Degree Requirements
Minimum Credit Requirement: 128 credits
Minimum Residency Requirement: 32 credits must be taken at UNH
Minimum GPA: 2.0 required for conferral*
Core Curriculum Required: Discovery & Writing Program Requirements
Foreign Language Requirement: Yes
All Major, Option and Elective Requirements as indicated.
*Major GPA requirements as indicated.
Major Requirements
As an English literature major, you must complete a minimum of 40 credits of major coursework with a grade of C- or better, with the exception of ENGL 419 How to Read Anything, which you must complete with a grade of C or better. You may not use ENGL 401 First-Year Writing, ENGL 415s, "Literature and..." courses, or ENGL 444 classes to satisfy major requirements.
A minimum of six courses must be completed at the 600 level or higher.
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
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ENGL 419 | How to Read Anything 1 | |
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ENGL 714 | Critical Skills | |
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ENGL 787 | English Major Seminar | |
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
ENGL/LING 405 | Introduction to Linguistics | |
ENGL 501 | Introduction to Creative Nonfiction | |
ENGL 502 | Professional and Technical Writing | |
ENGL 503 | Persuasive Writing | |
ENGL 510 | Introduction to the Digital Humanities | |
ENGL 511 | Major Writers in English | |
ENGL 512 | British Literature I Age of Heroes: Beowulf to Dr. Faustus | |
ENGL 513W | British Literature II Age of Revolutions: Shakespeare to Austen | |
ENGL 514W | British Literature III: Revolts, Renewals, Migrations | |
ENGL #515W | American Literature I Conquest and Nation: First Contact to the Civil War | |
ENGL 516W | American Literature II Money, Migration, and Modernity: Huck Finn to Beloved | |
ENGL #517 | Black Creative Expression | |
ENGL 518W | Bible as Literature | |
ENGL 520 | Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction | |
ENGL 521 | Nature Writers | |
ENGL 526 | Introduction to Fiction Writing | |
ENGL 527 | Introduction to Poetry Writing | |
ENGL 533 | Introduction to Film Studies | |
ENGL 534 | 21st Century Journalism: How the News Works | |
ENGL 549 | In the Groove: African American Music as Literature | |
ENGL 550 | Introduction to the Literature and Culture of Race | |
ENGL 555 | Science Fiction | |
ENGL 560 | Introduction to Latinx Literature and Culture | |
ENGL 575 | Sex and Sensibility: The Rise of Chick Lit | |
ENGL 581 | Reading the Postcolonial Experience | |
ENGL 585 | Introduction to Women in Literature | |
ENGL 585R | Introduction to Women in Literature | |
ENGL 595 | Literary Topics | |
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
ENGL 512 | British Literature I Age of Heroes: Beowulf to Dr. Faustus | |
or ENGL 513W | British Literature II Age of Revolutions: Shakespeare to Austen |
ENGL 595 | Literary Topics (if topic is appropriate) | |
ENGL 657 | Shakespeare | |
ENGL 693R | Special Topics in Literature (if topic is appropriate) | |
ENGL 751 | Medieval Romance | |
ENGL 753 | Old English | |
ENGL 756 | Chaucer | |
ENGL 758 | Advanced Shakespeare | |
ENGL 758R | Advanced Shakespeare | |
ENGL 759 | Milton | |
ENGL #767 | Literature of the Restoration and Early 18th Century | |
ENGL 780 | Drama of Shakespeare's Contemporaries: Will and Company | |
ENGL #783 | English Novel of the Eighteenth Century | |
ENGL 787 | English Major Seminar (if topic is appropriate) | |
ENGL 787R | English Major Seminar (if topic is appropriate) | |
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
ENGL 514W | British Literature III: Revolts, Renewals, Migrations | |
or ENGL 516W | American Literature II Money, Migration, and Modernity: Huck Finn to Beloved |
ENGL 595 | Literary Topics (if topic is appropriate) | |
ENGL 609 | Ethnicity in America: The African American Experience in the 20th Century | |
ENGL 636 | Literature and the Environment | |
ENGL 650 | I Hear America Singing: Studying American Literature and Culture | |
ENGL 681 | Contemporary African Literature | |
ENGL 690 | African American Literature | |
ENGL 693R | Special Topics in Literature (if topic is appropriate) | |
ENGL 738 | Asian American Studies | |
ENGL 739 | American Indian Literature | |
ENGL 743R | American Literature, 1865-1915: The Birth of the American Empire | |
ENGL 749R | Major American Authors | |
ENGL 773 | Literary Modernisms: Return, Revolt, Recycle | |
ENGL 774R | Modern & Contemporary British Literature: New Departures | |
ENGL 775 | Modern Irish Literature: A Changing Landscape | |
ENGL #777 | The English Novel in the World | |
ENGL 782 | Modern and Contemporary Drama | |
ENGL 784 | English Novel of the 19th Century | |
ENGL 787 | English Major Seminar (if topic is appropriate) | |
ENGL 787R | English Major Seminar (if topic is appropriate) | |
ENGL 797R | Special Studies in Literature (Race & Racial Theories) (if topic is appropriate) | |
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
ENGL 440A | On Race in Culture and Society | |
ENGL #517 | Black Creative Expression | |
ENGL 549 | In the Groove: African American Music as Literature | |
ENGL 550 | Introduction to the Literature and Culture of Race | |
ENGL 560 | Introduction to Latinx Literature and Culture | |
ENGL 585R | Introduction to Women in Literature | |
ENGL 609 | Ethnicity in America: The African American Experience in the 20th Century | |
ENGL 650R | I Hear America Singing: Studying American Literature and Culture | |
ENGL 690 | African American Literature | |
ENGL 693 | Special Topics in Literature (subtopic R) | |
ENGL 693R | Special Topics in Literature | |
ENGL 738 | Asian American Studies | |
ENGL 739 | American Indian Literature | |
ENGL 743R | American Literature, 1865-1915: The Birth of the American Empire | |
ENGL 749R | Major American Authors | |
ENGL 758R | Advanced Shakespeare | |
ENGL 774R | Modern & Contemporary British Literature: New Departures | |
ENGL 778 | Race and Gender in Film and Popular Culture | |
ENGL 787R | English Major Seminar | |
ENGL 797R | Special Studies in Literature (Race & Racial Theories) | |
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
ENGL 581 | Reading the Postcolonial Experience | |
ENGL 681 | Contemporary African Literature | |
ENGL 773 | Literary Modernisms: Return, Revolt, Recycle | |
ENGL 775 | Modern Irish Literature: A Changing Landscape | |
ENGL #777 | The English Novel in the World | |
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
ENGL 520 | Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction | |
ENGL 555 | Science Fiction | |
ENGL 575 | Sex and Sensibility: The Rise of Chick Lit | |
ENGL 585R | Introduction to Women in Literature | |
ENGL 616A | Studies in Film/Genre | |
ENGL 616B | Studies in Film/Authorship | |
ENGL 616C | Studies in Film/Culture and Ideology | |
ENGL 616D | Studies in Film/Narrative and Style | |
ENGL 618 | Film Theory | |
ENGL 693R | Special Topics in Literature (if topic is appropriate) | |
ENGL 778 | Race and Gender in Film and Popular Culture | |
ENGL 797R | Special Studies in Literature (Race & Racial Theories) | |
Please see your advisor if you have questions about other courses that might fulfill these requirements.
Candidates for a degree must satisfy all of the University Discovery Program requirements in addition to satisfying the requirements of each individual major program. Bachelor of arts candidates must also satisfy the foreign language proficiency requirement.
The required minimum overall GPA in major coursework is 2.0.
English Literature majors may use one major-required course to satisfy one Discovery category requirement.
Majors may only count one online course toward their English major requirements.