Sample Four-year Plan for English Literature Major
Note: The four-year plan below is for example purposes only. Students should refer to the catalog in effect upon their entry to Viterbo for more specifics on requirements of the core curriculum, major, and degree. Also, some courses have certain semester rotations that may or may not be reflected below. Your advisor will assist you with actual registration planning to accommodate these rotations. For complete information see the current undergraduate catalog.
| Freshman Fall |
15 credits |
ENGL 103 - Composition and Argument OR
ENGL 105 - Accelerated Composition (replaces 103/104) OR
ENGL 195 - Honors Writing Seminar (replaces 103/104) |
3 |
| VUSM 100 - Franciscan Values and Traditions |
3 |
| Philosophical Inquiry |
3 |
| B.A. Foreign Language or B.S. Requirement |
3 |
| Elective |
3 |
| Freshman Spring |
16 credits |
| ENGL 104 - Composition and Literature |
3 |
| ENGL 127 - Symposium |
1 |
| B.A. Foreign Language or B.S. Math/Science Requirement |
3 |
| Theological Inquiry |
3 |
| Quantitative Literacy |
3 |
| Historical Inquiry |
3 |
| Sophomore Fall |
18 credits |
| ENGL 220 - Survey of American Literature I |
3 |
| ENGL 231 - Survey of British Literature I |
3 |
| ENGL 255 - Colloquium I |
3 |
| English Elective |
3 |
| B.A. Foreign Language or B.S. Math/Science Requirement |
3 |
| VUSM 200 - Living in a Diverse World |
3 |
| Sophomore Spring |
16 credits |
| ENGL 221 - Survey of American Literature II |
3 |
| ENGL 227 - Symposium |
1 |
| ENGL 232 - Survey of British Literature II |
3 |
| ENGL 336 - Shakespeare |
3 |
| English Elective |
3 |
| B.S. Foreign Language or B.S. Math Science Requirement |
3 |
| Junior Fall |
15 credits |
| ENGL 396 - History of the English Language |
3 |
| ENGL 455 - Colloquium II |
3 |
| ENGL 480 - Literary Criticism and Theory |
3 |
| English Elective |
3 |
| VUSM 300 - Serving the Common Good |
3 |
| Junior Spring |
15 credits |
| ENGL 327 - Symposium |
3 |
| ENGL 310 - Creative Non-Fiction |
3 |
| English Elective |
3 |
| Scientific Reasoning in the Social Sciences |
3 |
| Elective |
3 |
| Senior Fall |
16 credits |
| ENGL 426 - Thesis Proposal |
1 |
| English Elective |
3 |
| Scientific Reasoning in the Natural Sciences |
3 |
| English Elective |
3 |
| VUSM 400 - The Ethical Life |
3 |
| Elective |
3 |
| Senior Spring |
15 credits |
| ENGL 427 - Symposium |
1 |
| ENGL 481 - Seminar |
2 |
| Elective |
3 |
| Elective |
3 |
| Elective |
3 |
| Elective |
3 |