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English Bachelors BA

Minimum Credit Hours

51

Maximum Credit Hours

51

Major Academic Plan

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Interpretive and Communicative Skills

Learning Outcome

English graduates employ critical reading strategies disciplinary writing expertise and sophisticated analytical skills in their written and oral communication.

Title

Interpretive and Communicative Applications

Learning Outcome

English graduates translate the skills of the humanistic tradition including critical inquiry scholarly research communication and creativity to professional environments and narrate the value of these skills to prospective employers.

Title

Interpretive and Communicative Contexts

Learning Outcome

English graduates know how to trace the development of literary traditions investigate authors and differentiate genres and they know how to discuss disciplinary methodologies and scholarly conversations; they use these contexts to frame their written oral and visual work.

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Interpretive and Communicative Ethics

Learning Outcome

English graduates embrace literature and writing as sources of wisdom spiritual insight and aesthetic pleasure; as mediums for encountering and reflecting upon the diversity of human experience; and as guides for building relation and discerning value.

Program Requirements

Students are strongly encouraged to take a freshman college-level writing course (WRTG 150), regardless of their AP test scores.

Requirement 1 —Complete 3 Courses

Note: Students must complete ENGL 203 before taking ENGL 303 and must complete ENGL 303 before taking most 300- and 400-level courses.

ENGL 203 - Ways of Reading 3.0

ENGL 302 - Writing with Style 3.0

ENGL 303 - Writing Literary Criticism 3.0

Requirement 2 —Complete 1 of 2 Options

Option 2.1 —Complete 3 Courses

ENGL 291 - British Literary History 1 3.0

ENGL 292 - British Literary History 2 3.0

ENGL 293 - American Literary History 3.0

Option 2.2 —Complete 2 Courses

Note: Students must complete ENGL 203 before or concurrently with the literary history requirement: ENGL 291-294. Students must complete the literary history course in a period before taking any 300-level courses in that period as follows: ENGL 291 for ENGL 331R, 369R, 386R ENGL 292 for ENGL 332R, 370R, 387R ENGL 293 for ENGL 331R, 332R, 369R, 370R, 388R, 389R

ENGL 291 - British Literary History 1 3.0

ENGL 294 - Transatlantic Literary History 6.0

Requirement 3 —Complete 2 Requirements

Requirement 3.1 —Complete 1 of 3 Courses

ENGL 369R - Transnational Lit before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 386R - British Literature before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 388R - American Lit before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

Requirement 3.2 —Complete 1 of 3 Courses

ENGL 370R - Transnational Lit after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 387R - British Literature after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 389R - American Literature after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

Requirement 4 —Complete 1 of 4 Options

Complete 1 Track Option

Option 4.1 —Complete 5 Courses

Literary Studies Track

ENGL 337R - Studies in Lit Form and Genre - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 357R - Literature, Ethics, and Values - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 384R - Author Studies - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 450R - Studies in Lit Crit and Theory - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 495 - Literary Studies Sr Capstone 3.0

Option 4.2 —Complete 5 Requirements

Literary Media and Cultures Track

Requirement 4.2.1 —Complete 1 of 4 Courses

ENGL 322 - Rhetorical Foundations 3.0

ENGL 340 - Book and Publishing History 3.0

ENGL 345 - Literature & Film 3.0

ENGL 391 - Introduction to Folklore 3.0

Requirement 4.2.2 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses

ENGL 331R - Media and Pop Lit before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 356 - Myth, Legend, & Folktale 3.0

Requirement 4.2.3 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses

ENGL 332R - Media and Pop Lit after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 392 - American Folklore 3.0

Requirement 4.2.4 —Complete 1 of 5 Courses

ENGL 325 - Visual Communication 3.0

ENGL 326 - Digital Communication 3.0

ENGL 327R - Studies in Rhetoric - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 335 - Professional Speaking 3.0

ENGL 344R - Digital and Visual Literacies - You may take once 3.0

Requirement 4.2.5 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses

ENGL 493 - Lit Med & Cultures Sr Capstone 3.0

Option 4.3 —Complete 3 Requirements

Professional Writing and Communication Track

Requirement 4.3.1 —Complete 2 Courses

ENGL 322 - Rhetorical Foundations 3.0

ENGL 323 - Professional Writing 3.0

Requirement 4.3.2 —Complete 2 of 5 Courses

ENGL 325 - Visual Communication 3.0

ENGL 326 - Digital Communication 3.0

ENGL 327R - Studies in Rhetoric - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 328R - Studies in Composing - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 335 - Professional Speaking 3.0

Requirement 4.3.3 —Complete 1 Course

ENGL 494 - Prof Wrtg and Comm Sr Capstone 3.0

Option 4.4 —Complete 4 Requirements

Creative Writing Track

Requirement 4.4.1 —Complete 1 Course

ENGL 218 - Creative Writing 3.0

Requirement 4.4.2 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses

ENGL 337R - Studies in Lit Form and Genre - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 420 - Young Adult Literature 3.0

Requirement 4.4.3 —Complete 2 of 4 Courses

ENGL 317R - Writing Creative Nonfiction - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 318R - Writing Fiction - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 319R - Writing Poetry - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 320R - Writing for Child & Adolescent - You may take once 3.0

Requirement 4.4.4 —Complete 1 of 3 Courses

ENGL 417 - Creative Wrtg Cap: Nonfiction 3.0

ENGL 418 - Creative Wrtg Cap: Fiction 3.0

ENGL 419 - Creative Wrtg Cap: Poetry 3.0

Requirement 5 —Complete 3 hours

Complete one English+ course or an equivalent course. Contact the department internship coordinator for more information. Note: If ENGL 399R is taken, 3 credit hours are required.

ENGL 394R - Applied English - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 399R - Academic Internship - You may take once 0.5v

Requirement 6 —Complete 9 hours

Complete 9 elective hours from any of the following courses. Double counting of courses used to fill previous requirements is not allowed.

Option 6.1 —Complete at least 3 hours up to 9 hours

ENGL 218 - Creative Writing 3.0

ENGL 300R - Brit Liter in Cultural Setting - You may take once 0.5v

ENGL 306 - Travel Writing 3.0

ENGL 317R - Writing Creative Nonfiction - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 318R - Writing Fiction - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 319R - Writing Poetry - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 320R - Writing for Child & Adolescent - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 321R - English Dept Reading Series - You may take once 1.0

ENGL 322 - Rhetorical Foundations 3.0

ENGL 323 - Professional Writing 3.0

ENGL 325 - Visual Communication 3.0

ENGL 326 - Digital Communication 3.0

ENGL 327R - Studies in Rhetoric - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 328R - Studies in Composing - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 331R - Media and Pop Lit before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 332R - Media and Pop Lit after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 335 - Professional Speaking 3.0

ENGL 337R - Studies in Lit Form and Genre - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 338 - Literary Studies of the Bible 3.0

ENGL 340 - Book and Publishing History 3.0

ENGL 344R - Digital and Visual Literacies - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 345 - Literature & Film 3.0

ENGL 355 - Classics & the Engl Tradition 3.0

ENGL 356 - Myth, Legend, & Folktale 3.0

ENGL 357R - Literature, Ethics, and Values - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 368 - Lit of the Latter-day Saints 3.0

ENGL 369R - Transnational Lit before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 370R - Transnational Lit after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 384R - Author Studies - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 386R - British Literature before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 387R - British Literature after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 388R - American Lit before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 389R - American Literature after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 391 - Introduction to Folklore 3.0

ENGL 392 - American Folklore 3.0

ENGL 395R - Studies in Literature - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 396R - Studies in Women's Lit - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 397R - World Literatures in English - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 417 - Creative Wrtg Cap: Nonfiction 3.0

ENGL 418 - Creative Wrtg Cap: Fiction 3.0

ENGL 419 - Creative Wrtg Cap: Poetry 3.0

ENGL 420 - Young Adult Literature 3.0

ENGL 450R - Studies in Lit Crit and Theory - You may take once 3.0

ENGL 480R - Directed Research in English - You may take once 1.0v

ENGL 490R - Individual Readings in English - You may take once 0.5v

ENGL 493 - Lit Med & Cultures Sr Capstone 3.0 (for non-track students)

ENGL 494 - Prof Wrtg and Comm Sr Capstone 3.0

ENGL 495 - Literary Studies Sr Capstone 3.0

Option 6.2 —Complete up to 3 hours

WRTG 311 - Writing abt Art & Humanities 3.0

WRTG 312 - Persuasive Writing 3.0

WRTG 313 - Adv Wrtg for Educators 3.0

WRTG 315 - Writing in the Social Sciences 3.0

WRTG 316 - Technical Communication 3.0

Option 6.3 —Complete up to 3 hours

ELING 322 - Modern American Usage 3.0

ELING 324 - Hist of the English Language 3.0

ELING 325 - Grammar of English 3.0

ELING 350 - Basic Editing Skills 3.0

ELING 410R - Genre & Substantive Editing - You may take once 3.0

ELING 430R - Editing for Publication - You may take once 3.0

ELING 525 - Old English 1 3.0

ELING 526 - Middle English 3.0