English, 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 & Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics & 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 & 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 (36 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 _____  _________________________________(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 (3 credits)

• ENL _____  _________________________________(3 credits)

IV. Approaches to Theory (3 credits)

• ENL _____  _________________________________(3 credits)

V. Capstone Experience (3 credits)

• ENL _____  _________________________________(3 credits)

VI. English Electives (12 credits; 9 credits of which must be at the 300 level or above)

• ENL _____  _________________________________(3 credits)
• ENL _____  _________________________________(3 credits)
• ENL _____  _________________________________(3 credits)
• ENL _____  _________________________________(3 credits)

Required Minor (15-18 credits total)

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Foreign Language (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 (13-20 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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Additional Information and Notes

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

Total credits for graduation: 120