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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Department of English

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Major Requirements for Students enrolled before Fall 1999

Checklist for pre-1999 Requirements

NOTE: This list contains only those courses that will automatically be credited for the literature area requirements indicated below. For the possibility of counting any other course, check with the Chief Adviser. The list does not exclude any course not listed from counting for the English major.

Course Title British Literature
[9 hours]		 Literature before 1800
[6 hours]		 Literature by women, minorities or in translation
[3 hours]		 American Literature
[3 hours]
Sex Roles in Literature     210B  
Plains Literature       211A
Literatures of the South       211D
Introduction to Women's Literature     215E  
20th Century Women Writers     215J  
English Authors before 1800 230      
Shakespeare 230A* 230A*    
English Authors after 1800 231      
The Brontes 231A      
Major Authors-American Literature       233B
Classic European Authors   234A 234A  
European Authors since 1660     234B  
Greek Literature in Translation (Classics)   240A 240A  
Latin Literature in Translation (Classics)   240B 240B  
Afro-American Literature     244 244
Black Women Authors     244B 244B
Native American Literature     245B 245B
Chicano Literature     245D 245D
Jewish-American Fiction     245J 245J
Literature and Art on the Plains       247
American Literary Works       261E
Introduction to Comparative Literature     285  
Novel 1700-1900 305A      
Survey of Women’s Literature 315A 315A    
Women in Popular Culture        
Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton 330E 330E    
Classical Roots   340 340  
Judeo-Christian Literature   341 341  
Irish Literature 342A      
Early American Literature       361A
Late American Literature       361B
Medieval Literature 362 362    
Renaissance Literature 363 363    
Restoration and 18th Century 364 364    
19th Century British Literature 365      

* Only one course in this group [230A,430A,430B,430D,430E] may be used for the literary area requirements.

** A course subtitle will determine whether a particular offering of this course deals substantially with pre-1800 literature.

Course Title British Literature
[9 hours] 		Literature before 1800
[6 hours]		 Literature by women, minorities, or in translation
[3 hours]		 American Literature
[3 hours]
American Drama       401E
Victorian Poetry 402D      
American Poetry       402E
Epic Poetry   402J    
Renaissance Poetry 402K 402K    
Romantic Poetry 402L      
American Short Story       403A
18th Century British Fiction 405A 405A    
19th Century British Fiction 405B      
20th Century British Fiction 405D      
American Novel to Dreiser       405G
American Novel since Dreiser       405J
Plains Literature       411B
Survey of Women's Literature     414  
20th Century Women Novelists     414B  
Shakespeare 430A* 430A*    
Shakespeare 430B* 430B*    
Chaucer 430D* 430D*    
Milton 430E* 430E*    
American Authors to 1900       432
American Authors since 1900       433
Classical Drama   440 440  
Continental Novel     442  
Ethnic Literature     445 445
Afro-American Literature: Poetry     445B 445B
Chicano Literature     445D 445D
Native American Literature     445E 445E
Medieval Literature 462 462    
Renaissance Literature 463 463    
British Literature: 1660-1800 464 464    
19th Century British Literature 465      
Literary History 467      

* only one course in this group [230A,430A,430B,430D,430E] may be used for the literary area requirements.