English with a Writing Emphasis (BA Degree)

Note:

 ENGL 111  and 112  are to be taken in sequence and are prerequisite to all other English courses.

Group I: Required Courses (21 hours)

• ENGL 202 - Survey of American Literature (3 hours)
• ENGL 203 - Survey of English Literature I (3 hours)
• ENGL 204 - Survey of English Literature II (3 hours)
• ENGL 333 - Advanced Composition and Rhetoric (3 hours)
• ENGL 354 - Literary Criticism (3 hours)
• ENGL 357 - Shakespeare (3 hours)
• ENGL 425 - English Capstone (3 hours)

Group II: Literature before 1800 (3 hours from)

• ENGL 358 - Renaissance Literature (3 hours)
• ENGL 402 - Early English Literature (3 hours)
• ENGL 413 - History of the English Language (3 hours)
• ENGL 448 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature (3 hours)
• ENGL 456 - Greek and Roman Literature in Translation (3 hours)

Group III: American Literature (3 hours from)

• ENGL 311 - Major American Writers to 1865 (3 hours)
• ENGL 312 - Major American Writers from 1865 to 1945 (3 hours)
• ENGL 313 - Major American Writers Since 1945 (3 hours)
• ENGL 314 - Diversity in American Literature (3 hours)
• ENGL 411 - Southern Literature (3 hours)

Group IV: Nineteenth-Century British Literature (3 hours from)

• ENGL 351 - The Romantic Movement (3 hours)
• ENGL 352 - The Victorian Period (3 hours)
• ENGL 361 - The English Novel to 1900 (3 hours)

Writing Emphasis Electives (9 hours)

The student must successfully complete 3 classes from the list below: 

• COMM 325 - Advanced Reporting (3 hours)
• ENGL 317 - The Text: Forms, Methods and Concepts (3 hours)
• ENGL 319 - Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry (3 hours)
• ENGL 320 - Advanced Creative Writing: Narrative (3 hours)
• ENGL 401 - General Linguistics (3 hours)
• ENGL 410 - Theories and Applications of Grammar and Composition (3 hours)
• ENGL 413 - History of the English Language (3 hours)
• ENGL 450 - Workplace and Technical Writing (3 hours)
• ENGL 480 Special Topic (when designated as a writing class). Also see “Special Topic Courses   ” information in this catalog.

Major Elective (3 hours)

• Choose any upper level English  course. *

* Adolescent Literature counts toward the major only for students in English Education. Refer to the School of Education section of this catalog for more information.