Environment, Science, and Culture: Concentration in the Intersections of Humanities, Sciences, and the Natural World
Required Courses:
ENGLIT 0506: Literary Field Studies
ENGLIT 1900: Project Seminar in research methods
ENGLIT 1910: Senior Seminar
Historical Period courses:
Choose any two period courses from your concentration (see the list below).
Electives:
Choose any seven elective courses; at least four of them should come from the Environment, Science, and Culture concentration. Students can apply for approval from the Literature Director to count an elective not previously listed in a given area of concentration.
- All electives must be 0500-level or above, and at least three of them must be at the 1000-level. Download an easy-to-use chart of 1000-level courses and the requirements they satisfy.
- Students may take up to two courses from the other programs in English (Writing, Film, Composition) designated within their area of concentration. Approved courses are listed below; students can apply for special approval from the Literature Director to count others.
- At least one course should fulfill the breadth of study requirement (marked with *). Depending on the syllabus and instructor, one of your required courses or a Special Topics course may fulfill this requirement—simply ask your advisor.
Note: Courses such as ENGLIT 1901: Independent Study, ENGLIT 1904: Undergraduate TA, and ENGLIT 1907: Literature Internship may count toward any concentration, depending on the nature of the student’s work. Please consult the advising office for proper credit.
Below are the regular, designated courses for this concentration. We’ll update this list often and will add new courses in the coming years, too. Some titles have been changed; if you think you have already taken a course in a concentration under its old title, consult the course listing (ENGLIT xxxx) to verify that it’s the same one.
Courses:
- ENGLIT 0512: Narrative and Technology
- ENGLIT 0541: Literature and Medicine
- ENGLIT 0560: Children and Culture
- ENGLIT 0570: American Literature
- ENGLIT 0610: Women and Literature*
- ENGLIT 0612: Literature and Science
- ENGLIT 0616: Literature and Migration*
- ENGLIT 0630: Sexuality and Representation*
- ENGLIT 0626: Science Fiction
- ENGLIT 0629: Wild West
- ENGLIT 0646: Apocalypse
- ENGLIT 0710: Contemporary Environmental Literature
- ENGLIT 0712: Critical Making
- ENGLIT 0812: Media/Ecology
- ENGLIT 1001: Interactive Literature
- ENGLIT 1005: Literature and the Environment
- ENGLIT 1023: Contemporary Critical Theory
- ENGLIT 1028: Literature and Psychoanalysis
- ENGLIT 1384: Banned Books*
- ENGLIT 1587: Utopian Literature
Period Courses in this area:
- ENGLIT 0510: Making the Book
- ENGLIT 1010: Magical Nature Before the Modern World
- ENGLIT 1100: Medieval Imagination
- ENGLIT 1128: Shakespeare’s Sexualities
- ENGLIT 1135: Literature, Media, and Science in the Age of Shakespeare
- ENGLIT 1150: Enlightenment to Revolution
- ENGLIT 1170: Romantic Nature
- ENGLIT 1180: Humans, Animals, Machines in Victorian Literature
- ENGLIT 1200: American Literature to 1860
- ENGLIT 1220: Civil War to WWI in American Literature
- ENGLIT 1227: Harlem Renaissance*
- ENGLIT 1350: Postmodern Literature
Courses from other programs:
- ENGCMP 0610: Composing Digital Media
- ENGCMP 1551: History and Politics of the English Language
- ENGCMP 1552 Language, Literacy, and Learning
- ENGFLM 1699: Science Fiction Film
- ENGWRT 0550: Fundamentals of News Reporting