Degree Plan

Bachelor of Arts in English

Core - 43 total hours
Major -  45 total hours
Degree - 121 total hours

B.A. in English 4-Year Degree Plan (PDF)

Fall of Freshman Year
Course Hrs.
ENGL 1311 Composition I 3
HIST 1311, 1312, 1321, 1322, or 3310H 3
PHIL 1381 Introduction to Philosophy 3
SOCIAL SCIENCE CORE 3
Elective 3
Total Hours 15
Spring of Freshman Year
Course Hrs.
ENGL 1312 Composition II 3
DWHP 1200 (or DWHP 3200) and 1-hour lifelong physical activity course 3
FINE ARTS CORE: Any three-hour Performance or History course in Visual Art, Dance, Music, or Theatre (Computer Graphic Arts courses will not satisfy this requirement) or any Creative Writing Course 3
RELS 1305, 1315, 1325, or 1335 3
Elective 3
Total Hours 15
Fall of Sophomore Year
Course Hrs.
ENGL 2310 or 2311 World Literature Studies 3
Modern Language 3
NATURAL SCIENCE w/ Lab 4
RELS or PHIL CORE: Any 3-hr upper-division REL or PHIL course 3
ENGL from Creative Writing Emphasis 3
Total Hours 16
Spring of Sophomore Year
Course Hrs.
ENGL 3361 Literary Theory 3
ENGL 3391/3392 American Literature Survey 3
MATH 1304, 1306, 1308, 2303, or higher 3
Modern Language 3
Elective 3
Total Hours 15
Fall of Junior Year
Course Hrs.
ENGL 3351/3352 English Literature Survey 3
ENGL from Literary Studies & Criticism Emphasis 3
ENGL Elective 3
University Elective 3
University Elective (upper-division) 3
Total Hours 15
Spring of Junior Year
Course Hrs.
ENGL 3351/52 or 3391/92 Literature Survey 3
ENGL from Rhetoric & Professional Writing Emphasis (see options on reverse) 3
ENGL Elective: select from any Emphasis on reverse) 3
University Elective (upper-division) 3
University Elective (upper-division) 3
Total Hours 15
Fall of Senior Year
Course Hrs.
ENGL 4301 Senior Seminar 3
ENGL Elective 3
University Elective 3
Elective (upper-division) 3
Elective (upper-division) 3
Total Hours 15
Spring of Senior Year
Course Hrs.
ENGL Elective 3
Elective (upper-division) 3
Elective (upper-division) 3
Elective (upper-division) 3
Elective (upper-division) 3
Total Hours 15