Undergraduate English Major (BA)
Checklist
Credits to Graduate: 120
FAU Residence Credits: 30
Credits in Major: 39
Upper-Division Credits: 45
The Department of English requires all undergraduates to
complete at least 39 credit hours in the major. Except
where noted, courses cannot be counted twice. No more
than six 3000-level courses can count toward the major.
Grades in all courses taken in the major must average ‘C’
or 2.0 or higher, and no course with a grade of ‘D+’ or
below will count toward the major. Students whose grades
in major courses average below a C or 2.0 will not be able
to graduate with an English major. *Please note: English
‘C’ Average Minimum in Major
Required
9 Credits: Electives. Students must complete an additional
nine credits, choosing courses from Categories I-IV. All
nine credits must be earned at the 3000- or 4000-level.
With departmental approval, three credits may be taken
from another department in the College of Arts and
Letters provided the course has an English disciplinary
focus (e.g. SPT 4130 Latin American Lit in Translation).
Education majors cannot double major with English.
3 Credits: All students must complete ENG 3822
Introduction to Literary Studies
(We strongly recommend that students take ENG 3822
1) concurrently with or before their first upper division English
course and 2) before LIT 3213. English majors should not take any
more than 3 upper division courses before taking ENG 3822).
3 Credits: Literary Criticism. Students must complete
either LIT 3213 Literary Theory or
PHI 3882 Philosophy of Literature
6 Credits: Students choose six credits from Category I:
Literatures of Ethnicity, Gender, and Culture (on the
reverse side of this checklist).
Honors Seminar: ENG 4932, Honors Seminar, is required for
Honors students but open to those interested in more
advanced literary study. The department suggests ENG
4932 to students who intend to pursue graduate studies in
English. This course allows students to synthesize the
literary knowledge and critical skills gained in the English
major. The seminar is more intensive and interactive than
the Department’s other courses and will be organized in
ways that anticipate graduate-level courses.
OPTIONAL AREAS OF CONCENTRATION: Students interested in an
“area concentration” should speak with Shantelle Maxwell. Areas
of concentration may be achieved by selecting courses according
to one of the following options:
1. American Literature: 12 of the 39 units must have the AML
prefix.
2. British Literature: 12 of the 39 units must have the ENL prefix.
15 Credits: Students must choose fifteen credits from
Category II: American and British Literature/Genre
Studies (see back). At least two upper-division courses
must pay significant attention to literature before 1800
(these courses are marked by *). No more than six credits
can be earned at the 2000 level. LIT 2010, 2030, 2040, and 2070
never count towards the English major.
3. Multicultural Lit & Gender Studies: 12 of the 39 units must be
selected from Category I (but may include special topics [4930]
courses approved by Director of Undergraduate Study)
4. Writing & Rhetoric: 12 of the 39 units must be selected from
Category III.
5. World Literatures: 12 of the 39 units must be selected from
Category IV and Category I, depending on the course (these may
include special topics [4930] courses approved by Director of
Undergraduate Study)
Other notes: English internship, ENG 4940 (3 credits) can
count as an elective.
3 Credits: Writing. Students must complete at least three
credits from Category III: Writing and Rhetoric (see back).
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Please note that not all classes listed below are taught every semester; course offerings vary from year to year
CATEGORY I: Literature of Ethnicity, Gender, and Culture
AML 3265 Florida Women Writers
_____ LIT 4192 Caribbean Literature in English
AML 4604 African American Lit to 1895
_____ LIT 4233 Postcolonial Literature
AML 4607 African American Lit 1895-present
_____ LIT 4225 World Literature: Critical Approaches
AML 4630 U.S. Latino/a Literatures
_____ LIT 4244 Major Writers of World Literature in English
AML 4640 American Indian Literature
_____ LIT 4355 Black Literatures
AML 4663 Jewish American Literatures
_____ LIT 4383 Women in Literature
AML 4673 Asian American Literatures
_____ LIT 4604 Comparative European Romanticism
CHT 4500 Comp Lit of Cultural China
AML 4930, ENL 4930, and LIT 4930 are Special Topics
LIT 3184 Irish literary Renaissance
courses and may also count for this category, if approved by
the department.
CATEGORY II: American and British Literature
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Specialized Subjects and Genre Studies
_____ AML 2010 American Literature to 1865
_____ LIT 3043 Modern Drama
_____ AML 2020 American Literature 1865-1945
_____ AML 3111 American Novel 19th Century
_____ LIT 3313 Fantasy Literature
_____ AML 3121 American Novel 20th Century
_____ LIT 3312 Science Fiction
_____ AML 3263 Southern Literary Renaissance
_____ LIT 3333 Literature of Adolescence
_____ AML 4213 Colonial and Early American Literature*
_____ LIT 3344 Detective Fiction
_____ AML 4223 American Lit 19th Century Traditions
_____ LIT 4001 Literary Genres
_____ AML 4242 American Lit 20th Century Movements
_____ LIT 4032 Modern Poetry
_____ AML 4311 Major American Writers 19th Century
_____ LIT 4094 Contemporary Dramatic Literature
_____ AML 4321 Major American Writers 20th Century
_____ LIT 4114 Literature and Film
_____ ENG 4114 Literature and Film
_____ LIT 4434 Literature and the Environment
_____ LIT 4484 Literature and Social Movements
_____ ENL 2012 British Literature to 1798
_____ LIT 4065 Literature of War
_____ ENL 2022 British Literature since 1798
_____ ENL 3112 British Novel 18th Century*
_____ ENL 3122 British Novel 19th Century
AML 4930, ENL 4930, and LIT 4930 are Special Topics
_____ ENL 3132 British Novel 20th Century
courses and may also count for this category, if approved by
_____ ENL 3425 Backgrounds in Brit/Am Literature (usually*)
the department
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Note: there are multiple courses with the prefix ENL 3425 including
The Epic, Metamorphosis, Greek and Roman Classics, and Bible as
Literature, Mythology
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ENL 4210 Medieval Literature*
ENL 4220 Renaissance Literature*
ENL 4221 Seventeenth Century Literature*
ENL 4230 Eighteenth Century Literature*
ENL 4243 British Romanticism
ENL 4251 Victorian Literature
ENL 4264 Victorian Genres and Themes
ENL 4273 20th Century British Lit
ENL 4311 Chaucer*
ENL 4333 Shakespeare*
ENL 4341 Milton*
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CATEGORY III: Writing & Rhetoric
ENC 3310 Advanced Exposition
_____ CRW 4121 Fiction Workshop II
ENC 3213 Professional Writing
_____ CRW 4211 Creative Writing Non-Fiction
ENC 4138 Principles of Research Writing
_____ CRW 4310 Poetry Workshop I
ENC 4354 Writing for Nonprofits
_____ CRW 4311 Poetic Forms
ENC 4930 Special Topics: Composition/Rhetoric
_____ CRW 4321 Poetry Workshop II
ENG 4020 Studies in Writing & Rhetoric
_____ CRW 4930 Special Topics: Creative Writing
CRW 3010 Creative Writing
_____ LIN 4680 Structure of Modern English
CRW 4120 Fiction Workshop I
CATEGORY IV: Outside Electives
_____ CHT 4500 Comparative Lit of Cultural China
_____ FRW 3100/3101 French Civilization and Literature
_____ FRW 3122 French Civilization and Literature: 19th & 20th
Century
_____ FRT 3140 Literature in Translation: French Tradition
_____ GER 3100/3101/3102 German Lit and Civilization
_____ ITA 3110 Italian Literature and Civilization
_____ ITA 3520 Italian Cinema: From Text to Screen
_____ ITT 3110 Italian Literature in Translation
_____ ITT 4440 Dante: The Commedia in Translation
_____ LIT 4065 Comparative Realism and Naturalism
_____ LIT 4604 Comparative European Romanticism
_____ SPW 3030 Introduction to Hispanic Literature
_____ SPW 3100 Spanish Peninsular Civilization and Literature: 1700present
_____ SPW 3130 Latin American Civilization and Literature:
Conquest-Modernism
_____ SPW 4930 Special Topics (Spanish or Latin American
Literature)
_____ SPT 3100 Lit. in Translation: The Spanish Tradition
_____ SPT 4130 Latin American Lit in Translation
_____ SPT 4720 Spanish Literature and Film