Degree Requirements

Undergraduate students majoring in English must meet the following degree requirements:

Hours Required and General/ College of Arts and
Sciences Requirements:
A minimum of 128 semester hours, of which 42 must be advanced, and fulfillment of degree requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree as specified in the "General University Requirements" in the Academics section of the Undergraduate Catalog and the College of Arts and Sciences requirements.

Major Requirements:
Total of 36 semester hours of credit, 15 of which are
• ENGL 1310 or 1313 (College Writing I)

• ENGL 1320 or 1323 (College Writing II) or
  ENGL 2700: Introduction to Technical Writing

• Two courses chosen from
   ENGL 2210: World Literature I
   ENGL 2220: World Literature II
   ENGL 2322: British Literature to 1780
   ENGL 2323: British Literature 1780 to present
   ENGL 2327: American Literature to 1870
   ENGL 2328: American Literature 1870 to present

• ENGL 3000: Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation                           Skills– should be taken in the first 15 hours of                           English course work

Students majoring in English must maintain a minimum grade of C in each English/linguistics course applied toward the Bachelor of Arts degree in English.