English Major at Regis
Bachelor of Arts in English
Lower-Division Requirements (3 semester hours)
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EN 290 Critical Literary Encounters (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)
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One creative writing (CW) course (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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Four 400-level English electives, one of which can be a CW course (12 sh)
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EN 499 Capstone taken junior spring (3 sh)
TOTAL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS: 39 semester hours
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Lower-Division Requirements (6 semester hours)
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EN 290 Critical Literary Encounters (3 sh)
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CW 250 Introduction to Creative Writing
Survey Courses (9 semester hours)
Pick any 3:
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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)
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Four creative writing (CW) courses (12 sh)
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EN 466 Literary Theory or Major Author course (3 sh)
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Two 400-level English electives (6 sh)
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EN 499 Capstone 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 300-level classes. Don't wait until your senior year to take these!
Upcoming Courses Fall 2026
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EN 423 True Crime (TTh 11-12:15, Partridge)
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EN 466 Literary Theory (MW 12:30-1:45, Narcisi)
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EN 464 Postcolonial World Literature and Film (MWF 10-10:50, Dimovitz)
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CW 486 Poetry (TTh 2-3:15, Partridge)
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CW 489 Nonfiction (TTh 9:30-10:45, Knorr)
Courses Regularly in Rotation
Major Author Courses
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EN 416: Willa Cather
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EN 430: William Faulkner
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EN 432F: William Shakespeare: Comedies and Tragedies
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EN 433: James Joyce
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EN 436: Emily Dickinson (Hicks)
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EN 447: Jane Austen
Theory
Creative Writing Courses
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EN 412: Rhetoric: The Art and Style of Persuasive Writing (Hicks)
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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 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 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 & Film
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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
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