Bachelor of Arts in English (Liberal Arts)

Degree Requirements of the Department:

The Bachelor of Arts in English includes core curricula in general education and the College of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies, 15 hours of free electives or a minor in another discipline, and specialized study in English for a total of 120 hours.

Programs:

Bachelor of Arts in English:

Liberal Arts Concentration or Secondary Education Certification

Minors: English, French, Spanish, Ethics and Justice

Degree Requirements

First Year

First Semester

SENL 101B	English Composition I	3
MATH	Math Requirement	3
FRMN 120B	College Success Skills	2
	Natural Sciences Requirement	3
	World Languages Sequence 1	3
	Health-PE Elective	1-2
Total Credit Hours:		15

Second Semester

SENL 102B	English Composition II	3
MATH	Math Requirement	3
	Natural Sciences Requirement	3
	World Languages Sequence II	3
HIST	History Requirement	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Second Year

First Semester

SENL 232B	Intro to Literature	3
HIST	History Requirement	3
	Intermediate World Language	3
	Natural Sciences Requirement	3
	Social-Behavioral Science Requirement	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Second Semester

SENL 220B	World Literature I	3
	Speech Theatre Elective	3
	Social or Behavioral Science Requirement	3
	Fine Arts Requirement	3
	Philosophy Elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Third Year

Second Semester

ENGL 309B	English Literature II	3
ENGL 311B	American Literature II	3
ENGL 313B	Black American Literature	3
	Computer Science Elective	3
	Free Elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

First Semester

ENGL 305B	Applied English Grammar	3
ENGL 308B	English Literature I	3
ENGL 330B	Restoration & 18th Cent Lit	3
HUMN	Humanities Elective	3
SVLR 400B	Service Learning	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Fourth Year

Second Semester

	English Period Course Elective	3
	English Elective	3
	English Elective	3
	African American Experience	3
	Free Elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

First Semester

ENGL 433B	History of English Language	3
ENGL 451B	Literary Criticism	3
ENGL 471B	Shakespeare	3
SVLR 400B	Service Learning	3
ENGL 498B	English Seminar	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Minor in English

21 Required Hours

ENGL 305B	Applied English Grammar	3
ENGL 308B	English Literature I	3
ENGL 309B	English Literature II	3
ENGL 310B	American Literature I	3
ENGL 311B	American Literature II	3
ENGL 313B	Black American Literature	3
ENGL 471B	Shakespeare	3
Total Credit Hours:		21

Minor in Ethics and Justice

18 required hours.

Area 1

Required as a Pre-Requisite

PHIL 220B

Ethics

3

Area 2

Must take two of the following:

PHIL 310B	Environmental Ethics	3
PHIL 320B	Philosophy and Ethics of Technology	3
PHIL 330B	Biomedical Ethics	3
PHIL 350B	Philosophy Of Art	3
PHIL 360B	Social and Political Philosoph	3

Area 3

Must decide on three more courses and they can be area 2 or the following electives:

PHIL 353B	Philosophy Of Religion	3
PHIL 426B	Black Philosophy & Relig	3
PHIL 415B	Amer Philospphy	3
PHIL 430B	Existential Ethics	3
PHIL 450B	The Political and Ethical Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.	3
PHIL 490B	Symbolic Logic	3
PHIL 497B	Special Topics in Ethics and Philosophy	3
PHIL 498B	Special Topics in Ethics and Philosophy	3
PHIL 499B	Special Topics in Ethics and Philosophy	3

(Students must take up to three special topics as electives)

Minor in World Languages

French Minor

FREN 201B	Intermediate French	3
FREN 202B	Intermediate French	3
FREN 219B	Intermediate French Conversation	3
FREN 255B	Advanced French Grammar	3
FREN 300B	Introduction to Readings in Francophone Literature	3
FREN 460B	Second Language Methodology	3
Total Credit Hours:		18

Additional course may be requested

FREN 410 Special Topics in French

Spanish Minor

SSPN 101B	Elementary Spanish I	3
SSPN 102B	Elementary Spanish II	3
SPAN 202B	Spanish Phonetics	3
SPAN 219B	Interm Spanish Conversation	3
SPAN 255B	Advanced Spanish	3
SPAN 300B	Intro to Reading Hispan Lit	3
Total Credit Hours:		18

Additional course may be requested

SPAN 410 Special Topics in Spanish