Major: English
Concentration: English-Drama
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Prerequisites (6 credits)
Requires grades of C or above.
ENC1101 3 (GW) Rhetoric and Writing
- Acceptable substitute: ENCXXXX
ENC1102 3 G(W) The Informed Writer
- Acceptable substitute: ENCXXXX
Major Requirements (21 credits)
First day attendance rule: any students who misses the first day without advanced notice to the department chairperson may be administratively withdrawn from that course.
ENG4013 3 Approach to Lit Interpretation
LIT3045 3 Periods of Drama Literature
ENL3333 3 Shakespeare
PERIOD. REQUIREMENT
Select 1: - AML 3031 G(W) Periods of Early American Literature
- AML 3041 G(W) Periods of Later American Literature
- ENL 3501 G(W) Periods of Early British Literature
- ENL 3503 G(W) Periods of Later British Literature
ACTING REQUIREMENT
Select 1: - TPP 2100 Acting I
- TPP 3100 Acting II
Prereq: TPP 2100 or permission of instructor
PRODUCTION REQUIREMENT
Take 6-7 hours: - CRW 4424 Playwrights' Project
- THE 4923 Play Production
THE 4923 may be repeated for a maximum of 12 hours
Major Electives (9 credits)
SELECT 1 COURSE IN LITERARY KIND:
- LIT 3034 Modern Contemporary Drama
- LIT 4041 Studies in Drama
SELECT 1 COURSE IN LITERARY MEDIUM:
- LIN 3010 Principles of Linguistics
- LIN 4930 ST: Linguistics
- CRW 3930 ST: Creative Writing
- CRW 4905 Tutorial in Creative Writing
- ENC 3250 Professional Communications
- ENC 3310 Writing Prose
- ENC 3930 Topics in Theory and/or Practice in Composition
- ENC 4930 Topics in Theory and/or Practice in Composition
SELECT 1 4000 LEVEL ELECTIVE FROM:
Minor Required
A minor is required for this major.*
The minor must be selected from the list of approved minors, including those outside the college of the major.
See List of Minors in the Undergraduate Catalog. Minors are generally completed during the last 60 hrs of your program. Your minor may require prerequisites, so choosing a minor early is beneficial. See your advisor to declare a minor.
*(Double majors are exempt from a minor.)
Foreign Language/Foreign Cultures
All BA students in the College of Arts and Sciences are required to complete the foreign language or foreign culture requirement with grades of C or higher.
TAKE 8 HRS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- Select one sequence of Spanish, French, Chinese, German, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, or American Sign Language.
- Part 1 of languages are typically offered in the fall and part 2 in the spring.
- Incoming Students with prior experience in French or Spanish must take a placement exam. Students who place above the beginning level will satisfy this requirement by earning a "C" or better in a French or Spanish at the level at which they placed.
- Students who choose this option may also be eligible for a minimum of 3 credits and a maximum of 6 credits of retroactive credit if they complete with a "C" or above in a 3000 level French or Spanish course.
- This policy applies to Chinese as well, although in this case placement will be determined by the professor of the program.
FC Foreign Culture Option
- Students who successfully completed 2 years of foreign language in high school have the option of taking 6 hours of foreign culture courses instead of 8 hours of college level foreign language.
- Foreign cultures contain (FC) in the course title.
- A complete list of foreign culture courses can be found in the Arts & Sciences Advising Office.
Free Electives (7 credits)
SELECT 7 HRS 3000/4000 FREE ELECTIVES
This degree requires a minimum of 120 total hours with 48 upper (3000/4000) level hours. Free electives may be courses in any discipline (provided the required prerequisites are met) and they are the hours needed to satisfy the total hour requirement. These hours may vary (consult your advisor about free elective hours needed to graduate).
