Course Substitutions

UNDERGRADUATE COURSE SUBSTITUTIONS

Course Substitutions for Fall 2026

For the British Literature to 1660 Requirement (the following courses only)

  • ENG 227: British Literature I 
  • ENG 344: Lit & Politics in England 1580-1730

For the British Literature after 1660 Requirement (the following courses only) 

  • ENG 228: British Literature II 
  • ENG 360M: 19thC British Poetry 

For the American Literature Requirement (the following courses only)

  • ENG 270: American Literature 
  • ENG 375: American Romanticism 

For the Shakespeare Requirement (the following courses only)

  • ENG 345: Shakespeare 

For the Literary Theory & Criticism Requirement (the following courses only) 

  • ENG 310: Literary Theory & Criticism 
  • ENG 320: Globalization & Literary Culture 

For the Globalization & Literary Culture Requirement (the following courses only) 

  • ENG 320: Globalization & Literary Culture 

For the Rhetorical Foundations Requirement (the following courses only) 

  • RHET 350: Rhetorical Foundations 
  • RHET 475/ENG 475: Media & Politics*

*NOTE: YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CREDIT FOR RHET 475/ENG 475 IF YOU HAD TAKEN RHET 450V/ENG 450V. 

For the Rhetorical Skills Requirement (the following courses only) 

  • RHET 240: Intro to Journalism 
  • RHET 380J: Data & Tech Journalism 
  • ENG 450B: Digital Rhetoric & Community Engagement
  • RHET 346: Argumentative Theory & Debate* 

*NOTE: YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CREDIT FOR RHET 346 IF YOU HAD TAKEN RHET 354.

For the One Additional Intermediate or Advanced British or American Literature Course Requirement (any of the following courses) 

  • ENG 227: British Literature I
  • ENG 228: British Literature II 
  • ENG 270: American Literature 
  • ENG 370R: American Romanticism 
  • ENG 200M: Tolkien and His Inspiration 
  • ENG 200T: Arthur and His Knights 
  • ENG 280P: American Gothic Horror 
  • ENG 280Q: Victorians Plotting Divorce 
  • ENG 280T: Romancing the Middle Ages 
  • ENG 280X: The Politics of Sympathy 
  • ENG 344: Lit & Politics in England 1580-1730 
  • ENG 360M: 19thC British Poetry 
  • ENG 361: Jane Austen 
  • ENG 380K: Asian American Lit & Culture
  • ENG 450A: African American Novel 
  • ENG 450L: Monsters and Monstrosity 
  • RHET 450P: Monsters and Monstrosity 
  • ENG 450N: Evaluating Literature 

Course Substitutions for Spring 2026

For the British Literature to 1660 Requirement (the following courses only) 

  • ENG 227: British Literature I 

For the British Literature after 1660 Requirement (the following courses only)

  • ENG 228:  British Literature II 
  • ENG 360R:  Romanticism 

For the American Literature Requirement (the following courses only)

  • ENG 270: American Literature 

  • ENG 370R: American Romanticism 

For the Shakespeare Requirement (the following courses only) 

  • ENG 345: Shakespeare 
  • ENG 340M: Shakespeare's Medieval Kings 

For the Literary Theory & Criticism Requirement (the following courses only) 

  • ENG 310:  Intro to Theory/Criticism 
  • ENG 320: Globalization & Literary Culture 
  • ENG 300P: Marx & Critical Theory 
  • ENG 410P: Marx & Critical Theory 
  • ENG 380G: Race & Gender 

For the Globalization & Literary Culture Requirement (the following courses only) 

  • ENG 320: Globalization & Literary Culture 

For the Rhetorical Skills Requirement (the following courses only)

  • RHET 354: Argumentative Theory & Debate 
  • RHET 380V: Data Journalism 
  • RHET 440P: Editing a Literary Magazine 
  • RHET 380B:  Writing 麻豆社 Media
  • ENG 300R: Writing 麻豆社 Media 

For the Rhetorical Foundations Requirement (the following courses only)

  • RHET 350: Rhetorical Foundations 

For the One Additional Intermediate or Advanced British or American Literature Course Requirement (any of the following courses) 

  • ENG 227: British Literature to 1660 
  • ENG 228: British Literature after 1660 
  • ENG 270:  American Literature 
  • ENG 205: Introduction to Folklore 
  • ENG 280F: Modern Novel 
  • ENG 280M: American Comics 1986 to Now 
  • ENG 280P: Queer Knights & Sexy Nuns 
  • ENG 280Q: The Romantic Twilight 
  • ENG 280U: Boyhood in America 
  • ENG 360R:  Romanticism 
  • ENG 370P:  Existential Issues in American Lit & Film 
  • ENG 370R: American Romanticism 
  • ENG 380L: Vietnam War in Lit & Film 
  • ENG 380Y: Native American Folklore & Lit 
  • ENG 450A: Southern Fiction 

Remember: No one course can fill two requirements toward the major. A reminder about ENG 310 and ENG 320: Students in our 123, 223, or 823 concentrations may take either ENG 310 or ENG 320 to fulfill the theory requirement. Students in our 767,867, and 967 concentrations must take both courses.