Bachelor's Degree in English

42 Hour Major – No minor required

Required course:

• EN201 Writing About Literature (3)
• Early Literature - choose 3 hours:
• LI211 World Literature I (3)
• LI260 English Lit I (3)
• LI270 American Lit I (3)

Surveys of Literature - choose 6 hours:

• LI211 World Literature I (3)*
• LI212 World Literature II (3)
• LI260 English Literature I (3)*
• LI261 English Literature II (3)
• LI270 American Literature I (3)*
• LI271 American Literature II (3)

Special Topics in Literature - choose 12 hours:

• LI305 Film Studies (3)
• LI307 Studies in TV/Pop Culture (3)
• LI309 Studies in World Literature (3)
• LI341 Victorian Studies (3)
• LI425 Focus on the Author (3)
• LI431 Faulkner Seminar (3)
• LI432 Shakespeare’s Comedies and Histories (3)

• LI433 Shakespeare’s Tragedies (3)
• LI473 Studies in Renaissance British Literature (3)
• LI476 Early 20th Century British Literature (3)
• LI523 Studies in American Literature (3)
• LI565 Southern Literature (3)
• LI542 Literature for the Young Adult (3)
• LI568 Masculinities in the 19th Century American Novel (3)
• LI570 20th Century American Literature (3)
• LI571 Contemporary American Poetry (3)
• LI576 American Fiction of the 21st Century (3)
• LI577 Early English Literature (3)
• LI578 Studies in Late British and Postcolonial Literature (3)
• LI582 Topics in Literature (3)

Broadened Perspectives – choose 9 hours:

• LI317 Multicultural Visions on Film (3)
• LI332 Images of Women in Literature (3)
• LI412 Native American Literature (3)
• LI417 Writing Race and Gender in the South (3)
• LI424 Asian-American Literature (3)
• LI426 Gender and Sexuality in Literary Studies (3)
• LI434 African-American Literature I (3)
• LI435 African-American Literature II (3)
• LI458 Literary Criticism (3)
• LI470 Immigration in Literature and Film (3)
• LI472 Border Literature of the Americas (3)

Pedagogy and Linguistics – choose 3 hours:

• EN378 Grammars of English (3)
• EN379 Composition in Secondary Schools (3)
• LI385 Teaching Literature and Nonfiction in Secondary Schools (3)
• EN448 Principles of Language (3)
• EN457 Composition Theory and Pedagogy (3)
• EN486 Sociolinguistics (3)
• EN500 History of the English Language (3)
• TLxxx TESOL course (3)

Writing and Publishing – choose 3 hours:

• EN302 Small Press Publishing (3)
• EN303 Content Copywriting (3)
• EN305 Writing for the Professions (3)
• EN307 Writing for New Media (3)
• EN309 Writing for Science/Technology (3)
• EN311 Literary/Manuscript Editing (3)
• EN325 Topics in Writing (3)
• EN376 Advanced Composition (3)
• EN423 Visual Rhetoric (3)
• EN470 Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
• EN478 Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction
• EN550 Style in Writing (3)
• EN572 Creative Nonfiction (3)

Electives – choose 3 hours

• ENxxx/LIxxx/TLxxx 300-599 level (3)

Some requirements may be fulfilled by coursework in major program.

• Social and Behavioral Sciences – 6 hours
• Constitution Requirement – 3 hours
• Written Communication – 6 hours
• Oral Communication – 3 hours
• Natural Sciences – 7 hours (from two disciplines, one to include a lab)
• Mathematics – 3 hours
• Humanities & Fine Arts – 9 hours (from at least two disciplines)
• Additional requirements – 5 hours (to include UI100 for native students)
• Civics examination

First Year    

Fall Semester (13 Hours)     

• UI100 (1)
• EN100 (3)
• General Education (3)
• General Education (3)
• General Education (3)

Spring Semester (15 Hours)     

• EN140 (3)
• General Education (3)
• General Education (3)
• General Education (3)
• General Education (3)

Second Year    

Fall Semester (15 Hours)  

• EN201 (3)
• Early Literature (3)
• Special Topics (3) 
• General Education (3)
• General Education (3) 

Spring Semester (15 Hours)    

• Special Topics (3) 
• Survey of Literature (3) 
• Survey of Literature (3)
• General Education (3)
• General Education (3)

Third Year    

Fall Semester (15 Hours)    

• Broaded Perspectives (3) 
• Pedagogy and Linguistics (3)
• Special Topics (3)
• Elective (3)
• Elective (3)

Spring Semester (15 Hours)     

• Broadened Perspectives (3) 
• Special Topics (3)
• Writing and Publishing (3)
• Elective (3)
• Elective (3)

Fourth Year    

Fall Semester (17 Hours)     

• Broadened Perspectives (3) 
• Elective (3) 
• Elective (3) 
• Elective (3)
• Elective (3)
• Elective (2)

Spring Semester (15 Hours)  

• Elective - EN/LI/TL 3xx-5xx (3)
• Elective (3)
• Elective (3)
• Elective (3)
• Elective (3)

Degree requirements for all students: a minimum of 120 credit hours, completion of the General Education program, and completion of 39 senior division hours (300-599). Refer to the Undergraduate Bulletin or Degree Works for additional graduation requirements for your program. 

A minimum 2.0 GPA in the major and overall are required to graduate with a BA degree.