English - B.A. Program Requirements

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional;KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; LFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (39 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	ENG	25001 25004	Literature in English I* or Literature in the United States I*	3
		25002 25005	Literature in English II* or Literature in the United States II*	3
WIC		30001	Introduction to English Studies**	3
WIC		49091	Senior Seminar**	3
		ENG Elective*+		9
	Choose from the following: English Writing and Language Studies (No more than one lower-division course will count toward the major.)			6
	ENG	20002	Introduction to Technical Writing (3)
		20021	Introduction to Creative Writing (3)
		30062	Principles of Technical Writing (3)
		30063	Business and Professional Writing (3)
		30064	Argumentative Prose Writing (3)
		30065	Expository Prose Writing (3)
		30066	Writing in the Public Domain(3)
		30067	Writer's Workshop in Fiction I (3)
		30068	Writer's Workshop in Fiction II (3)
		30069	Writer's Workshop in Poetry I (3)
		30070	Writer's Workshop in Poetry II (3)
		31001	Fundamental English Grammar (3)
		31002	History of English Language (3)
		31003	Introduction to Linguistics (3)
		31004	Lexicography/Lexicology (3)
		31006	World Englishes (3)
		37201	Writing in Communities (3)
		39895	Topics in Rhetoric, Composition and Writing (3)
	Choose from the following: English Historical Literature			6
	ENG	33001	American Literature to 1865 (3)
		33002	American Literature from 1865-1945 (3)
		33003	American Literature from 1945-Present (3)
		34001	Medieval Literature (3)
		34002	British Literature from 1500-1660 (3)
		34003	British Literature from 1660-1800 (3)
		34004	British Literature from 1800-1900 (3)
		34005	British and Irish Literature from 1900-Present(3)
		34055	Shakespeare (3)
		34065	Chaucer (3)
		34095	Topics: Major Author Studies (3)
		37001	Classical Rhetoric (3)
		39095	Topics in Literary History (3)
	Choose from the following: English Genre Studies, Cultural Studies, Literary Theory*			6
	ENG	21003	Introduction to LGBT Literature (3)
		33011	African American Literature (3)
		33012	Modern African-American Literature (3)
		33013	Pan-African Women's Literature(3)
		33014	African American Women's Literature(3)
		33015	African Literatures (3)
DG		34011	World Literature in English (3)
		34021	Women's Literature (3)
		34031	Short Story (3)
		35101	Literature and Other Disciplines (3)
		35201	The Bible as Literature (3)
		35301	LGBT: Critical Perspectives (3)
		36001	Literary Criticism (3)
		37101	Critical Rhetorical Studies of Texts in Context (3)
		39195	Topics in Drama (3)
		39295	Topics in Poetry (3)
		39395	Topics in Fiction (3)
		39995	Topics in Cultural Studies (3)
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (81 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Foreign Language			14-16
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			6
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)			9-10
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)			9
	Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning			3-5
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			9
	General Electives (minimum 18 upper-division credit hours)			24
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

*Only 12 credit hours total of lower-division courses will count toward the major.

**English majors must earn minimum C (2.0) grade in either 30001 Introduction to English Studies or in 49091 Senior Seminar to fulfill the writing-intensive course requirement.

+ Any 20000-, 30000- or 40000-level English courses, excluding ENG 21011, ENG 41009, ENG 41092, ENG 41192 and ENG 41292. No 10000-level English courses may be used to meet program requirements.