English

Area of Humane Learning

Graduates of Milligan's English program go on to teach in public and private schools and colleges (with additional study), to do graduate work in English and related fields, to study law, to work as journalists, editors, and public relations officers, to study library science/information technology, and to work in marketing, customer assistance, and other aspects of the business world.

The course of study in English language and literature is designed to enable the student (1) to read literature with appreciation, understanding, and a developing critical sophistication; (2) to write clear and effective literary criticism and analysis; and (3) to acquire a knowledge base which will allow the individual to pursue additional education or to obtain gainful employment.

English major - B.A. (30 hrs)

      ENGL 304 or 305 Survey of American Literature (3 hrs)
ENGL 460 Elizabethan Drama (3 hrs) or 461 Jacobean Drama (3 hrs)
Six hours of literature from HUMN 101, 102, 201, 202 (6 hrs)
At least one course from 4 of the 5 areas below:
  English Language and Literary Criticism (311, 312, 450)
  Medieval and Renaissance Literature (430, 460, 461, 462)
  Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Literature (304, 361)
  Nineteenth-Century Literature (434, 435)
  Modern and Post-Modern Literature (305, 402, 411, 414, 415)

Additional courses in English as needed for a total of 30 hrs in the major

Six hours of junior or senior level theatre arts courses may be applied to an English major. The English major is available only as a Bachelor of Arts degree; therefore, foreign language through the intermediate level is required.

Every English major must take the ETS Major Field Test Literature in English II (senior major exam).

The secondary English teacher licensure program includes the following courses:

ENGL 304 or 305 Survey of American Literature (3 hrs)
ENGL 311 Advanced Grammar (3 hrs)
ENGL 361 Novel or 362 African-American Literature or 414 British Fiction (3 hrs)
ENGL 402 Short Story or 363 Appalachian Literature or 365 Literature by Women (3 hrs)
ENGL 460 Elizabethan Drama or 461 Jacobean Drama (3 hrs)
ENGL electives (9 hrs)
Six hours of world literature from the humanities sequence or from ENGL 402, 411, 495 (Post-Colonial Literature), or HUMN 285 (6 hrs)
EDUC 357 Content Area Reading (3 hrs)

For additional information about the teacher licensure program, including a list of courses required for licensure, see the Education: Licensure Programs section of the catalog.

Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree with an English major must complete English electives to total 30 semester hours in the major. The following six hours of Theatre Arts courses may be substituted for six hours of English electives: THEA 242 Fundamentals of Acting and THEA 340 Fundamentals of Directing. Foreign language through the intermediate level is required.

English minor (18 hrs)

Six hours from HUMN 101, 102, 201, 202 (6 hrs)
Electives in both American and English literature (12 hrs)

Source: 2007-08 Catalog

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