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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
English, Creative Writing Concentration, B.A.
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English
615-898-2595
Ron Kates, program coordinator
Ron.Kates@mtsu.edu
A major in English consists of 36 hours of which no more than six (6) may be lower-division hours.
- English major core: Majors will take the following: ENGL 3000 , ENGL 3010 or ENGL 3020 , ENGL 3030 , and ENGL 4999 .
- When taught by an English faculty member, WGST, AAS, JHS, and certain interdisciplinary Honors seminars (UH 3500 ) may be substituted with approval of advisor. No non-departmental lower division courses will be accepted.
- A maximum of six (6) hours of lower-division literature coursework (not counting the True Blue Core requirements) may be taken toward the major. These hours will be appropriately assigned by the student’s departmental advisor. No more than 3 hours (one course) may be taken to satisfy the core course requirement.
- Majors are expected to consult a member of the English faculty each semester regarding the selection and arrangement of courses.
- Recommended minors for English majors include a foreign language minor, Communication Studies, Film Studies, History, Linguistic Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Theatre, Writing, Southern Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies, but students may choose any minor.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core |
41 hours |
| Major Requirements |
36 hours* |
| Major Core |
(9 hours) |
| Creative Writing Core |
(15 hours) |
| English Elective Courses |
(12 hours) |
| Foreign Language |
6 hours |
| Minor |
15-18 hours |
| Electives |
19-22 hours |
| TOTAL |
120 hours |
*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements for the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours may increase.
True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.
The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:
Major Requirements (36 hours)
Creative Writing Core (15 hours)
Choose five from the following:
Non-Creative Writing Course (3 hours)
Choose one from the following:
Literature in the Genre (3 hours)
Choose one from the following:
Guided English Elective (6 hours)
Choose two upper-division English courses in consultation with faculty advisor.
Foreign Language Requirement (6 hours)
- Students must successfully complete 2010 and 2020 or any courses numbered above the 2000 level in a single foreign language.
Curriculum: English, Creative Writing Concentration, B.A.
All students pursuing a major in English must complete the True Blue Core requirements and requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree. Students may not begin upper-division English studies until they have completed ENGL 1010 , ENGL 1020 , and ENGL 2020 or ENGL 2030 . Typically, students will begin upper-division English studies in the second semester of their sophomore year with ENGL 3000 and one other English course.
The Academic Maps provide examples of a recommended plan of studies for students who wish to complete their academic requirements within a four-year period. However, there is no single way to complete the program. The department is generally flexible about the order in which courses are taken so long as prerequisites are met. Each English major has an assigned academic advisor. Consulting with this advisor regularly will help the student to individualize the program to his or her own needs and interests.
Freshman Fall
- ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (WC)
- Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
- History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
- Foreign language (2000-level) 3 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
Freshman Spring
- ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Info Lit)
- Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
- History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
- Foreign language (2000-level) 3 credit hours
- Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
Sophomore Spring
- ENGL 3000 - Introduction to Literary Studies 3 credit hours
- Creative Writing Core course 3 credit hours
- Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
- Foreign language or elective 3 credit hours
- Minor course or elective 3 credit hours
Senior Fall
- ENGL upper-division guided elective 3 credit hours
- Creative Writing Core course 3 credit hours
- Minor course or elective 3 credit hours
- Elective 3 credit hours
- Elective 3 credit hours
Senior Spring
- ENGL upper-division guided elective 3 credit hours
- Creative Writing Core course 3 credit hours
- Minor course or elective 3 credit hours
- Minor course or elective 3 credit hours
- Elective 1 credit hour
- ENGL 4999 - Senior Portfolio 0 credit hours
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