Many courses offered in this area have topics which vary each semester and all are designed to expand the range of each student's understanding of the origin, definition, and experience of the categories of advanced theory, genre studies, popular culture, multicultural studies and gender studies. Complete one course. ENGL 4038 has topics which vary each semester and is concerned with developments in the study of literature that have significantly influenced our conception of the theoretical bases for study and expanded our understanding of appropriate subject matter. Successful completion of ENGL 2010 is recommended. ENGL 4728 is a seminar specially designed for English majors to study special topics in literature.
Topics vary each semester.
Complete six creative writing workshops, three of which must be upper division. ENGL 1191, Intro to Creative Writing, fulfills one lower division workshop requirement and is not repeatable. To take a workshop beyond the 2000-level, students who have not been accepted into the program must submit a manuscript to the Department prior to registration. Students may not take two poetry or two fiction workshops in the Department in the same semester.