Nina Levine, Chair

Overview

The Department of English offers the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English. The general major assures a broad knowledge of literature and composition. The intensive major is tailored for those students planning to pursue graduate study in English and/or American literature. The writing concentration is a version of the major placing special emphasis on advanced composition. The department also offers a minor in speech, with courses in public speaking, business and professional communication, speech criticism, performance studies, and small group communication.

Programs and Courses

Programs

• English General Major (30 Hours)
• English Intensive Major (39 Hours)
• English Minor
• English Writing Concentration Major (30 Hours)
• English, B.A.
• Speech Communication Minor

Courses

• ENGL 101 - Critical Reading and Composition
• ENGL 102 - Rhetoric and Composition
• ENGL 282 - Fiction
• ENGL 284 - Drama
• ENGL 285 - Themes in American Writing
• ENGL 286 - Poetry
• ENGL 287 - American Literature
• ENGL 288 - English Literature
• ENGL 360 - Creative Writing
• ENGL 399 - Independent Study
• ENGL 422 - American Literature 1860-1910
• ENGL 423 - Modern American Literature
• ENGL 424 - American Drama
• ENGL 425A - The American Novel to 1914
• ENGL 425B - The American Novel Since 1914
• ENGL 427 - Southern Literature
• ENGL 428A - African-American Literature I: to 1903
• ENGL 437 - Women Writers

• SPCH 140 - Public Communication