Undergraduate Program
Degree Requirements
- English Composition: 6 credits (ENG 101 and ENG 102)
- English Literature: 3 credits (ENG 231 or 232)
- Constitutions: 3-6 credits
- Mathematics: 3 credits
- Distribution Requirements (Humanities and Fine Arts)
- Life & Physical Sciences & Analytical Thinking: 9-10 credits (PHI 102, and two courses from life & physical sciences category; at least one must be a lab)
- Social Science: 9 credits
- Multicultural: see notes
- International: see notes
English Major Requirements
Foreign Language: 12 credits
Fine Arts: 6 credits
Humanities: see Foreign Language
English Major Requirements: 42 credits
- Writing about Literature: ENG 298
- Literary Theory: ENG 303
- Two British Literature Surveys: ENG 235 and 236 or ENG 449A and 449B.
- Two American Literature Surveys: ENG 241 and 242 or ENG 451A and 451B.
- English Language and Linguistics: ENG 411A, 411B, 414A, or 415B (this course may be used to satisfy the English Language and Linguistics requirement OR to satisfy 3 credits of FOL requirement but NOT both.)
- English Electives: Seven 400-level courses. Must include at least two courses prior to 1800 and one course in multi-ethnic literatures.
General Electives: 23 credits
Total: 124 credits
Notes:
- ENG 101 and ENG 102 (or their equivalents) are prerequisites for all English courses except creative writing courses.
- ENG majors must take two additional courses in foreign language beyond the college requirement, for a total of four semesters of a single foreign language. One semester may be replaced by ENG 415B (Old English I) or one semester of Latin. In extraordinary cases a student with a strong academic interest in Latin or old English may be permitted to replace an additional semester with ENG 415C or Latin 114. Students pursuing the English for Teacher Certification Concentration will satisfy requirements for a Minor Teaching Field in many school districts by completing four semesters of a single foreign language.
- Every student must complete a three-credit multicultural course and a three-credit international course. Courses satisfying other requirements may simultaneously satisfy the multicultural and international requirements except one course cannot satisfy both the multicultural and the international requirements. ENG courses already approved to satisfy the multicultural requirement include: ENG 290, 291, 292, 494A, 495A, 495B, and 496A.