English, B.A.

Satisfy Core Curriculum Requirements for students entering college in Fall 1999 or after. See “General Requirements for a Bachelor’s Degree .”
Satisfy the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts.
1. 6 semester hours of sophomore foreign language
General Requirements:
1. Lower Division - Speech ^, Computer Literacy ^
2. Upper Division - ENGL 3430 Professional Writing ; 9 semester hours in HUMA period courses (HUMA 4312 , HUMA 4313 , HUMA 4314 , HUMA 4315 , and HUMA 4317 ); 3 semester hours in any HUMA, HIST, or ENGL course; 3 semester hours in HUMA 4324 Gender Studies , HUMA 4323 Asian Culture , HUMA 4316 Critical Studies in Race, Class, and Gender or HUMA 4318 African American Culture .
3. Concentrations::
  - English: 18 Semester hours of junior and senior level courses in English (Excluding ENGL 3430 )
  - Creative Writing: 18 semester hours selected with advisor approval. ENGL 2313 Introduction to Creative Writing , 6 semester hours in ENGL Writing courses (ENGL 3315 , ENGL 3318 , ENGL 3319 , ENGL 3328 ); 6 semester hours in ENGL Advanced Writing courses (ENGL 4315 , ENGL 4318 , ENGL 4319 , ENGL 4328 ), ENGL 3312 Grammar and Rhetoric .
  - Drama: 15 semester hours of DRAM 1310 , DRAM 1351 , DRAM 1352 , DRAM 2351 , and DRAM 2352 ; DRAM 3250 , DRAM 3251 , DRAM 4250 (Drama Practicum I, II, III); DRAM 3320 History of the Theatre ; DRAM 4360 Senior Project ; and 6 semester credit hours from upper-division DRAM courses.
Students seeking secondary certification should see the section on ” Secondary Education Teacher Certification Programs ”.
Free electives - Enough electives to fulfill the 120 semester hour requirements and the 54 semester hours of upper division courses.

These requirements are summarized below:

Core Curriculum Requirements

(42 total core hours required).

Core 010 Communication
Core 020 Mathematics
Core 030 Life and Physical Science
Core 040 Language, Philosophy and Culture
Core 050 Creative Arts
Core 060 American History
Core 070 Government/Political Science
Core 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences
Core 090 Component Area Option: Speech
Core 090 Component Area Option: Computer Literacy

Plan Program Requirements

General

Speech ^
Computer Literacy ^
ENGL 3430 Professional Writing
Foreign Language–6 s.h. in sophomore level foreign language )
Any HUMA, HIST, or ENGL Course
English 18 s.h.
Creative Writing 18 s.h.
Drama 33 s.h.

One of the Following

HUMA period courses

(9 s.h. from the following courses:)

Free Electives

(to fulfill hours requirements)

Total: 120 s.h.

Total must be minimum of 120 s.h. with minimum of 54 s.h. at upper division level.
Students seeking secondary certification may be required to take additional hours.
^ May be satisfied within core curriculum. However, 3 semester hours of both speech and computer literacy/proficiency are still required even if the student is certified as core complete by way of transfer from a Texas public community college or public university.