Trinity College

    English Major

    Requirements total 42 hours. Up to 6 hours required in the major may be used to meet general education requirements.

    Required Courses (42 hrs):

     

    Theory Course (3 hrs)

     
          ENG 230        Survey of Contemporary Critical Theory 3 hrs

    Genre Courses (9 hrs)

     
          ENG 220        Studies in Poetry 3 hrs
          ENG 222        Studies in Fiction 3 hrs
          ENG 224        Studies in Drama 3 hrs

    Required Period Courses (6 hrs)

     
          ENG 306        Renaissance Literature 3 hrs
          ENG 310        Romantic Literature 3 hrs

    Distributive Period and Author Courses (15 hrs)

     

    Choose one of the American literature courses, plus 12 additional hours

          ENG 302        Classical Literature 3 hrs
          ENG 316        Modern European Literature 3 hrs
          ENG 318        American Literature I 3 hrs
          ENG 320        American Literature II 3 hrs
          ENG 350        Topics in Literature 3 hrs
          ENG 406        Shakespeare 3 hrs

    Advanced Major Courses (6 hrs)

     
          ENG 414        History and Structure of the English Language 3 hrs
          ENG 420        Capstone Seminar in the British Novel 3 hrs

    Skill Course (3 hrs)

     

    Choose one:

     
          ENG 210X      Business Communication 3 hrs
          ENG 240X      Writing for the Media I 3 hrs
          ENG 336        Creative Writing 3 hrs

     

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