English: Bachelor of Arts

The English program provides students with courses of study that will develop both academic and creative writing, an understanding of language, and a critical engagement with literature. To achieve these objectives, English majors are expected to develop and refine their writing abilities and critical understanding of language and literature through extensive reading and discussion.

All students who desire to major in English will be required to complete 28 upper division credit hours of English courses approved by the department chair, and demonstrate satisfactorily their possession of the basic skills of literary criticism through completion of ENG 225. After being accepted as English majors the students will, in consultation with their advisers, decide upon a program of studies best suited to their needs and interests, whether in preparation for teaching, advanced study, professional writing, or other vocations in which their liberal education may prove an asset. In their senior year, all English majors write a senior thesis as a capstone experience.

University Core Requirements -- 39 hours

College Requirements, B.A. -- 21-33 hours

Hrs.    

3	Effective Communication (CST 100, CST 107, CST 307, ENG 107, ENG 311)
3	Metaphysics (one course from PHL 331-337)
15	Credits of upper-division courses outside the primary major, 9 of which must come from 3 different disciplines in the College of Arts and Sciences. This requirement is not fulfilled by the University core.
0-12	Intermediate level of one language

Major Requirements -- 31 hours

Hrs.    

3	ENG 225 - Introduction to Literary Studies
9	Three Historical Survey courses:
One Medieval-to-18th-century course:
	ENG 320 - Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Literature (Beg.—1500)
	ENG 324 - Renaissance British Literature (1500-1660)
	ENG 325 - Eighteenth-Century British Literature (1660-1800)
One 19th-century course, or one more from the list above:
	ENG 344 - Romantic Literature (1800-1830)
	ENG 345 - Victorian Literature  (1830-1900)
	ENG 354 - American Literature Early-1865
	ENG 355 - American Literature 1865-1914
One 20th-century course:
	ENG 346 - British Literature 1900-1945
	ENG 347 - British Literature 1945-Present
	ENG 356 - American Literature 1914-1945
	ENG 357 - American Literature 1945-Present
6	Two 400-level English courses (these may also take care of the below Genre or Topics course requirement; Education/English majors must take ED 410 as one of these courses); ENG 490, 493, 495-497, and 499 do not count toward this requirement
	ENG 420 - “Otherness” in Early British Literature (1000-1700)
	ENG 430 - International Literature of Peace and Justice
	ENG 460 - Contemporary American Poetry
	ENG 461 - Oregon and Northwest Writers
	ENG 470 - City Life in American Literature
	ENG 471 - American Romanticism
	ENG 473 - African American Literature
	ENG 480 - Postcolonial Literature
	ENG 491-2 - [one-time courses]
6	Two Genre or Topics courses  (includes 400-level courses and all 300-level courses not listed above)
6	Two English elective courses
1	ENG 499 - Senior Capstone Project - 1 credit hour (for honors, 3 credit hours)

                  

General Electives -- 17-29 hours

Total Credit Hours -- 120