Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

English (BA)

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

General Education

Category I: The Individual (9 to 11 hours)

IA: Rhetoric

ENGL 1101

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

IB: Mathematical Reasoning

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3 to 4

IC: Critical Thinking 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

ID: Scientific Method

 

           

Choose course from approved list

0 to 1

Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)

IIA: Freshman Composition

ENGL 1102

           

Literature and Composition

3

IIB: Speaking

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

3

IID: Humanities 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

IIE: Government 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list 

3

Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)

IIIA: Modern Language

 

           

Choose sequence from approved list

6

IIIB: History of Other Cultures

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIIC: Fine Arts

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category IV: The Natural World (6 to 9 hours)

 IVA: Natural Science

 

           

Choose course from approved list

6 to 9

Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)

VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

VIA: First-Year Experience

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:46-51

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Concentrations

Students must select one of the following concentrations:


Total Credit Hours:39

 
Creative Writing Concentration
English Major (Creative Writing concentration)
ENGL 2290Introduction to Creative Writing

3

ENGL 3000Introduction to English Studies

3

ENGL 4498Senior Seminar Research in English

1

ENGL 4499Senior Seminar in English

2

Total Credit Hours:12
Students must choose two of the following survey courses:
ENGL 2201World Literature to the Renaissance

3

ENGL 2202World Literature from the Renaissance

3

ENGL 2203British Literature to 1790

3

ENGL 2204British Literature from 1790

3

ENGL 2210United States Literature to 1865

3

ENGL 2211United States Literature from 1865

3

ENGL 2220Ethnic American Literature

3

ENGL 2221Women Writers

3

ENGL 2222Introduction to Film

3

ENGL 2225Nature Writers

3

Total Credit Hours:6
Students must choose at least four of the following Creative Writing courses:

 

ENGL 3392Creative Writing: Poetry

3

ENGL 4492Creative Writing: Poetry

3

ENGL 3393Creative Writing: Non-Fiction

3

ENGL 4493Creative Writing: Non-Fiction

3

ENGL 3394Creative Writing: Fiction

3

ENGL 4494Creative Writing: Fiction

3

ENGL 3395Creative Writing: Screenwriting, Drama, and Adaptation

3

ENGL 4495Creative Writing: Screenwriting, Drama, and Adaptation

3

ENGL 4400Print and Digital Publishing

3

Total Credit Hours:12
Students must choose at least one of the following British Literature courses:

 

ENGL 4402Medieval Literature

3

ENGL 4403British Renaissance

3

ENGL 4405Shakespeare

3

ENGL 4408Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature

3

ENGL 4415British Romanticism

3

ENGL 4421Victorian Literature

3

ENGL 4426Twentieth-Century British Literature

3

Total Credit Hours:3
Students must choose at least one of the following United States Literature courses:

 

ENGL 4427American Romanticism

3

ENGL 4428Twentieth-Century American Literature

3

ENGL 4429Multicultural American Literature

3

ENGL 4430Literature of the American South

3

Total Credit Hours:3
Students must choose at least one additional upper-level English elective (any of the 3000- or 4000-level courses not taken to meet the requirements listed above or any of the following):

 

ENGL 3307Short Story

3

ENGL 3308Novel

3

ENGL 3309Poetry

3

ENGL 3311Drama

3

ENGL 3312Non-Fiction

3

ENGL 3322Film and Literature

3

ENGL 3335Technical Writing

3

ENGL 4401Seminar in World Literature

3

ENGL 4440Reading and Writing in the Content Areas

3

ENGL 4455Survey of English Usage for Teachers

3

ENGL 4456Teaching Secondary English

3

ENGL 4460Literary Criticism

3

ENGL 4480Major Authors

3

ENGL 4481Seminar in Film

3

ENGL 4490Special Topics

3

Total Credit Hours:3
Literary Studies Concentration
English Major (Literary Studies concentration)
ENGL 3000Introduction to English Studies

3

ENGL 4405Shakespeare

3

ENGL 4498Senior Seminar Research in English

1

ENGL 4499Senior Seminar in English

2

Total Credit Hours:12
Students must choose at least one of the following British Literature survey courses:

 

ENGL 2203British Literature to 1790

3

ENGL 2204British Literature from 1790

3

Total Credit Hours:3
Students must choose at least one of the following United States Literature survey courses:

 

ENGL 2210United States Literature to 1865

3

ENGL 2211United States Literature from 1865

3

ENGL 2220Ethnic American Literature

3

Total Credit Hours:3
Students must choose at least one additional survey course:
ENGL 2201World Literature to the Renaissance

3

ENGL 2202World Literature from the Renaissance

3

ENGL 2220Ethnic American Literature

3

ENGL 2221Women Writers

3

ENGL 2222Introduction to Film

3

ENGL 2225Nature Writers

3

ENGL 2290Introduction to Creative Writing

3

Total Credit Hours:3
Students must choose at least one of the following British Literature courses:

 

ENGL 4402Medieval Literature

3

ENGL 4403British Renaissance

3

ENGL 4408Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature

3

ENGL 4415British Romanticism

3

ENGL 4421Victorian Literature

3

ENGL 4426Twentieth-Century British Literature

3

Total Credit Hours:3
Students must choose at least one of the following United States Literature courses:

 

ENGL 4427American Romanticism

3

ENGL 4428Twentieth-Century American Literature

3

ENGL 4429Multicultural American Literature

3

ENGL 4430Literature of the American South

3

Total Credit Hours:3
Students must choose at least four additional upper-level English electives (any of the 3000- or 4000-level courses not taken to meet the requirements listed above or any of the following):

 

ENGL 3307Short Story

3

ENGL 3308Novel

3

ENGL 3309Poetry

3

ENGL 3311Drama

3

ENGL 3312Non-Fiction

3

ENGL 3322Film and Literature

3

ENGL 3335Technical Writing

3

ENGL 3392Creative Writing: Poetry

3

ENGL 4492Creative Writing: Poetry

3

ENGL 3393Creative Writing: Non-Fiction

3

ENGL 4493Creative Writing: Non-Fiction

3

ENGL 3394Creative Writing: Fiction

3

ENGL 4494Creative Writing: Fiction

3

ENGL 3395Creative Writing: Screenwriting, Drama, and Adaptation

3

ENGL 4495Creative Writing: Screenwriting, Drama, and Adaptation

3

ENGL 4400Print and Digital Publishing

3

ENGL 4401Seminar in World Literature

3

ENGL 4440Reading and Writing in the Content Areas

3

ENGL 4455Survey of English Usage for Teachers

3

ENGL 4456Teaching Secondary English

3

ENGL 4460Literary Criticism

3

ENGL 4480Major Authors

3

ENGL 4481Seminar in Film

3

ENGL 4490Special Topics

3

Total Credit Hours:12

General Electives

 
General Electives

34-39

Total Credit Hours:34-39

Total Credit Hours: 121