English Courses by Requirement
Fall 2023
English 200 Intro to Literary Studies:
English 200, Section 1
English 200, Section 2
English 200, Section 3
English 200, Section 4
English 200, Section 5
One course in British Literature and Culture before 1700 (221 Shakespeare counts):
English 221 Shakespeare
English 313 Intro to Old English Poetr
Survey Requirements (total 2 courses)
Two courses total: One course each in two of the following categories:
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Category 1: British Literature and Culture after 1700
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Category 2: American Literature and Culture before 1865
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Category 3: American Literature and Culture after 1865
English 202 Later British Literature (category 1)
English 204 Intro to Asian American literature (category 3)
English 268 American Literature and Culture before 1865 (category 2)
English 269 American Literature and Culture after 1865 (category 3)
English 272 American Romanticism (category2)
English 358 The Romantic Poets (category 1)
English 359 Victorian Imagination (category 1)
English 362 Modern Novel: Arab American literature (category 3)
English 378 American Women Writers (category 3)
One course in global Anglophone or ethnic American literature, culture, or rhetorics 200+ level:
English 204 Intro to Asian American literature
English 205 Intro to Post-Colonial Studies
English 300 Junior Year Writing, Section 1: Race and Rhetoric
English 300 Junior Year Writing: Section 2: Literatures of Conflict
English 362 Modern Novel: Arab American literature
English 365 Literature of Ireland
English 395A Poetry/Black Feminist Thought
English 591N Topics/Indigenous Literature
200-400+ English electives:
English 202 Later British Literature
English 203 Bible/Myth/Literature & Culture
English 204 Intro to Asian American literature
English 205 Intro to Post-Colonial Studies
English 221 Shakespeare
English 250 Intro to Writing, Rhetoric and Literary Studies
English 254 Intro to Creative Writing (Sections 1-4)
English 257H Interactive Fiction honors
English 268 American Literature and Culture before 1865
English 269 American Literature and Culture after 1865
English 272 American Romanticism
English 300 Junior Year Writing, Section 1: Race and Rhetoric
English 300 Junior Year Writing: Section 2: Literatures of Conflict
English 300 Junior Year Writing, Section 3: Spy vs Spy
English 300 Junior Year Writing: Section 5: Legends of Arthur
English 302 Studies/Textuality and New Media
English 313 Intro to Old English Poetry
English 317 (Dis)ability and Literature
English 319 Representing the Holocaust
English 329H Tutoring Writing: Theory and Practice Honors
English 350H Expository Writing Honors
English 355 Creative Writing Fiction
English 356 Creative Writing Poetry
English 358 The Romantic Poets
English 359 Victorian Imagination
English 362 Modern Novel: Arab American literature
English 365 The Literature of Ireland
English 378 American Women Writers
English 379 Intro to Professional Writing (Sections 1-2)
English 380 Professional Writing and Technical Communication
English 391NM Narrative Medicine: How Writing Can Heal
English 391D Writing and Emerging Technologies
English 395A Poetry/Black Feminist Thought
English 398 Literary Programming, Editing and Publishing
English 499C Honors Thesis: Foundations and Departures in Creative Writing: Fiction, Poetry and Literary Non-fiction.
English 591N Topics/Indigenous Literature
Students may count English 398 (a graded, 3-credit internship) towards this requirement.
Junior Year Writing:
English 300 Junior Year Writing, Section 1: Race and Rhetoric
English 300 Junior Year Writing: Section 2: Literatures of Conflict
English 300 Junior Year Writing, Section 3: Spy vs Spy
English 300 Junior Year Writing: Section 5: Legends of Arthur
Second majors in English are not required to fulfill their junior year writing or integrative experience requirements in English as they will fulfill them in their primary major.
Integrative Experience:
English 494CI Codes, Ciphers, Hackers and Crackers
English 494EI Writing, Identity & English Studies
English 494SI Literature and Social Justice
Second majors in English are not required to fulfill their junior year writing or integrative experience requirements in English as they will fulfill them in their primary major.
Important Notes:
If you wish to apply 1 course toward 2 approved requirements, you must pick up 1 extra 300+ English elective and notify the English Undergraduate Office so that we can make the exception on your ARR. For instance, if you would like to count English 300 Junior Year Writing, Section 5 US Literature in a Global Context toward both the American literature before 1865 requirement and also toward Junior Year Writing, you must take one extra 300+ English elective. It can be a writing or literature course.
Dual degree 2nd majors must take junior year writing with us (but are still waived from the Integrative Experience)
We accept no more than three pre-approved transfer, exchange and/or five college courses toward our major requirements.
Contact:
Please contact Celeste (cstoddard@umass.edu) at the English Undergraduate office if you have any questions about the requirements or to get elective credit for an internship and/or transfer courses pre-approved.
