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2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog

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2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English, Writing Concentration

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The core and distribution requirements for a major in English with a Writing Concentration are those listed for the baccalaureate degrees , with the exception that a course in art, music or theatre is required to fulfill the fine arts distribution requirement, and a course in history or philosophy is required to fulfill the humanities distribution requirement.

Requirements for Major

Core Curriculum Requirements 58 hours
Electives 28 hours

Major Course Requirements in Literature (21 hours)

ENG 201 Introduction to Literary Studies 3 hour(s).
ENG 352 Contemporary Literature 3 hour(s).

Choose one course in American literature:

ENG 203 American Literature: Beginnings to 1865 3 hour(s).
ENG 204 American Literature: 1865 to 1965 3 hour(s).
ENG 272 The American Novel 3 hour(s).

Choose one course in British literature:

ENG 308 The British Novel: Beginnings Until 1945 3 hour(s).
ENG 311 Chaucer and the Middle Ages 3 hour(s).
ENG 318 The Renaissance 3 hour(s).
ENG 331 The Restoration and Eighteenth Century 3 hour(s).
ENG 334 British Romanticism 3 hour(s).
ENG 341 Victorian Poetry and Prose 3 hour(s).
ENG 418 Shakespeare 3 hour(s).

Choose 9 hours of literature electives:

Choose 9 hours from any ENG literature class 200 level or above and/or one of the following linguistics courses: LIN 100 , LIN 150 , or LIN 210 .

Major Course Requirements in Writing (19 hours)

ENG 250 Introduction to Creative Writing 3 hour(s).
ENG 491 Senior Integration Paper in English: Research 1 hour(s).
ENG 492 Senior Integration Paper in English 2 hour(s).

Choose two courses in advanced writing:

ENG 301 Creative Writing: Fiction 3 hour(s).
ENG 302 Creative Writing: Poetry 3 hour(s).
ENG 303 Creative Writing: Nonfiction 3 hour(s).
THT 310 Playwriting 3 hour(s).
THT 315 Screenwriting 3 hour(s).

Choose one course in rhetoric and composition:

ENG 304 Advanced Composition 3 hour(s).
ENG 305 Theories of Composition 3 hour(s).
ENG 306 History of Rhetoric 3 hour(s).

Choose two courses in professional writing:

ENG 245 Journalism 2 hour(s).
ENG 255 Introduction to Professional Writing 3 hour(s).
ENG 446 Practicum in Journalism 1 to 3 hour(s).
ENG 411 English Internship 1-3 hour(s).

Total hours for the major: 40

Total degree hours: 126

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