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Curriculum Guide for Majors in English

Freshman Year

First Semester


Course and number		Semester hrs
GE 102/104	Composition I/Honors		3
GE 115	College Algebra		3
GE 122	Freshman Seminar		1
GE 140	World Civilization I		3
GE	Nat. Science/Lab		4
	* French or Spanish		3
			17

Second Semester

GE 103 /105	Composition Il/Honors	3
GE 130	Art Appreciation	2
GE 141	World Civilization II	3
GE	Physical Ed. Activity	I
GE	Nat. Sci. or Math	4
	*French or Spanish	3
		16

Sophomore Year

First Semester


Course and number		Semester hrs
GE 201/203	World Literature 1/Honors		3
GE 135	Intro. to Music Literature		2
GE 185	Health Concepts		2
ENGL 299	Introduction to Literature		3
	Free Electives/Minor(s)		6
			16

Second Semester

GE 202/204	World Literature Il/Honors	3
GE	Soc./Behavioral Sci	3
ENGL 316	Intro to Rhetoric and Composition	3
Electives		3
CSC 111	Computer Science	3
		15

Junior Year

First Semester


Course and number		Semester hrs
ENGL 301	British Literature I		3
ENGL 305	American Literature I		3
ENGL 327	English Linguistics		3
	** Restricted Electives		3
	Electives		3
			15

Second Semester

ENGL 302	British Literature II	3
ENGL 306	American Literature II	3
ENGL 322	Advanced Grammar	3
ENGL 303	Literary Criticism	3
	**Restricted Electives	3

		15

Senior Year

First Semester


Course and number		Semester hrs
ENGL 425	Shakespeare: Romances, Com		3
OR ENGL 426	Shakespeare: Tragedies, Hist.		3
ENGL 459	Black Writers in Amer. Lit. I		3
ENGL 430	The British Novel - 1600-1800		3
ENGL 317	Advanced Composition		3
	Free Electives		3
			15

Second Semester

ENGL 498	Research Methods in English	3
ENGL 466	The American Novel	3
	Free Electives	9
		15

* Two consecutive courses (6 semester hours) in French or Spanish (or another accepted modern language)

Total Semester Hours Required for Degree

124