Combined Bachelor of Arts in English Creative Writing and Master of Arts in English Writing

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) and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice 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.

♥       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 and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice 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.

♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

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 Courses (9 credits)

British and Anglophone Pre-19th Century

• ENL ____ Elective

United States and the Americas Pre-20th Century

• ENL ____ Elective

Postnational 20th and 21st Century Literatures

¶ III. Approaches to Language Literature & Writing (9 credits)

• ENL 220 Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENL 310 Introduction to Professional Writing
• ENL ____ _____________________
  

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

• ENL ____ _____________________

Approaches to Theory (3 credits)

• ENG 725 Intro to Graduate Studies in Literature I

Capstone Experience (3 credits)

• ENL 505 Creative Writing Thesis

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• ENL 601H Senior Honors Project in English

Graduate English Writing Electives (9 credits)

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Year 5 Summer (3 credits)

• ENG ____ Major Genre Workshop

Year 5 Fall (9 credits)

• ENG ____    Major Genre Workshop
• %ENG ____ Writing Elective
• ENG ____     English Elective

Year 5 Spring (6 credits)

•  ENG ____ English Elective
•  ENG 996 Manuscript Capstone

Foreign Language (0-12 credits total)

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

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.

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Required Minor: _______________________ (15-18 credits total)

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Additional Information and Notes

¶ Across the categories of “Approached to Language, Literacy and Writing” and “Genre”, students must distribute 6 credits from the following courses: ENL321, 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.

Total credits for graduation: 120              The additional credits listed above are required for graduate degree:138