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English, B.A.

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120 Credit Hours

*must include a minor or an additional major

General Education Requirements - 43-48 Credit Hours

English Majors are required to take one intermediate foreign language course (3 credit hours), OR two elementary foreign language courses (6-8 credit hours), OR one elementary and one intermediate foreign language course (6-7 credit hours).

Note: English majors taking classes at PBA in French, German, or Spanish to meet the language requirement for the major may count this as their Global Studies option.

English majors must meet the General Education requirements as set out in General Education Program .

School of Arts and Sciences: Additional Natural Science Requirements - 5 Credit Hours

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 1043 or PHY 1063 ], and one additional natural science course and accompanying lab. The two natural sciences must be in different areas (both cannot be in biological sciences).

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

ART 2813 - Art History I 3 Credit Hour(s)
BIO 2203 - Environment and Society 3 Credit Hour(s)
BUI 3633 - Global Business 3 Credit Hour(s)
CCS 3053 - Interpreting Scripture in Multicultural Contexts 3 Credit Hour(s)
CCS 3073 - Cross-Cultural Studies Travel Experience 3 Credit Hour(s)
CCS 3503 - World Religions 3 Credit Hour(s)
CCS 4093 - Islam 3 Credit Hour(s)
COM 3203 - Intercultural Communication 3 Credit Hour(s)
EDU 2313 - Cultural Dimensions of ESOL 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 2023 - World Literature through Film 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 4152 - Topics in World Literature 2 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 4153 - Topics in World Literature 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 4154 - Topics in World Literature 4 Credit Hour(s)
ESC 2123 - World Regional Geography 3 Credit Hour(s)
FRN 1113 - Elementary French I 3 Credit Hour(s) and
FRN 1111 - Elementary French I Laboratory 1 Credit Hour(s)
GRN 1113 - Elementary German I 3 Credit Hour(s) and
GRN 1111 - Elementary German I Laboratory 1 Credit Hour(s)
HIS 2013 - Modern Terrorism 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIS 3713 - Latin-American History 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIS 4433 - Russia & the Soviet Union 3 Credit Hour(s)
JEM 3123 - International Cinema 3 Credit Hour(s)
MAT 3523 - History & Philosophy of Mathematics 3 Credit Hour(s)
MUS 3003 - World Music 3 Credit Hour(s)
MUS 3153 - Music History I
NUR 4303 - Community Nursing: Theory 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHL 1053 - Asian Philosophy 3 Credit Hour(s)
PLS 3223 - Latin-American Politics 3 Credit Hour(s)
PLS 3243 - Politics of Developing Nations 3 Credit Hour(s)
PLS 3413 - International Relations 3 Credit Hour(s)
SPN 1113 - Elementary Spanish I 3 Credit Hour(s) and
SPN 1111 - Elementary Spanish I Laboratory 1 Credit Hour(s)
THE 4033 - Theatre History I 3 Credit Hour(s)

Social Science Menu Options - 3 Credit Hours

COM 3563 - Introduction to Communication Research 3 Credit Hour(s)
EDU 2133 - Human Development and Learning 3 Credit Hour(s)
ESC 2123 - World Regional Geography 3 Credit Hour(s)
PHL 1103 - Foundations of Social Science 3 Credit Hour(s)
PLS 2113 - American Federal Government 3 Credit Hour(s)
PLS 3223 - Latin-American Politics 3 Credit Hour(s)
PLS 3243 - Politics of Developing Nations 3 Credit Hour(s)
PLS 3413 - International Relations 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSY 2133 - General Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)

Required English Courses - 39 Credit Hours

Core English Courses - 9 Credit Hours

ENG 2133 - Foundations of American Literature 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 2173 - Foundations of British Literature 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 4973 - Senior Seminar in Methods of Literary Criticism 3 Credit Hour(s)

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.

A) American Literature

ENG 3413 - Literature of the American Renaissance 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 3423 - American Literary Realism & Naturalism 3 Credit Hour(s)

B) British Literature after 1660

ENG 3743 - Romanticism 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 3753 - Victorian Literature 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 3303 - Readings in the Eighteenth Century 3 Credit Hour(s)

C) British or American Literature after 1900

ENG 3433 - Twentieth Century American Literature 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 3763 - Twentieth Century British Literature 3 Credit Hour(s)

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

ENG 3443 - Literature of American Minorities 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 3773 - Women & Literature 3 Credit Hour(s)

B) Comparative or World Literature

ENG 4153 - Topics in World Literature 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 4533 - Literature & the Arts 3 Credit Hour(s)

C) Literature before 1660

ENG 3713 - Medieval Literature 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 3733 - Renaissance Literature 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 4513 - Shakespeare 3 Credit Hour(s)

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.

A) Major Literary Figure

ENG 4513 - Shakespeare 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 4112 - Topics in Major Literary Figures 2 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 4114 - Topics in Major Literary Figures 4 Credit Hour(s)

B) Genre

ENG 3223 - Contemporary Dramatic Literature 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 3243 - Poetry 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 3263 - Narrative Studies 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 3273 - Forms of the Drama 3 Credit Hour(s)

C) Language and Literary Theory

ENG 3203 - Modern English Grammar 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENG 4543 - Modern Literary Theory 3 Credit Hour(s)

English Electives (3000 or 4000 level) - 12 Credit Hours

Additional required credit hours - 32-33 Credit Hours

This meets the 120 program total and 42 upper level requirement.

Sample Degree Plan

English 2012-2013

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