University of Colorado Denver College of Liberal Arts and SciencesUniversity of Colorado Denver

Literature Option of the English Major

Apply NowCourse Requirements: 39 credit hours

I. Required courses: 6 Credit Hours

  • ENGL 1400. Introduction to Literary Studies
  • ENGL 3001. Critical Writing

II. Option-Specific Distribution Requirements: 7 courses (21 Credit Hours minimum)

A. Before the Mid-Nineteenth Century (choose 3 courses):

  • ENGL 3330-3350. Topics in Literature (before 1850)*
  • ENGL 3520. Religious Narratives
  • ENGL 3661. Shakespeare
  • ENGL 3700. American Literature to the Civil War
  • ENGL 4000. Studies of Major Authors*
  • ENGL 4080. History of the English Language —or— ENGL 4400. Old English I
  • ENGL 4200. History of the English Novel I
  • ENGL 4500. Medieval Literature
  • ENGL 4510. Whores and Saints: Medieval Women
  • ENGL 4520. English Renaissance
  • ENGL 4530. Milton
  • ENGL 4540. Restoration and 18th Century
  • ENGL 4560. English Romanticism
  • ENGL 4730. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales —or— ENGL 4731. Chaucer’s Early Poetry

B. After the Mid-Nineteenth Century (choose four courses):

  • ENGL 3160. Language Theory
  • ENGL 3300-3324. Topics in Film*
  • ENGL 3330-3350. Topics in Literature (after 1850)*
  • ENGL 3750. American Literature, Post Civil War
  • ENGL 4000. Studies of Major Authors (after 1850)*
  • ENGL 4166. History of American Poetry
  • ENGL 4210. History of the English Novel II
  • ENGL 4220. African-American Literature
  • ENGL 4230. The American Novel
  • ENGL 4235. Faulkner
  • ENGL 4236. The American Short Story
  • ENGL 4250. Twentieth Century Fiction —or— ENGL 4460. Contemporary World Literature —or— ENGL 4600. Modern British and Irish Literature
  • ENGL 4300. History of British Drama (can be counted under A or B) —or— ENGL 4350. History of American Drama
  • ENGL 4320. History of Poetry in English (can be counted under A or B)
  • ENGL 4580. The Victorian Age
  • Any 3000- or 4000-level ENGL course in Women’s Studies or Ethnic Studies

*Repeatable if topics differ

III. Required Area Electives: 9 credit hours, any level

Choose three courses in literature, film, or creative writing

IV. Literary Studies Senior Capstone: 3 credit hours

ENGL 4000. Studies of Major Authors
—or—
ENGL 4999. Literary Studies Senior Seminar

Students may take additional courses, but the total applied toward the major may not to exceed 48 hours (any level).

 

College Core Courses for English Majors:

Students must complete the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences core curriculum requirements, including composition courses which do not apply toward major requirements.

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