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.

• For those students who took the SAT prior to March 2016:

English 100 may be waived with an SAT verbal score of 450 (or ACT- English score of 19) or higher. Successful completion (minimum of C) or above waiver of English 100 is the prerequisite for English 101.

English 101 may be waived with 1) an SAT verbal score of at least 700 or an ACT composite score of at least 32 and 2) a GPA of at least a “B” in high school English courses. Successful completion or above waiver of English 101 is the prerequisite for English 102.

• For those students who took the SAT after February 2016:

English 100 may be waived with an SAT verbal score of 500 (or ACT- English score of 19) or higher. Successful completion (minimum of C) or above waiver of English 100 is the prerequisite for English 101.

English 101 may be waived with 1) an SAT verbal score of at least 730 or an ACT composite score of at least 31 and 2) a GPA of at least a “B” in high school English courses. Successful completion or above waiver of English 101 is the prerequisite for English 102.

ENGL 100-level courses are prerequisites for all English courses numbered 201 and above.

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

Minor Requirements

As in the major, the student seeking a minor in English must have a “C” or better in all English courses.

• 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)

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  Prerequisite for all 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:

• 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 (3 hrs)

  Take one course from the following:

• ENGL 413 - History of British Drama (3)
• ENGL 414 - History of the British Novel (3)
• ENGL 415 - History of American Fiction (3)
• ENGL 416 - Modern/Contemporary Fiction (3)
• ENGL 417 - Modern/Contemporary Poetry (3)

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  Literary History (6 hrs)

   

  Choose any two courses from the following (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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  Electives (6 hrs)

  Take 6 hrs of ENGL 300-/400-level courses.