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1. Required of all minors:

English 213 OR one of the English Department’s General Education courses. This course should be taken early in a student’s minor, preferably in the first semester.

2. Concentration in Journalism

Students must take at least three of the following courses:

Course / Course # / Grade / Term/Year / Course / Course # / Grade / Term/Year
Campaign / 221 / Sports Writing / 382
Journalism Workshop / 375 / Online Journalism / 387
Writing Popular Criticism / 377 / Writing the Feature Story / 388
Newspaper Editing and Design / 378 / Persuasive Writing / 391
History of U.S. Media / 379 / Public Relations / 393
Writing the News Story / 381

The remaining six credits may be earned in any English courses at the 200 level or above with the exception of English 200, including courses in journalism, creative writing, and literature.

3. Concentration in Creative Writing

Students must take at least three of the following courses:

Course / Course # / Grade / Term/Year / Course / Course # / Grade / Term/Year
Workshop: Creative Writing / 349 / Workshop: Creative Non-Fiction / 395
Workshop: Narrative / 301 / Advanced Seminar: Narrative / 354
Workshop: Poetry / 376 / Advanced Seminar: Poetry / 355
Workshop: Playwriting / 383 / Advanced Seminar: Prose / 390
Workshop: Memoir / 386 / Advanced Seminar: Memoir / 392

The remaining six credits may be earned in any English courses at the 200 level or above with the exception of English 200, including courses in journalism, creative writing, and literature.

4. Concentration in Literature

Students must take at least three of the following courses:

Literature Surveys / Course / Literature Electives / Course / Literature Electives (continued) / Course
British Lit through Early Renaissance / 333 / Lesbian and Gay Literature / 205 / Stories of Teaching and Learning / 313
British Lit through the Enlightenment / 334 / Children’s and Young Adult Lit. / 209 / Postcolonial Literature / 318
British Lit Romantic and Victorian / 335 / Asian Literature / 211 / The Adolescent in Literature / 320
Modern and Contemporary British Lit / 336 / Science Fiction / 214 / World Poetry, 20th Century / 323
American Lit through Romantic Period / 337 / Multiethnic United States Literature / 215 / Irish Literature / 324
American Lit: Realism to Modern Age / 338 / Western Literature to 1620 / 216 / Classical Literature in Translation / 325
Modern & Contemporary American Lit / 339 / Western Literature from 1620 / 217 / Literature of the Crusades / 328
The Short Story / 218 / Contemporary World Literature / 329
Other Period-Specific Lit. Courses / Course / Survey of African American Writers / 220 / Shakespeare (Early Works) / 331
Modern American Literature / 204 / Women in Literature / 226 / Shakespeare (Later Works) / 332
American Romanticism / 223 / Survey of Dramatic Lit to 1620 / 227 / US Writers of Latin American Descent / 340
American Realism and Naturalism / 224 / Survey of Dramatic Lit from 1620 / 228 / Literature of Genocide / 345
Colonial American Literature / 312 / Classical Drama of Greece & Rome / 230 / Effective Speaking / 347
Eighteenth-Century British Literature / 326 / Literature of the African Diaspora / 260 / African and Caribbean Women Writers / 351
Romanticism in England / 327 / Development of the Novel / 303 / Literature of Palestine-Israel Conflict / 389
Elizabethan Literature / 330 / Modern Drama / 307 / Mythological Themes in Literature / 406
Age of Chaucer / 350 / Satire / 308 / Literary Theory / 409
Victorian Literature / 356 / The Epic / 309 / Thematic Studies / 410
Medieval and Renaissance Drama / 310 / Major Cultural Conflicts in Literature / 420
The Short Novel / 311

The remaining six credits may be earned in any English courses at the 200 level or above with the exception of English 200, including courses in journalism and creative writing, as well as the following courses in language studies:

Course / Course # / Grade / Term/Year
History of the English Language / 341
Linguistics: Language, Culture and Communication / 343
Grammar and Usage / 349