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BS In English

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CORE CURRICULUM (30 q.h.)

FOUNDATION COURSES (24 q.h.)
Complete fifteen credits of Humanities electives from the following prefixes: 

ART, ASL, CMN, JRN, LN, MUS, PHL, TCC, THE 15 q.h.

Complete six credits of Social Science electives from the following prefixes:
 
CJ, ECN, HST, POL, PSY, SOA, SOC 6 q.h.
   
Complete one of the following courses:  
HST 1001 Civilization of the Ancient & Medieval Worlds 3 q.h.
HST 1002 Civilization of the Early Modern World 3 q.h.
HST 1003 Civilization of the Modern World 3 q.h.
   
MAJOR COURSES (69 q.h.)
Complete all of the following courses: 
 
ENG 2210  English Literature 1 3 q.h.
ENG 2211 English Literature 2 3 q.h.
ENG 2212 English Literature 3 3 q.h.
ENG 2420 American Literature 1 3 q.h.
ENG 2421 American Literature 2 3 q.h.
ENG 2422 American Literature 3 3 q.h.
ENG 2521 Backgrounds in Literature 3 q.h.
ENG 3432 Western World Literature 1 3 q.h.
ENG 3433 Western World Literature 2 3 q.h.
ENG 3001 Expository and Persuasive Writing 1 3 q.h.
ENG 3002 Expository and Persuasive Writing 2 3 q.h.
ENG 4010 Expository Writing Workshop 3 q.h.
ENG 4455 Topics in Shakespeare 3 q.h.
ENG 4950 Senior Seminar Project 3 q.h.

Complete twenty-seven credits of English electives: 
ENG  27 q.h.

NON-BUSINESS ELECTIVES(9 q.h.)

OPEN ELECTIVES (28 q.h.)

TOTAL QUARTER HOURS: 160
 

Bachelor of Arts Requirements: Students wishing to obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree rather than a Bachelor of Science degree in English will need to complete 12 quarter hours of an elementary modern language plus 12 quarter hours of an intermediate modern language. Choose from the following prefixes: ASL, LN.

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