English

Degree Awarded:  Bachelor of Arts

Our small department, with dedicated faculty and great flexibility in coursework, guarantees close, personal attention to your interests and to your development as a scholar in the field.
Majoring in English prepares you for a variety of professional goals and is closely linked with the College's liberal arts mission to produce students who are critical and creative thinkers and who are prepared to take their places in the international community. The English major is a broad and flexible program building on the liberal arts foundation all students experience at Lake Erie College, and prepares students for careers in education, publishing, writing, research and journalism; in fact, the versatility of this degree, with its emphasis on analytical and critical thinking, in addition to honing excellent writing skills, makes English majors attractive job candidates in many fields. The program also offers excellent preparation for admission to graduate school. Studying literature allows you to develop skills that are essential both to your humanity but also, more pragmatically, in the working world. Literary study hones your critical and analytical skills, sharpens your communication skills, both written and oral, exposes you to a broad spectrum of disciplines, enlarges your realm of experience and fosters understanding of and compassion for the human condition, and provides intellectual and emotional pleasure.

The major in English is directed towards the student who seeks a background in British and American literature as the basis of study in the liberal arts or who wishes to pursue graduate studies in the field. Students may also wish to combine courses in English with a major in another field such as history or communication.

Requirements for this Major:

48 semester credits including:

• EN 140 Principles of Critical Analysis (4 SH)
• EN 220 Major British Writers (4 SH)
• EN 221 Major American Writers (4 SH)
• EN 342 Studies in Shakespeare (4 SH)
• EN 401 Literary Theory and Criticism (4 SH)
• EN 400 Senior Research Project (4 SH)

and 12 semester credits of British Literature from the following:

• EN 327 The Neoclassical Age (4 SH)
• EN 328 The Romantic Age (4 SH)
• EN 329 The Victorian Age (4 SH)
• EN 345 Old English and Medieval Literature (4 SH)
• EN 346 Tudor and Stuart Literature (4 SH)
• EN 347 British Modernism and Contemporary British Literature (4 SH)

and 8 semester credits of American Literature from the following:

• EN 336 Nineteenth-Century American Literature (4 SH)
• EN 337 Twentieth-Century American Literature (4 SH)
• EN 338 African-American Literature (4 SH)
• EN 339 Multi-Ethnic American Literature (4 SH)

and 4 semester credits from the following:

• EN 201 Advanced College Writing (4 SH)
• EN 305 Composition Theory (4 SH)
• EN 306 Linguistics (4 SH)
• EN 310 Journalistic Essay (4 SH)
• EN 315 Creative Writing: Fiction (4 SH)
• EN 316 Creative Writing: Dramatic Forms (4 SH)
• EN 317 Creative Writing: Poetry (4 SH)
• EN 343 Studies in World Literature (4 SH)
• EN 348 Women's Literature (4 SH)
• EN 250/350 Internship in English (1-5 SH)