English B.A. - Literature

Under the Literature concentration, students ground their study of literature in a series of introductory courses in major themes and historical approaches, intermediate courses in Shakespeare and literary theory, and a senior seminar that requires the development of a research project. Students complement these core courses with a selection of electives that engage specific genres, authors, and periods, as well as different disciplines and literatures of diversity (e.g. Native American Literature). M.A. students select graduate seminars in American, British, and world literatures as well as other disciplines, their course work culminating in either a traditional thesis or a portfolio of seminar papers revised in collaboration with a committee. The Literature concentration imparts an understanding of not only the aesthetic richness of canonical and emerging literatures but also the historical and cultural forces that have contributed to their making. The classes are of a size that makes discussion an important part of a student s experience.

Bachelor of Arts - English; Literature Concentration

College of Humanities & Sciences

Degree Specific Credits: 40-54

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2020-21

Note: English majors with the concentration in Literature must earn 36 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

English Core Courses		15
Upper-Division Core Courses		12
Upper-Division English Electives		6
Literature Seminar Capstone		3
Modern or Classical Languages Requirement		4-18
Total Hours		40-54

English Core Courses

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
LIT 110L	Intro to Lit	3
LIT 300	Literary Criticism	3
LIT 327	Shakespeare	3
Complete 2 of the following courses (note: you may take two sections of LIT 236L or LIT 246L if the course subtitles and content are different):		6
LIT 202L	The Environmental Imagination
LIT 236L	Literary Histories
LIT 246L	Genres, Themes, Approaches
Total Hours		15

Minimum Required Grade: C

Upper-Division Core Courses

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 4 of the following courses, 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

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 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

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Literature Seminar Capstone

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following course:
LIT 494	Seminar: Lit Capstone	3
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Modern & Classical Language Requirement

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).

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the 202-level proficiency in either a modern or classical language other than English.		4-18

Minimum Required Grade: C-