1. Faculty:
Debra Allbery, David J. Bradshaw, Paula Garrett, Gary Hawkins, Rachel Himmelheber, Carol Howard, A. Michael Matin (Chair), David Mycoff, Graham Paul, Catherine Reid, Samuel Scoville,

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Program Overview

The English Program focuses on the study of British and American literature and on the classic works that influenced them, as well as on English-language literatures of former British colonies, including those of Africa and India. Students in the program may choose to major or minor in English, or they may pursue a joint major in Theatre and English or a concentration in Creative Writing.

The mission of the English Program is to encourage students to develop, through careful reading, an appreciation of the language and artistry of classic and modern works of literature and to guide students to gain a strong knowledge of these works in their historical and cultural contexts. The English Honors option helps make the program distinctive and intellectually challenging.

In accordance with this mission, the overall goals for the major and minor programs in the English Department are the following:

1. To enable majors and minors to develop, through careful reading, an appreciation of the language and artistry of classic and modern works of literature.
2. To enable majors and minors to develop a strong knowledge of literary works in their historical and cultural contexts.
3. To enable majors and minors to develop knowledge of a wide range of genres, literary periods, and major authors.
4. To provide an honors option for majors of unusual ability and interest in the study of literatures in English.

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Major in English

The English Major is based on the study of American and English literatures, with electives offered in genres, periods, major authors, creative writing, linguistics, and selected writers.

For the majors in Theatre/English or English/Creative Writing, see below.

Grades: Courses must be passed with a grade of C- or better to count toward any English major or toward the English Minor.

English Literature

Requirements: The English Major consists of 42 credit hours distributed as follows:

1. Two courses from the following:
1. ENG 335 Medieval Life and Literature
2. ENG 336 Literature and Culture of the Renaissance
3. ENG 344 Literature and Culture of the Restoration and Queen Anne Period
4. ENG 345 Literature and Culture of the Enlightenment Period
2. Two courses from the following:
1. ENG 337 Romanticism
2. ENG 338 Literature and Culture of the Victorian Period
3. ENG 339 Modernism
4. ENG 347 Colonial and Postcolonial Literature
3. Two courses from the following:
1. ENG 215 Epic-Heroic Mode
2. ENG 340 Chaucer
3. ENG 341 Shakespeare
4. ENG 343 Milton
4. WRI 230 Modern English Grammar
5. Four other courses for a total of 16 credit hours from English Department offerings (and from certain Theatre Program and Writing Program offerings)
6. The English faculty strongly urges students to develop a reading proficiency in a second language and a knowledge of a literary tradition other than their own. The English faculty also strongly recommends that students majoring in English complete a minor in a field related to their study of English.

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Honors Program

The English Honors Program provides students of unusual ability and interest in the study of literatures in English (American, British, and Anglophone Africa and Asia) to pursue intensive independent research while working closely with faculty and other students in the Honors Program. Students who successfully complete this program receive special designation at graduation and on their diplomas and transcripts.

Requirements:

1. Students pursuing the Honors degree must designate two of their six upper-level historical period or major authors courses as Honors. Please see the Department Chair and the instructor for the course during or before the first week of the term to arrange this designation and to determine course requirements. With permission of the Department Chair, it may be possible to substitute course work completed during a junior year abroad for an Honors course.
2. In the senior year, students must enroll in ENG 489 Honors Thesis and complete a senior thesis, usually of 40 pages. A student who expects to write a thesis on a topic that he or she has not studied extensively in a course should consider designing a two-credit independent study on that topic for the semester prior to the semester in which the thesis will be written. Such an independent study allows the student to develop the background necessary to carry out the intensive research and writing that the thesis requires.
3. Students should maintain a B average overall and must earn B grades or above in the honors offerings, including the thesis.

Students seeking to modify any of the above requirements must petition the Department Chair.

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Theatre/English

Requirements: 50 credit hours, as distributed below

1. The following courses (18 credit hours):
1. THR 113 Technical Theatre
2. ENG/THR 250 Introduction to Classical Theatre
3. ENG/THR 251 Introduction to Modern Theatre
4. ENG 341 Shakespeare
5. WRI 230 Modern English Grammar
2. 12 credit hours from among the following English and Music courses:
1. ENG 336 Literature and Culture of the Renaissance
2. ENG 344 Literature and Culture of the Restoration and Queen Anne Period
3. ENG 129 Religion in Literature
4. MUS/THR 280 Opera as Drama
5. (other 300-level English period or major authors courses may be substituted in some cases)
3. 12 credit hours from any Theatre (THR) course, excluding Performance/Production Practicum courses. In addition, non-theatre courses that also fulfill this requirement include MUS 134 Beginning Voice and WRI 210 Creative Writing: Playwriting.
4. 8 credit hours in performance/production practicum (**Note: See sliding scale regarding this requirement below)
5. Additional Requirement: At least two semesters on the theatre crew (preferably in junior and senior years).

In their Junior year, Theatre/English Majors may propose a Senior Project to the department; if their proposal is approved, they may register for THR 489 Senior Project.

**Adjustment to Performance/Production Practicum requirement: For each additional semester served on the Theatre Crew, the minimum required number of credit hours is reduced by 2 credit hours: 3 semesters on Theatre Crew results in 6 credit hours of Theatre Practicum required; 4 semesters on Theatre Crew results in 4 credit hours of Theatre Practicum required; etc. Production running crew assignments may also offset the Practicum requirement in certain cases.

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English/Creative Writing

(See also Major in Creative Writing within the Writing Program, Section 3.2.27)

Total Credit Hours: Students must earn a minimum of 46 credit hours in English and Writing to fulfill the major requirements.

1. Course Requirements:
1. 
   A. Eight (8) credit hours from the following:
2. ENG 335 Medieval Life and Literature
3. ENG 336 Literature and Culture of the Renaissance
4. ENG 344 Literature and Culture of the Restoration and Queen Anne Period
5. ENG 345 Literature and Culture of the Enlightenment Period
6. 
   B. Eight (8) credit hours from the following:
7. ENG 337 Romanticism
8. ENG 338 Literature and Culture of the Victorian Period
9. ENG 339 Modernism
10. ENG 347 Colonial and Postcolonial Literature
11. 
    C. Eight (8) credit hours from the following:
12. ENG 215 Epic-Heroic Mode
13. ENG 340 Chaucer
14. ENG 341 Shakespeare
15. ENG 343 Milton
16. 
    D. Four (4) credit hours:
17. WRI 140 Creative Writing: Introduction
18. 
    E. Two (2) credit hours:
19. WRI 230 Modern English Grammar
20. 
    F. Eight (8) credit hours from the following:
21. WRI 210 Creative Writing: Playwriting
22. WRI 211 Creative Writing: Poetry
23. WRI 212 Creative Writing: Fiction
24. WRI 213 Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
25. WRI 311/312 Advanced Fiction Workshop
26. WRI 313/314 Advanced Poetry Workshop
27. WRI 316/317 Advanced Creative Nonfiction Workshop
28. WRI 394 Creative Writing: MFA Residency AND WRI 395 Creative Writing: MFA Workshop (4 credit hours combined)
29. 
    G. Four (4) credit hours in writing or research. Possible courses include (but are not limited to):
30. WRI 142 Introduction to Writing for Media
31. WRI 201-205 Advanced Composition
32. WRI 210/310 Creative Writing: Playwriting
33. WRI 220 Writing About Place
34. WRI 320 Environmental Journalism
35. WRI 381 Research in Creative Writing
36. Writing Special Topics courses
37. Approved College Composition II courses in any department
38. 
    H. Two (2) credit hours:
39. WRI 484 Internship Seminar (including internship) (2 credits)
40. 
    I. Two (2) credit hours:
41. WRI 419 Senior Writing Portfolio
2. Additional Requirement:
1. A substantial senior writing portfolio: a collection of finished short stories, novel chapters, creative nonfiction pieces, or poetry totaling approximately 40 pages

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Minor in English

The English Minor should serve well as the complement to several majors (Business and Economics, Education, History and Political Science, Environmental Studies, Psychology, Social Work, and Global Studies).

Requirements: 22 credit hours distributed as follows

1. One course from the following:
1. ENG 335 Medieval Life and Literature
2. ENG 336 Literature and Culture of the Renaissance
3. ENG 344 Literature and Culture of the Restoration and Queen Anne Period
4. ENG 345 Literature and Culture of the Enlightenment Period
2. One course from the following:
1. ENG 337 Romanticism
2. ENG 338 Literature and Culture of the Victorian Period
3. ENG 339 Modernism
4. ENG 347 Colonial and Postcolonial Literature
3. Two courses from the following:
1. ENG 215 Epic-Heroic Mode
2. ENG 340 Chaucer
3. ENG 341 Shakespeare
4. ENG 343 Milton
4. One other 4-credit course from English Department offerings (or from certain Theatre or Writing Program offerings)
5. The following course:
1. WRI 230 Modern English Grammar