DEGREE PROGRAMS |
Use these guides to plan your degree:
- English Major: BA (Desktop Publishing)
- English Major: BA (Teaching)
- English Major: BA (TESL)
- English Major: BA (Writing)
- English Major: BSEd (Secondary Education)
- English Major Checklist (post-2006)
- Four-Year Course Rotation: Fall 2005 - Spring 2009
The English major provides a solid foundation for a wide variety of careers by preparing students to read, think, and write critically, and by offering a means to understand and appreciate the literary expression of human thought. English provides the communications skills needed for positions in business, industry, and state and federal service in such careers as advertising, personnel relations, public relations, editing, and writing. The English major also prepares students for professional schools in law, journalism, and medicine, as well as for graduate studies in English or linguistics.
Students are encouraged to explore with their advisors the variety of careers open to English majors. The required internship is one way for majors to investigate their career opportunities, and should be planned as early as possible.
Students who want the broadest possible foundation should pursue the Bachelor of Arts degree, which provides the widest range of career options, including graduate studies. Those who plan to teach at the secondary level should pursue the Bachelor of Science in Education degree, which provides certification by the State Department of Education. Students who plan to teach journalism should elect eight hours of journalism courses to meet certification requirements.
All English majors are encouraged to study a second language.
English Major (BA, BSED) - Degree Requirements |
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| Credit Hours | ||
| ENGL 280, Introduction to Literary Study | 3 | |
| British Literature | 3 | |
| ENGL 221, British Literature I | ||
| ENGL 222, British Literature II | ||
| American Literature | 3 | |
| ENGL 241, American Literature I | ||
| ENGL 242, American Literature II | ||
| ENGL 431 or 432, Shakespeare | 3 | |
| Writing Elective | 3 | |
| ENGL 301, Advanced Writing | ||
| ENGL 302, Hypertext Writing | ||
| ENGL 305, Professional and Technical Writing | ||
| ENGL 478, Creative Writing, Poetry | ||
| ENGL 476, Creative Writing, Fiction | ||
| MCOM 210, Basic Journalism | ||
| Linguistics Elective | 3 | |
| LING 403, Introduction to Linguistics | ||
| LING 425, Modern Grammar | ||
| LING 443, History of the English Language | ||
| Literature in Social, Historical, or Aesthetic Context | 3 | |
| ENGL 213, Backgrounds to Literature | ||
| ENGL 215, Literature in Global Contexts | ||
| ENGL 230, Children's Literature | ||
| ENGL 258, Literature and Culture | ||
| ENGL 363, Literary Genres | ||
| ENGL 494, Internship in English | 3 | |
| Senior Seminar | 3 | |
| ENGL 422, Chaucer | ||
| ENGL 425, Milton | ||
| ENGL 490, Seminar | ||
| Specialization (see below) | 12 | |
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Total Credit Hours: 40 |
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| TESL Specialization: | ||
| ANTH 210, Cultural Anthropology | ||
| LING 425, Modern Grammar | ||
| LING 435, Second Language Development | ||
| LING 436, TESL Methodology; or MFL 420, K-12 Foreign Language Methods |
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| Literature Specialization: | ||
| A second British Literature Survey | ||
| A second American Literature Survey | ||
| ENGL 484, Literary Criticism; or ENGL 486, Rhetorical Theory and Practice |
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| An additional literature course not used to satisfy any other major requirement | ||
| Writing Specialization: | ||
| Two additional writing electives | ||
| ENGL 486, Rhetorical Theory and Practice | ||
| An additional British Literature Survey | ||
| Teaching Specialization: | ||
| LING 425, Modern Grammar | ||
| ENGL 486, Rhetorical Theory and Practice | ||
| A second British Literature Survey | ||
| A second American Literature Survey | ||
| Desktop Publishing Specialization:* | ||
| ENGL 486, Rhetorical Theory and Practice | ||
| Editing Elective | ||
| MCOM 211, Copyreading and News Editing | ||
| ENGL 305, Professional and Technical Writing | ||
| ARTD 231, Graphic Design | ||
| ARTD 240, Computer Design - Page Layout | ||
| * Students getting the Desktop Publishing emphasis will be requred to take ENGL 302 Hypertext Writing as their writing elective and LING 425 Modern Grammar as their linguistics elective.
Students are encouraged to take these recommended courses outside the major: |
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| MIS 205, Advanced Computer Applications | ||
| ARTD 334, Digital Photography | ||
| ARTD 335, Computer Illustration | ||
| ARTD 435, Computer Design - Computer Animation | ||
| ELRN 430, Interactive Web Programming | ||