English Degree 4-Year Plan

The 4-Year Plan is a model for completing your BA in English degree with Integrated English and Publishing emphasis in a timely manner. The plan below is one of several possible ways for you to complete the English degree. Your individualized plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements. Check your Financial Aid as it may require additional term credits for full-time funding. You must complete all university and program requirements successfully to complete this degree (GPA, 120 credits, LASC, WI, residency).

PDF version of the BA in English with Integrated English and Publishing Emphasis Roadmap

  • Program: Bachelor of Arts: English with Integrated English and Publishing Emphasis
  • Total Credits: 120
  • Catalog: 2023-2024

First Year

Curriculum Course Course Title Credits
Fall (1st Fall)
LASC Goal 1A COMM 100 Speech Communication 3
LASC Goal 4     3
First-Year Experience Course FYE 101 First Year Experience 1
LASC Goal 1B ENGL 101 English Composition 3
LASC Goal 3     3
LASC Goal 2     3
Total Credits: 16
Spring (1st Spring)
Core Requirement: ENGL 300 Intro to Literary Studies 3
General Elective/Minor Course:     3
LASC Goal 3     3
LASC Goal 5     3
LASC Goal 6     3
Total Credits: 15

 

Second Year

Curriculum Course Course Title Credits
Fall (2nd Fall)
Core Requirement: ENGL 311 Major British Writers I 3
Core Requirement: ENGL 371 Survey of American Literature I 3
LASC Goal 5     3
LASC Goal 6     3
General Elective/Minor Course:     3
Total Credits: 15
Spring (2nd Spring)
Core Requirement: ENGL 314 Shakespeare 3
Core Requirement: ENGL 380 World Literature 3
LASC Goal 7   Once course may be in English 3
LASC Goal 8     3
General Elective/Minor Course:     3
Total Credits: 15

 

Third Year

Curriculum Course Course Title Credits
Fall (3rd Fall)
Restricted Elective:   Category I* 3
Restricted Elective:   Category II* 3
LASC Goal 9     3
General Elective/Minor Course:     3
General Elective/Minor Course:     3
Total Credits: 15
Spring (3rd Spring)
Restricted Elective:   Category I* 3
Restricted Elective:   Category II* 3
LASC Goal 10     3
General Elective/Minor Course:     3
General Elective/Minor Course:     3
Total Credits: 15

 

Fourth

Curriculum Course Course Title Credits
Fall (4th Fall)
Restricted Elective:   Category I* 3
Restricted Elective:   Category II* 3
General Elective/Minor Course:     3
General Elective/Minor Course:     3
General Elective/Minor Course:     3
Total Credits: 15
Spring (4th Spring)
Capstone Course and WI for major ENGL 430 or ENGL 488 Individual Authors OR Advanced Creative Writing 3
Restricted Elective:   Category III* 3
General Elective/Minor Course:     3
General Elective/Minor Course:     3
General Elective/Minor Course:     2
Total Credits: 14

 

Notes:

  • Category I Courses
    • ENGL 280 World Literature: East-West (3)
    • ENGL 286 Writing for the Workplace (3)
    • ENGL 288 Introduction to Creative Writing (3)
    • ENGL 312 Major British Writers II (3)
    • ENGL 330 Individual Authors (3)
    • ENGL 340 Genre Studies (3)
    • ENGL 372 Survey of American Literature II (3)
  • Category II Courses
    • ENGL 285 Scriptwriting (3)
    • ENGL 301 Medieval British Literature (3)
    • ENGL 320 Romantic & Victorian Literature (3)
    • ENGL 321 Early American Literature (3)
    • ENGL 322 19th Century American Literature (3)
    • ENGL 387 Technical Report Writing (3)
    • ENGL 388 Creative Writing (3) *this course is repeatable up to three times for credit, if the genre changes
    • ENGL 425 Grant Proposal Writing (3)
    • ENGL 463 History of the English Language (3)
  • Category III Courses
    • ENGL 234 Mythology (3)
    • ENGL 246 Women in Literature (3)
    • ENGL 317 Personal Lives, National Affairs (3)
    • ENGL 332 Film and the Novel (3)
    • ENGL 335 World Mythology (3)
    • ENGL 346 Virtue and Vice in Gothic Storytelling (3)
    • ENGL 352 Native American Literature (3)
    • ENGL 356 African American Literature (3)
    • ENGL 390 Special Topics (1-4)
    • ENGL 407 Big City, Big Impact (3)
    • ENGL 410 Studies in British Literature (3)
    • ENGL 435 Nature Writing/Ecocriticism (3)
    • ENGL 469 Internship (1-12)