A degree in English prepares students to be skilled communicators who can analyze a range of situations, problems, and texts and who can offer creative interpretations and solutions. By emphasizing transferable skills, it readies them to adapt to multiple professional contexts and positions them successfully for jobs in the corporate, education, or nonprofit sectors. The flexible curriculum includes opportunities for studying diverse literatures; professional, creative, and scholarly writing; literary theory; and the development of the English language. In addition to traditional coursework, students are encouraged to incorporate an independent study, internship, or study abroad experience in Ireland or London into their major or minor. As the home of the national literary arts magazine Freshwater Review, the program also provides opportunities for students to learn magazine production and gain valuable editing experience.
Contact Information
english@css.edu
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of a major in English, the student will be able to:
- Analyze works of literature and place them in context.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the conventions of genres.
- Identify distinct critical perspectives that enrich textual interpretation.
- Demonstrate ability in writing to show due regard for audience.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the grammar, mechanics, and conventions of standard English.
Requirements
Students must achieve the following program requirements for all courses listed under Program Requirements and Program Required Courses for the English major.
Program Requirements
Major Credits: 40
Major Residency Credits: 16
Minimum GPA: 2.0
Program Required Courses
The English major (non-licensure) requires a minimum of 40 credits in English (ENG); 24 of those credits must be in courses numbered 3000 or above. ENG 1110 does not count among the 40 ENG credits required for the ENG major.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ENG 2000 | Introduction to English Studies | 4 |
| |
| Medieval and Renaissance Worlds in Literature | |
| Theatre: Greek - Elizabethan |
| Pre-Modern British Literature |
| Individual Author |
| Magic and Demonology | |
| Brexit Sixteenth-Century Style |
| Sexploitation in Jacobean Drama |
| War and Paradise Lost |
| Shakespeare and Social Justice |
| |
| Native American Literature | |
| African American Literature |
| Chicana/o Literature |
| Contemporary Movements in American Poetry |
| British Romanticism |
| Revolution and Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Poetry |
| American Short Story |
| Contemporary Ethnic American Poetry |
| Theatre: Restoration - 20th Century |
| Victorian Bodies |
| Geographies of the Nineteenth-Century Novel |
| London Arts and Culture |
| Individual Author |
| |
| Magic and Demonology | |
| British Romanticism |
| Brexit Sixteenth-Century Style |
| Theatre: Greek - Elizabethan |
| Theatre: Restoration - 20th Century |
| Sexploitation in Jacobean Drama |
| War and Paradise Lost |
| Pre-Modern British Literature |
| Victorian Bodies |
| London Arts and Culture |
| Shakespeare and Social Justice |
| Individual Author |
| |
| Native American Literature | |
| African American Literature |
| Chicana/o Literature |
| Contemporary Movements in American Poetry |
| American Short Story |
| Contemporary Ethnic American Poetry |
| Geographies of the Nineteenth-Century Novel |
| Piracy and Criminality |
| Individual Author |
| Native American Literature | |
| African American Literature |
| Chicana/o Literature |
| Contemporary Ethnic American Poetry |
| Rhetorics of Health, Medicine, and Social Justice |
| |
| Medieval and Renaissance Worlds in Literature | |
| Contemporary Movements in American Poetry |
| British Romanticism |
| Revolution and Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Poetry |
| Contemporary Ethnic American Poetry |
| War and Paradise Lost |
| Individual Author |
| |
| American Short Story | |
| Geographies of the Nineteenth-Century Novel |
| Individual Author |
| Theatre: Greek - Elizabethan | |
| Theatre: Restoration - 20th Century |
| Sexploitation in Jacobean Drama |
| Shakespeare and Social Justice |
| Writing Nature | |
| Creative Writing: Fiction and Nonfiction | |
| Creative Writing: Poetry |
| Management Communication: Written |
| Writing Nature |
| |
| Total Credits | 40 |
Students planning to use the English major as preparation for professional graduate programs such as law, journalism or library science should seek advice from English faculty members, the College's Pre-Law advisor, and others.
Degree Requirements
To graduate from The College of St. Scholastica, baccalaureate students must meet the following minimum degree requirements.
Total Credits: 128
Upper Division Credits: 42
Residency Requirement: 32
Minimum GPA: 2.0
