English Major

The major in English is designed to open many avenues of Christian service as well as to provide foundational courses for a graduate degree in English.

English Course Requirements | 120 Total Hours

General Education Foundation (33 hours)

Specialization required within General Education Foundation:

• HUM 103 The Humanities: Ancient to Medieval AND
  HUM 104. The Humanities: Renaissance toTwentieth Century OR
  3 hours of Humanities AND
  ENG 221 Survey of World Literature.
• IT 202 Information Technology Applications (3 hours)

Additional Requirements (15 hours)

• COM 202 Communication for the Workplace (3 Hours)
• ENG 222 Survey of American Literature (3 Hours)
• ENG 223 Survey of English Literature (3 hours)
• Any foreign language or approved courses (6 hours)

Biblical/Theological Foundation (18 hours)

Major (36 hours)

Select 36 hours of English (ENG) courses.

• ENG 224 Survey of Christian Literature (3 hours)
• ENG 305 Poetry: Theory and Practice (3 hours)
• ENG 308 Colonial American Literature (3 hours)
• ENG 310 American Prose Writers: World War I - Present (3 hours)
• ENG 315 Creative Fiction (3 hours)
• ENG 320 Advanced Grammar (3 hours)
• ENG 325 British and American Literature: 1660-1800 (3 hours)
• ENG 330 Nineteenth Century American Literature (3 hours)
• ENG 335 African American Literature (3 hours)
• ENG 405 History of the English Language (3 hours)
• ENG 410 Advanced Composition: Theory and Practice (3 hours)
• ENG 415 Shakespeare I: Histories and Comedies (3 hours)
• ENG 416 Shakespeare II: Tragedies and Romances (3 hours)
• ENG 420 Ninteenth-century British Novels (3 hours)
• ENG 421 British Romantic Literature (3 hours)
• ENG 423 Twentieth Century British Literature (3 hours)
• ENG 425 Studies in the Short Story (3 hours)
• ENG 430 Creative Non-Fiction: Writing About Spiritual Experiences (3 hours)
• ENG 435 Oxford Christian Writers (3 hours)

Electives (18 hours)

Note: Those students who fail to take and pass the computer proficiency examination must take IT 101