Arts, Sciences, and Engineering 2010-2011 Bulletin - USS at Tufts

E N G L I S H >courses in British, American, and world literaturesin English; film; literary theory; and creative writing.Though diverse, these offerings are unified bythe study of textual production and the styles andpractices of writing in English. Courses in thedepartment examine literary works in their mostilluminating contexts: historical, social, philosophical,and political. The department’s courses inexpository and creative writing enable students torefine their skills through reading, frequent writingassignments, and discussion.The department serves the interests of studentswho plan to become teachers or writers of literature,as well as those preparing for other professionsthat put a high premium on cultural analysis, effectivewriting, symbolic interpretation, or media studies.Among the fields our students commonly enterare law, diplomacy, journalism, public relations,publishing, teaching, and filmmaking. Studentswho have majored (or double-majored) in Englishare also seen as especially attractive candidates bymedical, law, and business schools. Our courses arecentral to a liberal arts education, regardless ofanticipated career, because they instill a mastery ofcritical thinking, linguistic analysis, and persuasivecommunication in a world that increasinglydemands that we not only read but also readthrough the representations that we encounter.UNDERGRADUATECONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTSEnglish majors work out a sequence of courses inconsultation with their advisers. A list of approvedcourses for each category is available online throughthe English department website:http://ase.tufts.edu/english. Students must take tencourses listed or cross-listed in the departmentabove English 1, 2, 3, and 4 as follows1) One survey course from the following:English 20 Black World Literature (formerly English 36)English 21 General View of English Literature I(formerly English 51)English 22 General View of English Literature II .(formerlyEnglish 52)English 23 American Literature: First Contact to 1855 (formerlyEnglish 59)2) Two non-survey classes in American, British, orother Anglophone literature written before 1860,including at least one course in British literature.No more than one course used to fulfill this part ofthe requirement may be on Shakespeare. A list ofapproved courses for this category is available atthis link: http://ase.tufts.edu/english/undergrad/majorlist.asp#survey.3) Two non-survey courses in American, British,or Anglophone literature written after 1860. A listof approved courses for this category is available atthis link: http://ase.tufts.edu/english/undergrad/majorlist.asp#survey.4) Five remaining courses of the student’s choicefrom the department’s listings. See course listingsby semester at this link:http://ase.tufts.edu/ english/courses/.In constructing their majors, students areexpected to work with their advisers to design acoherent but wide-ranging course of study. Englishmajors should take survey courses early in theiracademic career in order to establish the necessaryfoundation for more advanced classes. We encourageall students majoring in English to explore thefull historical range of offerings; to investigate thespectrum of textual differences to be found in thestudy of Anglophone literatures, film, and oral traditions;and to include exposure to recentapproaches in English studies, such as women’sstudies, literary theory, historical materialism, andcultural studies. With the help of their advisers,English majors should seek to create programs ofstudy that expand their knowledge and challengetheir preconceptions.No more than 4 transfer courses may counttoward fulfillment of the major.Students should be aware that they may counttoward the major no more than two creative writingcourses at the introductory level in each of theareas offered (i.e. Creative Writing: Fiction; CreativeWriting: Poetry; Creative Writing: Journalism)and no more than two intermediate levelcourses in each of those areas. There is no limit onthe number of advanced creative writing courses astudent may count. Nonfiction Writing and IntermediateJournalism may each be counted only once.Students must receive a grade of C- or higher inany course that they wish to count toward the fulfillmentof English major requirements.UNDERGRADUATE MINOR PROGRAMThe minor in English requires students to take sixcourses in the department above English 1, 2, 3,and 4. The purpose of the minor is to allow studentsto experiment widely, or to follow a particu-158