English (B.A.)

Requirements
Honors Program

Requirements for the major

The requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts with a major in English are as follows:

I. Departmental requirements

Thirty-nine (39) credit hours in the Department of English, including at least 18 upper-division credit hours. Specific requirements are as follows:

A. Three of the following introductory courses (9 credit hours):

Course ID	Course Title
ENGL-1311	The Beginnings of British Literature
ENGL-1312	British Literature from the French Revolution to the Present
ENGL-1313	The Beginnings of American Literature
ENGL-1314	American Literature: Twentieth Century and Beyond
ENGL-1315	World Literature
ENGL-1316	African American Literature
ENGL-2308	The Literary Imagination

B. Literary Methods (3 credit hours)

Course ID	Course Title
ENGL-2311	Literary Methods

C. Literature Before 1800 (6-8 credit hours):

At least two (2) upper-division courses covering literary periods before 1800; Courses pre-1800 include: ENGL-3161, ENGL-3456, ENGL-3457, ENGL-3460, ENGL-3470, ENGL-4401, ENGL-4402, ENGL-4403, ENGL-4404, ENGL-4419, ENGL-4420, ENGL-4421, ENGL-4460.

D. Literature After 1800 (6-8 credit hours):

At least two (2) upper-division courses covering literary periods after 1800; Courses post-1800 include: ENGL-3427, ENGL-3429, ENGL-3466, ENGL-3471, ENGL-3472, ENGL-3475, ENGL-3480, ENGL-3481, ENGL-3484, ENGL-4422, ENGL-4423, ENGL-4425, ENGL-4427.

E. Electives (9-12 credit hours):

At least three (3) additional elective ENGL courses, two (2) of which must be upper-division courses. Acceptable lower-division ENGL elective courses include the following: ENGL-1311, ENGL-1312, ENGL-1313, ENGL-1314, ENGL-1315, ENGL-2308, ENGL-2401, ENGL-2402, ENGL-2403. No more than one (1) of the three (3) elective courses maybe in creative writing.

II. University requirements

Completion of all other required elements of the Pathways curriculum and at least 120 credit hours.

Requirements

The senior thesis may be either an in depth and original piece of creative writing or an analytical argument of approximately 40 pages. The 6-hour thesis program (ENGL-4398 and ENGL-4399) may be undertaken by any English major with the consent of an appropriate instructor, and it is required of all students wishing to graduate with departmental Honors.

A student wishing to graduate with Honors in English must complete all of the following:

Maintain an overall grade point average of at least 3.33.
Maintain a grade point average of at least 3.7 in English.
Enroll in ENGL-4398 (in the first semester of the senior year) and ENGL-4399 (in the second semester of the senior year) with an appropriate faculty member who has approved the student’s project and has agreed to serve as the student’s thesis adviser.
Submit a proposal for the thesis to the thesis adviser in the semester in which the student is enrolled in ENGL-4398.
Include a significant scholarly component to the thesis, including a creative thesis.
Complete ENGL-4398 and ENGL-4399 with a grade of “A.”
Declare his or her intention to be considered for Honors by requesting approval from the chair of the department, with prior approval from the thesis adviser.
Submit a completed draft of the senior thesis to the thesis adviser and to a second faculty reader.
Submit the completed senior thesis to the departmental Honors committee, with the consent of the thesis adviser.
Make an 10-15 minute oral presentation of the senior thesis to the honors committee. The presentation will be followed by discussion with the honors committee concerning both conception and execution of the thesis.