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• English major
• English minor
• Creative Writing minor
• Communication minor

 

The new degree program will offer the curriculum as listed below, with the addition of some new courses (highlighted) as additional upper-level electives.  There will be both a major and minor in English.
Students majoring in English must have achieved at least a grade of “C” in ENGL 111, ENGL 112) and ENGL 203. (Students attaining a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 112 receive credit for the mandated Writing Proficiency Exam  The English major consists of thirty-six credit (36) hours, of which twenty-four (24) credit hours consist of required courses.  The required courses are distributed as follows:

ENGL 231 and ENGL 232
ENGL 255 or 256
ENGL 351 and 352
ENGL 365
ENGL 470
ENGL 462
Twelve (12) credit hours must be chosen from English
curriculum courses as electives

Students majoring in English must also complete coursework as follows:
8) 9 credits of a foreign language
9) 15 credits in Humanities or Philosophy
10)18 credits in a Minor
The minor in English consists of a minimum of eighteen (18) credit hours.  The required courses for the English minor are distributed as follows:

ENGL 231 and ENGL 232
ENGL 255 or 256
ENGL 351 and 352
ENGL 470

 

The minor in Creative Writing consists of a minimum eighteen (18) credit hour.  It provides a course of study that encompasses both a broad range of genres and a unique emphasis on marginalized texts, performative texts, and digital media. This includes special attention to feminist, African-American and hybrid texts, study of spoken word and the poetics of identity and the digital-literary landscape. The minor is designed to promote creative thinking and self-expression in students who love to read and write through an intensive cycle of reading, writing, and response. The minor in Creative Writing will further advance the student’s ability to personalize and synthesize information across disciplines and to select and manipulate modes of writing in order to communicate their stories and ideas effectively in a range of rhetorical situations. In this way, the minor prepares students for further study in the Humanities as well as for careers in a number of fields, including editing, publishing, journalism, advertising, and law.

 

The required courses include:
ENGL 203 and ENGL 240

Additional course offerings include:

ENGL 242; ENGL 360
ENGL 362; ENGL 363
ENGL 364

 

The minor in Communication consists of a minimum of eighteen (18) credit hours. It provides a course of study that emphasizes both rigorous conceptual understanding of communication and practical uses of a variety of communication which prepares students technically, professionally, and personally to successfully navigate the changing global workplace. The minor promotes understanding of group, personal, interpersonal, organizational, and mediated communication. The minor in Communication further prepares students for continuing academic study through a curriculum that embraces current issues and seminal concepts while encouraging critical evaluation of messages, adaptation and analysis of audiences, and exploring oral, written, and mediated communication.

 

The required courses include:

COMM 110 and COMM 210

Additional course offerings include:

COMM 220; COMM 230; COMM 240;
COMM 310; COMM 320; COMM 330; COMM 340