English Degree Requirements |
| I. AUM Core Curriculum Requirements1 | Hours |
| Area I. Written Composition (ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1020) | 6 |
| Area II. Humanities and Fine Arts | 12 |
Literature Survey Courses (must be taken as a sequence: both parts [I and II] of either American, English, or World Literature) | 6 |
Fine Arts (Art Appreciation or Art History, Music Appreciation, Theatre Appreciation) | 3 |
Humanities (choice of literature, fine arts, religion, philosophy, speech, or foreign language) | 3 |
| Area III. Natural Sciences and Mathematics | 11 |
Science with Laboratory1 | 8 |
Mathematics (Math 1100 or higher) | 3 |
| Area IV. History, Social, and Behavioral Sciences | 12 |
History (must be world or western civilization) | 3 |
Three other courses (choose from history, anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology, sociology, and communication) | 9 |
AUM Core Curriculum Hours | 41 |
| 1Both courses must include laboratory experiences. | |
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| II. Liberal Arts Requirements | |
English as a Field of Study (includes computer literacy) | 3 |
One year of a foreign language | 8 |
History | 3 |
Philosophy or Fine Arts | 3 |
| Philosophy2 | 3 |
| Introduction to Human Communication or Public Speaking or transfer equivalent2 | 3 |
Liberal Arts Core Hours | 23 |
| 2These requirements must be met either in the core curriculum or in addition to those courses. Substitute course should be in English and Philosophy, or approved by an academic advisor. | |
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| III. English Major Requirements | |
| Survey Courses (ENGL 2530 and ENGL 2540; ENGL 2570 and ENGL 2580; ENGL 2600 and ENGL 2610; two of these will be met in the core requirements. Upper-level English courses may be substituted for these survey courses.) | 9 |
| ENGL 3150, ENGL 4260, or ENGL 4270 (Shakespeare options) | 3 |
| ENGL 4050, ENGL 4060, or ENGL 4070 | 3 |
| ENGL 4080 (Literary Criticism) | 3 |
| English Electives (ENGL 3000-and ENGL 4000-level courses) | 18 |
English Major Hours | 36 |
| Note: Students must complete at least FOUR 3000-4000-level courses in historical periods prior to the 20th century. | |
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| IV. Minor Requirements | 12 |
| Note: English majors wishing to minor in a foreign language may fulfill their minor requirement with two 4-hour courses at the second-year level of foreign language study and an appropriate literature-in-translation course. | |
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| V. Electives | 9 |
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Total Required Hours | 121 |