B.A. in English Literature

This page lists courses offered in the Department of English Literature by category. For a list of courses organized according to program requirements, visit the Bachelor of Arts in English Literature section of Boise State University’s Undergraduate Catalog.

Core Courses for the B.A. in English Literature

ENGL 261 Literary History I
ENGL 262 Literary History II
ENGL 275 Methods of Literary Study (CID requirement)
ENGL 393 Literary Criticism and Theory
ENGL 498 Senior Capstone in Literary Studies (FF requirement)

British Literatures

ENGL 267 Survey of British Literature I
ENGL 268 Survey of British Literature II
ENGL 340 Chaucer
ENGL 341 Medieval Literature
ENGL 345 Shakespeare
ENGL 350 British Renaissance Literature
ENGL 351 Milton
ENGL 358 Eighteenth-Century British Literature
ENGL 360 British Romantic Literature
ENGL 365 Victorian Literature
ENGL 386 Modern and Contemporary British Literature

American Literatures

ENGL 277 Survey of American Literature I
ENGL 278 Survey of American Literature II
HCS 316 Contemporary American Literature
ENGL 375 Early American Literature
ENGL 377 American Renaissance
ENGL 378 American Realism
ENGL 384 Literature of the American West
ENGL 387 Modern and Post-Modern American Literature

World Literatures

ENGL 211 Sacred Texts
ENGL 220 Children’s and Young Adult Literature
HCS 216 Literature and Global Consciousness
ENGL 217 Mythology
HCS 300 Studies in World Literature
CW 307 Literary Translation
ENGL 338 Literature in Translation

Literature and Cultural Studies

HCS 221: Literature and Advocacy
HCS 318: Body Politics
HCS 390: Ethnic Literature
HCS 392: Film and Literature
ENGL 394 Literature and the Environment
ENGL 395 Women Writers
HCS 396 Postcolonial Literature

Advanced Seminars

ENGL 398 Honors Symposium in English
ENGL 424: Advanced Topics in Literature
ENGL 430 Seminar in Fiction
ENGL 431 Seminar in Poetry
ENGL 432 Seminar in Nonfiction
ENGL 433 Seminar in Drama
ENGL 497 Special Topics