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Nov 04, 2025
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Undergraduate Day Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
English, B.A.
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120 Credit Hours
Must include a minor or an additional major.
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Global Studies and Social Science Requirements
One course must be selected from each of the following lists of Global Studies courses and Social Science courses. Global Studies Menu Options - 3 Credit Hours
Social Science Menu Options - 3 Credit Hours
Foreign Language Requirement - 3-6 Credit Hours
English majors are required to take: - one intermediate foreign language course (3 credit hours), OR
- two elementary foreign language courses (6 credit hours), OR
- one elementary and one intermediate foreign language course (6 credit hours).
Note: No CLEP, AP, IB, or transient study credits may be used to fulfill this requirement. These credits must be fulfilled at PBA. English majors taking classes at PBA in French, German, or Spanish to meet the language requirement for the major should use one of those to fulfill the Global Studies requirement. School of Arts and Sciences Additional Natural Science Requirements - 5 Credit Hours
Students in the School of Arts and Sciences must take five additional hours of natural science: 1 lab to accompany the course taken for general education [BIO 1043 , BIO 1023 , ESC 1043 , OCY 1043 , PHY 1033 , PHY 1063 , or PHY 2113 ], and one additional natural science course and accompanying lab. The two natural sciences must be in different areas (both cannot be in biological sciences). In sum, students are required to take a minimum of 8 hours of natural science courses: two natural science courses (in two different areas) along with the labs associated with each. Required English Courses - 39 Credit Hours
Core English Courses - 9 Credit Hours
English Area Requirements - 18 Credit Hours
Students must take the designated number of semester hours in each of the following areas: Area I: British and American Literature
At least 3 credits of British literature and 3 credits of American literature for a total of 6 credits in 2 of the following 3 groups. B) British Literature after 1660
C) British or American Literature after 1900
Area II: Literary Studies in Cultural Diversity
At least 6 credits in 2 of the following 3 groups Note: ENG 4513 - Shakespeare may fulfill a requirement for only one area. A) Multiculturalism in American Literature
B) Comparative or World Literature
C) Literature before 1660
Area III: Studies in Literary Production and Analysis
At least 6 credits in 2 of the following 3 groups Note: ENG 4513 - Shakespeare may fulfill a requirement for only one area. C) Language and Literary Theory
English Electives (3000 or 4000 level) - 12 Credit Hours
Any 3000- or 4000-level ENG courses that are not used to fulfill a specific requirement listed above may be used to fulfill the elective requirement. Additional required credit hours - 32-33 Credit Hours
This meets the 120-credit-hour requirement and the 42-upper-level requirement. Sample English Degree Plan
120 Credit Hours Semester 1 - 15 Credit Hours
Semester 2 - 16 Credit Hours
Semester 3 - 16 Credit Hours
Semester 4 - 13 Credit Hours
Semester 5 - 15 Credit Hours
- PLS 3003 - Freedom in American Society
- ENG XXX3 - Required class for ENG I, II, III 3 Credit Hours
- ENG XXX3 - Required class for ENG I, II, III 3 Credit Hours
- Upper Level ENG Elective 3 Credit Hours
- Class for Minor 3 Credit Hours
Semester 6 - 15 Credit Hours
- ENG XXX3 - Required class for ENG area I, II, or III 3 Credit Hours
- ENG XXX3 - Required class for ENG area I, II, or III 3 Credit Hours
- Upper level ENG Elective 3 Credit Hours
- General Education Social Science Elective 3 Credit Hours
- Class for Minor 3 Credit Hours
Semester 7 - 15 Credit Hours
Semester 8 - 12 Credit Hours
- ENG 4973 - Senior Seminar in Methods of Literary Criticism
- Upper Level elective 3 Credit Hours
- Upper Level ENG elective 3 Credit Hours
- Class for minor 3 Credit Hours
- General Education Global Studies Elective 3 Credit Hours (If foreign language classes in Spanish, German, or French are not taken at PBA. Any foreign language course taken in Spanish, German, or French at PBA will satisfy the Global Studies requirement.)
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