Writing Major
The study of the English language and literature is directed toward helping students acquire skills in writing effectively and in reading and evaluating literature. The variety of courses offered suggests both the need students have for communicating their ideas clearly and the need they have for creating and responding to the aesthetic.
Writing Major - B.A. Degree |
| General Education
Courses |
42 hours |
| Graduation Requirements |
16-18 hours |
| Required Courses for the Writing Major |
36 hours |
| Academic/Nonfiction Writing |
3 hours |
ENG/WRT 3353 Advanced Composition
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| Creative Writing courses from: |
6 hours |
ENG/WRT 3013 Writing Poetry
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ENG/WRT 4013 Writing Fiction
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THR 4053 The Art and Craft of Playwriting
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| Practical Writing |
6 hours |
ENG/WRT 2003 Technical Writing
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One course selected from:
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BUS 2013 Business Communications
COM 3373 Newspaper Writing and Editing
MKT 3083 Creative Advertising
TEC 3013 Writing for Television
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| Literary Study |
15 hours |
| Two courses in American literature selected
from: |
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ENG 3313 American Literature I
ENG 3323 American Literature 2
ENG 4483 American Novel
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| Three courses in British literature selected
from: |
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ENG 3233 Medieval and Renaissance
ENG 3243 17th and 18th Century
ENG 3333 Romantic Period
ENG 3343 Victorian Period
ENG 4413 Shakespeare
ENG 4433 20th Century
ENG 4453 Milton
ENG 4473 Modern Drama
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| Language Study |
3 hours |
ENG 3373 Structure of the English Language
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| Writing Elective |
3 hours |
One course selected from those not taken to
meet the requirement in Creative or Practical Writing
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| Students may not double major in
writing and in English, but they may complete a major in one and
a minor in the other. Courses required for a major in writing
may not be counted toward courses required for a minor in
English. For example, students who complete Advanced Composition
for the major in writing must take for the English minor an
alternate writing course from either the Creative or Practical
Writing courses listed under the major in writing. |
|
Writing Minor |
| Eighteen hours above
the courses completed to meet the general education requirement
in composition, including the following: |
| Academic/Nonfiction Writing |
3 hours |
ENG/WRT 3353 Advanced Composition
In the place of Advanced Composition, English majors must
substitute another writing course taken from either Creative
Writing or Practical Writing. However, this course must be
in addition to the fulfillment of the requirement in
Creative Writing and Practical Writing. These electives in
Creative and Practical Writing appear in the description of
the major in writing.
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| Creative Writing |
3 hours |
One course selected from:
ENG/WRT 3013 Writing Poetry
ENG/WRT 4013 Writing Fiction
THR 4053 The Art and Craft of Playwriting
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| Practical Writing |
3 hours |
ENG/WRT
2003 Technical Writing
112 / Geneva Casebolt College of Music, Arts and Letters
2006-2007 Catalog |
| Literary Study |
6 hours |
One course (3 hours) in American literature
selected from:
ENG 3313 American Literature I
ENG 3323 American Literature 2
ENG 4483 American Novel
English majors must fulfill this requirement in American
literature with a course not taken to fulfill the American
literature requirement for the major.
One course (3 hours) in British literature selected from:
ENG 3233 Medieval and Renaissance
ENG 3243 17th and 18th Century
ENG 3333 Romantic Period
ENG 3343 Victorian Period
ENG 4413 Shakespeare
ENG 4433 20th Century
ENG 4453 Milton
ENG 4473 Modern Drama
English majors must fulfill this requirement in British
literature with a course not taken to fulfill the British
literature requirement for the major.
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| Language Study |
3 hours |
ENG 3373 Structure of the English Language
English majors must complete both Structure of the English
Language and
History of the English Language.
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