Undergraduate Bulletin
Document Number 3.05.02

English

Chair: Dr. Ruud, 450-3674
Professors: Dr. Anderson, Dr. Fowler, Dr. Frontain, Dr. Glenn, Dr. Kearns, Dr. Melchior, Dr. Rogers, Dr. Schaefer, Dr. Shumaker, Dr. Stengel
Associate Professors: Dr. Gaughan, Ms. Williams
Assistant Professors: Dr. Arnold, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Lavender

[1] Purposes

The fourfold objective of the Department of English is (1) to improve the abilities of students in understanding, writing, and speaking the English language; (2) to increase students' pleasure in and knowledge of literature as an art form; (3) to enable our students to find meaning in large amounts of information and to give them the skills of synthesis to evaluate, interpret, and use this information to solve problems; and (4) to endow students of literature and language with the ability to work with sympathetic imagination with people from backgrounds and cultures different from their own--that is, to give the English major an understanding of globalization and its implications for the world of work in the twenty-first century.

Courses in literature are varied in such a fashion that general overall views of world literature, British literature, and American literature are presented in addition to period courses, "figure" courses, and genre courses which allow greater in-depth study. Increasingly, our world literature classes and our introduction to fiction, drama, and poetry are taking a global perspective which demonstrates to students the nature of and relationships among cultures across national boundaries. By understanding literary expression as a product of social, historical, and artistic processes, our students see parallels and connections among citizens and artists in societies around the globe.

English majors will have had a strong foundation, both in studies in the English language and in several areas of literature, even though they may have a variety of choices within given categories. Traditionally the English major may qualify to enter graduate school in English or to teach on the secondary level. Increasingly, however, our students pursue careers in foreign service, law, technical communication, advertising, public relations, business management, sales, and higher education/administration.

A number or courses, particularly those on the sophomore level, are specifically designed as general education courses and are intended primarily to acquaint students who major in other fields with such literature as will broaden understanding of the human experience and the potential of their role in an increasingly more interconnected 21st-century world.

[2] The Undergraduate Scholars Program in English

As early as the sophomore year, and no later than the first semester of the junior year, an English major may be invited to participate in the undergraduate scholars program in English. To graduate with honors the following conditions must be met:

Consent of the chair of the Department of English.
Maintenance of a minimum overall 3.25 grade point average and a 3.50 grade point average in the major.
Successful completion of ENGL 4300, the examination for which will be oral and conducted by three members of the English faculty.
An acceptable essay based upon reading done in ENGL 4300 and submitted in the senior year to the professor who directed the reading program.

[3] Baccalaureate Degrees

[3.1] Bachelor of Arts

The degree of Bachelor of Arts, with a major in English, requires successful completion of at least 124 hours, including (1) the general education component, (2) degree requirements, (3) major requirements, and (4) a minor.

[3.1.1] Major in English (37 hours)

Thirty-seven hours of English of which at least 21 must be upper-division. Required: ENGL 2312, 2313, 2316, 2317, 2318, 3105 4335; a genre course, a period course, an author course, and an upper-division language course; two upper-division English electives (6 hours).* (ENGL 4361 is required for teacher licensure.)

[3.1.2] Minor in English (25 hours)

Twenty-five hours of English of which at least 12 must be upper-division. Required: ENGL 2312, 2313, 2316, 2317, 2318, 3105; one upper-division language course; two upper-division English electives (6 hours).* (ENGL 4361 is required for teacher licensure.)

* Note: With the approval of their advisor and the department chair, BA candidates or English minors may present one of the following courses as an upper-division elective: WRTG 3300 Creative Writing, WRTG 3301 Rhetoric and Composition.

[3.2] Bachelor of Science in Education/Bachelor of Arts with Licensure

Thirty-six English of which at least 24 must be upper division. Required: ENGL 2312, 2313, 2316, 2317, 2318, 4361, a genre course, a period course, a figure course, a language course* (ENGL 3335 recommended), and two upper division English electives**.

* No more than one language course may be presented for degree credit in addition to the one used to fulfill the Language Course requirement.

** BSE/BA Licensure candidates may present one of the following courses in Writing to fulfill an upper-division elective in English: WRTG 3310 Rhetoric and Composition, WRTG 4305 Contemporary Composition: Theory and Application, WRTG 4330 Linguistics for Educators, WRTG 4340 Teaching Creative Writing: History, Theory, and Practice.

BSE and BA students seeking licensure in English must apply to the Office of Candidate Services and Field Experience and meet established criteria for admission to the teacher education program. Once admitted, students must take the following courses (use these links for EDUC courses and MSIT courses):

ENGL 4350 Internship I
ENGL 4358 Methods of Teaching English and Composition
ENGL 4680 Internship II
ENGL 4681 Internship II
MSIT 3310 Learning & Development
MSIT 4305 Classroom and Behavior Management
MSIT 4325 Literacy Development in the Content Areas
MSIT 4320 Integrated Curriculum, Planning, and Assessment
EDUC 3309 Families, Schools, and Community Partners
EDUC 3320 Introductory Strategies for Students with Diverse Learning Needs

[4] Master's Degree

See Graduate Bulletin.

[5] Courses in English (ENGL)

Follow this link for ENGL course descriptions: course link.