English BA

Requirements

General Education — 51 hours

See the General Education Curriculum Section for the complete list of courses.

Major — 40 hours

ENG 4000Literary Criticism

3

or

ENG 4200Comparative Literature

3

 

ENG 4600Senior Recitation for English Majors

1

ENG 3100American Literature I: Beginnings to the American Renaissance

3

ENG 3200American Literature II: The Civil War to Realism

3

 

ENG 3400Southern Literature

3

or

ENG 3660Modern American Literature

3

 

ENG 3840Religion in American Literature

3

or

ENG 3870Existentialism and the Search for Meaning in Modern Literature

3

 

ENG 3510Medieval Literature

3

or

ENG 3350Themes and Genres in Classical and Biblical Literature

3

 

ENG 3580Enlightenment Literature

3

ENG 3550/COM 3550Shakespeare

3

ENG 3650The Age of Milton

3

ENG 3620Victorian Literature

3

 

ENG 3630Modern British Literature

3

or

ENG 3860C.S. Lewis and the Inklings

3

Choose one of the following — 3 hours

ENG 2100Creative Writing: Beginning Poetry

3

ENG 2200Creative Writing: Beginning Fiction

3

ENG 3480Creative Writing: Nonfiction

3

ENG 3490Contemporary Writing

3

Students pursuing a minor in creative writing must choose ENG 3490 to fulfill this requirement.

Electives in English courses above ENG 2000 — 3 hours

Additional requirement — 2 hours

ITI 1900Business Information Technology

2

Minor — 15-18 hours

General Electives — 9-12 hours

Total Credit Hours: 120