The Integrated English Studies concentration allows you to work closely with a faculty advisor to create a major of your design that explores upper-division work in more than one of our five disciplines: Creative Writing, English Education, Linguistics, Literature, and Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy.
An Integrated English Studies concentrator will forge a unique set of skills as they learn to think and make in ways that span multiple disciplines. This concentration presents that rare chance to pursue an interest of your own that refuses to rest comfortably in any one field but can only be fully explored by delving into many—and to do so with a faculty guide as your primary mentor.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion, students will be able to:
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Explain differences and overlaps across two or more disciplines within English Studies.
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Utilize multiple disciplinary methodologies in English Studies to address scholarly, cultural, ecological, political, social, and creative concerns.
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Synthesize multiple viewpoints in English Studies to meaningfully engage across disciplines and difference.
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Create independent interdisciplinary approaches in English Studies to deliberately apply gained knowledge and skills in their post-collegiate lives and careers.
The Integrated English Studies concentration opens doors to an exciting range of careers in which teamwork and collaboration, critical thinking and analysis, and creative communication are greatly valued. Students develop an interdisciplinary, highly adaptable skillset that can lead to work in several fields and industries— including healthcare, education, marketing and communications, publishing and media, law, hospitality, and more.
Effective Fall 2025
For graduation, an English major must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.00 in all Composition (CO) and English (E) courses. Students may enroll in either the standalone major or (at most) one of the concentrations under the Major in English.
| Freshman | |||
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| AUCC | Credits | ||
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 1A | 3 |
| E 150 | English Studies Symposium | 3 | |
| E 210 | Beginning Creative Writing (GT-AH2) | 1C | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| Inquiry-Based Teaching and Communicating (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||
| Language Use in Society (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||
| Creative Writing as Transformative Practice (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||
| Language for Activist Rhetoric and Writing (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||
| Introduction to Science Fiction (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||
| Contemporary Global Fiction (GT-AH2) | 1C | ||
| 1B | 1B | 3 | |
| 1C | 1C | 3 | |
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 6 | |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 4 | |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Total Credits | 31 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| Short Fiction | 3B | ||
| Contemporary Global Fiction (GT-AH2) | 1C | ||
| Introduction to Poetry | |||
| Reading Shakespeare (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||
| World Drama (GT-AH2) | 1C | ||
| Introduction to American Literature (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||
| British Literature--Medieval Period to 1800 (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||
| British Literature--After 1800 (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||
| Upper-Division English/Composition Elective1 | 3 | ||
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 3 | |
| Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3C | 3 | |
| Electives | 14 | ||
| Total Credits | 29 | ||
| Junior | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| Framing Texts and Critical Theory in Equity | 4A,4B | ||
| Principles of Writing and Rhetoric | 4A,4B | ||
| Researching and Writing Literary Criticism | 4A,4B | ||
| Introduction to the Study of Language | 4A,4B | ||
| Literary Criticism and Theory | 4A,4B | ||
| Upper-Division English/Composition Electives1 | 9 | ||
| Second Field1 | 9 | ||
| Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |
| Electives | 6 | ||
| Total Credits | 30 | ||
| Senior | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| Topics in Literature and Language | 4C | ||
| Integrated English Studies Capstone | 4C | ||
| Upper-Division English/Composition Electives1 | 6 | ||
| Second Field2 | 3 | ||
| Electives3 | 18 | ||
| Total Credits | 30 | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||
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Select Upper-Division English/Composition electives in consultation with advisor.
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The department requires majors to complete a second field. This may be met by completing the second semester of the second year of a foreign language or by completing 12 credits of upper division courses in a coherent field of study outside English.
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Select enough elective credits to bring the program total to a minimum of 120 credits, of which at least 42 must be upper-division (300- to 400-level).
Distinctive Requirements for Degree Program
For graduation, an English major must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.00 in all Composition (CO) and English (E) courses.
| Freshman | |||||
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| Semester 1 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | X | 1A | 3 | |
| E 150 | English Studies Symposium | X | 3 | ||
| Select one course from the following: | X | 3 | |||
| Inquiry-Based Teaching and Communicating (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||||
| Language Use in Society (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||||
| Creative Writing as Transformative Practice (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||||
| Language for Activist Rhetoric and Writing (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||||
| Introduction to Science Fiction (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||||
| Contemporary Global Fiction (GT-AH2) | 1C | ||||
| 1B | X | 1B | 3 | ||
| Biological and Physical Sciences | X | 3A | 4 | ||
| Total Credits | 16 | ||||
| Semester 2 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| E 210 | Beginning Creative Writing (GT-AH2) | X | 1C | 3 | |
| Arts and Humanities | X | 3B | 6 | ||
| 1C | X | 1C | 3 | ||
| Elective | X | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Sophomore | |||||
| Semester 3 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Select one course from the following: | X | 3 | |||
| Short Fiction | 3B | ||||
| Contemporary Global Fiction (GT-AH2) | 1C | ||||
| Introduction to Poetry | |||||
| Reading Shakespeare (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||||
| World Drama (GT-AH2) | 1C | ||||
| Introduction to American Literature (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||||
| British Literature--Medieval Period to 1800 (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||||
| British Literature--After 1800 (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||||
| Biological and Physical Sciences | X | 3A | 3 | ||
| Electives | X | 9 | |||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Semester 4 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Upper-Division English/Composition Elective | X | 3 | |||
| Historical Perspectives | X | 3D | 3 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | X | 3C | 3 | ||
| Electives | X | 5 | |||
| Total Credits | 14 | ||||
| Junior | |||||
| Semester 5 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Select one course from the following: | X | 3 | |||
| Framing Texts and Critical Theory in Equity | 4A,4B | ||||
| Principles of Writing and Rhetoric | 4A,4B | ||||
| Researching and Writing Literary Criticism | 4A,4B | ||||
| Introduction to the Study of Language | 4A,4B | ||||
| Literary Criticism and Theory | 4A,4B | ||||
| Upper-Division English/Composition Electives | X | 6 | |||
| Second Field | X | 3 | |||
| Advanced Writing | X | 2 | 3 | ||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Semester 6 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Upper-Division English/Composition Elective | X | 3 | |||
| Second Field | X | 6 | |||
| Electives | X | 6 | |||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Senior | |||||
| Semester 7 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Select one from the following: | X | 3 | |||
| Topics in Literature and Language | 4C | ||||
| Integrated English Studies Capstone | 4C | ||||
| Upper-Division English/Composition Elective | X | 3 | |||
| Second Field | X | 3 | |||
| Electives | X | 6 | |||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Semester 8 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
| Upper-Division English/Composition Elective | X | 3 | |||
| Electives | X | 12 | |||
| The benchmark courses for the 8th semester are the remaining courses in the entire program of study. | X | ||||
| Total Credits | 15 | ||||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||||