The Department of English and the Department of Philosophy and Religion offer an interdisciplinary combined major in English and philosophy. Students in the combined major in English and philosophy integrate the study of literature and writing with the study of ethical and philosophical issues and problems.
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 language requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
English Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses | ||
| ENGL 1000 | English at Northeastern | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| The African American Novel | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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) | ||
| The African American Novel | ||
| 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 | ||
| Publishing in the 21st Century | ||
| The Writer’s Marketplace | ||
| English Electives | ||
| Complete any two ENGL courses that have not already been used to fulfill another requirement. | 8 | |
Capstone
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| English Capstone Requirement | 4 | |
| Capstone Seminar | ||
or ENGL 4720 | Capstone Project | |
Philosophy Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Philosophy Required Courses | ||
| PHIL 1115 | Introduction to Logic | 4 |
| PHIL 2325 | Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought | 4 |
| or POLS 2325 | Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought | |
| PHIL 2330 | Modern Philosophy | 4 |
| Restricted Electives | ||
| Take two of the following with at least one at the 4000 or 5000 level: | 8 | |
| The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life | ||
| Existentialism | ||
| Philosophy and Literature | ||
| Scientific Approaches to Philosophy | ||
| Theory of Knowledge | ||
| Philosophy of Science | ||
| Advanced Logic | ||
| Philosophy of Mind | ||
| Philosophy of Economics | ||
| Philosophy of Biology | ||
| Seminar in Religion | ||
| Global Justice | ||
| Ethics and Public Policy | ||
| Information Ethics | ||
| AI Ethics | ||
| Philosophy Electives | ||
| Complete three additional electives from the philosophy department. | 12 | |
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHIL 3435 | Moral Philosophy | 4 |
| ENGL 3619 | Emerson and Thoreau | 4 |
English and Philosophy Combined Major Credit Requirement
Complete 88 semester hours in the major.
Experiential Liberal Arts
All students in this College of Social Sciences and Humanities program are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| PHIL 1115 | 4 | PHIL 2325 | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| ENGL 1000 | 1 | ENGL 1160 | 4 | ||||
| ENGL 1400 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ENGL Diversity Course | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGL Pre Nineteenth Century Literature Course | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | Elective | 4 | ||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| PHIL 2330 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ENGL Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty First Century Literature | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| PHIL Restricted Elective | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | Elective | 4 | ||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ENGL Comparative Literature Course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ENGL Theories and Methods Course | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | ||
| ENGL Writing Course | 4 | Integrative Course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ENGL Capstone | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| PHIL Restricted Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 8 | |||||
| Total Hours: 129 | |||||||