B.A. English, Literary Option

Program Admissions Requirements

There are no program admission requirements for the B.A. in English, Literary option.

General Education

The listing below includes program requirements that also fulfill General Education requirements.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Objective 1		6
Objective 2		3
Objective 3 - MATH 1123 Recommended 1		3
Objective 4		6
Objective 5		7
Objective 6		6
Students must fulfill Objective 7 or Objective 8		3
Objective 7
Objective 8
Objective 9		3
Total Credits		37

1	“P” courses are equivalent to the original course.

Major Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
ENGL 2211	Introduction to Literary Analysis	3
ENGL 2280	Grammar and Usage	3
or ENGL 2281	Introduction to Language Studies
ENGL 3311	Literary Criticism and Theory	3
ENGL 4491	Senior Seminar in Literature	3
Select two of the following survey courses:		6
ENGL 2267	Survey of British Literature I Beginnings through 18th Century
ENGL 2268	Survey of British Literature II 19th Century to Present
ENGL 2277	Survey of American Literature I Beginnings to 1860
ENGL 2278	Survey of American Literature II 1860 to Present
Select one of the following genre courses:		3
ENGL 3321	Genre Studies in Drama
ENGL 3322	Genre Studies in Poetry
ENGL 3323	Genre Studies in Fiction
ENGL 3324	Genre Studies in NonFiction
ENGL 3327	Special Topics in Genre
Select two of the following period courses:		6
ENGL 4461	Studies in Classical Literature
ENGL 4462	Studies in Medieval Literature
ENGL 4463	Studies in Renaissance Literature
ENGL 4464	Studies in Seventeenth Century Literature
ENGL 4465	Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature
ENGL 4466	Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature
ENGL 4467	Studies in Late Nineteenth Century Literature
ENGL 4468	Studies in Early Twentieth Century Literature
ENGL 4469	Studies in Contemporary Literature
Select one of the following major figure courses:		3
ENGL 4472	Proseminar in a Major Literary Figure
ENGL 4473	Chaucer
ENGL 4474	Milton
ENGL 4476	Shakespeare
ENGL 4477	Shakespeare in Performance
Select one of the following themes and identity courses:		3
ENGL 3328	Gender in Literature
ENGL 3356	Ethnicity in Literature
ENGL 4453	American Indian Literature
ENGL 4470	Post-Colonial Literature
Select one of the following language studies courses:		3
ENGL 4480	Varieties of American English
ENGL 4481	Studies In Grammar
ENGL 4484	Rotating Topics in Linguistics
ENGL 4486	Old English
ENGL 4487	History of the English Language
ENGL 4488	Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Electives - 9 additional elective credits of English (except ENGL 1101, 1101P, and 1102), 6 credits of which must be upper-division courses.		9
To graduate as an English major, a student must maintain at least a 2.25 grade point average in courses within the English curriculum.
Total Credits		45

​Degree Totals

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Program Admission Requirements		0
General Education		37
Major Requirements		45
Upper Division Free Electives		6
Free Electives		32
Total Credits		120

ISU Degree Requirements

ISU General Education

Major Academic Plan (MAP)