English (B.A.)

Bulletin/Catalog Year 2017-2018

College of Arts and Letters

Languages and Literature

Location: Harned Hall, 115
Phone: (931) 221-7891
Website: www.apsu.edu/langlit/

Description of Major

The English major, leading to the B.A. or B.S. degrees, provides the foundation for a variety of careers. In addition to training students for positions that call primarily for language skills, the English major is a fine preparation for any work where the ability to think independently and creatively is valued.

General Education Core

	Credit Hours
see Common Core	41
University-Wide Freshman Seminar Requirement	1
Foreign Language	6

Major Core Requirements

Total Hours 36

Lower Division Courses

ENGL 1100 - Technical and Report Writing 3

Total Hours 3

Upper Division Courses

ENGL 3010 - Studies in American Literature I 3
ENGL 3020 - Studies in American Literature II 3
ENGL 3100 - Studies in British Literature I 3
ENGL 3130 - Studies in British Literature II 3
ENGL 3150 - Shakespeare 3
Select one (1) course from the list below
ENGL 3200 - Expository Writing 3
ENGL 3210 - Writing Fiction 3
ENGL 3220 - Writing Poetry 3
ENGL 3230 - Writing Creative Non-Fiction 3
ENGL 3500 - Advanced Technical Writing 3
ENGL 3510 - Technical Report Writing 3
ENGL 3600 - Professional Writing and Editing 3
ENGL 3700 - Business Writing 3
ENGL 4230 - Workshop, Creative Non-Fiction 3
Select one (1) course from the list below
LING 4010 - History of the English Language 3
LING 4020 - History of American English 3
LING 4040 - How Language Works 3
LING 4050 - English Grammar and Usage 3
LING 4060 - Survey of Early Germanic Languages 3

Total Hours 21

Major Electives

Diversity Electives

Select one (1) course from the list below
ENGL 340D - Mythology and Folklore 3
ENGL 340F - Women Writers: Topics in Women Literature 3
ENGL 340G - Critical Studies: African American Literature 3
ENGL 340H - African Writers 3
ENGL 340M - U.S. Latino/a Literatures 3
ENGL 340N - LGBTQ Literature Across Cultures 3
ENGL 340P - Topics in World Literature 3
ENGL 340R - Century’s End: Race and Gender at the Turn of the Twentieth Century 3
ENGL 340W - Critical Studies in Women’s Literature 3
Other Major Electives

Select three (3) courses from the list below excluding ENGL 3310, 3320, 3420, 4400
ENGL 3200 - Expository Writing 3
ENGL 3210 - Writing Fiction 3
ENGL 3220 - Writing Poetry 3
ENGL 340B - Native American Literature 3
ENGL 340C - Modern Southern Fiction 3
ENGL 340J - Shakespeare on Film and Stage 3
ENGL 340L - Early American Literature 3
ENGL 340S - Literature of the English Bible 3
ENGL 3500 - Advanced Technical Writing 3
ENGL 3510 - Technical Report Writing 3
ENGL 3600 - Professional Writing and Editing 3
ENGL 360A - American Drama 3
ENGL 360B - American Short Story 3
ENGL 360C - English Drama 1580-1780 3
ENGL 360D - Literary Criticism 3
ENGL 360E - Modern Drama 3
ENGL 360F - Modern Fiction 3
ENGL 360G - Modern Poetry 3
ENGL 360H - Literature and Film Across Cultures 3
ENGL 3700 - Business Writing 3
ENGL 370A - 17th Century British Prose and Poet 3
ENGL 4230 - Workshop, Creative Non-Fiction 3
ENGL 460A - Major Medieval Writers 3
ENGL 460B - Major Renaissance Writers 3
ENGL 460C - Major 18th Century Writers 3
ENGL 460D - Major Romantic Writers 3
ENGL 460E - Major Victorian Writers 3
ENGL 460F - Major American Writers I 3
ENGL 460G - Major American Writers II 3
ENGL 460H - Major Modern British Writers 3
ENGL 4600 - Topics in Literature and Language 3
ENGL 4650 - Independent Study in Language or Literature 3
LING 4010 - History of the English Language 3
LING 4020 - History of American English 3
LING 4050 - English Grammar and Usage 3
LING 4060 - Survey of Early Germanic Languages 3
LING 4040 - How Language Works 3

Total Hours 12

Minor

A minor is required for this degree path but there is not a required/specific minor.