| Bachelor
of Arts Concentration Options
Students majoring in English may choose a concentration
in one of the following options for the remaining 21 hours:
Concentration
in Composition
Required courses:
• LING 3060:
Principles of Language Study
• ENGL 4160:
Advanced Expository Writing or
ENGL 4760:
Specialized Expository Writing
• ENGL 4170:
Principles and Practices of Rhetoric
• ENGL 4180:
Advanced Technical Writing or
ENGL
4190: Technical Editing or
ENGL
4250: Technical Procedures and Manuals
• Three courses from Groups A, B, and/or D
Concentration
in Creative Writing
Required courses:
• LING 3060:
Principles of Language Study
• ENGL 3140:
Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction
• ENGL 3150:
Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry
• ENGL 3160: Intermediate Creative Writing: Nonfiction
• ENGL 4100:
Advanced Fiction Writing or
ENGL 4110:
Advanced Poetry Writing
• Three courses from Groups A, B, and/or D
Concentration
in Language Arts
(Satisfies Teacher Certification)
Required courses:
• LING 3060:
Principles of Language Study
• ENGL 3920:
Survey of Ethnic Literatures
• ENGL 4160:
Advanced Expository Writing
• ENGL 4190:
Technical Editing
• ENGL 4430:
Shakespeare
• ENGL 4700:
Methods of Teaching Language Arts in the Secondary
Grades
• One course from Group A
• One course from Group B
Students seeking Teacher Certification must also complete
the following courses:
• COMM 1010: Introduction to Communication
• JOUR 1210: Mass Communication and Society
• JOUR 2010: Principles of Advertising
• EDRE 4840: Linguistically Diverse Learners
• EDRE 4870: Cross-Curricular (Content Area) Literacy
Materials and Resources
For more information, go to the Department
of Education’s Teacher Certification web site.
Concentration
in Linguistics
Required courses:
• LING 3060:
Principles of Language Study
• LING 4010:
English Language in America or
LING 4080:
Teaching English as a Second Language
• LING 4020:
Structure of Modern English
• LING 4040:
General Linguistics
• LING 4070:
History of the English Language
• Two courses from Groups A, B, and/or D
Concentration
in Literature
Required courses:
• ENGL 4430:
Shakespeare
• LING 3060:
Principles of Language Study
• ENGL 4150:
Literary Criticism or
ENGL 4160:
Advanced Expository Writing or
ENGL 4170:
Principles and Practices of Rhetoric or
ENGL 4190:
Technical Editing
• One course from Group A
• One course from Group B
• One course from Group D
• One course from Groups A, B, and/or D
Concentration
in Technical Writing
Required courses:
• LING 3060:
Principles of Language Study
• ENGL 4170:
Principles and Practices of Rhetoric
• ENGL 4180:
Advanced Technical Writing
• ENGL 4190:
Technical Editing
• ENGL 4250:
Technical Procedures and Manuals
• Two courses chosen from Groups A, B, and/or D
Course Groups in English
Group A: British
Literature
• ENGL 3430:
Studies in British Literature to 1780
• ENGL 3440:
Studies in British Literature 1780 to present
• ENGL 3911:
Topics in British Literature
• ENGL 4410:
Chaucer
• ENGL 4430:
Shakespeare
• ENGL 4440:
Milton
• ENGL 4470:
British Drama
• ENGL 4500:
British Fiction
Group B: American
Literature
• ENGL
3830: Studies in American Literature to 1870
• ENGL 3840:
Studies in American Literature 1870 to present
• ENGL 3850:
The Literature of Texas
• ENGL 3912:
Topics in American Literature
• ENGL 3920:
Survey of Ethnic LIteratures
• ENGL 3921:
African-American Literature
• ENGL 3922:
Chicano Literature
• ENGL 3923:
American Jewish Writers
• ENGL 4400:
American Fiction
• ENGL 4480:
American Drama
Group C: Linguistics
• LING
3060: Principles of Language Study
• LING 4010:
English Language in America
• LING 4020:
Structure of Modern English
• LING 4030:
Acquisition of English as a Second Language
• LING 4040:
General Linguistics
• LING 4070:
History of the English Language
• LING 4080:
Teaching English as a Second Language
Group D: World
Literature
• ENGL
3360: Classical Literature
• ENGL 3450:
Short Story
• ENGL 3913:
Topics in World Literature
• ENGL 4130:
Great Books of the Western World
• ENGL 4140:
Great Books of the Western World
• ENGL 4290:
World Drama
• ENGL 4300:
Modern Drama
• ENGL 4420:
Poetry
• ENGL 4600:
Continental European Fiction
Group E: Composition
and Criticism
• ENGL
3100: Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENGL 3140:
Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction
• ENGL 3150:
Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry
• ENGL 3160: Intermediate Creative Writing: Nonfiction
• ENGL 4100:
Advanced Fiction Writing
• ENGL 4110:
Advanced Poetry Writing
• ENGL 4150:
Literary Criticism
• ENGL 4160: Advanced
Expository Writing
• ENGL 4170:
Principles and Practices of Rhetoric
• ENGL 4180:
Advanced Technical Writing
• ENGL 4190:
Technical Editing
• ENGL 4250:
Technical Procedures and Manuals
• ENGL 4760:
Specialized Expository Writing |
