English/Communication Major

Requirements total 53 hours. This includes 47 hours of English courses and 6 hours of related courses. Nine hours required in the major meet general education requirements.

English (47 hrs):

 

Genre Courses (6 hrs)

 
      ENG 220        Studies in Poetry
3 hrs
      ENG 222        Studies in Fiction
3 hrs

Core Communication Courses (12 hrs)

 
      COM 120       Survey of Communication Theory
3 hrs
      ENG 240X      Writing for Media I 
3 hrs
      ENG 340X      Writing for Media II
3 hrs
      ENG 440X      Topics in Media Studies
3 hrs

Practical Core (8 hrs minimum)

 
      ENG 243X      Desktop Publishing
2 hrs
      ENG 445X      Internship
3 hrs

3 hrs required from the following (with instructor’s guidance and consent)

 
      ENG 241X      Prepracticum
1 hr
      ENG 242X      Prepracticum
2 hrs
      ENG 441X      Prepracticum
1 hr
      ENG 442X      Practicum
3 hrs

Skill Course (3 hrs)

 

Choose one:

 
      COM 112       Speech
3 hrs
      ENG 210        Business Communication
3 hrs
      ENG 336        Creative Writing
3 hrs

Required Period Courses (6 hrs)

 
      ENG 306        Renaissance Literature
3 hrs
      ENG 310        Romantic Literature
3 hrs

Distributive Period and Author Courses (6 hrs)

 

Choose two:

 
      ENG 230        Survey of Contemporary Critical Theory
3 hrs
      ENG 302        Classical Literature
3 hrs
      ENG 316        Modern European Literature
3 hrs
      ENG 318        American Literature I
3 hrs
      ENG 320        American Literature II
3 hrs
      ENG 350        Topics in Literature
3 hrs
      ENG 406        Shakespeare
3 hrs

Advanced Courses (6 hrs)

 
      ENG 414        History and Structure of English Language
3 hrs
      ENG 420        Capstone Seminar in the British Novel
3 hrs

Related Courses (6 hrs)

 
      COM 204       Mass Communication
3 hrs
      POL 250        American Government
3 hrs

  

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