Major in English, Integrated English Studies Concentration

English students and faculty craft buttons at the English Studies Possibilities Fair. Text reads “Integrated English Studies”.

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

Integrated English Studies students will complete the learning objectives set for all English majors:

1. Critically analyze varied texts, individually and in community, informed by the methods employed in English studies.

2. Examine how texts are created and interact with local and global systems.

3. Craft written work informed by the genres and methods in English studies and adapted to audience and context.

4. Inquire into and demonstrate intellectual growth in the disciplines of English.

Where can Integrated English Studies take you?

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 2026

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
		AUCC	Credits
CO 150	College Composition (GT-CO2)	1A	3
E 150	English Studies Symposium		3
Select two courses from the following:			6
E 200	Inquiry-Based Teaching and Communicating	3B
E 202	English Language Use in Society	1C
E 204	Creative Writing as Transformative Practice	3B
E 206	Language for Activist Rhetoric and Writing	3B
E 210	Beginning Creative Writing	1C
E 237	Introduction to Science Fiction (GT-AH2)	3B
E 238	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
E 236	Short Fiction	3B
E 238	Contemporary Global Fiction (GT-AH2)	1C
E 240	Introduction to Poetry
E 242	Shakespeare's Afterlives (GT-AH2)	3B
E 245	World Drama (GT-AH2)	1C
E 270	Introduction to American Literature (GT-AH2)	3B
E 276	British Literature--Medieval Period to 1800 (GT-AH2)	3B
E 277	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
E 301	Framing Texts and Critical Theory in Equity	4A,4B
E 305	Principles of Writing and Rhetoric	4A,4B
E 310	Researching and Writing Literary Criticism	4A,4B
E 320	Introduction to the Study of Language	4A,4B
E 341	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
E 465	Topics in Literature and Language	4C
E 466	Integrated English Studies Capstone	4C
Upper-Division English/Composition Electives¹			6
Second Field²			3
Electives³			18
	Total Credits		30
	Program Total Credits:		120

¹: Select Upper-Division English/Composition electives in consultation with advisor.
²: 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.
³: 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*
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
E 200	Inquiry-Based Teaching and Communicating			3B
E 202	English Language Use in Society			1C
E 204	Creative Writing as Transformative Practice			3B
E 206	Language for Activist Rhetoric and Writing			3B
E 210	Beginning Creative Writing			1C
E 237	Introduction to Science Fiction (GT-AH2)			3B
E 238	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
Select one course from the following:		X			3
E 200	Inquiry-Based Teaching and Communicating			3B
E 202	English Language Use in Society			1C
E 204	Creative Writing as Transformative Practice			3B
E 206	Language for Activist Rhetoric and Writing			3B
E 210	Beginning Creative Writing	X		1C
E 237	Introduction to Science Fiction (GT-AH2)			3B
E 238	Contemporary Global Fiction (GT-AH2)			1C
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
E 236	Short Fiction			3B
E 238	Contemporary Global Fiction (GT-AH2)			1C
E 240	Introduction to Poetry
E 242	Shakespeare's Afterlives (GT-AH2)			3B
E 245	World Drama (GT-AH2)			1C
E 270	Introduction to American Literature (GT-AH2)			3B
E 276	British Literature--Medieval Period to 1800 (GT-AH2)			3B
E 277	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
E 301	Framing Texts and Critical Theory in Equity			4A,4B
E 305	Principles of Writing and Rhetoric			4A,4B
E 310	Researching and Writing Literary Criticism			4A,4B
E 320	Introduction to the Study of Language			4A,4B
E 341	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
E 465	Topics in Literature and Language			4C
E 466	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