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For Academic Program: BA English

About

The Literature emphasis is a strong liberal arts major with courses spanning the long history of literature, culture, and meaning-making in America, Britain, and beyond. Courses in the Literature emphasis introduce students to the pleasures of serious reading and interpretation, the value of seeing through other eyes, the chance to sharpen analytic skills to engage the material and symbolic world, the dynamism of a written world long in flux, the satisfaction of producing enlightened, inventive, compelling writing. Students gain practical experience through coursework, mentorship, experiential learning to prepare for graduate and professional programs as well as an ever-expanding variety of careers.

Emphasis Requirements

REQUIRED CORE AND COGNATE COURSES (29 Total Credits)

Complete the B.A. English Core and Cognate requirements.
Minimum 29 credits

REQUIRED COURSES (21 Total Credits)

Course(s):
- ELIT338 - Modernist Writers (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT463 - Literary Criticism (3)
Select 6 credit(s):
Select 6 credit(s):
Select 3 credit(s):

MINOR (18 Total Credits)

Minimum 18 credits

GENERAL EDUCATION (39 Total Credits)

Minimum 39 credits
General Education requirements

ELECTIVES TO = 124 (17 Total Credits)

Minimum 17 credits

Grand Total Credits: 124

Sample Sequence Plan

YEAR 1

FALL

Course(s):
Select 3 credits from IN-7) Natural Science
Select 3 credit(s):
Select 3 credits from the following types of courses: Language Cognate - see catalog for requirement options

WINTER

Course(s):
Select 3 credits from the following types of courses: Language Cognate - see catalog for requirement options

YEAR 2

FALL

Course(s):
- ELIT214 - Survey of American Literature (IN-10) (3)
- ENGL202 - Grammar and Its Consequences (SERV-2) (3)
Select 3 credit(s):
- RELB125 - Life and Teachings of Jesus (R-1) (3)
- RELT177 - Christian Spirituality (R-1) (3)
Select 3 credits from IN-9) Stewardship, Business and Economics
Select 1 credits from P 1-b) Physical Activity
Select 3 credits from the following types of courses: Required Minor courses

WINTER

Course(s):
- ELIT215 - Survey of English Literature (IN-10) (3)
- ENGL212 - Introduction to Editing (3)
Select 3 credit(s):
Select 4 credits from the following types of courses: General elective courses
Select 3 credits from the following types of courses: Required Minor courses

YEAR 3

FALL

Course(s):
Select 3 credits from the following types of courses: IN-6 Historical Perspectives, U.D. (W)
Select 1 credits from P 1-b) Physical Activity
Select 3 credits from the following types of courses: Required Minor courses

WINTER

Course(s): ENGL461 - Senior Research Project I: Methods (1)
Select 3 credit(s):
- ELIT330 - Global Literature (3)
- ELIT417 - Intercultural Contexts: Literatures of Power, Place, and People (IN-10) (W) (3)
Select 3 credits from R-3) Biblical Studies
Select 3 credits from IN-8) Human Development
Select 3 credit(s):
Select 3 credits from the following types of courses: Required Minor courses

YEAR 4

FALL

Course(s): ELIT463 - Literary Criticism (3)
Select 3 credits from the following types of courses: R-4 Religion Elective, U.D.
Select 3 credit(s):
Select 3 credits from the following types of courses: Upper-division required minor courses
Select 3 credits from the following types of courses: General elective courses

WINTER

Course(s):
Select 3 credit(s):
Select 3 credit(s):
Select 3 credits from the following types of courses: Upper-division required minor courses
Select 3 credits from the following types of courses: General elective courses