The Department of English and Department of Theatre offer an interdisciplinary combined major that integrates performance, design, production, and dramatic literature with literary studies, digital humanities, and creative writing. This combined major offers both classroom and experiential learning in making theatre, playwriting, and dramaturgy with the study of the diverse historical, cultural, and aesthetic contexts of literature. Students develop the capacity for interpreting a variety of texts through performance and writing to engage audiences.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
BA Language Requirements
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.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
English Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Foundational Courses | ||
ENGL 1400 | Introduction to Literary Studies | 4 |
ENGL 1160 | Introduction to Rhetoric | 4 |
or ENGL 1410 | Introduction to Research on Writing | |
ENGL 1700 | Global Literatures 1 | 4 |
or ENGL 1701 | Global Literatures 2 |
English Electives
Two of the courses chosen from the lists below must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Diversity | ||
Complete one course from the following. You may reuse this course to fulfill an additional English requirement below. | 4 | |
Literature and Digital Diversity | ||
Early African-American Literature | ||
Postcolonial Literature | ||
American Women Writers | ||
Asian-American Literature | ||
Writing in Global Contexts | ||
Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | ||
Literary Periods | ||
Pre-19th Century Literature | ||
Complete one course from the following: | 4 | |
Introduction to Shakespeare | ||
Early African-American Literature | ||
Early Literatures | ||
17th- and 18th-Century Literatures | ||
Milton | ||
Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
or JWSS 3678 | Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | |
19th/20th/21st Century Literature | ||
Complete one of the following courses: | 4 | |
19th Century | ||
The American Renaissance | ||
19th-Century Literatures | ||
Topics in 19th-Century American Literature | ||
Emerson and Thoreau | ||
19th-Century Major Figure | ||
20th/21st Century | ||
The Graphic Novel | ||
The Modern Bestseller | ||
Irish Literary Culture (Abroad) | ||
20th- and 21st-Century Literatures | ||
Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | ||
or JWSS 3685 | Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | |
20th- and 21st-Century Major Figure | ||
Theories and Methods | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Grammar: The Architecture of English | ||
Introduction to Rhetoric | ||
Introduction to Research on Writing | ||
Literature and Digital Diversity | ||
Rhetoric of Law | ||
The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing | ||
Opening the Archive | ||
Narrative Medicine | ||
Introduction to Language and Linguistics | ||
Linguistic Analysis | ||
Syntax | ||
Semantics | ||
History of English | ||
Language and Gender | ||
Topics in Linguistics | ||
Comparative Course | ||
Complete one of the following courses: | 4 | |
Reading and Writing in the Digital Age | ||
British Literature to 1800 | ||
American Literature to 1865 | ||
Literature and Digital Diversity | ||
Contemporary Poetry | ||
Contemporary Fiction | ||
American Women Writers | ||
Asian-American Literature | ||
Horror Fiction | ||
Science Fiction | ||
Irish Literary Culture (Abroad) | ||
What Is Nature? | ||
Boston in Literature | ||
Film and Text (Abroad) | ||
Writing | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Creative Writing | ||
Style and Editing | ||
Digital Writing | ||
Writing and Community Engagement | ||
Writing in Global Contexts | ||
Writing to Heal | ||
Writing for Social Media: Theory and Practice | ||
Writing Boston | ||
Creative Nonfiction | ||
Poetry Workshop | ||
Fiction Workshop | ||
Writing Seminar | ||
The Writer’s Marketplace | ||
English Electives | ||
Complete any two ENGL courses that have not already been used to fulfill another requirement. | 8 |
Capstone Requirement
Code | Title | Hours |
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English Capstone Requirement | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Capstone Seminar | ||
or ENGL 4720 | Capstone Project | |
Capstone: Creative Practice Research Project |
Theatre Requirements
A minimum grade of C is required in all THTR and INAM courses.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Foundational Courses | ||
THTR 1000 | Theatre at Northeastern | 1 |
or ENGL 1000 | English at Northeastern | |
INAM 2000 | Ethics in Creativity | 4 |
THTR 1101 | Introduction to Theatre | 4 |
THTR 1120 | Acting 1 | 4 |
THTR 1131 | Introduction to Technical Theatre | 4 |
THTR 1270 | Introduction to Theatrical Design | 4 |
THTR 3325 | Dramaturgical Inquiry | 4 |
Making Theatre | ||
THTR 1100 | Production Experience 1 | 1 |
THTR 2000 | Production Experience 2 | 1 |
Texts, Community, & Social Context | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
The Ethics of Narrative in Theatre and The Ethics of Narrative in Theatre Seminar | ||
Activism and Performance | ||
Race, Power, and Performance | ||
Documentary Theatre Project | ||
The American Black Theatre Experience | ||
Theatre and Society | ||
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre | ||
Topics in Theatre History and Culture | ||
Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement | ||
Queer Theatre and Performance | ||
Performing Theory | ||
Electives | ||
Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
The American Black Theatre Experience | ||
History of Musical Theatre | ||
Playwriting | ||
Boston Theatre Experience | ||
Theatre and Society | ||
Acting 2 | ||
Acting for the Camera | ||
Viewpoints | ||
Lighting Design | ||
Costume Design | ||
Fashion Construction and Pattern Making | ||
Scenic Design | ||
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre | ||
Voice and Speech Training | ||
Topics in Theatre History and Culture | ||
Topics in Dance | ||
Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement | ||
Queer Theatre and Performance | ||
Stage Combat | ||
Directing for the Stage | ||
Performing Theory | ||
Mixed-Media Performance Lab | ||
Topics in Performance Studies | ||
Advanced Acting for the Camera | ||
Devised Theatre Project | ||
Acting 3 | ||
Design for Immersive Performance |
Integrative Requirements
Courses used in the integrative requirements cannot double-count in other areas of the major.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Integrative Courses | ||
ENGL 1600 | Introduction to Shakespeare | 4 |
ENGL 2330 | The American Renaissance | 4 |
English and Theatre Major Credit Requirement
94 semester hours required in the major
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Four Years, One Co-op
Year 1 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
ENGL 1400 | 4 | ENGL 1160 or 1410 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Vacation | |
THTR 1000 or ENGL 1000 | 1 | THTR 1131 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
THTR 1100 | 1 | THTR 1270 | 4 | ||||
THTR 1101 | 4 | ENGL elective | 4 | ||||
THTR 1120 | 4 | ||||||
ENGL comparative requirement | 4 | ||||||
18 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
EEAM 2000 | 1 | Co-op | Co-op | Vacation | |||
ENGL 1600 | 4 | ||||||
THTR 2000 | 1 | ||||||
THTR 2330 | 4 | ||||||
THTR 3325 | 4 | ||||||
ENGL pre-19th-century requirement | 4 | ||||||
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
ENGL 19th-, 20th-, or 21st-Century requirement | 4 | INAM 2000 | 4 | Foreign Language | 4 | Vacation | |
ENGL Theories & Methods requirement | 4 | ENGL diversity requirement | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
THTR Text, Community, & Social Context Course | 4 | THTR Elective | 4 | ||||
THTR Elective | 4 | Foreign Language | 4 | ||||
16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
ENGL writing requirement | 4 | THTR 4702 | 4 | ||||
ENGL elective | 4 | ENGL Capstone | 4 | ||||
Elective | 4 | Foreign Language | 4 | ||||
Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
16 | 16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 132 |