English Major: BA Degree Plan

First Semester (17 credits)

_____(3) Engl 101, Composition

_____(3) First Humanities and Fine Arts course from Category IV: first foreign language course

_____ (3) Speech course: SpCm 101, 215, or 222

_____ (3) MIS 105 (or Technology Literacy Proficiency test)

_____ (3) First Behavioral/Social Science course

_____ (2) Wellness course: Wel 100

Second Semester (15 credits)

_____ (3) Engl 284, Intro to Lit Criticism

_____ (3) Literature in a Social, Historical, or Aesthetic Context—choose one:

Engl 213, Backgrounds to Lit

Engl 230, Lit for Younger Readers

Engl 258, Lit and Culture

Engl 319, Post-Colonial Lit

Engl 363, Literary Genres

_____ (3) Second Humanities and Fine Arts course from Category IV: second foreign language course (same language that was chosen for the first Humanities and Fine Arts Category IV course)

_____ (3-4) Math requirement: Math 102, 104, 115, 120, 121, 123, or 125

_____ (3) Human Values: ArtH 350, Phil 100, Badm 457, EdFo 475, PolS 270, MFL 101

Third Semester (15 credits)

_____ (3) Pre-1800 Lit Survey: Engl 311, 312, 313, or 314

_____ (3) Second Behavioral/Social Science course [with a different prefix from that chosen for the first Behavior/Social Science course]

_____ (3) Third Humanities and Fine Arts course from Category IV: third foreign language course (may be a different language from that chosen already)

_____ (3-4) First Laboratory Science course

_____ (3) A course from the minor or a gen ed elective

Fourth Semester (15 credits)

_____ (3) Linguistics Elective: Ling 403, 425 [the required course for Desktop publishing specialists; required elsewhere for teaching specialists], or 443

_____ (3) Post-1800 Survey: Engl 315, 316, 317, or 318

_____ (3) Writing, literature, and teaching specialists: minor course or gen ed elective

_____ (3) Desktop publishing specialists:

Editing elective—choose one:

MCom 211, Copyediting and News Editing

Engl 305, Tech and Prof Writing

_____ (3-4) Second Laboratory Science course

_____ (3) Third Behavioral/Social Science course [with a different prefix from either of those chosen for the first and second Behavior/Social Science courses]

Fifth Semester (15 credits)

_____ (3) Shakespeare: Engl 431 or 432

_____ (9) Specialist courses

Literature specialists:

Engl 484, Literary Criticism

A second pre-1800 survey: Engl 311, 312, 313, or 314

One minor course or gen ed elective

Writing specialists:

An additional survey course: Engl 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, or 318

Two minor courses or gen ed electives

Teaching specialists:

A second pre-1800 survey: Engl 311, 312, 313, or 314

A second post-1800 survey: Engl 315, 316, 317, or 318

One minor course or gen ed elective

Desktop publishing specialists

MIS 231, Desktop publishing

Two minor courses or gen ed electives (suggestion: choose from MIS 105, Intro to Computers; ArtD 335, Computer Design: Illustration; ArtD 435, Computer Design: Animation)

_____ (3) A minor course or gen ed elective

Sixth Semester (18 credits)

_____ (3) Writing Elective—choose one:

Engl 302, Hypertext Writing [the required course for Desktop publishing specialists]

Engl 305, Professional and Tech Writing

Engl 482, Creative Writing II

Engl 483, Advanced Creative Writing

MCom 210, Basic Journalism [required elsewhere for desktop publishing specialists]

_____ (3) Specialist course

Desktop publishing specialists:

MCom 210, Basic Journalism

Writing specialists:

A second writing elective: Engl 302, 305, 482, 483, or MCom 210

Lit specialists:

A second post-1800 survey: Engl 315, 316, 317, or 318

Teaching specialists:

Ling 425, Modern Grammar

_____ (3) Humanities and Fine Arts course from Category I

_____ (9) Three courses from the minor or general education electives

Seventh Semester (18 credits)

_____ (3) Engl 494, Internship in English

_____ (3) One English senior seminar [required only for literature, writing, and teaching specialists]: Engl 422, 425, or 490

_____ (3) One English specialization course

Desktop publishing and teaching and writing specialists

Engl 486, Rhetorical Theory and practice

Lit specialists

An additional lit course not used to satisfy other major requirements

_____ (9) Three courses from the minor or general education electives

_____ (3) Desktop publishing specialists: one more minor or gen ed elective

Eighth Semester (15 credits)

_____ (15) Desktop publishing specialists

ArtD 332, Computer Design, Page Layout

Three minor/gen ed elective courses

Writing specialists

A third writing elective: Engl 302, 305, 482, 483, or MCom 210

Three minor/gen ed elective courses

_____ (12) Literature and teaching specialists: four minor/gen ed elective courses

_____ (3) Humanities and Fine Arts course from Category III