BA, English > Literature

Director, Dr. Virginia Carruthers

Literature | The Writing Programs | Discourse & Technology

 

LITERATURE [27 credits]

Our rapidly changing world forces each of us to play many parts, and our varied roles change, merge, and occasionally reverse. Breadth of knowledge and intellectual flexibility are essential for our fast-changing times. The specialization in literature offers a key for lifelong success in its vigorous, eclectic approach to the study of literary traditions and innovation. By analyzing language, literature, and literary discourse, students gain insight into and an understanding of human experience, what Byron referred to as "the power of thought—the magic of the mind." They develop critical thinking skills and sensitivity to language, which are increasingly recognized as essential preparation for a variety of professions. English majors specializing in literature take the following courses

UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS [9 Credits]

• IDIS 300 Ideas in Writing [3]
• IDIS 302 Ethical Issues in Business and Society [3]
  
• Choose One [3]
  • IDIS 301 World Cultures [3]
  • IDIS 304 Arts and Ideas [3]
    

ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS [36 credits total]

English Core requirements [9 credits]

• Choose One: [3]
  • ENGL 364 Shakespeare: Kings, Knaves, and Fools [3]
  • ENGL 365 Shakespeare: Love, Myth, and Metamorphosis [3]
    
• Period & Context Course–Choose one [3]
• ENGL 311 Wells of the Past
• ENGL 342 Melville, Poe, & Whitman
• ENGL 361 The Hero & the Quest
• ENGL 362 Dante, Chaucer, & Cervantes
• ENGL 366 Milton, Blake, & Yeats
• ENGL 374 Austen, The Brontes, & Woolf
• ENGL 400 Literature in Society
• ENGL 421 The Elizabethan Renaissance
• ENGL 431 The Metaphysical Moment
• ENGL 432 The Age of Reason
• ENGL 441 The Romantic Imagination
• ENGL 442 The Victorian Paradox
• ENGL 450 The Great Moderns

• ENGL 498 Seminar in English: The Modern Tradition [3]

Literature Specialization [27 Credits]

• ENGL 397 Reading Strategies [3]
  
• Two (2) of the following Period & Context Courses [6]
• ENGL 311 Wells of the Past
• ENGL 342 Melville, Poe, & Whitman
• ENGL 361 The Hero & the Quest
• ENGL 362 Dante, Chaucer, & Cervantes
• ENGL 366 Milton, Blake, & Yeats
• ENGL 374 Austen, The Brontes, & Woolf
• ENGL 400 Literature in Society
• ENGL 421 The Elizabethan Renaissance
• ENGL 431 The Metaphysical Moment
• ENGL 432 The Age of Reason
• ENGL 441 The Romantic Imagination
• ENGL 442 The Victorian Paradox
• ENGL 450 The Great Moderns
  
• Literature Electives [9 Credits]
  • Select nine (9) credits from all 300/400-level ENGL Courses.


• Divisional Electives [9]
  • Select nine (9) credits from all 300/400-level courses in CMAT, ENGL, and WRIT.

General Electives

• Students need a minimum of 120 total credits to graduate. Students transferring to UB with 60 credits will need 15 credits of general electives from anywhere in the university. Students transferring fewer or more credits will adjust this number accordingly.

For more information, contact:

• Dr. Virginia Carruthers
  410-837-6027
  vcarruthers@ubalt.edu

 

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