2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

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English Degree

This degree has a Required General Education Core (GEC) totaling 44-47 hours.

The GEC includes courses in:

Area I: Foundation Skills (18-21 hours)

Area II: A Liberal Arts Education (26 hours)

Degree Requirements

Area I – Foundation Skills - 18-21 hours

FSL 101Foundations of Scholarship and Learning

2

Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 15 hours

ENG 101English Composition I

3
ENG 102English Composition II

3
SPEE 220Fundamentals of Speech

3
SPAN 111Elementary Spanish I

3
SPAN 112Elementary Spanish II

3

Area I - Mathematics - 3-4 hours

MATH 110Mathematics for the Liberal Arts

3
MATH 111College Algebra

3
MATH 112Trigonometry

3
MATH 121Calculus I

4

Area II - Arts and Humanities (choose one) - 3 hours

ART 191Enhancing Art Understanding

3
MU 129Music Listening

3
PHIL 201Introduction to Philosophy

3
THR 100Introduction to Theatre

3

Area II - Literature in English (choose one) - 3 hours

ENG 215Introduction to Literature

3
ENG 216Topics in Literature

3

Area II - The Social Sciences (choose two) - 6 hours

ANTH 210/SOC 210Cultural Anthropology

3
ECON 241Principles of Macroeconomics

3
or
ECON 242Principles of Microeconomics

3
PSY 201General Psychology

3
or
PSY 211Psychology of Human Growth & Development

3
SOC 221Introduction to Sociology

3

Area II - History (choose one of two sequences) - 6 hours

HIS 191World Civilization to 1500

3
and
HIS 192World Civilizations since 1500

3
or
HIS 201History of the United States I

3
and
HIS 202History of the United States II

3

Area II - The Natural Sciences - 8 hours

Choose one course from the following:

BIO 100Principles of Biology

4
BIO 111General Biology I

3
and
BIO 111LGeneral Biology I Lab

1

Area II - Choose one course from the following:

ASTR 100Introduction to Astronomy

4
CHEM 103Fundamentals of Chemistry

3
and
CHEM 103LFundamentals of Chemistry Lab

1
CHEM 111General Chemistry I

3
and
CHEM 111LGeneral Chemistry I Lab

1
PHY 201College Physics I

4
PHY 210General Physics I

4
PS 100Physical Science

4

English Core Requirements - 34 hours

ENG 300Introduction to Literary Studies

3
ENG 311American Literature I

3
ENG 312American Literature II

3
ENG 321British Literature I

3
ENG 322British Literature II

3
ENG 331History and Structure of the English Language

3
ENG 423Shakespeare

4
ENG 424World Literature I

3
ENG 425World Literature II

3
ENG 440Studies in Drama

3
ENG 445Advanced Composition and Grammar

3

English Elective (choose one) - 3 hours

ENG 316Children and Adolescent Literature

3
ENG 344Cinema in Society

3
ENG 345Sociology of Art & Literature

3
ENG 346Cinema Themes

3
ENG 351Business Communications

3
ENG 411Author Study

3
ENG 412Genre Studies

3
ENG 499Senior Project/Senior Semester in English

3

General Electives - 36-39 hours

Select sufficient courses from any academic discipline to bring the total hours for graduation to a minimum of 120.

Total GEC Credit Hours (44-47 hours)

Total Required English Core Courses (34 hours)

Total English Electives (3 hours)

Total General Electives (36-39 hours)

All courses require a “C” or higher.

120 minimum hours required for graduation.