First-Year Colloquium (0-3 hours)

Required of full-time freshmen entering college for the first time and transfer students with less than 12 hours of credit. (See “Undergraduate Academic Advising .”)

Core (35 hours)

(See “General Education Requirements.”)

Second Language Proficiency (0-9 hours)

Completion of 2000-level second language course or demonstrate equivalent proficiency.

Major (33 hours)

Required ENGL Elective Courses (17 hours)

3 hours of lower-level credit may be counted toward the total number of ENGL program electives, selected from the following classes:

• ENGL 2237 - World Literature
• ENGL 2339 - Mythology
• ENGL 2336 - Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENGL 2341 - Topics in Fiction
• ENGL 2342 - Topics in Poetry
• ENGL 2343 - Topics in Drama

Note

Up to six hours may be applied from ENGL 4100 Independent Study, ENGL 4200 Independent Study, ENGL 4300 Independent Study, or ENGL 4390 - Internship )

Minor

Requirement: completion of a minor or completion of an individually-designed secondary concentration (minimum of 15 hours, of which at least 9 must be upper-level). The secondary concentration is proposed by the student in writing to the student’s major advisor along with a statement of explanation. The advisor and the department chairperson will evaluate the proposal and must approve it before it can become official. The secondary concentration should be organized in a coherent fashion and could include courses from any relevant program outside of the student’s major program (note that some courses have prerequisites, co-requisites, or other restrictions).

Unrestricted General Electives

Remaining hours, if any, to reach 120 minimum total hours, 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and/or 30 hours in residence.