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Bachelor
of Arts Degree in English
The minimum number of semester credit hours required for
this degree is 120, including the hours of Core Curriculum requirements.
Thirty-nine of the 120 total semester credit hours required for the degree
must be at the upper-division level. Students seeking teacher certification
should consult the College of Education and Human Development Advising
and Certification Center and for information.
All candidates seeking this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements
and the degree requirements, which are listed below.
Core Curriculum requirements:
Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in English must fulfill University
Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The
courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and
Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy
both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses
in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required
for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core
Curriculum requirements see pages 9-13 of this catalog.
Degree Requirements
A. 33 semester credit hours in English, 21 of which must be at the upper-division
level:
ENG 2213 Literary Criticism and Analysis
ENG 2223 Major British Writers I
ENG 2233 Major British Writers II
ENG 2263 Major American Writers
ENG 3223 Shakespeare: The Early Plays
or
ENG 3233 Shakespeare: The Later Plays
ENG 4973 Seminar for English Majors
15 additional upper-division semester credit hours in English, at least
6 hours of which must be in literature; of these 6 hours, at least 3 must
include the study of American literature; 3 hours of literature may be
used to satisfy the Core Curriculum requirement in Domain IIIA.
6 semester credit hours in a single language other than English
B. 12 additional semester credit hours of approved support work in one
of the following categories (at least 6 hours of which must be at the
upper-division level), which may also be used to satisfy a Core Curriculum
requirement:
1. Classical studies (CLA), philosophy (PHI), humanities (HUM)
2. Foreign languages, foreign literature (including foreign literatures
in translation)
3. Linguistics (including linguistics courses designated ENG, provided
that they have not been counted toward the required 30 semester credit
hours in English)
4. Communication (COM)
5. Creative writing or expository and technical writing (including courses
designated ENG, provided that they have not been counted toward the required
30 semester credit hours in English)
6. American studies (AMS), anthropology (ANT), history (HIS), psychology
(PSY), or sociology (SOC)
7. History and theory of either art or music
8. Ethnic studies
9. Women's studies
10. Other subjects as may be individually justified by the student and
approved by the undergraduate advisor
Students who select a support category other than classics, philosophy,
or humanities may apply 6 semester credit hours of upper-division literature
courses in humanities or classics toward requirement A of the English
major.
C. 27 semester credit hours of electives
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