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Curriculum
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit |
| ENGL 202W | Introduction to Critical Reading | 3 |
| ENGL 245W | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 216 | American Literature II | 3 |
| ENGL 312 | Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENGL 422 | Research Seminar (Literature) | 3 |
| Additional Literature Core Courses: | ||
| ENGL 205 | Survey of British Literature I | 3 |
| ENGL 206 | Survey of British Literature II | 3 |
| ENGL 215 | American Literature I | 3 |
| ENGL 310 | Literary Criticism and Theory | 3 |
| SUBTOTAL | 12 | |
| General Electives: 3 Credits from menu that substitute for any of the other elective categories |
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| ENGL 207 | Studies in Drama | 3 |
| ENGL 208 | Studies in Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 220 | Studies in the Novel and Short Fiction | 3 |
| ENGL 225 | Post-Colonial Women's Novels | 3 |
| ENGL 299 | Seminar by the Sea: Gender Studies | 3 |
| SUBTOTAL (if chosen in substitution for another elective below) | 3 | |
| Regional Literature Elective: 3 Credits from Menu | ||
| ENGL 204 | Masterpieces of European Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 235 | Global Fiction | 3 |
| ENGL 315 | Irish Fiction | 3 |
| ENGL 316 | Scottish Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 336 | Russian Literature in Translation | 3 |
| ENGL 337 | Modern Greek Literature in Translation | 3 |
| SUBTOTAL | 3 | |
| Time Period Literature Elective: 3 Credits from Menu | ||
| ENGL 314 | Chaucer & Medieval Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 326 | Renaissance Studies | 3 |
| ENGL 328 | English Literature of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century | 3 |
| ENGL 329 | Nineteenth Century British Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 415 | Twentieth Century British Literature | 3 |
| SUBTOTAL | 3 | |
| Major Authors Literature Elective: 3 Credits from Menu | ||
| ENGL 210 | The Literature of Women | 3 |
| ENGL 236 | Young Adult Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 299 | Seminar by the Sea: Gender Studies | 3 |
| ENGL 327 | Milton and 17th Century | 3 |
| ENGL 415 | James Joyce Seminar | 3 |
| SUBTOTAL | 3 | |
| TOTAL PROGRAM CREDITS | 36 |
