BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE,
123 CREDITS

Admission Requirement

A student must have an overall grade point average of 2.0 or higher to declare a major.

University College Core Curriculum................................................................................ 45 credits

Freshman Seminar / University Studies .......................................................................................2 credits

• UNIV 101 and UNIV 102 are required of all non-transfer freshmen (2)
• UNIV 110 is required of all transfer students with fewer than 30 transfer credits; course is waived for transfer students with 30 or more transfer credits (2)

Critical Thinking ........................................................................3 credits

PHIL 110 Critical Thinking (3)– Course is waived for students who enter the university with 60 or more transfer credits.

English Composition ..................................................................6 credits

• ENGL 108 Grammar and Usage (3) may be required based on profile exam scores.
• ENGL 110 English Composition I (3)
• ENGL 120 English Composition II (3)

Speech ......................................................................................3 credits

• SPEE 200 Introduction to Speech (3)

Mathematics ..............................................................................6 credits

• MATH 121 Introduction to College Algebra (3) may be required based on profile exam scores.
• MATH 123 College Algebra (3) or higher level course and one of the following: MATH 121, MATH 124, MATH 129, MATH 130, MATH 131, MATH 140, MATH 142, MATH 150

Natural Sciences ........................................................................8 credits

Choose two courses from the following: ASTR 111, ASTR 112, BIOL 110, BIOL 130, BIOL 1501, CHEM 101, CHEM 140, CHEM 160, NSCI 110-1202, PHYS 111, PHYS 112, PHYS 113, PHYS 121, PHYS 122, PHYS 123, ZOOL 110

1An appropriate profile examination score is required for initial placement into BIOL 150. BIOL 110 may be required as pre-requisite.

2NSCI 110-120 must be completed in sequential order; MATH 121 is pre-requisite for NSCI 110

History and Social Sciences .....................................................................................3 credits

Choose one from the following: ANTH 210, CRJC 200, ECON 200, ECON 211, ECON 212, GEOG 210, GEOG 220, HIST 110, HIST 120, HIST 210, HIST 211, HIST 212, POLI 200, POLI 210 POLI 220, PSYC 210, SOCI 210, SWRK 220

Humanities and Fine Arts .............................................................................................3 credits

Choose one from the following: ART 210, ART 211, ENGL 211, ENGL 212, ENGL 2201, ENGL 223, ENGL 240, HUMN 211, HUMN 212, MUSI 210, MUSI 260, PHIL 210, PHIL 212, PHIL 220, THEA 203

1Student who selects ENGL 220 will have three additional hours of free electives in the major. See "Program Requirements" below.

University College Restricted Electives ....................................................................................9 credits

A total of nine credits to be fulfilled by one or more of following options1:

Six credits of a 100- or 200- level foreign language sequence AND/OR Three to nine credits from the History/Social Sciences or Humanities/Fine Arts options AND/OR any three-credit course at the 100- or 200-level

1Student who selects ENGL 223 and six hours of foreign language will have nine additional hours of free electives in the major. See "Program Requirements" below.

Physical Education / Health Education ................................................................................2 credits

Select HEED 112 (2) OR two of the following: PEDU 100, 101, 102, 103, 106, 107. 110, 111, 112, 120, 121, 122, 130, 132, 140, 141

Program Requirements .........................................................78 Credits

Major Courses ...................................................................... 48 Credits

• ENGL 220 African-American Literature I (3) 1
• ENGL 223 African-American Literature II (3) 1
• ENGL 231 Advanced Grammar (3)
• ENGL 271 Introduction to Literary Criticism (3)
• ENGL 311 English Literature I (3)
• ENGL 312 English Literature II (3)
• ENGL 321 American Literature I (3)
• ENGL 322 American Literature II (3)
• ENGL 341 Advanced Composition (3)
• ENGL 411 Shakespeare (3)
• ENGL 431 The American Novel (3)
• ENGL 470 Senior Seminar (3)

Choose one of the following:

• ENGL 332 Introduction to Film and Visual Literacy (3)
• ENGL 343 The Teaching of Writing (3)
• ENGL 370 Junior Seminar (3)
• Choose one of the following:
• ENGL 412 The Eighteenth Century (3)
• ENGL 432 Romantic Poetry and Prose (3)
• ENGL Electives (6)
• Foreign Languages (6) 1

Minor ................................................................................. 18 Credits

See appropriate catalog section for requirements of specific minor selected.

Free Electives ..................................................................... 6 Credits

1May be completed to fulfill University College Core Curriculum requirements, thus allowing additional hours of free electives.

Other Program Requirements

1. A grade of "C" or better is required in all major English courses.

2. The English major is required to complete a comprehensive examination in the senior year.