English, BA

Degree Requirements - 126 credits

Students can earn a Bachelor of Arts degree with this major

English Major Requirements: 11 courses, 41 credits

Core Requirements (5 courses, 17 credits)

Complete both of the following:

ENG-200	Introduction to Textual Interpretation	4
ENG-500	Senior Capstone Seminar	4

Choose one of the following:

CAS-201	College to Career: Explore Your Options and Find Your Path	1
CAS-H201	Honors College to Career: Explore Your Options and Find Your Path	1
ENG-202	Careers in English	1

Choose one of the following:

ENG-213	English Literature I	4
ENG-217	American Literature I	4

Choose one of the following:

ENG-214	English Literature II	4
ENG-218	American Literature II	4

Electives (3 courses, 12 credits)

-	Choose one additional 4-credit ENG course at the 100-level or higher	4
-	Choose one additional 4-credit ENG course at the 300-level or higher	4
-	Choose one additional 4-credit ENG course at the 300-level or higher	4

Concentration Requirement (3 courses, 12 credits)

Choose one of the following areas of concentration:

1. Creative Writing

2. Literature

3. Public and Professional Writing

Residency Requirement Policy: In the College of Arts and Sciences, a two-course (8 credit) residency requirement must be satisfied for completion of a minor and a four-course (16 credit) residency requirement must be satisfied for the completion of a major.

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Concentrations

Creative Writing Concentration: 3 courses, 12 credits

Core Requirement (1 course, 4 credits)

ENG-212

Introduction to Creative Writing

4

Creative Writing Workshop Requirement (2 courses, 8 credits)

Choose two of the following:

ENG-370	Fiction Writing Workshop	4
ENG-371	Creative Non-Fiction Workshop	4
ENG-375	Poetry Writing Workshop	4

Literature Concentration: 3 courses, 12 credits

Literature Survey Requirement (1 course, 4 credits)

Choose one of the following in addition to the surveys taken for the core requirements:

ENG-213	English Literature I	4
ENG-214	English Literature II	4
ENG-217	American Literature I	4
ENG-218	American Literature II	4

Literature Before 1900 Requirement (1 course, 4 credits)

Choose one of the following:

ENG-313	Sex and Power in the Middle Ages	4
ENG-314	Medieval Monsters, Monks, and Maidens	4
ENG-327	Studies in Shakespeare	4
ENG-344	English Romantic Literature	4
ENG-348	Jane Austen	4
ENG-356	Whitman and Dickinson	4
ENG-389	History of the Book	4

Diverse Literature Requirement (1 course, 4 credits)

Choose one of the following:

ENG-347	20th Century Female Gothic	4
ENG-H347	Honors 20th Century Female Gothic	4
ENG-348	Jane Austen	4
ENG-355	African-American Nonfiction	4
ENG-357	African-American Literature	4
ENG-358	Women Writing the American West	4
ENG-387	Writing Women	4
ENG-392	Readings in Post-Colonial Literature	4
ENG-399	Irish Literature	4

Public and Professional Writing Concentration: 3 courses, 12 credits

Style, Editing, and Grammar Requirement (1 course, 4 credits)

Choose one of the following:

ENG-312	English Grammar and Usage	4
ENG-390	Writing Process and Revision	4
ENG-396	Varieties of Workplace Writing	4

Rhetoric and Composition Requirements (2 courses, 8 credits)

Choose two of the following:

ENG-221	Tactical Rhetoric: Advocacy & Activism, Propaganda & Power	4
ENG-222	Technical Writing	4
ENG-376	Literary Publishing	4
ENG-377	Writing for Digital Media	4
ENG-395	Rhetoric and Memoir	4

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English Major Learning Goals and Objectives

Learning goals and objectives reflect the educational outcomes achieved by students through the completion of this program. These transferable skills prepare Suffolk students for success in the workplace, in graduate school, and in their local and global communities.

Learning Goals	Learning Objectives
Students will...	Students will be able to...
Demonstrate effective writing	- Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence - Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research - Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach
Develop and display critical thinking	- Understand, effectively analyze, and evaluate literary, critical, and theoretical source materials - Use proper citation and research methods, including following MLA formatting
Cultivate cultural literacy	- Demonstrate broad familiarity with British and American literary traditions through study of major English and American writers and the literary history of England and America - Gain exposure to diverse perspectives through study of literature with focuses on gender, race, ethnicity, immigrant experiences, or literary influences

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