English Major
English Option - Writing Emphasis
Bachelor of Arts
- General Studies Program Hours = 45
- Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12
- Portal = 3
- Distribution = 27
- Aesthetics minimum = 3
- Humanities minimum = 6
- Social Sciences minimum = 6
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
- Wellness minimum = 0
- Capstone = 3
- BA Language requirement = a minimum of 6
- For specific language requirements see
#2 of Bachelor of Arts Degree requirements.
- Major Option = 36
- Minor or 2nd Major = 24
- For specific requirements see
#3 of Bachelor of Arts Degree requirements. Selecting a minor or second major less than or
greater than 24 hours will alter the number of unrestricted electives.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 111
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 14
- Minimum total hours required for BA in English - Writing Emphasis = 125
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees
must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.
- Requirements (27 hours required)
- Take one course:
- ENG 234GS, Reading and Writing about Literature - 3 hours
- Take 6 hours from the following:
- ENG 336, Ancient Literatures - 3 hours
- ENG 362A, Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature I - 3 hours
- ENG 442, Colonial/Early American Literature - 3 hours
- ENG 462, Early/Middle English Literature - 3 hours
- ENG 463, Seminar in Shakespeare - 3 hours
- ENG 464, Seminar in the Renaissance - 3 hours
- ENG 466, Literature of the English Restoration and Eighteenth Century - 3 hours
- Take 15 hours from the following Writing/Composition courses:
- Take 3 hours from the following Language courses:
- ENG 303, Introduction to Linguistics - 3 hours
- ENG 304, Grammar I - 3 hours
- ENG 404, History of the English Language - 3 hours
- ENG 422, Language for the Elementary Teacher - 3 hours
- Literature Electives (9 hours required)
- Take 9 additional hours from any of the following:
- Honors Courses
- Literature Courses
- ENG 330, European Literature in Translation - 3 hours
- ENG 333, Non-Western Literature in Translation - 3 hours
- ENG 336, Ancient Literatures - 3 hours
- ENG 337, Popular Literature - 3 hours
- ENG 338, Studies in a Literary Genre - 3 hours
- ENG 352A, Survey of U.S. Literature I - 3 hours
- ENG 352B, Survey of U.S. Literature II - 3 hours
- ENG 358, Literature of the American West - 3 hours
- ENG 359, Contemporary American Multicultural Literature - 3 hours
- ENG 360, American Women Writers - 3 hours
- ENG 362A, Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature I - 3 hours
- ENG 362B, Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature II - 3 hours
- ENG 373, Film as Literature - 3 hours
- ENG 374, History of the Motion Picture - 3 hours
- ENG 406, Principles of Literary Criticism - 3 hours
- ENG 425, Children's Literature - 3 hours
- ENG 426, Literature for Adolescents - 3 hours
- ENG 442, Colonial/Early American Literature - 3 hours
- ENG 443, Seminar in the American Renaissance - 3 hours
- ENG 444, Seminar in Realism - 3 hours
- ENG 445, Seminar in Early 20th Century American Literature - 3 hours
- ENG 447, Seminar in Post-World War II American Literature - 3 hours
- ENG 450, Seminar in World Literature - 3 hours
- ENG 460, Topics: Women's Literature - 3 hours
- ENG 462, Early/Middle English Literature - 3 hours
- ENG 463, Seminar in Shakespeare - 3 hours
- ENG 464, Seminar in the Renaissance - 3 hours
- ENG 466, Literature of the English Restoration and Eighteenth Century - 3 hours
- ENG 467, Seminar in Romanticism - 3 hours
- ENG 468, Seminar in Victorian Literature - 3 hours
- ENG 469, Seminar in Modernism - 3 hours
- ENG 474, Postmodern/Contemporary British Literature - 3 hours
- Institutes, Workshops, Special Topics, Independent Studies Courses
- ENG 480, Ft. Kearny Writers' Workshop - 1-3 hours
- ENG 481, Plains Literature Institute - 1-3 hours
- ENG 490, Special Topics - 1-3 hours
- ENG 499, Individual Research - 3 hours
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