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Distribution Requirements in the Area of Literature
Required: One course (3 credit hours) in literature (ISO 2,3[humanities])
Criteria for courses in this area:
- Courses must indicate clearly that students will study in depth both lyric and either narrative or drama (i.e. on literary genre organized by plot and another not organized by plot).
- Courses must indicate clearly that students will analyze in depth how different literary elements (e.g. plot, character, setting, point of view, symbolism, form, metaphor, imagery, rhythm, sound) function in literary texts.
- Courses must indicate clearly that students will continue to master effective writing (through, for example, in-class essays, take-home essays, critical papers, research papers) and to master effective speaking (through, for example, class presentations, class discussions, group discussions).
Courses that fulfill this requirement:
| ENG 2003 | Introduction to Literature |
| ENG 2013 | Themes in Literature |
| ENG 2103 | Classical Literature |
| ENG 3113 | Romantic Literature |
| ENG 3123 | Victorian Literature |
| ENG 3213 | American Romanticism |
| ENG 3223 | American Realism |
| ENG 3233 | Modern American Literature |
| ENG 3243 | Contemporary Literature |
| ENG 4053 | Shakespeare (so long as significant attention is paid to the sonnets) |
| ENG 4123 | Chaucer |
| ENG 4133 | 16th Century Literature |
| ENG 4163 | Milton |
| ENG 4173 | Restoration and 18th Century Literature |
| ENG 4783 | SS: Beowulf and Old English Literature |
| SPN 4213 | Mexican Literature |
| SPN 4223 | Central American Literature |
| SPN 4233 | Caribbean Literature |
| SPN 4243 | Andean Literature |
Previously offered courses that fulfill this requirement:
| ENG 2113 | World Literature I |
| ENG 2123 | World Literature II |
| ENG 3033 | British Literature I |
| ENG 3043 | British Literature II |
| ENG 3053 | American Literature I |
| ENG 3063 | American Literature II |
| SPN 4023 | Mexican & Central American Literature |
| SPN 4783 | SS: Andean Literature |
