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 and 3000-level courses for the major (ENGL 2001 , ENGL 2110 , ENGL 3000 , and three of the following: ENGL 2060, ENGL 2120 , ENGL 2130 , ENGL 2180 , ENGL 2190 , and 3h max FREN/GRMN/SPAN 2001 or XIDS 2300-Intro to Linguistics).

Requirements

Core IMPACTS General Education Requirements: (42 Hours)

Core IMPACTS General Education Requirements

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

Field of Study: 18 Hours

Required Courses: 9 Hours

ENGL 2001 - Introduction to Literature 3 Credit Hours
(and)
ENGL 2110 - World Literature 3 Credit Hours
(and)
FREN 1002 - Elementary French II 3 Credit Hours
(or)
GRMN 1002 - Elementary German II 3 Credit Hours
(or)
SPAN 1002 - Elementary Spanish II 3 Credit Hours

Choose three courses from the following: 9 Hours

Students must pick at least two ENGL courses from this category. Only one course from this list may be in FREN or GRMN or SPAN or XIDS.

*Note: The prerequisite for SPAN/FREN/GRMN 1002 is SPAN/FREN/GRMN 1001. English majors who do not take SPAN/FREN/GRMN 1001 in core IMPACTS areas I (Institutional Priorities) or A (Arts and Humanities) should take it in the English Field of Study area as one of their three optional courses. Students who have had at least three years of high school Spanish, French, or German may be able to test directly into SPAN/FREN/GRMN 1002 (or higher) via the Language Placement Exam administered by the International Languages and Cultures program. Consult the ILC website or speak with an advisor for details.

ENGL 2060 - Introduction to Creative Writing 3 Credit 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
FREN 1001 - Elementary French I 3 Credit Hours
FREN 2001 - Intermediate French I 3 Credit Hours
GRMN 1001 - Elementary German I 3 Credit Hours
GRMN 2001 - Intermediate German I 3 Credit Hours
SPAN 2001 - Intermediate Spanish I 3 Credit Hours
XIDS 2300 - Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Sciences 3 Credit Hours

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 Field of Study, 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.