Distribution Requirements

British and American Literature (18 hrs). At least one from each of the following groups.

Normally, students should select 600-level courses only if they have studied the period or subject at the undergraduate or M.A. level. Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the instructor and with the approval of the director of graduate studies.

• Medieval: English 535, 536, 537, 539, 636, 637

• Renaissance: English 538, 540, 541, 542, 543, 638, 641, 642, 656

• Long 18^th Century: English 544, 556, 557, 558, 559, 644, 646, 656

• 19^th Century British: English 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 662, 664

• Pre-1900 American: English 576, 577, 578, 579, 676, 677

• Post-1900 British and American: 565, 566, 567, 568, 582, 583T, 584, 585, 587, 594T, 595, 665, 683

Language, Linguistics/Stylistics, and Rhetoric (9 hrs). At least one from each of the following groups.

• Language/Linguistics: English 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 533, 534, 614

• Rhetoric: English 505, 506, 510, 524, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 592, 603

When selecting courses, students must include the following:

• At least two courses with a pedagogical or other applied component from two of the fields of language, literature, and rhetoric: e.g., English 500, 504, 510, 516, 521, 522, 528, 547, 548, 596, 597, 600, 602, 603

• At least four 600-level seminars