English

Be the Author of Your Own Story

You'll learn from a firm English and liberal arts curriculum and graduate ready to pursue graduate or professional school, or a wide variety of careers in media, law, education, politics, creative writing, or public relations, among others.

Program Requirements

To graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in English, students must complete 120 credit hours. These credit hours split among:

• General Education Requirements, or GERs (40 credits)
• Core English Courses (48 credits)
• Electives (32 credits)

Core English Courses

All English majors must successfully complete all core courses regardless of concentration.

Literature in History (9 credits)

• ENGL 201 British Literature I or ENGL 202 British Literature II
• ENGL 205 American Literature I
• ENGL 206 American Literature II

Critical Methods (6 credits)

• ENGL 208 Critical Writing
• ENGL 210 Introduction to Literary Genres

African-American Literature (6 credits)

• ENGL 235 Literature of the Black American I or ENGL 236 Literature of the Black American II
• ENGL 338 Studies in Black American Literature

Upper-Level Writing (3 credits)

• ENGL 305 Advanced Expository Writing or ENGL 307 Technical Writing or 300-level Creative Writing (CRWR) or Journalism (JRNL) course

Program Electives (12 credits)

• At least four 300-level English (ENGL), Creative Writing (CRWR), Philosophy (PHIL), Journalism (JRNL), or World Literature (WLIT)

Bachelor of Arts Requirements (9 credits)

• 300-level Philosophy (PHIL)
• At least two 200-level Spanish (SPAN), French (FREN) or Latin (LATN) or WLIT 207 World Literature Ancient to Post-Modern plus WLIT 386 Modern Literature: Africa, Asia, and Latin America or SPAN 303 Survey of Spanish Literature I or SPAN 304 Survey of Spanish Literature II

Capstone Assignment & Senior Colloquium (3 credits)

• ENGL 496 Senior Colloquium 

Additional Requirements

• English majors must successfully complete all core courses with a C grade or higher.
• English majors must earn a C grade or higher in a GER Philosophy course.
• English majors must pass the Departmental Assessment, which is a capstone thesis paper.
• Students who earn two or more grades below C in any single semester in Core English Courses may not be allowed to continue as English majors.

How to Stay an English Major

We strongly recommend you continuously work with your academic advisor through your program journey. Here are some important things you need to know about how to stay an English major in good academic standing:

• Complete all major and minor courses with a C or better.
• Maintain a cumulative 2.5 grade point average (GPA) in major courses and non-major courses taken to satisfy English major requirements.

Please note, students who receive 2 or more grades below C in any 1 semester in major courses and program non-major courses are not allowed to continue as English majors.