Requirements for a Major in English
Courses that fulfill the various categories for a major:

Prerequisites
English 121, 122, and 204

I. Required Courses
Students must take at least 3 semester hours from each of the following areas:

Medieval Literature
Renaissance Literature other than Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Eighteenth-Century Literature
Nineteenth-Century Literature
Twentieth-Century Literature or Contemporary Literary Theory
(Canadian Literature is strongly recommended)

II. English Language and Linguistics (3 semester hours)

III. English Electives (18 semester hours)
In addition to the required courses, students choose six other English courses, at least three of which must be at the 300 and 400 levels.

Requirements for a Minor in English
Students in the English Minors program complete English 121 and 122, and at least five other English courses above the 100 level as electives, two of which must be at the 300 or 400 level. Students are strongly encouraged to choose those electives in consultation with the Department Chair or Minors Coordinator.