English, B.A. English Professional Writing, Combined English & Master of Arts in English Literature Portfolio/Theses (33 credits)

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II and Level III)

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II and III may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

# Scientific Reasoning General Education category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

Courses in Major (42 credits total)

Approaches to Theory (6 credits)

• ENG 725 Intro to Graduate Studies in Literature I
• ENG 725 Intro to Graduate Studies in Literature I

Graduate English Writing Electives (3 credits)

• %ENG ____ _____________________

Graduate English Literature Electives (3 credits)

• ENG ____ _____________________

Year 5 Summer (6 credits)

• ENG ____ Literature Elective
• ENG ____ English Elective

Year 5 Fall (9 credits)

• ENG ____ Literature Elective
• ENG 899 Seminar
• ♫ ENG ____ Elective Elective

Year 5 Spring (6 credits)

• ENG 994 Portfolio Capstone
• OR
• ENG 998 Thesis Capstone
• ♫ ENG ____ Elective Elective

Required Minor: _______________________ (15-18 credits total)

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Free Electives (13 credits minimum)

• ENG ____ _____________________
• ENG ____ _____________________
• ENG ____ _____________________
• ENG ____ _____________________
• ENG ____ _____________________

Additional Information and Notes

♥        Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣        Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#         These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡         Level II and Level III Written Communications Courses may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  The credits are counted only in one area.

¶        Across the categories of “Approached to Language, Literacy and Writing” and “Genre”, students must distribute 6 credits from the following courses: ENL 321 , ENL322 , ENL411 , ENL412,  ENL420,  ENL421 , ENL422,  ENL423,  and ENL424 .

%         Graduate writing electives are to be chosen from the following courses: ENG818, ENG819, ENG820, ENG 822A, ENG825, ENG830, ENG833, ENG855.

♫       Electives chosen in consultation with Program Coordinator

To Be Completed Within the First 30 Credits

Total credits for graduation: 120

Foreign Language (0-12 credits total)

• ____ ___ Foreign Language - Level I (101) 
• ____ ___ Foreign Language - Level II (102)
• ____ ___ Foreign Language  - Level III (201)
• ____ ___ Foreign Language  - Level IV (202)