Undergraduate Majors and Minors

A minimum total of 120 hours is required for the English Literature and Creative Writing majors. This total includes the 33 credit hours of major courses (listed below), the requirements of the WSU General Education Program, and the requirements of the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. You are invited to ask any questions about the English Major to the English Undergraduate Coordinator, Dr Francis X Connor. For questions about General Education or LAS requirements, you are encouraged to contact an LAS advisor.

Below you will find course requirements for undergraduate majors and minors in Creative Writing and English Literature and the undergraduate major in English Education.

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English major requirements (33 credit hours)

Requirements for students who declared the major before Fall 2021:

Course Number	Course Name
323 OR 346 OR 365	World Literature OR American Multicultural Literature OR African-American Literature
310 OR 320 OR 330	Nature of Poetry OR Nature of Drama OR Nature of Fiction
360	Major British Writers I
361	Major British Writers II
362	Major American Writers I
363	Major American Writers II
*	12 hours of electives, 6 of which need to be at the 500-600 level, with no more than one course at the 200 level. Students may take the opportunity to focus their elective courses on a particular track for example: Professional Writing (e.g. ENGL 680, 681, 686, etc.); Linguistics/Language (ENGL 315, 316, 317, 318, 667, 672, etc.); Visual Texts (ENGL 307, 377, 508, 576)
590	Senior Seminar

Requirements for students who declared the major in Fall 2021 or after:

Course Number	Course Name
310 OR 320 OR 330	Nature of Poetry OR Nature of Drama OR Nature of Fiction
323 OR 346 OR 365	World Literature OR American Multicultural Literature OR African-American Literature
325	Intro To English Studies
360	Major British Writers I
361	Major British Writers II
362	Major American Writers I
363	Major American Writers II
590	Senior Seminar
*	9 hours of electives, 6 of which need to be at the 500-600 level, with no more than one course at the 200 level. Students may take the opportunity to focus their elective courses on a particular track for example: Professional Writing (e.g. ENGL 680, 681, 686, etc.); Linguistics/Language (ENGL 315, 316, 317, 318, 667, 672, etc.); Visual Texts (ENGL 307, 377, 508, 576)

English minor requirements (15 credit hours)

Course Number	Course Name
310 OR 320 OR 330	Nature of Poetry OR Nature of Drama OR Nature of Fiction
	12 hours of electives, at least 9 of which must be upper-division

Creative Writing major requirements (33 credit hours)

Course Number	Course Name
285	Introduction to Creative Writing
322 OR 323	Origins of Western Literature OR World Literature
310	Nature of Poetry
320 OR 330	Nature of Drama OR Nature of Fiction
*	English Literature class listed 300-level or above
+ 4 skills courses from:	301 (fiction), 303 (poetry), 305 (creative non-fiction), 401 (fiction), 403 (poetry), 517 (play I), 518 (play II), 585 (fiction tutorial), 586 (poetry tutorial). 301, 303, & 305 cannot be repeated.
+	6 hours of upper-division electives

Creative Writing minor requirements (15 credit hours)

Course Number	Course Name
285	Introduction to Creative Writing
+ 3 skills courses from:	301 (fiction), 303 (poetry), 305 (creative non-fiction), 401 (fiction), 403 (poetry), 517 (play I), 518 (play II), 585 (fiction tutorial), 586 (poetry tutorial). 301, 303, & 305 cannot be repeated.
310 OR 320 OR 330	Nature of Poetry OR Nature of Drama OR Nature of Fiction

English Education major requirements

Middle school (18 credit hours)

Course Number	Course Name
315	Introduction to English Linguistics (language)
317	History of English Language (language)
680	Composition (composition)
322 OR 323	Origins of Western Literature (literature) OR World Literature
330	Nature of Fiction (literature)
346 OR 365	Multicultural Literature (literature) OR African American Literature

Secondary school (33 credit hours)

Course Number	Course Name
315	Introduction to English Linguistics (language)
317	History of English Language (language)
680	Composition (composition)
322 OR 323	Origins of Western Literature (literature: 24 hours total) OR World Literature
310	Nature of Poetry (literature)
330	Nature of Fiction (literature)
340	Major Plays of Shakespeare (literature)
346 OR 365	Multicultural Literature (literature) OR African American Literature
360 OR 361	Major British Writers I (literature) OR Major British Writers II
362	Major American Writers I (literature)
363	Major American Writers II (literature)