English - BA

The curriculum in English is designed to allow students to develop concentrations in such areas as composition and rhetoric, creative writing, literature and film, or coursework relevant to teacher certification.

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
Fall		Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 303	Approaches to English Studies	3
Select one of the following: 1		3
COMM 203	Public Speaking
COMM 205	Communication for Technical Professions
COMM 243	Argumentation and Debate
ENGL 104	Composition and Rhetoric
ENGL 210	Technical and Business Writing
American history		3
Foreign language 2		4
Social and behavioral sciences 3		3
	Semester Credit Hours	16
Spring
ENGL 203	Writing about Literature 1	3
Foreign language 2		4
Life and physical sciences		3
Mathematics 4		3
English elective 5		3
	Semester Credit Hours	16
Second Year
Fall
Select one of the following:		3
ENGL 221/MODL 221	World Literature
ENGL 227	American Literature: The Beginnings to Civil War
ENGL 231	Survey of English Literature I
ENGL 313	Medieval English Literature
ENGL 314	The English Renaissance
ENGL 315	Seventeenth-Century Literature
ENGL 317	Early British Drama
ENGL 353	History of Rhetoric
ENGL 412	Studies in Shakespeare
ENGL 414	Milton
ENGL 431	Chaucer
Foreign language 2		3
Government/Political science		3
English elective 5		3
General elective 3,6		3
	Semester Credit Hours	15
Spring
Select one of the following:		3
ENGL 222/MODL 222	World Literature
ENGL 232	Survey of English Literature II
ENGL 316	Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture
ENGL 321	Nineteenth-Century Literature (Romantic)
ENGL 322	Nineteenth-Century Literature (Victorian)
ENGL 323	The American Renaissance
ENGL 373	American Realism and Naturalism
ENGL 375	Nineteenth-Century American Novel
ENGL 377	The British Novel to 1870.
Foreign language 2		3
Government/Political science		3
Life and physical sciences		3
General elective 3,6		3
	Semester Credit Hours	15
Third Year
Fall
Select one of the following:		3
ENGL 228	American Literature: Civil War to Present
ENGL 305	Texas Literature
ENGL 336	Life and Literature of the Southwest
ENGL 337	Life and Literature of the American South
ENGL 340	Modern and Contemporary Drama
ENGL 350	Twentieth-Century Literature to World War II
ENGL 352	Literature, World War II to Present.
ENGL 356/FILM 356	Literature and Film
ENGL 372	American Poetry
ENGL 376	The American Novel Since 1900
ENGL 378	The British Novel, 1870 to Present.
ENGL 379/AFST 379	Postcolonial Literatures
ENGL 401	Contemporary Literary Theory
Language, philosophy and culture		3
Mathematics 4		3
English elective 5		3
General elective 3,6		3
	Semester Credit Hours	15
Spring
Select one of the following:		3
ENGL 204/AFST 204	Introduction to African-American Literature
ENGL 205/AFST 205	Introduction to Africana Literature
ENGL 306	Transnational Literature and Culture
ENGL 329/AFST 329	African-American Literature Pre-1930
ENGL 333/WGST 333	Gay and Lesbian Literature
ENGL 338	American Ethnic Literature
ENGL 339/AFST 339	African-American Literature Post-1930
ENGL 357	Native American Rhetorics and Literatures
ENGL 362/HISP 362	Latino/a Literature
ENGL 374/WGST 374	Women Writers
ENGL 391	Folklore, Literature, and World Cultures
ENGL 393/AFST 393	Studies in Africana Literature and Culture
ENGL 474/WGST 474	Studies in Women Writers
Creative arts		3
English elective 5		3
General elective 3,6		3
General elective 3,6		3
	Semester Credit Hours	15
Fourth Year
Fall
American history		3
Language, philosophy and culture or creative arts		3
English elective 5		3
General elective 3,6		3
General elective 3,6		3
	Semester Credit Hours	15
Spring
ENGL 481	Senior Seminar	3
Life and physical sciences		3
Social and behavioral sciences 3		3
General elective 3,6		3
General elective 3,6		1
	Semester Credit Hours	13
	Total Semester Credit Hours	120

1	Must make grade of C or better.
2	Complete 14 hours of a foreign language through the intermediate level. If you choose to enroll in a language you have studied previously without receiving college credit, you must first take a placement test. See academic advisor.
3	Middle School Certificate seekers should consult an undergraduate English advisor for required courses.
4	At least 3 hours must be in MATH. Three hours may be PHIL 240.
5	Select from ENGL 100-499, LING 200-499.
6	Up to 12 hours of ENGL 300-499 courses may be used.

Up to 51 credits in English can be applied to the degree; at least 21 credits must be in literature. A grade of C or higher is required for a course to be counted in the major. For residency, a student must have at least 12 hours in 300- or 400-level English classes from Texas A&M University.

College and University Requirements

Graduation requirements include 3 hours of International and Cultural Diversity courses and 3 hours of Cultural Discourse courses. A course satisfying a Core category, a college/department requirement, or a free elective can be used to satisfy this requirement. The required 6 hours may be met by courses satisfying other areas of a degree program. See your academic advisor for further information.

Other courses may qualify for the following categories. All courses are to be selected with the approval of the student’s academic advisor. The courses incorporate University Core Curriculum requirements. No course can be counted in more than one category, except as allowed in the minor field of study and the International and Cultural Diversity and Cultural Discourse graduation requirements. A minimum of 36 hours of 300- or 400-level coursework must be completed at Texas A&M University, with at least 12 of those hours being in the major.

Minor Field of Study

English majors are advised, but not required, to select a minor field of study. Students who elect to complete a minor should contact the department or program that offers the minor to determine the requirements for that minor. A grade of C or higher is required for a course to be counted in the minor field. A minor field must be declared before the student has completed 75 credit hours.