UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM:
Major in English

The Department of English is excited to announce a new curriculum for all majors (described below). This new curriculum will go into effect Fall 2007. All students who currently have degree plans filed with the Department of English will continue to follow those plans or will have the opportunity to revise their degree plans to reflect the new curriculum and its requirements. All students (including transfer students) who file a degree plan this academic year (before September 1, 2007) will have the opportunity to follow the curriculum currently in effect or the new one described below. Students should meet with an advisor to discuss the options and ask any further questions.

The Current Curriculum
The current Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English requires 36 semester hours of English, of which 24 must be advanced.
Required courses: ENG 3319, ENG 3312 or ENG 3313, ENG 3331 or ENG 3332, and ENG 4305.

The New Current Curriculum (in effect Fall 2007)
The new Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English (officially in effect Fall 2007) requires 39 semester hours of English, of which 36 must be advanced. The (3) of those hours will be satisfied by the Core requirement that all students take a English 23xx course of their choosing.

Required courses come from the following areas:
Area A: Sophomore Literature (Survey Courses)--3 credits to be chosen from the following:
ENG 2300, 2303, 2305, 2307, 2308, 2313, 2387, 2388

Area B: Literature Survey--6credits to be chosen from the following:
ENG 3312, 3313, 3331, 3332

Area C: Period/Genre/Theme/Single Author Courses--3 credits to be chosen from the following:
ENG 3301, 3304, 3305, 3306, 3307, 3309, 3310, 3311, 3314, 3317, 3322, 3324, 3325, 4301, 4309, 4310, 4312, 4319

Area D: World/Multicultural Literature--3 credits to be chosen from the following:
ENG 3321, 3323, 3342, 3343, 3350, 4316

Area E: Writing--6 credits to be chosen from the following:
ENG 3326, 3333, 3334, 3336, 3337, 3338, 4325

Area F: English Language/Linguistics--3 credits to be chosen from the following:
ENG 3300, 3319, 3330

Area G: Literary or Rhetorical Theory Survey--3 credits to be chosen from the following:
ENG 4305, 4324

Area H: Electives--12 credits to be chosen from 3000 and 4000-level courses (3320 may be repeated for elective credit when the topic varies)

Students may also opt to take an additional 9-12 hours to get an "emphasis" in one of the following areas:

• Literature
• Writing and Discourse Studies
• Creative Writing
• Linguistics and Language
• Applied Linguistics
• Cultural Studies
• Border Studies

Students may consider the offerings below in order to develop an individual degree plan in consultation with an advisor from the English department. (View Course Descriptions for more information about individual courses.)

Offerings in Literature
ENG 2300, 2303, 2305, 2307, 2308 (when special topic is literary), 2313, 2387, 2388, 3301, 3304, 3305, 3306, 3307, 3309, 3310, 3312, 3313, 3317, 3320 (when topic is literary), 3322, 3324, 3331, 3332, 3350, 4301, 4306, 4309, 4310, 4312, 4316, 4318, 4319

Offerings in Literary Theory
ENG 4305, 4306

Offerings in Writing and Discourse Studies
ENG 1301, 1302, 1310, 1320, 1387, 1406, 2308 (when special topic is writing), 2309, 3320 (when special topic is writing), 3326, 3338, 4307, 4322, 4323, 4324, 4330, 4325

Offerings in Creative Writing
ENG 3336, 3337, 4336, 4337, 4340

Offerings in Linguistics and Language
ENG 3300, 3319, 3320 (when topic is linguistic), 3321, 3330, 4302, 4308, 4314, 4326, 4330, 4331

Offerings in Applied Linguistics
ENG 3321, 4326, 4328

Offerings in Cultural Studies
ENG 4304, 4306, 4307

Offerings in Border Studies
ENG 4319, 4320, 4331

Offerings in English as a Second Language
ENG 3319*, 3321*, 4326, 4328*, 4329, 4330, 4331.
*Denotes courses which (in addition to EDBE 3324) are required by the State of Texas for ESL endorsement. Students getting this endorsement must have a 2.25 GPA in the required four courses.

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