English, B.A.

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General: 120 minimum total hours, including 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and 30 hours in residence

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 First-Year Experience Courses .)

University Core (35 hours)

(See General Education Requirements .)

Major

Program Foundation Courses

ENGL 3330 - Approaches to Literature
Students should take this course as early as possible upon entry into the English program (after the completion of Composition II and the Humanities University Core requirements).
ENGL 4199 - Seminar in Career Perspectives
Students should take this course in their senior year.

Study of Language (3 hours) Select One:

British Literature Requirement (6 hours):

Select one from below:
ENGL 3331 - British Literature 1
ENGL 3332 - British Literature 2
ENGL 3333 - British Literature 3
And
Select one from below:
ENGL 4311 - Medieval Literature
ENGL 4312 - Chaucer
ENGL 4313 - Arthurian Literature
ENGL 4314 - Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
ENGL 4321 - English Renaissance Drama
ENGL 4324 - Shakespeare
ENGL 4325 - Topics in Shakespeare
ENGL 4328 - Seventeenth-Century Literature
ENGL 4331 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature
ENGL 4341 - English Romanticism
ENGL 4343 - Victorian Literature
ENGL 4351 - British Novel I
Other course options that fulfill this requirement (such as Special Topics courses and Seminars) will be designated on the course schedule and disseminated by the department through advising.

American Literature Requirement (6 hours):

Select one from below:
ENGL 3321 - American Literature I
ENGL 3322 - American Literature II
ENGL 3323 - American Literature III
And
Select one from below:
ENGL 4345 - Topics in Nineteenth-Century Literature
ENGL 4380 - Studies in Major American Writers
ENGL 4381 - American Fiction
ENGL 4384 - American Poetry
Other course options that fulfill this requirement (such as Special Topics courses and Seminars) will be designated on the course schedule and disseminated by the department through advising.

Diverse Perspectives Requirement (3 hours) Select One:

ENGL 3326 - African-American Literature I
ENGL 3327 - African-American Literature II
ENGL 3340 - Women in Literature
ENGL 4354 - Postcolonial Literature
Other course options that fulfill this requirement (such as Special Topics courses and Seminars) will be designated on the course schedule and disseminated by the department through advising.

Required ENGL Elective Courses (14 hours)

At least 14 hours of English elective credit. At least 11 hours must be upper-level courses (3000 and 4000). Up to but no more than six hours of elective credit may be applied from:

ENGL 4100 - Independent Study English Majors Only
ENGL 4100 - Independent Study English Majors and Minors Only
ENGL 4200 - Independent Study English Majors Only
ENGL 4200 - Independent Study English Majors and Minors Only
ENGL 4300 - Independent Study English Majors Only
ENGL 4300 - Independent Study English Majors and Minors Only
Or
ENGL 4390 - Internship

Second Language Requirement

6-7 hours of study in a Second Language, 6 hours must be in the same language. Students who have a previous background in a language may take a placement test and then enroll in the appropriate level to begin the 6 hours. Computer Programming language may count for this requirement, in which case, 7 hours is required:

Minor

Requirement:

Completion of a Minor (See a full list of available Minors at Undergraduate Programs .)

Completion of an individually designed Secondary Concentration outside of the student’s major program (minimum of 15 hours, of which at least 6 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 pre-requisites, 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.