Undergraduate Courses in Language and Literature

Academic Year 2023-2024

The English Department at BU offers a range of courses for non-majors and more advanced students. Many of our courses fulfill multiple Hub capacities, and most are seminar-size (20 students or less). We encourage critical and creative thinking and writing, intellectual exploration, and interactions between students and professors.

Classes range across genres, history, and the globe and include a diversity of voices. Because the major and minor offer flexibility, students can take the classes that interest them most.

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All courses carry 4 credits, unless otherwise indicated.

One course numbered CAS EN 121 – 201 and 203 – 215 may count toward the seven additional courses, provided it was taken before or concurrently with EN 220.

If you are considering a major or minor in English, you should take EN 220 rather than WR 150, 151, or 152.

Please note that a class may not be used to fulfill more than one distribution requirement.

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Fall 2024 Courses that Fulfill English Major Requirements: 

Courses meeting requirements for students who have declared an English major prior to FA 22:

  • EN 220: Seminar in Literature
  • EN 221: Major Authors
  • EN 322: British Literature I
  • EN 323: British Literature II
  • Pre-1800 British or American Literature: EN 326, EN 341
  • Pre-1900 American Literature: EN 345
  • Critical Methods: EN 465, EN471, EN 486
  • Diverse Literatures in English:  EN 326, EN327, EN 356, EN 465, EN 486, EN 537, EN574

Courses meeting requirements for students declaring an English major in FA 22 and after:

  • EN 101: Encounters: Reading Across Time and Space
  • EN 220: Seminar in Literature
  • Critical Methods: EN 465, EN471, EN 486
  • Power, Identity, and Difference: EN 326, EN327, EN 356, EN 465, EN 486, EN 537, EN574
  • British or American Literature before 1700: EN 326, EN 363
  • British or American Literature, 1700-1900: EN 341, EN 345

*Please note again that the same course cannot be used fulfill two separate requirements. I.e.: students may choose to count EN 452 either as a “Critical Methods” course or as a “Diverse Literatures in English,” but they may not have EN 452 count as both

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Spring 2024 Courses that Fulfill English Major Requirements:

Courses meeting requirements for students who have declared an English major prior to FA 22:

  • EN 220: Seminar in Literature
  • EN 221: Major Authors
  • EN 322: British Literature I
  • EN 323: British Literature II
  • Pre-1800 British or American Literature: EN 326, EN 333, EN 341, EN 364, EN 570
  • Pre-1900 American Literature: EN 333
  • Critical Methods: EN 406, EN 477, EN 482; EN 486
  • Diverse Literatures in English:  EN 326, EN348, EN 360, EN390, EN 477, EN 482, EN 486, EN 562, EN 570

Courses meeting requirements for students declaring an English major in FA 22 and after:

  •  EN 101: Encounters: Reading Across Time and Space
  •  EN 220: Seminar in Literature
  •  Critical Methods: EN 406, EN 477, EN 482, EN 484
  •  Power, Identity, and Difference:  EN 326, EN348, EN 360, EN390, EN 477, EN 482, EN 486, EN 562, EN 570**
  •  British or American Literature before 1700: EN 322, EN 326, EN 364, EN 570
  •  British or American Literature, 1700-1900: EN 323, EN 333, EN 341

*Please note again that the same course cannot be used fulfill two separate requirements. I.e.: students may choose to count EN 452 either as a “Critical Methods” course or as a “Diverse Literatures in English,” but they may not have EN 452 count as both.

** EN570 is petitionable for PID requirement credit in Spring ’24 only. Please contact instructor for details.

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