B.A. in English
College of Arts and Humanities
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS | ||
| Academic Foundations | ||
| First Year Experience requirement | 4 | |
| English Composition requirement | 6-7 | |
| Mathematics requirement | 3-4 | |
| Interdisciplinary requirement | 3 | |
| Diverse Communities requirement | 3 | |
| Ethics requirement | 3 | |
| Distributed Disciplinary Foundations | ||
| Science requirement | 6-8 | |
| Behavioral & Social Science requirement | 6 | |
| Humanities requirement 1 | 6 | |
| Arts requirement | 3 | |
| ADDITIONAL BACCALAUREATE REQUIREMENTS | ||
| University Requirements | ||
| Writing Emphasis requirement | 9 | |
| Speaking Emphasis requirement | 9 | |
| Degree Requirements | ||
| Language/Culture requirement | 0-15 | |
Demonstrating language proficiency through the intermediate level (202) 2 | ||
| Capstone requirement | 1-15 | |
| MAJOR REQUIREMENTS | ||
| Departmental Preparatory Requirement | ||
| ENG 201 | Introduction to English Studies | 3 |
| ENG 202 | Research Methods for English Studies 3 | 3 |
| ENG/LIN 230 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| ENG 206 | Black Critical Theory | 3 |
| or ENG 296 | Theory & Criticism in English Studies | |
| Departmental Intermediate Requirements | ||
| Students must choose at least four courses from at least one area of focus: Archives, Power, & Making the Present; Creativity, Aesthetics & Design; Identity & Representation; National & Transnational Cultures; Popular Culture & Cultural Studies; Public & Professional Writing; Social Justice and Activism; Sustainability & Environmental Humanities; Visual and Digital Rhetoric. Students may complete a second focus area or take four additional department electives beyond their first focus area. See the department handbook for focus area descriptions and courses. Students must also take at least one course in each of three areas of emphasis: Historical & Genealogical, Geographical/Transnational, and Diversity. 4 | 24 | |
| Archives, Power, & Making the Present Focus | ||
| Life, Death, and Disease | ||
| Law and Disorder in Literature | ||
| Book History: Introduction | ||
| Life and Times of Frederick Douglass | ||
| The Literature of Roguery | ||
| Shakespeare I | ||
| 18th Century British Novel | ||
| The Romantic Movement | ||
| Victorian Literature | ||
| Modern British Novel | ||
| Modern Irish Literature | ||
| Creativity, Aesthetics, & Design Focus | ||
| Introduction to Creative Writing | ||
| Creative Writing I | ||
| Narrative and Lyric Forms | ||
| Poetry Workshop I | ||
| Poetry Workshop II | ||
| Short Story Workshop I | ||
| Short Story Workshop II | ||
| Creative Nonfiction Workshop I | ||
| Creative Nonfiction Workshop II | ||
| Writing Seminar | ||
| Creative Writing Workshop in the Long Form | ||
| Stylistics: The Language of Literature | ||
| Short Fiction | ||
| Comedy and Humor | ||
| Conversation Analysis | ||
| Identity & Representation Focus | ||
| African Studies | ||
| 20TH Century Native American Literature | ||
| Women's Literature I | ||
| Latina Writing | ||
| Latino Literature in the U.S. | ||
| African American Film | ||
| Language, Gender, and Sexuality | ||
| Essay Workshop | ||
| Sociolinguistic Aspects of English | ||
| Women Writing: Autobiography | ||
| American Literature I | ||
| African American Literature I | ||
| New Black Women Writers in America | ||
| Harlem Renaissance | ||
| 18th Century British Novel | ||
| Asian American Literature | ||
| Children's Literature | ||
| Feminist Poetry | ||
| Colonial and Revolutionary Literature | ||
| Intro to Multi-Ethnic American Literature | ||
| Victorian Literature | ||
| Shakespeare II | ||
| Young Adult Literature | ||
| Multicultural Writing | ||
| The Rhetorics of Black Americans | ||
| Autobiographical Acts | ||
| National & Transnational Cultures Focus | ||
| Classical Greco Roman Myth in 20th Century Arts | ||
| African Studies | ||
| 20TH Century Native American Literature | ||
| World Literature I | ||
| World Literature II | ||
| American Literature I | ||
| English Literature I | ||
| English Literature II | ||
| Modern American Poetry | ||
| Latina Writing | ||
| Latino Literature in the U.S. | ||
| 19th Century British Novel | ||
| African Literature | ||
| Dialects of American English | ||
| Sociolinguistic Aspects of English | ||
| American Film | ||
| American Literature II | ||
| New Black Women Writers in America | ||
| Asian American Literature | ||
| Modern British Novel | ||
| Modern Irish Literature | ||
| Urbanism and the Modern Imagination | ||
| Multicultural Writing | ||
| Popular Culture & Cultural Studies Focus | ||
| Literature and Film | ||
| Introduction to Gaming | ||
| Idioms in the Context of American Culture | ||
| Views on Literacy | ||
| Introduction to Film | ||
| American Themes | ||
| Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking | ||
| Sports Reporting and Writing | ||
| Victorian Attitudes | ||
| Topics in Digital Literature and Culture | ||
| Comedy and Humor | ||
| Young Adult Literature | ||
| Multicultural Writing | ||
| Images of School in Film | ||
| Writing for the Web | ||
| Introduction to Visual Rhetoric | ||
| Visual Cultures | ||
| Visual Rhetoric in Comics and Graphic Novels | ||
| Public & Professional Writing Focus | ||
| Views on Literacy | ||
| Environmental/Experiential Writing: Taking Action | ||
| Usability & User Experience | ||
| Business and Organizational Writing | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| Newswriting | ||
| Public Affairs Reporting | ||
| Ethical Issues in News Media | ||
| Thoughts/Writings of Martin Luther King | ||
| Introduction to Rhetoric | ||
| Multicultural Writing | ||
| Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing | ||
| Written Rhetoric: Power, Politics, and Environmental Writing | ||
| Propaganda, Power, and Politics | ||
| Activism and Advocacy Writing | ||
| Introduction to Visual Rhetoric | ||
| Professional and Technical Editing | ||
| Grant and Proposal Writing | ||
| Writing for the Health Professions | ||
| Science Writing | ||
| Social Justice and Activism Focus | ||
| 20TH Century Native American Literature | ||
| Women's Literature I | ||
| Women's Literature II | ||
| Latina Writing | ||
| Introduction to Gaming | ||
| Language, Gender, and Sexuality | ||
| Environmental/Experiential Writing: Taking Action | ||
| Dialects of American English | ||
| Introduction to Journalism | ||
| Public Affairs Reporting | ||
| Special Topics in Journalism | ||
| African American Literature I | ||
| African American Literature II | ||
| Life and Times of Frederick Douglass | ||
| Asian American Literature | ||
| Intro to Multi-Ethnic American Literature | ||
| Thoughts/Writings of Martin Luther King | ||
| African American Novel I | ||
| African American Novel II | ||
| Special Topics Children's/Young Adult Literature | ||
| African American Urban Literature | ||
| Multicultural Writing | ||
| Written Rhetoric: Power, Politics, and Environmental Writing | ||
| Propaganda, Power, and Politics | ||
| Activism and Advocacy Writing | ||
| Strategies for Writing in the Workplace | ||
| Latino Literature in the U.S. | ||
| Sustainability & Environmental Humanities Focus | ||
| 20TH Century Native American Literature | ||
| Life, Death, and Disease | ||
| Politics and Economics Lit of Modern Amer | ||
| Environmental/Experiential Writing: Taking Action | ||
| Literature of the Enlightenment | ||
| Urbanism and the Modern Imagination | ||
| African American Urban Literature | ||
| Written Rhetoric: Power, Politics, and Environmental Writing | ||
| Activism and Advocacy Writing | ||
| Grant and Proposal Writing | ||
| Visual and Digital Rhetoric Focus | ||
| Introduction to Gaming | ||
| Foundations of Game Design & Development | ||
| Digital Storytelling | ||
| Introduction to Digital Humanities | ||
| Usability & User Experience | ||
| Introduction to Film | ||
| Digital Journalism | ||
| Magazine Article Writing | ||
| Literature for Young Children | ||
| Topics in Digital Literature and Culture | ||
| Composing Cyberspace | ||
| Writing for the Web | ||
| Introduction to Visual Rhetoric | ||
| Visual Cultures | ||
| Document Design | ||
| Visual Rhetoric in Comics and Graphic Novels | ||
| Departmental Advanced Requirements | ||
| Two seminars from a selection focusing on a specialized topic (ENG 400). 5 | 6 | |
| Capstone Requirement | ||
| ENG 499 | English Capstone 6 | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Students may choose a minor, concentration, or elective courses. | 18 | |
| Total Minimum Required Credits | 120 | |
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For the humanities requirement, majors must take two courses with different course prefixes and no English department courses can be used toward the humanities requirement.
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Alternatives for students to complete the language requirement exist with consultation of the English faculty advisor and Department of Languages and Cultures.
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ENG 202 is a variable topic course emphasizing research methodologies in English Studies.
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Historical & Genealogical, Geographical/Transnational, and Diversity are areas of emphasis in the B.A. program and are not to be confused with distributive areas in the General Education program. Courses carrying these B.A. program emphases can be found in your handbook and on the English department website.
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ENG 400 is a variable topic course that may be cross-listed as FLM.
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This course fulfills the Capstone requirement.
To track their individual degree progress, students are advised to access their Degree Progress Report (DPR) via myWCU regularly. For more information, visit wcupa.edu/DegreeProgressReport.
The following is a sample suggested course sequence for this program; course offerings and availability are not guaranteed. Students should consult their academic advisor with any questions.
| Year One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| ENG 201 | Introduction to English Studies | 3 |
| WRT 120 or WRT 123 |
Effective Writing I or Effective Writing with Supplemental Writing Workshop |
3 |
| MAT 103 | Introduction to Mathematics | 3 |
or higher |
||
| FYE 100X | First Year Experience | 4 |
| Foreign Language 101 | 3 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENG 202 | Research Methods for English Studies | 3 |
| ENG 230 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| SPK 208 or SPK 230 |
Public Speaking or Business and Professional Speech Communication |
3 |
| WRT 2XX | 200-Level WRT Course | 3 |
| Foreign Language 102 | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Two | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENG 206 or ENG 296 |
Black Critical Theory or Theory & Criticism in English Studies |
3 |
| Focus Area/Track Course 1 | 3 | |
| Focus Area/Track Course 2 | 3 | |
| Foreign Language 201 | 3 | |
| Gen Ed Course 1 | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Focus Area/Track Course 3 | 3 | |
| Focus Area/Track Course 4 | 3 | |
| Minor Course 1 | 3 | |
| Foreign Language 202 | 3 | |
| Gen Ed Course 2 | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Three | ||
| Fall | ||
| Focus Area/Track Course 5 | 3 | |
| Focus Area/Track Course 6 | 3 | |
| Minor Course 2 | 3 | |
| Gen Ed Course 3 | 3 | |
| Gen Ed Course 4 | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENG 400 | Research Seminar | 3 |
| Focus Area/Track Course 7 | 3 | |
| Focus Area/Track Course 8 | 3 | |
| Minor Course 3 | 3 | |
| Gen Ed Course 5 | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Four | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENG 400 | Research Seminar | 3 |
| Minor Course 4 | 3 | |
| Minor Course 5 | 3 | |
| Gen Ed Course 6 | 3 | |
| Gen Ed Course 7 | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENG 499 | English Capstone | 3 |
| ENG 395 | Internship | 3 |
or Elective |
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| Minor Course 6 | 3 | |
| Gen Ed Course 8 | 2 | |
| Gen Ed / Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |
