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English BA
Concentration in Standard English Concentration

Brooklyn College

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Major in English BA at Brooklyn College
Concentration in Standard English Concentration

Credits required to complete this program: 47
No credits may be taken pass-fail for this Concentration.
At least 15 credits in any ENGL. course between 2120 and 5600, any CMLT. course between 3601 and 5600, AFST. 3220, AFST. 3221, AFST. 3260, AFST. 3245, AFST. 3240, AFST. 3230, PRLS. 3315, WMST. 3115, WMST. 3117, WGST. 3115, WGST. 3117, AMST. 3404, AMST. 3302, AMST. 3402, AMST. 3304, SOCY. 2530, THEA. 3701, TVRA. 3850, TREM. 3850, CLAS. 3224, CLAS 34, CLAS 847, PHIL 847, ENG 45, CMPLT 26W, or SPAN 54 with a grade of C- or better and taken at Brooklyn College are required for this Major.

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I: Overview of Literary Study I
(1 classes required)
ENGL. 2120: Overview of Literary Study I: Representative Selections of World Literature CO-REQUISITE OF ENGL. 1012 IS REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS COURSE. Credits: 4 Hours: 4.0 Lecture hours 4 hours; 4 credits Studies in literature and culture from the Middle Ages through the Eighteenth Century. Part I of a two-course overview with three principal focuses: 1) the major literary and intellectual movements in historical perspective; 2) the language of literary analysis and the close reading of texts in the genres; and 3) literature as viewed through the various lenses of contemporary theory and critical discourses. Co-requisite: English 1012 [2] or [2.7] This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
I: Overview of Literary Study II
(1 classes required)
ENGL. 2121: Overview of Literary Study II: Representative Selections of World Literature CO-REQUISITE OF ENGL. 1012 IS REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS COURSE. Credits: 4 Hours: 4.0 Lecture hours 4 hours; 4 credits Studies in literature and culture from nineteenth-century Romanticism through the present. Part II of a two-course general survey and overview with three principal focuses: 1) the major literary and intellectual movements in historical perspective; 2) the language of literary analysis and the close reading of texts in the genres; and 3) literature as viewed through the various lenses of contemporary theory and critical discourses. Co-requisite: English 1012 [2] or [2.7] This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
II: Period Courses
(Any 2 of 3 groups required)
Group #1 - (1) 900-1500 (1 classes required)
ENGL. 3111: Medieval Literature PREREQUISITE OF ENGL 1010 [1 OR 1.7] AND COREQUISITE OF ENGL 1012 [2] IS REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS COURSE. Credits: 4 Hours: 4.0 Lecture hours 4 hours; 4 creditsBritish Medieval Literature: Epic; Lyrics; Chivalric narrative; Life writing; Allegory; Mysticism; Drama; Fables. Possible themes may include: gender and sexuality; animals and the environment; race and racialization.Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 [1] or 1.7; co-requisite: ENGL. 1012. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
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ENGL. 3112: Chaucer PREREQUISITE OF ENGL 1010 [1 OR 1.7] AND COREQUISITE OF ENGL 1012 [2] IS REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS COURSE. Credits: 4 Hours: 4.0 Lecture hours 4 hours; 4 creditsWorks read in Middle English: The Canterbury Tales; The House of Fame; Troilus and Criseyde; Chaucers shorter works. Their relation to medieval literature; modern adaptations. Possible themes include: courtly love and gender and sexuality; animals and the environment; race and racialization.Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 [1] or 1.7; co-requisite: ENGL. 1012 This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
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ENGL. 3520: History of the English Language ENGLISH 1010 IS REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS COURSE. STUDENTS WHO PASSED ENGLISH 3520 OR LINGUISTICS 3027 CANNOT REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE. Credits: 4 Hours: 4.0 Lecture hours 4 hours; 4 creditsOrigins of the English language and its development to the present.This course is the same as Linguistics 3027 [28].Prerequisite: English 1010 [1] This course was last offered in the Spring 2024 semester. (Regular Liberal Arts)
OR
ENGL. 4101: Seminar in the Middle Ages ENGLISH 1012 [2] OR 2.7; ONE ADVANCED ENGLISH ELECTIVE, ORPERMISSION OF THE CHAIRPERSON ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS COURSE. Credits: 4 Hours: 4.0 Lecture hours 4 hours; 4 creditsStudy in a genre, theme, or movement in the Middle Ages withemphasis on intensive writing, critical analysis, and researchmethodologies. Topic is selected by the instructor. Course descriptionmay be obtained in the department office before registration.Prerequisite: English 1012 [2] or 2.7; one advanced English elective, orpermission of the chairperson. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
Group #2 - (2) 1500-1680 (1 classes required)
ENGL. 3122: Shakespeare I PREREQUISITE OF ENGL 1010 [1 OR 1.7] AND COREQUISITE OF ENGL 1012 [2] IS REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS COURSE. Credits: 4 Hours: 4.0 Lecture hours 4 hours; 4 creditsThis course explores a range of Shakespeare's plays representing the histories, comedies, and tragedies, with attention to cultural and historical contexts; discussion topics may include the plays' treatment of bodies, gender, sexuality, race, class, political power, the environment, and theater history.Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 [1.7]; co-requisite: ENGL. 1012. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
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ENGL. 3123: Shakespeare II PREREQUISITE OF ENGL 1010 [1 OR 1.7] AND COREQUISITE OF ENGL 1012 [2] IS REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS COURSE. Credits: 4 Hours: 4.0 Lecture hours 4 hours; 4 creditsThis course explores a topic of the instructor's choice in Shakespeare's plays and nondramatic writings. Course topics will vary; possible directions could include, but are not limited to, a more focused study on any of the areas covered in Shakespeare I.Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 [1.7]; co-requisite: ENGL. 1012. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
OR
ENGL. 4102: Seminar in the Renaissance ENGLISH 1012 [2] OR 2.7; ONE ADVANCED ENGLISH ELECTIVE, ORPERMISSION OF THE CHAIRPERSON ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS COURSE. Credits: 4 Hours: 4.0 Lecture hours 4 hours; 4 creditsStudy in a genre, theme, or movement in the Renaissance withemphasis on intensive writing, critical analysis, and researchmethodologies. Topic is selected by the instructor. Course descriptionmay be obtained in the department office before registration.Prerequisite: English 1012 [2] or 2.7; one advanced English elective, orpermission of the chairperson. This course was last offered in the Spring 2024 semester. (Regular Liberal Arts)
Group #3 - (3) 1680-1800 (1 classes required)
ENGL. 3131: Poetry and Prose of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century PREREQUISITE OF ENGL 1010 [1 OR 1.7] AND COREQUISITE OF ENGL 1012 [2] IS REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS COURSE. Credits: 4 Hours: 4.0 Lecture hours 4 hours; 4 creditsNeoclassical and pre-romantic literature. Poetry and prose of such writers as Dryden, Pope, Astell, Swift, Johnson, Addison and Steele, Burke, Gray, Wheatley, Wollstonecraft, and Edgeworth. Topics may include: courtship and marriage; education; feminism; political satire; manners and virtue; nature and beauty; the country and the city.Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 [1.7]; co-requisite: ENGL. 1012. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
OR
ENGL. 3133: The Eighteenth-Century Novel PREREQUISITE OF ENGL 1010 [1 OR 1.7] AND COREQUISITE OF ENGL 1012 [2] IS REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS COURSE. Credits: 4 Hours: 4.0 Lecture hours 4 hours; 4 creditsDevelopment of prose fiction as the main vehicle for portraying the middle class and its values. Such writers as Richardson, Defoe, Fielding, Sterne, Burney, and Austen. Topics may include: the epistolary novel; courtship, marriage, and class; the country and the city.Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 [1.7]; co-requisite: ENGL. 1012. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
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ENGL. 4103: Seminar in the Eighteenth Century ENGLISH 1012 [2] OR 2.7; ONE ADVANCED ENGLISH ELECTIVE, ORPERMISSION OF THE CHAIRPERSON ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS COURSE. Credits: 4 Hours: 4.0 Lecture hours 4 hours; 4 creditsStudy in a genre, theme, or movement in the eighteenth century withemphasis on intensive writing, critical analysis, and researchmethodologies. Topic is selected by the instructor. Course descriptionmay be obtained in the department office before registration.Prerequisite: English 1012 [2] or 2.7; one advanced English elective, orpermission of the chairperson. This course is currently being offered (Regular Liberal Arts)
(Any 1 of 3 groups required)
Group #1 - (4) 1800-1900 (1 classes required)
16 course alternatives
Group #2 - (5) 1900-1950 (1 classes required)
30 course alternatives
Group #3 - (6) 1950-Present (1 classes required)
37 course alternatives
English (BA) College Residency Requirement
Advanced Courses With Residency (15 credits required)
175 course alternatives
Race/ethnicity or Empire/post-colonialism
(1 classes required)
37 course alternatives
Genre or Thematic Studies Course
(1 classes required)
44 course alternatives
Seminar
(1 classes required)
19 course alternatives
English Electives
(3 classes required)
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Major in English BA at Brooklyn College
Concentration in Standard English Concentration