The curriculum in English presents a broad array of courses representing a variety of subjects—literatures from different periods of history and geographical locations, genres, and approaches or methods of study. Given the scope of the discipline, the correlate sequences we offer allow students to tailor their programs to individual interests within the discipline while maintaining a broad understanding of the contexts surrounding their area of focus. Defined, in part, to suggest intellectual compatibilities among literature and other disciplines, the correlate in “Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity,” for example, will supplement and extend students’ work in Africana, American, Urban, and Women’s Studies.

The correlates are designed to articulate coherent plans of study that build on a foundation in introductory and intermediate courses to greater depth and complexity in advanced courses. Students are advised, then, to take the courses in sequence, beginning with English 101, 105, and/or 170 (2 of 3 only), and moving on to 200-level courses, and concluding with 300-level seminars.

Since many of the courses in the English Department are topics courses that change from year to year, we cannot list all the courses that, in any given year, may be applied to correlate sequences. If you wish a special topics course to count towards one of the correlate sequences, you should check with the associate chair to make sure that course is appropriate for the correlate sequence you are pursuing. Students may count intensives towards the total units of English coursework required for the correlate; however, intensives do not fulfill the 300-level seminar requirement in your area of specialization.

The department offers five correlates in English with a minimum of six units required to complete each correlate sequence.

Here are the correlate areas:

1. Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
2. Gender, Sexuality, and the Body
3. Literary Geographies
4. British and American Literary History
5. Creative Writing

Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity

• At least one of the following: English 101, 170
• At least two of the following: English 217*, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 251, 253*, 262,
• 265*, 285
• At least one of the following: English 319, 325, 329, 326, 328, 340*, 350, 355*, 365*, 370, 380*
• Intensives: 280, 283, TBA

Gender, Sexuality, and the Body

• At least one of the following: English 101, 170
• At least one of the following: English 217*, 218, 219
• At least one of the following: English 222*, 240*, 247*
• At least one of the following: English 226, 227, 229*, 230, 231, 248*, 251*, 257*, 265*
• At least one of the following: English 318, 329, 330, 331, 341*, 350*, 351, 352, 355, 357, 365*
• Intensives: 183, 388

Literary Geographies

• At least one of the following: English 101, 170
• At least three of the following: 213, 225, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 237, 247, 248, 253*, 256, 257, 262, 277
• At least one of the following: English 302, 319, 320, 325, 326, 328, 330, 331, 340, 341*, 352*, 355*, 357, 370, 380*
• Intensives: 280, 284

British and American Literary History

• At least one of the following: English 101, 170
• At least one of the following: English 213, 215, 216, 222, 235, 236, 237, 240, 241, 245, 247, 248, 249, 255, 256, 257, 262, 265*
• At least one of the following: English 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 251, 253
• At least one of the following: English 315, 319, 325*, 326, 328, 329, 330, 331, 340, 341, 342, 345, 350, 351, 352, 355, 357, 362, 365*, 370, 380*
• Intensives: 270, 287, 284, 383, 388

Creative Writing

• At least one of the following: English 101, 170
• At least two literature courses
• At least three of the following: 203, 205, 206, 207, 209, 211, 214, 302, 304, 305-306
• At least one course in the correlate must be taken at the 300 level

* Courses that may be counted when the topic is appropriate.