Degree Requirements

In addition to the requirements of the academic major, students must comply with the General Academic Regulations for Graduation  and Undergraduate Academic Policies .  As part of these policies, students must complete the General College Curriculum , which is based on the degree.

English Requirements in the General College Curriculum

All students must complete ENGL 100  - ENGL 102  (first-year writing courses) and a  200-level ENGL literature course.

• English 100 may be waived with any of the following: (1) SAT-EBRW score of 500 [SAT-EBRW score 450 if taken prior to March 2016]; (2) ACT- English score of 19; (3) ACCUPLACER-English score of 250; (4) TOEFL score of 80 or equivalence in IELTS, Duolinguo, etc.
• English 101 may be waived with any of the following: (1) SAT-EBRW score of 730 [SAT-EBRW score 700 if taken prior to March 2016] AND high school English GPA of 3.0; (2) ACT-English score of 31 AND high school English GPA of 3.0; (3) ACCUPLACER-English score of 276.

Completion of ENGL 100  with a minimum grade of C (or waiver) is the prerequisite for ENGL 101  .  ENGL 101 (or waiver) is the prerequisite for ENGL 102  .  ENGL 102 is the prerequisite for all English courses numbered 201 and above.

ENGL 300  (Literary Research and Criticism) is a pre-requisite to ENGL 400-level courses.

The English Major

The English major is designed to give the student a broad historical perspective of British and American literature. The student majoring in English can be a general English major, or may take additional courses either to gain licensure to teach or to complete the Professional Writing Concentration, the Pre-Law Track, or the Pre-Med Track. For a BA in English, the major must earn a grade of “C” or higher in all English courses and concentration-/track-specific courses.

The General English Major

The General English major must complete the “English Major Requirements” as indicated below:

English Major Requirements

• Foundation (typically 9 hrs)

  — Academic Writing (typically 6 hours, depending on placement)

• ENGL 100 - English Fundamentals (3)
• ENGL 101 - Academic Writing (3)
• ENGL 102 - Academic Writing and Literature (3)

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  — Literature Survey (3 hours)

  Take one of the following:

• ENGL 201 - British Literature I (3)
• ENGL 202 - British Literature II (3)
• ENGL 203 - American Literature I (3)
• ENGL 204 - American Literature II (3)
• ENGL 205 - World Literature I (3)
• ENGL 206 - World Literature II (3)
• ENGL 208 - Literature & Health (3)

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  Prerequisite for all ENGL 400-level courses (3 hrs)

• ENGL 300 - Literary Research and Criticism (3)

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  Writing and Language (3 hrs)

  Take one of the following:
  *Note:English Pre-Law must take ENGL 424 and an additional Writing and Language course.

• ENGL 302 - Advanced Writing (3)
• ENGL 303 - Modern Grammar (3)
• ENGL 305 - Technical Writing and Presentations (3)
• ENGL 424 - Argument and Persuasion (3)

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  Genre Studies (6 hrs)

  Take two of the following:

• ENGL 413 - History of Drama (3)
• ENGL 414 - History of the Novel (3)
• ENGL 417 - History of Poetry (3)

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  Literary History (15 hrs)

   

  Choose one course from six of the following periods (ENGL 419   Special Topics can substitute for applicable time period):

   

  — Pre 1500

• ENGL 401 - Medieval Literature (3)
• ENGL 409 - Chaucer (3)

• — Renaissance

• ENGL 403 - English Renaissance (3)
• ENGL 410 - Shakespeare (3)

• — 17th Century

• ENGL 411 - Milton (3)

• — 18th Century

• ENGL 404 - Eighteenth-Century Literature (3)
• ENGL 405 - Romantic Literature (3)

• — 19th Century

• ENGL 406 - Victorian Literature (3)
• ENGL 407 - Nineteenth-Century American Literature (3)

• — 20th and 21st Century

• ENGL 408 - Early Twentieth-Century Literature (3)
• ENGL 418 - Southern American Literature (3)
• ENGL 425 - Contemporary British/Postcolonial Literature (3)

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  Professional Development (3 hrs)

  Take one of the following:

  *NOTE: ENGL 453 Teacher Licensure students only

• ENGL 422 - Literary Theory and Criticism (3)
• ENGL 453 - Methods in Teaching English (3)
• ENGL 490 - Internship (1-3)

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  Note:

  At least two courses taken as part of the major must have American Literature emphasis (i.e., come from  ENGL 407 , ENGL 415 , ENGL 416 , ENGL 417 , ENGL 418 )

English Elective requirement

English Elective:

Take 9 hours of English Elecitves 300 level or above not already taken.