Literature: Concentration in Literature

The concentration in Literature offers students an opportunity to study world literature rather than only British and American literatures. It concentrates on the direct experience of fiction, drama and poetry, as well as on placing authors and their works within a literary history and cultural context. Literature courses incorporate extensive participation in class discussion, group inquiry and individual research.

A sequence of core courses offers broad coverage of the field of literature and provides a solid foundation for majors who plan to continue the study of literature in graduate school. The study of literature also prepares students well for law, medicine, business and other graduate programs.

I. Required courses in the major—36 hours, including:

One course from:

In addition, students must choose one of the following options:

12 additional hours in LIT, with at least 9 hours at the 300-400-level; or
9 hours of LIT courses at the 300-400 level, and 3 hours of creative writing.

Note: LIT 340 cannot be used to fulfill one of these options.

II. Required courses outside major—None

III. Foreign language requirement:

A minimum of six semester hours.

IV. Other departmental requirements:

A two-part demonstration of competency in the discipline, including a written examination and Senior Thesis; an additional demonstration of oral competency is required in the following. Computer competency is demonstrated in LIT 491 .