Majors, Minors

The Foreign Language Requirement

Students electing a major in English or Creative Writing can meet the Department’s foreign language requirement in one of two ways: 1) satisfactorily completing the second year of language study at the college level (or passing a second-year equivalency test), or 2) satisfactorily completing the first year at the college level (or passing a first-year equivalency test) in two different languages. If available, Latin or Greek may be used in the second option. The equivalency tests must be agreed upon by both the Modern Foreign Language and English departments.

English Major

Consists of 33 credits (excluding ENG-100, 101, 301, WRI-102 and JOURN-301) to include:

Creative Writing Major

Consists of 33 credits (excluding ENG-100, 101, 301, WRI-102 and JOURN-301) to include:

English Minor

Consists of 18 credits (excluding ENG-100, 101, 301, WRI-102 and JOURN-301) to include:

 Creative Writing Minor

Consists of 18 credits (excluding ENG-100, 101, 301, WRI-102 and JOURN 301) to include

 

English Teaching Certification

Students pursuing English as either a first or second teaching field develop a program of study in consultation with both the faculty member in charge of secondary education and an advisor from the English Department. Such students must successfully complete ENG/MFL/EDU-446 and two of the following courses: ENG-496, ENG-498, ENG-220, ENG-320, ENG-301, JOURN-200, or JOURN-300. Such students are also encouraged to take additional courses in English beyond those credits required for the major or minor in English. A carefully planned and executed program will give the prospective secondary teacher a rich variety of theoretical and applied knowledge and skills helpful in securing a teaching position.

Other programs of study that may be of interest to English and Creative Writing majors include: