2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog

Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, Writing and Language 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;
develop and carry out a research project and articulate it within an appropriate conceptual and methodological framework;
4. demonstrate information and technological literacy in research, and competence in MLA documentation; and
5. 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 Requirement (33)

Take these three:

ENG 220Introduction to English Studies

3

ENG 402/DRA 402Shakespeare

3

ENG 425English Capstone

3

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

ENG 201World Literature I

3

ENG 202World Literature II

3

ENG 203British Literature I

3

ENG 204British Literature II

3

ENG 205American Literature I

3

ENG 206American Literature II

3

Language and Writing (6)

Choose one from the following (3)
ENG 315Advanced Grammar

3

ENG 411Linguistics

3

Choose one from the following (3)
ENG 313Advanced Composition

3

ENG 314Writing for the Professions

3

ENG 408/DRA 408Playwriting

3

ENG 412Creative Writing: Prose

3

ENG 413Creative Writing: Poetry

3

ENG 414Writing for Publication

3

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

ENG 401Old & Middle English Literature

3

ENG 403Myth & Ancient Literature

3

ENG 404Restoration and Eighteenth Century English Literature

3

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

ENG 301Nineteenth Century Novel

3

ENG 302Romantic & Victorian Poetry

3

ENG 303Twentieth Century Novel

3

ENG 304Twentieth Century Poetry

3

ENG 305/DRA 305Modern Drama

3

ENG 422Southern Literature

3

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

ENG 306Ghost Story

3

ENG 308Literature for Youth

3

ENG 321Women's Literature

3

ENG 421North American Nonfiction Nature Writing

3

ENG 423Film Studies

3

Writing and Language Concentration (choose four from the following not taken in the English Core) (12)

ENG 313Advanced Composition

3

ENG 314Writing for the Professions

3

ENG 315Advanced Grammar

3

ENG 408/DRA 408Playwriting

3

ENG 411Linguistics

3

ENG 412Creative Writing: Prose

3

ENG 413Creative Writing: Poetry

3

ENG 414Writing for Publication

3

ENG 498English Internship

1-6

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

Recommended Four-Year Plan for English, Writing and Language Concentration