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2024-2025 General Catalog

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2024-2025 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English, BA, Literature and Language Concentration

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The major in English consists of forty-two approved semester hours.

First Year

Fall Semester

FOREIGN LANGUAGE (1010)¹ Credits / Units: 3
MATH from MATH/ANALYTICAL REASONING LIST ^G Credits / Units: 3
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^†^G Credits / Units: 3
LS 1020 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION RESEARCH 1 Credit Hour(s)
ART 1050 - SURVEY OF WORLD ART HISTORY I 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
or ART 1060 - SURVEY OF WORLD ART HISTORY II 3 Credit Hour(s)
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR ^G Credits / Units: 2

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

FOREIGN LANGUAGE (1020) ¹ Credits / Units: 3
2^nd MATH/ANALYTICAL REASONING ^G Credits / Units: 3
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^†^G Credits / Units: 3
MUS 1510 - INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC 3 Credit Hour(s)
ELECTIVE ² Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Second Year

Fall Semester

ENGL 3000 - INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 3 Credit Hour(s) ^{†† G, 10}
HIST 1010 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 1500 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
or HIST 1017 - HONORS: WESTERN CIVILIZATION TO 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED^G,3 Credits / Units: 3
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (2010) ¹ Credits / Units: 3
THEA 1310 - INTRODUCTION TO THE THEATRE 3 Credit Hour(s)

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

ENGL ELECTIVE: AREA ^{†† 4} Credits / Units: 3
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (2020) ¹ Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,3 Credits / Units: 3
ENGL 3010 - BRITISH LITERATURE I 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or ENGL 3030 - BRITISH LITERATURE II 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 1020 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
or HIST 1027 - HONORS: WESTERN CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)

Total Credit Hours: 15

Third Year

Fall Semester

ENGL ELECTIVE: WORLD ^{†† 5} Credits / Units: 3
ENGL 3950 - EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or ENGL 3960 - AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1860 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,3 Credits / Units: 3
POLI 2010 - AMERICAN POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
or POLI 2020 - STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s)

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

ENGL 4350 - SHAKESPEARE: COMEDIES AND ROMANCES 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or ENGL 4360 - SHAKESPEARE: TRAGEDIES AND HISTORIES 3 Credit Hour(s)
COMM 2110 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ENGL ELECTIVE: PERIOD ^{†† 6} Credits / Units: 3
PHIL ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

ENGL ELECTIVE: MAJOR AUTHOR ^{†† 7} Credits / Units: 3
ENGL ELECTIVE: LANGUAGE/WRITING ^{†† 8}Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVES ²Credits / Units: 9

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

ENGL ELECTIVE: MAJOR TOPIC ^{†† 9} Credits / Units: 3
ENGL 3000-4000 LEVEL ^††Credits / Units: 3
ENGL 4000 LEVEL LITERATURE ^††Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVES ²Credits / Units: 6

Total Credit Hours: 15

Total Semester Hours Required 120

^G General Education Requirement (GER). See the GER section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if no specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.

^† Major course.

^†† Major course. Requires a grade of “C” or better in all courses in the major at the 3000/4000 level. Students are expected to take at least 6 hours in early literatures from the following courses: ENGL 3010 , ENGL 3510 , ENGL 4350 , ENGL 4360 , ENGL 4550 , ENGL 4560 , ENGL 4570 , ENGL 4710 , ENGL 4720 .

¹Students must complete 12 hours of a single foreign language.

²At least three hours must be at the 4000 level.

³A two-course sequence is required (see GER section of this catalog for options). If the two-course sequence is taken in the physical sciences, the additional three-hour course must be taken from the life sciences, and vice versa.

¹⁰ English majors take ENGL 3000 instead of a GERM literature.

Major course

†† Requires a grade of “C” or better in all courses in the major at the 3000 and 4000 level. Students are expected to take at least 6 hours in early literatures from the following courses:

ENGL 3010 - BRITISH LITERATURE I 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3510 - EARLY WORLD LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4350 - SHAKESPEARE: COMEDIES AND ROMANCES 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4360 - SHAKESPEARE: TRAGEDIES AND HISTORIES 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4550 - OLD ENGLISH 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4560 - MEDIEVAL ENGLAND 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4570 - EARLY MODERN NON-DRAMATIC LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4710 - CHAUCER 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4720 - MILTON 3 Credit Hour(s)

English Elective: Area

⁴ Three hours must be selected from the following courses:

ENGL 3090 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLISHING STUDIES 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3100 - LITERATURE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3160 - THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3170 - FOLKLORE AND ORAL LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3690 - LIVING WRITERS 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3730 - FILM CRITICISM 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3740 - LITERATURE AND FILM 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3920 - NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)

English Elective: World

⁵ Three hours must be selected from the following courses:

ENGL 3510 - EARLY WORLD LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3520 - MODERN WORLD LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4870 - MAJOR WORLD AUTHORS 3 Credit Hour(s)

English Elective: Period

⁶ Three hours must be selected from the following courses:

ENGL 4300 - RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4370 - MAJOR PERIODS IN DRAMA 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4550 - OLD ENGLISH 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4560 - MEDIEVAL ENGLAND 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4570 - EARLY MODERN NON-DRAMATIC LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4590 - 19TH CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4880 - MODERNISM 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4890 - POSTMODERN AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4900 - NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)

English Elective: Major Author

⁷Three hours must be selected from the following courses:

ENGL 4350 - SHAKESPEARE: COMEDIES AND ROMANCES 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4360 - SHAKESPEARE: TRAGEDIES AND HISTORIES 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4580 - MAJOR BRITISH AUTHORS 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4710 - CHAUCER 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4720 - MILTON 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4870 - MAJOR WORLD AUTHORS 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4910 - MAJOR AMERICAN AUTHORS 3 Credit Hour(s)

Electives

⁸ Three hours must be selected from the following courses:

ENGL 3120 - ADVANCED GRAMMAR 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3210 - ADVANCED COMPOSITION 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3220 - INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WRITING 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3710 - CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3720 - CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 3800 - CREATIVE WRITING: DRAMA 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4130 - THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4140 - INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4470 - ADVANCED WRITING WORKSHOP 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4480 - ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WRITING 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4670 - THE TEACHING OF WRITING 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4760 - THE RHETORICAL TRADITION 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4770 - FOUNDATIONS IN LANGUAGE AND LITERACY 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4820 - INTERMEDIATE POETRY WORKSHOP 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4830 - INTERMEDIATE FICTION WORKSHOP 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4840 - TOPICS IN CREATIVE WRITING 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4850 - FOUNDATIONS IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING AND PUBLISHING STUDIES 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4860 - DOCUMENT PRODUCTION AND DESIGN 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4920 - INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY AND TECHNICAL EDITING 3 Credit Hour(s)

English Elective: Major Topic

⁹Three hours must be selected from the following courses:

ENGL 4260 - THE ADOLESCENT EXPERIENCE IN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4280 - AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1900 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4290 - GENDER STUDIES AND LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4380 - INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4390 - LOUISIANA LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4490 - HISTORY OF THE BOOK 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4650 - LITERARY CRITICISM 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4750 - INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4930 - PRACTICUM IN HUMANITIES PRINT PUBLISHING 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 4940 - PUBLISHING IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES 3 Credit Hour(s)