Course Sequence

Senior Year Fall  

• Research Methods

Senior Year Spring

• Proseminar 1

Fifth Year Fall

• Literary Theory
• Proseminar 2
• Proseminar 3
• Seminar 1

Fifth Year Spring

• Proseminar 4
• Seminar 2
• Seminar 3
• Seminar 4

Courses:

• Bibliography : Research methods, textual editing, annotated bibliographies etc.
• Literary Theory : Foundations in literary theory
• Proseminars: Seminar papers not required.  Assignments may vary. Six foundational courses in, for example, the following arrangement:
  1. Early British to 1660
  2. Later British
  3. Early American
  4. Later American
  5. Modern and Contemporary Literature
  6. Anglophone and African-American literature
• Seminars : More specialized courses concentrated within an area; seminar papers required.