Traditions of Innovation Option (12 Credits)
Traditions of Innovation allows students to explore the imaginative and practical uses of English language through a variety of courses in literature, writing, and rhetoric across historical periods. The flexibility of the English curriculum allows students to focus in literary and cultural studies, creative writing, professional and media writing, and/or rhetoric, according to individual interests and goals. In the process, students learn to gather, analyze, synthesize, and communicate information as they improve their language skills across diverse creative and critical scenarios. These skills prepare students for careers in a wide range of professional fields.
In addition to the English major’s common requirements, students selecting the Traditions of Innovation Option must fulfill the following requirements:
One 400-level course in each of the following areas:
- Medieval through Sixteenth Century (3 credits)
- Sixteenth Century through Eighteenth Century (3 credits)
- The Nineteenth Century (3 credits)
- Twentieth Century to the Present (3 credits)
Recent courses that may interest students in the Tradition of Innovation option:
- ENGL 402: Slavery in the American Imagination
- ENGL 434: Literature and Periodicals in 19th-Century America
- ENGL 447: Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
- ENGL 453: The Victorian Novel: Misfits, Monsters, and Manners
- ENGL 486: The World Novel in English
