Offered by Department of English

English Major

English - 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.

1. 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:
     • ENG 211, Introduction to Creative Writing - 3 hours
     • ENG 214, Beginning Fiction Writing - 3 hours
     • ENG 215, Introduction to Creative Writing for the Stage/Screen - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 101, ENG 102GS)
     • ENG 217, Beginning Poetry Writing - 3 hours
     • ENG 311, Advanced Writing I - 3 hours
     • ENG 320, Creative Play/Script Writing - 3 hours
     • ENG 411, Advanced Writing II - 3 hours
     • ENG 415, Advanced Fiction Writing - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 214; ENG 215 or ENG 217)
     • ENG 419, Advanced Poetry Writing - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 217; ENG 214 or ENG 215)
     • ENG 429, Theory and Pedagogy of Writing - 3 hours
     • ENG 471, Seminar in Rhetoric - 3 hours
   • 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
2. Literature Electives (9 hours required)
   • Take 9 additional hours from any of the following:
     • Honors Courses
       • ENG 235HGS, American Studies - 3 hours
       • ENG 240HGS, Literary Classics of the Western World-Honors - 3 hours
       • ENG 280HGS, Special Topics - 3 hours
     • 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