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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

English, Creative Writing Concentration, B.S.

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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.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

English, Creative Writing, B.S., Academic Map

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)
Minor	15-18 hours
Electives	25-28 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:

ENGL 1010 (WC)
ENGL 1020 (Info Lit)
ENGL 2020 or ENGL 2030 (CCE)

Major Requirements (36 hours)

English Core (9 hours)

ENGL 3000 - Introduction to Literary Studies 3 credit hours
ENGL 3010 - British Literature I: Beginnings to 1700 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3020 - British Literature II: 1700-1918 3 credit hours
ENGL 3030 - American Literature: Colonial Era to the Present 3 credit hours
ENGL 4999 - Senior Portfolio 0 credit hours

Creative Writing Core (15 hours)

Choose five of the following:

ENGL 3625 - In Process Workshop 3 credit hours
ENGL 3630 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop 3 credit hours
ENGL 3645 - Fiction Writing 3 credit hours
ENGL 3655 - Poetry Writing 3 credit hours
ENGL 3665 - Playwriting 3 credit hours
ENGL 3675 - Multi-genre Creative Writing 3 credit hours
ENGL 3685 - Beyond Flash Fiction 3 credit hours
ENGL 4645 - Advanced Fiction Writing 3 credit hours
ENGL 4685 - Special Topics in Creative Writing 3 credit hours

Non-Creative Writing Course (3 hours)

Choose one of the following:

ENGL 3570 - Introduction to Linguistics 3 credit hours
ENGL 3620 - Professional Writing 3 credit hours
ENGL 4510 - Modern English Grammar and Usage 3 credit hours
ENGL 4520 - The Structure of English 3 credit hours
ENGL 4530 - History of the English Language 3 credit hours
ENGL 4570 - Special Topics in Linguistics 3 credit hours
ENGL 4605 - Advanced Composition 3 credit hours
ENGL 4640 - Advanced Topics in Technical Writing and Communication 3 credit hours
ENGL 4670 - Special Topics in Writing 3 credit hours
PWR 3000 - Public Writing and Rhetoric 3 credit hours
PWR 3010 - Community Writing 3 credit hours
PWR 3020 - Digital Writing 3 credit hours
PWR 3030 - Cultural Rhetorics 3 credit hours
PWR 4000 - Experimental Writing 3 credit hours

Literature in the Genre (3 hours)

Choose one from the following:

ENGL 3330 - Southern Literature 3 credit hours
ENGL 3335 - Special Topics in Southern Literature and Culture 3 credit hours
ENGL 3350 - American Short Story in Context 3 credit hours
ENGL 3370 - Modern American Poetry 3 credit hours
ENGL 3450 - Studies in Narrative 3 credit hours
ENGL 4230 - Selected British Writers after the Restoration 3 credit hours
ENGL 4240 - Modern British Literature 3 credit hours
ENGL 4270 - Contemporary British and Commonwealth Literature 3 credit hours
ENGL 4320 - Selected American Writers 3 credit hours
ENGL 4350 - American Popular Literature of the 19th Century 3 credit hours
ENGL 4435 - Global English Literatures 3 credit hours
ENGL 4470 - Modern Drama 3 credit hours
ENGL 4950 - Selected Topics in Contemporary Literature 3 credit hours

Guided English Elective (6 hours)

Choose two upper-division English classes in consultation with faculty advisor.

Minor (15-18 hours)

Electives (25-28)

Curriculum: English, Creative Writing Concentration, B.S.

All students pursuing a major in English must complete the True Blue Core requirements and requirements for a Bachelor of Science 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 ad Civic Learning 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 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
Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 hours

Sophomore Fall

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (CCE) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours CCE
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 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
Minor course or elective 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 hours

Junior Fall

ENGL 3030 - American Literature: Colonial Era to the Present 3 credit hours
Creative Writing Core course 3 credit hours
Non-Creative Writing elective 3 credit hours
Minor course or elective 3 credit hours
Minor course or elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 hours

Junior Spring

ENGL 3010 - British Literature I: Beginnings to 1700 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3020 - British Literature II: 1700-1918 3 credit hours
Creative Writing Core course 3 credit hours
Literature in the Genre elective 3 credit hours
Minor course or elective 3 credit hours
Minor course or elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 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

Subtotal: 15 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

English, Creative Writing Concentration, B.S.

Academic Map

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (41 hours)

Major Requirements (36 hours)

English Core (9 hours)

Creative Writing Core (15 hours)

Non-Creative Writing Course (3 hours)

Literature in the Genre (3 hours)

Guided English Elective (6 hours)

Minor (15-18 hours)

Electives (25-28)

Curriculum: English, Creative Writing Concentration, B.S.

Freshman Fall

Subtotal: 15 hours

Freshman Spring

Subtotal: 16 hours

Sophomore Fall

Subtotal: 16 hours

Sophomore Spring

Subtotal: 15 hours

Junior Fall

Subtotal: 15 hours

Junior Spring

Subtotal: 15 hours

Senior Fall

Subtotal: 15 hours

Senior Spring

Subtotal: 13 hours