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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, CLASSICS, AND PHILOSOPHY

The department offers Bachelor of Arts degrees and minors in English, Humanities, Philosophy, and Classical Studies. Honors can also be earned in English, Humanities, Philosophy, and Classical Studies.

Honors in English

Students whose grade point average in the English major (including support work) before the beginning of their final year at UTSA is 3.25 or above, and whose overall grade point average is 3.0, may earn Honors in English. In order to do so, a student must complete a substantial paper approved by the Department Scholarship and Honors Committee and maintain a 3.25 grade point average in both the major and support work. The grade point average requirements apply to all transfer work and courses taken at UTSA.

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 in this catalog.

Core Curriculum Requirements
Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements

Rhetoric (6 semester credit hours)

All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:
WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II

Domain I: Mathematics and Science

Mathematics(3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Science (6 semester credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain II: Society and Culture

United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Political Studies (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 plus 3 additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Economics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain III: Literature and the Arts

Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. However, English majors may fulfill the literature requirement by successfully completing ENG 2213.
The Arts (3 semester credit hours)Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain IV: World Society and Issues

(3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement. Note: If a language is used to satisfy this three-hour requirement, students will need to take an additional three hours in the same language for the degree requirement.

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Degree Requirements

A. 39 semester credit hours in English, 21 semester credit hours 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 hours must include the study of American literature. The required course ENG 2213 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 33 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 33 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. Mexican American Studies
  9. Women and Gender Studies
  10. Other subjects as may be individually justified by the student, recommended by the academic advisor, and approved by the Department Chair.

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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