English B.A.

Objectives

The mission of the English program is to graduate students who have mastered the principles of writing and textual interpretation, who have a sound knowledge of the development of human intellectual culture through literature, and who have developed the ability to create and analyze literary works intelligently

Options

B.A. in English: six hours of English Composition from the University Core Curriculum requirements, six hours of lower-division literature survey courses, 30 hours as specified, 18 hours in a minor, and four semesters of a foreign language
Minors in English, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Asian Studies, Spanish, and Theatre Studies: 18 hours for each program
Teacher Certification

Degree Requirements

Total Semester Credit Hours=120

University Core Curriculum (44 hrs., including 6 hours of literature survey)

A minimum grade of “C” in English courses

Thirty semester credit hours as specified below, including at least 12 hours at this university:

Writing, language study, or rhetoric:

ENGL 3308	Writing Textual Analysis
	and either
ENGL 3312	Creative Writing I
ENGL 3360	Classical Language Skills
ENGL 3375	Modern Grammar
ENGL 4376	Introduction to Linguistics
	or
ENGL 4380	The Language of Argument

British, World, or American Literature from the early or early modern periods (6 hrs.):

ENGL 4300	Old and Middle English Literature
ENGL 4305	Renaissance Poetry and Prose
ENGL 4310	Shakespeare
ENGL 4315	Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
ENGL 4345	American Literature through the Romantic Period
ENGL 4348	American Renaissance
ENGL 4360	Studies in World Literature
ENGL 4362	Classical Literature in Translation

ENGL 4360: early texts

British or American Literature from the modern periods (6 hrs.):

ENGL 4301	Masters of Early British Literature
ENGL 4320	The Romantic Period
ENGL 4325	Victorian Literature
ENGL 4330	English Twentieth-Century Literature
ENGL 4335	The English Novel
ENGL 4348	American Renaissance
ENGL 4350	American Realism
ENGL 4355	American Twentieth-Century Literature
	or
ENGL 4360	Studies in World Literature

ENGL 4360: later texts

Electives (9 hrs.):

ENGL 3314	Creative Writing II
ENGL 3360	Classical Language Skills
ENGL 3385	History of the English Language
ENGL 4300	Old and Middle English Literature
ENGL 4305	Renaissance Poetry and Prose
ENGL 4310	Shakespeare
ENGL 4315	Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
ENGL 4320	The Romantic Period
ENGL 4325	Victorian Literature
ENGL 4330	English Twentieth-Century Literature
ENGL 4335	The English Novel
ENGL 4341	Genre Studies in American Literature
ENGL 4345	American Literature through the Romantic Period
ENGL 4348	American Renaissance
ENGL 4350	American Realism
ENGL 4355	American Twentieth-Century Literature
ENGL 4360	Studies in World Literature
ENGL 4362	Classical Literature in Translation
ENGL 4365	Special Topics in Literary Study
ENGL 4380	The Language of Argument

Senior Seminar:

ENGL 4397

Senior Seminar

Four semesters of a single approved foreign language or the demonstration of equivalent competency. The student may also complete this requirement by passing a written examination approved by the foreign language faculty