No new students are being admitted to this concentration. Please see the Linguistics concentration.
Effective Fall 2020
For graduation, an English major must attain a minimum grade point average of 2.000 in all Composition (CO) and English (E) courses.
Freshman | |||
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AUCC | Credits | ||
CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 1A | 3 |
E 240 | Introduction to Poetry | 3 | |
E 270 | Introduction to American Literature (GT-AH2) | 3B | 3 |
SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | 3 | |
Arts and Humanities1 | 3B | 6 | |
Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 7 | |
Foreign Language2 | 3-5 | ||
Quantitative Reasoning | 1B | 3 | |
Total Credits | 31-33 | ||
Sophomore | |||
Select one from the following: | 3 | ||
British Literature--Medieval Period to 1800 (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||
British Literature--After 1800 (GT-AH2) | 3B | ||
PHIL *** Philosophy Elective | 3 | ||
Additional History Elective - select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
HIST XXX | |||
Black Cinema and Media | |||
History of Political Thought | |||
World Theatre History I | |||
Foreign Language2 | 3-5 | ||
Diversity and Global Awareness | 3E | 3 | |
Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |
Social and Behavioral Science | 3C | 3 | |
Electives | 6-8 | ||
Total Credits | 29 | ||
Junior | |||
E 326 | Development of the English Language | 3 | |
E 341 | Literary Criticism and Theory | 4A,4B | 3 |
E 344 | Shakespeare | 3 | |
Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
Writing Arguments (GT-CO3) | 2 | ||
Writing in the Disciplines: Arts and Humanities (GT-CO3) | 2 | ||
Writing in the Disciplines: Sciences (GT-CO3) | 2 | ||
Writing in the Disciplines: Social Sciences (GT-CO3) | 2 | ||
Writing in the Disciplines: Education (GT-CO3) | 2 | ||
Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
Syntax and Semantics | |||
Phonology, Morphology, and Lexis | |||
Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis | |||
Foreign Language2 | 5 | ||
Electives | 7 | ||
Total Credits | 27 | ||
Senior | |||
Select one course from the following not taken in the junior year: | 3 | ||
Syntax and Semantics | |||
Phonology, Morphology, and Lexis | |||
Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis | |||
Select one from the following: | 3 | ||
Chaucer | 4C | ||
Topics in Literature and Language | 4C | ||
Foreign Language2 | 5 | ||
Upper-Division English/Composition3 | 15 | ||
Electives4 | 5-7 | ||
Total Credits | 31-33 | ||
Program Total Credits: | 120 |
- 1
Excludes E subject code courses.
- 2
This requirement must be met by completing the second year of one foreign language and the first year of another foreign language.
- 3
Fifteen credits of upper-division courses (300- to 400-level) with E or CO prefixes, at least 9 credits of which must come from CO 401, E 311A, E 311B, E 311C, E 320, E 324, E 412A, E 412B, E 412C, and E 465.
- 4
Select enough elective credits to bring the program total to 120 credits, of which at least 42 must be upper-division (300- to 400-level).
Distinctive Requirements for Degree Program:
For graduation, an English major must attain a minimum grade point average of 2.000 in all Composition (CO) and English (E) courses.
Freshman | |||||
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Semester 1 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | X | 1A | 3 | |
E 270 | Introduction to American Literature (GT-AH2) | X | 3B | 3 | |
Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 3 | |||
Quantitative Reasoning | X | 1B | 3 | ||
Total Credits | 15 | ||||
Semester 2 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
E 240 | Introduction to Poetry | X | 3 | ||
SPCM 200 | Public Speaking | X | 3 | ||
Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |||
Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 4 | |||
L*** *** Foreign Language | 3-5 | ||||
AUCC 1B (Quantitative Reasoning) and CO 150 must be completed at the end of Semester 2. | X | ||||
Total Credits | 16-18 | ||||
Sophomore | |||||
Semester 3 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
British Literature--Medieval Period to 1800 (GT-AH2) | X | 3B | |||
British Literature--After 1800 (GT-AH2) | X | 3B | |||
Diversity and Global Awareness | 3E | 3 | |||
Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3C | 3 | |||
Liberal Arts/History Elective | 3 | ||||
Elective | 3 | ||||
Total Credits | 15 | ||||
Semester 4 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |||
L*** *** Foreign Language | 3-5 | ||||
PHIL *** Philosophy Elective | 3 | ||||
Electives | 3-5 | ||||
AUCC 3A (Biological and Physical Sciences), AUCC 3B (Arts and Humanities), AUCC 3C (Social and Behavioral Sciences), E 240, E 270, and E 276 or E 277, plus one course of L*** *** must be completed by the end of Semester 4. | X | ||||
Total Credits | 14 | ||||
Junior | |||||
Semester 5 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
E 341 | Literary Criticism and Theory | X | 4A,4B | 3 | |
E 344 | Shakespeare | 3 | |||
Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
Writing Arguments (GT-CO3) | X | 2 | |||
Writing in the Disciplines: Arts and Humanities (GT-CO3) | X | 2 | |||
Writing in the Disciplines: Sciences (GT-CO3) | X | 2 | |||
Writing in the Disciplines: Social Sciences (GT-CO3) | X | 2 | |||
Writing in the Disciplines: Education (GT-CO3) | X | 2 | |||
L*** *** Foreign Language | 5 | ||||
Total Credits | 14 | ||||
Semester 6 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
E 326 | Development of the English Language | 3 | |||
Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
Syntax and Semantics | X | ||||
Phonology, Morphology, and Lexis | X | ||||
Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis | X | ||||
Electives | 7 | ||||
Total Credits | 13 | ||||
Senior | |||||
Semester 7 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
Chaucer | X | 4C | |||
Topics in Literature and Language | X | 4C | |||
L*** *** Foreign Langauge | 5 | ||||
Upper-Division English/Composition Courses (See list on Concentration Requirements Tab) | 9 | ||||
Total Credits | 17 | ||||
Semester 8 | Critical | Recommended | AUCC | Credits | |
Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||||
Syntax and Semantics | X | ||||
Phonology, Morphology, and Lexis | X | ||||
Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis | X | ||||
Upper-Division English/Composition Courses (See list on Concentration Requirements Tab) | X | 6 | |||
Electives | X | 5-7 | |||
The benchmark courses for the 8th semester are the remaining courses in the entire program of study. | X | ||||
Total Credits | 14-16 | ||||
Program Total Credits: | 120 |