Administered by Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
Effective Fall, 2003
A total of 39 semester hours is required for a major in English. No course may be used to satisfy more than one requirement. With the addition of general education requirements and elective courses of at least 32 semester hours, the 120-hour requirement for a baccalaureate degree is satisfied.
A currently enrolled Bloomsburg University student wishing to declare English as a major must have a minimum of 15 credits completed and must have completed an English course other than 20.101, 20.201 or honors composition with a grade of B- or better.
Beginning with the end of the Fall 2004 semester, an English major with 45 or more credits completed must have a minimum GPA of 2.5 in English courses to maintain academic good standing in the major. If the student's English GPA is below 2.5, that student will have one semester in which to (re)gain the required 2.5. Failure to do so will result in dismissal from the major.
For an English course to count toward the fulfillment of requirements in the English major, the minimum grade is a C-.
Specific requirements within general education for all tracks are:
Communication courses
20.101 Composition I
20.203 Approaches to Literary Study
Humanities area course
20.226 European Literature I
English Track
20.246 British Literature I
20.247 British Literature II
20.236 American Literature I
20.237 American Literature II
20.256 Non-Western Literature I or 20.257 Non-Western Literature II
One of the following linguistics courses:
20.311 Structure of English
20.312 History of the English Language
20.411 Modern Linguistic Theory
20.413 Language in American Society
One elective in pre-1660 British Literature from:
20.341 Medieval Literature
20.342 The Renaissance
20.346 Studies in British Literature (pre-1660 topic)
20.347 Studies in British Literature (pre-1660 topic)
20.363 Shakespeare
20.364 Chaucer
20.375 Renaissance Drama
20.481 Special Topics (pre-1660 British Literature topic)
One elective in post-1660 British Literature from:
20.344 Restoration and Eighteenth Century
20.345 Romantic and Victorian Literature
20.346 Studies in British Literature (post-1660 topic)
20.347 Studies in British Literature (post-1660 topic)
20.348 British Modernism
20.365 Milton
20.378 English Novels
20.481 Special Topics (post-1660 British literature topic)
Two elective courses in American literature from:
20.334 Studies in American Literature
20.345 Studies in American Literature
20.431 American Romanticism
20.432 American Realism
20.433 American Modernism
20.434 Contemporary American Literature
20.436 African-American Literature
20.481 Special Topics (American literature topic)
One of the following two courses:
20.492 Literary Criticism
20.491 Topics in Criticism
Six credits of electives, three of which may be 200 level and three of which must be 300/400 level
20.246 British Literature I
20.247 British Literature II
20.236 American Literature I
20.237 American Literature II
20.256 Non-Western Literature I or 20.257 Non-Western Literature II
Choose one from the following
Six credits of electives, three of which may be 100/200 level (excluding 20.151) and three of which must be 300/400 level
20.246 British Literature I or 20.247 British Literature II
20.236 American Literature I or 20.237 American Literature II
20.256 Non-Western Literature I or 20.257 Non-Western Literature II
20.204 Introduction to Creative Writing
One of the following linguistics courses:
Three from the following writing electives
20.301 Creative Writing: Fiction
20.302 Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
20.303 Creative Writing: Poetry
20.300 Writing Children's Literature
26.340 Scriptwriting
20.306 Theory and Practice of Writing (offered fall semester only)
20.404 Creative Writing Seminar (offered fall semester only)
Three elective courses; two must be 300/400 literature, remaining one may be any English course