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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English, B.A.

Requirements

The English major must fulfill the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree requirements, including 42 hours in English.

In addition to ENG 101 -ENG 102 , ENG 211 -ENG 212 , the major includes the following requirements:

(1)

two courses from

ENG 300 - Introduction to Creative Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENG 306 - Expository Writing Credit Hours: 3
ENG 308 - Traditional Grammar Credit Hours: 3
ENG 320 - Analysis of Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 403 - Linguistics and Advanced Grammar Credit Hours: 3
ENG 409 - Pedagogical Grammar Credit Hours: 3
ENG 415 - History of the English Language Credit Hours: 3

(2)

ENG 303 - American Literature I Credit Hours: 3

(3)

ENG 304 - American Literature II Credit Hours: 3

(4)

one course from

ENG 325 - African American Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 407 - Psychology and Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 424 - The Novel Credit Hours: 3
ENG 465 - Development of the Short Story Credit Hours: 3
ENG 480 - Studies in American Literature I Credit Hours: 3
ENG 481 - Studies in American Literature II Credit Hours: 3
ENG 485 - Southern Literature Credit Hours: 3

(5)

ENG 411 - The Age of Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama Credit Hours: 3

(6)

one course from

ENG 472 - Contemporary Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 475 - Modern and Contemporary Drama Credit Hours: 3

(7)

one course from

ENG 330 - Mythology Credit Hours: 3
ENG 404 - Survey of Drama Credit Hours: 3
ENG 406 - The Pre-Renaissance Age Credit Hours: 3
ENG 434 - The Renaissance Age Credit Hours: 3

(8)

one course from

ENG 440 - The Age of Enlightenment Credit Hours: 3
ENG 450 - The Romantic Age Credit Hours: 3
ENG 460 - The Victorian Age Credit Hours: 3

(9)

ENG 498 - Senior Seminar Credit Hours: 3
In ENG 498 , all English majors take an English exit exam before graduation.

Notes:

The English major not seeking teacher licensure must have a minor area of study comprising 18-21 hours selected in consultation with one’s advisor.

Students who take a junior-level English course (300 level) must have completed nine hours in English prior to taking a junior-level English course; likewise, students who take a senior-level English course (400 level) must have completed twelve hours in English prior to taking a senior-level English course.