2019-20 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2019-20 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

English [ENG]


The following courses meet the College's requirement for the bachelor of arts and the major in English . The bachelor of arts requires proficiency in a foreign language.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate different strategies of interpretation, applying critical and theoretical terms, concepts, and methods in relation to a variety of textual forms and other media.
  2. Engage with the work of other critics and writers, collecting, evaluating, and citing such sources effectively.
  3. Construct a sustained and persuasive interpretive or analytical scholarly argument.

Career Potential

  • Editor
  • Lawyer
  • Teacher
  • Administrator
  • Business
  • Librarian
  • Writer
  • Publisher

One course in literature before 1800 from the following:


For those who meet eligibility requirements


This requirement may also be met with one of the following 500-level courses:

B. Other English Courses


Fifteen credit hours of ENG courses with at least 12 credit hours at the 400 level. ENG 402 does not count toward this requirement.

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 124


Example of the B.A. in English over four years


 Link to General Education (GE ); Link to Foreign Language   

First Year Fall


Total credit hours for semester: 16


First Year Spring


Total credit hours for semester: 16


Second Year Fall


Total credit hours for semester: 15


Second Year Spring


Total credit hours for semester: 16


Third Year Fall


Total credit hours for semester: 15


Third Year Spring


ENG 400 level (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
Minor/elective (3 cr. hr.)
Minor/elective (3 cr. hr.)
Minor/elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 15


Fourth Year Fall


ENG 400 level (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 400 level (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
Minor/elective (3 cr. hr.)
Minor/elective (4 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 16


Fourth Year Spring


ENG 400 level (3 cr. hr.)
Minor/elective (3 cr. hr.)
Minor/elective (3 cr. hr.)
Minor/elective (3 cr. hr.)
Minor/elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 15