Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: English Major, Professional Writing and Rhetoric, B.A./B.S. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

English Major, Professional Writing and Rhetoric, B.A./B.S.

42 hours; 2.0 major GPA required

English Major

Notes: (1) English majors are normally expected to use HUM 241-242 The Western Tradition in Literature I-II to fulfill Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Cultures in Core 39. (2) ENG 101 and ENG 201 do not fulfill any requirements for any major or minor in English or English teaching.

English Courses (21 hours)

Shared English Core (12 hours)

All English majors (and some English minors) are required to complete a 12-hour shared core of courses:

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 205 - Introduction to English Studies and Ways of Reading
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 255 - Introduction to British Literary History
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 265 - Introduction to American Literary History
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 301 - Advanced Composition

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3

Shared English Electives (9 hours)

All English majors (and some English minors) are required to complete nine hours of shared electives at the 300 and 400 level:

English Language (3 hours) Selected From

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 313 - Introduction to Linguistics
Term(s) Offered: Spring, odd-numbered years
Credits: 3
ENG 314 - Survey of English Grammars
Term(s) Offered: Spring, even-numbered years
Credits: 3
ENG 417 - History of the English Language
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3

Theory (3 hours) Selected From

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 387 - Women’s Literature and Gender Issues: 19th- and 20th-Century Theory
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
ENG 415 - History of Rhetoric
Term(s) Offered: Fall, even-numbered years
Credits: 3
ENG 416 - Contemporary Issues in Rhetoric
Term(s) Offered: Fall (odd-numbered years)
Credits: 3
ENG 448 - Literary Criticism and Theory
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3

World and Multicultural Literature (3 hours) Selected From

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 330 - Ethnic Literature in America

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Diversity.


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 371 - Non-Western World Literature

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global.


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
ENG 372 - Western World Literature

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Global.


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 375 - Modern Canadian Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ENG 381 - Medieval World Literature
Term(s) Offered: Every other yeare, beginning 2017
Credits: 3
ENG 382 - Literature of the Bible
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ENG 386 - World Mythology

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-World Languages and Culture.


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3

Bachelor of Science Degree in English with Professional Writing and Rhetoric Emphasis

This program is identical to the Bachelor of Arts Degree in English with Professional Writing and Rhetoric emphasis, except no non-English modern or classical language is required.

Bachelor of Arts Degree in English with Professional Writing and Rhetoric Emphasis

Requires 12 hours in a non-English modern or classical language.

Directed Electives (21 hours)

Theory (3 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 415 - History of Rhetoric or
Term(s) Offered: Fall, even-numbered years
Credits: 3
ENG 416 - Contemporary Issues in Rhetoric
Term(s) Offered: Fall (odd-numbered years)
Credits: 3

Applied Courses (9 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 210 - Technical Writing

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 316 - Critical and Investigative Writing

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, odd-numbered years
Credits: 3
ENG 319 - Fundamentals of Grant Writing

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing.


Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
ENG 411 - Writing in the Digital Age
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
ENG 419 - Advanced Grant Writing
Term(s) Offered: Spring (even-numbered years)
Credits: 3
ENG 498 - Internship in English
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3

Senior Seminar (3 credits)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 412 - Writing for the Professions
Term(s) Offered: Fall, even-numbered years
Credits: 3

Open English Electives (6 credits)

Selected from 300/400 level courses

Note

ENG 415 and ENG 416 can be elected to fulfill one of three different requirements.  However, each can be counted toward one requirement only.

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