English B.A.
English Major
The B.A. English major requires a minimum of 120 total hours to graduate. This total includes UNIFI/General Education requirements and the following specified major requirements, plus electives to complete the minimum of 120 hours.
Required:
| Complete all of the following: | ||
| English: | 15 | |
| Critical Writing About Literature | ||
| Survey of English Literature from Beginnings to Early Modernity | ||
| Survey of Post-1800 English and World Literature | ||
| Survey of American Literature | ||
| Multicultural Literature | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 6 | |
| Writing and/or Linguistics: | ||
| Craft of Creative Nonfiction | ||
| Writing & Healing | ||
| Craft of Poetry * | ||
| Craft of Fiction * | ||
| Theory and Practice of Writing | ||
| Digital Writing: Theory and Practice | ||
| Poetry Workshop * | ||
| Fiction Workshop * | ||
| Applied Writing: Workplace Communication * | ||
| Applied Writing: Specialized Documents * | ||
| Applied Writing: Projects, Grants and Careers * | ||
| The Structure of English | ||
| Introduction to Linguistics | ||
| History of the English Language * | ||
| Language Development | ||
| Cultural Aspects of Language and Language Teaching * | ||
| Sociolinguistics * | ||
| Electives in English literature, complete at least one (1) course from each group (A, B, and C) | 18 | |
| Within each group, other appropriate topics may be offered in sections of: | ||
ENGLISH 3159/4159/5159 Experimental course | ||
ENGLISH 3186/4186/5186 "Studies in" | ||
| Author Seminar: __________________ | ||
| Seminar in Literature: ______________ | ||
| Genre Seminar:______________ | ||
| Group A: Literature in English to 1800: | ||
| Old English Language, Literature, and Culture | ||
| Early Modern Drama | ||
| English Renaissance | ||
| 18th-Century British Literature | ||
| Chaucer | ||
| Shakespeare | ||
| Milton | ||
| Early American Literature | ||
| Group B: Literature in English since 1800: | ||
| British Romantic Writers | ||
| British Victorian Writers | ||
| British Novel to 1900 | ||
| British Novel Since 1900 | ||
| The American Renaissance | ||
| American Realism and Naturalism to WWI | ||
| American Poetry to 1914 | ||
| American Novel Since 1900 | ||
| Modern and Contemporary Poetry | ||
| Modern Drama | ||
| Group C: Literary Theory, Film, Cross-Cultural: | ||
| Genocide in Writing and Film | ||
| The Holocaust in Literature and Film | ||
| Environmental Literature | ||
| Literature, Gender and Intersectionality | ||
| Literary Criticism | ||
| Issues in Digital Humanities | ||
| Old English Language, Literature, and Culture | ||
| African American Literature | ||
| Asian American Literature | ||
| Blues and Jazz in African American Film and Literature | ||
| World Literature Seminar: (Topic) | ||
| Literary Nonfiction | ||
| Film and Literature | ||
| Film History | ||
| Film Theory and Criticism | ||
| Electronic Literature | ||
| Total Hours | 39 | |
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The following courses have additional prerequisites:
ENGLISH 3715/5715 and ENGLISH 3725/5725 have a prerequisite of ENGLISH 2700 or consent of instructor.
ENGLISH 4765/5765 and ENGLISH 4775/5775 have prerequisites of MGMT 2080 or ENGLISH 2770 or consent of instructor.
ENGLISH 4740/5740 has prerequisite of ENGLISH 3715/5715 or consent of instructor.
ENGLISH 4750/5750 has prerequisite of ENGLISH 3725/5725 or consent of instructor.
ENGLISH 4785/5785 has a prerequisite or corequisite of ENGLISH 2770 or consent of instructor.
TESOL 4140/5140 and TESOL 4520/5520 and TESOL 4540/5540 have a prerequisite of TESOL 4120/5120 or TESOL 3110.
Four-Year Plan
English, B.A.
This is a sample plan of study with a suggested sequencing of classes for the major. University electives may be applied to earn additional academic majors, minors, or certificates. Students should regularly meet with their academic advisor to plan their specific semester schedule to include UNIFI/General Education program and/or university elective hours required.
| Freshman | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hour | |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 15 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENGLISH 2120 | Critical Writing About Literature | 3 |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 12 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Sophomore | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENGLISH 2420 | Survey of American Literature | 3 |
| ENGLISH 2520 | Multicultural Literature | 3 |
| English Writing or Linguistics Class | 3 | |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 6 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENGLISH 2320 | Survey of English Literature from Beginnings to Early Modernity | 3 |
| English Major Literature Elective - Group A | 3 | |
| English Writing or Linguistics Class | 3 | |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 6 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Junior | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENGLISH 2340 | Survey of Post-1800 English and World Literature | 3 |
| English Major Literature Elective - Group B | 3 | |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 9 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| English Major Literature Elective - Group C | 3 | |
| English Major Literature Elective | 3 | |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 9 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Senior | ||
| Fall | ||
| English Major Literature Elective | 3 | |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 12 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| English Senior Seminar | 3 | |
| UNIFI/General Education or University Electives | 12 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |