English Major with Literature Concentration (B.A.)

Your second year focuses on two areas of the core curriculum. Areas C and F can be satisfied with a variety of literature courses. Our offerings include American and British Literatures, World Literature, Gender and Literature, Multicultural Literature, and Literature and Film. Additionally, students must successfully earn a “B” in ENGL 2050 (Standard English Grammar) and ENGL 2230 (Intermediate Composition) before taking upper division courses; therefore, ENGL 2050 and ENGL 2230 should be taken at some point in your sophomore year.

You should have completed most of your literature surveys and Area F courses by the beginning of your third year. You should complete English 2900 (Introduction to Literary Studies) as soon as possible. This course will focuses on skills that will enable you to be successful in upper division courses.

You will begin taking core courses that cover a wide range of literary studies in American, British, and World literature, and you can start exploring elective courses, which might focus on a single author, such as William Shakespeare, on a period, such as British Romanticism, or a region, such as Southern American Literature.

Your senior years gives you the chance to finish your elective and required courses in literary studies, pursuing the interests you’ve developed over the last two years. Complete your experience by taking English 4890, our Senior Seminar in English: Literature, where you will gather essays from your prior classes into a final portfolio that showcases your interests and growth as a writer and where you will write a capstone essay, a research project wherein you choose your own author or area of interest, in collaboration with a faculty member who is a subject matter expert in the area.