Literature
Bachelor of Arts - English; Literature Concentration
College Humanities & Sciences
Degree Specific Credits: 36
Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0
Catalog Year: 2017-2018
Note: English majors with the concentration in Literature must earn 42-60 of their total credits in Department of English courses.
General Education Requirements
Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.
Summary
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Students should take at least one course at or above the 200 level, that satisfies each of the following A, B, C, D designations: | ||
Modern or Classical Language major requirement | ||
A Designation: American Literature | ||
B Designation: Pre-1700 British Literature | ||
C Designation: Literature c 1700-1900 (British or American) | ||
D Designation: Diversity (under-represented voices) | ||
English Core Courses | 15 | |
Upper-Division Courses and Electives | 18 | |
Literature Seminar Capstone | 3 | |
Modern or Classical Languages Requirement | ||
Total Hours | 36 |
English Core Courses
Rule: Must complete the following courses:
Code | Title | Hours |
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LIT 110L | Intro to Lit | 3 |
Choose 2 courses from the following: | 6 | |
LIT 202L | The Environmental Imagination | |
LIT 236L | Literary Histories | |
LIT 246L | Genres, Themes, Approaches | |
LIT 300 | Literary Criticism | 3 |
LIT 327 | Shakespeare | 3 |
Total Hours | 15 |
Minimum Required Grade: C
Upper-Division Courses
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Select 4 courses from the following, with at least one being a 400-level course: | 12 | |
LIT 301 | Studies in Literary Forms | |
LIT 304 | U.S. Writers of Color | |
LIT 305 | Lit by & About Native Amer | |
LIT 314 | The American Novel | |
LIT 315 | Voices of the Am Renaissance | |
LIT 331 | Major Author/s | |
LIT 342 | Montana Writers | |
LIT 343 | African American Lit | |
LIT 344 | Asian American Literature | |
LIT 349L | Medieval Lit | |
LIT 350L | Chaucer | |
LIT 353L | Milton | |
LIT 355 | British Romanticism | |
LIT 363 | Modern Poetry | |
LIT 369 | Short Fiction | |
LIT 370 | Science Fiction | |
LIT 373 | Lit & Environment | |
LIT 376 | Lit & Other Disciplines | |
LIT 378L | Gay and Lesbian Studies | |
LIT 380 | Literary Approaches to Drama | |
LIT 391 | Special Topics | |
LIT 402 | Literature in Place | |
LIT 420 | Critical Theory | |
LIT 421 | History of Criticism & Theory | |
LIT 422 | Ecocritical Theory & Practice | |
LIT 430 | Studies in Comparative Lit | |
LIT 491 | Special Topics | |
Total Hours | 12 |
Minimum Required Grade: C
Upper Division English Electives
Rule: Select any two upper-division courses (6 credits) from the course prefixes CRWR, IRSH, FILM, LING, LIT, or WRIT. All courses must be 300- or 400-level.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Select any two upper-division courses from course prefixes: CRWR, IRSH, FILM, LING, LIT, or WRIT. All courses must be 300- or 400-level. | 6 | |
Total Hours | 6 |
Upper Division English Electives
Literature Seminar Capstone
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Must complete the following Course: | ||
LIT 494 | Seminar: Lit Capstone | 3 |
Total Hours | 3 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Modern or Classical Language major requirement
Rule: Complete the 202-level proficiency in either a modern or classical language other than English
Note: Students may either take four sequential semesters (101, 102, 201, 202) of a modern or classical language or exemplify proficiency through examination (available through the Modern and Classical Languages and Literature Department).
Minimum Required Grade: C-