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Language is one of the most powerful tools at the disposal of educated men and women. English is the discipline where students encounter works of fiction, poetry, and drama that unlock the richest potentialities of language. Students are also afforded a range of opportunities for developing their own writing to the fullest: critical essays on literature in a variety of courses, workshops in creative writing (poetry, fiction, and nonfiction), and the art of the essay. Language is also approached through linguistics, the history of English, and global English.With advanced training in English increasingly necessary for business and professional careers, this course of study is universally recognized as an ideal "preprofessional major"---one that opens career possibilities in such fields as law, publishing, teaching, and community service.

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The Major

The English major offers a rich variety of courses for students interested in literature, creative writing, and language and society. Among the interdisciplinary offerings are courses in film, linguistics, and global studies.

Students may prepare for the study of literature on the graduate level. Concentrated work in English will be of great value to students preparing for such business and professional careers as editing, publishing, science and technical writing, advertising, public relations, and communications. The literature courses are designed to help students sharpen their reading and writing skills, gain new insights into human nature and cultural diversity, and achieve increased flexibility in their own approach to life.

Students preparing for graduate study in literature should have some knowledge of the range of English, American, and non-Western literature and should be acquainted with such major figures as Chaucer and Shakespeare. Because most graduate schools have foreign language requirements and candidates must sometimes demonstrate competence in several languages, prospective graduate students are urged to undertake their study of foreign languages as early as possible.

Students in English are encouraged to broaden their base of knowledge in as many fields as possible, many of which will resonate with interdisciplinary approaches in their English courses. Courses in comparative literature, foreign languages, communication studies, history, art, music, religion, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and education are especially recommended.

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Base Curriculum Courses    
No credit toward the major/specialization

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ENG 2100

Writing I (or its equivalent)

3 credits

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ENG 2150

Writing II

3 credits

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Great Works of Literature I

3 credits

 

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Great Works of Literature II

3 credits

Major/Specialization:    30 credits

Required Courses      15 credits

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ENG 3010

Survey of English Literature I

3 credits

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ENG 3015

Survey of English Literature II

3 credits

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ENG 3020

Survey of American Literature I

3 credits

 

or

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ENG 3025

Survey of American Literature II

3 credits

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ENG 3030

Contemporary Literature from Asia, Africa, and Latin America

3 credits

 

or

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ENG 3032

Ethnic Literature

3 credits

 

or

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ENG 3034

A Survey of African American Literaturee

3 credits

 

or

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ENG 3036

English Voices from Afar: Post-Colonial Literature

3 credits

 

or

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ENG 3038

A Survey of Caribbean Literature in English

3 credits

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ENG 4120

Chaucer

3 credits

 

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ENG 4140

Shakespeare

3 credits

Electives    15 credits

Choose five additional courses for 15 credits. Electives must be selected from Department of English offerings numbered at the 3000, 4000, 5000, and 6000-levels. Courses offered by the Harman Writer-in-Residence are also included.

Note: Interdisciplinary courses, such as Feit Seminars (

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IDC 4050

), and appropriate film studies courses may be included with prior permission of the department.

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The Minor

Advanced training in English language and literature is increasingly necessary for business and professional careers. Students who choose to develop their intellectual abilities in these areas may select two courses numbered 3000 or above from the offerings of the Department of English. To complete their minors, they enroll in an appropriate capstone course. All 4000-level offerings in the Department of English or an Independent Studies course in English may serve as the capstone course.

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Special Program

The Sidney Harman Writer-In-Residence Program

The Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program, an endowed residency in the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, offers gifted undergraduates the opportunity to enroll in writing workshops taught by distinguished visiting professors. Since its inception in the fall of 1998, Harman Writers-in-Residence have included poets Yehuda Amichai, Agha Shahid Ali, April Bernard, Carol Muske-Dukes, Charles Simic, and Major Jackson; playwrights Edward Albee and Tony Kushner; authors William Finnegan, Philip Gourevitch, Jane Kramer, Mark Kurlansky, and George Packer; fiction writers Paul Auster, Susan Choi, Anita Desai, Francisco Goldman, Colum McCann, Lorrie Moore, Sigrid Nunez, Francine Prose, Joseph O'Connor, and John Edgar Wideman; and graphic novelist, Ben Katchor.

Harman courses vary in numbering and in subject, depending on the choice of the visiting writer. Interested students of all majors are encouraged to submit transcripts and writing portfolios for review to Professor Bridgett Davis, 646-312-3927; e-mail: Bridgett.Davis@baruch.cuny.edu.

Harman classes can be taken for honors credit and students can use the Harman courses to fulfill their honors course requirements. The courses also can be used in the Journalism major and minor and in the English major and minor.

Additional information on the Harman Residency is available at www.baruch.cuny.edu/wsas/harman.

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Advice For Students Registering For English Composition Courses

All students are required to take

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ENG 2100

(3 credits) and
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ENG 2150

(3 credits).

Entering Students
Students are eligible to take ENG 2100 if they have earned a verbal SAT score of 480 or above or a score of 75 percent or higher on the New York State Regents English examination. Entering students in neither of these categories will be tested for reading and writing proficiency. The results of these exams will determine a students placement.

Special requirements for second-degree transfer students from universities in which English is not the language of instruction: Prior to their first semester at Baruch, all such transfer students must take a writing placement test administered by the Department of English. Students who pass the test will be awarded any and all composition credits to which they are entitled. Students who do not pass the writing placement test or who have earned fewer than 6 credits in composition will be placed in an appropriate English course.

Exemption Criteria
Students who enter Baruch College with any of the following sets of qualifications are exempt from ENG 2100 Writing I (without credit): an Advanced Placement (AP) English exam score of 4 or 5, an SAT verbal score of at least 680, and a writing section score of 12 or an SAT verbal score of at least 700 and a writing section score of 11 or 12. Note: Students who are exempt from this requirement may not enroll in ENG 2100.

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Courses in English (ENG)

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ENG 2100

Writing I

4 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 2150

Writing II

4 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 2200

Literature and Economic Perspectives

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 2800

Great Works of Literature I

4 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 2850

Great Works of Literature II

4 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3001

Naked English: Baring the Bones of the English Sentence

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3005

Introduction to Literary Studies

4 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3010

Survey of English Literature I

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3015

Survey of English Literature II

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3020

Survey of American Literature I

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3025

Survey of American Literature II

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3030

Contemporary Literature From Asia, Africa, and Latin America

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3032

Ethnic Literature

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3034

A Survey of African American Literature

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3036

English Voices from Afar: Post-Colonial Literature

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3038

Survey of Caribbean Literature in English (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3040

Children's Literature

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3045

Literature for Young Adults

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3201

Topics in Politics and Literature (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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Literature and Globalization

3 hours; 3 credits 

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ENG 3260

The Art of Film

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3270

Film and Literature

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3280

Documentary Film (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3285

Women in Film

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3610

Workshop: Fiction Writing (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3615

Sudden Fiction - Crafting Short Short Stories (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3640

Elements of Poetry: Presenting Subject Matter

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3645

The Craft of Poetry: Form and Revision

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3680

Advanced Essay Writing: Style & Styles in Prose

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3685

Lyrics as Literature

3.0 credits; 3.0 Hours

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ENG 3700

Introduction to Linguistics and Language Learning (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3720

Women in Literature

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3730

Literature and Psychology (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3750

The Structure and History of English (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3770

Masters of the Modern Drama: Ibsen through Tennessee Williams

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3780

Contemporary Drama: The New Theatre

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3820

The American Short Story

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3830

Tradition and Influence in African American Literature

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3835

Black Women Writers

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3840

Literature and Philosophy of South Asia

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3940

Topics in Film

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3950

Topics in Literature

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 3960

Topics in Language

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4011

Literary Theory (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4015

The Globalization of English (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4020

Approaches to Modern Criticism

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4110

Medieval Literature

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4120

Chaucer

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4140

Shakespeare

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4150

A Century of Renaissance Drama

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4160

Religion and Revolution in Renaissance English Literature

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4170

Milton

3 hours; 3 credits

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The Eighteenth-Century Novel 3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4230

Major Topics in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4300

Romanticism

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4320

The Nineteenth-Century English Novel

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4410

Modern Irish Writers

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4420

Twentieth-Century British Literature

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4440

Currents in the Modern Novel

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4450

The Modern Short Story

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4460

The Modern Short Novel

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4500

The Main Currents of Literary Expression in Contemporary America

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4510

The American Novel

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4525

Lesbian and Gay Themes in Twentieth-Century Literature

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4535

African Diasporas: U.S., Latin America, and the Caribbean (

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3 hours; 3 credits

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Literature of the Harlem Renaissance 3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4550

Jewish-American Literature

3 hours, 3 credits

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ENG 4700

Insult, Abuse, and Ridicule: Satire Through the Ages

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4710

Medieval Romance: A Comparative Study

3 hours; 3 credits

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Gothic Mysteries 3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4910

Perspectives on Literary Interpretation

3 hours; 3 credits

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ENG 4920

Narrative Writing (

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4 hours; 4 credits

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ENG 5000

Independent Study I

Hours and credits to be arranged

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ENG 5001

Independent Study II

Hours and credits to be arranged

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ENG 5002

Independent Study III

Hours and credits to be arranged

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ENG 5003

Independent Study IV

Hours and credits to be arranged

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ENG 5004

Independent Study V

Hours and credits to be arranged

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ENG 6001H

Honors in English I

Hours to be arranged; 3 credits

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ENG 6002H

Honors in English II

Hours to be arranged; 3 credits

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