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  Creative Writing Option
Students will work with their advisors to choose writing courses which reflect their interest in fiction, poetry, or non-fiction prose.

No more than 15 hours of coursework at the 300 level.

TOTAL: 36 hours

ENG 350: Literary Studies for Majors
(must be taken within first 9 hours of English coursework, excluding ENG 101, 102, 202, 302, or 201H)

British Literature to 1800
Choose one:
ENG 409 Milton
ENG 410 Shakespeare Comedy, Tragedies & Rom
ENG 411 Chaucer
ENG 412 Shakespeare Histories & Tragedies

Choose one:
ENG 317 British Literature to 1800
ENG
409 Milton
ENG 410 Shakespeare Comedy, Tragedies & Rom
ENG
.411 Chaucer
ENG 412 Shakespeare Histories & Tragedies
ENG
413 British Novel to 1800
ENG
417 British Drama to 1642
ENG
436 Medieval British Literature
ENG 437 Tudor Literature: Poetry/ Prose 16th Cent.
ENG 438 17th Century Literature: Poetry and Prose
ENG
446 Drama Restoration & 18th Cent
ENG
462 Rest & 18 C British Poetry & Prose

British Literature Since 1800
Choose one:
ENG 319 British Literature from 1800
ENG 414 19th Cent British Novel
ENG 415 Victorian Poetry
ENG 433 20th Cent. British and Irish Poetry
ENG 447 British Romantic Poets

American Literature to 1865
Choose one:

ENG 321
American Literature to 1860
ENG
421 American Literature to 1830
ENG 422
American Literature 1830-1865

American Literature Since 1865
Choose one:
ENG 323 American Literature 1860 to Present
ENG 423 American Literature 1865-1914
ENG
424 American Literature after 1914
ENG 434 Twentieth Century American Poetry

Language Study
Choose one:
ENG 405 History English Language
ENG
475 Intro to Linguistics
ENG
476 Modern Grammar
ENG
478 Intro to Sociolinguistics

Creative Writing
Choose four:

ENG 360
Intro Creative Writing
ENG 377
Creative Writing Poetry
ENG 378 Creative Writing Fiction
ENG 408 Advanced Expository Writing
ENG 444 Rendering the Landscape
ENG 491
Creative Writing: Poetry Workshop
ENG 492 Creative Writing Fiction Workshop
ENG 493 Creative Writing Creative Non-Fiction

Senior Seminar: (capstone)
ENG 420
 

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