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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English, BA Professional Writing & MA English Writing


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SPECIAL APPLICATION PROCESS REQUIRED

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General Education Requirements


Competencies

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

Basic College Mathematics

Reading Comprehension

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. 

FYS

First Year Seminar (Required of all freshmen and transfers with fewer than 15 transfer credits) 3 credits

W-I

Written Communication Level I 3 credits

OC

Oral Communication 3 credits
PGR Personal Growth and Responsibility 3 credits
CEA Creative Expression and Appreciation 3 credits
HP The Human Past 3 credits
CS Contemporary Society 3 credits
WC World Cultures 3 credits
#SR Scientific Reasoning Laboratory Course 4 credits
Any Scientific Reasoning Course 3-4 credits
QR Quantitative Reasoning 3 credits

  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.

W-II Written Communication - Level II
W-III Written Communication - Level III
DPDS Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice

       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 (39 credits total)


National/Postnational Courses (9 credits)


British and Anglophone Pre-19th Century

  • ENL ____

United States and the Americas Pre-20th Century

  • ENL ____

Postnational 20th and 21st Century Literatures

  • ENL _____

Capstone Experience (3 credits)


  • ENL ____ _____________________

Approaches to Theory (3 credits)


ENG 725 Intro to Graduate Studies in Literature I

Graduate English Writing Electives (6 credits)


 ENG ____ _____________________

 ENG ____ _____________________

Graduate English Literature Electives (3 credits)


ENG_________________

Year 5 Summer (3 credits)


  • ENG ____ Literature Elective

Year 5 Fall (9 credits)


  •  ENG ____  Literature Elective
  •  ENG ____  Literature Elective
  •  ENG ____   Elective

Year 5 Spring (6-9 credits)


  •  ENG ____ Elective
  •  ENG 994 Portfolio Capstone
  •  ENG 998 Thesis Capstone
  •  ENG         2 Literature Electives

Foreign Language (0-12 credits total)


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►Required Minor: _________________ (15-18 credits total)


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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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Additional Information and Notes


 *       Strongly recommended for Professional Writing

Exceptions in the timing of courses will be made for transfer student

Total credits for graduation: 120  The additional credits listed above are required for Graduate graduation: 138-141                                

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