Department of English

Elementary (Childhood) Education English Concentration
Program Requirements (Fall 2007-present)
English Concentration Requirements Checklist

The English Concentration consists of 30 semester hours (s.h.) of courses offered by the English Department or accepted by the English Department as substitutions.

REQUIRED COURSES: [15 s.h.]

LITR 150: Introduction to Literary Studies (3 s.h.)
COMP 200: Advanced Composition (3 s.h.)
LING 210: Traditional Grammar: English (3 s.h.)
One Multicultural Course (3 s.h.)
One Major Author Course (3 s.h.)

SELECTED COURSEWORK: [15 s.h.] (by advisement)

I. Four Period Courses (12 s.h.)

Select at least one from each of the following categories:

Beginning through Medieval
Renaissance to 1800
1800 to present

In order to successfully complete the Period-Courses requirement, students must choose one ALIT, one ELIT, one WLIT and any other course from the Period-Courses list. For example, to fulfill the four-course requirement a student could take ELIT 200 (Beginnings through Medieval is ELIT), ALIT 200 (Renaissance to 1800 is ALIT), WLIT 215 (1800 to Present is WLIT), and any other course in ALIT, ELIT, WLIT in any time-period category.

II. One 200-level or 300-level English Department Electives (ALIT, COMP, ELIT, LING, LITR, or WLIT) (3 s.h.)

ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES:

1. Students must successfully complete LITR 150 and COMP 200 no more than one year after declaring an English Concentration.
2. With the exception of LITR 150, only courses at the 200 and 300 level may be counted toward the concentration.
3. In order to receive departmental credit for LITR 150, each student must achieve a grade of “C” or better.
4. As of Spring 2006, most courses offered by the English Department have new prerequisites. All students are strongly encouraged to discuss these changes with their academic advisors, as well as to check the College Catalog for details about individual course prerequisites. Generally, 200-level courses require COMP 100 and LITR 100 or LITR 150. Most 300-level courses require COMP 200, LITR 150, LITR 250, as well as 6 s.h. of 200-level courses in ALIT, ELIT, LING, LITR, or WLIT.
5. Selected coursework options are listed by the required categories they satisfy (see below). No course may be applied toward the major in more than one category.

MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE (choose 1)

MAJOR AUTHORS (choose 1)

PERIOD COURSES

Choose Four (4) Total
Students must choose one ALIT, one ELIT, one WLIT and any other course from the Period Courses list.

BEGINNINGS THROUGH MEDIEVAL Choose One (1)

RENAISSANCE TO 1800 Choose One (1)

1800 TO PRESENT Choose One (1)

If Not Taken to Fulfill Other Requirements,
Take One (1) Period Course From the Three (3) Areas Listed Above and/or From: