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2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
English, B.A.
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The Department of English offers a wide variety of courses in British, American and African- American literature as well as in creative writing, cultural studies, composition, and film.
120 hours (minimum)
Any student earning a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree must complete a minimum of 39 hours at the 300+ level. These hours are generally completed by the major requirements. However, keep this hour requirement in mind as you choose your course work for the requirements in the major. See the complete description of College requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree .
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I. Intellectual Inquiry in Arts and Creativity
II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities
III. Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences
IV. Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences
V. Composition and Communication I
VI. Composition and Communication II
VII. Quantitative Foundations
VIII. Statistical Inferential Reasoning
IX. Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA
Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)
Subtotal: Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement hours (GCCR): 3
I. Foreign Language: 0-14
(placement exam recommended)
II. Disciplinary Requirements
c. Humanities: 0-6
(completed by Major Requirements)
III. Laboratory or Field Work: 1
IV. Race and Ethnicity Requirement: 0-3
College Requirement hours: 19-36
plus one of the following:
Premajor hours: 3
*Course used towards completion of a UK Core Requirement.
ENG Historical Survey Requirement: 6
Majors must take two Historical Survey courses of their choice. Historical Surveys can be taken in any combination and any order. Courses fulfilling the Historical Survey Requirement include: ENG Early Period Requirement: 0-3
Majors must take at least one Early Period ENG course of their choice. Courses fulfilling the Early Period Requirement include: Diversity Requirement: 3
Students must take at least one Diversity ENG course of their choice. Courses fulfilling the Diversity Requirement include: Other Course Work Required for the Major
From the Major Department:
Majors must take an additional seven courses in ENG (Major Electives) primarily at the 300-level and above. Of these required seven courses:
- two courses must be at the 400-level, of which one must be above ENG 407 (i.e., not ENG 401 , ENG 405 , or ENG 407 );
- two courses maximum may be counted from additional Historical Surveys (surveys cannot be doublecounted for the Historical Survey Requirement and for the total ENG course requirement);
- two courses maximum may be counted from among ENG 207 , ENG 221 , ENG 260 , ENG 280 , and ENG 290 .
All additional courses must be at the 300-500 level in ENG. Majors should fulfill the Early Period and Diversity Requirements from among these courses if they have not been already satisfied (e.g., by survey classes or ENG 330 ) Credit(s): 21
Total minimum ENG course hours (excluding premajor): 30
From Outside the Major Department
- For the English B.A. degree, 9 additional hours at the 200+ level outside English are required in allied departments and programs in Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education. Applicable departments and programs include (by prefix): A&S, AAS, AIS, ANT, APP, CHI, CLA, EDC, EDU, EPE, GER, GWS, HJS, HIS, HMN, HON, IAS, ITA, JOU, JPN, LAS, LIN, MAS, MCL, PHI, PS, RS, SPA, ST, WRD Credit(s): 9
Other Electives
Choose electives and other courses to lead to the minimum total of 120 hours required for graduation. Total Minimum Hours Required for Degree: 120
Creative Writing Option - B.A. .
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