English
Major: English
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 181.0
Co-op Options: Three Co-op (Five years); One Co-op (Four years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 23.0101
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 25-1123
Writing Concentration
English majors who select the concentration in Writing benefit from the full range of courses and opportunities that we offer. These include core courses taken by all our majors, offering a strong foundation in textual and rhetorical analysis along with writing skills.
The concentration offers additional in-depth coursework in creative and professional writing, backed up by opportunities for hands-on experience in writing, editing, and publishing. Students may take full advantage of the opportunities for growth and experience offered by our Drexel Publishing Group, the Writers Room, and the Drexel Writing Center.
Degree Requirements
| University Requirements | ||
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development * | 1.0 |
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 111 | English Composition I | |
| ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 112 | English Composition II | |
| ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 113 | English Composition III | |
| UNIV H101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| UNIV H201 | Looking Forward: Academics and Careers | 1.0 |
| College of Arts and Sciences Core Curriculum ** | ||
| Developing Quantitative Reasoning ** | 6.0-8.0 | |
Two courses in MATH based on placement exams OR | ||
| Symbolic Logic I | ||
or PHIL 121 | Symbolic Logic II | |
| Engaging the Natural World ** | 6.0-8.0 | |
| Analyzing Cultures & Histories ** | 6.0-8.0 | |
| Understanding Society & Human Behavior ** | 6.0-8.0 | |
| Cultivating Global Competence ** | 6.0-8.0 | |
| Perspectives in Diversity ** | 3.0-4.0 | |
| Language Requirement | 8.0 | |
| Select two consecutive courses in a foreign language, reaching at least 103 *** | ||
| English Major Requirements | ||
| English Core Courses | 30.0 | |
| English Freshman Seminar | ||
| African American Literature | ||
| English Major Colloquium (1-credit course, take three times for 3 credits total) | ||
| Shakespeare | ||
| Topics in World Literature | ||
| Women and Literature | ||
| Senior Project in Literature | ||
| Threshold Concepts in Writing | ||
| Language Puzzles and Word Games: Issues in Modern Grammar | ||
| Creative Writing | ||
| Foundations | 3.0 | |
| Select one for a minimum of 3.0 credits | ||
| The Peer Reader in Context | ||
or WRIT 211 | Advanced Composition | |
| Rhetoric and Technique | 3.0 | |
| Select one for a minimum of 3.0 credits | ||
| Argument and Rhetoric | ||
or WRIT 295 | Forms Seminar | |
| Audience Awareness | 3.0 | |
| Select one for a minimum of 3.0 credits | ||
| Writing for Target Audiences | ||
or WRIT 315 | Writing for Social Change | |
| Writing Practices | 21.0 | |
| Select seven additional courses for a minimum of 21.0 credits (at least 5 must be WRIT or ENGL courses) | ||
| Introduction to Journalism | ||
| Business Communication | ||
| Technical Communication | ||
| Grant Writing | ||
| Research Project Development | ||
| Playwriting I | ||
| Screenwriting I | ||
| The Peer Reader in Context | ||
| Advanced Composition | ||
| Argument and Rhetoric | ||
| Story Medicine | ||
| Creative Nonfiction Writing | ||
| Writing in Public Spaces | ||
| “Mistakes Were Made”: Truth, Writing, and Responsibility | ||
| Forms Seminar | ||
| Writing Poetry | ||
| Writing Fiction | ||
| Writing Humor and Comedy | ||
| Life is Beautiful | ||
| Writing About the Media | ||
| Literary Editing & Publication | ||
| Writing and Reading the Memoir | ||
| Writing for Target Audiences | ||
| Writing for Social Change | ||
| Writing in Cyberspace: Writing for/about the Web | ||
| Advanced Poetry Workshop | ||
| Advanced Fiction Workshop | ||
| Internship in Publishing | ||
| Special Topics in Writing | ||
| English Electives | 6.0 | |
| Choose any additional two courses (300+) in WRIT or ENGL for a minimum of 6.0 credits | ||
| Free Electives | 60.0 | |
| Choose 60 credits from any discipline. Consider a second major or minor, or education certification. | ||
| Total Credits | 180.0-191.0 | |
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Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
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See Core Curriculum List for complete list of course options.
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Select two consecutive courses at the 102-499 level within the same subject code: ARBC, CHIN, FREN, GER, JAPN, KOR, SPAN.
Language courses may count toward the College Core Curriculum requirements in Cultivating Global Competence, in which case students may take a corresponding number of free electives.
Writing-Intensive Course Requirements
In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.
A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.
Sample Plan of Study
4 year, 1 co-op
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | COOP 101* | 1.0 | VACATION | |
| ENGL 195 | 3.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV H101 | 1.0 | WRIT 200 | 3.0 | ENGL 207 | 3.0 | ||
| Developing Quantitative Reasoning | 3.0-4.0 | Cultivating Global Competence | 3.0-4.0 | WRIT 195 | 3.0 | ||
| Foreign Language Course (1st consecutive course) | 4.0 | Developing Quantitative Reasoning | 3.0-4.0 | Analyzing Culture and Histories | 3.0-4.0 | ||
| Understanding Society & Human Behavior | 3.0-4.0 | Foreign Language Course (2nd consecutive course, at least 103 level) | 4.0 | Engaging the Natural World | 3.0-4.0 | ||
| 17-19 | 17-19 | 16-18 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ENGL 301 (1st of 3) | 1.0 | WRIT 212 or 295 | 3.0 | ENGL 301 (2nd of 3) | 1.0 | ENGL 325 | 3.0 |
| WRIT 210 or 211 | 3.0 | Analyzing Culture and Histories | 3.0-4.0 | ENGL 315 | 3.0 | Free Electives | 6.0 |
| WRIT 225 | 3.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 | Free Electives | 9.0 | Writing Practice Course (3 of 7) | 3.0 |
| Cultivating Global Competence | 3.0-4.0 | Perspectives in Diversity | 3.0-4.0 | Writing Practice Course (2 of 7) | 3.0 | Writing Practice Course (4 of 7) | 3.0 |
| Engaging the Natural World | 3.0-4.0 | Writing Practice Course (1 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||
| Understanding Society and Human Behavior | 3.0-4.0 | ||||||
| 16-19 | 15-17 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ENGL 301 (3rd of 3) | 1.0 | Free Electives | 12.0 | ||
| WRIT 312 or 315 | 3.0 | Writing Practice Course (6 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||
| Free Electives | 6.0 | ||||||
| Writing Practice Course (5 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| UNIV H201 | 1.0 | ENGL 355 | 3.0 | ENGL 495 | 3.0 | ||
| English Elective (ENGL or WRIT) | 3.0 | English Elective | 3.0 | Free Electives | 9.0 | ||
| Free Electives | 6.0 | Free Electives | 9.0 | ||||
| Writing Practice Course (7 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||||
| 13 | 15 | 12 | |||||
| Total Credits 180-191 | |||||||
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Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
5 year, 3 co-op
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | COOP 101* | 1.0 | VACATION | |
| ENGL 195 | 3.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV H101 | 1.0 | WRIT 200 | 3.0 | ENGL 207 | 3.0 | ||
| Developing Quantitative Reasoning | 3.0-4.0 | Cultivating Global Competence | 3.0-4.0 | WRIT 195 | 3.0 | ||
| Foreign Language Course (1st consecutive course) | 4.0 | Developing Quantitative Reasoning | 3.0-4.0 | Analyzing Culture and Histories | 3.0-4.0 | ||
| Understanding Society and Human Behavior | 3.0-4.0 | Foreign Language Course (2nd consecutive course, at least 103 level) | 4.0 | Engaging the Natural World | 3.0-4.0 | ||
| 17-19 | 17-19 | 16-18 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ENGL 301 (1st of 3) | 1.0 | WRIT 212 or 295 | 3.0 | ||
| WRIT 210 or 211 | 3.0 | Analyzing Culture and Histories | 3.0-4.0 | ||||
| WRIT 225 | 3.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 | ||||
| Cultivating Global Competence | 3.0-4.0 | Perspectives in Diversity | 3.0-4.0 | ||||
| Engaging the Natural World | 3.0-4.0 | Writing Practice Course (1 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||
| Understanding Society and Human Behavior | 3.0-4.0 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 16-19 | 15-17 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ENGL 301 (2nd of 3) | 1.0 | ENGL 325 | 3.0 | ||
| ENGL 315 | 3.0 | Free Electives | 9.0 | ||||
| Free Electives | 6.0 | Writing Practice Course (4 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||
| Writing Practice Course (2 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||||
| Writing Practice Course (3 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ENGL 301 (3rd of 3) | 1.0 | Free Electives | 12.0 | ||
| ENGL 355 | 3.0 | Writing Practice Course (6 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||
| WRIT 312 or 315 | 3.0 | ||||||
| Free Elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| Writing Practice Course (5 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| Fifth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| UNIV H201 | 1.0 | English Elective (ENGL or WRIT) | 3.0 | ENGL 495 | 3.0 | ||
| English Elective (ENGL or WRIT) | 3.0 | Free Electives | 9.0 | Free Electives | 9.0 | ||
| Free Electives | 9.0 | ||||||
| Writing Practice Course (7 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||||
| 16 | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Total Credits 180-191 | |||||||
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Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
English Faculty
Jan Armon, PhD (University of Michigan). Associate Teaching Professor. Academic functions of personal writing, composition.
Kenneth Bingham, MA (Temple University). Teaching Professor. First-year writing; engineering ethics; literature of baseball.
Valerie Booth, PhD (Emory University). Associate Teaching Professor.
Paula Marantz Cohen, PhD (Columbia University) Distinguished Professor, Dean of the Pennoni Honors College. Co-editor, Journal of Modern Literature; Host of the Drexel Interview. Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century English and American literature; film studies.
Lisa DiMaio, MEd (Temple University). Teaching Professor. English as a second language
Dan Driscoll, MA (Temple University) Associate Director University Writing Program. Teaching Professor. Associate Director, University Writing Center: Curricular Initiatives. Co-Director, Minor in Writing. First-year writing.
Anne Erickson, PhD (Purdue University). Assistant Teaching Professor. Online educational applications; the short story cycle.
Nomi Eve, MFA (Brown University) Director of the Creative Writing MFA Program. Assistant Teaching Professor.
Robert Finegan, MFA (University of Pittsburgh). Associate Teaching Professor. First-year writing; technical and creative writing.
Valerie Fox, PhD (SUNY at Binghamton). Teaching Professor. Founding Editor, <em>Press 1.</em> Twentieth century drama; modern and contemporary American poetry; first-year writing.
Edward Fristrom, PhD (State University of New York-Albany). Associate Teaching Professor. Professional writing, creative writing, multimedia, and writing education.
Keunah Han, PhD (Temple University). Associate Teaching Professor. English as a Second Language (ESL)
Cassandra Hirsch, MFA (Rosemont College). Associate Teaching Professor. Fiction.
Gabriella Ibieta, PhD (City University of New York) Director, Programs in English. Associate Professor. Comparative literature; Cuban and Latin American fiction.
Henry Israeli, MFA (University of Iowa). Associate Teaching Professor. Founder and editor of Saturnalia Books, a publisher of contemporary poetry.
Kirsten Kaschock, PhD (University of Georgia). Associate Teaching Professor. Creative writing (poetry and prose).
Elizabeth Kimball, PhD (Temple University). Assistant Professor. College writing, civic engaged learning, multi lingual and trans lingual practice, history and theory of rhetoric, public and community writing,18th and 19th century U.S. rhetorical history
Miriam Kotzin, PhD (New York University). Professor. Founding Editor, <em>Per Contra.</em> American literature; genre studies; creative writing; communications.
Roger Kurtz, PhD (University of Iowa) Department Head. Professor. Postcolonial and world literatures
Stephen Mandell, PhD (Temple University). Professor. First-year writing; technical writing; speech; American literature.
Deirdre McMahon, PhD (University of Iowa). Teaching Professor. 19th-century British literature and culture: empire, critical race studies and analyses of material culture.
Marianallet Mendez-Rivera, PhD (University of Minnesota). Assistant Teaching Professor. Use of the mass media to secure, maintain and enhance political power; international technical communication—including issues of translation v. localization.
Harriet Levin Millan, MFA (University of Iowa) Director, Certificate in Writing and Publishing. Associate Teaching Professor. Poetry.
Jill Moses, MFA (University of Oregon). Associate Teaching Professor. Dramatic literature; first-year writing.
Christopher T. Nielson, PhD (Purdue University). Teaching Professor. Shakespeare; Renaissance drama and literature; dramatic literature; first-year writing.
Karen Nulton, PhD (Rutgers University) Director, Writing Assessment. Teaching Professor. Writing assessment, writing pedagogy, and writing across the curriculum.
Margene Peterson, MA (Rhode Island School of Design). Assistant Teaching Professor. English as a Second Language (ESL); the learning styles and strategies of non-native speakers of English.
Maegan Poland, PhD (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Assistant Teaching Professor. Creative writing; first-year writing
Abioseh Porter, PhD (University of Alberta, Canada). Professor. Comparative literature; postcolonial literatures
Donald Riggs, PhD (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill). Teaching Professor. Cinematic monsters; science fiction and fantasy literature and film; Renaissance literature; creative writing; first-year writing.
Donna Rondolone, PhD (University of Pennsylvania). Associate Teaching Professor. Medieval literature; Arthurian legend; first-year writing.
Gail Rosen, JD (Temple University). Teaching Professor. Literature and law; first-year writing.
Doreen Alvarez Saar, PhD (SUNY Buffalo). Professor. Early American literature; Eighteenth-century America; race and gender studies.
Sheila Sandapen, PhD (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) Assistant Director, First Year Writing Program. Associate Teaching Professor. First-year writing; cultural studies; women's studies; history and film.
Fred A. Siegel, PhD (New York University) Director, First-Year Writing Program. Teaching Professor. Popular theater; dramatic literature, creative non-fiction; first-year writing.
Scott Stein, MFA (University of Miami) Director, Drexel Publishing Group. Teaching Professor. Creative writing; first-year writing; Founding Editor, When Falls the Coliseum: A Journal of American Culture (Or Lack Thereof).
Eva Thury, PhD (University of Pennsylvania). Associate Professor. Mythology; classical literature; drama; first-year writing; desktop publishing and software documentation.
Kathleen Volk Miller, MA (Rutgers University). Teaching Professor. Co-Editor,Painted Bride Quarterly (PBQ); creative writing; first-year writing.
Maria Volynsky, EdD (Temple University) Associate Director, First-Year Writing Program; ESL Coordinator. Associate Teaching Professor. English as a Second Language (ESL).
Scott Warnock, PhD (Temple University) Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education. Professor. Rhetoric and composition; medical writing; information technology and literacy.
Robert A. Watts, MA (Temple University). Associate Teaching Professor. Creative writing; first-year writing.
Vincent Williams, PhD (Temple University). Associate Teaching Professor. First-year writing; the intersection of race, gender, class and urbanism.
Jennifer Yusin, PhD (Emory University). Associate Professor. Postcolonial literature; trauma theory; literary theory; psychoanalysis, and memory studies in contemporary literature in English.
Emeritus Faculty
Valarie Arms, PhD (Temple University). Professor Emeritus. Rhetoric and Composition
Richard Astro, PhD (University of Washington) Distinguished Professor. Provost Emeritus. Twentieth-century American literature; literature and sports.
Raymond Brebach, PhD (University of Illinois). Professor Emeritus. Modern British fiction; the novel; textual studies.
