English (B.A.)

Student Learning Outcomes

The English and Interdisciplinary Studies school’s B.A. program prepares students to become innovative professionals and global citizens by teaching them to read closely and critically, write creatively and persuasively, and explore the beauty and value of diverse literatures and cultures.

• Analyze texts closely and critically, using key literary terms and concepts to interpret how the specific elements of a text contribute to its larger meanings.
• Identify significant texts, authors, periods, movements, genres, theories, or modes from literary history, explaining how literary texts engage with their historical, cultural, aesthetic, or ideological contexts.
• Identify key theoretical ideas, concepts, or methodologies and apply them to the reading and writing of texts.
• Write argumentative, creative, and reflective texts that demonstrate focus, content, structure, evidence, style, and grammar appropriate to their rhetorical contexts.
• Conduct scholarly research that incorporates the use of library resources and discipline-specific databases; the evaluation and integration of secondary sources; and the documentation of primary and secondary sources using MLA style.
• Explain how literature both reflects and enriches the diversity of human experience through its exploration of the ways in which race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality, ability, or class shape identity and influence perception.

Academic Requirements

To count toward the major, courses must be passed with a minimum grade of “C.” Topics courses may only fulfill the specific requirements when approved by the school. All sections of ENGL 210  count as a major elective.

Requirements for English Major: 120 Credits

Bachelor of Arts

System General Education Requirements

• Goal #1 Written Communication: SGR #1 Electives Credits: 6  
• Goal #2 Oral Communication: SGR #2 Elective Credits: 3   
• Goal #3 Social Sciences: SGR #3 Electives Credits: 6  
• Goal #4 Arts and Humanities: SGR #4 Electives Credits: 6  (Recommended to select Modern Language courses)
• Goal #5 Mathematics: SGR #5 Elective Credits: 3  
• Goal #6 Natural Sciences: SGR #6 Electives Credits: 6  

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Requirements

Bachelor of Arts Requirements: 6+

• Modern Foreign Language Including the 202-Level Credits: 6+
• One declared minor outside of the major discipline OR a second major OR a teaching specialization. The minor may be a traditional minor within one department or school or it may be interdisciplinary involving more than one department or school. The minor can be in a different college. The minor must be declared no later than the student’s third semester of enrollment.
• Capstone course in the major discipline
• Upper division coursework Credits: 33

System General Education and/or major coursework may satisfy some or all of the above requirements. Consult program advisor for details. See the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences  for additional information about Bachelor of Arts specifications.

Major Requirements

• ENGL 151 - Introduction to English Studies Credits: 3 ¹
• ENGL 221 - British Literature I (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3
• ENGL 222 - British Literature II (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3
• ENGL 241 - American Literature I (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3
• ENGL 242 - American Literature II (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3
• ENGL 284 - Introduction to Criticism (COM) [SGR #1, HSDC] Credits: 3
• ENGL 479 - Capstone Course and Writing in the Discipline Credits: 3 ³ (Capstone)
• ENGL Electives: 6

Supporting Coursework

• HIST 111 - World Civilizations I (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3

• and HIST 112 - World Civilizations II (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3  
  or
  HIST 121 - Western Civilization I (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3  
  and HIST 122 - Western Civilization II (COM) [SGR #4, HSDC] Credits: 3  

Electives

Taken as needed to complete any additional degree requirements.

Total Required Credits: 120

Notes

¹ The department strongly recommends that students take ENGL 151 prior to their junior year.
² When approved by the department.
³ Students must have senior standing and have completed ENGL 151 in order to enroll in ENGL 479.

Summary of Program Requirements

*System General Education Requirements for students pursuing a baccalaureate degree shall include a minimum of 30 credit hours. Some general education coursework may be counted for Major Requirements, Supporting Coursework, and College Requirements.
**System General Education Requirements, Major Requirements, and Supporting Coursework may satisfy some or all of the above requirements.  
***Taken as needed to complete any additional degree requirements.

Academic Advising Guide Sheet

The goal of the academic advising guide sheets and sample plans of study is to promote undergraduate student success by guiding all students to timely completion of an undergraduate degree. Students are not limited to the course sequence provided for their academic program. Instead, the sample plan of study is one possible path to completing your degree and is meant to be used as a guide for planning purposes in consultation with an academic advisor. The plans also help students prepare for meetings with their academic advisor and track their progress in their selected academic program.

• English (B.A.)