(Applicable to students who entered prior to 2003-2004) In order to major in Literatures in English, students are required to complete at least sixteen (16) 3 credit courses in the field, for a total of 48 credits, distributed as follows:
LEVEL I
The following Level I courses are compulsory for all students entering the programme and are the minimum prerequisites for all subsequent courses:
LITS1001 (E10A) - Introduction to Poetry
LITS1002 (E10B) - Introduction to Prose Fiction
LITS1003 (E10C) - Introduction to Drama
LEVEL II/III
At least two (2) of the following courses on British and American poetry:
LITS2001 (E20A) - Poetry I: Chaucer to Pope
LITS2002 (E20B) - Poetry II: Romantics and Victorians
LITS3001 (E30A) - Twentieth Century Poetry
LITS3003 (E30C) - Post-War British and American Poetry
At least two (2) of the following courses on British and American prose fiction:
LITS2101 (E21A) - Novel I: The Rise of the Novel
LITS1002 (E21B) - Novel II: The Nineteenth Century Novel
LITS2118 (E21R) - African-American Fiction
LITS2117 (E21Y) - American Novel
At least one (1) of the following courses on Shakespeare and Renaissance drama:
LITS2203 (E22C) - Shakespeare I: Histories and Comedies
LITS2204 (E22D) - Shakespeare II: Tragedies and Romances
LITS2209 (E22F) - Renaissance Drama
LITS2207 (E22G) - Shakespeare
At least one (1) the following courses on Twentieth century British and American Prose Fiction:
LITS3101 (E31A) - Early Modern Prose Fiction
LITS3102 (E31B) - Contemporary Prose Fiction
At least two (2) of the following courses on West Indian literature:
(E25A) - West Indian Literature I
(E25B) - West Indian Literature II: Women Writers
LITS3501 (E35A) - Advanced Seminar in West Indian Literature
LITS3502 (E35B) - West Indian Literature: Special Author Seminar
At least two (2) of the following courses on Cultural and Critical Theory:
LITS2306 (E23F) - History of Literary Criticism
LITS2307 (E23G) - Twentieth Century Literary Theory
LITS3304 (E33D) - Post-Structuralisms and Post - Colonialisms
At least three (3) of the following:
Any courses listed above not already taken
HUMN2702 (AR27B) - Women Writers of Africa and the C’bean
LITS1005 (E10E) - Introduction to Writing About Literature
LITS2005 (E20E) - Introduction to Chaucer
LITS2013 (E20M) - Introduction to Milton
LITS2403 (E24C) - Caribbean Popular Culture
LITS2603 (E26C) - Creative Writing (Poetry)
LITS2604 (E26D) - Creative Writing (Prose Fiction)
LITS3601 (E36A) - African Literature I
LITS3602 (E36B) - African Literature II
ITS3603 (E36C) - African Film
LITS2499 (E240)- Drama and Theatre Arts
TOTAL: 16 courses (48 credits)
N.B. E240 is a year-long course and thus, the equivalent of two (2) semester-long courses. |
