For Undergraduate English Majors
As an English major, you design your own concentration — a program of study based on your areas of interest, organized around a controlling theme or topic — with the help of your advisor. Below are some recommendations for students interested in this area.
Recommended Courses
- ENGL 244: African Am. Lit since 1865
- ENGL 244A: Intro to African Lit
- ENGL 244E: African Am. Lit before 1865
- ENGL 245A: Intro to Asian Am. Lit
- ENGL 245N: Intro to Native Am. Lit
- ENGL 344: Ethnicity and Film
- ENGL 344B: Black Women Authors
- ENGL 344D: African-Caribbean Lit
- ENGL 345D: Chicana and/or Chicano Lit
- ENGL 345N: Native Am. Women Writers
- ENGL 445: Ethnic Lit
- ENGL 445B: Topics in African Am. Lit
- ENGL 445K: Topics in African Lit
- ENGL 445N: Topics in Native Am. Lit
Recommended Experiences
Internships, Volunteering, Publishing, etc
- Get involved with OASIS
- Intern with local multicultural community centers and/or organizations
- Get involved with UNL’s Multicultural Fraternities or Sororities
- Consider an Ethnic Studies Minor or Second Major
- Consider selecting a specialized Ethnic Studies minor
Recommended Reading
- MELUS Journal
- La Bloga
- The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
- Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
- The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
- Slave Narratives by Frederick Douglass, Mary Prince, Olaudah Equiano
- Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States
- Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature
- The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature
- Native American Literature: An Anthology
- House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
- Gardens in the Dunes by Leslie Marmon Silko
Career Opportunities
- Professional writing: business, entertainment, non-profits, government
- Community Advocacy Work (i.e., grant writing or public service writing)
- Writing for media outlets
- Teaching
- Editing and publishing
- Graduate or professional school (law, business, politics, literature)