Program: English: Literature Track, B.A. - Adelphi University

2025-26 University Catalog

Mar 17, 2025

NY State Program Code: 04132
HEGIS Code: 1501.00
CIP Code: 23.0101

(36 credits)

General Education Requirements

All students must satisfy the University’s General Education and foreign language requirements , in addition to the requirements for the major.

Creating Contexts (12 credits)

ENG (0122) 206 - Constructing Canons Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 250 - The Study of Literature Credits: 3.00
One of the following:
ENG (0122) 231 - Early Literary Formations Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 232 - Modern Literary Formations Credits: 3.00
One of the following:
ENG (0122) 203 - Foundations of U.S. Latinx Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 224 - Asian American Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 262 - Black Writers I Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 263 - Black Writers I I Credits: 3.00
*A minimum grade of C is required in the above four courses

Literature in Practice (21 credits total)

Literature in Context (6 credits)

ENG (0122) 301 - Modern Drama Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 302 - Special Topics Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 303 - Modern Novel Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 304 - Contemporary Novel Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 305 - Modern Poetry Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 306 - Contemporary Poetry Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 320 - Medieval Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 321 - Renaissance Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 322 - Eighteenth-Century Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 323 - Eighteenth-Century Novel Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 324 - English Romantics Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 326 - The Victorians Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 327 - English Novel in the Nineteenth-Century Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 328 - Twentieth-Century Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 330 - Nineteenth Century Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 331 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 334 - Children In Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 340 - Chaucer Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 341 - Shakespeare I Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 342 - Shakespeare II Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 343 - Milton Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 346 - Austen Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 360 - Early American Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 361 - Nineteenth Century American Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 362 - American Literature of the Modern Period Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 365 - Musical Theatre As Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 370 - African-American Drama Credits: 3.00

Critical Perspectives (6 credits)

ENG (0122) 344 - Major Author (s) In English Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 350 - Literary Criticism And Theory Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 351 - Theories of the Text Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 353 - Theories of Literary Translation Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 355 - Reading Race Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 356 - Ecocriticism Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 357 - Reading Gender and Sexualities Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 358 - Narrative Credits: 3.00

Additional Explorations (9 credits)

In addition to the above requirements, students will select from the department’s 200- and 300- level offerings to complete the Explorations portion of the major. Of these 9 credits, at least 3 credits must be a 300-level “Literature in Context” or “Critical Perspectives” literature course. Students may request approval from the chair for a class from outside the major to count as an “Explorations” class.

Courses may include the following:

ENG (0122) 203 - Foundations of U.S. Latinx Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 217 - Interactive Fiction Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 220 - The Classical Heritage Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 221 - Fairy Tales And Folklore As Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 224 - Asian American Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 245 - Science Fiction Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 251 - Literature, Gender, and Sexualities Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 252 - Literary Landscapes Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 260 - Women and Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 262 - Black Writers I Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 263 - Black Writers I I Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 264 - The Tragic Vision Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 265 - The Comic Vision Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 267 - Literature and Other Arts Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 268 - Illness in Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 275 - Literary Editing and Publishing Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 280 - Bible In Western Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 282 - Reading Plays Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 328 - Twentieth-Century Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 330 - Nineteenth Century Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 331 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 340 - Chaucer Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 341 - Shakespeare I Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 342 - Shakespeare II Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 343 - Milton Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 346 - Austen Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 355 - Reading Race Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 356 - Ecocriticism Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 357 - Reading Gender and Sexualities Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 358 - Narrative Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 360 - Early American Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 361 - Nineteenth Century American Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 362 - American Literature of the Modern Period Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 365 - Musical Theatre As Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG (0122) 370 - African-American Drama Credits: 3.00
PFA (0192) 201 - Experiencing London Theatre Credits: 3.00
In addition to the courses listed above, eligible courses may include the following:
ENG (0122) 205 - Disability in Literature Credits: 3.00 *
* not a critical perspective or a literary history course

Literature Capstone Seminar (3 credits)

ENG (0122) 485 - Literature Capstone Seminar Credits: 3.00

Degree Map

The degree map is a term-by-term sample course schedule to make it easier for you to understand how to graduate in four years with a degree in English.