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Bachelor of Arts in English, Language and Literature Track

The Bachelor of Arts in English with a language and literature concentration is designed for those students who want to focus on world, British, and American literature, in preparation for advanced study of literature as well as other professional careers.

Bachelor of Arts in English, Language and Literature Track
General Education Courses		Semester Hours
ACAD 101	Principles of the Learning Academy	1
Critical Skills
Writing and Critical Thinking
WRIT 101	Composition	3
CRTW 201	Critical Reading, Thinking, & Writing	3
Quantitative Skills
MATH 105 or 150 or 151 or 201		3
Logic/Language/ Semiotics
Foreign Language	at the 201 level	3†
	See approved list	3
Oral Communication	May be met by another req; see approved list	0-3
Technology	May be met by major; see approved list	0-3
Skills for a Common Experience and Thinking Across Disciplines
HMXP 102	The Human Experience: Who Am I?	3
Global Perspectives	Met in major	0
Historical Perspectives	Met in major	0
Developing Critical Skills Applying them to Disciplines
Natural Science	See approved list; one must be a lab science	7
Social Science	See approved list. Must include 2 designators	6
Humanities and Arts	6 hours met in major; remaining 3 from another
	designator; may be met by HIST requirement	0-3
Intensive Writing	Met in major with ENGL 300	0
Constitution Requirement	See approved list; may be met through other req	0-3
Requirements in Major	(One ENGL course at the 500 level is required.)	42
ENGL 203	Survey of British Literature	3

ENGL 208	Foundations of World Literature	3

ENGL 211	Survey of American Literature	3

ENGL 300	Approaches to Literature	3

ENGL 305	Shakespeare	3

ENGL 491	Departmental Seminar	0

ENGL 303 (or 530) or	Grammar	3

ENGL 507	Development of Modern English	3

ENGL electives above 299		9
Choose one course from the following:		3
ENGL 312	African American Literature	3

ENGL 323	The Nineteenth-Century American Novel	3

ENGL 324	The Twentieth-Century American Novel	3

ENGL 504	Modern American Poetry	3

ENGL 515	20th-Century Southern Literature	3

ENGL 529	20th-Century American Fiction and Drama	3

Choose one course from the following:		3
ENGL 319	The British Novel	3

ENGL 501	Modern British Poetry	3

ENGL 503	Major Victorian Writers	3

ENGL 511	Chaucer	3

ENGL 512	Middle English Literature (excluding Chaucer)	3

ENGL 513	Milton	3

ENGL 514	Elizabethan Literature	3

ENGL 520	17th-Century English Literature (exclusive of Milton)	3

ENGL 521	Restoration and 18th-Century English Literature	3

ENGL 525	Studies in Irish Literature	3

ENGL 527	English Romantic Poetry and Prose	3

Choose two courses from the following:		6
WRIT 300	Rhetorical Theory	3

WRIT 350	Introduction to Composition Theory and Pedagogy	3

WRIT 351	Advanced Non-Fiction Writing Workshop	3

WRIT 465	Preparation of Oral and Written Reports	3

WRIT 500	The Theory and Practice of Tutoring Writers	3

WRIT 501	Writing for New Media	3

WRIT 510	Topics in Writing and Rhetoric	3

ENGL electives, 6 hours of which must be above 299 and ENGE 519		12

Foreign Language Requirement		0-4
Minor		15-24
General Electives		5-33
Total		124

†This requirement may be met by a satisfactory score on a recognized examination or by passing any foreign language course numbered 201 or any course with 201 as a prerequisite. A maximum of one course may be applied to the Logic/Language/Semiotics Area.

The student must complete a minimum of 12 semester hours of ENGL courses in residence at Winthrop University.

For additional degree requirements, please visit the Degree Requirements page.

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