English BA

Requirements

General Education — 51 hours

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

Major — 43 hours

English Core — 28 hours

ENG 4000Literary Criticism

3

or

ENG 4200Comparative Literature

3

 

ENG 3100American Literature I: Beginnings to the American Renaissance

3

ENG 3200American Literature II: The Civil War to Realism

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 3620Victorian Literature

3

 

ENG 3630Modern British Literature

3

or

ENG 3860C.S. Lewis and the Inklings

3

 

ENG 3650The Age of Milton

3

ENG 4600Senior Recitation for English Majors

1

Choose an Area of Concentration:

Literature — 15 hours
ENG 3360Gothic Literature

3

or

ENG 3660Modern American Literature

3

 

ENG 3840Religion in American Literature

3

or

ENG 3370Multi-Ethnic American Literature

3

 

ENG 4450Genre Studies in Film and Literature

3

or

ENG 3880Life, Death, and Marriage in Eastern Literature

3

 

ENG 3490Contemporary Writing

3

Elective in English course above ENG 2000

3

 
Creative Writing — 15 hours
ENG 2100Creative Writing: Beginning Poetry

3

ENG 2200Creative Writing: Beginning Fiction

3

ENG 3460Creative Writing: Advanced Poetry

3

ENG 3470Creative Writing: Advanced Fiction

3

ENG 3480Creative Writing: Nonfiction

3

 

Additional requirement — 2 hours

ITI 1900Business Information Technology

2

General Electives — 24 hours

Total Credit Hours: 120