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English - Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This major is offered through the Department of English in the School of Arts and Sciences.

A minimum grade point average of 2.5 is required in ENG 231 and ENG 232. Concentrators who have received a grade of C- or lower in the 100-level writing course (ENG 101, ENG 101H, ENG 101C, ENG 103) are required to include among their upper-division English offerings a course in expository or argumentative writing (ENG 326 or ENG 327).

English concentrators are required to pass a comprehensive examination given in the first (fall) semester of senior year.

Required Course - Take One

ENG 351Chaucer and His Age I

3
ENG 352Chaucer and His Age II

3

Required Courses - Take All

ENG 231The History of English Literature I

3
ENG 232The History of English Literature II

3
ENG 431/ENG 431Coordinating Seminar I

3
ENG 432Coordinating Seminar II

3
ENG 461Plays of Shakespeare I

3
ENG 498Undergraduate Comprehensive Examination

0

Required Courses - Take Two

ENG 331Intensive Readings: Lyric

3
ENG 332Intensive Readings: Drama

3
ENG 333Intensive Readings: Narrative

3

Additional upper-division courses in English or American language and literature - Take Four

ENG 235American Literature I

3
ENG 236American Literature II

3
ENG 3XX300-Level English Course
ENG 4XX400-Level English Course
5XX500-Level English Course
HSHU 203The Age of Discovery

3

NOTE: One upper-division course in writing (e.g., ENG 301, ENG 302, ENG 326, ENG 327) may be substituted for one of the required courses in English or American language and literature.