Courses range from Classics in Translation to British and American Literature, to Mythology, Film, Satire, Contemporary Fiction, Immigrant and Women's Literature, and Rhetoric conducted in small classes to ensure individual attention. Majors and non-majors alike are helped to increase their writing, analytical and interpretive abilities within Trinity's liberal arts curriculum. The Curriculum Students meet departmental requirements by taking five lower-division courses giving a strong foundation in the major figures of literary history, and in the critical use of literary methods. Students take two of several courses in both earlier literature and 18th-19th century literature, plus one on 20th century authors. Electives in the major may concentrate on literature, writing, or linguistics.
Many students develop double majors such as English and business, psychology, and communication.
The English Major can be experienced as an educational end in itself as well as preparation for graduate work. Attention to diverse writing skills is provided in lower and upper-division writing courses, and through the work of Peer Tutors in our Writing and Literature Center. Lower-division courses are integrated into Trinity's Common Curriculum and tie literature into the breadth of Western Culture. The English Minor consists of a minimum of 21 hours of English above English 1302, of which at least 12 hours must be upper-division. A 3.3 overall average is required at the time of admission and must be maintained through the course of the program.