Traditional English track prepares students interested in careers requiring a foundation in language and communications skills, such as business, the arts, technical writing, public relations and law.

Total of 122 Semester Hours

A. General Requirements (62 hours)

Freshman/Sophomore core
42 hours in areas A-E (described below)
18 hours in area F (described below)
2 hours in physical education
Area A: Essential Skills (9 hours)
Area B: Institutional Options (4 hours)
Area C: Humanities/Fine Arts (6 hours)
Area D: Natural science, math and technology (11 hours)
Area E: Social sciences (12 hours)
Area F: Major area(18 hours)
Foreign Language 1002 – Elementary Language II
Foreign Language 2001 – Intermediate Language I
Foreign Language 2002 – Intermediate Language II (6-9 hours)
English Electives * (6-12 hours)
* English courses must be chosen from 2000-level English course offerings and must include either world literature sequence (English 2111 and 2112) or African-American literature sequence (English 2141 and 2142) or British literature sequence (English 2121 and 2122) or American literature sequence (English 2131 or 2131H and 2132 or 2132H).

B. Major Field Courses (36 hours)

ENGL 3010 Introduction to Literary Studies
ENGL 4100 Shakespeare
ENGL 4900 Senior Capstone Seminar

Three courses selected from:
ENGL 3100 Early English Literature
ENGL 3200 Chaucer
ENGL 3300 Literature of the English Renaissance
ENGL 3400 17th and 18th Century American Poetry and Prose
ENGL 3500 19th Century American Poetry and Prose
ENGL 3600 20th Century American Poetry and Prose
ENGL 4200 Milton
ENGL 4300 18th Century British Poetry and Prose
ENGL 4400 19th Century British Poetry and Prose
ENGL 4500 20th Century British Poetry and Prose

Two courses selected from:
ENGL 3700 The Novel
ENGL 3800 American and British Poetry
ENGL 3900 Modern Drama
ENGL 4481 Survey of Film

Two courses selected from:
ENGL 4420 Literature of the Western World
ENGL 4430 Literature of the Non-Western World
ENGL 4440 Literature by Women
ENGL 4460 Southern Literature
ENGL 4470 Contemporary Literature
ENGL 4481 Survey of Film
ENGL 4490 African American Literature

One course selected from:
ENGL 3020 Introduction to Composition Studies
ENGL 4030 Advanced Composition
ENGL 3040 Creative Writing

One course selected from:
ENGL 4000 Rhetoric
ENGL 4020 Advanced Grammar
ENGL 4600 History of the English Language
ENGL 4700 Literary Theory

C. Related Field Courses (15 hours)
(Must include 9 hours numbered 3000 or above)

Five courses selected from:
ENGL 3106 Professional Communication
ENGL 3108 Writing for Digital Media
ENGL 3206 Gender Studies
ENGL 3999 Special Topics
ENGL 4450 Visual Rhetoric: Principles of Production I
ENGL 4451 Advanced Video Production: Broadcast Forms
ENGL 4480 History of Print
ENGL 4482 Popular Culture

D. Electives (9 hours)

Three courses selected from:
Any French course(s) at the 3000-level
Any history course(s) at the 3000-level and above
HUMN 3999 Special Topics
HUMN 3010 Cross Cultural Issues
HUMN 3145 Technology and the Creative Artist
HUMN 4340 Introduction to Ethics
HUMN 3460 Media Criticism
HUMN 3501 Applied Linguistics
HUMN 3600 Digital Storytelling
HUMN 4471 Comparative Cultures
HUMN 4472 Studies in Culture
Any Spanish course(s) at the 3000-level

E. Regents’ Test and Exit Exam