English, English Language and Linguistics Option
NOTE: This is a formal Option and will appear on the transcript.
L&S undergraduates with a particular interest in English Language and Linguistics may combine a background in literature with a concentration of courses in the option. The major requirements are distributed as follows:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Survey of Literature | ||
| ENGL 241 | Literature and Culture I: to the 18th Century | 3 |
| ENGL 242 | Literature and Culture II: from the 18th Century to the Present | 3 |
| American Literature (1 course) | 3 | |
| Vladimir Nabokov: Russian and American Writings | ||
| American Literary Cultures | ||
| Literature by American Indian Women | ||
| A Survey of Asian American Literature | ||
| Major American Poets | ||
| Modern and Contemporary American Literature | ||
| Chicana/o and Latina/o Literatures | ||
| African and African Diaspora Literature and Culture | ||
| A Study of an Outstanding Figure or Figures in American Literature | ||
| Topic in Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture | ||
| Topic in American Literature and Culture since 1900 | ||
| Major American Writer or Writers | ||
| Three American Novelists | ||
| Topics in Ethnic and Multicultural Literature | ||
| Topic in Asian American Literature | ||
| Race and Sexuality in American Literature | ||
| Asian American Women Writers | ||
| Asian American Poetry | ||
| Topic in Contemporary Literature | ||
| Feminist Theory and Women's Writing in English | ||
| Literature of Jewish Identity in America | ||
| Selected Topics in Afro-American Literature | ||
| English Seminar | ||
| ENGL 245 | Seminar in the Major | 3 |
| Language or Composition Rhetoric | ||
| ENGL 214 | The English Language | 3 |
| English Language and Linguistics Courses | ||
| ENGL 314 | Structure of English | 3 |
| ENGL 315 | English Phonology | 3 |
| ENGL 514 | English Syntax | 3 |
| or ENGL 516 | English Grammar in Use | |
| Electives | 6 | |
| Studies in Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy | ||
| Shakespearean Drama | ||
| Introduction to Poetry | ||
| Women in Ethnic American Literature | ||
| Women in Literature | ||
| Writing with New Media | ||
| Topics in English, Study Abroad - Literature | ||
| History and Theory of Rhetoric and Writing Studies | ||
| Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement | ||
| Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry Workshop | ||
| English Language Variation in the U.S. | ||
| Second Language Acquisition | ||
| Language, Race, and Identity | ||
| Linguistic Theory and Child Language | ||
| The Sixteenth Century | ||
| Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture | ||
| Stage and Page in the Long Eighteenth Century | ||
| Eighteenth-Century Novel | ||
| Romantic Literature and Culture | ||
| Nineteenth-Century Novel | ||
| Victorian Poetry | ||
| Special Topics in Gender & Literature | ||
| Modernist Novel | ||
| Modernist Poetry | ||
| British Literature since 1900 | ||
| The Anglo-Saxons | ||
| Contemporary Poetry | ||
| Literatures of Migration and Diaspora | ||
| Literature and Animal Studies | ||
| Postcolonial and World Literature | ||
| Advanced Composition | ||
| Race, Sex, and Texts (How to do things with writing) | ||
| Seminar on Tutoring Writing Across the Curriculum | ||
| Creative Writing: Nonfiction Workshop | ||
| Creative Writing: Fiction Workshop | ||
| Creative Writing: Poetry Workshop | ||
| Creative Writing: Playwriting Workshop | ||
| Creative Writing: Special Topics Workshop | ||
| English Words: Grammar, Culture, Mind | ||
| Global Spread of English | ||
| Introduction to TESOL Methods | ||
| English in Society | ||
| History of the English Language | ||
| Topics in English Language and Linguistics | ||
| Outstanding Figure(s) in Literature before 1800 | ||
| Topic in Medieval Literature and Culture | ||
| Medieval Drama | ||
| Medieval Romance | ||
| Chaucers Courtly Poetry | ||
| Chaucer's Canterbury Tales | ||
| Topic in Early Modern Literature and Culture | ||
| Early Works of Shakespeare | ||
| Later Works of Shakespeare | ||
| Spenser | ||
| Milton | ||
| Topic in Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture | ||
| Outstanding Figure(s) in Literature since 1800 | ||
| Topic in Romantic or Victorian Literature and Culture | ||
| Topic in British Literature and Culture since 1900 | ||
| James Joyce | ||
| Interdisciplinary Studies in the Arts | ||
| Topic in Postcolonial or World Literature | ||
| Diaspora and Theatre | ||
| Indian Writers Abroad: Literature, Diaspora and Globalization | ||
| Topics in Composition and Rhetoric | ||
| Creative Writing: Advanced Fiction Workshop | ||
| English Grammar in Use | ||
| Old English | ||
| Advanced Old English Literature | ||
| Health and the Humanities | ||
| Topic in Literature and the Environment | ||
| Jewish Literatures in Diaspora | ||
| Discourses of Disability, Antiquity to 1800 | ||
| Topic in Travel Writing before 1800 | ||
| Topic in Literature and Politics | ||
| Topic in Literary or Cultural Theory | ||
| Modern Critical Theories | ||
| Remix, Mashup, and Digital Design | ||
| British Drama, 1914 to Present | ||
| Survey: Theories of Drama | ||
| Postcolonial Theatre: Drama, Theory and Performance in the Global South | ||
| Modern American Drama and Theatre | ||
| Topics in English: Study Abroad | ||
| Theatre of the Avant-Garde, 1850-1950 | ||
| Honors Project | ||
| Senior Honors Thesis in the Major | ||
| Senior Honors Thesis in the Major | ||
| Senior Thesis | ||
| Senior Thesis | ||
| Directed Creative Writing | ||
| Directed Study | ||
| Total Credits | 30 | |