credits: 3
• ENGL 417 - Literary Reformers & Rebels Credits: 3

• Global Literature Elective

• ENGL 431 - PII Radical Women Playwrights Credits: 3
• ENGL 434 - Literature Seminar: Selected Studies Credits: 3
• ENGL 440 - Rhetoric of Popular Culture Credits: 3
• ENGL 483 - Literature Internship I Credits: 3
• ENGL 484 - Literature Internship II Credits: 3
• ENGL 485 - Independent Study Credits: 3

Required Courses for Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education Majors

Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education Major Requirements

• See Education: Initial Teacher Certification in Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education  for course requirements.

English Literature Senior Experience

The Senior Seminar in Literature is the culminating experience of our major, and it is required for graduation.  The seminar is intended to enable students to demonstrate mastery of their major field and the ability to make connections between study in the major and work in the liberal arts core curriculum.  All Senior Seminar projects will involve a significant research component and a presentation of that research; beyond that, projects will vary according to student interest and the focus of the Literature Senior Seminar, to which the Senior Experience is attached.

• ENGL 400 - Literature Senior Seminar Credits: 3
• ENGL 499 - Literature Senior Experience Credits: 0

Sample Program for English Major with Inclusive Early Childhood/Childhood Education - Literature Track