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

FYI 101. Student Success Course (3 hours)

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General Education Foundation (33 hours)

Specializations within General Education Foundation

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

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Additional Requirements (18 hours)

• PHI 201. Introduction to Christian Worldview (3 hours)
• BUS 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)

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Biblical/Theological Foundation (12 hours)

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Major (36 hours)

• ENG 490. Senior Seminar (3 hours)

Select 33 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 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 418. Seventeenth and Eighteenth-century British Liturature (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 Nonfiction: Writing About Spiritual Experiences (3 hours)
• ENG 435. Oxford Christian Writers (3 hours)

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Electives (18 hours)