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.
University-Wide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the University-Wide 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Women Writers | ||
| 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 | ||
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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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) | ||
| 19th-Century Literatures | ||
| Emerson and Thoreau | ||
| 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 | ||
| Writing Cultures | ||
| 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 Literature | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Reading and Writing in the Digital Age | ||
| British Literature to 1800 | ||
| American Literature to 1865 | ||
| Literature and Digital Diversity | ||
| Contemporary Poetry | ||
| Contemporary Fiction | ||
| Postcolonial Women Writers | ||
| 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 | ||
| Writing and Community Engagement | ||
| Writing in Global Contexts | ||
| Writing to Heal | ||
| Visual Writing: Writing Visuals | ||
| 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 | ||
| Capstone | ||
| ENGL 4710 | Capstone Seminar | 4 |
| or ENGL 4720 | Capstone Project | |
| English Electives | ||
| Complete two additional ENGL electives. | 8 | |
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 undergraduate students in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities 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 | |||||||