English, Literature and Culture Concentration, B.A.

General Education Courses (31-32 credit hours)

For details on required courses, refer to the General Education Program . Total hours to satisfy General Education Requirements may vary as some general education requirements may be double-counted in the major with departmental approval. Please see your advisor for information. 

Foreign Language Requirement (0-8 credit hours)

For details on required courses, refer to the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences Foreign Language Requirement .

Major Course (3 credit hours)

• ENGL 3100 - Approaches to Literature and Culture (3)

Concentration Required Courses (12 credit hours)

Students choose four courses from two of the following thematic clusters, taking two courses in each of those clusters: Author, Pop Culture, and Genre Studies; Children’s & Young Adult Literature and Culture; Film, Performance, and Print & Digital Culture; Genders, Sexualities, and Literature; Global Cultures, Identities, and Comparative Literature; and Literature, Science, and the Environment. Transfer courses will be considered, but only two courses at the 2000-level will be credited toward these requirements. Approved alternatives at the 4000-level can be used to satisfy this requirement.

Concentration Elective Courses (12 credit hours)

Select four of the following:

• ENGL 2072 - Topics in Literature and Film (3)
• ENGL 2074 - Topics in Children’s/YA Literature, Culture, and/or Media (3)
• ENGL 2100 - Writing About Literature (3)
• ENGL 2106 - Film Criticism (3)
• ENGL 2108 - Introduction to Drama (3)
• ENGL 2201 - Contemporary Poetry (3)
• ENGL 2202 - Contemporary Fiction (3)
• ENGL 2301 - Introduction to African American Literature (3)
• ENGL 2400 - American Literature Survey (3)
• ENGL 2401 - British Literature Survey I (3)
• ENGL 2402 - British Literature Survey II (3)
• ENGL 3072 - Topics in Literature and Film (3)
• ENGL 3074 - Topics in Children’s Literature, Media, and Culture (3)
• ENGL 3100 - Approaches to Literature and Culture (3)
• ENGL 3102 - Literature for Young Children (3)
• ENGL 3103 - Children’s Literature (3)
• ENGL 3104 - Literature for Adolescents (3)
• ENGL 3158 - Gender and African American Literature (3)
• ENGL 3159 - African American Poetry (3)
• ENGL 3211 - Medieval Literature (3)
• ENGL 3212 - British Renaissance Literature (3)
• ENGL 3213 - British Literature of the Restoration and 18th Century (3)
• ENGL 3214 - Romantic British Literature, 1785-1832 (3)
• ENGL 3215 - British Victorian Literature (3)
• ENGL 3216 - British Literature in Transition, 1870-1914 (3)
• ENGL 3217 - Modern British Literature (3)
• ENGL 3231 - Early African American Literature (3)
• ENGL 3233 - American Literature of the Romantic Period (3)
• ENGL 3234 - American Literature of the Realist and Naturalist Periods (3)
• ENGL 3235 - Modern American Literature (3)
• ENGL 3236 - African American Literature, Harlem Renaissance to Present (3)
• ENGL 3237 - Modern and Recent U.S. Multiethnic Literature (3)
• ENGL 4002 - Women and Literature (3)
• ENGL 4072 - Topics in Literature and Film (3)
• ENGL 4074 - Topics in Children’s/YA Literature, Culture, and/or Media (3)
• ENGL 4102 - British Children’s Literature (3)
• ENGL 4103 - American Children’s Literature (3)
• ENGL 4104 - Multiculturalism and Children’s Literature (3)
• ENGL 4111 - Ancient World Literature (3)
• ENGL 4112 - Modern World Literature (3)
• ENGL 4116 - Shakespeare’s Early Plays (3)
• ENGL 4117 - Shakespeare’s Late Plays (3)
• ENGL 4120 - Romantic British Literature, 1785-1832 (3)
• ENGL 4132 - British Drama to 1642 (3)
• ENGL 4141 - American Literature of the Realist and Naturalist Periods (3)
• ENGL 4145 - Literature of the American South (3)
• ENGL 4151 - Drama (3)
• ENGL 4235 - History of the Book (3)

Restricted Elective Courses (9 credit hours)

Select nine additional credit hours in ENGL courses at the 1000- or 2000-level or above, with no more than 6 credit hours at the 1000-level.

Unrestricted Elective Courses, Double Major and/or Minor to Complete Requirements for Graduation

Students must earn a minimum of 120 credit hours to graduate. This requirement can be fulfilled through a combination of elective courses, a minor, or a double major. The 120-credit minimum must be satisfied regardless of the specific academic path chosen (e.g., a minor combined with electives).