English Plan of Study Form: Catalog Years 2017 – 2020
Honors in English Plan of Study Form: Honors Catalog Years 2017 – 2020
What is referred to as the major is, in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), officially called your field of concentration. The field of concentration is comprised of courses in the major department and a group of four other courses completed in related disciplines.
To satisfy the English major, the student must present for the degree thirty credits of English courses numbered 2000 or above from categories A-F listed below. The major includes a Pre-1800 Distribution Requirement to ensure that specific courses within the major are selected. Coursework for categories A-F will also apply toward the Distribution Requirement. The courses listed below in bold will satisfy one requirement from categories A-F and one Pre-1800 Distribution Requirement.
The Related Course Requirement for the English major must be no fewer than 12 credits of UConn coursework representing a coherent area of study closely related to English. Related courses must be 2000 level or above, outside of the Department of English, and cannot be cross-listed with English. Some students select courses that will help them prepare for a future career or academic interests. Courses applied toward a second major or minor may also count toward the related requirements. A list of approved and restricted related courses can be found here. Courses that are not on the approved or restricted list may be used as a related course with approval by the Department.
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English Major Requirements
A. Introduction to Literary Studies: 2600 (3 credits) – This course should be taken within a semester of declaring the major or at its next offering
B. Literary History (9 credits) – One course from group 1, one course from group 2, and one course from group 3
Group 1: British Literature
2100 – British Literature I
2101 – British Literature II
3111/W – Medieval English Literature
3113/W – Renaissance English Literature
3115/W – Restoration and 18th-Century English Literature
3117/W – Romantic British Literature
3118/W – Victorian British Literature
3123/W – British Literature from 1890 to the Mid-Twentieth Century
3124/W – British Literature since the Mid-Twentieth Century
Group 2: American Literature
2200 – Literature and Culture of North America before 1800
2201/W – American Literature to 1880
2203/W – American Literature Since 1880
2214/W – Black American Writers I
3207/W – American Literature since the Mid-Twentieth Century
3210 – Native American Literature
3212 – Asian American Literature
3213/W – Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century African American Literature
3215/W – Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century African American Literature
3218/W – Ethnic Literatures of the United States
3220/W – Jewish American Literature and Culture
3605 – Latina/o Literature
3607 – Studies in Latina/o Literature
Group 3: Anglophone & Postcolonial Literature
2301/W – World Literature In English
3120 – Irish Literature in English to 1939
3122/W – Irish Literature in English since 1939
3318 – Literature and Culture of the Third World
3319 – Topics in Postcolonial Studies
3320 – Literature and Culture of India
C. Genre (3 credits) – One course from the following:
2401 – Poetry
2405 – Drama
2407 – The Short Story
2408 – Modern Drama
2409 – The Modern Novel
D. Major Author (3 Credits) – One course from the following:
3501 – Chaucer
3503 – Shakespeare I
3505 – Shakespeare II
3507 – Milton
3509 – Studies in Individual Writers
E. Advanced Study (3 credits) – One course from the following:
These courses satisfy the departmental requirements for Writing in the Major and Informational Literacy:
4101W – Advanced Study: British Literature
4201W – Advanced Study: American Literature
4203W –Advanced Study: Ethnic Literature
4301W – Advanced Study: Anglophone Literature
4302W – Advanced Study: Literature of Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand
4401W – Advanced Study: Poetry
4405W – Advanced Study: Drama
4407W – Advanced Study: Prose
4600W – Seminars in Literature
4601W – Advanced Study: Literary Criticism and Theory
4613W – Advanced Study: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Literature
4965W – Advanced Studies in Early Literature in English
F. Elective Courses (9 credits) –In addition to courses used to satisfy requirements A-E above, nine credits must be chosen from English courses numbered 2000 or above. Course numbers used to satisfy requirements A-E may be used toward satisfaction of requirement F only when they designate a second or third section of a course repeated for credit with a change of topic.
Distribution Requirement:
- At least two courses must concern literature written before 1800. Courses applied toward categories B-F may also apply toward this requirement. Courses satisfying this requirement are: 2100, 2107, 2200, 3111, 3113, 3115, 3301, 3303, 3501, 3503, 3505, 3507, 3652, 4965W.