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LITERARY STUDIES OPTION IN ENGLISH (based on http://libarts.wsu.edu/english/undergraduate/guide06-07.pdf, p. 9).
You can check your Degree Audit Report (DARS Report), which includes all graduation requirements, at http://www.metro.wsu.edu.

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Requirements Credits Semester Grade
GER HUMANITIES REQUIREMENT: HUM 101, 103, 198, 302, 303, 304, 335, 350, 410, or 450 3    
CURRICULUM (MUST INCLUDE TWO "M" COURSES)
FOUNDATION (5 courses, 15 credit hours)
GATEWAY COURSE: Engl 302:  Introduction to English Studies 3    
1. Engl 370:  The Making of "English":  Literature, Language, and Culture Before 1600 3    
2. Engl 371:  17th- and 18th-Century Transnational Literatures in English 3    
3. Engl 372:  19th-Century Literature of the British Empire and the Americas 3    
4. Engl 373:  20th- and 21st-Century Global Literatures in English 3    
OTHER REQUIREMENTS: 7 COURSES IN ENGLISH/AMERICAN LITERATURE OR HUMANITIES* (21 credits) Advisor Initials Credits Semester Grade
1.   3    
2.   3    
3.   3    
4.   3    
5. Writers of Color**   3    
6. 400-level course***   3    
7. 400-level course***   3    

* Optional: Up to 6 credits at any level or any field (including 200-level or other lower-division courses) of English Studies (creative or professional writing, film, DTC topics, etc.). The rest should be upper-division courses (300- or 400-level courses).

** The Writers of Color course may be American or English-writing authors from countries other than the US.

*** You must have at least two 400-level courses.

To Sum Up: A Checklist for English/Literary Studies Majors
As you fill out this checklist, you'll notice that some courses will count for more than one thing: a course may have an "M" designation and also be an upper-division course, for example.
Have you completed . . . Yes No Notes to Self (semester completed, course title, etc.)
1. A GER Humanities Requirement?      
2. English 302?      
3. English 370?      
4. English 371?      
5. English 372?      
6. English 373?      
7. Two "M" Courses?      
   8a. "M" course 1 title:      
   8b: "M" course 2 title:      
8. A Writers of Color course?     Title and semester taken:
9. Two 400-level courses?      
   9a. 400-level course 1 title:      
   9b. 400-level course 2 title:      
10. A Tier III course? (can be a Humanities course but NOT an English course)     Title:
11. Your English Department End-of-Program Assessment Portfolio?     Note: This is NOT the same as your Junior Writing Portfolio. This English portfolio consists of the following:
  11a. English 302 (W, M) paper      
  11b. Paper from Senior-level or last Upper-Division Literature Course      
  11c. Exit Questionnaire      
12. Your Foreign Language Requirement?     Language: