About the Program
The English B.A. program in literature offers a liberal arts English major, the enhancement of writing skills, and electives to satisfy Intellectual Foundations requirements.
About the English Department
208 Ketchum Hall
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone: (716) 878-5417
Fax:
https://english.buffalostate.edu/
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
1. use literary terminology and the conventions of the field (including MLA-style citation) appropriately and effectively in describing and explicating texts from different genres, periods, and movements.
2. describe historical developments in literature, including the development of different literary forms/ genres and of critical and theoretical methods for exploring texts, and be able to explicate in oral discussions and in critical essays a variety of forms and genres using these perspectives.
3. recognize and describe movements, periods, and representative figures in literature, and to make connections across and within genre, gender, racial, ethnic, and national border lines.
Program Requirements
General Education 23 Requirements
33 credit hours 33
English Major Requirements (42 credit hours)
(27 credit hours must be upper-division)
Required Courses (18 credit hours)
ENG 190 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE 1 3
ENG 250 LITERARY MOVEMENTS 3
ENG 390 LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY 3
ENG 391 JUNIOR SEMINAR 3
ENG 490 SENIOR SEMINAR 3
Select one of the following Major Figure courses: 3
ENG 313 MILTON
ENG 314 CHAUCER
ENG 315 SHAKESPEARE I
ENG 316 SHAKESPEARE II
ENG 322 REPRESENTATIVE WRITERS
Pre-1900 options (9 credit hours) 2 9
ENG 130 BIBLICAL AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE
ENG 131 MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
ENG 210 BRITISH LITERATURE TO 1700
ENG 211 BRITISH LITERATURE 1700-1914
ENG 220 AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1865
ENG 313 MILTON
ENG 314 CHAUCER
ENG 315 SHAKESPEARE I
ENG 316 SHAKESPEARE II
ENG 330 LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE
ENG 335 MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE EUROPEAN LITERATURE
ENG 415 SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE
ENG 416 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE
ENG 417 BRITISH NOVEL TO 1800
ENG 418 THE BRITISH NOVEL, 1800-1900
ENG 419 ROMANTIC MOVEMENT IN BRITISH LITERATURE
ENG 420 EARLY VICTORIAN LITERATURE
ENG 421 LATER VICTORIAN LITERATURE
ENG 441 THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
ENG 442 THE AMERICAN NOVEL TO 1900
ENG 445 AMERICAN REALISM
Electives (15 credit hours) 15
Select five ENG literature courses by advisement. Courses listed above that were not used to satisfy one of the above requirements can be used as an elective.
ENG courses on film, writing, and education cannot be used to fulfill the English B.A. elective requirement.
All College Electives
45 credit hours of electives 45
Total Credit Hours 120
1 Must be taken immediately after completion of basic communication requirement or within first year of transfer to English Department.
2 If students use ENG 313, ENG 314, ENG 315, or ENG 316 to satisfy their Major Figure requirement (see above), they cannot use it to satisfy their pre-1900 requirement.