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2017-2018 Catalog

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2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English Program with a Specialization in Linguistics (BA)

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English Department information

Requirements

Thirty-six credits, including at least 18 at or above the 300 level, as follows:

A. Foundation for Analyzing Literature and Language (12 credits)

ENG 200 - Introduction to Linguistics (3)
or
LIN 200 - Introduction to Linguistics (3)
ENG 244 - The Structure of English (3)
or
LIN 244 - The Structure of English (3)
ENG 241 - Introduction to Literary Analysis (3)
LIN 346 - Linguistic Analysis (3)

B. Language Change in English (6 credits)

History of English

ENG 447 - History of the English Language (3).
or
LIN 447 - History of the English Language (3).

Literature Before 1800

One from:

ENG 301 - Medieval Women and Literature (3).
or
WGS 301 - Medieval Women and Literature (3).
ENG 303 - Medieval Literature (3)
ENG 310 - Chaucer and the Fourteenth Century (3)
ENG 312 - The Renaissance (3)
ENG 315 - Topics in Shakespeare (3)
ENG 316 - Shakespeare in Performance (3)
ENG 317 - Writing and Revolution in Seventeenth-Century England (3)
ENG 319 - Milton and Spenser: Radicals Making a Tradition (3)
ENG 326 - Age of Enlightenment (3)
ENG 327 - Age of Sensibility (3)
ENG 329 - The Eighteenth Century British Novel (3)
ENG 330 - The Early Romantic Era (3)
ENG 364 - Early American Literature (3)

C. Language and Society (6 credits)

Language and Variation

One from:

COM 284 - Gender and Communication (3)
or
LIN 284 - Gender and Communication (3)
or
WGS 284 - Gender and Communication (3)
ANT 290 - Language and Culture (3)
or
LIN 290 - Language and Culture (3)
ANT 335 - Language Variation in Society (3)
or
LIN 335 - Language Variation in Society (3)
ENG 341 - Language and Globalization (3).
or
LIN 341 - Language and Globalization (3).
ENG 409 - American English (3).
or
LIN 409 - American English (3).

Ethnic, Global or Women’s Literature

One from:

AFA 206 - Introduction to African Literature (3)
or
CPL 206 - Introduction to African Literature (3)
or
ENG 209 - Introduction to African Literature (3)
ENG 213 - American Ethnic Literature (3)
AFA 215 - Survey of African-American Literature (3)
or
ENG 215 - Survey of African-American Literature (3)
ENG 228 - Women and Literature (3)
or
WGS 228 - Women and Literature (3)
ENG 301 - Medieval Women and Literature (3).
or
WGS 301 - Medieval Women and Literature (3).
ENG 307 - English Travelers in the Middle East & Cross-Cultural Perceptions (3)
or
MES 307 - English Travelers in the Middle East & Cross-Cultural Perceptions (3)
ENG 337 - Topics in Women’s Literature (3)
or
WGS 337 - Topics in Women’s Literature (3)
ENG 374 - Major Themes in American Ethnic Literature (3)
ENG 375 - Modern Native American Literatures (3)

D. Linguistics Electives (6 credits)

Psycholinguistics

One from:

ENG 308 - Language and Human Nature (3).
or
LIN 308 - Language and Human Nature (3).
ENG 351 - Language and the Mind (3)
or
LIN 351 - Language and the Mind (3)
LIN 421 - First Language Acquisition (3).
PSY 333 - Psychology of Language (3)

Additional Elective

One from:

An additional LIN course
TEL 313 - Second Language Acquisition (3).
(TEL 313 may apply toward either the English major or the TESOL certificate, but not both).

E. Writing Elective (3 credits)

One from:

ENG 252 - Advanced Composition (3)
ENG 260 - Writing Creative NonFiction (3)
ENG 296 - Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction, Essay, Poetry, Drama (3)
ENG 298 - Topics in Writing (3).
ENG 305 - Career Preparation in the Liberal Arts (3).
ENG 309 - Playwriting (3).
or
THE 390 - Playwriting (3).
ENG 336 - History and Principles of Rhetoric (3).
COM 338 - Communications in Business (3).
or
ENG 338 - Communications in Business (3).
ENG 340 - Introduction to Composition Theory (3).
ENG 342 - Videogame Studies (3).
ENG 345 - Technical Writing (3).
ENG 354 - Public and Professional Writing (3).
ENG 363 - Seminar in Collaborative Writing Theory and Practice (4).

F. Senior Seminar (3 credits)

ENG 400 - Seminar (3)

G. Individual Writing Portfolio

Completion of an Individual Writing Portfolio. Contact the Department for portfolio guidelines.

H. Additional Requirements

All requirements of the College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Arts degree, including General Education requirements and additional BA distribution requirements.

Minimum Credits For the Degree: 120 credits