2019-20 Undergraduate Catalog

Nov 27, 2024

2019-20 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

English [ENG]

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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:

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

Career Potential

Editor
Lawyer
Teacher
Administrator
Business
Librarian
Writer
Publisher

A. Required Courses: 21 credit hours

ENG 290 - Introduction to Literary Study (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 302 - Writing About Literature (3 cr. hr.)
English majors must pass ENG 290 and ENG 302 with a grade of C- or better.
ENG 325 - American Literature Before 1900 (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 326 - American Literature Since 1900 (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 355 - Major Figures in British Literature to 1780 (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 356 - Major Figures in British Literature 1780-Present (3 cr. hr.)

One course in literature before 1800 from the following:

ENG 431 - Arthurian Literature (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 432 - Topics in Medieval Literature (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 433 - Shakespeare (3 cr. hr.)
The English Department strongly urges students to take ENG 433
ENG 438 - Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 440 - Eighteenth-Century British Literature (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 441 - The Age of Sensibility (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 442 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama (3 cr. hr.)

For those who meet eligibility requirements

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

ENG 530 - Chaucer (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 538 - Studies in Seventeenth-Century English Literature (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 539 - Milton (3 cr. hr.)

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

COR 101 - The Cortland Experience: A First Year Seminar (1 cr. hr.)
CPN 100 - Writing Studies I (3 cr. hr.) or
CPN 102 - Writing Studies in the Community I (4 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
Foreign Language (3 cr. hr.)
Elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 16

First Year Spring

CPN 101 - Writing Studies II (3 cr. hr.) or
CPN 103 - Writing Studies in the Community II (4 cr. hr.)
ENG 290 - Introduction to Literary Study (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
Foreign language (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 16

Second Year Fall

ENG 325 - American Literature Before 1900 (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 355 - Major Figures in British Literature to 1780 (3 cr. hr.)
Foreign Language (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 15

Second Year Spring

ENG 302 - Writing About Literature (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 326 - American Literature Since 1900 (3 cr. hr.)
Foreign Langauge (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
Minor/elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 16

Third Year Fall

ENG 356 - Major Figures in British Literature 1780-Present (3 cr. hr.)
ENG 200 level (3 cr. hr.) or
ENG 400 level (3 cr. hr.)
GE course (3 cr. hr.)
Minor/elective (3 cr. hr.)
Minor/elective (3 cr. hr.)

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.)

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Student Learning Outcomes

Career Potential

A. Required Courses: 21 credit hours

One course in literature before 1800 from the following:

For those who meet eligibility requirements

B. Other English Courses

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 124

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

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

Total credit hours for semester: 15

Fourth Year Fall

Total credit hours for semester: 16

Fourth Year Spring

Total credit hours for semester: 15