Literature & Culture (BHA Concentration)
Laura Donaldson, BHA Literature & Culture Concentration Advisor (BH 259)
BHA Literature & Culture Concentration
(81 units minimum)
The BHA concentration in Literature & Culture teaches students how to read, interpret and write persuasively about novels, poems, plays and other imaginative works across a variety of genres and media forms. Along with teaching students the analytical skills and methodological tools to interpret these works, this major teaches the importance of understanding imaginative works within their cultural and historical contexts. In addition, the concentration is designed to train students in strong professional and academic skills like critical thinking, inductive reasoning and persuasive argumentation that are applicable to other fields of study and a variety of career paths.
Prerequisite Course
Choose one course:
| Units | ||
| 76-212 | Introduction to TV Writing | 9 |
| 76-260 | Introduction to Writing Fiction | 9 |
| 76-261 | Intro to Writing Creative Nonfiction | 9 |
| 76-265 | Introduction to Writing Poetry | 9 |
| 76-269 | Introduction to Screenwriting | 9 |
Required Introductory Courses (2 courses, 18 units)
| 76-245 | Shakespeare: Tragedies & Histories | 9 |
| or 76-247 | Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances | |
| 76-275 | Introduction to Critical Writing | 9 |
200-Level Literature & Culture Course (1 course, 9 units)
Course options include but are not limited to the following:
| 76-203 | Literature & Culture in the 18th Century | 9 |
| 76-207 | Special Topics in Literature & Culture | 9 |
| 76-210 | Banned Books | 9 |
| 76-220 | Mystery! From Detective Fiction to True Crime | 9 |
| 76-221 | Books You Should Have Read By Now | 9 |
| 76-239 | Introduction to Film Studies | 9 |
| 76-241 | Introduction to Gender Studies | 9 |
| 76-244 | Immigrant Fictions | 9 |
| 76-245 | Shakespeare: Tragedies & Histories (if not taken as Required Introductory Course) | 9 |
| 76-247 | Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances (if not taken as Required Introductory Course) | 9 |
| 76-259 | Film History | 9 |
| 76-268 | Comic Books & Pop Culture | 9 |
300-Level Course (1 course, 9 units)
Course options include but are not limited to the following:
| 76-310 | Advanced Studies in Film and Media | 9 |
| 76-312 | Crime and Justice in American Film | 9 |
| 76-314 | Data Stories | 9 |
| 76-317 | Contemporary American Fiction | 9 |
| 76-326 | Contemporary Global Fiction | 9 |
| 76-329 | Performing Race in Early Modern Drama | 9 |
| 76-337 | Intersectional Feminism | 9 |
| 76-339 | Topics in Film and Media | 9 |
| 76-341 | The Age of Jane Austen | 9 |
| 76-342 | Love: A Cultural History | 9 |
| 76-367 | Fact Into Film: Translating History into Cinema | 9 |
| 76-376 | Crafting Race in 19th-Century Britain | 9 |
| 76-382 | Media: Past, Present, and Future | 9 |
| 76-392 | Special Topics in Literature & Culture | 9 |
400-Level Course (1 course, 9 units)
Course options include but are not limited to the following:
| 76-407 | Topics in Literary & Cultural Studies | 9 |
| 76-410 | The Long Eighteenth Century | 9 |
| 76-414 | Decolonial Imaginaries | 9 |
| 76-423 | Transnational Feminisms | 9 |
| 76-429 | Introduction to Computational Humanities | 9 |
| 76-431 | Gender Play in Early Modern Drama | 9 |
| 76-434 | Literature & Social Change in the 19th Century | 9 |
| 76-439 | Seminar in Film and Media Studies | 9 |
| 76-442 | Black Lives in Pre-1900 Britain | 9 |
| 76-445 | Milton | 9 |
| 76-446 | Revenge Tragedy | 9 |
| 76-450 | Law, Culture, and the Humanities | 9 |
| 76-453 | Literature of Empire | 9 |
| 76-461 | Refugee Stories: Literature, Art and Film | 9 |
| 76-467 | Crime Fiction and Film | 9 |
| 76-468 | Space and Mobilities | 9 |
| 76-495 | Other People's Words: The History, Theory, and Practice of Interviews | 9 |
Theory Course (1 course, 9 units)
Course options include but are not limited to the following:
| 76-350 | Critical Theories about Literature | 9 |
| 76-434 | Literature & Social Change in the 19th Century | 9 |
Rhetoric Course (1 course, 9 units)
Course options include but are not limited to the following:
| 76-204 | Race, Ethnicity, Controversy | 9 |
| 76-219 | Law & Blame | 9 |
| 76-318 | Communicating in the Global Marketplace | 9 |
| 76-325 | Intertextuality | 9 |
| 76-327 | Equity & Communication: Strategies for Institutional Change | 9 |
| 76-373 | Argument | 9 |
| 76-384 | Race, Nation, and the Enemy | 9 |
| 76-388 | Coding for Humanists | 9 |
| 76-389 | Rhetorical Grammar | 9 |
| 76-415 | Mediated Power and Propaganda | 9 |
| 76-416 | Rhetorics of Race & Empire | 9 |
| 76-425 | Rhetoric, Science, and the Public Sphere | 9 |
| 76-473 | Rhetoric & the Construction of Race | 9 |
| 76-475 | Law, Performance, and Identity | 9 |
| 76-476 | Rhetoric of Science | 9 |
| 76-490 | Digital Rhetorics | 9 |
English Elective Courses (2 courses, 18 units)
Complete two additional courses from the English Department’s offerings. One course must be at the 300-level, and one must be at the 400-level. Electives may include any courses offered by the English Department from any specialization area, with the exception of creative writing workshops.