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A course designed to allow students to demonstrate the skills and knowledge acquired in their work as English majors. This demonstration will involve three levels of assessment. First, students must make a public demonstration of their mastery in a presentation of their work. Second, students must submit a portfolio deemed acceptable by the department committee. Third, students must complete exams for certification or entry into a selected graduate program of study. As a capstone, this course is required of all majors and must be taken during the student's final semester of work.

Part or full-time paid or unpaid internship experience in an English-related field off campus. Students will complete a combination of course-related and internship-related tasks designed to provide professional/vocational experience in the discipline. Both the faculty of record and on-site mentors will evaluate the student’s performance. Prerequisite: must be taken in conjunction with ENGL 4100.

Study of representative comedies, histories and tragedies by William Shakespeare. Parallel readings of other plays, poems, and criticism. Prerequisite: Two ENGL 3000-level courses-excluding 3100.

Study of Geoffrey Chaucer's major works, in Middle English, with emphasis on The Canterbury Tales. Prerequisite: Two ENGL 3000-level courses-excluding 3100.

Study of John Milton's life and works, with emphasis on Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. Prerequisite: Two ENGL 3000-level courses-excluding 3100.

Study of methods and materials of literary research and interpretation. Introduction to major contemporary theories. Emphasis on "close reading" of literary texts in their historical contexts. Prerequisite: Two ENGL 3000-level courses-excluding 3100.

Part or full-time experience in an English-related field off campus, with special focus on internship abroad opportunities. Students will complete a combination of course-related and job-related tasks designed to provide professional/vocational experience in the discipline. Both the faculty of record and on-site mentors will evaluate the student’s performance. Trip fee is selecting the internship abroad. Prerequisite: must be taken in conjunction with or the Summer prior to ENGL 4100.