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BA in English Credit Distribution

Subject Category Credits
I. General Education Requirements 60
A. English Compostion 6
B. Humanities 12
Must include at least two subject areas
C. Social Sciences 12
Must include at least two subject areas
D. Natural Sciences and Mathematics 12
One college-level mathematics course required (3)
One computer science course recommended (3)
Other natural sciences/mathematics (6)
Must include at least two subject areas
E. General Education Electives 18
II. Area of Study: English 33
A. Required Courses 12
  • Survey of Literature I & II
(6)
  • Analysis and Interpretation of Literature
(3)
  • Nonwestern Literature
(3)
B. English Electives* 21
  • Advanced Persuasive Writing
  • African-American Literature
  • American Literary Realism
  • American Political Novel
  • American Romanticism
  • Asian Literature
  • Chaucer
  • Children’s Literature
  • Comicand Satiric Tradition
  • Comparative Literature
  • Creative Writing
  • Development of English Drama
  • Elizabethan Drama
  • English Romantic Period
  • European Literature
  • Greek Drama
  • History of English Language
  • Indian Literature
  • Latin American Literature
  • Literary Criticism
  • Literature and Religion
  • Milton
  • Modern Drama
  • Mythology
  • Playwriting
  • Poetry
  • Regional Literature
  • Restoration Drama
  • Science Fiction
  • Shakespeare
  • Short Story
  • Social Protest Literature
  • Technical Writing
  • The Augustan Age
  • 20th Century English
  • Victorian Literature
  • Women in Literature
III. Free Electives 27
Total 120

*This list is a guide. Other literature and advanced writing courses may be appropriate for this area of study.

Note: Students planning graduate work in literature should include period and genre courses in their area of study.


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