This program allows full-time students to complete a B.A. in Digital Writing and Narrative Design and an M.A. in English & Humanities in five years.Admission Requirements: In addition to meeting the university's undergraduate admission requirements, undergraduate students in the Digital Writing and Narrative Design Program must meet the following criteria:
Students in good standing in this program will take graduate English & Humanities courses during their senior year. Up to six credits of graduate coursework would satisfy both undergraduate and graduate requirements. They may take an additional six credits of graduate coursework that will be applied to their M.A. program requirements. These students are granted their B.A. and automatically admitted to the M.A. program at the end of their senior year after meeting all B.A. requirements. Students then complete 21-27 graduate credits in their fifth year of study to complete the M.A. in English & Humanities. Please see the English and Humanities (M.A.) for details on the program. Upon being admitted to the M.A. program, students are subject to all graduate student policies and procedures.
Program Requirements
This degree requires a total of 147 credits.
Liberal Arts Core and University Requirements
See
University Requirements and the Liberal Arts Core for details. English majors will satisfy part of the three-course university Writing Intensive (WI) requirement through:
EN 200 Approaches to Literary Study and
EN 424 Senior Seminar.
Major Requirements
To fulfill the requirements of the major, all students in this program will take the following coursework in a sequence determined in collaboration with an academic advisor. Some courses also satisfy Liberal Arts Core and/or University Requirements.
Major Electives
All majors also complete coursework in the three following clusters.
Humanities Cluster
All majors take nine (9) credits from the following options:
| EN 208 | Digital Approaches to Literature * | 3 |
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| EN 220 | The Movie or the Book? Narrative Adaptation in the Cinema * | 3 |
| OR | |
| IS 220 | The Movie or the Book? Narrative Adaptation in the Cinema * | 3 |
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| EN 225 | Heroes, Antiheroes, and Superheroes * | 3 |
| EN 360 | Book Histories, Book Futures * | 3 |
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| EN 390 | Digital Projects in the Humanities * | 1-3 |
| OR | |
| HU 390 | Digital Projects in the Humanities * | 1-3 |
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| HI 295 | Introduction to Public History | 3 |
| HI 307 | Museum Studies | 3 |
Writing Cluster
All majors take nine (9) credits from the following options:
| EN 270 | Approaches to Creative Writing * | 3 |
| EN 301 | The Writing Process: Theory and Practice * | 3 |
| EN 303 | Literary Nonfiction * | 3 |
| EN 305 | Topics in Creative Writing * | 3 |
| EN 308 | Style and Revision * | 3 |
| COMM 209 | Contemporary Journalism * | 3 |
| COMM 302 | Public Relations Writing and Media Techniques | 3 |
| COMM 307 | Broadcast Writing and Delivery | 3 |
| COMM 315 | Writing for Digital Media * | 3 |
Digital Production and Design Cluster
All majors take nine (9) credits from the following options:
English and Humanities Electives
Take fifteen to twenty-four (15-24) credits in English above 501.
Take three to twelve (3-12) credits in Humanities, History, Fine Arts, Philosophy, or TRS at the 500 level.
MA Capstone Project
Take
EN 690,
EN 695,
HUM 690 or
HUM 695 for three (3) credits.
Sample Degree Plan — Digital Writing and Narrative Design to English and Humanities
Please note that this is a sample plan; all students should consult with an advisor in making course selections. Students should take lower-level courses before upper-level courses. Course substitutions are approved on a case-by-case basis.
Year One — Fall
| EN 101 | Composition I * | 3 |
| | Introductory Social Science (SS-1) core course * | 3 |
| TRS 100 | Theological Inquiry * | 3 |
| CNCT 100 | Connections * | 3 |
| | One (1) elective | 3 |
Year One — Spring
| EN 102 | Composition II * | 3 |
| | Introductory History (HI-1) core course - HI 103 or HI 104 recommended * | |
| | Natural Science (NS) core course with lab * | 4 |
| | Two (2) electives | 6 |
Year Two — Fall
| EN 240 | Introduction to Film and Visual Studies * | 3 |
| PH 100 | Introduction to Philosophy * | 3 |
| | Humanities cluster major elective | |
| | Introductory Social Science (SS-1) core course in a second discipline * | 3 |
| | One (1) elective | 3 |
EN 240: DSINQ, WI, and LT-1 core course
PH 100: PH-1 core course
Year Two — Spring
| EN 235 | Digital and Nonlinear Storytelling * | 3 |
| | Writing cluster major elective | |
| | Introductory Social Science (SS-1) in a third discipline or Second Natural Science (NS) core course * | 3 |
| MA | Mathematics (MT) core course * | 3-4 |
| | One (1) elective - GP course if not already completed * | 3 |
Year Three — Fall
| | Digital Production and Design cluster major elective | |
| | Fine Arts (FNA), Advanced History (HI-2), or Advanced Literature (LT-2) core course - EN 360 recommended * | 3 |
| | Advanced Social Science (SS-2) core course * | 3 |
| | Fine Arts (FNA), Advanced Literature (LT-2), or Advanced History (HI-2) core course * | 3 |
| PH | Advanced Philosophy (PH-2) or Philosophical Ethics (PH-E) core course * | 3 |
| | One (1) elective - 2nd WI course if not already completed * | |
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Year Three — Spring
| | Humanities cluster major elective | |
| | Writing cluster major elective | |
| | Digital Production and Design cluster major elective | |
| | Digital Production and Design cluster major elective | |
| | Advanced Theology/Religious Studies (TRS-2) or Theological Ethics (TRS-E) core course * | 3 |
| | One (1) elective | 3 |
Year Four — Fall
| EN 424 | Senior Seminar * | 3 |
| OR | |
| GMD 404 | Performance Media Lab * | 3 |
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| | Humanities cluster major elective | |
| | One (1) elective | 3 |
| EN 501 | Building Textual Interpretation | 3 |
| | One (1) EN/HUM 5XX elective | |
Year Four — Spring
| EN 400 | Internship * | 3 |
| OR | |
| GMD 400 | Internship * | 3 |
| OR | |
| GMD 400SL | Internship * | 3 |
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| | Two (2) electives | 6 |
| EN 559 | Studies in Creative Writing | 3 |
| | One (1) EN/HUM 5XX elective | |
Year Five — Fall
| | Three (3) graduate electives in EN or HUM | |
Year Five — Spring
| | Three (3) graduate electives in EN or HUM | |
Year Five — Summer