BA with a Major in English

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1 University of Illinois at Chicago 1 BA with a Major in Degree Requirements To earn a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences degree from UIC, students must complete University, college, and department degree requirements. The Department of degree requirements are outlined below. Students should consult the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section for additional degree requirements and college academic policies. Students are encouraged to seek advising each semester from the major advisor in LAS. Summary of Requirements Core Requirements 12 Selected Concentration Requirements 9-15 Electives 15 General Education and Electives to reach minimum Total Hours Total Hours 120 General Education See General Education and Writing-in-the-Discipline in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section for information on meeting these requirements. Core Requirements All majors must complete the following courses with a grade of C or better. Required Courses ENGL 240 Introduction to Literary Study and Critical Methods a ENGL 241 I: Beginnings to 1660 ENGL 242 II: 1660 to 1900 ENGL 24 American : Beginnings to 1900 Total Hours 12 a ENGL 240 fulfills the Writing-in-the-Discipline requirement. Upper-Level Courses Students must take at least two courses at the 00-level or above. Courses from Other Departments Students may count one course from another department toward the major. Upper-level courses in other departments may require prerequisites. For approved courses, see those listed in the concentrations. Selected Concentration Requirements Within the major, students must select and complete one of the following concentrations: 1. British and Anglophone 2. American. Media, Rhetorical, and Cultural Studies 4. Creative Writing (Fiction, Poetry, or Nonfiction) 5. Professional Writing A concentration consists of three or more courses, no more than one of which may be taken at the 100-level and one of which must be taken at the 400-level. For the creative writing concentration, two of the courses must be at the 400-level. Below are the courses that qualify for each concentration. Note that for the Creative Writing and Professional Writing concentrations, the required course sequence has been specified. Any course not listed under a concentration may only count as an elective. In certain cases, students may petition the Office of Undergraduate Studies to have courses counted toward a concentration or toward one other than those indicated below. For more information, see the catalog Course Descriptions or the departmental website Select three courses from one of the following concentrations for a total of 9 hours. British and Anglophone Select three of the following: a 9 ENGL 10 and American Poetry ENGL 104 and American Drama ENGL 105 and American Fiction ENGL 106 and American Prose ENGL 107 Introduction to Shakespeare ENGL 108 British and British Culture ENGL 114 Introduction to Colonial and Postcolonial ENGL 260 Comparative Black s ENGL 0 Studies in Poetry ENGL 04 Studies in Drama ENGL 05 Studies in Fiction ENGL 11 Medieval ENGL 12 Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century ENGL 1 Major Plays of Shakespeare ENGL 14 Milton ENGL 15 Restoration and Eighteenth Century ENGL 16 British Romantic ENGL 17 Victorian ENGL 18 Modern British : ENGL 19 Post-War British : ENGL 20 British : 1980-Present ENGL s in Other than and American ENGL 51 Topics in Black Art and ENGL 58 Colonial and Postcolonial ENGL 40 Introduction to Old ENGL 405 Topics in Old ENGL 408 Topics in Medieval ENGL 41 Topics in Shakespeare ENGL 416 Topics in Renaissance and Culture ENGL 417 Topics in Restoration and Eighteenth-century and Culture ENGL 419 Topics in Romantic and Culture

2 2 BA with a Major in ENGL 421 Topics in Victorian ENGL 422 Topics in Postcolonial and World in Courses from other departments that count toward this concentration: CL 208 CL 250 CL 251 CL 252 CL 25 FR 191 GER 122 GER 12 GER 16 GER 422 GER 48 POL 21 Greek Mythology Greek and Roman Epic Poetry Greek Tragedy Greek and Roman Comedy Roman Satire and Rhetoric African and Caribbean Francophone in Translation Minority Perspectives in the Germanic Context Introduction to Yiddish Culture and Periods of Germanic and Culture Germanic Cultural Studies III: Themes The Faust Legend Introduction to Polish RUSS 241 Dostoyevsky RUSS 242 Tolstoy RUSS 21 Great Russian 19th-Century Novels and the European Tradition American Select three of the following: a 9 ENGL 10 and American Poetry ENGL 104 and American Drama ENGL 105 and American Fiction ENGL 106 and American Prose ENGL 109 American and American Culture ENGL 112 Introduction to Native American s ENGL 11 Introduction to Multiethnic s in the ENGL 118 Introduction to African American, ENGL 119 Introduction to African American Since 1910 ENGL 12 Introduction to Asian American ENGL 260 Comparative Black s ENGL 261 Reading Black Women Writing ENGL 262 Black Cultural Studies ENGL 0 Studies in Poetry ENGL 04 Studies in Drama ENGL 05 Studies in Fiction ENGL 21 Early American : 160 to 1790 ENGL 2 American : 1790 to 1865 ENGL 24 American : ENGL 25 Modern American : ENGL 26 Post-War American : ENGL 27 Contemporary American : Present ENGL 28 Asian American ENGL 51 Topics in Black Art and ENGL 59 Ethnic American ENGL 426 Topics in American and Culture to 1900 ENGL 427 Topics in American and Culture, 1900-Present ENGL 441 Topics in Asian American and Culture ENGL 462 Topics in American Literary Nonfiction Prose ENGL 470 Topics in Multiethnic s in the United States ENGL 471 Topics in Native American s ENGL 47 Topics in African-American Courses from other departments that count toward this concentration: FR 191 JST 116 LALS 192 LALS 427 African and Caribbean Francophone in Translation Jewish American of the 20th Century From the Convent to the Streets: Latin American Women Writers in Translation Studies in Language Policy and Cultural Identity SPAN 224 Bilingual/Bicultural Hispanic American Writers SPAN 226 Early Modern Spanish and Colonial Latin American and Culture in Translation Media, Rhetorical, and Cultural Studies Select three of the following: a 9 ENGL 102 Introduction to Film ENGL 110 and American Popular Genres ENGL 111 Women and ENGL 11 Introduction to Multiethnic s in the ENGL 115 Understanding the Bible as ENGL 117 Introduction to Gender, Sexuality and ENGL 120 Film and Culture ENGL 121 Introduction to Moving Image Arts ENGL 122 Understanding Rhetoric ENGL 200 Basic Grammar ENGL 22 History of Film I: 1890 to World War II ENGL 2 History of Film II: World War II to the Present ENGL 24 History of Television ENGL 262 Black Cultural Studies ENGL 02 Studies in the Moving Image ENGL 41 and Popular Culture ENGL 42 Cultural and Media Studies ENGL 4 and Religion ENGL 51 Topics in Black Art and ENGL 61 Gender Theory ENGL 62 Queer Theory

3 University of Illinois at Chicago ENGL 6 Gender and Sexuality in ENGL 64 Disability Studies ENGL 70 Literary Theory ENGL 72 History of Literary Criticism ENGL 74 Rhetorical Studies ENGL 75 Rhetoric and Public LIfe ENGL 400 History of the Language ENGL 401 Modern ENGL 402 Rhetoric ENGL 40 Introduction to Old ENGL 428 Topics in and Culture, 1900-Present ENGL 429 Topics in and Culture ENGL 48 Topics in Performance Studies ENGL 440 Topics in Cultural and Media Studies ENGL 44 Topics in Gender, Sexuality and ENGL 444 Topics in Theories of Gender and Sexuality ENGL 445 Topics in Disability Studies ENGL 446 Topics in Criticism and Theory ENGL 448 Topics in Rhetorical Studies ENGL 469 Women's Literary Traditions ENGL 472 Women and Film ENGL 474 Topics in Popular Culture and ENGL 478 The Bible as : Hebrew Bible ENGL 479 The Bible as : New Testament ENGL 48 Studies in Language and Rhetoric ENGL 484 Studies in Language and Cognition ENGL 485 Studies in the Language and Linguistics Courses from other departments that count toward this concentration: FR 196 FR 298 FR 41 FR 440 GER 125 GER 217 GER 240 GER 16 GER 18 GER 47 GER 480 Totalitarianism, Writing and Cinema French, Drama and/or Film in Translation French Feminist and Gender Theory Topics in French and Francophone Cinema Diaspora, Exile, Genocide: Aspects of the European Jewish Experience in and Film. Introduction to German Cinema Classical German Thought from Kant to Nietzsche Periods of Germanic and Culture Topics in Germanic s and Cultures Contemporary Germanic Hegel Studies GLAS 120 Intro Asian Amer Studies PHIL 220 PHIL 221 PHIL 22 PHIL 224 Ancient Philosophy I: Plato and His Ancient Philosophy II: Aristotle and His Successors History of Modern Philosophy I: Descartes and His Successors History of Modern Philosophy II: Kant and His PHIL 225 PHIL 22 PHIL 241 PHIL 420 PHIL 421 PHIL 42 PHIL 424 PHIL 425 LALS 275 LALS 278 LALS 50 Nineteenth Century Philosophy Philosophy of Religion Plato Aristotle Studies in Early Modern Philosophy Kant Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy Gender in Latin America Latin American/Latino Film Studies Latinos and Latin Americans in U.S. Public Discourse SPAN 225 Spanish and Latin American Culture through and Film Creative Writing (Fiction, Poetry, or Nonfiction) Select three of the following: 9 Two of the courses must be at the 400-level. Fiction ENGL 212 Introduction to the Writing of Fiction ENGL 491 Advanced Writing of Fiction Poetry ENGL 210 Introduction to the Writing of Poetry ENGL 490 Advanced Writing of Poetry Nonfiction ENGL 201 Introduction to the Writing of Non-fiction Prose ENGL 492 Advanced Writing of Nonfiction Prose Note: Students may repeat ENGL 490, ENGL 491, or ENGL 492 in order to satisfy the nine-credit-hour requirement. Professional Writing ENGL 202 Media and Professional Writing Select two of the following: 6 ENGL 81 Advanced Professional Writing ENGL 82 Editing and Publishing ENGL 8 Writing Digital and New Media ENGL 84 Technical Writing Select one of the following: 1-6 ENGL 49 Internship in Nonfiction Writing ENGL 496 Portfolio Practicum Total Hours a Students should consult the General Education section of the catalog to determine if any of the courses on these lists are approved for General Education. Electives Courses

4 4 BA with a Major in Five additional courses, no more than one of which may be at the 100-level Total Hours 15 Distribution Requirements In addition to the Core requirements, all majors must take the following, distributed across their concentration and electives: One course in materials before 1900 One course in materials after 1900 One course in U.S. Social and Cultural Diversity Courses within Each Distribution Students should consult the General Education section of the catalog to determine if any of the courses on these lists are approved for General Education. Courses may be used to satisfy more than one distribution requirement. Materials before 1900 ENGL 107 Introduction to Shakespeare ENGL 115 Understanding the Bible as ENGL 118 Introduction to African American, ENGL 297 Studies in the Classical Tradition ENGL 11 Medieval ENGL 12 Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century ENGL 1 Major Plays of Shakespeare ENGL 14 Milton ENGL 15 Restoration and Eighteenth Century ENGL 16 British Romantic ENGL 17 Victorian ENGL 21 Early American : 160 to 1790 ENGL 2 American : 1790 to 1865 ENGL 24 American : ENGL 40 Introduction to Old ENGL 405 Topics in Old ENGL 408 Topics in Medieval ENGL 41 Topics in Shakespeare ENGL 416 Topics in Renaissance and Culture ENGL 417 Topics in Restoration and Eighteenth-century and Culture ENGL 419 Topics in Romantic and Culture ENGL 421 Topics in Victorian ENGL 426 Topics in American and Culture to 1900 ENGL 478 The Bible as : Hebrew Bible ENGL 479 The Bible as : New Testament Courses from other departments that fulfill this requirement: CL 208 CL 250 CL 251 CL 252 CL 25 GER 240 Greek Mythology Greek and Roman Epic Poetry Greek Tragedy Greek and Roman Comedy Roman Satire and Rhetoric Classical German Thought from Kant to Nietzsche 15 GER 16 GER 422 GER 47 GER 48 GER 480 PHIL 220 PHIL 221 PHIL 22 PHIL 224 PHIL 22 PHIL 241 PHIL 420 PHIL 421 POL 21 Periods of Germanic and Culture Germanic Cultural Studies III: Themes Contemporary Germanic The Faust Legend Hegel Studies Ancient Philosophy I: Plato and His Ancient Philosophy II: Aristotle and His Successors History of Modern Philosophy I: Descartes and His Successors History of Modern Philosophy II: Kant and His Philosophy of Religion Plato Aristotle Introduction to Polish RUSS 241 Dostoyevsky RUSS 242 Tolstoy RUSS 21 Great Russian 19th-Century Novels and the European Tradition SPAN 226 Early Modern Spanish and Colonial Latin American and Culture in Translation Materials after 1900 ENGL 102 Introduction to Film ENGL 11 Introduction to Multiethnic s in the ENGL 114 Introduction to Colonial and Postcolonial ENGL 119 Introduction to African American Since 1910 ENGL 120 Film and Culture ENGL 121 Introduction to Moving Image Arts ENGL 12 Introduction to Asian American ENGL 202 Media and Professional Writing ENGL 22 History of Film I: 1890 to World War II ENGL 2 History of Film II: World War II to the Present ENGL 24 History of Television ENGL 260 Comparative Black s ENGL 02 Studies in the Moving Image ENGL 18 Modern British : ENGL 19 Post-War British : ENGL 20 British : 1980-Present ENGL 25 Modern American : ENGL 26 Post-War American : ENGL 27 Contemporary American : Present ENGL s in Other than and American ENGL 51 Topics in Black Art and ENGL 58 Colonial and Postcolonial

5 University of Illinois at Chicago 5 ENGL 422 Topics in Postcolonial and World in ENGL 427 Topics in American and Culture, 1900-Present ENGL 428 Topics in and Culture, 1900-Present ENGL 472 Women and Film Courses from other departments that fulfill this requirement: FR 191 FR 196 FR 298 FR 41 FR 440 GER 122 GER 12 GER 125 GER 217 GER 18 African and Caribbean Francophone in Translation Totalitarianism, Writing and Cinema French, Drama and/or Film in Translation French Feminist and Gender Theory Topics in French and Francophone Cinema Minority Perspectives in the Germanic Context Introduction to Yiddish Culture and Diaspora, Exile, Genocide: Aspects of the European Jewish Experience in and Film. Introduction to German Cinema Topics in Germanic s and Cultures GLAS 120 Intro Asian Amer Studies JST 116 LALS 192 LALS 270 LALS 275 LALS 278 LALS 50 LALS 427 PHIL 22 Jewish American of the 20th Century From the Convent to the Streets: Latin American Women Writers in Translation Ethnography of Meso-America Gender in Latin America Latin American/Latino Film Studies Latinos and Latin Americans in U.S. Public Discourse Studies in Language Policy and Cultural Identity SPAN 224 Bilingual/Bicultural Hispanic American Writers SPAN 225 Spanish and Latin American Culture through and Film U.S. Social and Cultural Diversity ENGL 110 and American Popular Genres ENGL 111 Women and ENGL 112 Introduction to Native American s ENGL 11 Introduction to Multiethnic s in the ENGL 114 Introduction to Colonial and Postcolonial ENGL 117 Introduction to Gender, Sexuality and ENGL 118 Introduction to African American, ENGL 119 Introduction to African American Since 1910 ENGL 12 Introduction to Asian American ENGL 260 Comparative Black s ENGL 261 Reading Black Women Writing ENGL 262 Black Cultural Studies ENGL 28 Asian American ENGL s in Other than and American ENGL 41 and Popular Culture ENGL 42 Cultural and Media Studies ENGL 4 and Religion ENGL 51 Topics in Black Art and ENGL 58 Colonial and Postcolonial ENGL 59 Ethnic American ENGL 61 Gender Theory ENGL 62 Queer Theory ENGL 6 Gender and Sexuality in ENGL 64 Disability Studies ENGL 422 Topics in Postcolonial and World in ENGL 428 Topics in and Culture, 1900-Present ENGL 429 Topics in and Culture ENGL 440 Topics in Cultural and Media Studies ENGL 441 Topics in Asian American and Culture ENGL 44 Topics in Gender, Sexuality and ENGL 444 Topics in Theories of Gender and Sexuality ENGL 445 Topics in Disability Studies ENGL 469 Women's Literary Traditions ENGL 470 Topics in Multiethnic s in the United States ENGL 471 Topics in Native American s ENGL 472 Women and Film ENGL 47 Topics in African-American ENGL 474 Topics in Popular Culture and Courses from other departments that fulfill this requirement: GER 12 Introduction to Yiddish Culture and GLAS 120 Intro Asian Amer Studies JST 116 LALS 192 LALS 278 LALS 50 LALS 427 PHIL 22 Jewish American of the 20th Century From the Convent to the Streets: Latin American Women Writers in Translation Latin American/Latino Film Studies Latinos and Latin Americans in U.S. Public Discourse Studies in Language Policy and Cultural Identity SPAN 224 Bilingual/Bicultural Hispanic American Writers Recommended Plan of Study Courses which satisfy concentrations, distributions, and/or electives should be chosen in consultation with an Department advisor. Course Title Hours

6 6 BA with a Major in First Year ENGL 160 Academic Writing I: Writing in Academic and Public Contexts Quantitative Reasoning -5 General Education Requirement course -5 ENGL 161 Hours 1-17 Academic Writing II: Writing for Inquiry and Research ENGL 1xx ENGL 240 Introduction to Literary Study and Critical Methods General Education Requirement course -5 Second Year ENGL 241 ENGL 24 Hours I: Beginnings to 1660 American : Beginnings to 1900 General Education Requirement course -5 General Education Requirement course Hours ENGL 242 II: 1660 to 1900 ENGL 1xx, 2xx, xx General Education Requirement course General Education Requirement course Third Year Hours 16 ENGL 2xx, xx ENGL 2xx, xx General Education Requirement course General Education Requirement course/elective Electives Hours 15 ENGL 2xx, xx, 4xx ENGL 2xx, xx, 4xx General Education Requirement course/elective Electives 6 Fourth Year Hours 15 ENGL xx, 4xx Electives 12 Hours 15 ENGL xx, 4xx Electives Hours Total Hours 120 Note: One course from another department other than may count toward the major. See the course catalog for a list of approved courses. Note: Courses that satisfy concentrations, distributions, and/or electives should be chosen in consultation with an Department advisor.