English Major at Regis
Bachelor of Arts in English Requirements
Lower-Division Requirements (3 semester hours)
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EN 290 Critical Literary Encounters (3 sh) or EN 300 Literary Analysis (3 sh)
Survey Courses (12 semester hours)
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EN 323 Strangers at Home (3 sh)
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EN 324 Alienation and Inclusion (3 sh)
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EN 353 Battles, Bards, and Ballads (3 sh)
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EN 354 Empire and Revolution (3 sh)
Upper-Division Requirements (24 semester hours)
21 upper division semester hours of English courses, which must include:
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Writing course (poetry, fiction, rhetoric) (3 sh)
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One course on a major author* (3 sh)
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EN 466 Literary Theory (3 sh)
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400-level English electives (12 sh, 3 of which can be a CW course)
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Capstone Course taken junior spring (3 sh)
TOTAL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS: 39 semester hours
Schedule Planning Advice
The department highly recommends that you take EN 290 as early as possible, followed by your American and British Literature surveys. Don't wait until your senior year to take your surveys!
Upcoming Courses Fall 2025
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Courses Regularly in Rotation
Major Author Courses
Theory
Creative Writing Courses
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EN 412: Rhetoric: The Art and Style of Persuasive Writing (Hicks)
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EN 471: Introduction to Film Studies
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EN 478: Playwriting (Knorr)
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EN 479: Screenwriting (Knorr)
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EN 483: Fiction (Knorr)
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EN 483: Fiction (Partridge)
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EN 486: Poetry (Knorr)
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EN 486: Poetry (Partridge)
- EN 487: Advanced Fiction (Partridge)
- EN 488: Advanced Poetry (Knorr)
- EN 488: Advanced Poetry (Partridge)
- EN 489: Creative Non-Fiction (Knorr)
Upper-Level Electives
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EN 420: Contemporary African-American Literature
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EN 421: U.S. Women Writers of Color
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EN 423: True Crime
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EN 425F: Early American Women Writers
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EN 432F: Shakespeare: Comedies and Tragedies
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EN 435: Angela Carter: Surrealism and the Contemporary Gothic
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EN 442: Princess Brides
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EN 445: Radical Pastoral
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EN 447: Jane Austen
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EN 449: Sense and Sensibility
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EN 453: Modernist British Literature
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EN 463: Hispanic Literature
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EN 464: Postcolonial World Literature
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EN 471: Introduction to Film Studies
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EN 491I: British Theatre: Past and Present
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EN 492: Contemporary British Literature & Film
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EN 495E: Freaks and Geeks: The Abnormal in American Literature