English Major (Bachelor of Arts)

A student majoring in English must complete 62 hours of ENGL and WRIT courses—as well as the English cognates.

English majors will maintain an overall GPA of 2.75 in their major courses. In their final quarter, graduating students are required to take the Major Field Test (MFT): Literature in English. Students planning to attend graduate school are advised to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), general and subject (English) sections.

 

Core Requirements:

ENGL 210	Survey of British and American Literature	4
ENGL 211	Survey of British and American Literature	4
ENGL 212	Survey of British and American Literature	4
ENGL 234	Literary Analysis	4
ENGL 284	English Grammar	4
ENGL 470	Literary and Critical Theory	4
ENGL 495	English Colloquium	0

ENGL 284: also fulfilled with 9 hours of Greek, except for English majors with an emphasis in secondary teaching

ENGL 495: 12 quarters—or 1 each quarter while in residence

British literature before 1830 selected from the following courses (4):

ENGL 344	Medieval Literature	4
ENGL 345	Renaissance Literature	4
ENGL 346	Restoration and Enlightenment	4
ENGL 347	Romantic British Literature	4

British or American literature after 1830 selected from the following courses (4):

ENGL 355	Victorian Literature	4
ENGL 356	Twentieth-Century British Literature	4
ENGL 364	Nineteenth-Century American Literature	4
ENGL 366	Twentieth-Century American Literature	4
Total Credit Hours:		32

 

Cognates:

HIST 275	History of England	4
HIST 355	The Atlantic World: Liberty, Bondage, and Revolution	4
	or
HIST 448	Becoming America: Citizenship and Exceptionalism from 1877-1941	4
	or
HIST 450	America Overseas	4

Cognates also fulfilled with the completion of the Western Thought sequence (HONR 131, HONR 132, HONR 133).

English Major with Emphasis in Literature

The emphasis in literature focuses on the careful study of literary texts. The lower-division core requirements for the English major serve as a foundation for this study.

This emphasis culminates in Seminar in Literature, which requires the production of a major scholarly essay and a public presentation during the last quarter.

Take one of the following courses in British lit. before 1830*

ENGL 344	Medieval Literature	4
ENGL 345	Renaissance Literature	4
ENGL 346	Restoration and Enlightenment	4
ENGL 347	Romantic British Literature	4

Take one of the following courses in British or American lit. after 1830*

ENGL 355	Victorian Literature	4
ENGL 356	Twentieth-Century British Literature	4
ENGL 364	Nineteenth-Century American Literature	4
ENGL 366	Twentieth-Century American Literature	4

*These courses are required in addition to the literature courses required in the core.

Required Courses:

ENGL 496	Seminar in Literature	0
ENGL 497	Seminar in Literature	1
ENGL 498	Seminar in Literature	1
	Writing (WRIT 324-337)	4
	Upper-Division Literature Electives	8
	Upper-Division Electives (from ENGL, FILM, or WRIT)	8
Total Credit Hours:		30

English Major with Emphasis in Creative Writing

The emphasis in creative writing focuses on writing in various genres and on the close study of literary texts as models for the student's creative work. 

This emphasis culminates in Seminar in Creative Writing, which guides students in the preparation of their senior portfolio, a collection of fiction, poetry, and/or essays. Students will give a public reading of their creative work during the last quarter.

Required Courses:

WRIT 324	Creative Nonfiction Writing	4
WRIT 334	Poetry Writing	4
WRIT 496	Seminar in Creative Writing	0
WRIT 497	Seminar in Creative Writing	1
WRIT 498	Seminar in Creative Writing	1
	Upper-Division Electives (from ENGL, FILM, or WRIT)	12

*One of these electives may be taken from the following: JOUR 244, JOUR 247, JOUR 341.

Take two of the following writing theory courses (8):

WRIT 333	Poetics	4
WRIT 337	Stylistics	4
WRIT 389	Writing Theory	4
Total Credit Hours:		30

English Major with Emphasis in Secondary Teaching

The emphasis in secondary teaching is designed to be taken with the B.Ed. in Secondary Education to prepare students to teach English and language arts in middle school and high school.

This emphasis culminates in Seminar in Literature or Seminar in Creative Writing, course sequences that, respectively, require students to write a major scholarly paper or prepare a portfolio of their own creative work. During the last quarter of their Seminar sequence, students will give a public presentation of their scholarly or creative work.

 

Required Courses:

ENGL 359	World Literature	4
ENGL 374	Literature for Children and Young Adults	4
ENGL 395	Methods of Teaching Secondary English	3
WRIT 324	Creative Nonfiction Writing	4
	or
WRIT 334	Poetry Writing	4
WRIT 389	Writing Theory	4
ENGL 496	Seminar in Literature	0
ENGL 497	Seminar in Literature	1
ENGL 498	Seminar in Literature	1
	or
WRIT 496	Seminar in Creative Writing	0
WRIT 497	Seminar in Creative Writing	1
WRIT 498	Seminar in Creative Writing	1
	Upper-Division Electives (from ENGL, FILM, or WRIT)	8
Total Credit Hours:		29

Cognate:

DRMA 242	Acting	4
	or
SPCH 207	Small Group Communication	4
	or
SPCH 407	Advanced Small Group Communication	4