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• Basic English Major
• English/Communication Dual Major
• English/History Dual Major
• English/Political Science Dual Major
• English/Theatre Dual Major
• Major for Teacher Certification in Secondary English

Basic English Major
(48 hours, 16 of which must be 3000-level courses)

1. Two courses in critical and analytical approaches to literature:

• ENG 2213 - Introduction to Literary Methods and Critical Approaches
• ENG 4492 - Senior Seminar

2. One writing courses (above ENG 1102), from:

• ENG 2204 - Advanced News Reporting and Writing
• ENG 2206 - Creative Writing – Poetry
• ENG 2207 - Creative Writing – Fiction
• ENG 2208 - Advanced Composition
• ENG 2212 - Professional Communication
• ENG 2214 - Editing and Desktop Publishing

3. One course on the nature and structure of language, from:

• ENG 2211 - Grammar and Usage
• ENG 3306 - Approaches to the Study of Language

4. One course about British literature before 1660, from:

• ENG 2230 - Beowulf to Mallory
• ENG 2231 - Renaissance literature
• ENG 3350 - Shakespeare
• ENG 3360 - Chaucer
• And selected ENG 3363 and 3381 offerings

5. A second course about British literature, including

• ENG 2232 - Enlightenment
• ENG 2233 - Romantics
• ENG 2234 - Victorian
• ENG 2270 - 20th Century British Lit.
• ENG 3341 - British Novel I
• ENG 3342 - British Novel II
• any ENG 3363 offerings and any course about British literature prior to 1600
• selected ENG 2265, ENG 3363, ENG 3365 and 3381 offerings

6. One course about American literature, from:

• ENG 2241 - Colonial and Romantic
• ENG 2242 - Realism and Naturalism
• ENG 2243 - Modern and Contemporary
• ENG 2253 - Southern Literature
• ENG 2254 - Nature Writing
• ENG 2255 - Short Story Cycle
• ENG 2256 - 20th Century American Poetry
• ENG 3343 - American Novel
• And selected ENG 3364, ENG 3365and 3381 offerings

7. One course that examines a historically underrepresented literature, from:

• ENG 2250 - Post-Colonial Literature
• ENG 2251 - Literature by Women
• ENG 2258 - African American Literature
• And selected ENG 2265, ENG 3363, ENG 3364, ENG 3365 and 3381 offerings.

8. Four elective courses in literature or advanced writing.

Please see the courses page for a list of available electives.

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English/Communication Dual Major

1. One courses in critical and analytical approaches to literature:

• ENG 2213 - Introduction to Literary Methods and Critical Approaches

2. Six English electives—one of which must be a literature course, one of which must be a writing course, and two of which must be at the 3000-level.

3. All of the following:

• COM 1102
• COM 1103
• COM 2203
• COM 2204

4. Three Communication electives at the 3000 level.

5. Senior Seminar in English or Communication

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English/History Dual Major

1. One courses in critical and analytical approaches to literature:

• ENG 2213 - Introduction to Literary Methods and Critical Approaches

2. Six English electives—one of which must be a literature course, one of which must be a writing course, and two of which must be at the 3000-level.

3. Each of the following:

• HIS 1105
• HIS 1106

4. Four upper-level History courses.

5. Senior Seminar in English or History.

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English/Political Science Dual Major

1. One courses in critical and analytical approaches to literature:

• ENG 2213 - Introduction to Literary Methods and Critical Approaches

2. Six English electives—one of which must be a literature course, one of which must be a writing course, and two of which must be at the 3000-level.

3. Each of the following:

• PSI 1101
• PSI 1111 or 1112

4. Three Political Science electives

5. Senior Seminar in English or Political Science.

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English/Theatre Dual Major

1. One courses in critical and analytical approaches to literature:

• ENG 2213 - Introduction to Literary Methods and Critical Approaches

2. Five English electives—one of which must be a literature course, one of which must be a writing course, and one of which must be at the 3000-level.

3. The following:

• ENG/THE 3350
• THE 1111
• THE 1113 or 1151
• THE 2225, 2226, 2227, or 2230
• Two from THE 2241-7, 3320, or 3328
• THE 2284
• THE 3330-3340 (2 hrs.)
• THE 3392

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Major for Teacher Certification in Secondary English
(48 hours) Approved by the National Council of Teachers of English

• ENG 2211 - Grammar and Usage
• ENG 2212 - Professional Communication
• ENG 2213 - Introduction to Literary Methods
• CompLit 2219 - World Literature
• ENG 2242 Am. Lit.: Realism and Naturalism or ENG 2243 - Am.Lit.  Modern and Contemporary
• ENG 2251 - Literature by Women
• ENG 2258 - African American Literature
• ENG 3306 - Approaches to the Study of Language
• ENG 3341 Britsh Novel I or ENG 3342 - British Novel II
• ENG 3350 - Shakespeare
• one additional 3000-level English course
• ENG 4492 - Senior Seminar