BA Degree Requirements

About the Program

The literature and language concentration program requires 120 semester credit hours consisting of the core curriculum, 33 hours in a major field, and a required minor.

Requirements

1000-Level

ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric, 3 Semester Credit Hours

2000-Level

Two of the following:

ENGL 2321 - Global Literature I, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2322 - Global Literature II, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2323 - British Literature I, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2324 - British Literature II, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2325 - American Literature I, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2326 - American Literature II, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2351 - Introduction to Creative Writing, 3 Semester Credit Hours

One of the following:

ENGL 2307 - Introduction to Fiction, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2310 - Literature, Social Justice, and the Environment, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2371 - Language in a Multicultural America, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2381 - Fantasy and Science Fiction, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2382 - Heroes and Anti-Heroes, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2383 - Bible as Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2388 - Introduction to Film Studies, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2391 - Introduction to Literary Studies, 3 Semester Credit Hours

3000-Level

One Theory or Linguistics Course

ENGL 3301 - Introduction to Literary Theory, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3328 - Introduction to American Studies, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3339 - Sexuality and Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3371 - How Language Works, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3372 - History of the English Language, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3373 - How Syntax Works, 3 Semester Credit Hours

One Diversity Course

ENGL 3338 - Global South Literatures, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3339 - Sexuality and Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3341 - Studies in Translation Practice and Theory, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3342 - Travel, Migration, and Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3384 - Religion and Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3387 - Multicultural Literatures of America, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3389 - Global Short Story, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3392 - African American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3393 - U.S. Latina/o Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3394 - Asian American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3395 - Native American Literatures, 3 Semester Credit Hours

Distribution Courses

Take one course each from two of the following lists. Note that students must choose from categories not fulfilled at the 2000-level.

Early Global

ENGL 3335 - Ancient and Medieval World Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3336 - Early and modern World Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3338 - Global South Literatures, 3 Semester Credit Hours

Later Global

ENGL 3337 - Modern and Contemporary World Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3338 - Global South Literatures, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3341 - Studies in Translation Practice and Theory, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3342 - Travel, Migration, and Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours

Early British

ENGL 3302 - British Literature Before 1066, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3303 - Medieval Literature in England, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3304 - Medieval and Renaissance Drama, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3305 - British Renaissance Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3385 - Selected Plays of Shakespeare, 3 Semester Credit Hours

Later British

ENGL 3307 - Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3308 - British Romantic Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3309 - Modern and Contemporary British Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3311 - British Victorian Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours

Early American

ENGL 3323 - Early American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3392 - African American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3393 - U.S. Latina/o Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3394 - Asian American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3395 - Native American Literatures, 3 Semester Credit Hours

Later American

ENGL 3324 - Nineteenth Century American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3325 - Modern and Contemporary American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3392 - African American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3393 - U.S. Latina/o Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3394 - Asian American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3395 - Native American Literatures, 3 Semester Credit Hours

4000-Level

Three of the following:

ENGL 4300 - Individual Studies in English, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4301 -Studies in Selected Authors, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4311 - Studies in Poetry, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4312 - Studies in Drama, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4313 - Studies in Fiction, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4314 - Studies in Nonfiction, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4315 - Studies in Film, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4321 - Studies in Literary Topics, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4342 - Studies in Literary Topics, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4351 - Advanced Creative Writing, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4371 - Language and Community, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4373 - Advanced Studies in Linguistics, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4390 - Internship in Literature, Creative Writing, and Linguistics, 3 Semester Credit Hours

Communication Literary Requirement

To accommodate English majors while emphasizing the communication skills they will need to graduate and succeed, the department focuses on developing students' abilities to articulate and integrate ideas and information specific to three areas. Students will choose one course from each area. Courses that partially fulfill the Communication Literacy requirement for English majors with a language and literacy concentration and their associated areas, are as follows:

Situating in Cultural/Historical Context:

ENGL 3302 - British Literature Before 1066, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3303 - Medieval Literature in England, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3304 - Medieval and Renaissance Drama, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3305 - British Renaissance Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3307 - Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3308 - British Romantic Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3309 - Modern and Contemporary British Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3311 - British Victorian Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3312 - Film and Media Studies, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3323 - Early American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3324 - Nineteenth Century American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3325 - Modern and Contemporary American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3335 - Ancient and Medieval World Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3336 - Early and modern World Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3337 - Modern and Contemporary World Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3385 - Selected Plays of Shakespeare, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3392 - African American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3393 - U.S. Latina/o Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3394 - Asian American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3395 - Native American Literatures, 3 Semester Credit Hours

Critical Communication

ENGL 3301 - Introduction to Literary Theory, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3328 - Introduction to American Studies, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3339 - Sexuality and Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3371 - How Language Works, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3372 - History of the English Language, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3373 - How Syntax Works, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 4342 - Studies in Literary Topics, 3 Semester Credit Hours

Intercultural Communication

ENGL 3338 - Global South Literatures, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3339 - Sexuality and Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3341 - Studies in Translation Practice and Theory, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3342 - Travel, Migration, and Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3382 - Women Writers, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3384 - Religion and Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3387 - Multicultural Literatures of America, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3388 - Film Genres, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3389 - Global Short Story, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3392 - African American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3393 - U.S. Latina/o Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3394 - Asian American Literature, 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 3395 - Native American Literatures, 3 Semester Credit Hours

Department of English

Address

P.O. Box 43091 Lubbock, TX 79409-3091
Phone
806.742.2501
Email
english@ttu.edu