English Major Requirements: 36 hours
NOTE: Required courses must be at or above the 200 level and at least 27 hours must be selected from courses at or above the 300 level.
ENGL 101 and 102 or HONS 105 and 106 are prerequisites for all English courses at or above the 200 level.
| ENGL 201 | British Literature to 1800 |
| ENGL 202 | British Literature since 1800 |
| ENGL 207 | Survey of American Literature to the Present |
Two pre-1700, 300-level British literature courses from among:
| ENGL 301 | Shakespeare: The Early Period |
| ENGL 302 | Shakespeare: The Later Period |
| ENGL 304 | Chaucer |
| ENGL 306 | Milton |
| ENGL 307 | Introduction to Old English |
| ENGL 308 | Spenser |
| ENGL 311 | Middle English Literature: Non-Chaucerian |
| ENGL 314 | Non-Dramatic Literature of the Renaissance |
| ENGL 317 | The Seventeenth Century |
| ENGL 337 | British Drama to 1642 |
Two post-1700, 300-level British literature courses from among:
| ENGL 318 | The Eighteenth Century |
| ENGL 321 | The Romantic Period |
| ENGL 323 | The Victorian Period |
| ENGL 325 | Modern British Literature |
| ENGL 326 | Irish Literature |
| ENGL 327 | The British Novel: I |
| ENGL 328 | The British Novel: II |
| ENGL 335 | Modern Poetry |
| ENGL 338 | Modern Drama |
| ENGL 340 | Restoration and 18th-Century Drama |
| ENGL 352 | Major African Writers |
| ENGL 353 | African Women Writers |
| ENGL 357 | Contemporary British Literature |
| ENGL 358 | Colonial and Postcolonial British Literature |
One pre-1900 300-level American literature
course from among:
| ENGL 342 | Colonial and Revolutionary American Literature |
| ENGL 343 | American Renaissance, 1830–1870 |
| ENGL 349 | American Novel to 1900 |
One post-1900 300-level American literature
course from among:
| ENGL 313 | African American Literature |
| ENGL 335 | Modern Poetry |
| ENGL 338 | Modern Drama |
| ENGL 341 | Twentieth-Century Southern Literature |
| ENGL 346 | Contemporary American Fiction |
| ENGL 354 | Jewish-American Literature |
| ENGL 355 | The American Short Story |
| ENGL 356 | American Novel, 1900–1965 |
| ENGL 359 | Contemporary American Poetry |
For English majors, ENGL 201, 202 and 207 are prerequisites for all departmental literature courses at or above the 300 level.
If ENGL 335 or 338 is used to fulfill the post-1700 British literature requirement, it may not be used to fulfill the post-1900 American requirement and vice versa.
Nine hours of English Electives at the 300 level or above.