The English Studies/Pre-Law Track enables students to design a course of study in the history and practice of persuasive communication, interpretation, and the cultural power of literary representation.
A student who completes the Pre-Law Track will be able to identify, evaluate, and apply varied forms of analysis and argumentation; read, write, speak, and think in thoughtful, informed, persuasive fashion; and understand and distinguish the culturally and historically specific relationships among language, cultural power, and interpretation, both in terms of persuasive writing and speech and the literary representations of minorities. The Track should also enable students to do well on law school admissions essays and examinations in law school.
The Literary, Textual, and Cultural Studies Track enables students to design a course of study in the history, meaning, function, and aesthetics of texts of all kinds, especially literary texts.
A student who completes the Literary, Textual, and Cultural Studies Track will be able to identify the unique material, symbolic, formal, and aesthetic qualities of texts of all kinds, especially literary texts; apply the analytical skills and methods best suited to comprehend the significance of texts; analyze the ways that texts of all kinds interact with audience, culture, medium and ideology; evaluate the role of theoryits methods, history, politics, and functionsin literary, textual, and cultural studies analysis; and examine the ways in which questions of race, gender, sexual orientation, and identity affect our interactions with both traditional and nontraditional literature and theory. The Literary, Textual, and Cultural Studies Track prepares students for any profession that requires strong analytic, communication, cultural, and aesthetic skills and for academic study in literary and cultural studies.
Liberal Studies
As outlined in Liberal Studies section with the following specifications:
Humanities-Literature: ENGL 122
Mathematics: 3 credits
Liberal Studies Electives: 9 credits, no courses with ENGL prefix
College: Foreign Language Intermediate Level (1)
Major
ENG 210 | British Literature to 1660 | 3cr |
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ENG 211 | British Literature 1660-1900 | 3cr |
ENG 212 | American Literature: Beginnings to 1900 | 3cr |
ENG 213 | British and American Literature Since 1900 | 3cr |
ENG 226 | Survey of Global Literature Since 1900 | 3cr |
ENGL 220 | Advanced Composition | 3cr |
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ENGL 221 | Creative Writing | 3cr |
ENG 222 | Technical Writing | 3cr |
ENG 203 | Introduction to Language Studies | 3cr |
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ENG 313 | Rhetorical Trends and Traditions | 3cr |
ENG 328 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3cr |
ENG 484 | Topics in English Studies | 3cr |
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ENG 265 | Law and Literature | 3cr |
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Controlled Electives in English/Pre-Law:
ENG 310 | Public Speaking | 3cr |
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ENG 313 | Rhetorical Trends and Traditions | 3cr |
ENG 321 | Persuasive Speech and Writing | 3cr |
ENG 220 | Advanced Composition | 3cr |
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ENG 221 | Creative Writing | 3cr |
ENG 222 | Technical Writing | 3cr |
ENG 325 | Writing Poetry | 3cr |
ENG 326 | Writing Fiction | 3cr |
ENG 327 | Writing Creative Nonfiction | 3cr |
ENG 422 | 3cr |
ENG 225 | Introduction to Literature by Women | 3cr |
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ENG 308 | Critical Theory | 3cr |
ENG 336 | Language, Gender, and Society | 3cr |
ENG 344 | Ethnic American Literature | 3cr |
ENG 348 | African American Literature | 3cr |
ENG 350 | Gender and Sexual Orientation in Literature, Theory, and Film | 3cr |
ENG 385 | Advanced Studies in Women's Literature | 3cr |
ENG 396 | Literature of Emerging Nations | 3cr |
ENG 450 | Film Theory | 3cr |
ENG 466 | Topics in Theory | 3cr |
Two courses with ENGL prefix except: ENGL 100, 101, 121, 122, or 202
Other Requirements: Seven courses, including at least one from each of six areas:
Business: ACCT 201, ACCT 202, BLAW 235
Criminology: CRIM 210, 215, 225, 255
Economics:ECON 121, 122, 332
History: HIST 320, 341, 342, 346, 475
Philosophy: PHIL 101, 122, 130, 221, 270, 320, 450
Political Science: PLSC: 358, 359, 361, 405