In addition to the 42 credit hours Core Curriculum courses (outlined in the Undergraduate Catalog pages 68-71) required of all students seeking a baccalaureate degree, English Majors with a Concentration in Literary Studies must complete the following:

1. AREA F: Courses Appropriate to the Major (18)

A. Foreign Language (6)
Lang 2001 Intermediate World Language I (3)
Lang 2002 Intermediate World Language II (3)
B. Required Courses (9)
Engl 2120 British Literature (3)
Engl 2130 American Literature (3)
Engl 2140 Introduction to Literary Studies (3)
C. Select one elective from area C or Hist 1111, Hist 1112, Hist 1140, AAS 2010, or WSt 2010. (3)

2. AREA G: Major Courses (27). A grade of C or higher is required in all major courses. The English major requires nine upper-division courses (27 semester hours) distributed as described below. The same course may not be used to satisfy more than one of the listed requirements.

Literature Concentration:
A. British Literature I: Select two courses, including one in a single writer. (6)

Engl 3280 English Drama (3)*
Engl 3300 Medieval English Literature (3)
Engl 3400 English Renaissance Literature I (3)
Engl 3410 English Renaissance Literature II (3)
Engl 3980 Women's Literature I (3)*
Engl 4100 Study of a Single Author (3)
Engl 4110 Chaucer (3)
Engl 4120 Spenser (3)
Engl 4130 Shakespeare I (3)
Engl 4140 Shakespeare II (3)
Engl 4150 Milton (3)
Engl 4200 Topics (3)*

B. British Literature II: Select one course. (3)

Engl 3280 English Drama (3)*
Engl 3290 English Fiction (3)*
Engl 3500 Restoration and Earlier Eighteenth-Century English Literature (3)
Engl 3510 Later Eighteenth-Century English Literature (3)
Engl 3600 English Romantic Poetry (3)
Engl 3610 English Victorian Poetry (3)
Engl 3620 Nineteenth-Century English Nonfiction Prose (3)
Engl 3980 Women's Literature I (3)*
Engl 4100 Study of a Single Author (3)
Engl 4200 Topics (3)*

C. American Literature: Select one course. (3)

Engl 3800 Early American Literature (3)
Engl 3810 American Literature: 1820-1865 (3)
Engl 3820 American Literature: 1865-1914 (3)
Engl 3850 American Poetry (3)*
Engl 3870 American Fiction (3)*
Engl 3880 American Nonfiction Prose (3)*
Engl 3990 Women's Literature II (3)*
Engl 4100 Study of a Single Author (3)
Engl 4200 Topics (3)*

D. Literature Electives: Select two courses. (6)

Engl 3180 Contemporary Poetry or Fiction (3)
Engl 3280 English Drama (3)*
Engl 3290 English Fiction (3)*
Engl 3700 English Literature: 1900-1945 (3)
Engl 3710 English Literature: 1945-Present (3)
Engl 3720 Twentieth-Century English Poetry (3)
Engl 3830 American Literature: 1914-1945 (3)
Engl 3840 American Literature: 1945-Present (3)
Engl 3850 American Poetry (3)*
Engl 3860 American Drama (3)
Engl 3870 American Fiction (3)*
Engl 3880 American Nonfiction Prose (3)*
Engl 3900 Irish Literature (3)
Engl 3910 The Tradition of Children's Literature (3)
Engl 3920 Southern Literature (3)
Engl 3930 Modern Drama (3)
Engl 3940 Postcolonial Literature (3)
Engl 3950 African-American Literature (3)
Engl 3960 African-American Literature by Women (3)
Engl 3970 Caribbean Literature (3)
Engl 3990 Women's Literature II (3)
Engl 4200 Topics (3)*

E. Language, Criticism, and Theory Elective: Select one course. (3)

Engl 3140 Editing (3)
Engl 3200 Introduction to the English Language (3)
Engl 3210 Advanced Grammar (3)
Engl 3220 History of the English Language (3)
Engl 3230 History of Literary Criticism I (3)
Engl 3240 History of Literary Criticism II (3)
Engl 3250 Contemporary Theory (3)
Engl 3260 Studies in Popular Culture (3)
Engl 3955 Language in the African-American Community (3)
Engl 3995 Feminist Literary Criticism (3)
Engl 4200 Topics (3)*

F. Select an elective course in English or Folklore. (3)

G. Engl 4300 Senior Seminar: Literary Studies (3)

* This course varies in subject matter; students must receive written permission from their departmental advisers to apply one of these courses to a specific area.