College of Liberal Arts
English
Creative Writing
Suggested Arrangement of Courses
Freshman Year
| First Semester | Second Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (4) | ENGL 10600 (First-Year Composition) or (3) ENGL 10800 (Accelerated First-Year Composition)* | (3) | COM 11400 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication) |
| (3) | Mathematics and Statistics* | (3) | Individual and Society* |
| (3) | Other Languages* | (3) | Other Languages* |
| (3) | Western Heritage* | (3) | United States Tradition* |
| (3) | Elective or minor | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (15-16) | (15) | ||
Sophomore Year
| Third Semester | Fourth Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (3) | ENGL 20500 (Introduction to Creative Writing), Aesthetic Awareness† | (3) | ENGL Requirement A |
| (3) | 20000-level literature course (prerequisite to major)* | (3) | Gender Issues* |
| (3) | Natural Sciences* | (3) | Mathematics and Statistics* |
| (3) | Other Languages* | (3) | Other Languages* |
| (3) | Elective or minor | (2-3) | Elective or minor |
| (3) | Elective or minor | ||
| (15) | (17-18) | ||
Junior Year
| Fifth Semester | Sixth Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (3) | ENGL Requirement A | (3) | ENGL Requirement A |
| (3) | ENGL Requirement B | (3) | ENGL Requirement B |
| (3) | Global Perspective* | (3) | Natural Sciences* |
| (3) | Other Cultures* | (3) | Racial and Ethnic Diversity* |
| (3) | Elective or minor | (3) | Social Ethics* |
| (3) | Elective or minor | ||
| (18) | (15) | ||
Senior Year
| Seventh Semester | Eighth Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (3) | ENGL Requirement A | (3) | ENGL Requirement B |
| (3) | ENGL Requirement B | (3) | ENGL Requirement B |
| (3) | ENGL Requirement B | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (3) | Elective or minor | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (3) | Elective or minor | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (15) | (15) | ||
Creative Writing Notes
* See "Core."
† Student must receive a “B-?or higher to proceed with the creative writing major.
ENGL Requirement A. Writing Courses: Select four courses from the following: ENGL 31600 or 31700, 40700, 40900, 50700, 50800, 50900, 58900.
All creative writing courses except ENGL 20500, 31600 and 31700 may be repeated once by creative writing majors for credit; ENGL 58900 may be taken only after two courses in the following list have been completed: ENGL 40700, 40900, 50700, 50800 and 50900. The 40000- and 50000-level courses should be taken in order in any given genre; exceptions are granted by consent of the instructor.
ENGL Requirement B. Literature/Linguistics Courses: Select six courses from Department of English offerings. At least four of your six choices must be at the 30000 level or higher. You are encouraged to take 40000-level courses. As a sixth-semester student or higher, you may elect to take 50000-level courses.
English †
Suggested Arrangement of Courses
Freshman Year
| First Semester | Second Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (4) | ENGL 10600 (First-Year Composition) or (3) ENGL 10800 (Accelerated First-Year Composition)* | (3) | COM 11400 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication) |
| (3) | Mathematics and Statistics* | (3) | Mathematics and Statistics* |
| (3) | Other Languages* | (3) | Other Languages* |
| (3) | Western Heritage* | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (3) | Elective or minor | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (15-16) | (15) | ||
Sophomore Year
| Third Semester | Fourth Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (3) | ENGL/SLHS 22700 (Elements of Linguistics), Individual and Society* | (3) | ENGL Requirement D (English elective) |
| (3) | ENGL 24000 (Survey of British Literature: From the Beginnings through the Neoclassical Period) or ENGL 35000 (Survey of American Literature from its Beginnings to 1865) | (3) | Natural Sciences* |
| (3) | ENGL 30100 (Ways of Reading) | (3) | Other Languages* |
| (3) | Aesthetic Awareness* | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (3) | Natural Sciences* | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (3) | Other Languages* | ||
| (18) | (15) | ||
Junior Year
| Fifth Semester | Sixth Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (3) | ENGL 24100 (Survey of British Literature: From the Rise of Romanticism to the Modern Period) or ENGL 35100 (Survey of American Literature from 1865 to the Post-World War II Period), United States Tradition* | (3) | ENGL Requirement C |
| (3) | ENGL Requirement B (Area Studies) | (3) | ENGL Requirement D (English elective) |
| (3) | Gender Issues* | (3) | Other Cultures* |
| (3) | Global Perspective* | (3) | Social Ethics* |
| (3) | Racial and Ethnic Diversity* | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (3) | Elective or minor | ||
| (18) | (15) | ||
Senior Year
| Seventh Semester | Eighth Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (3) | ENGL Requirement B (Area Studies) | (3) | ENGL Requirement B (Area Studies) |
| (3) | ENGL Requirement C | (3) | ENGL Requirement C |
| (3) | Elective or minor | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (3) | Elective or minor | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (3) | Elective or minor | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (15) | (15) | ||
English Notes
* See "Core."
† You are encouraged to take 40000-level courses. As a sixth-semester student or higher, you may elect to take 50000-level courses.
ENGL Requirement B. Area Studies: Select three courses from three different categories that follow.
ENGL Requirement C. Three-part advanced coursework from the areas below.
CATEGORIES
Requirement B
- Genre Studies: ENGL 37700, 37900, 38100, 38200, 38300, 38600, 38700.
- Race/Gender/Postcolonial Studies: ENGL 25700, 35200, 35400, 35800, 35900, 36000, 36500, 36600.
- Literary Periods and Movements: ENGL 33100, 33300, 33500, 33700, 33900, 37000, 37100.
- Language Studies: ENGL 32700, 32800, 32900.
- Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture: AAS 27100, 37300; ENGL 34100; JWST 3300; MARS 22000; WOST 28000, 38000.
Requirement C
- Major Author: ENGL 41100, 44000, 44100, 44200, 44400.
- Special Topics: ENGL 41200, 41300, 41400.
- Theoretical/Literature Studies: ENGL 46000, 46200, 46300, 46600, 46800, 46900, 47000 or unselected courses from Requirement C1 and/or C2, or a 50000-level literature course may be substituted.
English Education
Suggested Arrangement of Courses
Freshman Year
| First Semester | Second Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (4) | ENGL 10600 (First-Year Composition) or (3) ENGL 10800 (Accelerated First-Year Composition)* | (3) | COM 11400 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication)* |
| (3) | Mathematics and Statistics* | (3) | EDCI 27000 (Introduction to Educational Technology and Computing) |
| (3) | Other Languages* | (3) | Global Perspective* |
| (3) | Western Heritage* | (3) | Mathematics and Statistics* |
| (3) | Elective | (3) | Natural Sciences* |
| (3) | Other Languages* | ||
| (15-16) | (18) | ||
Sophomore Year
| Third Semester | Fourth Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (3) | EDCI 20500 (Exploring Teaching as a Career) | (3) | EDPS 23500 (Learning and Motivation), Individual and Society — Group A* |
| (3) | EDCI 28500 (Multiculturalism and Education) | (3) | EDPS 26500 (The Inclusive Classroom) Social Ethics* |
| (3) | ENGL 22700 (Elements of Linguistics), Individual and Society* | (3) | ENGL 32700 (English Language I: History and Development) |
| (3) | ENGL 24000 (Survey of British Literature: From the Beginnings through the Neoclassical Period) or ENGL 24100 (Survey of British Literature: From the Rise of Romanticism to the Modern Period) | (3) | ENGL Requirement D |
| (3) | ENGL 30100 (Ways of Reading) | (3) | ENGL Requirement E, Racial and Ethnic Diversity* |
| (3) | Other Languages* | (3) | Other Languages* |
| (18) | (18) | ||
Junior Year
| Fifth Semester | Sixth Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (3) | EDST 20000 (History and Philosophy of Education) | (3) | ENGL 35000 (Survey of American Literature from its Beginnings to 1865) or ENGL 35100 (Survey of American Literature from 1865 to the Post-World War II Period) |
| (3) | ENGL 32800 (English Language II: Structure and Meaning) | (3) | ENGL 39100 (Composition for English Teachers), ENGL Requirement F |
| (3) | ENGL Requirement C | (3) | ENGL 44200 (Shakespeare) |
| (3) | Gender Issues* | (3) | ENGL 49200 (Literature in the Secondary Schools) |
| (3) | Natural Sciences* | (3) | ENGL Requirement C |
| (3) | Elective | (3) | Other Cultures* |
| (18) | (18) | ||
Senior Year
| Seventh Semester | Eighth Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (3) | EDCI 42200 (The Teaching of English in Secondary Schools) | (2) | EDCI 43400 (The Teaching of English in Junior High/Middle School) |
| (3) | ENGL Requirement C | (10) | EDCI 49800 (Supervised Teaching of English Education) |
| (3) | ENGL Requirement D | ||
| (3) | ENGL Requirement F | ||
| (3) | Elective | ||
| (15) | (12) | ||
English Education Notes
* See "Core."
ENGL Requirement C. Three additional courses in literature: one 40000-level course and two courses at the 30000 level or above.
ENGL Requirement D. Two courses from the following: COM 24000, 25000, 25100; ENGL 28600, 38600 or 38700 (choose any film course).
ENGL Requirement E. A three-hour course in minority group literature.
ENGL Requirement F. Two courses in writing or teaching writing: ENGL 39100; and one course from the following: ENGL 20500, 30400, 30600, 39000, 40600, 42000, 42100, 42400, 47000.
English Education students must fulfill GPA and testing requirements.
Professional Writing
Suggested Arrangement of Courses
Freshman Year
| First Semester | Second Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (4) | ENGL 10600 (First-Year Composition) or (3) ENGL 10800 (Accelerated First-Year Composition)* | (3) | COM 11400 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication)* |
| (3) | Global Perspective* | (3) | 20000-level Literature course* |
| (3) | Mathematics and Statistics* | (3) | Mathematics and Statistics* |
| (3) | Other Languages* | (3) | Other Languages* |
| (3) | Elective or minor | (3) | Western Heritage* |
| (15-16) | (15) | ||
Sophomore Year
| Third Semester | Fourth Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (3) | ENGL 20500 (Introduction to Creative Writing), Aesthetic Awareness* | (3) | ENGL 20300 (Introduction to Research for Professional Writers) |
| (3) | ENGL 22700 (Elements of Linguistics), Individual and Society* | (3) | ENGL 30600 (Introduction to Professional Writing) |
| (3) | Natural Sciences* | (3) | Natural Sciences* |
| (3) | Other Languages* | (3) | Other Languages* |
| (3) | United States Tradition* | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (3) | Elective or minor | ||
| (15) | (18) | ||
Junior Year
| Fifth Semester | Sixth Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (3) | ENGL 30900 (Computer-Aided Publishing) | (3) | ENGL Requirement B |
| (3) | ENGL Requirement B | (3) | ENGL Requirement B |
| (3) | Gender Issues* | (3) | Other Cultures* |
| (3) | Racial and Ethnic Diversity* | (3) | Social Ethics* |
| (3) | Elective or minor | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (3) | Elective or minor | ||
| (18) | (15) | ||
Senior Year
| Seventh Semester | Eighth Semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (3) | ENGL Requirement B | (3) | ENGL Requirement B |
| (3) | ENGL Requirement B | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (3) | Elective or minor | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (3) | Elective or minor | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (3) | Elective or minor | (3) | Elective or minor |
| (15) | (15) | ||
Professional Writing Notes
* See "Core."
Admission to the professional writing major requires a 2.5 GPA in prerequisite courses (ENGL 10600 or 10800, SLHS/ENGL 22700, one 20000-level literature course from the core curriculum) and background courses (ENGL 20300, 20500 and 30600).
ENGL Requirement B Advanced Writing Courses: Select seven courses from either Group 1 (Writing and Publishing) or Group 2 (Technical Writing).
Writing and Publishing: ENGL 30900; either ENGL 45000 or 45100; either ENGL 48800 or 51500; ENGL 40600, 40700, 40900, 50700, 50800 or 50900; ENGL 41900, 42000 or 42100; ENGL 42400, 47000, 48800, 51500; up to two English courses at the 30000 level or higher; up to two Communication courses in writing or journalism at the 30000 level. (Students must take creative writing courses in consecutive order by genre; students taking COM 45100 must take COM 25200 as a preparatory course.)
Technical Writing: ENGL 30900; ENGL 42100 or 42400; and ENGL 51500. Select four of the following: COM 45100 or 45300; ENGL 42100, 42400, 47000 or 48800; up to two English courses at the 30000 level or higher. (Students taking COM 45100 or 45300 must take COM 25200 as a preparatory course.)
Minor: All professional writing majors must have a minor outside the Department of English. The purpose of this minor should be to help establish one's credentials to write in a technical area or specialized subject. Students should consult with their advisors.