English A.B.

Major Check Sheet

REQUIREMENTS

A Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English, Literature concentration requires 44 semester hours.

A Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English, Professional Writing and Rhetoric concentration requires 48 semester hours.

A Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English, Teaching Licensure concentration requires 84 semester hours.

A Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English, Creative Writing concentration requires 44 semester hours

THE CORE REQUIREMENTS, ABOVE ENG 110, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

4 sh ENG 200-level literature course
4 sh ENG 200-level or above writing course (ENG 210-ENG 219; ENG 310-ENG 319)
4 sh ENG 200-level or above language studies course (ENG 201- ENG 209; ENG 301- ENG 309)
4 sh 300-level literature course
4 sh 300-level English course, preferably outside one’s concentration

Students must also complete one of the following concentrations:

Total Credit Hours:

Professional Writing and Rhetoric Concentration

Core Courses

4 sh ENG 200 level LITERATURE
4 sh ENG 200-400 level WRITING COURSE (ENG 210-219;ENG 310-319)
4 sh ENG 304 UNDERSTANDING RHETORIC
4 sh ENG 300 level LITERATURE
4 sh ENG 300 level COURSE PREFERABLY OUTSIDE ONE’S CONCENTRATION

Additional courses

ENG 215	INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND RHETORIC	4 sh
ENG 217	PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIO	4 sh
ENG 313	SPECIAL TOPICS IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND RHETORIC	4 sh
ENG 381	WRITING INTERNSHIP	1-4 sh
ENG 397	WRITING AS INQUIRY	4 sh
ENG 497	SENIOR SEMINAR: PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND RHETORIC	4 sh

Choose one elective from the following:

ENG 206	INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES	4 sh
ENG 211	STYLE AND EDITING	4 sh
ENG 212	MULTIMEDIA RHETORICS	4 sh
ENG 219	WRITING STUDIES SURVEY	4 sh

Choose one elective from the following

ENG 310	INTERNATIONAL RHETORICS	4 sh
ENG 311	PUBLISHING	4 sh
ENG 312	VISUAL RHETORICS	4 sh
ENG 318	WRITING SCIENCE	4 sh
ENG 319	WRITING CENTER WORKSHOP	4 sh

Teacher Licensure Concentration

Core courses

ENG 205	GRAMMAR	4 sh
ENG 206	INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES	4 sh
ENG 219	WRITING STUDIES SURVEY	4 sh
ENG 319	WRITING CENTER WORKSHOP	4 sh
ENG 342	SHAKESPEARE	4 sh
ENG 363	TEACHING LITERATURE: CANONS, CULTURES AND CLASSROOMS	4 sh
ENG 495	SENIOR SEMINAR: LITERATURE	4 sh

Select one of the following ENG 200 level literature courses

ENG 221	BRITISH LITERATURE BEFORE 1800	4 sh
ENG 222	BRITISH LITERATURE AFTER 1800	4 sh

Select one of the following:

ENG 302	HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE	4 sh
ENG 321	CLASSICAL LITERATURE	4 sh

ENG 321 is strongly recommended.

Choose one American Literature

ENG 223	AMERICAN LITERATURE BEFORE 1865	4 sh
ENG 224	AMERICAN LITERATURE AFTER 1865	4 sh
ENG 238	AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE BEFORE 1945	4 sh
ENG 239	AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1945	4 sh

Choose one Advanced Literature course

ENG 331	ADVANCED WORLD LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 335	LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE	4 sh
ENG 337	ASIAN LITERATURE OF SOCIAL CHANGE	4 sh
ENG 338	THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE IN LITERATURE	4 sh

Professional Education Courses

The following professional studies courses must be satisfactorily completed.

CIS 220	TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING AND LEARNING	3 sh
PSY 321	EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY	4 sh
SOC 243	SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION	4 sh
EDU 315	EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT	4 sh
EDU 355	TEACHING IN 21ST CENTURY CLASSROOMS	4 sh
EDU 402	EXPLORATIONS CAPSTONE SEMINAR I FOR MIDDLE, K-12, AND SECONDARY MAJORS	1 sh
EDU 403	EXPLORATIONS CAPSTONE SEMINAR II	2 sh
EDU 421	METHODS OF TEACHING MIDDLE GRADES AND SECONDARY ENGLISH	4 sh
EDU 450	TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS IN MIDDLE AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS	4 sh
EDU 481	STUDENT TEACHING - WINTER TERM	4 sh

Creative Writing Concentration

Core Courses
4 sh ENG 200-level literature course
ENG 213 Introduction to Creative Writing
4 sh ENG 200-level or above language studies course (ENG 201- ENG 209; ENG 301- ENG 309)
4 sh 300-level literature course
4 sh 300-level English course, preferably outside one’s concentration

Choose two of the following:

ENG 351	THE NOVEL	4 sh
ENG 354	THE SHORT STORY	4 sh
ENG 366	CONTEMPORARY WRITERS	4 sh
ENG 414	SPECIAL TOPICS IN CREATIVE WRITING	4 sh

Or 300-level or above literature course.

Choose two of the following

ENG 315	INTERMEDIATE CREATIVE WRITING: NONFICTION	4 sh
ENG 316	INTERMEDIATE CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY	4 sh
ENG 317	INTERMEDIATE CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION	4 sh

Choose one of the following:

ENG 413

ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING

4 sh

ENG 200-400-level English elective

Additional Requirement

ENG 496

SENIOR SEMINAR: CREATIVE WRITING

4 sh

Literature Concentration

Core Courses:

4 sh ENG 200-level literature course

Majors in literature concentration must choose a survey course from ENG 221- ENG 224

4 sh ENG 200-level or above writing course (ENG 210-ENG 219; ENG 310-ENG 319)
4 sh An ENG 200-level or above language studies course (ENG 201- ENG 209; ENG 301- ENG 309)
4 sh one 300-level literature course
4 sh 300-level English course, preferably outside one’s concentration
4 sh one additional survey course from ENG 221- ENG 224

Four additional 200-300-level literature courses chosen from at least 3 of the following categories: 16 sh

Historical studies (ENG 320- ENG 329)
Cultural studies (ENG 330- ENG 339)
Author studies (ENG 340- ENG 349)
Genre studies (ENG 350- ENG 359)
Critical practice and theory (ENG 200, ENG 250, ENG 333, ENG 362 or IDS 295)

ENG 495 Senior Seminar: Literature: 4 sh

Other Requirements:

At least one literature course must have a global and multicultural designation
At least two literature courses must have a pre-1800 designation
At least 20 hours of literature must be at the 300-level or above
A course may satisfy multiple requirements if possible.

Global and Multicultural

ENG 232	LITERATURE OF EAST ASIA	4 sh
ENG 234	HISTORICAL ASIAN LITERATURE AND FILM	4 sh
ENG 236	AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSICAL AND LITERARY TRADITIONS	4 sh
ENG 237	CARIBBEAN LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 238	AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE BEFORE 1945	4 sh
ENG 239	AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1945	4 sh
ENG 248	ASIAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 321	CLASSICAL LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 329	THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE	4 sh
ENG 331	ADVANCED WORLD LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 334	NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 335	LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE	4 sh
ENG 337	ASIAN LITERATURE OF SOCIAL CHANGE	4 sh
ENG 338	THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE IN LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 385	MIDDLE EASTERN LITERATURE	4 sh

Pre 1800

ENG 221	BRITISH LITERATURE BEFORE 1800	4 sh
ENG 321	CLASSICAL LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 322	MEDIEVAL LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 323	RENAISSANCE LITERATURE	4 sh

Author

ENG 346	MAJOR AUTHORS	4 sh
ENG 349	MAJOR COMPARATIVE AUTHORS	4 sh

Genre

ENG 351	THE NOVEL	4 sh
ENG 352	DRAMA	4 sh
ENG 353	POETRY	4 sh
ENG 354	THE SHORT STORY	4 sh
ENG 355	SPECIAL TOPICS IN GENRE STUDIES	4 sh
ENG 356	NONFICTION	4 sh
ENG 359	AFRICAN-AMERICAN NOVELS	4 sh

Historical

ENG 320	LITERARY PERIODS AND MOVEMENTS	4 sh
ENG 321	CLASSICAL LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 322	MEDIEVAL LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 323	RENAISSANCE LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 329	THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE	4 sh

Cultural

ENG 330	APPALACHIAN LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 331	ADVANCED WORLD LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 332	LITERATURE OF THE SOUTH	4 sh
ENG 333	WOMEN IN LITERATURE: FEMINIST APPROACHES	4 sh
ENG 334	NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 335	LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE	4 sh
ENG 337	ASIAN LITERATURE OF SOCIAL CHANGE	4 sh
ENG 338	THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE IN LITERATURE	4 sh
ENG 339	AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL WRITERS	4 sh

Double Concentrations

Students are encouraged to pursue a double concentration, either to combine liberal arts and pre-professional training (creative writing/professional writing or literature/professional writing) or to study the interconnectedness of writing and reading (literature/creative writing). Completing a dual concentration in English requires a capstone experience in each concentration. For more information, see your English major advisor or the English department chair.