Program Requirements
Hours: 43 hours
Literature Courses - 18 hours (at least 3 hours in American)
ANCIENT - select one from the following - 3 hours
ENG 132In the Beginning: World Creation Epics (3) L
ENG 232Heroes & Heroines: The Ancient World (3) L
ENG 234All the World's a Stage: Ancient Drama (3) L
MEDIEVAL - select one from the following - 3 hours
ENG 142The Medieval Quest: The Hero's Journey (3) L
ENG 144Literature of the Crusades (3) L
ENG 241The Battle of the Sexes or Much Ado about Nothing (3) L
RENAISSANCE - select one from the following - 3 hours
ENG 244Outlaws, Traitors, Heretics, Witches & Moors: Anti-Heroes (3) L
ENG 252The Renaissance Quest (3) L
ENG 352Shakespeare in Love (3) L
NINETEENTH CENTURY - select one from the following - 3 hours
ENG 160Apes, Angels & Victorians: A Survey of the Victorian Period (3) L
ENG 162Murder Most Foul: Detectives in 19th Cent. British Literature (3) L
ENG/HIS 26019th-Century American Thought in Prose (3) L,H
ENG 262Psychological & Physiological Realism: Impaired Mind in Lit (3) L
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY - select two from the following - 6 hours
ENG 171Sports in Literature (3) L
ENG 17320 Voices, 20 Countries: World Poetry (3) L
ENG 174Meet Me at the Theatre: Mod & Contemp American Drama (3) L
ENG 175Modern Short Fiction (3) L
ENG 223Cincinnati Authors (3) L
ENG 274Reading Between the Stitches (3) L
ENG 275A History of Violence: Survey of 20th-Cent British Literature (3) L
ENG 276The 20th-Century Graphic Novel (3) L
ENG 277Dollars & Sense: Materialism in 20th-Century American Fiction (3) L
ENG 278The End of the World as We Know It: Fiction After 9/11 (3) L
ENG 279Killing the Angel in the House: 20th-Cent Brit Women Novelists (3) L
ENG 376Borders, Boundaries, Trespassing, Contamination: Postcolonial Fiction (3) L
WRITING COURSES: Choose TWO courses from the following - 6 hours
ENG 290The Story of Your Life: Writing Diaries,Memoirs&Autobiographies (3) LAS
ENG 300Advanced Composition (3) LAS
ENG 370Creative Writing: Poetry (3) LAS
ENG 371Seminar in Creative Writing: Poetry (3) LAS
ENG 372Creative Writing: Fiction (3) LAS
ENG 373Seminar in Creative Writing: Fiction (3) LAS
ENG 374Screenwriting Workshop (3) LAS
COM 388Feature Writing (3) LAS
Choose FOUR additional courses from any writing course listed above or from approved upper-level (200-300) writing courses -- (12 hours)
VISUAL MEDIA – Choose TWO courses from the following: -- 6 hours
COM 210Mass Media & Contemporary Culture (3) LAS
COM 310Visual Communication (3) LAS
COM/ENG 315History of Motion Picture (3) LAS
COM/ENG 359American Film Authors (3) LAS
COM 360New Media and Society (3) LAS
ENG 375Texts & Subtexts:Science-Fiction of the Atomic Age (3) LAS
CAPSTONE - 1 hour
ENG 499English Senior Seminar Capstone (1) CAP
Residency Requirement - 6 hours
Minimum Grade of C in all major/cognate courses
Program Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the English major will be able to:
- read closely and interpret literature in its context.
- produce writing that is critical, creative and graceful.
- participate in collaborative, meaningful discussions with peers and professors.
