A minimum GPA of 2.5 is required for all major courses; a minimum GPA of 3.0 for ENG 2403 is required to declare as a major, an overall minimum GPA of 2.0 is required for graduation.
General Education 41-42
Foundations Requirements 13
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 2403: GE Distribution course required of all students.
ENG 2403 requires a minimum grade of B or better.
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 1062 | WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS | 3 |
HIST 1062: GE Distribution 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
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 |
Academic Major 39
Foundation Core Requirements 24
All Major courses require a grade of C or better.
| ENG 2000 | WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENG 2101 | STRUCTURE AND ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 3 |
| ENG 2205 | BRITISH LITERATURE I | 3 |
| ENG 2206 | BRITISH LITERATURE II | 3 |
| ENG 2220 | DIVERSE TRADITIONS AND VOICES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE I: BEGINNINGS TO 1860 | 3 |
| ENG 2221 | DIVERSE TRADITIONS AND VOICES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE II: 1865 - PRESENT | 3 |
| ENG 3215 | SHAKESPEARE SURVEY | 3 |
| ENG 3001 | CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE | 3 |
ENG 2000 is pre-requisite for ENG 2205, ENG 2206 and ENG 3001: This course is recommended to take before other literature courses.
ENG 3001: Critical Approached should be taken after completion of four or more survey courses and prior to enrollment in major electives.
English Major Electives 12
Select 9 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level; 3 credits at the 2000-4000 level.
Major Capstone Course 3
ENG 4800: Required of all English standard Option majors. It also fulfills the Writing Emphasis (WE) requirement of the University.
All major courses require a grade of C or better.
Major courses require ENG 2403 as a prerequisite; pre/co-requisites may change; some courses require approved petitions.
Free Electives 39-40
At least 50% must be at 3000/4000 level. No English courses may be used as free electives by English majors except for ENG 1996 Optional Research and ENG 3291, ENG 3292 or ENG 3293 English 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 English 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.