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
ART 1050 - SURVEY OF WORLD ART HISTORY I ^G
or ART 1060 - SURVEY OF WORLD ART HISTORY II
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
ELECTIVE ² Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Second Year

Fall Semester

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

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 ^††
or ENGL 3030 - BRITISH LITERATURE II
HIST 1020 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 ^G
or HIST 1027 - HONORS: WESTERN CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500

Total Credit Hours: 15

Third Year

Fall Semester

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

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

ENGL 4350 - SHAKESPEARE: COMEDIES AND ROMANCES ^††
or ENGL 4360 - SHAKESPEARE: TRAGEDIES AND HISTORIES
COMM 2110 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING ^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.

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:

English Elective: Area

⁴ Three hours must be selected from the following courses:

English Elective: World

⁵ Three hours must be selected from the following courses:

English Elective: Period

⁶ Three hours must be selected from the following courses:

English Elective: Major Author

⁷Three hours must be selected from the following courses:

Electives

⁸ Three hours must be selected from the following courses:

English Elective: Major Topic

⁹Three hours must be selected from the following courses: