Requirements for Concentration:

12 units, courses at all three levels of instruction (100-, 200-, and 300-level), at least 4 courses from the required category of courses, and at least 4 courses at the 300-level, one of which must be the senior thesis. The senior thesis is a long research paper, interdisciplinary in nature, and written under the direction and guidance of two faculty members from two departments. Three of the 12 units for the major may be taken from courses dealing with countries other than Britain (students should see the coordinator for a list of such courses). Study in Britain may be desirable for qualified students.

Required Courses

At least 4 units from the following, in two disciplines

• VICT 300 - Thesis
• ENGL 248 - The Age of Romanticism, 1789-1832 (1)
• ENGL 249 - Victorian Literature: Culture and Anarchy (1)
• ENGL 250 - Victorian Poets (1)
• ENGL 255 - Nineteenth-Century British Novels (1)
• ENGL 351 - Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature (1)
• ENGL 352 - Romantic Poets: Rebels with a Cause (1)
• ENGL 353 - Romantic Poets: Rebels with a Cause (1)
• HIST 121 - Readings in Modern European History (1)
• HIST 151 - British History: James I (1603) to the Great War (1)
• HIST 254 - Victorian Britain (1)
• HIST 355 - Childhood and Children in Nineteenth-Century Britain (1)

Interdepartmental

• VICT 300 - Thesis (1 or 2)

Recommended Courses

• ART 262 - Art and Revolution in Europe, 1789-1848 (1)
• ART 263 - Painters of Modern Life: Realism, Impressionism, Symbolism (1)
• ART 362 - Seminar in XIX Century Art (1)
• HIST 255 - The British Empire (1)
• PHIL 205 - Nineteenth Century Philosophy (1)

Supplemental (Non-British) Courses

For a list of over 30 courses, any three of which may count towards the major, see the coordinator.