University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Department of English:

English Major - Bachelor of Arts

FAH BA 3303
General Studies = 45
BA Language requirement = a minimum of 5
The BA requires completion of two intermediate or advanced courses in a single modern language. Students coming to campus having met the 1997- admission requirements will typically have a 5-6 hour requirement. Students without two years of high school language study will typically take 10 hours of first year language before completing this requirement.
Major = 39
Minor or 2nd Major = 24
Minors are 24 hours; 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as 18 required hours. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.
Minimum total hours required coursework = 113
Unrestricted elective in 125 hour program = 12

Minimum total hours required for BA in English Major = 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.

A. Literature Requirements
Take a minimum of 12 hours from:
ENG 260, Images of Women in Literature - 3 hours
ENG 280H, Special Topics: Honors - 3 hours
ENG 334, Studies in the Novel - 3 hours
ENG 335, Studies in the Short Story - 3 hours
ENG 336, Bible as Literature - 3 hours
ENG 337, Popular Literature - 3 hours
ENG 352A, Survey of U.S. Literature I - 3 hours
ENG 352B, Survey of U.S. Literature II - 3 hours
ENG 353, Colonial/Early American Literature - 3 hours
ENG 354, Literature of the American Renaissance - 3 hours
ENG 355, American Literary Realism - 3 hours
ENG 356, Early 20th Century American Literature: 1900-1945 - 3 hours
ENG 357, Post-World War II American Literature: 1945-present - 3 hours
ENG 358, Literature of the American West - 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 363, Early/Middle English Literature - 3 hours
ENG 364, Shakespeare - 3 hours
ENG 365, Literature of the English Renaissance - 3 hours
ENG 366, Literature of the English Restoration and Eighteenth Century - 3 hours
ENG 367, Literature of the English Romantic Period - 3 hours
ENG 368, British and Commonwealth Victorian Literature - 3 hours
ENG 369, Modern British and Commonwealth Literature - 3 hours
ENG 370, Post-modern British and Commonwealth Literature: 1950-present - 3 hours
ENG 426., Literature for Adolescents - 3 hours

B. Writing Requirements (9 hours required)
Take:
ENG 234., Reading and Writing about Literature - 3 hours
Take 0 to 3 hours from:
ENG 212, Writing in the Disciplines (A, B, C, D options) - 3 hours
ENG 311, Advanced Writing I: Writing Processes - 3 hours
ENG 312, Writing in the Professions - 3 hours
ENG 411, Advanced Writing II: Writing as a Social Act - 3 hours
Take 3 to 6 hours from:
ENG 314, Beginning Fiction Writing - 3 hours
ENG 415, Advanced Fiction Writing - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 314)
ENG 317, Beginning Poetry Writing - 3 hours
ENG 419, Advanced Poetry Writing - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 317)
ENG 320., Creative Play/Script Writing - 3 hours

C. Language Requirements
Take 6 hours from:
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

D. Theory & Pedagogy Requirements
Take 3 hours from:
ENG 406, Principles of Literary Criticism - 3 hours
ENG 423, Reading Problems of Secondary Schools - 3 hours
ENG 424, Teaching Secondary School English - 3 hours (prereq: 15 hours of English beyond the freshman level)
ENG 427., Multimedia Communication - 3 hours

E. Senior Seminars
Take 3 hours from:
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, Seminar in Chaucer - 3 hours
ENG 463, Seminar in Shakespeare - 3 hours
ENG 464, Seminar in the Renaissance - 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 471., Seminar in Rhetoric - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 102GS and an upper division writing course, or permission of instructor)

F. English Electives
Take 6 hours from:
ENG 260-499

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