For Academic Program: BA English
About
Intended for students planning advanced degrees in a variety of English-related fields, this concentration offers the depth and breadth of background for success at the master’s level and beyond.
Emphasis Requirements
REQUIRED CORE COURSES (17 Total Credits)- Complete the B.A. English Core requirements.
- Minimum 17 credits
REQUIRED COURSES (21 Total Credits)- Course(s):
- ELIT463 - Literary Criticism (3)
- ENGL317 - Introduction to Linguistics (3)
- Select 3 credit(s):
- ENGL306 - Creative Writing: Literary Nonfiction (W) (3)
- ENGL307 - Creative Writing: Fiction (W) (3)
- ENGL308 - Creative Writing: Poetry (W) (3)
- ENGL313 - Expository Writing (W) (3)
- Select 12 credits from - or from the following courses:
- ELIT323 - A Destiny in Reserve: American Classics of the Nineteenth Century (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT332 - Studies in Medieval Literature (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT333 - Poets and Other Radicals of the English Renaissance (1485-1608) (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT335 - The Bible as Literature (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT337 - A Beautiful Empire: British Classics of the Nineteenth Century (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT338 - Modernist Writers (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT342 - African American Literature (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT468 - Milton Seminar (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT417 - Intercultural Contexts: Literatures of Power, Place, and People (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT425 - Literature of the South (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT346 - Shakespeare (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT444 - Restoration, Revolution, and Reason: British Classics of the Eighteenth Century (1660-1800) (IN-10) (W) (3)
- ELIT450 - You, Me, We: Identity, Society, Culture, and Politics in Contemporary Literature (W) (3)
Creative Writing (only one course allowed from this area)- ENGL306 - Creative Writing: Literary Nonfiction (W) (3)
- ENGL307 - Creative Writing: Fiction (W) (3)
- ENGL308 - Creative Writing: Poetry (W) (3)
- ENGL313 - Expository Writing (W) (3)
English Practicum or Internship (only one course allowed from this area, 3 hours required)- ENGL306 - Creative Writing: Literary Nonfiction (W) (3)
- ENGL307 - Creative Writing: Fiction (W) (3)
- ENGL308 - Creative Writing: Poetry (W) (3)
- ENGL313 - Expository Writing (W) (3)
- ENGL491 - English Practicum (0 - 3)
- ENGL493 - English Internship (0 - 3)
REQUIRED COGNATES (12 Total Credits)- Course(s):
- HMNT205 - Stories, Structures, and Song (IN-10) (3)
- HIST374 - History of England (IN-6) (W) (3)
- Select 6 credits from the following types of courses: Intermediate Foreign Language
ELECTIVES TO = 124 (17 Total Credits) Grand Total Credits: 124