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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: English Major, Literature Emphasis, B.A. Only Minimum Credits Required:__________________

English Major, Literature Emphasis, B.A. Only

College of Liberal Arts >> English 

42 hours; 2.0 major GPA required

Must complete BA requirements in Core 39

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 314 - Approaches to Grammar
Term(s) Offered: Spring (even-numbered years)		 Credits: 3
ENG 417 - History of English Languages
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: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
ENG 416 - Contemporary Issues in Rhetoric
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 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: Irregularly offered		 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: Fall		 Credits: 3

Bachelor of Arts Degree in English with Literature Emphasis

Must complete 12 hours from USI Core 39 as follows:

  • Three courses (9 hours) in a single language (through the 204 level) from the World Languages subject area
  • One course (3 hours) from the Natural Science with lab category

Directed electives (12 hours)

(300-400 level) as follows:

One Literature Course (3 hours)

Focusing on the period before the 18th Century:

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 382 - Literature of the Bible
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
ENG 424 - Chaucer
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
ENG 426 - The Literature of the Renaissance
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
ENG 451 - Shakespeare’s Histories and Tragedies
Term(s) Offered: Fall		 Credits: 3
ENG 453 - Shakespeare’s Comedies and Romances
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 3
ENG 473 - History of Western Drama I
Term(s) Offered: Fall		 Credits: 3
ENG 449 - Major Author (topic must be approved)
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
ENG 459 - Special Studies in English (topic must be approved)
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 1-6

One Literature Course (3 hours)

Focusing on the 18th or 19th Century:

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 427 - Neo-Classical and Eighteenth-Century Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
ENG 431 - Nineteenth-Century Literature
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
ENG 435 - The Novel to the Twentieth Century
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
ENG 474 - History of World Drama II
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 3
ENG 449 - Major Author (topic must be approved)
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
ENG 459 - Special Studies in English (topic must be approved)
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 1-6

Shakespeare or Major Author (3 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 424 - Chaucer
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
ENG 451 - Shakespeare’s Histories and Tragedies
Term(s) Offered: Fall		 Credits: 3
ENG 453 - Shakespeare’s Comedies and Romances
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 3
ENG 449 - Major Author (topic must be approved)
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
ENG 459 - Special Studies in English (topic must be approved)
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 1-6

Theory (Literary and Rhetorical) (3 hours)

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: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
ENG 416 - Contemporary Issues in Rhetoric
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered		 Credits: 3
ENG 448 - Literary Criticism and Theory
Term(s) Offered: Spring		 Credits: 3

Upper-level Electives (9 hours)

At least six hours must be literature courses; ENG 302 excluded.

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