English (ENG)

Concentration requirements:

For students with a concentration in English, 36 credits are required including:

1. HUM 486 Senior Project or HUM 490 Humanities Practicum

2. Six credits chosen from the Humanities Basic Courses:
HUM 301    Studies in the Western Tradition
HUM 302    Studies in the Eastern Tradition
HUM 303    Comparative Traditions: Eastern and Western
HUM 304    Hawaiian-Pacific Traditions

3. ENG 300 Methods of Literary Interpretation

4. Six credits from the Survey Cluster:
ENG 320    World Literature (topics will vary)
ENG 330    Early British Literature
ENG 331    17th & 18th Century British Literature
ENG 332    19th Century British Literature
ENG 333    20th Century British Literature
ENG 340    Early American Literature
ENG 341    19th Century American Literature
ENG 342    20th Century American Literature

5. Six credits from the Theme Cluster:
ENG 380    Multicultural & Postcolonial Literature
ENG 401    Existentialism & the Human Condition
ENG 410    The Bible as Literature
ENG 441    Gender & Sexuality in Literature & Film
ENG 470    Literature as History
ENG 476    Contemporary Literature of the Pacific
ENG 478    Hawaiian Mythology II
ENG 479    Hawaiian Mythology I
ENG 481    Plantation Fictions

6. Six credits from the Film Cluster:
ENG 360    Literature and Film
ENG 361    History of Film
ENG 362    Genres and Directors

7. Six credits from one additional area of Humanities (Complementary Area).

8. Additional courses in the concentration as recommended for inclusion in the student’s educational plan based on specific competency goals established by the student. Courses may be used only once to fulfill cluster, concentration, or elective requirements towards graduation.

ENG 320    World Literature (topics will vary)
ENG 330    Early British Literature
ENG 331    17th and 18th Century British Literature
ENG 332    19th Century British Literature
ENG 333    20th Century British Literature
ENG 340    Early American Literature
ENG 341    19th Century American Literature
ENG 342    20th Century American Literature
ENG 360    Literature and Film
ENG 361    History of Film
ENG 362    Genres and Directors
ENG 380    Multicultural & Postcolonial Literatures
ENG 401    Existentialism and the Human Condition
ENG 410    The Bible as Literature
ENG 441    Gender & Sexuality in Literature & Film
ENG 470    Literature as History
ENG 476    Contemporary Literature of the Pacific
ENG 477    Polynesian and Micronesian Mythology
ENG 478    Hawaiian Mythology II
ENG 479    Hawaiian Mythology I
ENG 480    Contemporary Literature of the Pacific
ENG 481    Plantation Fictions
ENG 496    Selected Topics in Literature and Film (v)
ENG 499    Directed Reading and Research (v)

Graduates with a concentration in English from UH West O‘ahu should be able to:

Identify and distinguish the genres in literature.
Analyze literature using the vocabulary, theories, and techniques of the field.
Demonstrate how literature helps them to develop insight into human character, including their own.