English, B.A.

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For all tracks, English majors must earn a C or better in all English courses required for the major. This includes ENGL 1101 , ENGL 1102 , ENGL 2001 , ENGL 2110 , ENGL 2120 , ENGL 2130 , ENGL 2180 and ENGL 2190 as well as all upper-level ENGL courses that count toward the major.

For all tracks, English majors can take no more than 2 upper-level ENGL courses toward the major (6 credit hours) before completing the required 2000-level courses for the major (ENGL 2001 , ENGL 2110 , ENGL 2120 , ENGL 2130 and ENGL 2180 or ENGL 2190 and ENGL 3000 ).

Requirements

Core Areas A, B, C, D, & E: 42 Hours

Core Curriculum

* ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 are prerequisites for all courses from ENGL 2110 through ENGL 4386 .

Core Area F: 18 Hours

Required Courses: 6 Hours

ENGL 2001 - Introduction to Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 2110 - World Literature 3 Credit Hours

Choose two courses from the following: 6 Hours

ENGL 2120 - British Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 2130 - American Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 2180 - Studies in African-American Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 2190 - Studies in Literature by Women 3 Credit Hours

Foreign Language Requirement: 6 Hours

Choose one from the following:
FREN 2001 - Intermediate French I 3 Credit Hours (and)
FREN 2002 - Intermediate French II 3 Credit Hours
(or)
GRMN 2001 - Intermediate German I 3 Credit Hours (and)
GRMN 2002 - Intermediate German II 3 Credit Hours
(or)
SPAN 2001 - Intermediate Spanish I 3 Credit Hours (and)
SPAN 2002 - Intermediate Spanish II 3 Credit Hours
Note:

* Courses can be taken as electives in Core Area C.2.

Requirements for the Major (Upper-Division Courses): 30 Hours

A. English: 3 Hours

ENGL 3000 - Research and Methodology 3 Credit Hours

B. Literary History: 12 Hours *

Four (4) courses, one from each of the following areas:

ENGL 4000 - Studies in British Lit. I 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 4002 - Studies in British Lit. II 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 4003 - Studies in American Lit. I 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 4005 - Studies in American Lit. II 3 Credit Hours
*Students may take additional offerings of Literary History courses as major electives.

*Students may take two sections of the same course as long as the topic of the sections is different. For example, ENGL 4002 - British Romanticism and ENGL 4002 - Twentieth-Century British

C. English Major Electives: 12 Hours*

Four courses selected from ENGL 3000- or 4000-level courses.

* No more than one (1) variable-credit, independent study or internship may be counted toward the major. Students may take two sections of the same course as long as the topic of the sections is different. For example, ENGL 4106 - Studies in Genre: Poetry and ENGL 4106 - Studies in Genre: Film.

D. ENGL 4384: Senior Seminar 3 Hours *

ENGL 4384 - Senior Seminar 3 Credit Hours
No course may be substituted for the Senior Seminar.

* Prerequisites: 2000-level ENGL courses in Area F, ENGL 3000, and 18 additional hours of upper-level ENGL courses with a C or higher;

Minor and/or General Electives: 30 Hours *

* A minor is not required for the B.A. English degree.