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Course Requirements:

A minimum of 42 credits is required, exclusive of the freshman composition courses (Eng. 099, 101 and 103). Required courses from outside of the Department of English are in addition to the 42 credits in English. Internships will be granted to majors in the program and to students in related disciplines with a QPA of at least 2.500. College Writing I (24101) is a prerequisite for all writing courses.  General course descriptions are available on the Lower Division English Courses and Upper Division English Courses pages.

Concentration
18 Hours required
  • Engl 204 Composition & Rhetoric
  • Engl 205 Technical & Scientific Writing
  • Engl 306 Advanced Technical & Scientific Writing
  • Engl 409 Advanced Research Writing
  • Engl 450 Internship (minimum 6 hours)
3 Hours required
  • Engl 308 Advertising Copywriting OR
  • Engl 309 Business & Administrative Writing
3 Hours required
  • Engl 240 Creative Writing: Fiction OR
  • Engl 340 Creative Writing: Poetry
Required Literature Courses

3 Hours required

  • Engl 403 Literary Criticism
6 Hours required
  • Engl 242 African-American Literature
  • Engl 243 Women's Literature
  • Engl 244 Native American Literature
  • Engl 246 Latino Literature of the U.S.
  • Engl 248 Eastern Literature
  • Engl 317 British Literature I
  • Engl 318 British Literature II
  • Engl 319 American Literature I
  • Engl 320 American Literature II
  • Engl 389 Stratford Shakespeare Tour
  • Engl 402 World Literature
Language Requirement

9 Hours requirement

  • Engl 331 Historical Development of the Language

  • Engl 332 Traditional Grammar

  • Engl 333 Concepts in Linguistics


Completion of 15 hours or more outside the English Department in a sequence from one department, or of a minor or major, in a subject other than English is required. The selection of outside must be approved by the student's English advisor and by the Chairperson of the English Department.


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