Undergraduate
Major with Women's Literature Concentration
Students considering this concentration may want to take a special Women's Studies section of ENG 106 in the freshman year. Requirements for the Women's Literature Concentration are as follows:
| 1. | ENG 215 AND | 9 credits | |
| TWO of the following courses: | |||
| ENG 201, ENG 202, ENG 205, ENG 210, ENG 211, ENG 212, ENG 213, ENG 214, ENG 260, ENG 261. | |||
| 2. | FIVE (5) literature courses numbered 300 or above, at least two (2) of which must be numbered 400 or above, distributed as follows: | 15 credits | |
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| 3. | Two (2) additional English courses other than freshman composition (i.e., any two courses designated ENG and numbered 200 or above, excluding ENG 208). | 6 credits | |
| 4. | Three (3) of the courses in 2 and 3, above, must be chosen from the following: | ||
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| TOTAL CREDITS: | 30 credits | ||
Departmental Honors in Women's Literature
To enter the program a student must have achieved by the end of the junior year a 3.5 average in English courses and a 3.3 average overall. In addition to fulfilling the requirements for the Women's Literature Concentration, the candidate for Departmental Honors must:
- Take at least three literature courses at the 400-level or higher in fulfilling requirements 2 and 3 of the Women's Literature Concentration.
- Complete a six-credit Senior Thesis. This thesis is a documented essay of about 35 double-spaced typewritten pages on a literary subject. The student undertaking a Senior Thesis normally registers in ENG 497, Special Topics/Independent Study, for the first semester of the project, and in ENG 498, Senior Thesis, for the second semester. The student must receive a grade of B or higher in both courses in order to qualify for honors. 6 credits
- Receive for the thesis a recommendation for honors by the director of the Senior Thesis and by one other faculty reader from the Department of English.
- Achieve an average in the major of at least 3.5, and an overall average of at least 3.3.Total: 36 credits
