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| In addition to the University Core Curriculum requirements and requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, English majors must complete a total of 15 courses distributed according to the specifications below. However, this list is not binding: students are required to consult with their advisors and with quarterly departmental listings to determine whether a particular section of a course meets the new English major requirements. Although many courses fulfill more than one of these requirements, students may count each course only once except that one of the 15 courses must be in gender or sexuality studies and another of the 15 courses must be in ethnic or global studies. Students in the Teacher Preparation Program (for those planning to teach high school) have additional requirements. These students must meet with Jill Goodman Gould, the Credential Program advisor, to make sure they meet the additional requirements. Two Foundation Courses: Five Historically-Grounded Courses: (at least one must be American and at least one British; at least two must be upper division) |
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| One Medieval |
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- 41 Survey English Literature I
- 112 Topics in Theatre and Drama: Medieval and Renaissance Drama (also THTR 112 & 113) (Oswald Spr-05)
- 141 Studies in Medieval Literature
- 162 Studies in Comparative Humanism
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| One Renaissance and/or 17th Century |
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- 41 Survey English Literature I
- 112 Topics in Theatre & Drama: Medieval Renaissance Drama (Also THTR 112 or 113) (Oswald Spr-05)
- 112A Topics in Theatre and Drama Prior to 1700: A Seminar on King Lear (also THTR 112) (Fall-04)
- 113 British Drama (Rynes Win- 06)
- 116 Shakespeare’s Tragedies (also THTR 116)
- 117 Shakespeare’s Comedies (also THTR 118)
- 118 Shakespeare’s Histories (also THTR 118) (Before Fall-06)
- 118 Shakespeare Studies (also THTR 118)
- 131 Studies in Early American Literature
- 137 Studies in American Poetry (Elrod)
- 143 Studies in Renaissance Literature
- 162 Studies in Comparative Humanism
- 184 Special Topics: Shakespeare & Elizabethan Literature (London Fall-05)
- 189 Literature & Religion (Dreher Fall-06)
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| One Restoration and/or Enlightenment and/or 18th Century |
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- 31 Survey American Literature I
- 42 Survey English Literature II
- 113 British Drama (Rynes Win-06)
- 131 Studies in Early American Literature (Burnham Win-07)
- 146 Neoclassical Literature
- 151 Studies in British Fiction (Rynes Fall-05)
- 168 Women & Literature (Elrod Fall-05)
- 184 Special Topics: 18th Century Novel (Burnham Spr-05, Spr-07)
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| One 19th Century/Romantic |
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- 31 Survey American Literature I
- 32 Survey American Literature II
- 35 African American Literature
- 36 Chicano/a Literature
- 42 Survey English Literature II
- 43 Survey English Literature III
- 132 Studies in 19th Century American Literature
- 135 Studies in American Fiction (Burnham)
- 137 Studies in American Poetry (Phipps)
- 147 Romantic Movement
- 148 Victorian Literature
- 166 Pan African Literature
- 184 Special Topics (Garavel Spr-06)
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| One Additional Historically-Grounded Course |
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| Any of the courses in the categories above can instead (but not additionally) be counted in this category; the following courses also count in this category. - 25 Reading Film
- 37 Native American Literature
- 38 Asian American Literature
- 66 Radical Imagination
- 67 US Gay and Lesbian Literature
- 69 Literature by Women Writers of Color
- 100 Literature and Democracy
- 110 Classical Tragedy (also CLAS 181 & THTR 181)
- 111 Classical Comedy (also CLAS 182 & THTR 182)
- 112B Topics in Theatre & Dance After 1700: August Wilson Seminar (also THTR 189) (Win-06)
- 113 British Drama (also THTR 111) (Garavel Spr 08)
- 119 Modern American Theatre History, 1915 – Present (also THTR 119)
- 121 Studies in American Film
- 122 Film, Gender, and Sexuality
- 123 Studies in the History of Literary Theory
- 124 Studies in Contemporary Literature and Cultural Theory
- 129 California Literature
- 130 Studies in African American Literature (Priest)
- 133 Studies in Modern American Literature
- 134 Studies in Contemporary American Literature
- 134G Studies in Contemporary American Literature
- 135 Studies in American Fiction
- 137 Studies in American Poetry (Glaser Spr-05)
- 139 Special Topics in American Lit: Radical Imagination (Bousquet Fall-05)
- 140 Studies in Chicano Literature
- 149 Modern British Literature
- 150 Contemporary Literature
- 151 Studies in British Fiction
- 153 Studies in Global Gay and Lesbian Cultures
- 155 Studies in Asian American Literature
- 157 Post Colonial and Commonwealth Literature and Theory
- 158 Studies in Native American Literature
- 158G Native American Women Writers
- 159 Indian Subcontinental and Disporic Literature
- 161 The Bible as Literature
- 165 African Literature
- 167 Modern Fiction
- 169 Literature in Translation: German Cinema (Win-07)
- 184 Special Topics in American Literature
- 184 Special Topics (Mediratta Sum-05)
- 186 Women in Antiquity (Also CLAS 185 or 186)
- 187 Classical Mythology in the Western Tradition (also CLAS 184)
- 189 Literature and Religion (Rynes)
- 192 American Theatre from the Black Perspective (also THTR 161)
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| One Upper-Division Writing/Rhetoric/Language Course |
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- 101 Linguistics
- 102 Theories of Modern Grammar
- 103 History of the English Language
- 104 Teaching English as a Second Language
- 105 Literacy and Social Justice
- 126 Creative Writing and Social Justice
- 127 Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction
- 138 Internet Culture and the Information Society
- 170 Writing for Children and Young Adults
- 171 Advanced Fiction Writing
- 172 Advanced Poetry Writing
- 173 Screenwriting (also THTR 173)
- 174 Nonfiction Writing
- 175 Creative Nonfiction
- 176 Intensive Writing
- 177 Argumentation
- 178 Technical Writing
- 179 Practical Business Rhetoric
- 180 Writing for Teachers
- 183 Writing for Business
- 184 Special Topics: Intro to Creative Writing (London Fall-05)
- 184 Special Topics: Digital Culture (Bousquet Win-06)
- 185 Grants, Proposals, and Reports
- 191 Literature and Performance (also THTR 160)
- 193W Playwriting (also THTR 170)
- 196 Writing in the Community
- 197 Practicum in Tutoring Composition
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| One Upper-Division Theory/Methodology Course |
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- 105 Theories of Literacy (Trainor Spr-07)
- 123 Studies in the History of Literary Theory
- 124 Studies in Contemporary Literature and Cultural Theory
- 125 Feminist Literary Theory and Criticism
- 139 Special Topics in American Literature (Velasco, Burnham, Bousquet)
- 140 Studies in Chicano Literature (Velasco)
- 148 Victorian Literature/New Historicism (Hawley)
- 150 Contemporary Literature
- 151 Studies in British Fiction (Rynes Fall-05)
- 152 Women, Literature and Theory
- 153 Studies in Global Gay and Lesbian Cultures
- 155 Studies in Asian-American Literature (Chang)
- 156 Interdisciplinary Gay and Lesbian Studies
- 157 Post Colonial and Commonwealth Literature and Theory (Hawley)
- 159 Indian Subcontinental and Disaporic Literature
- 162 Studies in Comparative Humanism (Brown)
- 165 African Literature
- 184 Special Topics (Burnham Spr-05 & Spr-07, Bousquet Win-06)
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| Three Courses in a Selected Area of Specialization |
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| (Selected in consultation with the faculty advisor (e.g., literary history, a literary period, genre, postcolonial/multicultural, a national literature, gender and sexuality, writing/rhetoric, creative writing, independent). One, with the Chair’s approval, may be taken outside the department; one may be lower division.) Top |
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| Two Electives |
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| (One should be taken outside the selected area of specialization; one may be lower division). ENGL 11, 12, or 13, as well as ENGL 79 can be an elective. One Senior Seminar or Thesis (A Senior Thesis may be an option under special circumstances.) The following two requirements can be met through two of the 15 courses. Top |
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| One Gender/Sexuality Studies Course |
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- 30 Studies in American Literature (Mahamdi Spr-05)
- 67 US Gay and Lesbian Literature
- 68 Literature and Women
- 69 US Women Writers of Color
- 79A Writing about Literature and Culture (Hawley)
- 79G Writing about Literature and Culture
- 122 Film, Gender & Sexuality (Garber, Williams)
- 125 Feminist Lit Theory and Criticism)
- 132 Studies in 19th Century American Literature (Elrod)
- 134G Contemporary American Literature (Chang)
- 135G Studies in American Fiction (Elrod)
- 152 Women, Literature and Theory
- 153 Studies in Global Gay and Lesbian Cultures
- 156 Interdisciplinary Gay and Lesbian Studies
- 158G Studies in Native American Women Writers
- 162 Studies in Comparative Humanism (Brown)
- 168 Women and Literature
- 184 Special Topics (Mediratta Sum-05)
- 186 Women in Antiquity
- 188 Senior Seminar (Garber, Chang, McIsaac Fall-05, White Win-06, Frisbie Fall-06)
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| One Ethnic/Global Studies Course |
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- 35 African American Literature
- 36 Chicano/a Literature
- 37 Native American Literature
- 38 Asian American Literature
- 39 Multicultural Literature of the United States
- 69 Literature by Women Writers of Color
- 79 Writing about Literature and Culture (Williams)
- 79A Writing about Literature and Culture (Hawley)
- 79G Writing about Literature and Culture (Quinn)
- 130 Studies in African American Literature
- 112B Topics in Theatre & Dance After 1700: August Wilson Seminar (Also THTR 189) (Win-06)
- 128 Studies in the Literature of the Middle East & Islamic World (Mahamdi)
- 130 Studies in African American Literature
- 132 Studies in 19th Century American Literature (Elrod Spr-05)
- 134 Studies in Contemporary American Literature (Edelstein)
- 134G Studies in Contemporary American Literature (Chang)
- 140 Studies in Chicano Literature
- 153 Studies in Global Gay and Lesbian Cultures
- 155 Studies in Asian American Literature
- 157 Post Colonial and Commonwealth Literature and Theory
- 158 Studies in Native American Literature
- 158G Native American Women Writers
- 159 Indian Subcontinental and Disporic Literature
- 165 African Literature
- 166 Pan African Lit) (Hawley)
- 188 Senior Seminar (Chang, Edelstein Fall-04, Hawley Win-05, Burnham Fall-05)
- 192 American Theatre from the Black Perspective (Also THTR 161)
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| English Minor |
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| The English Minor requires the student to take the two foundation courses: In addition the minor requires the student to take five elective courses, four of which must be upper-division. Top |
