BA in English

Course Requirements

The following requirements must be fulfilled:

The general requirements stated under Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Undergraduate Programs.

Program-specific curriculum:

Required

Any one introductory, non-creative writing course at the 1000 level. Suggested courses include:

• Dean's Seminar
• Introduction to Literary Studies
• The Bible as Literature
• Colonial/Post-Colonial British Literature
• Literature and the Financial Imagination
• Literature of the Americas
• Literature of the Americas
• Myths of Britain
• Myths of Britain
• Essential Shakespeare
• Essential Shakespeare
• Shakespeare Seminar
• Fantasy and Speculative Fiction
• Literature and the Environment
• Topics in Global Cinema

One course in creative writing at the 1000 or 2000 level. Suggested courses include:

• Introduction to Creative Writing
• Techniques in Creative Writing
• Play Analysis
• Fiction Writing
• Poetry Writing
• Intermediate Fiction Writing
• Intermediate Poetry Writing

Two introductory survey courses at the 2000 level. Suggested courses include:

• Introduction to Asian American Studies through Literature
• Introduction to English Literature I
• Introduction to English Literature I
• Introduction to English Literature II
• Introduction to English Literature II
• Introduction to American Literature I
• Introduction to American Literature I
• Introduction to American Literature II
• Introduction to American Literature II
• Introduction to Black Literature of America I
• Introduction to Black Literature of America I
• Introduction to Black Literature of America II
• Introduction to Black Literature of America II
• Postcolonialism, Race, and Gender in Global Anglophone Literature and Film
• Postcolonialism, Race, and Gender in Global Anglophone Literature and Film
• Postcolonialism and Migration in Global Anglophone Literature and Film
• Postcolonialism and Migration in Global Anglophone Literature and Film
• Bollywood Cinema
• Bollywood Cinema
• Introduction to Tragedy
• Introduction to Comedy

One course in critical theory:

• Introduction to Critical Theory
• Introduction to Critical Theory

One minority/diversity course at the 3000 level. Suggested courses include:

• Nineteenth-Century Black Literature
• Twentieth-Century Irish Literature I
• Twentieth-Century Irish Literature II
• Twentieth-Century Irish Literature I
• Topics in Global Postcolonial Literature and Film
• Topics in Global Postcolonial Literature and Film
• The Literature of Hawaii
• Gender and Literature
• Gender and Literature
• Ethnicity and Place in American Literature
• Disability Studies
• Disability and the Holocaust
• U.S. Latina/o Literature and Culture
• Topics in U.S. Latina/o Literature and Culture
• Topics in U.S. Latina/o Literature and Culture
• Topics in African American Literary Studies
• African American Poetry
• Cultural Theory and Black Studies
• Asian American Literature
• Asian American Literature
• Topics in Asian American Cultural Studies
• Jewish American Literature
• Jewish American Literature
• Queer Studies
• Queer Studies

Electives

Four ENGL courses (12 credits), excluding creative writing, taken at the 3000 level. Up to two of these courses may be taken in foreign literature if determined to be equivalent to 3000-level English courses by the English Director of Undergraduate Advising.