Major Requirements

The major in English requires 36 hours of EN courses:

• 12 hours in 200-level courses: EN 205 and three courses chosen from among EN 206, EN 207, EN 208, EN 209, EN 210, or EN 249 (or honors equivalents)
• 3 hours in a 300- or 400-level theory, writing, or linguistics course
• 3 hours in a 300-level course covering Early Literature to 1700
• 3 hours in a 300-level course covering Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literature
• 9 hours in 400-level courses
• 6 hours in 300-level electives
• 4 semesters or equivalent proficiency in one foreign language is also required

Current University of Alabama students who wish to declare their major as English should complete the following steps: 1. Procure a major form from the English Department office in 103 Morgan, or 200 Clark Hall. 2. Bring the completed form to 103 Morgan to be signed. You will receive further instructions once your major form has been received.