Table of Contents - Hartwick College

331 Chaucer
333 Middle English Literature
335 English Renaissance
336 and 337 Shakespeare I and II
340 17th Century British Literature
345 18th Century British Literature
350 Selected Topics in Literature Before 1800
367 British Authors Before 1800
368 Issues in British Literature and Culture Before 1800
369 Studies in British Poetry Before 1800
450 Seminar in Literature Before 1800
At least three 300/400-level courses must be part of a four-course
literature concentration designed by the student and approved by the
department no later than spring of the junior year. A concentration
may be in a single literary genre, an historical period, a topic, an
author or combination of authors, or in cultural studies. One of the
four courses may be a creative writing course or a relevant course
from another department. Senior seminars and directed studies,
exclusive of the Senior Project, may count if appropriate, as may the
before-1800 courses at the 300/400 level required above.
450 Seminar in Selected Topics
490 Senior Project
One of the 300/400-level courses must be an Approaches (A) course.
The balance of the 12 required courses may be literature
courses at any level. One creative writing course is allowed, but
expository writing and public speaking courses are not.
Grades for all courses taken in English above 111 are used to calculate
the average in the major for Departmental Distinction.
Requirements for the major with a concentration in creative
writing: Minimum of 13 courses, nine in literature, four in creative
writing, distributed as follows:
Two courses at the 200 level:
230 British Literature: Beginnings to 18 th Century
240 American Literature: Beginnings to the Civil War
Nine courses at the 300/400 level, distributed as follows:
Two courses in literature before 1800, selected from the list above
At least three 300/400-level courses must be part of a four-course
creative writing concentration designed by the student and approved
by the department no later than spring of the junior year.
450 Seminar in Selected Topics
490 Senior Project—may be either in creative writing or in literature
One of the above 300/400-level courses must be an Approaches (A)
course.
The balance of the 13 required courses must be literature
courses at any level.
Requirements for the major with an emphasis in writing: 16
courses, distributed as follows:
Eleven courses distributed in the same fashion as those for the major
with a concentration in literature
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