College Level Requirements

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State Mandated Common Course Prerequisites

The State of Florida has identified common course prerequisites for the major in English. These courses must be completed with a minimum grade of "C" before the degree is granted. If the courses are not transferred in, they may be taken at USF.

• ENC 1101 Composition I or ENC XXXX
• ENC 1102 Composition II or ENC XXXX

Total Major Hours: 36 Hours

Concentration Core Courses - 36 Hours

1. Writing Requirements: Six courses as follows:
   • CRW 3111 Form and Technique of Fiction
   • CRW 3311 Form and Technique of Poetry
     • (CRW 3111 must be taken before any other courses in the Fiction series, and CRW 3311 must be taken before any other courses in the Poetry series. Students are urged to take these two courses during the first year of their major.)
2. Any four of the following courses:
   • CRW 3112 Fiction I
   • CRW 3121 Fiction II
   • CRW 3312 Poetry I
   • CRW 3321 Poetry II
   • CRW 4930 Selected Topics in Creative Writing
     • CRW 4930 may be repeated twice, with different content, for a total of six (6) credits hours. Choices would include creative nonfiction, screenwriting, craft courses in fiction\poetry, young adult literature, lyric poetry, etc.).
3. Literature Requirements: Six courses as follows:
   • One of the following courses that concentrates on literature written pre-1900:
     • AML 3031 American Literature from the Beginning to 1860
     • AML 3032 American Literature from 1860 to 1912
     • AML 4111 Nineteenth-Century American Novel
     • ENG 4060 History of the English Language
     • ENL 3015 British Literature to 1616
     • ENL 3016 Studies in 17th and 18th Century British Literature
     • ENL 3017 Studies in 19th Century British Literature
     • ENL 3230 British Literature 1616-1780
     • ENL 3251 British Literature 1780-1900
     • ENL 3331 Early Shakespeare
     • ENL 3332 Late Shakespeare
     • ENL 4122 19th Century British Novel
     • ENL 4311 Chaucer
     • ENL 4338 Advanced Studies in Shakespeare
     • ENL 4341 Milton
     • LIT 3031 Survey of Poetry
     • LIT 3101 Literature of the Western World Through the Renaissance
     • One LIT course at the 2000 level
   • Five (5) additional major literature courses from those listed in the Literary Studies concentration

Optional Accelerated Program

B.A./M.A.