The Capstone Experience for English Majors
The English Capstone Experience provides a venue in which students can apply the skills and knowledge that they have acquired during their training as English majors. Capstone work is both a culmination of baccalaureate work and preparation for further work in academic or non-academic environments.
The Capstone Experience is required for graduation and counts as 3 credit hours of upper-division course work in the major. Three Capstone options are offered.
Capstone Options
ENGL 418 Creative Writing Senior Seminar. This course is open to English majors who are pursuing the concentration in Creative Writing (CW). Students will develop a portfolio of their creative writing under faculty guidance. Registration is by permit only: contact the ENGL 418 course supervisor or the CW coordinator.
ENGL 491A Professional Field Experience: Capstone. This course is open to English majors who are pursuing the concentration in Professional Writing and Editing (PWE). Students will develop a portfolio of writing produced during an internship. The prerequisite is completion of 9 hours in the PWE concentration. Registration is by permit only: contact the PWE coordinator.
ENGL 496 Senior Thesis. This course is open to all English majors who are not taking ENGL 418 or ENGL 491A to fulfill requirements for CW or PWE concentrations. Students will develop a research project in literary or cultural studies culminating in a substantial essay (20-25 pages, with full documentation). Registration is by permit only: contact the course professor.