University of Nebraska at Omaha

Core Requirements. 15 Hours.

Note on core and all three concentrations:

*Although certain courses can apply in different categories, no one specific course can be used to satisfy more than one category.

Note to graduating seniors:

*In order to graduate, majors must complete outcomes assessment measures designated by the department.

Three hours from the following American Literature survey classes:

ENGL 2450 American Literature (I)
ENGL 2460 American Literature (II)

AND

Three hours from the following British Literature survey classes:

ENGL 2310 Introduction to English Literature (I)
ENGL 2320 Introduction to English Literature (II)

AND

Three hours from the following literature survey classes:

ENGL 2310 Introduction to English Literature (I)
ENGL 2320 Introduction to English Literature (II)
ENGL 2450 American Literature (I)
ENGL 2460 American Literature (II)
ENGL 2470 Native American Literature
ENGL 2500 Literature of Western Civilization: The Ancient World
ENGL 2510 Literature of Western Civilization: Middle Ages to Age of Enlightenment
ENGL 2520 Literature of Western Civilization: The Modern World

AND

AND

Three hours of the following classes:

ENGL 4990 Senior Capstone Seminar.

Concentration Requirements. 27 Hours.

Three hours of the following writing classes:

ENGL 2410 Critical Approaches to Literature (preferred course for this concentration)
ENGL 2420 Critical Theory and Writing (acceptable with permission when 2410 is not offered)

AND

Twelve hours from the following American Literature classes:

ENGL 4020 American Poetry
ENGL 4040 Contemporary Poetry of England and America
ENGL 4060 The American Novel
ENGL 4080 The American Drama
ENGL 4140 American Literary Realism and Naturalism
ENGL 4160 Topics in American Regionalism
ENGL 4180 Major Movements in Contemporary Literature
ENGL 4230 Latino Literature
ENGL 4250 Introduction to Women’s Studies in Literature
ENGL 4260 Women of Color Writers
ENGL 4270 Women Writers of the West
ENGL 4920 Great Characters
ENGL 4940 The History of Literary Criticism
ENGL 4960 Topics in Language and Literature (when topic is American Lit.)
ENGL 4980 Independent Study (only with permission and when topic is American Lit.)

AND

Three hours from the following pre-1800 British Literature classes:

ENGL 4310 Middle English Literature
ENGL 4320 Chaucer
ENGL 4330 Sixteenth Century Literature
ENGL 4350 Shakespeare’s Contemporaries
ENGL 4360 Seventeenth Century Literature
ENGL 4370 Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature
ENGL 4380 The Eighteenth Century English Novel
ENGL 4940 The History of Literary Criticism
ENGL 4960 Topics in Language and Literature (when topic is pre-1800 British Lit.)
ENGL 4980 Independent Study (only with permission and when topic is pre-1800 British Lit.)

AND

Three hours from the following post-1800 British Literature classes:

ENGL 3430 Irish Literature
ENGL 4040 Contemporary Poetry of England and America
ENGL 4180 Major Movements in Contemporary Literature
ENGL 4410 Literature of the Romantic Period
ENGL 4420 Literature of the Victorian Period
ENGL 4430 The Nineteenth Century English Novel
ENGL 4460 The Twentieth Century English Novel
ENGL 4480 Twentieth Century English Literature
ENGL 4940 The History of Literary Criticism
ENGL 4960 Topics in Language and Literature (when topic is post-1800 British Lit.)
ENGL 4980 Independent Study (only with permission and when topic is post-1800 British Lit.)

AND

Three hours from the following Linguistics classes:

ENGL 4610 Introduction to Linguistics
ENGL 4620 History of English

AND

Three hours from the following Writing and Linguistics classes:

ENGL 4610 Introduction to Linguistics
ENGL 4620 History of English
ENGL 4650 Structure of English
ENGL 4670 Sociolinguistics
ENGL 4690 Topics in Linguistics
ENGL 4710 Communication/Intercultural
ENGL 4730 Rhetoric
ENGL 4750 Composition Theory and Practice
ENGL 4810 Digital Literacies for Technical Communication
ENGL 4820 Autobiography
ENGL 4830 Technical Communication
ENGL 4840 Travel Writing
ENGL 4850 Information Design for Technical Communicators
ENGL 4860 Modern Familiar Essay
ENGL 4870 Technical Editing
ENGL 4880 Community Service Writing
ENGL 4890 Technical Communication Capstone Course
ENGL 4960 Topics in Language and Literature (when topic is writing)
ENGL 4980 Independent Study (only with permission and when topic is writing)