May 26, 2025

2011-2012 Catalog

2011-2012 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English - Creative Writing, BA

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Students who enter the College fall semester 2011 or later must fulfill Rhetorica Program requirements for graduation. Click here to view the Rhetorica Program and requirement information .

Creative Writing Track

Area I

Essential Skills (12 semester hours)

ENGL 1101 - Composition I 3 hours
ENGL 1102 - Composition and Literature 3 hours
MATH 1101 - College Algebra 3 hours or
MATH 1110 - Math Modeling 3 hours
COMM 1000 - Introduction to Human Communication 3 hours or
COMM 1100 - Introduction to Public Speaking 3 hours

Area II

Humanities/Fine Arts (18 semester hours)

Foreign Language Sequence 6 hours

Area III

Science and Technology (14-15 semester hours)

Select two lab science courses 8 hours
Select one
Math/Science elective
3-4 hours
CSCI 1100 - Introduction to Personal Computing 3 hours ¹

Area IV

Social Sciences (12 semester hours)

POLI 1100 - American Government 3 hours
Select One
Social Science Elective
3 hours

Select Two History Courses

HIST 1111 - Survey of Civilization I 3 hours
HIST 1112 - Survey of Civilization II 3 hours
HIST 2111 - American History I 3 hours
HIST 2112 - American History II 3 hours

Area V

Courses Related to the Program of Study (37 semester hours)

ENGL 4990 - Senior Presentation 1 hour

Select One Course Not Taken in Area II

ENGL 2110 - Survey of British Literature to 1700 3 hours
ENGL 2120 - Survey of British Literature since 1700 3 hours
ENGL 2210 - American Literature to 1865 3 hours
ENGL 2220 - American Literature since 1865 3 hours
ENGL 2310 - World Literature through Renaissance 3 hours
ENGL 2320 - World Literature Since the Enlightenment 3 hours

Select Three Creative Writing Courses (repeatable with professor’s permission)

ENGL 2601 - Creative Writing across the Genres 3 hours
ENGL 3601 - Creative Writing in Prose 3 hours
ENGL 3602 - Creative Writing in Poetry 3 hours
ENGL 3603 - Creative Writing in Drama 3 hours

Select One British Literature Course

ENGL 3002 - Chaucer and Medieval British Literature 3 hours
ENGL 3004 - Spencer and Sixteenth-Century Brit Lit 3 hours
ENGL 3006 - Shakespeare 3 hours
ENGL 3008 - Milton and Seventeenth Century Brit Lit 3 hours
ENGL 3101 - Brit Lit of Restoration and 18th Century 3 hours
ENGL 3102 - British Romanticism 3 hours
ENGL 3104 - Victorian Poetry and Prose 3 hours
ENGL 3105 - 19th Century British Novel 3 hours
ENGL 3107 - The Irish Revival 3 hours
ENGL 3109 - Twentieth-Century British Literature 3 hours

Select One American Literature Course

ENGL 3202 - American Romanticism 3 hours
ENGL 3204 - American Realism and Naturalism 3 hours
ENGL 3206 - American Modernism and Post-Modernism 3 hours
ENGL 3208 - American Ethnic Literatures 3 hours

Select One World Literature Course

ENGL 3308 - Postcolonial Literature 3 hours
ENGL 3401 - History of the English Language 3 hours
ENGL 3405 - Women in Literature 3 hours
ENGL 3501 - Studies in Modern Literature 3 hours
ENGL 3503 - Contemporary Literature 3 hours
ENGL 3505 - Intro to Literary Criticism and Theory 3 hours

Select Two (repeatable with professor’s permission)

ENGL 4101 - Seminar: Special Topics in Brit Lit 3 hours
ENGL 4201 - Seminar: Special Topics in American Lit 3 hours
ENGL 4301 - Seminar: Special Topics in World Lit 3 hours

Select three additional 3000-4000 level English courses 9 hours

Additional Requirements (26-27 semester hours)

General Electives 24-25 hours
Physical Education 2 hours ²

Total Hours for Graduation: 120

Note:

¹ Computer proficiency may be demonstrated through examination

² Physical Education courses may not be used as general electives