The Department of Languages and Literature seeks to develop the language skills, composition skills, and knowledge of literature expected of all liberally-educated students. By balancing courses in English with history, psychology, math, and other courses outside the department, students gain the broad education necessary for success in many careers. The department offers (a) major in English wherein students can pursue a track in Literature or Writing, (b) a minor in English and Writing, (c) an English major or minor for secondary level certification, and (d) major/minor in English Language Arts, reading specialization for the EC-8 interdisciplinary major.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Compare different writing styles and develop effective personal writing styles.
- Analyze texts in relation to other text by reading and applying critical or theoretical writing to interpret literary texts.
- Analyze texts in relation to the cultural aspects of the text itself.
Courses
General Education Requirements - 50 hours
English 1301, 1302, and three hours sophomore literature - 9 hours
Fine Arts (three hours from music, theatre, fine arts, art, or equivalent) - 3 hours
Modern Language (at least one semester second year, all hours in same language) - 11 hours
Christian Ministry 1320 and 1330 - 6 hours
History - 3 hours
Political Science 2305 - 3 hours
Social Science (CJUS, ECON, GEOG, PSYC, SOCI) - 3 hours
Physical Activity - KINE 1238 - 2 hours
Science (must be lab science) - 4 hours
Mathematics - 3 hours
Communication 1311, 1315, or 1318 - 3 hours
120 hours total
Major area of study (see below) - 33 hours
Minor - minimum of 18 hours
Electives - to total 120 hours
Total: Minimum one hundred twenty (120) semester hours
English Major Requirements
Completion of thirty-three (33) semester hours:
Core Requirements
Completion of twenty-one (21) semester hours:
ENGL 2310 Textuality
ENGL 3303 Modern English Grammar
ENGL 3305 Theory and Criticism
ENGL 4000 English Portfolio
HUMA 2301 Service Learning in Humanities
Nine Hours Upper Level ENGL
Upper Level Writing 3 hours
Upper Level Literature 3 Hours
Upper Level ENGL elective 3 Hours
Available Specializations
One of the following specializations must be selected:
Literature Specialization
Completion of twelve (12) hours of the following, nine (9) of which must be upper-level:
ENGL 2304 Introduction to Cinema Studies
ENGL 2305 African American Literature
ENGL 2317 Great Books I
ENGL 2321 British Literature
ENGL 2326 American Literature
ENGL 2331 World Literature
ENGL 2333 Detective Fiction
ENGL 2341 Forms of Literature
ENGL 3361 Advanced Topics in Cinema Studies
ENGL 4301 20th Century British and European Literature
ENGL 4304 Shakespeare
ENGL 4306 American Modernism and Postmodernism
ENGL 4311 American Realism and Naturalism
ENGL 4312 American Renaissance
ENGL 4313 Ancient World Literature
ENGL 4314 Bible as Literature
ENGL 4315 Long 19th Century
ENGL 4316 Medieval and Renaissance Literature
ENGL 4320 Literary Periods
ENGL 4317 Great Books II
ENGL 4330 Major Authors
ENGL 4340 Literary Genres
THEA 3302 Christianity and Theatre
Writing Specialization
Completion of twelve (12) semester hours, nine (9) of which must be upper-level:
COMM 2339 Mass Media Writing
COMM 3308 Public Relations Writing
COMM 3311 Sports Reporting and Writing
ENGL 3302 Advanced Composition
ENGL 3307 Writing Fiction
ENGL 3309 Advanced Technical Communication
ENGL 3310 Writing Nonfiction
ENGL 3314 Writing Poetry
ENGL 4351 Studies in Writing (may be repeated when topic changes)
ENGL 4318 Editing and Publishing
HIST 3301 Historiography
THEA 4364 Scriptwriting
Teaching Specialization
Completion of twelve (12) semester hours:
ENGL 2321 British Literature
ENGL 2326 American Literature
ENGL 3306 English in the Secondary School
Three (3) additional hours of upper-level English