早期现代中心为本科英语专业提供早期现代研究专业。英语系鼓励高年级学生通过选择专业领域来追求特定的文学和重要兴趣。早期现代研究本科专业侧重于1500年至1800年的英语文学。它鼓励学生在这个广泛的历史跨度上修读有关广泛主题的课程，并深入研究该时期的未成年人和此类主要人物如斯宾塞，莎士比亚，本·琼森，米尔顿，教皇，迪福，理查森和塞缪尔·约翰逊。鼓励学生在选择课程时咨询早期现代教师。
The Early Modern Center offers a Specialization in Early Modern Studies to undergraduate English majors. The English Department encourages upper-division students to pursue particular literary and critical interests by selecting an area of specialization. The Undergraduate Specialization in Early Modern Studies focuses on English literature from 1500 to 1800. It encourages students to take courses on a wide range of topics throughout this broad historical span and to study in depth both minor authors of the period as well as such major figures as Spenser, Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Milton, Pope, Defoe, Richardson, and Samuel Johnson. Students are encouraged to consult with Early Modern faculty members for advice in selecting their courses. See below for a list of 2019-2020 English department courses that count toward the Early Modern Undergraduate Specialization