Major in English with a Writing Emphasis

The major in English with a Writing Emphasis combines a foundation of literary study with a sequence of creative writing courses focused on poetry, fiction, and literary nonfiction, or on a range of nonfiction prose forms, including analytical, persuasive, and academic writing. 

ENGL 111 Critical Reading and Writing I: Fiction and Nonfiction Prose (4 credits)
ENGL 112 Critical Reading and Writing II: Drama and Poetry (4 credits)
      Note: Qualified students who do not take ENGL 111 and 112 may substitute ENGL 190
      Critical Reading and Writing: Major Genres and one additional 4-credit literature course in
      English numbered above 200 (includes ENGL 205, 211, 212, 214, 215, 217, 218, 220, 221,
      222, 297, 324, 325, 334, 337, 341, 360, 361, 362, 364, 365, 366, 367, 370, 371, 372, 373, 390,
      and 395) or two 2-credit ENGL 295 courses during J-Term.

In addition to the above core curriculum courses, students must also select courses that fulfill the following course-level and area distribution requirements:

Course-Level Requirements

At least 12 credits at the ENGL 200-level
At least 16 credits at the ENGL 300-level
     Note: 4 of these credits must be from ENGL 380 Issues in English Studies
At least 4 credits at the ENGL 400-level
Plus 4 additional credits beyond the ENGL 100-level

Distribution Requirements

Sixteen credits from the following writing courses:
     ENGL 251 Writing in the Academy (4 credits, usually offered in spring)
     ENGL 252 Writing Nonfiction Prose (4 credits, usually offered in fall and occasionally spring)
     ENGL 253 Writing Poetry and Fiction (4 credits, usually offered in both fall and spring)
     ENGL 300 Theory and Practice of Writing (4 credits, usually offered in both fall and spring)
     ENGL 321 Writing Poetry (4 credits, usually offered in spring)
     ENGL 322 Writing Fiction (4 credits, usually offered in fall)
     ENGL 326 Topics in Writing Literary Nonfiction (4 credits, usually offered in spring)
     ENGL 401 Advanced Poetry or Fiction Writing (4 credits, usually offered in spring)
     ENGL 402 Writing Literary Nonfiction (4 credits, usually offered in fall)
     ENGL 403 Analytical and Persuasive Writing (4 credits)
     ENGL 421 Literary Magazine Practicum, Part I (2 credits, usually offered in fall)
     ENGL 422 Literary Magazine Practicum, Part II (2 credits, usually offered in spring)

     Note: The writing courses should include one of the following sequences:

     Academic and persuasive writing sequence:
     first –  ENGL 251 and/or 252
     then – ENGL 300 
     then – ENGL 403 

     Creative writing sequence
     first –  ENGL 253
     then – ENGL 321 and/or 322
     then – ENGL 401 and/or 402
                   or
     first –  ENGL 252
     then – ENGL 326
     then – ENGL 402

Plus:
Twelve credits in literature to include:
   Four credits in Early Literature
     ENGL 211 British Authors I (4 credits, usually offered in fall)
     ENGL 214 American Authors I (4 credits, usually offered in spring)
     ENGL 220 The Classical Tradition (4 credits, usually offered in fall)
     ENGL 221 The Modern Tradition (4 credits, usually offered in spring)
     ENGL 325 Special Studies in Genre, Region, or Theme (4 credits) (section 11 only)
     ENGL 360 Chaucer and the Medieval Period (4 credits)
     ENGL 361 Shakespeare and the Early Modern Period (4 credits, usually offered in spring)
     ENGL 362 Milton and Seventeenth-Century British Literature (4 credits)
     ENGL 364 Eighteenth-Century British Literature: The Age of Satire and the Novel (4 credits)
     ENGL 370 Colonial and Early-American Literature (4 credits)
     ENGL 371 Nineteenth-Century American Literature (4 credits)
     ENGL 390 Major Literary Figures (4 credits) (section 11 only)
     ENGL 395 Issues in Literature and Culture (4 credits) (section 11 only)
 
   Four credits in Diversity Literature
     ENGL 217 Multicultural Literature (4 credits, usually offered in fall)
     ENGL 218 Literature by Women: Critical History (4 credits, usually offered in spring)
     ENGL 297 Topics (4 credits) (section 61 only)
     ENGL 325 Special Studies in Genre, Region, or Theme (4 credits) (section 61 only)
     ENGL 337 The Literature of Human Diversity (4 credits, usually offered in spring)
     ENGL 341 Literature by Women: Critical Questions (4 credits, usually offered in fall)
     ENGL 390 Major Literary Figures (4 credits) (section 61 only)
     ENGL 395 Issues in Literature and Culture (4 credits) (section 61 only)

   Four additional English credits in literature beyond the ENGL 100-level

Four credits in Issues in English Studies
     ENGL 380 Issues in English Studies (4 credits, usually offered in both fall and spring)

Four credits in another English course beyond the ENGL 100-level

ENGL 111 and 112 students should take a total of thirty-six credits in English beyond the 100-level
ENGL 190 students should take a total of forty credits in English beyond the 100-level