BA Requirements (before 2019-20)
Expanded Major Track - Requirements (before 2019-20)
Print requirements page (MS-Word File)| 6 first-year courses | 12 |
| 5 survey courses | 10 |
| 2 electives (6xx) | 4 |
| 7 seminars (4xx or 7xx) | 14 |
| 3 outside courses, in the Humanities Faculty | 6 |
| Total: | 46 |
Required first-year courses:
- 106 Academic Writing I
- 107 Academic Writing II
- 190 Introduction to Fiction
- 191 Historical Background to English & American Literature I
- 192 Historical Background to English & American Literature II
- 194 Introduction to Poetry
Total: 12 credits
Required survey courses
- 206 Renaissance Literature
- 252 American Literature I
- 253 American Literature II: 1865 to Present
- 303 Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century English Literature
- 314 Shakespeare
Total: 10 Credits
Electives
Students in the Major track must take two courses in the 6xx range. These courses can be taken starting in the second year of studies.
Total: 4 credits
Seminars
Students in the Expanded Major track must take seven seminars.
Starting in their second year, students can take seminars numbered in the 4xx-level range.
In their third year, students can take seminars numbered in the 4xx- and 7xx-level range.
Students in the Expanded Major track are required to write three seminar papers ("long papers"). Seminar papers can only be written in the third year, and the student can choose in which seminars to write them.
Total: 14 Credits
Outside courses
Students in the expanded major track must take three courses outside the department, in the Humanities Faculty
Total: 6 credits
Major in English Literature - Requirements (before 2019-20)
Print requirements page (MS-Word File)| 6 first-year courses | 12 |
| 5 survey courses | 10 |
| 2 6xx -level course | 2 |
| 2 seminar (4xx or 7xx) | 2 |
| Total: | 26 |
Required first-year courses
- 106 Academic Writing I
- 107 Academic Writing II
- 191 Historical Background to English & American Literature I
- 192 Historical Background to English & American Literature II
- 190 Introduction to Fiction
- 194 Introduction to Poetry
Total: 12 credits
Required survey courses
- 206 Renaissance Literature
- 252 American Literature I
- 253 American Literature II: 1865 to Present
- 303 Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century English Literature
- 314 Shakespeare
Total: 10 Credits
Electives
Majors in literature must take two courses in the 6xx range. These courses can be taken starting in the second year of studies.
Total: 4 credits
Seminars
Majors in literature track must take two seminars, chosen from the 4xx- and 7xx-level range. 7xx-level seminars can only be taken in the third year.
Total: 4 Credits
Double majors in English literature can choose between two tracks.
- majoring in both literature and linguistics, all within the department of English Literature & Linguistics;
- majoring in both literature and comparative literature
- majoring in both literature and
- majoring in both literature and
Unplanned double major - majoring in literature in the department of English Literature & Linguistics and taking another major in another department.
English Literature Major - Planned (second major in linguistics)
Print requirements page (MS-Word File)
| 6 first-year courses | 12 |
| 5 survey courses | 10 |
| 1 6xx -level course | 2 |
| 1 seminar (4xx or 7xx) | 2 |
| Total: | 26 |
Required first-year courses
- 106 Academic Writing I
- 107 Academic Writing II
- 191 Historical Background to English & American Literature I
- 192 Historical Background to English & American Literature II
- 190 Introduction to Fiction
- 194 Introduction to Poetry
Total: 12 credits
Required survey courses
- 206 Renaissance Literature
- 252 American Literature I
- 253 American Literature II: 1865 to Present
- 303 Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century English Literature
- 314 Shakespeare
Total: 10 Credits
Electives
Students in the Planned Major track must take one course in the 6xx range. This course can be taken starting in the second year of studies.
Total: 2 credits
Seminars
Students in the Planned Major track must take one seminar, and they must write a seminar paper ("long paper") in this course. The seminar should be taken in the student's third year and can be chosen from the seminars in the 4xx- and 7xx-level range.
Total: 2 Credits
English Literature Major - Unplanned (second major in another department)
Print requirements page (MS-Word File)
| 6 first-year courses | 12 |
| 5 survey courses | 10 |
| 1 6xx-level elective | 2 |
| 2 seminars (4xx or 7xx) | 4 |
| Total: | 28 |
Required first-year courses
- 106 Academic Writing I
- 107 Academic Writing II
- 191 Historical Background to English & American Literature I
- 192 Historical Background to English & American Literature II
- 190 Introduction to Fiction
- 194 Introduction to Poetry
Total: 12 credits
Required survey courses
- 206 Renaissance Literature
- 252 American Literature I
- 253 American Literature II: 1865 to Present
- 303 Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century English Literature
- 314 Shakespeare
Total: 10 Credits
Electives
Students in the Unplanned Major track must take two courses in the 6xx range. These courses can be taken starting in the second year of studies.
Total: 4 credits
Seminars
Students in the Unplanned Major track must take one seminar, and they must write a seminar paper ("long paper") in this course. The seminar should be taken in the student's third year and can be chosen from the seminars in the 4xx- and 7xx-level range.
Total: 2 Credits
