UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG - Mercy College

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LITERARY GENRES:
ENGL 220 The Short Story
ENGL 235 Biography and Autobiography
ENGL 270 British Novel: 1750–1900
ENGL 271 Modern British Novel: 1900–Present
ENGL 280 History of Drama
ENGL 281 Modern Drama
ENGL 285 Modern Poetry
ENGL 301 Utopian Literature
ENGL 302 The Romance
ENGL 400 Critical Approaches/Advanced Research Methods
HISTORICAL PERIODS:
ENGL 268 Harlem Renaissance
ENGL 275 Modern American Fiction
ENGL 300 Medieval Literature
ENGL 310 Renaissance Poetry and Prose
ENGL 325 The Seventeenth Century: Poetry and Prose
ENGL 330 The Eighteenth Century
ENGL 335 The Major English Romantics
ENGL 340 The Major Victorians
ENGL 360 American Colonial Writings
ENGL 365 American Romanticism
ENGL 370 American Realism
LANGUAGE AND WRITING:
ENGL 217 Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL/SPCM 259 Oral Performance of Literature
ENGL/SPCM 265 Introduction to Play Writing
ENGL/COCM 266 Writing for the Web
ENGL 402 Applied English Grammar
ENGL 404 Structure and Form of English
There is an 18-credit residency requirement in the major concentration of English
Literature.
* Three credits of this six credit Foreign Language requirement may count toward the general education
foreign language requirement.
The Four-Plus-One Program
The English Program’s Four-Plus-One Option offers a unique opportunity to qualified
undergraduates in English Literature who wish to pursue their Masters at an accelerated
pace. If they meet the admissions criteria for the Masters Program in English, including
a 3.0 GPA, they apply in the first semester of their junior year to the M.A. in English at
Mercy College. For further information see Four-Plus-One Program under Master of
Arts in English Literature of the Graduate Catalog.
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