English (BA)

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English Bachelors BA

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Major Academic Plan

Learning Outcomes

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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.

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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.

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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.

course - Ways of Reading 3.0

course - Writing with Style 3.0

course - Writing Literary Criticism 3.0

Requirement 2 —Complete 1 of 2 Options

Option 2.1 —Complete 3 Courses

course - British Literary History 1 3.0

course - British Literary History 2 3.0

course - 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

course - British Literary History 1 3.0

course - Transatlantic Literary History 6.0

Requirement 3 —Complete 2 Requirements

Requirement 3.1 —Complete 1 of 3 Courses

course - Transnational Lit before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - British Literature before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - American Lit before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

Requirement 3.2 —Complete 1 of 3 Courses

course - Transnational Lit after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - British Literature after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - 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

course - Studies in Lit Form and Genre - You may take once 3.0

course - Literature, Ethics, and Values - You may take once 3.0

course - Author Studies - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Lit Crit and Theory - You may take once 3.0

course - 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

course - Rhetorical Foundations 3.0

course - Book and Publishing History 3.0

course - Literature & Film 3.0

course - Introduction to Folklore 3.0

Requirement 4.2.2 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - Media and Pop Lit before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - Myth, Legend, & Folktale 3.0

Requirement 4.2.3 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - Media and Pop Lit after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - American Folklore 3.0

Requirement 4.2.4 —Complete 1 of 5 Courses

course - Visual Communication 3.0

course - Digital Communication 3.0

course - Studies in Rhetoric - You may take once 3.0

course - Professional Speaking 3.0

course - Digital and Visual Literacies - You may take once 3.0

Requirement 4.2.5 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - 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

course - Rhetorical Foundations 3.0

course - Professional Writing 3.0

Requirement 4.3.2 —Complete 2 of 5 Courses

course - Visual Communication 3.0

course - Digital Communication 3.0

course - Studies in Rhetoric - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Composing - You may take once 3.0

course - Professional Speaking 3.0

Requirement 4.3.3 —Complete 1 Course

course - Prof Wrtg and Comm Sr Capstone 3.0

Option 4.4 —Complete 4 Requirements

Creative Writing Track

Requirement 4.4.1 —Complete 1 Course

course - Creative Writing 3.0

Requirement 4.4.2 —Complete 1 of 2 Courses

course - Studies in Lit Form and Genre - You may take once 3.0

course - Young Adult Literature 3.0

Requirement 4.4.3 —Complete 2 of 4 Courses

course - Writing Creative Nonfiction - You may take once 3.0

course - Writing Fiction - You may take once 3.0

course - Writing Poetry - You may take once 3.0

course - Writing for Child & Adolescent - You may take once 3.0

Requirement 4.4.4 —Complete 1 of 3 Courses

course - Creative Wrtg Cap: Nonfiction 3.0

course - Creative Wrtg Cap: Fiction 3.0

course - 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.

course - Applied English - You may take once 3.0

course - 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

course - Creative Writing 3.0

course - Brit Liter in Cultural Setting - You may take once 0.5v

course - Travel Writing 3.0

course - Writing Creative Nonfiction - You may take once 3.0

course - Writing Fiction - You may take once 3.0

course - Writing Poetry - You may take once 3.0

course - Writing for Child & Adolescent - You may take once 3.0

course - English Dept Reading Series - You may take once 1.0

course - Rhetorical Foundations 3.0

course - Professional Writing 3.0

course - Visual Communication 3.0

course - Digital Communication 3.0

course - Studies in Rhetoric - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Composing - You may take once 3.0

course - Media and Pop Lit before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - Media and Pop Lit after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - Professional Speaking 3.0

course - Studies in Lit Form and Genre - You may take once 3.0

course - Literary Studies of the Bible 3.0

course - Book and Publishing History 3.0

course - Digital and Visual Literacies - You may take once 3.0

course - Literature & Film 3.0

course - Classics & the Engl Tradition 3.0

course - Myth, Legend, & Folktale 3.0

course - Literature, Ethics, and Values - You may take once 3.0

course - Lit of the Latter-day Saints 3.0

course - Transnational Lit before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - Transnational Lit after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - Author Studies - You may take once 3.0

course - British Literature before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - British Literature after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - American Lit before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - American Literature after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - Introduction to Folklore 3.0

course - American Folklore 3.0

course - Studies in Literature - You may take once 3.0

course - Studies in Women's Lit - You may take once 3.0

course - World Literatures in English - You may take once 3.0

course - Creative Wrtg Cap: Nonfiction 3.0

course - Creative Wrtg Cap: Fiction 3.0

course - Creative Wrtg Cap: Poetry 3.0

course - Young Adult Literature 3.0

course - Studies in Lit Crit and Theory - You may take once 3.0

course - Directed Research in English - You may take once 1.0v

course - Individual Readings in English - You may take once 0.5v

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

course - Prof Wrtg and Comm Sr Capstone 3.0

course - Literary Studies Sr Capstone 3.0

Option 6.2 —Complete up to 3 hours

course - Writing abt Art & Humanities 3.0

course - Persuasive Writing 3.0

course - Adv Wrtg for Educators 3.0

course - Writing in the Social Sciences 3.0

course - Technical Communication 3.0

Option 6.3 —Complete up to 3 hours

course - Modern American Usage 3.0

course - Hist of the English Language 3.0

course - Grammar of English 3.0

course - Basic Editing Skills 3.0

course - Genre & Substantive Editing - You may take once 3.0

course - Editing for Publication - You may take once 3.0

course - Old English 1 3.0

course - Middle English 3.0