Program: English Literature Concentration - Purdue University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 05, 2025

2019-2020 University Catalog

Concentration Requirements (27 credits)

Area C - Literary Theory and Practice (3 credits)

ENGL 30100 - Ways Of Reading

Area D - Historical Surveys (6 credits)

ENGL 24000 - British Literature Before 1789 and
ENGL 24100 - British Literature After 1789 (satisfies Humanities for core)
OR
ENGL 35000 - American Literature Before 1865 (satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core) and
ENGL 35100 - American Literature After 1865 (satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)

Area E - English Electives (15 credits)

Choose five courses from among the following categories.

Courses used to fulfill Areas A-D or F may not be used to fulfill Area E.
Students may use no more than one ENGL 23200 or ENGL 39600 towards the requirements for Area E.
No more than two courses may be from outside the Literature category (Literary Traditions, Genre and Media Studies, and Theory and Cultural Studies)

Literary Traditions

ENGL 23000 - Great Narrative Works (satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 24000 - British Literature Before 1789 (satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 24100 - British Literature After 1789 (satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 24900 - Great British Books
ENGL 25000 - Great American Books (satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 25700 - Literature Of Black America (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 25800 - Nobel Prize Winners In Literature (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 26400 - The Bible As Literature (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 26600 - World Literature: From The Beginnings To 1700 A.D. (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 26700 - World Literature: From 1700 A.D. To The Present (satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 33100 - Medieval English Literature
ENGL 33300 - Renaissance English Literature
ENGL 33500 - Restoration And Eighteenth-Century English Literature
ENGL 33700 - Nineteenth-Century English Literature
ENGL 33900 - Twentieth-Century British Literature
ENGL 35000 - American Literature Before 1865 (satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 35100 - American Literature After 1865 (satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 35200 - Native American Literature
ENGL 35400 - Asian American Literature
ENGL 36600 - Postcolonial Literatures (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 37000 - Nineteenth-Century American Literature
ENGL 37100 - Twentieth-Century American Literature
ENGL 37401 - Studies In British Literary History
ENGL 37800 - Studies In American Literary History
ENGL 41100 - Studies In Major Authors
ENGL 44000 - Chaucer’s Troilus And Criseyde
ENGL 44100 - Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
ENGL 44200 - Shakespeare
ENGL 44400 - Milton
ENGL 46200 - The Bible As Literature: The Old Testament
ENGL 46300 - The Bible As Literature: The New Testament

Genre and Media Studies

ENGL 23500 - Introduction To Drama (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 23700 - Introduction To Poetry (satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 23800 - Introduction To Fiction (satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 27600 - Shakespeare On Film (satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 27900 - The American Short Story In Print And Film
ENGL 28600 - The Movies (satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 32200 - Word, Image, Media (satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 35800 - Black Drama (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 36700 - Mystery And Detective Fiction (satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 37300 - Science Fiction And Fantasy (satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 37700 - Modern And Contemporary Poetry
ENGL 37900 - The Short Story
ENGL 38100 - The British Novel (satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 38200 - The American Novel (satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 38600 - History Of Film To 1950
ENGL 38700 - History Of Film Since 1950
ENGL 38900 - Literature For Children (satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 41200 - Studies In Genre

Theory and Cultural Studies

ENGL 21700 - Figures Of Myth And Legend I: Monsters
ENGL 21800 - Figures Of Myth And Legends II: Heroes And Villains
ENGL 21900 - Figures Of Myth And Legend III: Magic And Marvels
ENGL 22300 - Literature And Technology (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)
ENGL 22400 - Literature, Money, And Markets
ENGL 22500 - Literature, Inequality, And Injustice (satisfies Humanities for core)
ENGL 22600 - Narrative Medicine (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)
ENGL 23200 - Thematic Studies In Literature
ENGL 23400 - Ecological Literature (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)
ENGL 34100 - Topics In Science, Literature, And Culture
ENGL 34200 - Legal Fictions
ENGL 34300 - Labor And Literature
ENGL 34400 - Environmental Ethics, Policy, And Sustainability
ENGL 35900 - Black Women Writers (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 36000 - Gender And Literature (satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 36500 - Literature And Imperialism (satisfies Humanities for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 39600 - Studies In Literature And Language
ENGL 41300 - Studies In Literature And History
ENGL 41400 - Studies In Literature And Culture
ENGL 43900 - Topics In Disability Studies
ENGL 46000 - Studies In Women’s Literature
ENGL 46600 - Cultural Encounters

English Education

English Language in a Global Context

ENGL 21500 - Inventing Languages
ENGL 22700 - Elements Of Linguistics (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core) (may also satisfy LA core)
ENGL 22800 - Language And Social Identity (satisfies Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)
ENGL 22900 - Creole Languages And Cultures
ENGL 32700 - English Language I: History And Development
ENGL 32800 - English Language II: Structure And Meaning
ENGL 32900 - English Language III: Sound And Form
ENGL 39600 - Studies In Literature And Language

Creative Writing

Area F - Senior Capstone Seminar - Choose One (3 credits)

Program Requirements

Fall 1st Year

ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition or
ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition or
SCLA 10100 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication I: Antiquity To Modernity
MATH - Credit Hours: 3.00
Foreign Language 10100 - Credit Hours: 3.00
Western Heritage - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00

15 Credits

Spring 1st Year

COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication or
SCLA 10200 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication II: Modern World
Individual & Society - Credit Hours: 3.00
STAT - Credit Hours: 3.00
Foreign Language 10200 - Credit Hours: 3.00
ENGL 20200 - Engaging English ♦

15 Credits

Fall 2nd Year

ENGL Area B: Multiethnic Studies - Credit Hours: 3.00
Foreign Language 20100 - Credit Hours: 3.00
Natural Science - Credit Hours: 3.00
US Tradition - Credit Hours: 3.00
Aesthetic Awareness - Credit Hours: 3.00

15 Credits

Spring 2nd Year

ENGL Area D: Historical Surveys - Credit Hours: 3.00
SLC (Other Language) 20200 - Credit Hours: 3.00
Natural Science Lab - Credit Hours: 3.00
Racial & Ethnic Diversity - Credit Hours: 3.00
Other Cultures - Credit Hours: 3.00

15 Credits

Fall 3rd Year

ENGL 30100 - Ways Of Reading ♦
ENGL Area D: Historical Surveys - Credit Hours: 3.00
Gender Issues - Credit Hours: 3.00
Global Perspectives - Credit Hours: 3.00

15 Credits

Spring 3rd Year

ENGL Area E: English Electives - Credit Hours: 3.00
ENGL Area E: English Electives - Credit Hours: 3.00
Social Ethics - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00

15 Credits

Fall 4th Year

ENGL Area F: Capstone Seminar - Credit Hours: 3.00
ENGL Area E: English Electives - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00

15 Credits

Spring 4th Year

ENGL Area E: English Electives - Credit Hours: 3.00
ENGL Area E: English Electives - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00

15 Credits

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