Freshman | |||
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First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
(Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1301]) | 3 | or (Communication Component Code 010 [TCCN ENGL 1302]) | 3 |
Mathematics Component Code 020 | 3 | Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 |
Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 | American History Component Code 060 | 3 |
Modern Language 1410 | 4 | Government/Political Science Component Code 070 | 3 |
1 | Modern Language 1420 | 4 | |
14 | 16 | ||
Sophomore | |||
First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 030 | 3 | Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 | 3 |
ENG Literature (Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component 040) | 3 | ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094) | 3 |
Creative Arts Component Code 050 [HUMA 1315] | 3 | 3 | |
American History Component Code 060 | 3 | Modern Language 2320 | 3 |
Modern Language 2310 | 3 | Minor | 3 |
15 | 15 | ||
Junior | |||
First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
Component Area Option 090 | 3 | or | 3 |
3 | ENG Advanced Group Elective | 3 | |
ENG Advanced Group Elective | 3 | Minor | 3 |
Minor | 3 | Electives (as needed) | 6 |
Elective (as needed) | 3 | ||
15 | 15 | ||
Senior | |||
First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
ENG Advanced Group Electives | 6 | BA Science, Math, Computer Science, or Logic | 3 |
Minor | 3 | or | 3 |
Electives (as needed) | 6 | Minor | 6 |
Elective (as needed) | 3 | ||
15 | 15 | ||
Total Hours: 120 |
Students who earn a grade of “B” or higher in the first sophomore course may elect to take an advanced literature course in lieu of the second sophomore course. No more than six hours of sophomore literature may count toward the major.
ENG 3301 is required, and students should take it immediately after completing the sophomore literature requirement.
An ENG Literature course may be selected from the following: ENG 2310 (TCCN ENGL 2322), ENG 2320 (TCCN ENGL 2323), ENG 2330 (TCCN ENGL 2332), ENG 2340 (TCCN ENGL 2333), ENG 2359 (TCCN ENGL 2327), ENG 2360 (TCCN ENGL 2328), ENG 2371
Students are required to take ENG 3301 , preferably immediately after completing the sophomore literature requirement. Students must also take two courses focusing on early literature at either the sophomore or advanced level. In addition to ENG 3301 , students must complete seven advanced courses. Students must take at least one advanced course from three of the four non-writing groups listed below (A, B, C, or D), and three specified courses from Group E: ENG 3315 and either ENG 3348 and ENG 4348 (fiction track) or ENG 3349 and ENG 4349 (poetry track). They also select one three-hour elective from any group. One of the advanced courses must focus on the works of a single author and is recommended to be taken at the end of the major.
Code | Title | Hours |
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EARLY LITERATURE COURSES | ||
British Literature before 1785 | 3 | |
World Literature before 1600 | 3 | |
US Literature before 1865 | 3 | |
Early Global Drama in English | 3 | |
Early US Literature | 3 | |
Global Medieval Literature | 3 | |
Early Medieval Literature of the British Isles | 3 | |
Medieval English Literature | 3 | |
British Poetry and Prose of the Sixteenth Century | 3 | |
Shakespeare | 3 | |
British Poetry and Prose of the Seventeenth Century | 3 | |
British Literature, 1688-1750 | 3 | |
British Literature, 1750-1800 | 3 | |
Women Writers of the Middle Ages | 3 | |
US Romanticism | 3 | |
Chaucer and His Time | 3 | |
The Later Shakespeare | 3 | |
Milton | 3 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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SINGLE AUTHOR COURSES | ||
Shakespeare | 3 | |
Approaches to a British Author | 3 | |
Approaches to a US Author | 3 | |
Approaches to a Global Author | 3 | |
Chaucer and His Time | 3 | |
The Later Shakespeare | 3 | |
Milton | 3 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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GROUP A—BRITISH LITERATURE | ||
Early Medieval Literature of the British Isles | 3 | |
Medieval English Literature | 3 | |
British Poetry and Prose of the Sixteenth Century | 3 | |
Shakespeare | 3 | |
British Poetry and Prose of the Seventeenth Century | 3 | |
British Literature, 1688-1750 | 3 | |
British Literature, 1750-1800 | 3 | |
The British Romantics | 3 | |
Victorian Literature | 3 | |
The British Novel | 3 | |
Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century British Literature | 3 | |
Approaches to a British Author | 3 | |
Chaucer and His Time | 3 | |
The Later Shakespeare | 3 | |
Milton | 3 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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GROUP B—US LITERATURE | ||
US Drama on Film | 3 | |
Black Literature | 3 | |
Early US Literature | 3 | |
US Literature, 1865-1945 | 3 | |
US Literature, 1945 to the Present | 3 | |
The American Novel | 3 | |
Chicana/o/x Narrative and Social History | 3 | |
Southwestern Studies I: Defining the Region | 3 | |
Southwestern Studies II: Consequences of Region | 3 | |
American Poetry | 3 | |
Literature of the Southwest | 3 | |
US Romanticism | 3 | |
Approaches to a US Author | 3 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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GROUP C—GLOBAL LITERATURES | ||
The European Novel | 3 | |
Literature in Translation | 3 | |
Early Global Drama in English | 3 | |
Modern Global Drama in English | 3 | |
Studies in Mythology | 3 | |
Studies in Global Literature | 3 | |
Global Medieval Literature | 3 | |
Children's Literature | 3 | |
Adolescent Literature | 3 | |
Women's Writing | 3 | |
Women Writers of the Middle Ages | 3 | |
Postcolonial Literatures | 3 | |
Approaches to a Global Author | 3 | |
Advanced Studies in Children's or Adolescent Literature | 3 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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GROUP D—MEDIA, GENRE, AND VISUAL STUDIES | ||
Film and Video Theory and Production | 3 | |
Introduction to the Study of Film | 3 | |
Advanced Topics in Film | 3 | |
The Southwest in Film | 3 | |
Film Adaptation Studies | 3 | |
Studies in Theory and Criticism | 3 | |
The Short Story | 3 | |
Modern Poetry | 3 | |
US Drama on Film | 3 | |
Special Topics in Language and Literature | 3 | |
The Interdisciplinary Approach to Literature | 3 | |
Queer and Trans Texts | 3 | |
Race and Ethnicity in Texts | 3 | |
Gender and Sexualities in Texts | 3 | |
Independent Study in Language and Literature | 3 | |
Modern English Syntax | 3 | |
Studies in Autobiography and Biography | 3 | |
Senior Seminar in Film | 3 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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GROUP E—WRITING STUDIES AND PRACTICE | ||
Technical Writing | 3 | |
Professional Writing | 3 | |
Life Writing | 3 | |
Writing for Film | 3 | |
Practices in Writing and Rhetoric | 3 | |
Internship in English Studies | 3 | |
Scientific Writing | 3 | |
Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 | |
Approaches to Writing and Rhetoric | 3 | |
The Development of English | 3 | |
Editing | 3 | |
Creative Writing: Fiction | 3 | |
Creative Writing: Poetry | 3 | |
Teaching English Language Arts in the Secondary Classroom | 3 | |
Modern English Syntax | 3 | |
Senior Seminar in Fiction Writing | 3 | |
Senior Seminar in Poetry Writing | 3 |
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