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Faculty

M. Brad Busbee, Chair, Professor
Christopher Metress, University Professor
Charlotte D. Brammer, Professor
David W. Chapman, Professor
Steven Epley, Professor
Rosemary M. Fisk, Professor
Bryan M. Johnson, Professor
Julie Sims Steward, Professor
Geoffrey A. Wright, Professor
J. Mark Baggett, Associate Professor
David R. Dedo, Associate Professor 
Timothy J. Sutton, Associate Professor
Victoria K. Delchamps, Assistant Professor
Julianne Sandberg, Assistant Professor
Lynette M. Sandley, Assistant Professor

Undergraduate Programs and Requirements

Majors
English Major (B.A.) 
English Major w/a Concentration in Creative Writing (B.A.) 
English Major w/a Concentration in Film Studies (B.A.)  

Minors
English Minor 
Film & Video Studies Minor  
Writing Minor   

The Department of English offers a major in English, plus a major in English with one of two concentration options: film studies and creative writing. All programs lead to a bachelor of arts degree. The department also offers minors in English, film and video studies, and writing.

General Education: University Core Curriculum and Distribution Requirements

See General Education Overview  in the Howard College of Arts and Sciences introductory pages for a list of required and applicable courses.

English majors cannot use ENGL 205 (Fiction and Film)  to meet the general education humanities requirement.

Programs

• English Major (B.A.)
• English Major w/a Concentration in Creative Writing (B.A.)
• English Major w/a Concentration in Film Studies (B.A.)

• English Minor
• Film & Video Studies Minor
• Writing Minor

Courses

• ENGL 200 - Literary London (4)
• ENGL 205 - Fiction and Film (4)
• ENGL 211 - Introduction to Literature (4)
• ENGL 215 - British Literature Survey I: Beginnings to 1800 (4)
• ENGL 216 - British Literature Survey II: 1800 to the Present (4)
• ENGL 220 - American Literature Survey: From the Colonial Era to the Present (4)
• ENGL 260 - Introduction to Writing Studies (4)
• ENGL 261 - Grammar for Writers (4)
• ENGL 263 - Tutoring Writing, Public Speaking, and Critical Thinking (0 or 1)
• ENGL 303 - Poetry (4)
• ENGL 304 - Short Story (4)
• ENGL 305 - Novel (4)
• ENGL 306 - Drama (4)
• ENGL 308 - American Literary Movements (4)
• ENGL 309 - Special Topics in Literature (4)
• ENGL 310 - Literary Theory (4)
• ENGL 311 - Creative Writing: Short Fiction (4)
• ENGL 312 - Creative Writing: Poetry (4)
• ENGL 320 - Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Literature (4)
• ENGL 321 - Renaissance Literature (4)
• ENGL 322 - 18th Century British Literature (4)
• ENGL 323 - Romantic Literature (4)
• ENGL 324 - American Renaissance Literature (4)
• ENGL 325 - Victorian Literature (4)
• ENGL 326 - Modern British Literature (4)
• ENGL 327 - Modern American Literature (4)
• ENGL 328 - Minority Literature (4)
• ENGL 330 - Junior Seminar (4)
• ENGL 333 - Internship (4)
• ENGL 335 - Wide Angle Practicum (2)
• ENGL 350 - Film History (4)
• ENGL 355 - Auteurs (4)
• ENGL 361 - Professional Editing (4)
• ENGL 362 - Technical Writing (4)
• ENGL 363 - Legal Writing (4)
• ENGL 364 - Creative Writing: Nonfiction Prose (4)
• ENGL 375 - Major Authors Seminar (4)
• ENGL 398 - Special Topics in Writing (4)
• ENGL 400 - History of the English Language (4)
• ENGL 410 - Senior Thesis (4)
• ENGL 420 - Comparative Literature (4)
• ENGL 495 - Senior Seminar (4)

• FLME 207 - Introduction to Film Studies (4)
• FLME 351 - Film Adaptation (4)
• FLME 356 - Special Topics in Film Studies (4)

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