Bachelor of Arts in English

Basic Requirements

Literary Tradition, I, II, III, IV; English 3323 (Medieval Literature); 3324 (Literary Study I: Lyric); 3326 (Early Modern Literature); 3327 (Romantic and Victorian Literature); 4360 (American Literature); 4362 (Twentieth-Century Literature); 4363 (Literary Study II: Prose Fiction); and one upper-level English elective. Students may substitute for 4362 some other course in twentieth-century literature, provided it covers a range of major writers in the first half of the twentieth century.

Course Sequence

Year I

Fall Semester

ENG 1301Literary Tradition I

3

HIS 1311American Civilization I

3

Fine Arts or Math

3

Language

3

PHI 1301Phil & Ethical Life

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Spring Semester

ENG 1302Literary Tradition II

3

HIS 1312American Civilization II

3

Fine Arts or Math

3

Language

3

THE 1310Understanding The Bible

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Year II (During Sophomore Year)

ENG 2311Literary Tradition III

3

ENG 2312Literary Tradition IV

3

HIS 2301Western Civilization I

3

HIS 2302Western Civilization II

3

PHI 2323The Human Person

3

THE 2311Western Theological Tradition

3

ECO 1311Fundamentals Of Economics

3

Language or Science

6

POL 1311Principles Of American Politics

3

Total Credit Hours:30

Year III

Fall Semester

ENG 3323Medieval Literature

3

ENG 3324Literary Study I: Lyric

3

Arts or Math

3

Science or Elective

3

Elective

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Spring Semester

ENG 3326Early Modern Literature

3

ENG 3327Romantic & Victorian Literature

3

PHI 3311Philosophy of Being

3

Science or Elective

4

Elective

3

Total Credit Hours:16

Year IV

Fall Semester

ENG 4360American Literature

3

ENG 4362Twentieth-Century Literature

3

Philosophy Elective

3

Electives

6

Total Credit Hours:15

Spring Semester

ENG 4363Literary Study II: Prose Fiction

3

Required English Elective

3

Electives

9

Total Credit Hours:15

Suggested Electives

Language: Greek, Latin, French, or German

Philosophy: Epistemology, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Language, Ethics

History: History of England I and II

Politics: Politics 3311, 3312 and other appropriate electives

Art: History of Art and Architecture I, II and other appropriate electives

Psychology: Foundations of Psychology as a Human Science