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:

Survey of Literature
ENGL 241 Literature and Culture I: to the 18th Century3
ENGL 242 Literature and Culture II: from the 18th Century to the Present3
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
Topic in Early American 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 Major3
Language or Composition Rhetoric
ENGL 214 The English Language3
English Language and Linguistics Courses
ENGL 314 Structure of English3
ENGL 315 English Phonology3
ENGL 514 English Syntax3
or ENGL 516 English Grammar in Use
Electives6
Studies in Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy
Shakespearean Drama
Shakespearean Drama
Introduction to Poetry
Women in Ethnic American Literature
Women in Literature
Writing with New Media
Topics in English, Study Abroad - Literature
Composition & Rhetoric In and Beyond the University
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
Seventeenth-Century Literature and Culture
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
Romantic Autobiographies
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
Junior Honors Seminar in the Major
Topics in Composition and Rhetoric
Creative Writing: Advanced Fiction Workshop
English Grammar in Use
Old English
Advanced Old English Literature
Health and the Humanities
Humans, Non-Humans, Post-Humans
Topic in Literature and the Environment
Sex, Love, and Power: Topic in Literature and Sexuality
Jewish Literatures in Diaspora
Discourses of Disability, Antiquity to 1800
Modern Discourses of Disability
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
Smart Media & Critical Information 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 Credits30