Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, Literature Concentration

(SLO) English majors should be able to:

1. demonstrate knowledge of major texts and traditions of literature written in English in their social, cultural, and historical context;
2. apply concepts from literary theory and criticism in the analysis and interpretation of texts;
3. read a variety of texts critically and proficiently to demonstrate in both writing and speech the comprehension, analysis, and interpretation of those texts;
4. develop and carry out a research project and articulate it within an appropriate conceptual and methodological framework;
5. demonstrate information and technological literacy in research, and competence in MLA documentation; and
6. produce a literary expository text using the conventions of standard English as stylistically appropriate.

Degree Requirements (Semester Hours)

General Education Core

Core requirements to include a sophomore literature sequence.

English Requirements (33)

Take these three:

ENG 220	Introduction to English Studies	3
ENG 402/DRA 402	Shakespeare	3
ENG 425	English Capstone	3

Literature Requirement (in addition to the sequence for the General Education Core; choose two from the following) (6)

ENG 201	World Literature I	3
ENG 202	World Literature II	3
ENG 203	British Literature I	3
ENG 204	British Literature II	3
ENG 205	American Literature I	3
ENG 206	American Literature II	3

Language and Writing (6)

Choose one from the following (3)

ENG 315	Advanced Grammar	3
ENG 411	Linguistics	3

Choose one from the following (3)

ENG 313	Advanced Composition	3
ENG 314	Writing for the Professions	3
ENG 408/DRA 408	Playwriting	3
ENG 412	Creative Writing: Prose	3
ENG 413	Creative Writing: Poetry	3
ENG 414	Writing for Publication	3

Literature before 1800 (Choose one from the following) (3)

ENG 401	Old & Middle English Literature	3
ENG 403	Myth & Ancient Literature	3
ENG 404	Restoration and Eighteenth Century English Literature	3

Literature after 1800 (Choose two from the following) (6)

ENG 301	Nineteenth Century Novel	3
ENG 302	Romantic & Victorian Poetry	3
ENG 303	Twentieth Century Novel	3
ENG 304	Twentieth Century Poetry	3
ENG 305/DRA 305	Modern Drama	3
ENG 422	Southern Literature	3

Literature and Culture (Choose one from the following) (3)

ENG 306	Ghost Story	3
ENG 308	Literature for Youth	3
ENG 321	Women's Literature	3
ENG 421	North American Nonfiction Nature Writing	3
ENG 423	Film Studies	3

Literature Concentration (choose four from the following not taken in the English Core) (12)

ENG 301	Nineteenth Century Novel	3
ENG 302	Romantic & Victorian Poetry	3
ENG 303	Twentieth Century Novel	3
ENG 304	Twentieth Century Poetry	3
ENG 305/DRA 305	Modern Drama	3
ENG 306	Ghost Story	3
ENG 308	Literature for Youth	3
ENG 321	Women's Literature	3
ENG 401	Old & Middle English Literature	3
ENG 403	Myth & Ancient Literature	3
ENG 404	Restoration and Eighteenth Century English Literature	3
ENG 421	North American Nonfiction Nature Writing	3
ENG 422	Southern Literature	3
ENG 423	Film Studies	3

For the Bachelor of Arts Degree: Foreign Language or Upper-Level English Requirement

General Electives (at least 6 hours must be upper-level) (28)

*At least 42 total hours of course work must be upper-level (300- or 400-level)

*No grade below a “C-” in an upper-level English course will count toward the degree.

Total Credit Hours: 120