Degree Requirements

General Education Component

Note: This is not a re-statement of the University’s General Education Requirement but a list of specific General Education courses which are also requirements or pre-requisites for course work in the school/major.

• ENG-W 290 Writing in the Arts and Sciences

Proposed Bulletin Courses

CORE REQUIREMENTS (19 cr):

• ENG-E 199: Careers for English Majors (1 cr)
• ENG-L 310: Literary History I (Beginnings-1700) (3 cr)
• ENG-L 312: Literary History II (Since 1700) (3 cr)
• ENG-L 371: Critical Practices (3 cr)
• ENG-W 371: Rhetorical Practices (3 cr)

Single Author: Take 1 of the following (3 cr)

• ENG-L 305: Chaucer
• ENG-L 315: Milton
• ENG-L 313: Shakespeare’s Early Plays
• ENG-L 314: Shakespeare’s Late Plays
• ENG-L 369: British & American Authors

English Language: Take 1 of the following (3 cr)

• ENG-G 205: Intro. to the English Language
• ENG-G 301: History of the English Language

ELECTIVES (18 cr)

Research, Writing, & Persuasion: Take 2 of the following (6 cr)

• ENG-W 315: Writing for the Web
• ENG-W 331: Business & Administrative Writing
• ENG-W 350: Advanced Expository Writing
• ENG-W 420: Argumentative Writing

Applied & Experiential Learning: Take 1 of the following (3 cr)

• ENG-W 364: Magazine Editing
• ENG-W 397: Writing Center Theory & Practice
• ENG-W 398: Internship in Writing
• ENG-L 498: Internship in English

* “Experiential” in this context does not include prior work or other creative or intellectual endeavors.

Diversity & Inclusion: Take 1 of the following (3 cr)

• AFRO-A 379: Early Black American Writing
• ENG-L 364: Native American Literature
• ENG-L 370: Recent Black American Writing
• ENG-L 374: Ethnic American Literature
• ENG-L 378: Women in Literature
• ENG-L 383: Studies in Brit. or Commonwealth Culture
• ENG-L 389: Feminist Literary and Cultural Criticism

Additional Electives (6 cr)

• Take 2 additional courses with an ENG prefix at the 300- level or higher; or take up to 2 courses from majors other than English at the 300-level or higher. Courses from other majors should reflect a student’s educational and/or career interests and must be approved by the Program Coordinator

CAPSTONE (3 cr)

• ENG-E 450: Capstone Seminar