Common Curriculum English courses at Loyola University New Orleans provide students with instruction in critical reading and writing about significant social and cultural questions and about traditional and modern literary works. These courses stress reading and writing skills vital to success in college, careers, and life.

Loyola students take two English courses as requirements within the Common Curriculum. English T122's readings focus on matters of social and cultural dispute, including such issues as censorship, capital punishment, and gender roles. English T125's readings are drawn from traditional and modern literature, including fiction, poetry, drama, and film, typically with a specific thematic or genre-based focus. Both courses stress critical analysis of the assigned readings as well as essay writing and research skills.

Advanced Common Curriculum courses, which can fulfill an upper-division Common Curriculum requirement in Humanities/Arts or serve as an upper-division Common Curriculum elective, introduce non-English majors and minors to various themes and genres. Offerings include "Arthurian Legend," "Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature," "Women in American Literature," and "The African Novel."