The Department of English and the Department of Art + Design offer an interdisciplinary combined major in English and graphic and information design. Students interested in the combined major in English and graphic and information design integrate the study of literature and writing with the design of message and meaning, integrating text, image, and data.
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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English Course-Level Requirement | ||
In addition to the capstone, two of the courses chosen from the lists below must be numbered 3000–4999. | ||
Introduction to College | ||
ENGL 1000 | English at Northeastern | 1 |
Foundational Courses | ||
ENGL 1160 | Introduction to Rhetoric | 4 |
or ENGL 1410 | Introduction to Research on Writing | |
ENGL 1400 | Introduction to Literary Studies | 4 |
Diversity | ||
Complete one of the following courses. This course may also be used to fulfill an additional English requirement below: | 4 | |
Literature and Digital Diversity | ||
Early African-American Literature | ||
Postcolonial Literature | ||
American Women Writers | ||
Writing in Global Contexts | ||
Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | ||
or JWSS 3685 | Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | |
Pre-Nineteenth-Century Literature | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Introduction to Shakespeare | ||
Global Literatures 1 | ||
Early African-American Literature | ||
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 | |
Nineteenth-, Twentieth-, and Twenty-First-Century Literature | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
The Graphic Novel | ||
The American Renaissance | ||
The Modern Bestseller | ||
Irish Literary Culture (Abroad) | ||
Contemporary Israeli Literature and Art Abroad | ||
Topics in 19th-Century American Literature | ||
Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | ||
or JWSS 3685 | Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | |
19th-Century Major Figure | ||
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 | ||
Technologies of Text | ||
The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing | ||
Narrative Medicine | ||
Introduction to Language and Linguistics | ||
Linguistic Analysis | ||
Syntax | ||
Semantics | ||
History of English | ||
Language and Gender | ||
Topics in Linguistics | ||
Comparative Literature | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Reading and Writing in the Digital Age | ||
American Literature to 1865 | ||
Literature and Digital Diversity | ||
Contemporary Poetry | ||
Contemporary Fiction | ||
Postcolonial Literature | ||
American Women Writers | ||
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 | ||
Writing and Community Engagement | ||
Writing in Global Contexts | ||
Writing to Heal | ||
Visual Writing | ||
Writing for Social Media: Theory and Practice | ||
Writing Boston | ||
Creative Nonfiction | ||
Poetry Workshop | ||
Fiction Workshop | ||
Writing Seminar | ||
The Writer’s Marketplace | ||
Capstone | ||
ENGL 4710 | Capstone Seminar | 4 |
or ENGL 4720 | Capstone Project | |
English Electives | ||
Complete two additional ENGL electives. | 8 |
Graphic and Information Design Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Art and Design at Northeastern | ||
ARTF 1000 | Art and Design at Northeastern | 1 |
or ENGL 1000 | English at Northeastern | |
Art and Design Fundamentals | ||
ARTF 1122 | Color and Composition (with optional ARTF 1123) | 4 |
ARTF 2220 and ARTF 2221 | Movement and Time and Movement and Time Tools | 5 |
Art and Design History | ||
Complete any one ARTH course as long as prerequisites have been met. | 4 | |
Design | ||
ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | Design: Process + Practices and Studio for Design: Process + Practices | 4 |
ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | Typographic Systems and Studio for Typographic Systems | 4 |
ARTG 2242 | Information Design Principles | 4 |
ARTG 2252 | Graphic Design Principles | 4 |
ARTG 3350 | Typography 2 | 4 |
Degree Project | ||
ARTG 4550 | Design Degree Project | 4 |
Art and Design Electives | ||
Complete two of the following: | 8-10 | |
Introduction to Photography (with optional ARTD 2361) | ||
Video Basics (with optional ARTD 2381) | ||
Observational Drawing | ||
Conceptual Drawing | ||
Form and Structure (with optional ARTF 1125) | ||
Experience and Interaction (with optional ARTF 2224) | ||
Programming Basics | ||
Interaction Design Principles (with optional ARTG 2401) | ||
Topics in Information Design Inquiry | ||
Graphic Design 2 | ||
Identity and Brand Design | ||
Typography 3 |
Integrative Requirement
Code | Title | Hours |
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Integrative English Course | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
The Graphic Novel | ||
Visual Writing | ||
Technologies of Text |
Program Requirement
129 total semester hours required
Sample Four Years, Two Co-ops (Spring/Summer)
Year 1 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
ARTF 1122 (with optional ARTF 1123) | 4 | ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | 4 | ARTF 2220 and ARTF 2221 | 5 | Elective | 4 |
ENGL 1000 or ARTF 1000 | 1 | ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
ENGL 1400 | 4 | ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||
ENGL 1450 | 4 | ENGL 1160 or 1410 | 4 | ||||
Art + Design Elective (Recommended: ARTG 1001 & ARTG 1002) | 4 | ||||||
17 | 16 | 9 | 8 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
ARTG 2252 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ARTG 3350 | 4 |
ENGL 1700 | 4 | ENGL Elective | 4 | ||||
Art + Design Elective | 4 | ||||||
ENGL pre-19th century requirement | 4 | ||||||
16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
Art + Design History Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ENGL writing requirement | 4 |
ENGL 19th-century requirement | 4 | ENGL elective | 4 | ||||
ENGL theories & methods requirement | 4 | ||||||
Integrative course | 4 | ||||||
16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
ARTG 2242 | 4 | ARTG 4550 | 4 | ||||
ENGL 20th-century requirement | 4 | ENGL 4710 | 4 | ||||
ENGL comparative requirement | 4 | ENGL elective | 4 | ||||
Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
16 | 16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 130 |