Requirements for Major in English

Concentration in Film

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CORE SEQUENCE

All majors must complete five of the following six courses:

ENGL 202-- Biblical and Classical Literature

ENGL 205--British Literature I

ENGL 206--British Literature II

ENGL 300--Texts and Contexts

ENGL 324-- Shakespeare

ENGL 340-- American Literature to the Civil War

     OR

ENGL 341--American Literature: Civil War to World War II

In addition to the core sequence, English majors concentrating in Film will take one course at the 300- level or above from each of the following groups (2 courses total):

Medieval and Renaissance literature (excluding ENGL 324) OR Literature between 1700 and 1900

Modern literature OR Cultural and theoretical studies

One other literature course is required. This course may be at the 200-, 300-, or 400-level if one of the courses taken in the above two groups is a 480 seminar. Otherwise, this additional course must be a 480 seminar.

Students concentrating in film must also take the following film courses:

ENGL 217-- Introduction to Film

ENGL 317--Film History (even numbered years--foreign film; odd numbered years--American film) (may be repeated once for credit, if topics differ)

ENGL 318--Studies in Film (may be repeated for credit when topics differ)

ENGL 417--Film Theory and Criticism

IMPORTANT NOTES: ENGL 307, 308, 309, 310, 407, 409 count toward the English major only as part of the concentration in Journalism.

ENGL 200, 204, 210, 301, 365 do not count toward the English major.