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Undergraduate Program

Majors

Literature

Literature majors complete 39 hours, beginning with two introductory courses and a course in literary and cultural studies. After this introduction, majors complete 30 hours of advanced courses: eight literature courses, chosen according to the distribution requirements outlined below and including two senior seminars; a course in literary, cultural, or other theory; and a capstone.

For descriptions of courses not listed in the Miami Bulletin, click on Courses on the navigation tab at the top of this page.

ENG 111-112 or equivalent are the prerequisites for all advanced literature courses taken by non-majors (including minors in literature). ENG 298 and two 100-level literature courses are the prerequisites for all literature courses taken by majors who entered the program in August 1999 or after.

Major Requirements

(39 semester hours)

Prerequisite literature courses. Two of these:

Prerequisite introductory course. This one:*

* Completed first semester of sophomore year at Miami or first semester after declaring the literature major, whichever is later.

Eight literature courses, including:

No more than three of these:

And no more than six of these:

And at least two of these:

Literary, cultural, or other theory.

One of these:

Senior Capstone.

This one:

Distribution Requirements

Choose literature courses above to also meet the following group requirements. A course may count in more than one requirement (e.g., ENG 337 meets American, ethnic/minority/women’s, and 1660-1900 requirements).

British literature.

Five of these:

American literature.

Three of these:

Ethnic, minority, or women’s literature.

One of these:

Literature before 1660.

Two of these:

Literature between 1660 and 1900.

Three of these:

Literature from 1900 to the present.

One of these: