Foreign Language (8 Hours)

Speech (3 Hours)

• COMM 1103 - Public Speaking/Human Comm

Philosophy (3 Hours)

• PHIL 1105 - Rhetoric and Reasoning OR
• PHIL 2200 - Introduction to Philosophy

Introduction to Literature (3 Hours)

• ENGL 2200 - Introduction to Literature

Linguistics (6 Hours)

• LING 3360 - Language and Linguistics AND
• LING 3362 - Patterns of English

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• LING 3365 - History of the English Language
• LING 4452 - Language Acquisition

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• LING 4455 - English Language in Society OR
• LING 4490 - Seminar in Linguistics

Survey of Literature (12 Hours)

• ENGL 2211 - Survey of English Literature 1
• ENGL 2212 - Survey of English Literature 2
• ENGL 2251 - Survey of American Literature 1
• ENGL 2252 - Survey of American Literature 2

Contemporary Literature (3 Hours)

• ENGL 3322 - Modern English Drama
• ENGL 3340 - Literature of the Americas
• ENGL 3360 - Contemp British/Amer Literature
• ENGL 3373 - Modern and Contemporary American Poetry
• ENGL 4471 - 20th Century American Literature

World Literature (3 Hours)

• ENGL 2247 - World Literature

Shakespeare (3 Hours)

• ENGL 3301 - Shakespeare 1 OR
• ENGL 3302 - Shakespeare 2

Theory and Practice in Composition (3 Hours)

• ENGL 3315 - Theory/Practice in Composition

British Literature Before 1800 (3 Hours)

• ENGL 3311 - Major Engl Authors (Before 1800)
• ENGL 4410 - Chaucer/Lit of the Middle Ages
• ENGL 4411 - Renaissance Literature
• ENGL 4421 - 17th Century Literature

• and other suitable courses
   

British Literature After 1800 (3 Hours)

• ENGL 3312 - Major Engl Authors (After 1800)
• ENGL 3321 - The English Novel
• ENGL 3322 - Modern English Drama
• ENGL 4441 - The Romantics
• ENGL 4446 - The Victorians

• and other suitable courses
   

American Literature (3 Hours)

• ENGL 3343 - African American Literature
• ENGL 3344 - Literature of Appalachia
• ENGL 3346 - American Regional Literature
• ENGL 3349 - Native American Literature
• ENGL 3351 - Major American Authors
• ENGL 3371 - The American Novel
• ENGL 4461 - 19th Century American Literature
• ENGL 4471 - 20th Century American Literature

• and other suitable courses  

Literature as Social Perspective (3 Hours)

• ENGL 2205 - Introduction to Women’s Studies
• ENGL 3340 - Literature of the Americas
• ENGL 3341 - Lit of Initiation/Experience
• ENGL 3342 - Women in Literature
• ENGL 3343 - African American Literature
• ENGL 3344 - Literature of Appalachia
• ENGL 3346 - American Regional Literature
• ENGL 3349 - Native American Literature
• ENGL 3352 - Women’s Narratives

Fundamentals of Criticism (3 Hours)

• ENGL 3381 - Fundamentals of Theory and Criticism

Humanities Electives (9 Hours)

(Courses must be taken in at least two areas with three hours at the 3000 level or higher. Courses should be selected from the following areas: Art History, History, Music History, Foreign Language, Philosophy, Creative Writing, and Linguistics.)