Literature
The Literature Program offers opportunities to study traditional and popular literature and literary criticism, as well as various writing practices in their social and historical contexts.
- Literature program
- Major Requirements
- Minor Requirements
- Africana Studies–English Literature Joint Major
- Children’s Literature certificate
Composition
Courses in the Composition Program focus attention on students' own writing and on the diverse situations and uses of written discourse. Its offerings include introductory and advanced courses and specialized courses designed to serve specific career goals.
- Composition program
- Major in Public and Professional Writing
- Public and Professional Writing Certificate
Writing
The Writing Program, the oldest and largest creative writing program in the United States, offers concentrations in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction writing.
- Writing program
- Major requirements (fiction, poetry, nonfiction)
- Minor requirements
Film and Media Studies
The Film and Media Studies Program offers a series of courses in English that function as electives in the literature and writing majors. They also count for the interdisciplinary film studies major (see below).
- Major requirements (interdisciplinary)
- Minor requirements (interdisciplinary)
- Film and Media Production Track (interdisciplinary)