English majors must complete a total of 42 hours of English from the following list
AND 42 hours General Core Coursework .

English majors must take 15 hours of first-year and sophomore-level courses:

1001	Freshman Composition I
1002	Freshman Composition II
2001	English Literature I
2002	English Literature II
2005 or 2006	American Literature I and II

24 of the 42 hours must be at the upper level, of which at least 18 hours should be at the 400-level.

Upper-level courses also should satisfy the following requirements:

Students must take at least one of the 2 Junior Seminars:

English 3050 (Prose)

OR

English 3051 (Poetry/Drama)

At least one 4000-level class should have a significant theoretical or interdisciplinary content. This course may be chosen from among the following three courses:

4025 Literary Criticism 4082 Linguistics 4083 History of the English Language

At least one class —which can also fulfill a period requirement—should be a “major author” class. This class may be chosen from among the following four courses:

40036 Chaucer 40037 Shakespeare’s Tragedies 40038 Shakespeare’s Comedies and Histories 40039 Milton *Note: This course also may be used to fulfill one of the Pre-1700 period requirements.

Students should complete at least two 4000-level classes from the following three categories:

(1)	Two 4000-level courses prior to 1700:
	4036 Chaucer 4037 Shakespeare’s Tragedies 4038 Shakespeare’s Comedies and Histories 4039 Milton 4071 Medieval Literature 4072 Renaissance 4073 Seventeenth Century
(2)	Two 4000-level courses 1700-1900:
	4005 English Novel to 1800 4006 Nineteenth-Century English Novel *4013 American Novel 4074 Eighteenth Century 4075 Romantic Movement 4076 Victorian Period 4078 American Literary Masters (to 1850) *Note: The content of English 413 may vary.
(3)	Two 4000-level         Literature 1900-present [Literary Emphasis]         and/or Creative Writing [Creative Writing Emphasis]         and/or Technical Writing [Professional Writing Emphasis] courses:
	Choose any 2 for Literary Emphasis         4007 Twentieth Century English Novel         4009 Modern Poetry         4010 Modern Drama         4013 American Novel (content varies)         4016 Modern European Fiction         4026 Multicultural Literature         4027 Literature of the South         4079 American Literary Masters (post-1850) Choose any 2 for Creative Writing Emphasis         4090 Advanced Poetry Writing         4091 Advanced Fiction Writing Choose any 2 for Professional Writing Emphasis         4020 Research for Technical Writers         4040 Graphic Presentation in Technical Communication         4041 Advanced Technical Writing         4042 Style and Editing in Technical Writing         4043 Writing Computer Documentation         4080 Internship in Technical and Professional Communication

Such courses as 3009 (Louisiana Life and Literature), 3010 (Science Fiction), 3011 (The Short Story), 3012 (Contemporary American Fiction), 3015 (Creative Writing), 3050 (Junior Seminar—Prose), 3051 (Junior Seminar—Poetry/Drama), 0393 (Mythology of the Greeks and Romans), 3094 (Classical Tragedy and Comedy), and Directed Studies (English 4050,4051) may also be used to fulfill period requirements when they are part of an otherwise balanced curriculum.