English, Creative Writing Concentration, BA

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)

 I. Required Foundational Courses (6 credits)

• ENL 160 Literature I: Reading Broadly 
• ENL 161 Literature II: Reading Closely 

II. National/Postnational (9 credits)

 British and Anglophone Pre-19th Century

• ENL _____  _________________________________(3 credits)

United States and the American Pre-20th Century

• ENL _____  _________________________________(3 credits)

Postnational 20th and 21st Century Literatures

• ENL _____  _________________________________(3 credits)

III. Approaches to Language, Literacy and Writing (12 credits)

• ENL 310 Introduction to Professional Writing
• ENL 320 Creative Writing
• ENL ____   _________________________________(3 credits)
• ENL ____   _________________________________(3 credits)

IV. Genre, Major/Minor, Author, Period, Topic (3 credits)

•  ENL _________________________________(3 credits)

V. Approaches to Theory (3 credits)

• ENL 390 Introduction to Literary Criticism and Theory

• Or

• ENL 490 Contemporary Literature Theory

• Or

• ENL 495 Special Topics in Theory and Criticism

VI. Capstone Experience (3 credits)

• ENL 500 Directed Study

• Or

• ENL 601H Honors Essay in English

VII. English Electives (6 credits total)

• ENL _____  __________________________(3 credits)
• ENL _____  __________________________(3 credits)

Across the Categories of “Approaches”, “Genre”, and “English Electives”, students must distribute 9 credits from the following courses:

• ENL 321 The Craft of Poetry
• ENL 322 The Craft of Fiction
• ENL 411 Special Topics in Professional Writing
• ENL 412 Seminar in Modern Publishing
• ENL 420 Creative Writing Workshop: Scriptwriting
• ENL 421 Creative Writing Workshop: Non-fiction
• ENL 422 Creative Writing Workshop: Fiction
• ENL 423 Creative Writing Workshop: Poetry
• ENL 424 Special Topics in English: Creative Writing

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)

Free Electives (13 credits minimum)

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation depending on choices made for general education or minor selection.

• ____ ____ _________________________________ __
• ____ ____ _________________________________ __
• ____ ____ _________________________________ __
• ____ ____ _________________________________ __
• ____ ____ _________________________________ __

Required Minor: _______________________ (15-18 credits total)

• ____ ___ _________________________________ __
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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.

†        9 credits at or above 400 level; at least one course must be an English-department designated W-III writing course.

Exceptions in the timing of courses will be made for transfer students.

Total credits for graduation: 120