English

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Faculty

M. Brad Busbee, Chair, Associate Professor
Christopher Metress, University Professor
David W. Chapman, Professor
Rosemary M. Fisk, Professor
Bryan M. Johnson, Professor
Julie Sims Steward, Professor
J. Mark Baggett, Associate Professor
Steven Epley, Associate Professor
N. Jane Hiles, Associate Professor
Geoffrey Wright, Associate Professor
Keya Catherine Kraft, Assistant Professor
Timothy Sutton, Assistant Professor

Undergraduate Programs and Requirements

Majors

English Major, B.A. 
English Major with a Concentration in Creative Writing, B.A. 
English Major with a Concentration in Film Studies, B.A. 

Minor

English 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 a minor in English.

University Core Curriculum and General Education Requirements

See University Core Curriculum and General Education Requirements  in the Howard College of Arts and Sciences introductory pages for a list of required and applicable courses. English majors and minors cannot use ENGL 205 (Fiction and Film)  to meet the general education humanities requirement.

Programs

• English Major with a Concentration in Creative Writing, B.A.
• English Major with a Concentration in Film Studies, B.A.
• English Major, B.A.

• English Minor

Courses

• ENGL 200 - Literary London (4)
• ENGL 205 - Fiction and Film (4)
• ENGL 211 - Introduction to Literature (4)
• ENGL 301 - British Literature to 1798 (4)
• ENGL 302 - British Literature since 1798 (4)
• ENGL 303 - Poetry (4)
• ENGL 304 - Short Story (4)
• ENGL 305 - Novel (4)
• ENGL 306 - Drama (4)
• ENGL 307 - Film (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 313 - American Literature (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 329 - Milton (4)
• ENGL 330 - Junior Seminar (4)
• ENGL 333 - Internship (1-4)
• ENGL 335 - Chaucer (4)
• ENGL 340 - Shakespeare (4)
• ENGL 350 - Film History (4)
• ENGL 355 - Auteurs (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 351 - Film Adaptation (4)
• FLME 352 - Foreign Film (4)
• FLME 356 - Special Topics in Film Studies (4)

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