English, B.A.

Program Requirements

General Education Requirement (33 credit hours)
Completion requirement

English Major Requirements (42 credit hours)
Completion requirement

Required Courses (15 credit hours)
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
ENG190 INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG250 LITERARY MOVEMENTS | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG390 LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG490 SENIOR SEMINAR IN LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours

Select one of the following Major Figure courses
Complete ANY of the following Courses:
ENG315 SHAKESPEARE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG322 REPRESENTATIVE WRITERS | 3 - Credit Hours

Pre-1900 options (9 credit hours)
If ENG 315 or ENG 322 is used to satisfy the Major Figures requirement, it cannot be used to satisfy the pre-1900 requirements. Other courses (including ENG 210, ENG 220, ENG 322, ENG 380, ENG 450, ENG 451, ENG 452, ENG 490) may count toward this requirement, based on the course topic.

Earn at least 9 credits from the following:
ENG130 BIBLICAL AND CLASSICAL LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG131 MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG315 SHAKESPEARE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG416 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG442 THE AMERICAN NOVEL TO 1900 | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG322 REPRESENTATIVE WRITERS | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG380 THE HISTORY OF THE PRINTED BOOK | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG450 TOPICS IN THE STUDY OF POETRY | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG451 TOPICS IN THE STUDY OF FICTION | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG452 TOPICS IN THE STUDY OF DRAMA | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG490 SENIOR SEMINAR IN LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours

Electives (18 credits)
Select six ENG literature courses by advisement. Courses listed above that were not used to satisfy one of the above requirements can be used as an elective.

Complete at least 6 of the following Courses:
ENG147 INTRODUCTION TO DIVERSE LITERATURES | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG151 INTRODUCTION TO POETRY | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG210 TOPICS IN BRITISH AND IRISH LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG220 TOPICS IN AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG221 FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG230 COMPARATIVE LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG231 WOMEN IN LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG240 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940 | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG241 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1940 | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG243 INTRODUCTION TO LATINX LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG255 THE SHORT STORY | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG260 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG337 LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG345 MODERN WORLD LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG353 INDIGENOUS LITERATURE OF NORTH AMERICA | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG354 ETHNIC AMERICAN MINORITY LITERATURES | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG356 SPECULATIVE FICTION | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG361 CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG362 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG370 FOUNDATIONS OF LANGUAGE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG380 THE HISTORY OF THE PRINTED BOOK | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG385 GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG447 SELECTED TOPICS IN DIVERSE LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG450 TOPICS IN THE STUDY OF POETRY | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG451 TOPICS IN THE STUDY OF FICTION | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG452 TOPICS IN THE STUDY OF DRAMA | 3 - Credit Hours
ENG461 YOUNG-ADULT LITERATURE | 3 - Credit Hours
(27 credit hours must be upper-division)

All College Electives (45 credit hours)