Additional Information
Honors Options in English
The English department offers a degree with Honors in English to qualified students who complete a substantial project in literary or rhetorical criticism or creative writing. Students must have at least a 3.50 GPA in English courses and a 3.30 GPA overall. Candidates must fulfill the following requirements:
- Enroll in ENGL 498H and/or ENGL 499H and receive an “A” on the honors thesis. The paper should display originality and sophistication of thought, as well as stylistic excellence.
- Successfully defend the thesis at an open colloquium. Although anyone from the academic community may attend the colloquium, the student meets primarily with a committee of readers who will decide whether to award honors. The committee is composed of the project director, a second reader from the English department, and the chair of the department. The colloquium is usually held during the week of final exams.
The Washington Experience: Fisher Semester in Washington
English majors may avail themselves of The Washington Experience, a semester in Washington, D.C. Please refer to The Washington Experience for details.
Course Offerings
First Year Writing Courses
Note: These course do not count toward English major requirements.
- ENGL 103 – Writing Workshop (1)
- ENGL 104 – Writing Workshop (1)
- ENGL 110 – LC Critical Reading and Writing*
- ENGL 153 – LC Writing In/Around Games*
- ENGL 154 – LC Reading the Court*
- ENGL 155 – LC Writing in the Digital Age*
- ENGL 156 – LC Ecocomposition*
- ENGL 165 – LC Images of Disability*
- ENGL 170 – LC Writing in Context*
- ENGL 199C – RW Research Based Writing*
Literature Courses
- ENGL 150C – P1 Stories That Matter*
- ENGL 200C – Literary Analysis
- ENGL 203C – History of English Language
- ENGL 204 – P1 Nature Writing
- ENGL 207C – P1 The Bible as Literature
- ENGL 210 – P1 Literature and Healing
- ENGL 211 – P1 Young Adult Literature
- ENGL 212C – P1 Shakespeare and Movies
- ENGL 214D – P1 Reading Gender
- ENGL 215C – P1 Getting the News from Poems
- ENGL 218C – P1 Theater and Design
- ENGL 220D – P1 Black Writers in the U.S.
- ENGL 226C – P1 Arthurian Legend
- ENGL 230 – P1 Literature of Travel
- ENGL 231C – P1 Detective and Mystery Narratives
- ENGL 236D – CC The American Dream
- ENGL 239D – P1 Haunted House
- ENGL 247C – P1 War in Literature
- ENGL 248 – P5 World Literature
- ENGL 261C – Topics in Sexuality and Literature
- ENGL 262P – CC Topics: Coming to America
- ENGL 263C – P1 Topics in Literature and the Arts
- ENGL 264D – P5 Topics in Literature and Politics
- ENGL 268 – P1 The Fundamentals of Film
* Noted 100-level courses may not be counted toward English major requirements
Literature Survey Courses
- ENGL 293 – P1 Early English Literature
- ENGL 294 – P1 Milton Through the Romantics
- ENGL 295 – P1 Literary Revolutions
- ENGL 297 – P1 Readings in American Literature
- ENGL 298 – P1 Modern American Literature
Advanced Literature Courses
When any of the following upper-division courses are offered, they will have a specific focus within the general rubric of their catalog title. Such courses may be repeated for credit with the permission of the department chair, if the focus is different.
- ENGL 306 – Law and Literature
- ENGL 312C – P1 Shakespeare
- ENGL 325 – Topics: Studies in British Literature
- ENGL 329 – Film and Television Analysis
- ENGL 335 – Studies in African American Literature
- ENGL 336 – Studies in Native American Literature
- ENGL 337 – Ethnicities in/and Literature
- ENGL 339 – American Literatures
- ENGL 341 – Studies in Poetry
- ENGL 342 – Topics: Literary Genres
- ENGL 344 – Topics: Literature and Popular Culture
- ENGL 346 – Narrative and New Media
- ENGL 347 – Studies in Postcolonialism
- ENGL 348 – Women Writers
- ENGL 349 – Major Authors
- ENGL 351 – Language of Animals
Seminar for Literature Majors
- ENGL 420 – Senior Literature Seminar
Writing Courses
- ENGL 237 – P1 Flash Fiction
- ENGL 249 – P1 Open Book: Read to Write
- ENGL 251 – P1 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
- ENGL 253 – P1 Introductory Creative Writing
- ENGL 259 – Argument and Persuasion
- ENGL 266 – Writing as Social Practice
- ENGL 271 – Legal Writing
- ENGL/WGST 272 – P2 Digital Feminisms
- ENGL 284 – P5 Global Business Writing
- ENGL 290 – Science, Rhetoric, and the Public
Advanced Practices Writing Courses
- ENGL 355 – Professional Writing: Topics
- ENGL 356 – Editing and Publishing
- ENGL 361 – Writing with New Media
- ENGL 371 – Creative Writing: Fiction
- ENGL 372 – Creative Writing: Poetry
- ENGL 374 – Creative Writing: Drama
- ENGL 376 – Creative Writing: Nonfiction
- ENGL 378 – Special Topics in Advanced Writing
Theories, Contexts, Communities Writing Courses
- ENGL 352 – Rhetorical Theory
- ENGL 353 – Rhetorical History and Traditions
- ENGL 370 – Gender and Writing
- ENGL 380 – Visual Rhetoric
- ENGL 381 – The Rhetoric of Hate
- ENGL 382 – Digital Literacies
Seminar for Writing Majors
- ENGL 425 – Senior Writing Seminar
General English Electives
- ENGL 209 – Literature Magazine Practicum (1)
- ENGL 270 – Becoming a Writing Tutor (1)
- ENGL 273 – Topics in Film and TV History (3)
Special Courses
- ENGL 201 – Career Seminar (.5)
- ENGL 490 – Internship
- ENGL 496 – Independent Study (1-3)
- ENGL 498H – Honors in English
- ENGL 499H – Honors in English