English Degrees

English Degree Requirements

	Major	Core	To Graduate
English: Literature	39	43/46	120
English: Writing	39	43/46	120
English/Secondary Education	39	43/46	120

Requirements for All English Majors

All majors are required to consult either the chairperson or their advisors prior to registration each semester. The responsibility of fulfilling the department’s requirements, however, rests with the student.

Additionally: Education majors, Secondary and Elementary, must consult with Marywood’s Department of Education in order to fulfill the education sequence and QPA requirements in an orderly and accurate manner.

In order for the English Department to recommend a major for graduation, 50 percent of the student’s English courses must have been taken at Marywood with a minimum QPA of 2.33 in the major. Similarly, 50 percent of courses used to fulfill minor requirements must have been taken at Marywood University with a minimum QPA of 2.33 in the minor.

Gateway Course for Literature and Writing

ENGL 170 Introduction to Literary Studies (3)

The class is an introduction to the discipline of English and the practices of literary and writing studies, including (but not limited to) close reading, research in the discipline, principles of literacy and rhetorical analysis, conventions of various genres of literature and writing, and genre formation, as well as approaches to writing about literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 160 . Required for English: Literature and English: Writing majors.