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English

Shannon Miller, Department Chair
1042 Anderson Hall
215-204-7560
smiller@temple.edu

Gabriel Wettach, Director of Undergraduate Studies
1030 Anderson Hall
215-204–7561
gwettach@temple.edu

10th Floor, Anderson Hall
215-204-7561
www.temple.edu/english/

Requirements for English Major
Requirements for English Minor
Writing Certificate


The English major helps students develop as readers of interesting, complex texts, including literary texts. Majors read writing from a variety of historical contexts and cultures; this experience builds their understanding of the relation between society and language. English majors become critical and reflective readers, aware of the history and development of writing in English. They are also good, inventive writers, able to analyze problems, to do careful and inventive research, to argue and to evaluate the arguments of others.

The English major is good preparation for a career in writing or editing—of stories, speeches, legal documents, advertising, research projects, poems, grant proposals, essays, or letters. English majors also find careers in publishing and journalism, public relations, business, industry, management, marketing, social services, and government. English is a strong pre-professional major for law, medicine, library science, and teaching.

The English department has a distinguished faculty of nationally-known critics, writers, and scholars who will teach you, usually in small classes. You will choose from a range of exciting courses (about forty English courses each semester) and from interdisciplinary programs such as the Five-year Program in English and Education, Temple’s special minor in Business, or a double major in English and any other department throughout the University. Internships are offered with area institutions such as the Temple Press, the University of Pennsylvania Press, the Urban League, WHYY public radio, Philadelphia Magazine, United Way, the Red Cross, Bread and Roses, J. B. Lippincott Publishers, First Union Bank, and the Academy of Natural Sciences. The department offers community-based projects, such as the New City Press and our Institute for the Study of Literature, Literacy, and Culture. There is an active program of readings by resident and visiting writers and artists. Students are active in writing and producing literary magazines: Hyphen is published on the main campus, and The Parable at Ambler.


 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR

Department Course # Course Name Hours RCI
English 2097 Introduction to English Studies 3 WI
English 2201 Survey of English Literature: Beginnings to 1660 3  
English 2202 Survey of English Literature: 1660-1900 3  
English 2301 Survey of American Literature I 3  
English 2302 Survey of American Literature II 3  
English 2000+ level courses Three English Electives 9  
English 3000+ level courses Three English Electives 9  
English 4000 level courses One Senior Capstone Course 3 WI*
         
Total     36  
*Indicates writing capstone for the major    

 

Distinction in Major

Students need at least a 3.65 GPA in their English courses to earn distinction in major.


 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR

Department Course # Course Name Hours RCI
         
Select two Literature Surveys from: 6  
English
English
English
English
2201
2202
2301
2302
Survey of English Literature: Beginnings to 1660
Survey of English Literature: 1660-1900
Survey of American Literature I
Survey of American Literature II
   
         
Select four Electives in English, no more than two of which are in writing
(creative, technical, or business):
 
English   2000- and 3000-level electives 12  
Total     18  


WRITING CERTIFICATE

Department Course # Course Name Hours RCI
         
Select a total of five courses in Writing.  At least one from each area listed below, no more than
three in any single area. All of the courses must average a grade of B or higher.
Advanced Expository and Professional Writing Electives     3-9  
English 2496 Introduction to Non Fiction   WI
English 2696 Technical Writing   WI
English 2796 Writing the Research Essay   WI
English 2596 Writing for Business and Industry   WI
English 3085 Career Internship    
         
Creative Writing       3-9  
English 2196 Creative Writing: Poetry   WI
English 2296 Creative Writing: Fiction   WI
English 2396 Creative Writing: Plays   WI
English 3196 Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry   WI
English 3296 Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction   WI
English 3396 Advanced Creative Writing: Plays   WI
English 3813 Writers at Work    
         
Writing Theory       3-9  
English 2897 Literacy and Society   WI
English 2898 Texts/Cultures of Science   WI
English 3821 Linguistics and Grammar    
English 3823 History of the English Language    
English 3822 Semantics    
English 3811 Theories of Discourse    
English 4196 Studies in Language and Literacy   WI
         
Total     15  

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