English B.A. - Concentration: Literature
Program Features
39 semester hours
Required courses:
| ENGL 163 | The Study of Literature | 3 credits |
| ENGL 260 | GE: English Literature I | 3 credits |
| ENGL 261 | GE: English Literature II | 3 credits |
| ENGL 264 | GE: American Literature I | 3 credits |
| ENGL 265 | GE: American Literature II | 3 credits |
| ENGL 374 | Literary Criticism and Theory | 3 credits |
| ENGL 390 | Shakespeare | 3 credits |
| ENGL 495 | Senior 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 writing, excluding:
one course in major writers:
two courses in literary movements:
| ENGL 356 | American Poetry | 3 credits |
| ENGL 357 | American Novel | 3 credits |
| ENGL 358 | The British Novel | 3 credits |
| ENGL 377 | Medieval European Literature | 3 credits |
| ENGL 378 | Old and Middle English Literature | 3 credits |
| ENGL 379 | British Literature of the Renaissance | 3 credits |
| ENGL 380 | Seventeenth-Century British Literature | 3 credits |
| ENGL 381 | Eighteenth-Century British Literature | 3 credits |
| ENGL 382 | British Romanticism | 3 credits |
| ENGL 383 | Victorian Literature | 3 credits |
| ENGL 384 | Modern British Literature | 3 credits |
| ENGL 385 | American Romanticism | 3 credits |
| ENGL 386 | American Naturalism | 3 credits |
| ENGL 387 | Modern American Literature | 3 credits |
| ENGL 388 | Contemporary Literature | 3 credits |
one course in linguistics:
Additional Requirements:
- Six semester hours in a foreign language or its equivalent
- 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: Semester hours 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 103 | English Composition | 3 credits |
| ENGL 163 | The 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 203 | GE: Advanced Composition | 3 credits |
| ENGL 265 | GE: 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 264 | GE: American Literature I | 3 credits |
| ENGL 260 | GE: 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 261 | GE: 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 390 | Shakespeare | 3 credits |
| ENGL 374 | Literary 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 332 | Linguistics | 3 credits |
| ENGL 393 | Major Writers | 3 credits |
| ENGL 3XX | Literary 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 3XX | Literary Movement | 3 credits |
| ENGL 495 | Senior Seminar | 3 credits |
| | Elective | 3 credits |
| | Elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Total Credit Hours: 120