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Major Requirements: Before December 2023

By majoring in English, students set out to refine their ability to comprehend works of literature, to understand how literature and culture affect one another, and to express their interpretations in speech and in writing. 为了申报英语专业，学生必须与系主任见面.

LEARNING GOALS

The English Department’s learning goals can be found HERE.

REQUIREMENTS

Number of courses, 专业要求的学分和总GPA:学生可以选择专攻文学, in creative writing, or in literature and film, 所有三个专业都是为了让学生通过要求至少12门课程来实现这些目标，这些课程分为以下类别. A course will count toward the major if the grade earned is a C- or higher.

Concentrations/Tracks:

Requirements for the concentration in literature

  • Take two Survey Courses. Courses on the 100-level examine broad sweeps of literary history, studying how genres develop over time. 课堂作业强调对文本的仔细分析和在写作中集中论点的技巧. Students are encouraged to take these courses during their first two years. 符合这一要求的课程包括:ENGL 104、105、110、111、116和117. 或者，HMTS 121和HMTS 211应视为满足要求.
  • 参加所有专业要求的入门课程:engl260:文学研究导论. ENGL 260, by introducing students to the interpretive, writing, and research skills specific to English, provides a foundation for their advanced work in the discipline. 该系强烈建议学生在参加高级英语课程之前先学习ENGL 260. The Writing Intensive Requirement Part II is fulfilled by ENGL 260.
  • Take a 100- or 200-level elective course. 这些选修课允许学生在从事高级工作之前更广泛地探索本学科. 任何由部门提供的100级或200级课程都可以计入这一要求. Upon petition to their advisers, 学生可以选修300或400级的高级课程来代替这一要求.
  • 在美国、英国和英语国家的文学传统中进行沉浸式的工作. 300级和400级的大多数课程都是小型研讨会，强调学科内的专业研究，培养高级的解释和写作技能. 有三门课程必须被指定为“研究密集型”课程.” The department requires two 300/400-level courses focusing on literature written before 1700; two 300/400-level courses in literature written between 1700 and 1900; one 300/400-level course in literature written after 1900; and one 300/400-level elective.
  • Attain a critical reflexivity about the study of the literature itself. 这些“批判性反思”课程探索了研究文学的更广泛的后果，并培养了对人与人之间关系的更深层次的理解, as an independent critic, to the discipline. Most courses in this category carry the prerequisite of ENGL 260. 学生如欲撰写论文，应于三年级结束前完成此要求(一门课程).
  • Bring your experience as readers and critics to bear on a capstone project. The department requires a senior English major project, which may be a senior seminar or a senior thesis. Senior seminars are ordinarily restricted to senior English majors, but non-seniors may petition individual instructors for admission. 寻求荣誉的学生必须完成两个学期的顶点课程，包括两学期的论文或高级研讨会和一学期的论文. 选择撰写两学期毕业论文的学生必须在大四秋季参加ENGL 498毕业论文第一部分/高级研讨会. 他们还必须在大四的春季注册ENGL 499高级论文第二部分. Students who choose to write a one-semester, one-credit thesis enroll in ENGL 497 One-Semester Senior Thesis. 这些学生不需要参加ENGL 498高级论文第一部分/高级研讨会, which is primarily for those doing yearlong, two-credit theses.

课程的选择还必须考虑到以下分配要求:

  • One advanced course (excluding ENGL 260) must emphasize poetry.
  • One advanced course must emphasize American literature.

Requirements for the concentration in creative writing

  • Take one Survey Course. Courses on the 100-level examine broad sweeps of literary history, studying how genres develop over time. 课堂作业强调对文本的仔细分析和在写作中集中论点的技巧. Students are encouraged to take these courses during their first two years. 符合这一要求的课程包括:ENGL 104、105、110、111、116和117. 或者，HMTS 121和HMTS 211应视为满足要求.
  • 参加所有专业要求的入门课程:engl260:文学研究导论. ENGL 260, by introducing students to the interpretive, writing, and research skills specific to English, provides a foundation for their advanced work in the discipline. 该系强烈建议学生在参加高级英语课程之前先学习ENGL 260. The Writing Intensive Requirement Part II is fulfilled by ENGL 260.
  • Take a 100- or 200-level elective course or a second survey. 这些选修课允许学生在从事高级工作之前更广泛地探索本学科. 任何由部门提供的100级或200级课程都可以计入这一要求. Upon petition to their advisers, 学生可以选修300或400级的高级课程来代替这一要求.
  • 在美国、英国和英语国家的文学传统中进行沉浸式的工作. 300级和400级的大多数课程都是小型研讨会，强调学科内的专业研究，培养高级的解释和写作技能. 其中一门课程必须被指定为“研究密集型”课程.” The department requires two 300/400-level courses focusing on literature written before 1700; two in literature written between 1700 and 1900; and one 300/400-level course in literature written after 1900.
  • Cultivate your talents for imaginative writing. 本系要求所有主修创意写作的学生参加ENGL 270创意写作入门课程. 一些高级创意写作课程可能要求英语270作为先决条件.
  • Take at least one advanced creative writing workshop (ENGL 333, 334, 335, 336 or THDN 305 Writing for Stage and Screen, or THDN 393 Playwrights Workshop).
  • Take a senior workshop (ENGL 492 or ENGL 494).
  • 写一篇论文(仅限于英语专业平均成绩为a -的学生), 或向创意写作主任提交了成功的请愿书的学生), or take a second advanced creative writing workshop (ENGL 333, 334, 335 336, or THDN 305 Writing for Stage and Screen, or THDN 393. 剧作家工作坊)与完成高级创意写作工作坊的课程类型不同.

课程的选择还必须考虑到以下分配要求:

  • One advanced course (excluding ENGL 260) must emphasize poetry.
  • One advanced course must emphasize American literature.

Requirements for the concentration in literature and film

  • Take one Survey Course. Courses on the 100-level examine broad sweeps of literary history, studying how genres develop over time. 课堂作业强调对文本的仔细分析和在写作中集中论点的技巧. Students are encouraged to take these courses during their first two years. 符合这一要求的课程包括:ENGL 104、105、110、111、116和117. 或者，HMTS 121和HMTS 211应视为满足要求.
  • 参加所有专业要求的入门课程:engl260:文学研究导论. ENGL 260, by introducing students to the interpretive, writing, and research skills specific to English, provides a foundation for their advanced work in the discipline. 该系强烈建议学生在参加任何高级英语课程之前参加ENGL 260课程. The Writing Intensive Requirement Part II is fulfilled by ENGL 260.
  • 培养对电影解释的基本问题和技巧的理解. 本系要求所有主修文学和电影的学生选修ENGL 265电影研究导论. Some upper-level film courses may require ENGL 265 as a pre-requisite.
  • 在美国、英国和英语国家的文学传统中进行沉浸式的工作. 300级和400级的大多数课程都是小型研讨会，强调学科内的专业研究，培养高级的解释和写作技能. 其中一门课程必须被指定为“研究密集型”课程.” The department requires two 300/400-level courses focusing on literature written before 1800; and two 300/400-level courses in literature written after 1800.
  • 发展和完善学生用来理解文学和电影作品的解释理论和形式模式. 本系要求文学和电影专业的学生选修以下一门理论课程:ENGL 470电影理论导论, ENGL 401 Introduction to Literary Theory, or ENGL 301 Theories of Literary Interpretation.
  • Become knowledgeable about the history of cinema. 该系要求修读三门电影研究高级课程，其中至少两门达到300/400的水平. 在这些课程中，必须有一门是专门关于文学和电影的 Bulletin). Up to one of these courses may be taken in a coordinate department.
  • 把你作为读者、评论家和观众的经验带到一个顶点项目中来. The department requires a senior English major project, 哪个可以是电影或电影与文学的毕业论文或毕业研讨会. 寻求荣誉的学生必须完成两个学期的顶点课程，包括两学期的论文或高级研讨会和一学期的论文.

课程的选择还必须考虑到以下分配要求:

  • One advanced course (excluding ENGL 260) must emphasize poetry.
  • One advanced course must emphasize British literature.
  • One advanced course must emphasize American literature.