Concentrations in Liberal Arts
This concentration is ideal for those students who want to develop their skills in writing, critical thinking, and literary analysis, as well as to gain a sense of the history of English, American, or World Literature. Of the 33 credit hours required for the major, students can select 18 of those hours as electives. Thus students have an opportunity to tailor their program to their own interests. Students in this concentration will leave with an array of diverse skills that may lead to careers in business and industry, publishing, public service, and education.
Requirements:
Lower Division Courses (9 hours)
Analysis of Literature (Eng 250)
Two Literature Surveys (Eng 294, 296, or 297)
Major Authors Courses (6 hours)
Chaucer or Milton (Eng 351 or 354)
Early or Later Shakespeare (Eng 352 or 353)
300/400-level Electives (18 hours)
Choose from the wide range of courses in English, including world literature, English and American literature, criticism, creative and professional writing, rhetoric, and criticism and theory. Nine hours of these electives must be taken at the 400 level; students may apply one 200 level course to this suite of electives.
See the latest English Department Course Schedule for course offerings in English at the 300 and 400 levels.
