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Undergraduate Majors and Minors

Requirements for the English major (33 credit hours):

Requirements for students who declared the major before Fall 2009

Course Number	Course Name
322	Origins of Western Literature
310	Nature of Poetry
320 OR 330	Nature of Drama OR Nature of Fiction
360	Major Brittish Writers I
361	Major British Writers II
362	Major American Writers I
315	Introduction to English Linguistics
*	12 hours of electives, 6 of which need to be upper-division

Requirements for students who declare the major in Fall 2009 or after

Course Number	Course Name
310 OR 320 OR 330	Nature of Poetry OR Nature of Drama OR Nature of Fiction
322 OR 323	Origins of Western Literature OR World Literature
360	Major British Writers I
361	Major British Writers II
362	Major American Writers I
363	Major American Writers II
590	Senior Seminar
*	12 hours of electives, 6 of which need to be at the 500-600 level

Requirements for the English minor (15 credit hours):

Course Number	Course Name
310 OR 320 OR 330	Nature of Poetry OR Nature of Drama OR Nature of Fiction
	12 hours of electives, at least 9 of which must be upper-division

Requirements for the creative writing major (33 credit hours):

Course Number	Course Name
285	Introduction to Creative Writing
322	Origins of Western Literature
310	Nature of Poetry
320 OR 330	Nature of Drama OR Nature of Fiction
315	Introduction to English Linguistics
+ 4 skills courses from:	301 (fiction), 303 (poetry), 305 (creative non-fiction), 401 (fiction), 403 (poetry), 517 (play I), 518 (play II), 585 (fiction tutorial), 586 (poetry tutorial). 301, 303, & 305 cannot be repeated.
+	6 hours of upper-division electives

Requirements for the creative writing minor (15 credit hours):

Course Number	Course Name
285	Introduction to Creative Writing
+ 3 skills courses from:	301 (fiction), 303 (poetry), 305 (creative non-fiction), 401 (fiction), 403 (poetry), 517 (play I), 518 (play II), 585 (fiction tutorial), 586 (poetry tutorial). 301, 303, & 305 cannot be repeated.
310 OR 320 OR 330	Nature of Poetry OR Nature of Drama OR Nature of Fiction

Requirements for English education:
• Middle schools (18 credit hours):

Course Number	Course Name
315	Introduction to English Linguistics (language)
317	History of English Language (language)
680	Composition (composition)
322 OR 323	Origins of Western Literature (literature) OR World Literature
330	Nature of Fiction (literature)
346 OR 365	Multicultural Literature (literature) OR African American Literature

•Secondary schools (33 credit hours):

Course Number	Course Name
315	Introduction to English Linguistics (language)
317	History of English Language (language)
680	Composition (composition)
322 OR 323	Origins of Western Literature (literature: 24 hours total) OR World Literature
310	Nature of Poetry (literature)
330	Nature of Fiction (literature)
340	Major Plays of Shakespeare (literature)
346 OR 365	Multicultural Literature (literature) OR African American Literature
360 OR 361	Major British Writers I (literature) OR Major British Writers II
362	Major American Writers I (literature)
363	Major American Writers II (literature)

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