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Degree Checklist

For a check list of all the courses required for this degree program and a suggested four-year sequence of study, please click on the link below.

General Education Requirements - Total Hours: 53 - 59

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This program requires 6 hours of world language at the intermediate level, and specifies that the following courses be taken to fulfill six hours of the humanities requirement.

ENGL 221 - Western Literature: Ancient to Renaissance Credit Hours: 3

Selected literary masterpieces from ancient, medieval, and Renaissance world literature studied in relation to cultural context.

Prerequisites

ENGL-110
ENGL 222 - Western Literature: Enlightenment to Postmodern Credit Hours: 3

Selected literary masterpieces of the Enlightenment, nineteenth century, and twentieth century studied in relation to cultural context. 

Prerequisites

ENGL-110 

Religion Requirements - Total Hours: 12

Three hours of the 16-hour religion requirement are fulfilled through the following course.

ENGL 495 - English in Christian Perspective (W) Credit Hours: 3

Through readings, oral discussion, a journal and a paper, English majors are assisted in the integration of the various facets of the major in relation to fundamental disciplinary concepts and overarching philosophical, theological and ethical concepts, guided by Christian perceptions of truth.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300, plus the 12-hour core religion requirement. Preference will be given to second-semester juniors and seniors.

Specialty Area Requirements

English Core

ENGL 300 - Theories of Reading and Writing (W) Credit Hours: 3

ENGL-300 is designed to acquaint English majors with significant issues within the discipline including critical approaches to reading, writing, teaching, and research. The course introduces literary theory in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries with a brief overview of the history of criticism. Students will apply critical theories to a number of literary texts.

Prerequisites

ENGL-110
ENGL 410 - Contemporary Literature (W) Credit Hours: 3

Contemporary Literature introduces students to major authors, movements and philosophies that shaped literary art during the last decades of the 20th century (post-1960). The course explores significant works of postmodern fiction, poetry or drama, giving special attention to how Christian faith can and should interact with this literature.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300 and one additional 300-level course in the major
ENGL 495 - English in Christian Perspective (W) Credit Hours: 3

Through readings, oral discussion, a journal and a paper, English majors are assisted in the integration of the various facets of the major in relation to fundamental disciplinary concepts and overarching philosophical, theological and ethical concepts, guided by Christian perceptions of truth.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300, plus the 12-hour core religion requirement. Preference will be given to second-semester juniors and seniors.

Literature Surveys

(12 Hrs)

ENGL 311 - Foundations of Literature in English Credit Hours: 3

This course offers students an opportunity to study the great authors of British literature from the 8th to the 18th century. It provides in depth study of masterworks that have influenced later literature written in English due to the writers' linguistic contribution and artistic stature in the language.

Prerequisites

ENGL-110
ENGL 312 - British Literature: 1798 to the Present Credit Hours: 3

A survey of English literature from the Romantic Movement to the present.

Prerequisites

ENGL-110
ENGL 313 - United States Literature I: Colonial Period to 1865 Credit Hours: 3

A survey of American literature from the founding of the colonies to the Civil War.

Prerequisites

ENGL-110
ENGL 314 - United States Literature II: 1865 to the Present Credit Hours: 3

A survey of American literature from the Civil War to the present.

Prerequisites

ENGL-110

Literature in Cultural Context (3 hrs):

Choose one of the following

ENGL 320 - Women Writers Credit Hours: 3

Selected literary masterpieces by women of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, studied in relation to their cultural context.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300 or permission of instructor
ENGL 321 - Appalachian Studies Credit Hours: 3

This course will provide an overview of Appalachian literature and culture, emphasizing the way in which the history of the region has impacted its art, music, and literature.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300 or permission of instructor
ENGL 322 - Contemporary Latin American Writers Credit Hours: 3

A study of Latin American cultures through reading, in translation, fiction and poetry written by contemporary Latin American writers.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300 or permission of instructor
ENGL 323 - Southern Literature Credit Hours: 3

A chronological survey of the literature of the American South.  This course examines Southern American fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama in its cultural context from colonial times to the present.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300 or permission of instructor
ENGL 324 - African-American Studies Credit Hours: 3

This course addresses African American literature in the context of history, and culture, with an emphasis on African American contributions to U. S. culture, the struggle for freedom prior to the Civil War, and the press for full enjoyment of civil rights, an ongoing process.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300 or permission of instructor
ENGL 325 - Survey of East Asian Literature Credit Hours: 3

A survey of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese literature, using English translations of representative works. 

Prerequisites

ENGL 300 or permission of instructor
ENGL 326 - Multi-Ethnic U.S. Literature Credit Hours: 3

A study of fiction and poetry written by contemporary Latina/o, Native American, African American, and Asian American writers. Particular attention will be given to the social and cultural contexts of these writers.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300 or permission of instructor

ADVANCED LITERATURE SEMINARS

Choose three of the following (9 hrs)

ENGL 431 - The American Novel (W) Credit Hours: 3

The reading and in-class analysis of representative American novels with some attention to related literary history and with a written analysis of one additional novel by each student.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300
ENGL 432 - The British Novel (W) Credit Hours: 3

The reading and in-class analysis of representative British novels with some attention to literary history and with a written analysis of some aspect of one of the novels.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300
ENGL 433 - Twentieth Century American Drama (W) Credit Hours: 3

 This course is a survey of American dramatic literature from the twentieth century. These dramas will be examined in various contexts, including literary movements and critical theory, as well as biographically and historically.  

Prerequisites

ENGL-300
ENGL 433 - Studies in Twentieth Century American Drama Credit Hours: 3

This course is a survey of American dramatic literature from the twentieth century.  These dramas will be examined in various contexts, including literary movements and critical theory, as well as biographically and historically.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300
ENGL 434 - U.S. Poetry:The New England Tradition (W) Credit Hours: 3

The reading and in-class analysis of representative U. S. poetry with some attention to literary history and a written analysis of a poem by students. This course is offered as part of the American Ethnic Studies: New England Studies trip.

Prerequisites

ENGL 110
ENGL 442 - Early Modern British Satire and Comedy Credit Hours: 3

A study of Restoration and eighteenth century British poetry and prose, with special attention to Dryden, Pope, Swift and Johnson.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300
ENGL 443 - English Romantic Period Credit Hours: 3

A study of the Romantic Movement with emphasis on the poetry of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats, and on the essays of Lamb, Hazlitt, De Quincey and Landor. Some attention will be given to the critical writing and letters of the period.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300
ENGL 444 - Victorian Literature Credit Hours: 3

A study of the literature of Victorian Britain including representative authors of poetry, prose and fiction. The poetry of Tennyson, Browning, and Arnold will be emphasized.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300
ENGL 448 - Modern Literature Credit Hours: 3

Selection and examination of representative authors who wrote between 1850 and World War II.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300
ENGL 450 - Shakespeare Credit Hours: 3

A study of Shakespeare’s histories, comedies, tragedies, and poetry.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300 and 311
ENGL 451 - Chaucer Credit Hours: 3

Reading of Chaucer's major works in Middle English, with brief consideration of other works in the Chaucer canon and attention to medieval English language and custom.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300 and 311
ENGL 452 - Milton Credit Hours: 3

A study of John Milton’s poetry, with major emphasis on Paradise Lost, and a brief survey of his prose.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300 and 311
ENGL 453 - T.S. Eliot's Works Credit Hours: 3

A comprehensive study of selected Eliot works in the major genres of poetry, drama, and critical essay and his immense influence on Anglo-American (even worldwide) literature in the first half of the twentieth century.

Prerequisites

ENGL-300
ENGL 481 - History of the English Language Credit Hours: 3

An introduction to the historical development of the English language from its Indo-European background through Old, Middle and Modern English.