2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

English, B.A.: English in Global Settings Option

The B.A. in English: English in Global Settings Option provides students with an intensive English experience that will prepare them to use English in various international settings, including English in educational, community and corporate international settings with non-English speakers. The English in Global Settings Option does not lead to New Jersey Teacher Certification.

A minimum GPA of 2.5 for 30 or more credits is required to declare as a major; a minimum GPA of 2.5 is required for all major courses; an overall minimum GPA of 2.5 is required for graduation.

 

General Education 41-42

Foundations Requirements 13

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

 

MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

OR

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

OR

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

OR

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

OR

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

 

COMM 1402SPEECH COMMUNICATION AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2023RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).

ENG 1030 or equivalent: A minimum grade of B or better is required.

Prerequisite: Placement testing or exemption from placement testing. According to placement results, students may be required to take ENG 1025 Introduction to Composition as a prerequisite for ENG 1030

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 28-29

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3

Music or Theatre

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

HIST 1062: GE Distributions course required of all students.

Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
Psychology

3

Economics or ES 1010 World Geography

3

Political Science

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 10-11

 
Math or Computer Science 3
MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

OR

CPS 1032MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS

3

CPS 1231FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

4

Select two GE Approved Science courses from areas below; one must be a lab science
Biology

3-4

Chemistry or Physics

3-4

Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Forensic Sciences or Sustainability Sciences

3-4

Interdisciplinary

3

Additional Required Courses 6

COMM 3590 and COMM 3530 requires a grade of C or better.

Additional Required Courses 6

COMM 3590BUSINESS & PROF. COMM

3

COMM 3530COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURES

3

Academic Major 39

All major courses require a grade of C or better. 

Major Required Courses 18

A minimum grade of C required in all Major courses; and in COMM 3590 and COMM 3530.

ENG 2101STRUCTURE AND ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

3

ENG 2021WRITING PROCESS

3

ENG 3101INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS

3

ENG 3021CULTURAL RHETORICS & WRITING

3

ENG 3029RESEARCH IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

3

ENG 3080WRITING FOR DIGITAL SPACES

3

 

Major Elective Courses 18

Select any six (6) English Writing, Journalism or Linguistics courses from selection below.

At least 9 credits must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Writing

ENG 2000WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE

3

ENG 2005ADVANCED COMPOSITION

3

ENG 3005ADVANCED COMPOSITION

3

ENG 3000WRITING POETRY

3

ENG 3010PLAYWRITING

3

ENG 3015WRITING FAIRY TALES

3

ENG 3018TRAVEL WRITING

3

ENG 3030WRITING ARGUMENTS

3

ENG 3031WRITING IN THE HUMANITIES

3

ENG 3035LITERACY STUDIES

3

ENG 3041WRITING IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

3

ENG 3050CREATIVE WRITING THEORY

3

ENG 3070COACHING WRITING ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES

3

ENG 3090BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING

3

ENG 3091TECHNICAL WRITING

3

ENG 4000ADVANCED WRITING POETRY

3

ENG 4002RESEARCH/METHODS COMP.STUD

3

ENG 4005WRITING FICTION

3

ENG 4011WRITING SEQUENTIAL ART NARRATIVES: SPECIAL TOPICS

3

ENG 4030READING & WRITING RACE AND ETHNICITY

3

ENG 4040NEW LITERACIES STUDIES AND ETHNOGRAPHY

3

ENG 4050WRITING LIT FOR CHILD & Y.A

3

ENG 4060TOPICS IN RHETORIC AND WRITING STUDIES

3

ENG 4081INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC LITERATURE

3

ENG 4082WRITING AND CREATING A PODCAST

3

ENG 4090ADVANCED BUSINESS WRITING

3

ENG 4093TECHNICAL EDITING

3

ENG 4100SECOND LANGUAGE IN WRITING

3

Journalism

ENG 2920INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM

3

ENG 3910PUBLIC AFFAIRS JOURNALISM

3

ENG 3915FEATURE WRITING

3

ENG 3917SPORTS WRITING

3

ENG 3920SPECIALTY WRITING ON THE WEB

3

ENG 3925EDITING SKILLS IN JOURNALISM

3

Linguistics

ENG 2130INTRODUCTION TO TRANSLATION AND CULTURE

3

ENG 4112CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS

3

ENG 4120SOCIOLINGUISTICS

3

ENG 4122WORLD ENGLISHES

3

ENG 4123SEMINAR IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

3

ENG 4160ASSESSMENT OF ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

3

Major Capstone Course 3

ENG 4817SENIOR WRITING SEMINAR

3

ENG 4817: Is required of all English in Global Settings majors and fulfills the Writing Emphasis (WE) requirement of the University.

(Pre-requisite: Petition. Completion of all major requirements and at least 5 major electives)

 

Free Electives 33-34

At least 50% must be at 3000/4000 level. No English courses may be used as free electives except for ENG 1996 Optional Research and ENG 3291, ENG 3292 or ENG 3293 Optional Internship courses.

ENG 1996 Optional Research: Freshman may partner with faculty to earn on credit as a free elective, which may be taken up to two times.

ENG 3291, ENG 3292 or ENG 3293 Optional Internships (1-3 credits) for a maximum of six credits, which may fulfill free elective requirements.  Prerequisite are ENG 3001 or ENG 3029; 75 credits.

 

 

Total Credit Hours: 120