History and English, BA (Boston)

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BA Language Requirements

12 semester hours.

From the catalog
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.

History Colloquium

HIST 1000 — History at Northeastern
HIST 1200 — Historical Research and Writing
HIST 1201 — First-Year Seminar

Introductory Level

4 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete one course from the 1000 level.

History Seminar and Historical Writing

HIST 2301 — The History Seminar
HIST 2302 — Historical Writing

Pre-1800 History Elective

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- HIST 1185 — Introduction to Middle Eastern History
- HIST 1187 — Introduction to Latin American History
- HIST 1218 — Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804
- HIST 1252 — Japanese Literature and Culture
- HIST 1272 — Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500
- HIST 2370 — Renaissance to Enlightenment
- HIST 2330 — Colonial and Revolutionary America
- HIST 2375 — The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain

Intermediate/Advanced History Courses

16 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete four history courses numbered 2000 or above that have not been used to fulfill another requirement.

Advanced History

4 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete one history course at the 3000 level or above that has not been used to fulfill another requirement.

Foundational Courses

One of:
- ENGL 1160 — Introduction to Rhetoric
- ENGL 1410 — Introduction to Research on Writing
ENGL 1400 — Introduction to Literary Studies
One of:
- ENGL 1700 — Global Literatures 1
- ENGL 1701 — Global Literatures 2

Diversity

From the catalog
Complete one of the following (you may reuse this course to fulfill an additional English requirement below):

One of:
- ENGL 2296 — Early African-American Literature
- ENGL 2450 — Postcolonial Literature
- ENGL 2455 — American Women Writers
- ENGL 2470 — Asian-American Literature
- ENGL 2760 — Writing in Global Contexts
- ENGL 3678 — Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity

Literary Periods

From the catalog
Pre-1850
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- ENGL 1600 — Introduction to Shakespeare
- ENGL 2296 — Early African-American Literature
- ENGL 3101 — Early Literatures
- ENGL 3120 — 17th- and 18th-Century Literatures
- ENGL 3160 — Topics in 17th- and 18th-Century British Literatures
- One of:
  - ENGL 3678 — Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
  - JWSS 3678 — Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
From the catalog
Post-1850
Complete one of the following:
One of:
- ENGL 2301 — The Graphic Novel
- ENGL 2450 — Postcolonial Literature
- ENGL 2451 — Postcolonial Women Writers
- ENGL 2455 — American Women Writers
- ENGL 2470 — Asian-American Literature
- ENGL 2600 — Irish Literary Culture
- ENGL 3161 — 20th- and 21st-Century Literatures

Theories and Methods

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- ENGL 1160 — Introduction to Rhetoric
- ENGL 1410 — Introduction to Research on Writing
- ENGL 1450 — Reading and Writing in the Digital Age
- ENGL 2520 — Science Fiction
- ENGL 2620 — What Is Nature?
- ENGL 3325 — Rhetoric of Law
- ENGL 3381 — The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing
- ENGL 3400 — Opening the Archive
- ENGL 3487 — Film and Text
- ENGL 3700 — Narrative Medicine
- LING 1150 — Introduction to Linguistics
- LING 2350 — Linguistic Analysis
- LING 3450 — Syntax
- LING 3452 — Semantics
- LING 3454 — History of English
- LING 3456 — Language and Gender

Major Seminar

ENGL 3710 — Major Seminar

Writing

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- ENGL 2700 — Creative Writing
- ENGL 2710 — Style and Editing
- ENGL 2760 — Writing in Global Contexts
- ENGL 2770 — Writing to Heal
- ENGL 3375 — Writing Boston
- ENGL 3376 — Creative Nonfiction
- ENGL 3377 — Poetry Workshop
- ENGL 3378 — Fiction Workshop
- ENGL 3380 — Writing Seminar

English Electives

8 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete any two ENGL courses that have not already been used to fulfill another requirement.

Capstone

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- ENGL 4710 — Capstone Seminar
- HIST 4701 — Capstone Seminar

Required Integrative Course

ENGL 3400 — Opening the Archive

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