Requirements for the English Major

Basic Requirements

• English majors must take one 2000-level Survey in British Literature and one 2000-level Survey in American Literature.
• English majors must complete a minimum of ten upper-division English courses (3000 level or above).
• Six of these ten must be at the 4000 level.
• Seven of the ten major courses must be taken in residence.
• In keeping with Franklin College’s language requirements, English majors must show competency in a foreign language through the third semester.
• Students must achieve at least a "C" in all major courses.

Course Distribution Requirements

• 2 classes from Group 1, English and American Literature before 1800 (Each course must come from a different area of British and American Literature )
• 1 class from Group 2, British, Irish, and Postcolonial Literature after 1800
• 1 class from Group 3, American Literature
• 1 class from Group 4, Language, Criticism, and Culture
• 5 Major Electives, chosen from any major group. No more than two electives may be at the 3000 level.
• Only two of the following Creative Writing courses may count toward the English Major: ENGL 4800W, ENGL 4801W, ENGL 4802W, ENGL 4803W, ENGL 4804W. If any of these courses were taken to satisfy the Language, Criticism, and Culture requirement, only one additional course may be applied to Major Electives. If none of these courses were counted toward Group IV, two may be applied to Major Electives. Any additional courses will count towards General Electives.   

Areas of Emphasis

If you wish to concentrate your studies within the English Major in a particular Area of Emphasis, click here for more information.

Courses by Area

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Group I: British and American Lit before 1800

1A. EARLY LITERATURE OF THE BRITISH ISLES

4060/6060: Old English

4210/6210: Old English Literature

4220/6220: Beowulf

4295/6295: Topics in Celtic Studies*

4296: Literature of Medieval Wales 

1B. MEDIEVAL LITERATURE

4197: Middle Welsh

4225/6225: The Age of Cathedrals: Literary Culture in the High Middle Ages

4230: Medieval Literature

4240/6240: Chaucer

4270: Medieval Romance

4290: Topics in Medieval Literature*

1C. EARLY MODERN BRITISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE

4300/6300: Elizabethan Poetry

4310: Tudor Literature

4320/6320: Shakespeare I: Selected Works

4330: Shakespeare II: Special Topics*

*Special Topics is repeatable for 6 credit hours, but may only be counted once towards the English and American Literature before 1800 requirement.

4331 and 4331L: Shakespeare on Film. Students must sign up for 4331L along with 4331.

4332: Shakespeare and Media

4333E/6333E: Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century, an online learning course

4334/6334: Shakespeare through Multicultural American Literature and Performance

4335S/6335S: Shakespeare in the Classroom, service learning

4340/6340: Renaissance Drama

4350/6350: Seventeenth-Century Poetry

4370: Milton

4390: Topics in Renaissance Literature*

1D. RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE

4400/6400: Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Drama

4420/6420: Early Eighteenth-Century Prose and Poetry

4430: The Eighteenth-Century English Novel

4440/6440: The Age of Johnson

4450: The Global Eighteenth Century

4460: Women in the Eighteenth Century

4470: Eighteenth-Century Literature and the Black Atlantic

4480/6480: Scottish Literature of the Eighteenth Century

4490: Topics in Eighteenth-Century Literature*

4491 and 4491L: The Eighteenth Century on Film. Students must sign up for 4491L along with 4491.

4700: Early American Literature

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Group II: British, Irish, and Postcolonial Literature After 1800

4500: Romantic Literature

4501: Romantic Circles

4505: Jane Austen

4510: Nineteenth-Century British Prose

4520: Nineteenth-Century British Novel

4525W: Charles Dickens, writing intensive

4530: Victorian Literature

4540: Victorian Poetry

4550: Britain, Empire, and the Global Nineteenth Century

4590: Topics in Nineteenth-Century British Literature*

4650: Modern Drama

4660: Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry

4670: Twentieth-Century British and Irish Novel

4675: Twenty-First Century British Fiction

4680: Modern Irish Literature

4685: Postcolonial Literature

4690: Topics in Twentieth-Century British and Irish Literature* 

4695: Topics in Postcolonial Literature*

4698: James Joyce 

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Group III: American Literature

4620: African American Poetry

4630: African American Fiction

4642/6642-4642L/6642L: Films about the American South. Students must sign up for the lab along with 4642/6642.

4710: American Renaissance

4712: Edgar Allan Poe

4720: American Realism and Naturalism

4721: Mark Twain

4723: Herman Melville

4730: American Novel to 1900

4740: Southern Literature

4742: Georgia Literature

4745: CircumCaribbean Literature

4750: American Modernism

4760: Contemporary American Literature

4770: Twentieth-Century American Poetry

4780: Twentieth-Century American Novel

4790: Topics in American Literature*

4791: American Autobiography

4795: William Faulkner

4860: Multicultural Topics in American Literature *

4874: Literature and the Civil War

4880: Topics in African American Literature*

4882W: Black Film Matters: Studies in African American Film

4883W: From Be-Bop to Hip-Hop: Essential Voices in Modern Black Music

4880: Topics in African American Literature

4884: Contemporary African-American Writing

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Group IV: Language, Criticism, and Culture

4005/6005: History of the English Language

4010/6010: American English

4040: Language Use in African American Community

4050/6050: Structure of African American English

4060/6060: Old English

4080: Language and Complex Systems

4100/6100: Lexicography

4110/6110: English Grammar

4170/6170: Second Language Acquisition

4190: Topics in English Language*

4195/6195: Celtic Languages

4295/6295: Topics in Celtic Studies* 

4640: Film as Literature

4800W: Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction

4801W: Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry

4802W: Creative Writing: Advanced Fiction

4803W: Creative Writing: Advanced Poetry

4804W: Topics in Advanced Creative Writing

4805: Editing and Publishing

4810: Literary Magazine Editing and Publishing

4820: Literary Theory

4821: Poetics: History and Theory of the Modern Lyric

4822: Texts, Sex, and Gender

4823: 20th-Century Poetics: Imagism to the Black Arts Movement

4824: Special Topics in Poetics

4825: Topics in Literary Theory*

4826: Style: Language, Genre, Cognition

4830W: Advanced Studies in Writing, writing intensive. Repeatable once for credit.

4831W:  Advanced Studies in Writing: The Critical Essay, writing intensive

4832W: Writing for the World Wide Web, writing intensive

4833W: Composition Theory and Pedagogy, writing intensive

4835: Environmental Literature

4836W/6836W: Writing About Health and Medicine, writing intensive

4837W/6837W: Digital Storytelling, writing intensive

4864: History and Theory of the Novel

4865: Studies in the Novel Before 1900

4866: Studies in the Novel After 1900

4870: Folklore Studies. Repeatable once for credit.

4875: Aesthetics and Politics

4876: Fantasy Literature

4877: Fantasy Literature on Film

4885: Introduction to Humanities Computing

4886: Text and Corpus Analysis

4888: Humanities Computing I: Knowledge Representation

4889: Humanities Computing II: Applied Design

4890: Topics in Criticism and Culture*

4891S/6891S: Literature in Local Schools, service learning

4892/6892: Literature in the Archives

4895: Topics in Literature and Arts*

4896: Comics and Graphic Narratives

4897: Science Fiction

4898: Comics Theory and Practice

4899: Topics in Science Fiction

4912S: Writing Center Theory and Practice

4995W: Advanced Seminar

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3000-Level Courses

3007: Spy Fiction

3010: Introduction to Folklore

3030: World Englishes: Language, Literature, Pedagogy

3050: Introduction to Poetry

3050H: Introduction to Poetry, permission from the Honors program is required for registration

3055: Poetry and Popular Song

3100: Introduction to British and Irish Culture

3230: Development of African American Literature

3250: Latinx Literature

3300: Women in Literature

3320: Shakespeare and His World

3330: Literature and Human Rights

3330H: Literature and Human Rights, permission from the Honors program is required for registration

3340: Literature and Crime

3400: Literature and Evolution

3410: Literature and Media

3420: Literature and the Mind

3430: Literature and Childhood

3440: Literature and Philosophy

3450: Literature and War

3460: Literature and Utopia

3470: Contemporary World Literature in English

3480: Literature and the Black Atlantic

3490: Literature and Revolution

3500: Jane Austen’s World

3530: Introduction to Victorian Studies

3590W: Technical and Professional Communication, writing intensive

3600W: Advanced Composition, writing intensive

3610: Introduction to Fiction

3610H: Introduction to Fiction, permission from the Honors program is required for registration

3650: Introduction to Drama

3650H: Introduction to Drama, permission from the Honors program is required for registration

3700W: Introduction to Writing in the Disciplines

3800W: Introduction to Creative Writing, writing intensive

3800H: Introduction to Creative Writing, permission from the Honors program is required for registration

3820W: Critical Approaches to Literature, writing intensive

3826: Language and Social Media

3835: Literature and the Natural World

3835S: Literature and the Natural World, service learning

3836: Literature and the Health Humanities

3850S: Writing and Community, service learning

3851S: Writing for Social Justice: The Prison Writing Project, service learning

3860W: Science Writing for General Audiences, writing intensive

3880S: The Modern Civil Rights Movement in Literature and Culture, service learning

3892: Literature in the Library

3892S: Literature in the Library, service learning

The following English courses do not satisfy the Group IV requirement. They can only be taken as general electives.

4001: Careers for English Majors

4834: Electronic Writing Portfolio Workshop

4834E: Electronic Writing Portfolio Workshop, an online learning course

4840: Internship in Literary Media

4841: Internship in Teaching and Pedagogy

4842: Internship in Professional and Technical Communications

4843: UGA at Oxford Internship 

4844: Internship in Libraries and Museums

4913: Internship in Writing Center Pedagogy 

*Topics courses are repeatable once for credit.