English
Major: English
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Total Credit Hours: 181.0
Co-op Options: Three Co-op (Five years); One Co-op (Four years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 23.1399
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 (minimum 63 credits) | ||
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development | 1.0 |
| UNIV H101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| UNIV H201 | Looking Forward: Academics and Careers | 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 | |
| Mathematics elective courses for a minimum of 6.0 credits | 6.0 | |
| Science elective courses for a minimum of 6.0 credits | 6.0 | |
| Social/Behavioral Science elective courses for a minimum of 12 credits | 12.0 | |
| Humanities elective courses (other than ENGL or WRIT) for a minimum of 6 credits | 6.0 | |
| Diversity Studies elective courses for a minimum of 6 credits | 6.0 | |
| International Studies elective courses for a minimum of 6 credits | 6.0 | |
| Foreign Language requirement (2 consecutive courses, reaching at least 103) | 8.0 | |
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| MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (30-credit CORE plus 36-credit concentration) | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| ENGL 195 | English Freshman Seminar | 3.0 |
| ENGL 207 [WI] | African American Literature | 3.0 |
| ENGL 301 | English Major Colloquium (1-credit course, repeat twice for 3 credits total) | 3.0 |
| ENGL 315 [WI] | Shakespeare | 3.0 |
| ENGL 325 | Topics in World Literature | 3.0 |
| ENGL 355 [WI] | Women and Literature | 3.0 |
| ENGL 495 | Senior Project in Literature | 3.0 |
| WRIT 195 | Threshold Concepts in Writing | 3.0 |
| WRIT 200 | Language Puzzles and Word Games: Issues in Modern Grammar | 3.0 |
| WRIT 225 [WI] | Creative Writing | 3.0 |
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| Concentration in Writing | 36.0 | |
| Foundations - Select 1 for a minimum of 3 credits | ||
| The Peer Reader in Context | ||
or WRIT 211 | Advanced Composition | |
| Rhetoric and Technique - Select 1 for a minimum of 3 credits | ||
| Argument and Rhetoric | ||
or WRIT 295 | Forms Seminar | |
| Audience Awareness - Select 1 for a minimum of 3 credits | ||
| Writing for Target Audiences | ||
or WRIT 315 | Writing for Social Change | |
| Writing Practices - Select 7 additional courses for a minimum of 21 credits (at least 5 must be WRIT or ENGL courses) | ||
| 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 | ||
| Special Topics in Writing | ||
| Writing for -- and about -- the Web | ||
| Advanced Poetry Workshop | ||
| Advanced Fiction Workshop | ||
| Internship in Publishing | ||
| Research Project Development | ||
| Introduction to Journalism | ||
| Business Communication | ||
| Technical Communication | ||
| Grant Writing | ||
| Playwriting I | ||
| Screenwriting I | ||
| English Electives - minimum of 6 credits | ||
Choose any additional 2 courses (300+) in WRIT or ENGL for a minimum of 6 credits | ||
| ELECTIVES | 52.0-54.0 | |
| Choose 52 credits from any discipline. Consider a second major or minor, or education certification. | ||
| Total Credits | 181.0-183.0 | |
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, one 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 | ||
| Foreign Language Course (1st consecutive course) | 4.0 | Foreign Language Course (2nd consecutive course, at least 103-level) | 4.0 | WRIT 195 | 3.0 | ||
| Mathemathics elective | 3.0 | Mathematics elective | 3.0 | Social/Behavioral Science elective | 3.0 | ||
| Social/Behavioral Science elective | 3.0 | Social/Behavioral Science elective | 3.0 | Science elective | 3.0 | ||
| 17 | 17 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ENGL 301 | 1.0 | WRIT 212 or 295 | 3.0 | ENGL 301 (2nd of 3) | 1.0 | ENGL 325 | 3.0 |
| WRIT 225 | 3.0 | Writing Practice Course (1 of 7) | 3.0 | ENGL 315 | 3.0 | Writing Practice Course (3 of 7) | 3.0 |
| WRIT 210 or 211 | 3.0 | Diversity Studies | 3.0 | Writing Practice Course (2 of 7) | 3.0 | Writing Practice Course (4 of 7) | 3.0 |
| Science elective | 3.0 | International Studies elective | 3.0 | Diversity Studies | 3.0 | Free Electives | 6.0 |
| International Studies elective | 3.0 | Humanities elective | 3.0 | Humanities elective | 3.0 | ||
| Social/Behavioral Science elective | 3.0 | Free elective | 3.0 | ||||
| 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ENGL 301 (3rd of 3) | 1.0 | Writing Practice Course (6 of 7) | 3.0 | ||
| WRIT 312 or 315 | 3.0 | Free Electives | 12.0 | ||||
| Writing Practice Course (5 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||||
| Free Electives | 6.0 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| UNIV H201 | 1.0 | ENGL 355 | 3.0 | ENGL 495 | 3.0 | ||
| Writing Practice Course (7 of 7) | 3.0 | English Elective | 3.0 | Free Electives | 9.0 | ||
| English Elective (ENGL or WRIT) | 3.0 | Free Electives | 9.0 | ||||
| Free Electives | 9.0 | ||||||
| 16 | 15 | 12 | |||||
| Total Credits 183 | |||||||
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 | ||
| Foreign Language Course (1st consecutive course) | 4.0 | Foreign Language Course (2nd consecutive course, at least 103-level) | 4.0 | WRIT 195 | 3.0 | ||
| Math Elective | 3.0 | Math Elective | 3.0 | Social/Behavioral Science | 3.0 | ||
| Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective | 3.0 | Social/Behavioral Science Elective | 3.0 | Science Elective | 3.0 | ||
| 17 | 17 | 16 | 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 225 | 3.0 | Writing Practice Course (1 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||
| WRIT 210 or 211 | 3.0 | Diversity Studies | 3.0 | ||||
| Science Elective | 3.0 | International Studies Elective | 3.0 | ||||
| International Studies Elective | 3.0 | Humanities Elective | 3.0 | ||||
| Social/Behavioral Sciences | 3.0 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 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 | Writing Practice Course (4 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||
| Writing Practice Course (2 of 7) | 3.0 | Free Electives | 9.0 | ||||
| Writing Practice Course (3 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||||
| Diversity Studies | 3.0 | ||||||
| Humanities Elective | 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 | Writing Practice Course (6 of 7) | 3.0 | ||
| WRIT 312 or 315 | 3.0 | Free Electives | 12.0 | ||||
| ENGL 355 | 3.0 | ||||||
| Writing Practice Course (5 of 7) | 3.0 | ||||||
| Free Electives | 3.0 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| Fifth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| UNIV H201 | 1.0 | English Elective | 3.0 | ENGL 495 | 3.0 | ||
| Writing Practice Course (7 of 7) | 3.0 | Free Electives | 9.0 | Free Electives | 12.0 | ||
| English Elective (ENGL or WRIT) | 3.0 | ||||||
| Free Electives | 9.0 | ||||||
| 16 | 12 | 15 | |||||
| Total Credits 183 | |||||||
| * | See degree requirements. |
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.
