English - Professional Writing Emphasis (BA)

Core Requirements

Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts degree in English select one or more areas of emphasis: Literature, Creative Writing, Professional Writing, and/or Journalism.

The degree of Bachelor of Arts with a major in English requires the successful completion of 120 semester hours, which must include all the following components:

1. the Program of General Education, including ENGL 203  and ENGL 204 .
2. at least six hours of one modern language.
   Note: Modern language courses may be used to fulfill certain General Education requirements. 
3. program of electives or a minor as worked out with the student's adviser
4. program requirements for one or more areas of emphasis: Literature, Writing, and/or Journalism

Description

The Professional Writing Emphasis program serves to prepare students for careers in which advanced writing skills are required and/or for graduate work in fields such as literature, composition, English education, communication, journalism, and linguistics.  This degree program further serves as an appropriate pre-professional major for a student who plans to seek a higher degree in a field such as business, law, medicine, library science, ministry, or mental health, especially when combined with a second major or minor pertinent to that field.

Emphasis Requirements

(39 Hours)
 

• ENGL 203  World Literature I (General Education Requirement)
• ENGL 204  World Literature II (General Education Requirement)
• ENGL 205 Writing About Literature (3)
• ENGL 250 Technical Writing (3)
• ENGL 260 Creative Writing (3)
• ENGL 300 English Grammars (3)
• ENGL 302 Study of the English Language (3)
• ENGL 308 Advanced Composition (3)
• ENGL 324 Survey of British Literature I, From Anglo-Saxon to Restoration (3)
• ENGL 325 Survey of British Literature II, From Restoration through Romantic (3)
• ENGL 326 Survey of British Literature III, From Victorian to Present (3)
• ENGL 327 Survey of American Literature I, From Beginning to Civil War (3)
• ENGL 328 Survey of American Literature II, From Civil War to Present (3)

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• JOUR 220 Fundamentals of Journalistic Writing (3)
• JOUR 334 Feature Writing (3)

Recommended Electives

• HIST 314 History of England (3)

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• PHIL 101 History of Philosophy I (3)
• PHIL 102 History of Philosophy II (3)

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• Additional coursework in modern languages.