Program: English [ENG] - SUNY Cortland - Modern Campus Catalog™

2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog

Apr 06, 2025

The following courses meet the College’s requirement for the bachelor of arts and the major in English. The bachelor of arts requires proficiency in a foreign language.

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A. Required Courses: 21 credit hours

ENG 203 - Introduction to Poetry (3 cr. hr.)
English majors must pass ENG 203 and ENG 302 with a grade of C- or better.
ENG 302 - Writing About Literature (3 cr. hr.)
English majors must pass ENG 203 and ENG 302 with a grade of C- or better.
ENG 325 - American Literature Before 1900 (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 326 - American Literature Since 1900 (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 355 - Major Figures in British Literature to 1780 (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 356 - Major Figures in British Literature 1780-Present (3 cr. hr.)

One course in literature before 1800 from the following:

ENG 433 - Shakespeare (3 cr. hr.)
The English Department strongly urges students to take ENG 433
ENG 438 - Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 440 - The Age of Satire (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 441 - The Age of Sensibility (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 442 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama (3 cr. hr.)

For those who meet eligibility requirements

This requirement may also be met with one of the following 500-level courses:

ENG 530 - Chaucer (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 538 - Studies in Seventeenth-Century English Literature (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 539 - Milton (3 cr. hr.)

B. Other English Courses:

15 credit hours of ENG courses with at least 12 credit hours at the 400 level. (ENG 402 does not count toward this requirement).

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 124

Example of the B.A. in English over four years

First Year

Fall Total credit hours: 16-17

Foreign language
GE course
GE course
Free elective

COR 101 - The Cortland Experience: A First Year Seminar (1 cr. hr.)
CPN 100 - Academic Writing I (3 cr. hr.)
or
CPN 102 - Academic Writing in the Community I (4 cr. hr.)

Spring Total credit hours: 15-16

Foreign language
GE course
GE course

CPN 101 - Academic Writing II (3 cr. hr.)
or
CPN 103 - Academic Writing in the Community II (4 cr. hr.)
ENG 203 - Introduction to Poetry (3 cr. hr.)

Second Year

Fall Total credit hours: 15-16

Foreign language
GE course

ENG 302 - Writing About Literature (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 325 - American Literature Before 1900 (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 355 - Major Figures in British Literature to 1780 (3 cr. hr.)

Spring Total credit hours: 15-16

Foreign language
GE course
GE course

ENG 326 - American Literature Since 1900 (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 356 - Major Figures in British Literature 1780-Present (3 cr. hr.)

Third Year

Fall Total credit hours: 15

ENG (400 level)
ENG elective
GE course
Course in minor
Elective

Spring Total credit hours: 15

ENG literature before 1800
ENG (400 level)
Course in minor
GE course
Elective

Fourth Year

Fall Total credit hours: 15

ENG (400 level)
Course in minor
Course in minor
Elective
Elective

Spring Total credit hours: 15

ENG (400 level)
Course in minor
Course in minor
Elective
Elective

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A. Required Courses: 21 credit hours

One course in literature before 1800 from the following:

For those who meet eligibility requirements

B. Other English Courses:

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 124

Example of the B.A. in English over four years

First Year

Fall Total credit hours: 16-17

Spring Total credit hours: 15-16

Second Year

Fall Total credit hours: 15-16

Spring Total credit hours: 15-16

Third Year

Fall Total credit hours: 15

Spring Total credit hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Total credit hours: 15

Spring Total credit hours: 15

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