MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
To declare ETS as your major, you need to meet with the ETS Coordinator. To make an appointment, stop by 401 Hall of Languages or phone or email our Undergraduate Studies Coordinator, Daphne Stowe (443-2173, dstowe@syr.edu). At your meeting, you will learn about the major requirements, put together a first semester schedule, be appointed a faculty advisor, and be subscribed to the ETS major listserv.
Lower Division Requirements
ETS majors must take six credit hours (generally, two courses) numbered at the 100 or 200 level, including the following required course:
ETS 242: Reading and Interpretation
ETS 242 introduces you to fundamental questions of textuality and representation, making use of some theoretical material. It acquaints you with multiple ways of reading and provides experience in techniques of close textual analysis.
Your second lower division course must be chosen from among the following gateway courses:
ETS 113: Survey of British Literature to 1789
ETS 114: Survey of British Literature since 1789
ETS 115: Topics in British Literary History
ETS 117: Survey of American Literature to 1865
ETS 118: Survey of American Literature since 1865
ETS 119: Topics in American Literary History
ETS 121: Introduction to Shakespeare
ETS 142: Narratives of Culture
ETS 145: Reading Popular Culture
ETS 151: Interpretation of Poetry
ETS 152: Interpretation of Drama
ETS 153: Interpretation of Fiction
ETS 154: Interpretation of Film
ETS 181: Class and Literary Texts
ETS 182: Race and Literary Texts
ETS 184: Ethnicity and Literary Texts
ETS 192: Gender and Literary Texts
Advanced Placement credits do NOT count toward this requirement.
Upper Division Requirements
ETS majors must take 24 credit hours (generally, eight courses) in courses numbered 300 or above, including the following:
ETS 305: Critical Analysis
Five of the courses must be chosen from within the ETS group headings Historical Modes of Inquiry, Theoretical Modes of Inquiry, and Political Modes of Inquiry. The five courses may come from any of the three groups, but two of the five must focus on content before 1900.
Two remaining elective courses may be chosen from any upper division ETS courses, or from among upper division creative writing courses (ETS), or one Literature in Translation course (LIT) or one Writing Program courses (WRT).
Summary of Requirements
Lower Division: 1 gateway course
ETS 242
Upper Division: ETS 305
5 ETS courses at level 300+, 2 of which must focus on pre-1900 content
2 electives at level 300+, drawn from ETS or ETS Creative Writing.
One level 300+ Literature in Translation course (LIT) or WRT course may count toward the elective requirement.
TOTAL REQUIRED CREDIT HOURS FOR THE MAJOR: 30
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