The English Major with a Concentration in Literature

Students earning an English major with a concentration in literature choose from a variety of courses that provide them with both a firm grounding in literary history and the opportunity to pursue their own interests in specialized fields of literary study.

At the core of the program are courses organized by time periods, such as the Anglo-Saxon and late Medieval epochs, Colonial America, the Victorian age, and the Modern and Contemporary periods. Other courses offer concentrated study of particular genres—such as the Novel, Epic Poetry, Satire, Drama, and Film—or of single authors, including Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf, William Butler Yeats, and Maya Angelou. Still other courses focus on specialized or advanced topics such as literary theory, literature and psychology, gender and literature, African American literature, the literature of Ireland, as well as Anglophone literatures written by Caribbean, African, and Asian authors.

For a list of Literature and Education programs offered by the English and Education departments, see the complete list of program offerings. To survey the English Department’s complete course offerings listed in the current Course Catalog, click here.

Students in the literature program at Le Moyne College complete the following 40 courses (120 credits total) for the B.A. degree:

I. College Core (42 Credits/ 14 Courses):
ENG 102	PHL 101	1 400-LEVEL PHL or REL COURSE
ENG 218	PHL 201	1 400-LEVEL ENG or HST COURSE
ENG 300	PHL 301, 302, or 303	1 SOC. SCIENCE COURSE
HST 101 or 103	REL 200	1 NAT. SCIENCE COURSE
HST 102 or 104	1 300-LEVEL REL COURSE
II. Major Requirements (48 Credits/16 Courses): ENG 250 Introduction to Poetry ENG 318 Shakespeare ENG 305 and 306 English Literature Survey ENG 350 or 351 American Literature Survey 1 course from 4 of the 5 historical periods listed below; the fifth ENG elective may be filled by any course with an “ENG” prefix. The remaining three electives may be filled by any course that the department offers. 1 ENG ELECTIVE (ancient/medieval) 1 ENG ELECTIVE (Renaissance) 1 ENG ELECTIVE (the long 18 th C.) 1 ENG ELECTIVE (19 th C.) 1 ENG ELECTIVE (20 th/21 st C.) 3 ENG/CMM/CRW ELECTIVES (9 credits) 3 FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES (9 credits). However, if after 6 credits of foreign language at the college level a student has completed or advanced beyond the intermediate level (i.e.103) in one language, any English department elective (ENG,CRW,CMM) may be substituted for the final 3 credits.
III. Free Electives (30 Credits/10 Courses): The remaining 10 courses may be filled with any electives you choose. You may concentrate your electives in order to fulfill a minor, or you may choose from a variety of courses in the department or the college.

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