English: Writing Option, BA

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General Education Requirements (36 credit hrs)

Core Requirements (12 credit hrs) See list …

English composition (6 hrs)
Oral communication (3 hrs)
Mathematics (3 hrs)

General Requirements (24 credit hrs)

Humanities/Fine Arts (9 hrs); at least 3 hrs Humanities and 3 hrs Fine Arts ( excluding ART classes )
Social Sciences (9 hrs); in at least two different disciplines
Natural Sciences (6 hrs); 3 hrs Physical Science and 3 hrs Life Sciences, one of which must be a lab course

College of Arts and Sciences General Education Requirements (3 credit hrs)

General Education
One course in a World Language (3 hrs)
One general education or major course carrying the diversity designation (embedded)

Program/Major Requirements (87 hrs)

English Core Requirements (45 credit hrs)

*Students may test out of ENG 1360 , which is a prerequisite for ENG 2100 , by taking and passing the Grammar Competency Examination (GCE). While ENG 1360 will be waived if a passing score is earned on the GCE, no credit hours will be earned.
ENG 1360 - Essent Eng Grammar Credit Hours: 3 *
ENG 2100 - Writng/Edit Nonfictn Credit Hours: 3
ENG 2160 - Survey Amer Lit I Credit Hours: 3
or
ENG 2190 - Survey Amer Lit II Credit Hours: 3
ENG 2260 - Lit Stdy/Rsrch Wrtng Credit Hours: 3
ENG 2330 - Read British Lit I Credit Hours: 3
or
ENG 2340 - Readings in British Literature II Credit Hours: 3
ENG 2370 - Desktop Pub:Beginner Credit Hours: 3
ENG 2790 - Business Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENG 2910 - African Amer Lit I Credit Hours: 3
or
ENG 2940 - African Amer Lit II Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4327 - Meth/Mat Lit Resrch Credit Hours: 3
or
ENG 3870 - Research & Assessmnt Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4311 - Studies in Shakespeare: Intensive Study of Selected Plays Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4337 - Classical Rhetoric Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4338 - Language Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4390 - Women’s Voices Credit Hours: 3

Program/Major Electives (9 credit hrs)

American Literature Elective Courses

Choice of one 4000-level course in American Literature. Credit Hours: 3

ENG 4306 - Adolescent Lit Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4321 - Black Women Writers Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4322 - Black Amer Poetry Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4323 - Wright/Elison/Baldwi Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4324 - Gwen Brooks Seminar Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4326 - Eng Romantic Lit Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4329 - Studies in the Novel Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4332 - Black Amer Fiction Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4334 - Image Blacks Am Fic Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4341 - Amer Lit Since 1918 Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4345 - Amer Lit 1820-1865 Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4346 - Amer Lit 1865-1918 Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4370 - Amer Ethnic Exp Lit Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4382 - Harlem Renaissance Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4386 - Morrsn/Walkr/Hurstn Credit Hours: 3

British Literature Elective Courses

Choice of one 4000-level course in British Literature. Credit Hours: 3

ENG 4311 - Studies in Shakespeare: Intensive Study of Selected Plays Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4314 - Victorian Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4315 - Chaucer Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4342 - Brit Lit Since 1900 Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4349 - The English Novel Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4350 - Early 18th Century Brit Lit Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4351 - Late 18th Century Brit Lit Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4357 - The Eng Renaissance Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4358 - 17th Century Brit Lit Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4359 - Eng Lit 18th Century Credit Hours: 3

University Senior Thesis (3 credit hours)

ENG 4327 - Meth/Mat Lit Resrch Credit Hours: 3
or
ENG 3870 - Research & Assessmnt Credit Hours: 3

Department Electives (15 hours)

Courses are to be selected with the approval of the department academic advisor and must include at least the following:

3 credit hours from 2000-level literature courses
3 credit hours from 4000-level literature courses.

Electives (18 credit hours)

Students should complete additional electives to reach 120 total credit hours. Students also must pass the examination on the federal constitution. Credit Hours: 18

Degree Program Credit Hour Total: 120