Study of Language (3 hours)

• ENGL 3312 - Grammar, Morphology, & Syntax

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.

English Language Arts Teaching

• ENGL 4303 - Teaching English

• And

• Select one from below:

• ENGL 4376 - Essay
• RHET 3300 - Introduction to Research
• RHET 3315 - Persuasive Writing
• RHET 3317 - Nonfiction

English Language Arts Electives: Literature, Media, and Methods (9 hours)

These courses build content knowledge and critical skills in engaging diverse texts. Students build skill in reading literature and informational texts, understanding varied technologies and mediums, academic writing and understanding strategies in composing texts, understanding the performative and political aspects of ELA content. 

• Select three from below:

• ENGL 3326 - African-American Literature I
• ENGL 3327 - African-American Literature II
• ENGL 3348 - School Books
• ENGL 3358 - Visual Literatures
• ENGL 3372 - English Laboratory
• ENGL 4354 - Postcolonial Literature
• ENGL 4375 - Young Adult Literature
• ENGL 4378 - Drama in the Classroom
• Other course options that fulfill this requirement (such as Special Topics and Seminars) will be designated on the course schedule and disseminated by the department.