For the student who chooses to major in English, the Discipline’s goals are to provide the knowledge and skills necessary for pursuing professions that depend on writing and literary ability, including but not limited to graduate studies or careers in teaching. For both majors and non- majors, the Discipline seeks to provide opportunities for the intellectual and imaginative development afforded by the study of language and literature. The Discipline also seeks to preserve and promote the study of the literary heritage of African Americans.
The primary objectives of the academic discipline of English are designed so that students who successfully complete the undergraduate major will be able to:
Major Requirements
Required Courses
Requirements for the major, in addition to the University degree requirements outlined within this Bulletin, are at least 36 credits as follows:
Required Major Courses [24 credits]
| ENG 220 | SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENG 330 | SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE | 3 |
Plus, one of the following three courses:
| ENG 222 | AMERICAN LITERATURE II – FIGURE | 3 |
| ENG 224 | AMERICAN LITERATURE II – PERIOD | 3 |
| ENG 226 | AMERICAN LITERATURE II – GENRE | 3 |
Plus, one of the following two courses:
Plus, one of the following three courses:
| ENG 332 | BRITISH LITERATURE II – FIGURE | 3 |
| ENG 334 | BRITISH LITERATURE II – PERIOD | 3 |
| ENG 336 | BRITISH LITERATURE II – GENRE | 3 |
Plus, one of the following two courses:
| ENG 275 | AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1919 | 3 |
| ENG 276 | THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT | 3 |
Electives in English
12 additional credits selected from any English Department courses not taken to meet the above requirements.
If students take Writer’s Workshop twice for a total of eight credit hours, they must also take another English elective, for four credits, to fulfill the requirement of twelve credit hours in English electives. Or, students may choose to substitute for English electives with any of the following courses offered through the School of Humanities and Behavioral Social Sciences: Mass Media and Society, Introduction in Journalism, Topics in Journalism, and Newspaper Production.
When used as substitutes for English electives, these courses may be counted toward the twelve required English elective credits. They need not accumulate, however, toward the 36 credits in English that are required as part of the major.
Majors may also take up to twelve additional hours of English courses, for a total of no more than 48 hours, although they are not required to do so.
Joint Major Requirements
Joint majors combining English and another discipline must take at least 24 hours in English, consisting of the required major courses. Joint majors may also take up to eight additional hours of English courses, for a total of not more than 32 hours, although they are not required to do so.
Suggested Program Plan for English Majors
First Year, Fall Semester [15 credits]
| CORE 100 | NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION SEMINAR | 1 |
| CORE 150 | COMPOSITION I | 3 |
| CORE 131 | ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS FOR A CONTEMPORARY WORLD | 3 |
| | FOREIGN LANGUAGE 101 - FRENCH OR SPANISH | 3 |
| | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 3 |
First Year, Spring Semester [15-17 credits]
| CORE 120 | CRITICAL THINKING | 2 |
| CORE 160 | COMPOSITION II | 3 |
| | FOREIGN LANGUAGE 102 - FRENCH OR SPANISH | 3 |
| | CORE Group A-E [A] | 2-4 |
| ENG | Elective | 3 |
Second Year, Fall Semester [18 credits]
| ENG 220 | SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 |
| CORE 201 | INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 3 |
| CORE 260 | HUMANITIES: THOUGHT AND EXPERIENCE | 3 |
| | | |
| FREN 200 | INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE FRENCH | 3 |
| | Or | |
| SPAN 200 | INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE SPANISH | 3 |
| | | |
| | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 3 |
Second Year, Spring Semester [16 credits]
| ENG 222 | AMERICAN LITERATURE II – FIGURE | 3 |
| | Or | |
| ENG 224 | AMERICAN LITERATURE II – PERIOD | 3 |
| | Or | |
| ENG 226 | AMERICAN LITERATURE II – GENRE | 3 |
| | | |
| | CORE Group A-E [E] | 3 |
| | CORE Group A-E [D] | 3 |
| | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 3 |
Third Year, Fall Semester [16-18 credits]
| ENG 265 | SHAKESPEARE | 3 |
| | | |
| ENG 275 | AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1919 | 3 |
| | Or | |
| | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 3 |
| | | |
| ENG 330 | SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE | 3 |
| | CORE Group A-E [B] | 3-4 |
| | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 3 |
Third Year, Spring Semester [16 credits]
| ENG 276 | THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT | 3 |
| | Or | |
| | Elective in English | 3 |
| | | |
| CORE 360 | THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLES | 3 |
| | | |
| ENG 332 | BRITISH LITERATURE II – FIGURE | 3 |
| | Or | |
| ENG 334 | BRITISH LITERATURE II – PERIOD | 3 |
| | Or | |
| ENG 336 | BRITISH LITERATURE II – GENRE | 3 |
| | | |
| | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 3 |
Fourth Year, Fall Semester [12 credits]
| ENG 480 | SENIOR SEMINAR | 3 |
| | CORE A-E [C] | 3 |
| | Combination of English electives (as needed) and general electives | 3 |
Fourth Year, Spring Semester [12 credits]
| | Combination of English electives (as needed) and general electives | 12 |
CORE Requirements
The cafeteria style CORE curriculum will be chosen from one of the courses in each of the following groups, A-E.
GROUP A (Choose one of the following)
GROUP B (Choose one of the following)
GROUP C (Choose one of the following)
GROUP D (Choose CORE 240 or any two science disciplines from the list below)
GROUP E (Choose one of the following)