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Course Requirements

Effective Fall, 2006

Concentration
12 hours required from the following:
  • Engl 225 Intro to Creative Writing
  • Engl 338 Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
  • Engl 339 Creative Writing: Fiction
  • Engl 340 Creative Writing: Poetry
9 hours required from the following:
  • Engl 204 Composition and Rhetoric
  • Engl 205 Technical & Scientific Writing
  • Engl 403 Literary Criticism
3 Hours required from the following:
  • Engl 269 Playwriting
  • Eng 307 Writing for Electronic Media & Film

Required Literature Courses

6 Hours required from the following:
  • 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 312 Shakespeare
  • 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
Capstone Experiences
3 Hours required from the following:
  • One additional Literature course from above (QPA below 3.0)
  • Engl 491 Senior Writing Project (QPA above 3.0)
3 Hours required from the following:
  • Engl 409 Advance Research Writing (Spring)
  • (Students must submit a creative writing portfolio to qualify for graduation)
Language Requirement
3 Hours required from the following:
  • Engl 331 Historical Development of the Language
  • 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.