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BA-ENGL - Bachelor of Arts in English

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General Education

 

Semester Hours

ACAD 101

Principles of the Learning Academy

1

Shared Skills and Proficiencies

 

 

Writing and Critical Thinking

 

 

WRIT 101

Composition

3

HMXP 102     

Human Experience

3

CRTW 201

Critical Reading, Thinking & Writing

3

Oral Communication

See approved list; may be met in major or other gen ed requirement

0-3

Technology

See approved list; may be met in major or other gen ed requirement

0-3

Intensive Writing

May be met in the major

0-3

Constitution Requirement

See approved list; may be met with another requirement

0-3

Physical Activity

See approved list;

1

Thinking Critically Across Disciplines*

 

 

Global Perspectives

See approved list; could be met in major

0-3

Historical Perspectives

See approved list; could be met in major

0-3

Introducing Students to Broad Disciplinary Perspectives*

 

Social Science

See approved list; must include 2 designators

6

Humanities and Arts

See approved list; must include 2 designators; could be partially met in major

3-6

Quantitative Skills and Natural Science

(3 courses)

9-12

    Quantitative Skills

See approved list

(3-8)

Natural Science

See approved list; must include one lab science.  If 2 courses taken, must be in two
different groups:  Life, Physical, Earth

(3-8)

Subtotal

 

32-53

*No more than two courses in the major may count toward requirements in these areas

 

Requirements in Major

 

36

   Foundations:

 

 

ENGL 203, 208, or 211

Major British Authors, Foundations of World Lit, Major American Authors

3

ENGL 291

Introduction to the English Major

3

 

 

 

   Frameworks:

 

 

ENGL 300, WRIT 300, 350, 502, or 503

Approaches to Literature, Rhetorical Theory, Intro to Comp Theory & Pedagogy, Digital English Studies, Creative Writing Theory

3

 

   Strategic, Creative and Critical Communication:

 

 

6 hours from the following:

 

 6

    ENGL 507

Hist & Devel of Modern Engl

 

    ENGL 530

Grammar in Theory and Practice

 

    WRIT 300

Rhetorical Theory

 

    WRIT 307

Fiction Writing

 

    WRIT 311

Topics in Writing and Rhetoric

 

    WRIT 316

Poetry Writing

 

    WRIT 350

Introduction to Composition Theory and Pedagogy

 

    WRIT  351

Advanced Non-Fiction Writing Workshop

 

WRIT 365

Proposal and Grant Writing

    WRIT 366

Technical Communication

   

    WRIT 367     

Editing for Professionals

 

    WRIT 431, 432, 433

Academic Internship in Writing 1, 2, or 3 credits

 

    WRIT 465

Preparation of Oral and Written Reports

 

    WRIT 500

The Theory and Practice of Tutoring Writers

 

    WRIT 501

Writing for New Media

 

    WRIT 502

Digital English Studies: Literature, Rhetoric, and Technology

 

    WRIT 507

Short Story Writing

 

    WRIT 510 (if appropriate)

Topics in Writing and Rhetoric

 

    WRIT 511 (if appropriate)

Topics in Writing and Critical Communication

 

    WRIT 516

Poetry Writing II

 

    WRIT 530

Script Writing

 

WRIT 551

Advanced Creative Non-Fiction

    WRIT 566

Writing for Sciences and Technology

 

 

 

 

    Critical Readings and Research

 

 

    9 hours from the following:

 

 9

    ENGE 510 (if appropriate)

Topics in English Education

 

    ENGE 519

Adolescent Literature

 

    ENGL 203

Major British Authors

 

    ENGL 208

Foundations of World Lit

 

    ENGL 211

Survey of American Lit

 

    ENGL 300

Approaches to Literature

 

    ENGL 305

Shakespeare

 

    ENGL 307

The Authurian Tradition

 

    ENGL 308 (if appropriate)

World Literature After 1700

 

    ENGL 310 (if appropriate)

Special Types of Literature

 

    ENGL 312

African American Literature

 

    ENGL 317

The Short Story

 

    ENGL 319

The British Novel

 

    ENGL 320 (if appropriate)

Recurrent Themes in Literature

 

    ENGL 323

The Nineteenth-Century American Novel

 

    ENGL 324

The Twentieth-Century American Novel

 

    ENGL 325

Dramatic Literature

 

    ENGL 330

Women and Literature

 

    ENGL 333 (if appropriate)

Global Narratives

 

    ENGL 370

Literature and Film

 

    ENGL 431, 432, 433

Academic Internship 1, 2, or 3 credits

 

    ENGL 471, 472, 473

Undergraduate Research 1, 2, or 3 credits

 

    ENGL 501

Modern British Poetry

 

    ENGL 502

Studies in Non-Western Literature

 

    ENGL 503

Major Victorian Writers

 

    ENGL 504

Modern American Poetry

 

    ENGL 505

American Romaticism

 

    ENGL 510 (if appropriate)

Topics in Literature and Language

 

    ENGL 511

Chaucer

 

    ENGL 512

Middle English Literature (excluding Chaucer)

 

    ENGL 513

Milton

 

    ENGL 514

Elizabethan Literature

 

    ENGL 515

20th-Century Southern Literature

 

    ENGL 520

17th-Century English Literature (exclusive of Milton)

 

    ENGL 521

Restoration and 18th-Century English Literature

 

    ENGL 525

Studies in Irish Literature

 

    ENGL 527

English Romantic Poetry and Prose

 

    ENGL 528

The African-American Novel

 

    ENGL 529

20th-Century American Fiction and Drama

 

    ENGL 550

Topics in Critical Reading

 

    WRIT 300

Rhetorical Theory

 

    WRIT 500

The Theory and Practice of Tutoring Writers

 

    WRIT 510

Topics in Writing and Rhetoric

 

    WRIT 511 (if appropriate)

Topics in Writing and Critical Communication

 

Capstone:

 

 

   ENGL 494

Seminar in English

3

 

 

 

   Electives in ENGL, ENGE, or WRIT

 

9

Foreign Language Requirement

 

3-8 ^

Minor

 

15-24

General Electives

 

0-34

Total

 

120

 ^This requirement may be met by a satisfactory score on a recognized examination or by passing any foreign language course numbered 102 or any course with 102 as a prerequisite. 

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

Students seeking admission to the MAT-5 program with Secondary Certification must include the following classes in their majors:  ENGE 519, WRIT 350, ENGL 203, 208, 211, 507, and 530.  All must be passed with a grade of C or better and may not be taken S/U.  Students must also complete the requirements of the minor in Educational Studies.

Transfer students bringing in more than 12 hours of ENGL and WRIT credit may be exempted from ENGL 291 by permission of the department chair; they will replace those 3 hours with 3 hours of electives in ENGL, WRIT, or ENGE.

Accelerated BA-MA Program

This option is intended for well-qualified students in the Winthrop BA in English program who will complete up to 9 hours of the work for the MA in English degree program while enrolled in the undergraduate degree program.  This option requires completion of 30 hours of approved graduate-level courses. At least half of the work presented for the graduate degree must be 600-level courses.