Apr 01, 2023

2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog

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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English, Literature Concentration, B.A.

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(Leading to the Bachelor of Arts Degree)

Curriculum

Freshman Year

First Semester

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credit: 3.
Foreign Language Credit: 3. ¹
Mathematics Credit: 3.
Natural Science Credit: 4.
Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective Credit: 3.
UNIV 1020 - First-Year Connections Credit: 1.

Total: 17

Second Semester

COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication Credit: 3. or
PC 2500 - Communicating in the Professions Credit: 3.
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credit: 3.
Foreign Language Credit: 3. ¹
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective Credit: 3.
Natural Science Credit: 4.

Total: 16

Sophomore Year

First Semester

Elective Credit: 3.
ENGL 2330 - Topics in World Literature Credit: 3.
Foreign Language/Elective Credit: 3. ¹
HIST 2010 - Early United States History Credit: 3.
Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective Credit: 3.

Total: 15

Second Semester

Elective Credit: 3.
ENGL 3000 - Introduction to English Methods and Research Credit: 3.
ENGL 3810 - British Literature I Credit: 3.
ENGL 3910 - American Literature I Credit: 3.
Foreign Language/Elective Credit: 3. ¹

Total: 15

Junior Year

First Semester

Electives Credit: 3.
ENGL 3820 - British Literature II Credit: 3.
English (approved courses) Credit: 6. ²
HIST 2020 - Modern United States History Credit: 3.

Total: 15

Second Semester

Electives Credit: 3.
ENGL 3920 - American Literature II Credit: 3.
ENGL 4121 (5121) - Shakespeare Credit: 3.
English (approved courses) Credit: 3. ²
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective Credit: 3.

Total: 15

Senior Year

First Semester

Electives Credit: 3.
English (approved courses) Credit: 12. ²

Total: 15

Second Semester

Elective Credit: 3.
ENGL 4995 - Senior Colloquium Credit: 3.
English (approved courses) Credit: 6. ²

Total: 12

Note:

¹	English majors meet the foreign language requirement by making a C or better in a foreign language course at the 2020 level or higher excluding Country and People and the Global Studies courses. Students who have completed the foreign language requirement may take six credit hours of electives in any course at the 3000-level or above.
	Students choose courses from the list of approved ENGL courses as indicated below, for a total of 27 hours.
²	Approved ENGL courses: British I: Choose one ENGL 4111 (5111) , ENGL 4130 (5130) , ENGL 4140 (5140) British II: Choose one ENGL 4210 (5210) , ENGL 4221 (5221) , ENGL 4231 (5231) , ENGL 4240 (5240) American: Choose two ENGL 4310 (5310) , ENGL 4320 (5321) , ENGL 4330 (5330) , ENGL 4340 (5340) , ENGL 4712 (5712) , ENGL 4713 (5713) , ENGL 4830 (5830) Language: Choose one ENGL 4511 (5511) , ENGL 4521 (5521) , ENGL 4531 (5531) , ENGL 4541 (5541) , ENGL 4561 (5561) .
	The remaining 12 hours of upper-division ENGL courses must be taken from any ENGL courses at the 3000-level or above EXCEPT core courses. The upper-division core courses are ENGL 3000, 3810, 3820, 3910, 3920, 4121, and 4995.
	World Literature Option: ENGL 4720 (5720) or ENGL 4751 (5751) (3 hrs.) Foreign Language 3000-4000 (one composition and two literature courses, excluding country and people courses) (9 hrs.)
	Students in the Literature Concentration can also have a concentration in Professional and Technical Communication by using elective hours and three additional credit hours to complete 24 credit hours from the following courses (the nine credit hours from the Professional Communication Core are required):
	Professional Communication Core (9 hours)
	PC 2500 Communicating in the Professions PC 3250 Professional Communication I PC 4850 (5850) Internship
	15 Additional Credit Hours from the Following Courses
	PC 3500 - Rhetoric and the Internet PC 3700 Information Design in the Professions PC 3750 Ethics in the Professions PC 4850 (5850) Internship PC 4940 (5940) - Technical Editing PC 4950 (5950) - Topics in Professional and Technical Communication PC 4970 (5970) Professional Communication II PC 4990 Business and Grant Proposal Writing
³	When necessary, a committee of the instructor of record, the department chair, and the literature concentration advisor will determine if and how courses with primarily Anglophone Literature fit into the existing curriculum for the British/American blocks. Suitably designated courses may be substituted for the courses currently listed in those blocks, contingent upon approval of the majority of the committee.

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