Major Requirements: From January 2024
OVERVIEW OF MAJOR
By majoring in English, 学生致力于研究人类表达:不同时代和文化的人如何理解世界，并使用英语进行探索, question, and change it. English majors will develop their abilities to read and interpret works of literature; to understand the interplay of words, meaning, culture, and society; and to express themselves effectively in speech and in writing. Graduates with English degrees pursue exciting careers in publishing, marketing, education, law, banking, high tech, and many other fields. To declare a major in English, students should contact the department chair.
LEARNING GOALS
The English Department’s learning goals can be found HERE.
REQUIREMENTS
All English majors complete 12 credits of coursework as follows. A course will count toward the major if the grade earned is a C- or higher. 专业中至少有两门课程必须被指定为关注弱势群体的声音 & Social Justice (UVSJ).
两门课程的基础，包括文学研究研讨会和额外的100级课程. 编号为ENGL 160至169的研讨会让学生学习来自多个文学史时期的多种体裁(包括诗歌和戏剧)的文学文本. 它们使学生掌握了文学研究的一系列技巧:细读, argument, and persuasive writing. 本系强烈建议学生在参加高级英语课程之前先参加文学研究研讨会. (本课程满足英语专业写作重点部分第二部分的要求.)
The additional 100-level course may include Introduction to Creative Writing (ENGL 170); a course taught collaboratively by the entire English Department faculty (ENGL 101); surveys of British, American, and Black diasporic literature; and film studies, among others. 第二学期的人文门户或InterArts课程可能会计入这一要求, if taught by English Faculty.
Four core courses in literature, 两个强调基础时期的文学传统在英语(一般, 1800年以前的文献)和两个强调后期的文献, including film. At least two of these four courses must be at the 300 level or higher.
A five-course concentration，使学生能够在英语学科范围内深化和推进他们的工作. Three of the five courses must be 300-level or higher.
Students in the literature concentration take three literature courses, one of which must focus on literature before 1800, and one of which must be designated “critical reflection.我们强烈建议计划写毕业论文的学生在大三结束前参加“批判性反思”课程.
Students in the creative writing concentration take three creative-writing courses—ENGL 170 (or a creative-writing elective if 170 has already been taken); a 300-level workshop in a single genre; and any additional creative-writing course, 其中可能包括混合文学/创意写作课程和“手工艺”课程, as well as workshops.
Both concentrations require two further electives; or, in the case of thesis writers, one elective and one colloquium (see below).
A senior capstone: either a senior seminar or a two-semester senior thesis. 申请系内荣誉的学生必须完成一篇论文. Senior seminars are ordinarily restricted to senior English majors, but non-seniors may petition individual instructors for admission. A thesis is a year-long project consisting of a research-based analytical study of a topic in literary and/or film studies; or, for students who complete the concentration in creative writing, a creative project in a genre of their choice. During fall semester of the senior year, literature thesis-writers will take ENGL 498, Senior Thesis Part 1/Senior Colloquium, and creative writing thesis-writers will take ENGL 491, Creative Writing Thesis Part 1/Colloquium. 所有的论文作者在他们大四的春天报名参加ENGL 499，高级论文部分2.
The English minor consists of six courses. A course will count toward the minor if the grade earned is a C- or higher. 辅修课程中必须至少有一门课程被指定为关注弱势群体的声音 & Social Justice. To declare a minor in English, students should contact the department chair.
Seminar in Literary Studies. 编号为ENGL 160至169的研讨会让学生学习来自多个文学史时期的多种体裁(包括诗歌和戏剧)的文学文本. 它们使学生掌握了文学研究的一系列技巧:细读, argument, and persuasive writing. 本系强烈建议学生在参加高级英语课程之前先参加文学研究研讨会.
Two core courses in literature强调英语文学传统的基本时期(一般而言), 写于1800年以前的文本)和强调后期文学的文本, including film. At least one of these two courses must be at the 300 level or higher.
A three-course concentration，使学生能够在英语学科范围内深化和推进他们的工作. The literature 主要包括三门文学或电影课程(除了两门核心课程), of which two must be at the 300 level or above. The creative writing 集中包括三个创意写作课程，其中两个必须是工作坊.
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES:
Study away当前位置英语系鼓励学生抓住机会外出学习, both in countries in which English is the primary language and elsewhere. 有兴趣在国外或美国其他地方学习的学生应该讨论转学分的问题, fulfilling requirements, 以及其他与部门的学习顾问(通常是系主任)有关的事宜。. The English Department accepts up to two courses for a semester away, up to three courses for a year away, toward the major. For the minor, the English department accepts up to one course taken away.
在博彩平台网址大全开始学习英语专业的学生，在完成本专业的课程时，最多只能选修三门系外的课程. This restriction does not apply to cross-referenced courses.
Research Methods当前位置三一英语系每学期开设几门研究型课程, 专业学生有机会通过独立学习进行深入的个人研究, senior theses, or in the context of their senior seminars.
Honors: In order to earn honors in the major, 学生必须完成一篇为期两个学期的毕业论文，并达到最低绩点a - (3).在三一英语系教授的所有英语课程中取得667分，这些课程计入专业要求.
Experiential Certificates: 体验式证书通过一套完整的课程和身临其境的体验来补充核心文科经验，为学生在博彩平台网址大全之后的下一步做好准备.
The English Department offers a Certificate in Multimedia Communications. 学分1可以通过300级的创意写作课程(engl333)来完成, 334, 335, or 336, (或THDN 305或393)或通过强调制作来考虑媒体历史的高级课程, circulation, and/or reception of written or filmic texts (ENGL 305, 310, 329, 340, 343, 347, 354, 358, 381, 409, 427 or an equivalent course approved by the department chair). Credits 2 and 3 may be fulfilled with an internship in publishing, journalism, the arts, communications, marketing, public relations, social media, or related areas.
With the Allan K. Smith Center for Writing & Rhetoric, the English Department also offers a Certificate in Writing Pedagogy. 该证书需要两个学分-英语或RHET的写作密集或工作坊课程(160), 170, 或200级的RHET课程)和一门关于读写和教育学的历史或理论课程(RHET 302), ENGL 318, RHET 406/ENGL 806). 第三个联合课程学分可以作为英语或RHET课程的助教或作为英语或RHET教师的第一年导师获得.
Graduate studies对英语研究生学习感兴趣的学生，鼓励与任何英语教师交谈, especially the faculty’s graduate-study adviser. 英语系有资金补贴英语专业申请博士和硕士课程的申请费.
