English Focus Courses

After completing your core courses, you will select one of our nine focus areas to continue your studies. Each focus area consists of a selection of courses designed to work together to build a focused set of skills or knowledge you can apply to your career or life goals. You will choose four courses from this selection to complete your focus.

Fall 2025 Focus Courses

For a complete list of all courses for each focus, please consult the English Major's Handbook.

Note:
English B.A. Distributive Requirements: Diversity = (D); Geographical = (G); Historical/Genealogical = (H)

General Education Requirements: Diverse Communities = (J); Ethics = (E); Interdisciplinary = (I); Speaking Emphasis = (S)

Archives, Power, & Making the Present

  • LIT 335: Shakespeare I (H)

Creativity, Aesthetics, & Design

  • CRW 201: Introduction to Creative Writing
  • CRW 202: Creative Writing I
  • CRW 301: Poetry Workshop I
  • CRW 303: Short Story Workshop I
  • CRW 400: Writing Seminar
  • ENG 250: Stylistics: The Language of Literature
  • LIN 333: Conversation Analysis (I)

Identity & Representation

  • LIT 202: African American Literature I (H)
  • LIT 220: Children's Literature
  • LIT 274: Feminist Poetry
  • LIT 303: Intro to Multi-Ethnic American Literature (D) (J)
  • LIT 398: Young Adult Literature
  • WRH 210: Multicultural Writing (D) (J)

National & Transnational Cultures

  • CLS 261: World Literature II (H)
  • FLM 201: American Film
  • WRH 210: Multicultural Writing (D) (J)

Popular Culture & Cultural Studies

  • DHM 210: Introduction to Gaming
  • FLM 200: Introduction to Film
  • JRN 312: Sports Reporting and Writing
  • LIT 398: Young Adult Literature
  • WRH 210: Multicultural Writing (D) (J)
  • WRH 340: Introduction to Visual Rhetoric

Public & Professional Writing

  • ENG 320: Usability & User Experience
  • ENG 368: Business and Organizational Writing
  • ENG 371: Technical Writing
  • LIT 309: Thoughts/Writings of Martin Luther King (I)
  • WRH 210: Multicultural Writing (D) (J)
  • WRH 340: Introduction to Visual Rhetoric

Social Justice and Activism

  • DHM 210: Introduction to Gaming
  • ENG 375: Strategies for Writing in the Workplace
  • JRN 200: Introduction to Journalism
  • LIT 202: African American Literature I (H)
  • LIT 303: Intro to Multi-Ethnic American Literature (D) (J)
  • LIT 309: Thoughts/Writings of Martin Luther King (I)
  • WRH 210: Multicultural Writing (D) (J)

Sustainability & Environmental Humanities

Please contact the English department if you are looking for a course in this focus area.

Visual and Digital Rhetoric

  • DHM 210: Introduction to Gaming
  • DHM 260: Digital Storytelling (J)
  • DHM 280: Introduction to Digital Humanities (I)
  • ENG 320: Usability and User Experience
  • FLM 200: Introduction to Film
  • JRN 212: Digital Journalism
  • LIT 219: Literature for Young Children
  • WRH 205: Composing Cyberspace
  • WRH 340: Introduction to Visual Rhetoric