English B.A. - Concentration: Literature

Program Features

39 credits

Required courses:

ENGL 163The Study of Literature

3 credits

ENGL 260GE: English Literature I

3 credits

ENGL 261GE: English Literature II

3 credits

ENGL 264GE: American Literature I

3 credits

ENGL 265GE: American Literature II

3 credits

ENGL 374Literary Criticism and Theory

3 credits

ENGL 390Shakespeare

3 credits

ENGL 495Senior Seminar

3 credits

(or another 300-400 literature course with chair’s permission)

ENGL 163: or ENGL 162 with chair’s permission

one course in major writers:

ENGL 391Geoffrey Chaucer

3 credits

ENGL 392John Milton

3 credits

ENGL 393Major Writers

3 credits

two courses in literary movements:

ENGL 356American Poetry

3 credits

ENGL 357American Novel

3 credits

ENGL 358The British Novel

3 credits

ENGL 377Medieval European Literature

3 credits

ENGL 378Old and Middle English Literature

3 credits

ENGL 379British Literature of the Renaissance

3 credits

ENGL 380Seventeenth-Century British Literature

3 credits

ENGL 381Eighteenth-Century British Literature

3 credits

ENGL 382British Romanticism

3 credits

ENGL 383Victorian Literature

3 credits

ENGL 384Modern British Literature

3 credits

ENGL 385American Romanticism

3 credits

ENGL 386American Naturalism

3 credits

ENGL 387Modern American Literature

3 credits

ENGL 388Contemporary Literature

3 credits

ENGL 389Postcolonial Literature

3 credits

one course in linguistics:

ENGL 332Linguistics

3 credits

ENGL 334History of the English Language

3 credits

Additional Requirements:

  • Six credits in a foreign language (not in translation). 
  • A minimum of 18 credits in English (not including ENGL 103) must be earned at East Stroudsburg University. A minimum of nine credits in English course work at the 300-400 level must be earned at East Stroudsburg University.
  • Note: Credits should be distributed as evenly as possible among British and American literature courses.
  • Please see the university requirements in this catalog.

Program Curriculum Plan

(Subject to change by the university without notice)

Freshman Year

Fall

ENGL 103English Composition

3 credits

ENGL 163The Study of Literature

3 credits

General Education Elective - Arts and Letters

3 credits

General Education Elective - Natural Science (lab)

4 credits

General Education Elective - Social Science

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:16

Spring

ENGL 203GE: Advanced Composition

3 credits

ENGL 265GE: American Literature II

3 credits

General Education Elective - Arts and Letters

3 credits

General Education Elective - Natural Science

3 credits

General Education Elective - Social Science

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15

Sophomore Year

Fall

ENGL 264GE: American Literature I

3 credits

ENGL 260GE: English Literature I

3 credits

General Education Elective - Arts & Letters (Foreign Language)

3 credits

General Education Elective - Natural Science

3 credits

General Education Elective - Social Science

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15

Spring

ENGL 261GE: English Literature II

3 credits

General Education Elective - Arts & Letters (Foreign Language)

3 credits

General Education Elective - Arts and Letters

3 credits

General Education Elective - Natural Science

3 credits

General Education Elective - Social Science

3 credits

Fitness Elective

1 credit

Total Credit Hours:16

Junior Year

Fall

ENGL 390Shakespeare

3 credits

ENGL 374Literary Criticism and Theory

3 credits

General Education Elective - Natural Science

3 credits

General Education Elective - Social Science

3 credits

Elective

3 credits

Fitness Elective

1 credit

Total Credit Hours:16

Spring

ENGL 332Linguistics

3 credits

ENGL 393Major Writers

3 credits

ENGL 3XXLiterary Movement

3 credits

Elective

3 credits

Elective

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15

Senior Year

Fall

English Elective

3 credits

English Elective

3 credits

English Elective

3 credits

Elective

3 credits

Elective

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15

Spring

ENGL 3XXLiterary Movement

3 credits

ENGL 495Senior Seminar

3 credits

Elective

3 credits

Elective

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:12

Total Credit Hours: 120