English - Multimedia and Digital Writing, B.A.

1. Two of the following foundation courses, one of which must be in the area of concentration (recommended to be completed by the end of sophomore year):

• ENG 201 - Introduction to Literary Studies (1)
• ENG 215 - Introduction to Creative Writing (1)
• ENG 225 - Introduction to Multimedia Writing (1)

2. Literary Citizenship (two semesters required)

• ENG 515 - Literary Citizenship (1/4)

3. Junior Seminar

• ENG 305 - Junior Seminar (1)

4. Three of the following courses in literary history (one must be chosen from courses with an asterisk):

• ENG 230 - Caribbean Literature (1)
• ENG 321 - Dante’s World-Building (1) *
• ENG 323 - Shakespeare, Gender, Power (1) *
• ENG 325 - Renaissance Worlds on Page and Stage (1) *
• ENG 327 - Shakespeare after Shakespeare: Performance and Cultural Criticism (1) *
• ENG 328 - The Global Eighteenth Century (1) *
• ENG 331 - Gothic Monsters (1) *
• ENG 332 - Queering the Restoration (1) *
• ENG 333 - Victorian Literature (1) *
• ENG 334 - Nineteenth Century English Novel (1) *
• ENG 335 - Virginia Woolf (1)
• ENG 345 - Late Nineteenth Century American Literature (1) *
• ENG 351 - The Slave Narrative (1) *
• ENG 363 - Contemporary Fiction (1)
• ENG 364 - Contemporary Poetry (1)
• ENG 365 - Comparative Literature and Cinema (1)
• ENG 369 - Literature and Social Justice in Chicago (1) *

5. Two of the following courses:

• ENG 200 (SYS, topic contingent)
• ENG 202 - Introduction to Film Studies (1)
• ENG 271 - Video Games as Literature (1)
• ENG 311 - Grammar and the Politics of English (1)
• ENG 325 - Renaissance Worlds on Page and Stage (1)

6. One more 200 or 300-level ENG course, or a choice of the following multimedia courses in other departments:

• ART 222 - Topics: Digital Photography (1)
• ART 243 - Digital Art Practices (1)
• CLA 364 - Comedy: Greece and Rome to Hollywood (1)
• FRE 255 - (Im)migration in French and Francophone Film (1)
• FRE 353 - Race and Immigration in French Film (1)
• FRE 355 - Situating French-Language Film (1)
• HIS 240 - Public Memory and Public History (1)
• HIS 245 - Reel History: African Americans and Film (1)
• HIS 256 - Reel History: The Cold War and American Film (1)
• RUS 355 - Film, Literature, and Politics (in English) (1)

7. Capstone Experience

A designated advanced project, declared in the Junior Seminar, such as an appropriate internship, CSRI, honors project, research seminar with a multimedia component, or other relevant experience.

Students who opt for a non-credit bearing capstone must take an additional course to fulfill the credit hours requirement.