Requirement Course Tags
Courses for English Major Requirements
The English major has the following requirement categories. (Note: These categories and course tags apply to the new version of the English major.)
- Close Reading and Literary Form
- Literature and Culture Before 1700
- Literature and Culture 1700-1900
- Literature and Culture of the 20th and 21st Centuries
- Theories and Methods
- Diverse Perspectives I
- Diverse Perspectives II
More information about the requirement categories can be found on the Major in English page.
Below is a list of courses satisfying the various requirement categories by semester.
CLOSE READING AND LITERARY FORM
ENG 205: Poetry -- Bosch
ENG 205: Poetry -- Brownley
ENG 205: Poetry -- Higgins
ENG 205: Poetry -- Bosch
ENG 205: Poetry -- N. Suhr-Sytsma
LIT/CULTURE BEFORE 1700
ENG 255W: British Literature Before 1660 -- Durquette
ENG 290: Script to Print to Pixels -- Jim Morey
ENG 485W: Topics in Applied Research: Animals, Gender, and Early Modern Drama – Cahill
LIT/CULTURE 1700-1900
ENG 261: Survey of African American Lit before 1900 -- Babb
ENG 290W: Survey of Latinx Literature: First Contact to 1898 -- Guidotti-Hernandez
ENG 332W: Victorian Literature - Davenport
ENG 385W: Methods of Literary Resaerch: Moby-Dick and of One Blood -- Reiss
ENG 386: Literature and Science – Otis
ENG 489: Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women -- Nickerson
LIT/CULTURE 20TH & 21ST CENTURIES
ENG 210W: Major Authors: Octavia Butler – R. Lee
ENG 211W: Lit. & the Arts: Disrespectable Black Women Artists – A. Mayfield
ENG 212W: Readings in Pop Lit/Culture: Imagining Asian America -- Kanesaka
ENG 212W-2: Readings in Pop Lit/Culture: Debauchery in the Twentieth Century --Griggs
ENG 213W: Fictions of Human Desire: Queer Reading – Tennant
ENG 214W: Global Literature in English: "Home" and the Caribbean Diaspora --Currents
ENG 340W: Modern English Literature -- Rosinberg
ENG 342W: Modern Irish Literature -- Higgins
ENG 348W: Contemporary Literature: “Literary” Genre Fiction--Murray
ENG 356W: Gender and Sexuality in Native American Literature -- M. Suhr-Sytsma
ENG 357W: Southern Literature -- Ladd
ENG 359: Studies in African American Lit, 1900-present: Af-Am Lit and Pop Culture -- Babb
ENG 359: Studies in African American Lit, 1900-present: Passing Miscegenation Hybridity – M. Gordon
ENG 388W: Topics in Lit & Environment: Contemporary Ecofiction -- Sitter
ENG 389W: Asian American Women Writers -- Kanesaka
ENG 480RW: Contemporary American Poetry – Kalaidjian
ENG 482RW: Seminar in Fiction: Youth & Experience in the Modern British Novel -- Rosinberg
ENG 489W: William Faulkner -- Ladd
THEORIES AND METHODS
ENG 290: Script to Print to Pixels – Morey
ENG 348W: Contemporary Literature: “Literary” Genre Fiction--Murray
ENG 368: Lit & Cultural Studies: Staging the Political -- Sharma
ENG 384RW: Criticism -- Bahri
ENG 385W: Methods of Literary Research: Moby-Dick and of One Blood -- Reiss
ENG 485W: Topics in Applied Research: Animals, Gender, and Early Modern Drama -- Cahill
DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES I
ENG 210W: Major Authors: Octavia Butler – R. Lee
ENG 211W: Lit. & the Arts: Disrespectable Black Women Artists – A. Mayfield
ENG 212W: Readings in Pop Lit/Culture: Imagining Asian America -- Kanesaka
ENG 214W: Global Literature in English: "Home" and the Caribbean Diaspora --Currents
ENG 261: Survey of African American Lit before 1900 -- Babb
ENG 290W: Survey of Latinx Literature: First Contact to 1898 -- Guidotti-Hernandez
ENG 356W: Gender and Sexuality in Native American Literature – M. Suhr-Sytsma
ENG 359: Studies in African American Lit, 1900-present: Passing Miscegenation Hybridity – M. Gordon
ENG 359: Studies in African American Lit, 1900-present: Af-Am Lit and Pop Culture -- Babb
ENG 385W: Moby-Dick and of One Blood -- Reiss
ENG 389W: Asian American Women Writers -- Kanesaka
ENG 389W: The Chinese in America -- Nickerson
ENG 480RW: Contemporary American Poetry -- Kalaidjian
DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES II
ENG 210W: Major Authors: Octavia Butler – R. Lee
ENG 211W: Lit. & the Arts: Disrespectable Black Women Artists – A. Mayfield
ENG 212W: Readings in Pop Lit/Culture (Imagining Asian America) -- Kanesaka
ENG 290W: Survey of Latinx Literature: First Contact to 1898 -- Guidotti-Hernandez
ENG 356W: Gender and Sexuality in Native American Literature -- M. Suhr-Sytsma
ENG 388W: Topics in Lit & Environment: Contemporary Ecofiction -- Sitter
ENG 389W: Asian American Women Writers -- Kanesaka
ENG 389W: The Chinese in America -- Nickerson
ENG 485W Topics in Applied Research: Animals, Gender, and Early Modern Drama -- Cahill
CLOSE READING AND LITERARY FORM
ENG 205: Poetry - Brownley
ENG 205: Poetry - Kalaidjian
ENG 205: Poetry - Rosinberg
ENG 205: Poetry - Rosinberg
Literature and Culture Before 1700
ENG 311RW: Shakespeare Krumm
ENG 311RW: Shakespeare Cavanagh
ENG315W Ren Lit 1603-60 Knecht
Literature and Culture 1700-1900
ENG 210W: Major Authors: Dickens – Davenport
ENG 256W: British Literature since 1660 -Zhang
ENG 290W: Topics in Literary History: Black Women’s Life-Writing–Lawrence
ENG 321W: Later 18th Century Lit—Brownley
ENG 330W: Romanticism -White
ENG 489W: Special Topics: Adv Study: Hardy, Stevenson, Toomer--Bosch
Literature and Culture of the 20th and 21st Centuries
ENG 206W: Narrative – Nickerson
ENG210W Major Authors: Erdrich– M Suhr-Sytsma
ENG 214W: Global Lit in English–Sharma
ENG 256W: British Literature since 1660 -Zhang
ENG 262: Survey of Af-Am Lit Since 1900–Gordon
ENG 290W: Topics in Literary History: Marvelous Terror–Boyd
ENG 290W: Topics in Literary History: Black Women’s Life-Writing–Lawrence
ENG 290W Topics in Literary History: Louise Erdrich- M. Suhr-Sytsma
ENG 345W Topics in Post-Colonial Literature –Bahri
ENG 355W: 20th Century American Novel-- Ladd
ENG 359W - Af Am Lit Since 1900- Wright
ENG 368W - Lit and Cultural Studies: Cute Studies– Kanesaka
ENG 370W: Intro to Digital Humanities - Sinykin
ENG 385W: Irish Literature and the Archive - Higgins
ENG 388W: Topics in Lit & Environment: Ecopoetry in the Anthropocene - Sitter
ENG 388W: Topics in Lit & Environment: Planetary Futures - N. Suhr-Sytsma
ENG 388W: Topics in Lit & Environment: Climate Fiction–Murray
ENG 389: Special Topics: Lit. New African Diaspora Lit- Mwersigirie
ENG 389W Special Topics: 20th Century American Poetry –Bosch
ENG 389W Special Topics: Lit & We Need Diverse Books–M. Suhr-Systma
ENG389W: Special Topics: US Interventions in Caribbean–Currents
ENG 389W –Special Topics: Lit of the American Jazz Age– Ladd
ENG 482RW: Seminar in Fiction: Modernity and the Countryside – Rosinberg
ENG 489W: Special Topics Adv Study: Hardy, Stevenson, Toomer--Bosch
ENG 489W -Special Topics Advanced Study: Transpacific Femininities– Kanesaka
ENG 489W-Special Topics Adv Study: Very Contemporary Literature-Sinykin
ENG489: Special Topics Advanced Study: True Crime – Nickerson
Theories and Methods
ENG 370W: Intro to Digital Humanities - Sinykin
ENG 385W: Irish Literature and the Archive - Higgins
ENG 389W: Special Topics Lit: Literary Theory-Marder
ENG 389W: Special Topics Lit: Methods of Lit. Interpretation- Quiroga
ENG 489W: Special Topics Advanced Study: Literature at the Limits of Language-White
Diverse Perspectives I
ENG210W Major Authors: Erdrich– M Suhr-Sytsma
ENG 214W: Global Lit in English–Sharma
ENG 262: Survey of Af-Am Lit Since 1900–Gordon
ENG 290: Topics in Literary History: African Womens Writing- Mwersigirie
ENG 290W: Topics in Literary History: Marvelous Terror–Boyd
ENG 290W: Topics in Literary History: Black Women’s Life-Writing–Lawrence
ENG 345W Topics in Post-Colonial Literature –Bahri
ENG 359W - Af Am Lit Since 1900 Wright
ENG 368W - Lit and Cultural Studies: Cute Studies– Kanesaka
ENG 389: Special Topics Lit: New African Diaspora Lit- Mwersigirie
ENG 389W Special Topics: Lit & We Need Diverse Books–M. Suhr-Systma
ENG389W: Special Topics: US Interventions in Caribbean–Currents
ENG 489W -Special Topics Advanced Study: Transpacific Femininities– Kanesaka
Diverse Perspectives II
ENG 210W Major Authors: Erdrich– M Suhr-Sytsma
ENG 262: Survey of Af-Am Lit Since 1900–Gordon
ENG 290: Topics in Literary History: African Women's Writing-Mwersigirie
ENG 290W: Topics in Literary History: Black Women’s Life-Writing–Lawrence
ENG 345W Topics in Post-Colonial Literature –Bahri
ENG 359W - Af Am Lit Since 1900- Wright
ENG 368W - Lit and Cultural Studies: Cute Studies– Kanesaka
ENG 388W: Topics in Lit & Environment: Murray
ENG 388W: Topics in Lit & Environment: Ecopoetry in the Anthropocene - Sitter
ENG 388W: Topics in Lit & Environment: Planetary Futures - N. Suhr-Sytsma
ENG 389: Special Topics: Lit. New African Diaspora Lit- Mwersigirie
ENG 389W: Special Topics Lit: Lit of the American Jazz Age-Ladd
ENG 389W Special Topics: Lit & We Need Diverse Books–M. Suhr-Systma
ENG389W: Special Topics: US Interventions in Caribbean–Currents
ENG482RW: Seminar in Fiction: Modernity and the Countryside – Rosinberg
ENG 489W -Special Topics Advanced Study: Transpacific Femininities– Kanesaka
Literature and Culture Before 1700
ENG 215/THEA 215-1: History of Drama and Theater I-Evenden
ENG 308W-Arthurian Literature-Morey
ENG 368W/HIST 396W-1: Lit & Cultural Studies: Cooking with Chaucer, Hildegard of Bingen, Shakespeare, and Anne Hathaway-Cavanagh
Literature and Culture of the 20th and 21st Centuries
ENG 210W: Major Authors-Flannery O'Connor-Trapp
ENG 212W: Readings in Pop Lit/Culture: The Harry Potter Phenomenon-Ivey
ENG 359-1: Studies in Af American Lit: 1900 to Present: The American Dream/The Color Line-Birdwell
ENG 359-2/AAS 359-1-1: Studies in Af American Lit: 1900 to Present: , Civil Rights -Babb
ENG 398W-1: Special Topics: When Less is More: English Short Fiction, Modern to Contemporary-Rosinberg
ENG 389W: Special Topics: American Crime Fiction-Hawley
ENG 398W-2/AMST 322W-1: Special Topics: Baseball and American Culture-Gruber
Theories and Methods
ENG 368W/HISTW-1: Lit & Cultureal Studies: Cooking with Chaucer, Hildegard of Bingen, Shakespeare, and Anne Hathaway-Cavanagh
Diverse Perspectives I
ENG 359-1: Studies in Af. American Lit: 1900 to Present: The American Dream/The Color Line-Birdwell
ENG 359-2/AAS: Studies in Af. American Lit: 1900 to Present: Civile Rights-Babb
Diverse Perspectives II
ENG 359-2/AAS: Studies in Af. American Lit: 1900 to Present: Civile Rights-Babb
Close Reading and Literary Form
ENG 205: Poetry - Bosch
ENG 205: Poetry - Brownley
ENG 205: Poetry - Kalaidjian
ENG 205: Poetry - Suhr-Sytsma
Literature and Culture Before 1700
ENG 255W British Lit Before 1660
ENG 300 Old English Lang & Literature
ENG 311RW Shakespeare --Cavanagh
ENG 311RW Shakespeare --Krumm
ENG 314W Renaissance Literature 1485-1603
Literature and Culture 1700-1900
ENG 250 Amer Lit: Beginnings to 1865
ENG 261 Survey of African-American Literature Before 1900—Babb
ENG 320W Restoration & Early 18th Cent
ENG 336W The English Victorian Novel
ENG 389W Special Topics Literature: Romantic Drama
Literature and Culture of the 20th-21st Centuries
ENG 210W: Major Authors: Edwidge Danticat
ENG 210W Major Authors: Contemporary Environmental Writing—Ittenbach
ENG 214W Global Anglophone Literature—Yates-Richard
ENG 275W Intro.to Asian Am.Lit.Culture—Kanesaka
ENG 341W 20th Century English Novel
ENG 355W 20th Century American Novel
ENG 357W Southern Lit
ENG 359 Studies in African American Literature: 1900 to Present: Babb
ENG 368W Literature & Cultural Studies: Technothrillers
ENG 375W Topics Asian Am.Lit.& Culture: Asian American Women Writers
ENG 381W: Topics in Women’s Lit: Native American’s Women’s Lit
ENG 383RW Studies in Women’s Fiction: Contemp Women Novelists
ENG 383RW Studies in Women’s Fiction: Haunted Houses
ENG 385W Methods for Literary Research: Irish Literature & the Archive
ENG 480RW Seminar in Poetry: Contemporary Irish Poetry
ENG 480RW Seminar in Poetry: Contemporary American Poetry
ENG 482RW Seminar in Fiction: Novel of Manners, Then and Now: Austen, Forster, Ishiguro, Smith
ENG 489/ENG 752 Special Topics in Lit: Faulkner
Theories and Methods
ENG 368W Literature & Cultural Studies: Technothrillers
ENG 384RW Criticism: Black Literary Theory
ENG 385W Methods for Literary Research: Irish Literature & the Archive
ENG 389 Special Topics: Literature: Practices of Reading—Bammer
ENG 389W Special Topics:Literature: Intro to Postcolonial Theory--Meighoo
ENG 485W Topics in Applied Research: Environmental Literature
ENG 489W:Special Top Adv Study: Imitating Reality
Diverse Perspectives I
ENG 210W: Major Authors: Edwidge Danticat
ENG 214W Global Anglophone Literature—Yates-Richard
ENG 261Survey of African-American Literature Before 1900—Babb
ENG 275W Intro.to Asian Am.Lit.Culture—Kanesaka
ENG 290W Topics in Literary History: History of Black Detection
ENG 375W Topics Asian Am.Lit.& Culture: Asian American Women Writers
ENG 381W: Topics in Women’s Lit: Native American’s Women’s Lit
ENG 355W 20th Century American Novel MW 4-515
ENG 384RW Criticism: Black Literary Theory
ENG 389W Special Topics:Literature: Intro to Postcolonial Theory--Meighoo
ENG 480RW Seminar in Poetry: Contemporary American Poetry
Diverse Perspectives II
ENG 210W: Major Authors: Edwidge Danticat
ENG 214W Global Anglophone Literature—Yates-Richard
ENG 261Survey of African-American Literature Before 1900—Babb
ENG 275W Intro.to Asian Am.Lit.Culture—Kanesaka
ENG 290W Topics in Literary History: History of Black Detection—Joseph
ENG 375W Topics Asian Am.Lit.& Culture: Asian American Women Writers
ENG 381W: Topics in Women’s Lit: Native American’s Women’s Lit
ENG 383RW Studies in Women’s Fiction: Contemp Women Novelists
ENG 383RW Studies in Women’s Fiction: Haunted Houses
ENG 480RW Seminar in Poetry: Contemporary American Poetry
ENG 485W Topics in Applied Research: Environmental Literature
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