2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

English (ENGL) Major


Requirements for English Major


Bachelor of Arts in Arts and Sciences

System General Education Requirements*: 30


Institutional Graduation Requirements**:5


College Requirements: 5-16


Bachelor of Arts 

  • Modern Languages* (completion and competency in one language at the 202 level or a department-approved advanced upper division language course) Credits: 3-14
  • Social Sciences  Credits: 2

See the College of Arts and Sciences  for additional information about Bachelor of Arts Specifications  and Bachelor of Science Specifications .

Electives: 29-41


Total Required Credits: 120


Notes


* The department strongly recommends that students take 151 prior to their junior year.
** When approved by the department.
*** Students must have senior standing and have completed English 151 in order to enroll in 479.
To count toward the Major or Minor, courses must be passed with a minimum grade of “C.”
For students who take ENGL 222, one of the three required 300-400 level courses on British or American literature or the Capstone course must be on American literature since 1860.
For students who take ENGL 242, one of these courses must be on British literature since 1660.

Curriculum Notes


* The 30 credit Board of Regents System General Education Requirements (SGRs) must be completed as part of a student’s first 64 credits.

** South Dakota State University has a 5 credit Institutional Graduation Requirement (IGRs).

(G) Globalization Requirement.

(AW) Advanced Writing Requirement.

Students must take the proficiency examination after completing 48 credits. English 101, and a course in each of the General Education areas of social science, mathematics, natural science, and humanities and arts must be taken prior to taking this exam.