English (BA)

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

General Education

I. Communication (9 hours)
Rhetoric and Composition		ENGL 1101*							Rhetoric and Composition	3
Literature and Composition		ENGL 1102*							Literature and Composition	3
Communication									Choose course from approved list	3
II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)
Modern Languages									Choose sequence from approved list	6
English Literature									Choose one 2000-level English literature course (ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226 may NOT be used)	3
Philosophy and Religion									Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the 1000-2000 level	3
Fine Arts									Choose course from approved list	3
III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)
World History									Choose course from approved list	3
Government									Choose course from approved list	3
Social Science									Choose course from approved list	3
IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (10 to 12 hours)
Mathematics									Choose course from approved list*	3 to 4
Natural Science									Choose a pair in sequence from approved list	7 to 8
V. Ethics (3 hours)
Ethics									Choose course from approved list	3
VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)
First-Year Experience   *Grade of C or higher required.		PDMT 1101							Introduction to University Life and the Liberal Arts Tradition	1

Total Credit Hours:

43-48

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:

36

 

Creative Writing Concentration

English Major (Creative Writing concentration)

ENGL 2290	Introduction to Creative Writing	3
ENGL 3000	Introduction to English Studies	3
ENGL 4498	Senior Seminar Research in English	1
ENGL 4499	Senior Seminar in English	2
Total Credit Hours:		9

Students must choose two of the following survey courses:

ENGL 2201	World Literature to the Renaissance	3
ENGL 2202	World Literature from the Renaissance	3
ENGL 2203	British Literature to 1790	3
ENGL 2204	British Literature from 1790	3
ENGL 2210	United States Literature to 1865	3
ENGL 2211	United States Literature from 1865	3
ENGL 2220	Ethnic American Literature	3
ENGL 2221	Women Writers	3
ENGL 2222	Introduction to Film	3
ENGL 2225	Nature Writers	3
Total Credit Hours:		6

Students must choose at least four of the following Creative Writing courses:

 

ENGL 3392	Creative Writing: Poetry	3
ENGL 4492	Creative Writing: Poetry	3
ENGL 3393	Creative Writing: Non-Fiction	3
ENGL 4493	Creative Writing: Non-Fiction	3
ENGL 3394	Creative Writing: Fiction	3
ENGL 4494	Creative Writing: Fiction	3
ENGL 3395	Creative Writing: Screenwriting, Drama, and Adaptation	3
ENGL 4495	Creative Writing: Screenwriting, Drama, and Adaptation	3
ENGL 4400	Print and Digital Publishing	3
Total Credit Hours:		12

Students must choose at least one of the following British Literature courses:

 

ENGL 4402	Medieval Literature	3
ENGL 4403	British Renaissance	3
ENGL 4405	Shakespeare	3
ENGL 4408	Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature	3
ENGL 4415	British Romanticism	3
ENGL 4421	Victorian Literature	3
ENGL 4426	Twentieth-Century British Literature	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Students must choose at least one of the following United States Literature courses:

 

ENGL 4427	American Romanticism	3
ENGL 4428	Twentieth-Century American Literature	3
ENGL 4429	Multicultural American Literature	3
ENGL 4430	Literature 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 3307	Short Story	3
ENGL 3308	Novel	3
ENGL 3309	Poetry	3
ENGL 3311	Drama	3
ENGL 3312	Non-Fiction	3
ENGL 3322	Film and Literature	3
ENGL 3335	Technical Writing	3
ENGL 4401	Seminar in World Literature	3
ENGL 4440	Reading and Writing in the Content Areas	3
ENGL 4455	Survey of English Usage for Teachers	3
ENGL 4456	Teaching Secondary English	3
ENGL 4460	Literary Criticism	3
ENGL 4480	Major Authors	3
ENGL 4481	Seminar in Film	3
ENGL 4490	Special Topics	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Literary Studies Concentration

English Major (Literary Studies concentration)

ENGL 3000	Introduction to English Studies	3
ENGL 4405	Shakespeare	3
ENGL 4498	Senior Seminar Research in English	1
ENGL 4499	Senior Seminar in English	2
Total Credit Hours:		9

Students must choose at least one of the following British Literature survey courses:

 

ENGL 2203	British Literature to 1790	3
ENGL 2204	British Literature from 1790	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Students must choose at least one of the following United States Literature survey courses:

 

ENGL 2210	United States Literature to 1865	3
ENGL 2211	United States Literature from 1865	3
ENGL 2220	Ethnic American Literature	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Students must choose at least one additional survey course:

ENGL 2201	World Literature to the Renaissance	3
ENGL 2202	World Literature from the Renaissance	3
ENGL 2220	Ethnic American Literature	3
ENGL 2221	Women Writers	3
ENGL 2222	Introduction to Film	3
ENGL 2225	Nature Writers	3
ENGL 2290	Introduction to Creative Writing	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Students must choose at least one of the following British Literature courses:

 

ENGL 4402	Medieval Literature	3
ENGL 4403	British Renaissance	3
ENGL 4408	Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature	3
ENGL 4415	British Romanticism	3
ENGL 4421	Victorian Literature	3
ENGL 4426	Twentieth-Century British Literature	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Students must choose at least one of the following United States Literature courses:

 

ENGL 4427	American Romanticism	3
ENGL 4428	Twentieth-Century American Literature	3
ENGL 4429	Multicultural American Literature	3
ENGL 4430	Literature 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 3307	Short Story	3
ENGL 3308	Novel	3
ENGL 3309	Poetry	3
ENGL 3311	Drama	3
ENGL 3312	Non-Fiction	3
ENGL 3322	Film and Literature	3
ENGL 3335	Technical Writing	3
ENGL 3392	Creative Writing: Poetry	3
ENGL 4492	Creative Writing: Poetry	3
ENGL 3393	Creative Writing: Non-Fiction	3
ENGL 4493	Creative Writing: Non-Fiction	3
ENGL 3394	Creative Writing: Fiction	3
ENGL 4494	Creative Writing: Fiction	3
ENGL 3395	Creative Writing: Screenwriting, Drama, and Adaptation	3
ENGL 4495	Creative Writing: Screenwriting, Drama, and Adaptation	3
ENGL 4400	Print and Digital Publishing	3
ENGL 4401	Seminar in World Literature	3
ENGL 4440	Reading and Writing in the Content Areas	3
ENGL 4455	Survey of English Usage for Teachers	3
ENGL 4456	Teaching Secondary English	3
ENGL 4460	Literary Criticism	3
ENGL 4480	Major Authors	3
ENGL 4481	Seminar in Film	3
ENGL 4490	Special Topics	3
Total Credit Hours:		12

General Electives

 

	General Electives	34-39
Total Credit Hours:		34-39

Total Credit Hours: 121