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English - B.A. Program Requirements

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 Sphere (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) 6-7
  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) 6
  College General Requirement (must be from Kent Core Basic Sciences)
 3
  College General Requirement (must be from Kent Core Social Sciences) 3
  General Electives (minimum 18 upper-division credit hours)
Credits required depends on meeting minimum 121 credit hours and minimum 42 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.

*** Fulfills College General 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.