English - Writing Emphasis, Bachelor of Arts
Offered by Department of English
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
General Studies | ||
Foundational Requirements (LOPERs 1-4) | 12 | |
Including: | ||
LOPER 2: Writing Skills | ||
Introduction to Academic Writing 1 | ||
Broad Knowledge Requirements (LOPERs 5-8) | 12 | |
Dispositional Requirements (LOPERs 9-10) 2 | 6 | |
Wellness (LOPER 11) Optional | 0 | |
BA Language requirement | ||
Complete all required courses 3 | 6 | |
Program Specified Requirements | 3 | |
Special Topics in Academic Writing and Research | ||
Major Option | ||
Complete all required courses | 36 | |
Minor or 2nd Major | ||
Complete all required courses 4 | 24 | |
Unrestricted electives | ||
Needed to reach 120 credit hour minimum | 21 | |
Total Credit Hours | 120 |
Major Option
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Requirements | ||
ENG 234 | Reading and Writing about Literature | 3 |
Select 6 credit hours of the following: | 6 | |
Ancient Literature | ||
Survey of US Literature I | ||
Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature I | ||
Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature II | ||
Colonial/Early American Literature | ||
Seminar in the American Renaissance | ||
Early/Middle English Literature | ||
Seminar in Shakespeare | ||
Seminar in the Renaissance | ||
Literature of the English Restoration and Eighteenth Century | ||
Seminar in Romanticism | ||
Seminar in Victorian Literature | ||
Select 15 credit hours of the following Writing/Composition courses: | 15 | |
Introduction to Creative Writing | ||
Beginning Fiction Writing | ||
Introduction to Creative Writing for the Stage/Screen | ||
Beginning Poetry Writing | ||
Advanced Writing | ||
Technical and Science Writing | ||
Creative Play/Script Writing | ||
Advanced Fiction Writing | ||
Advanced Poetry Writing | ||
Theory and Pedagogy of Writing | ||
Creative Writing Professionalism | ||
Seminar in Rhetoric | ||
Narrative Strategies | ||
Poetic Strategies | ||
Select 3 credit hours of the following Language courses: | 3 | |
Introduction to Linguistics | ||
Grammar I | ||
History of the English Language | ||
Literature Electives | ||
Select 9 credit hours of any of the following: | 9 | |
Honors Courses | ||
American Studies | ||
Literary Classics of the Western World | ||
Special Topics | ||
Literature Courses | ||
European Literature in Translation | ||
Postcolonial Literature in a Global Context | ||
Ancient Literature | ||
Special Topics in Popular Literature | ||
Studies in a Literary Genre | ||
Survey of US Literature I | ||
Survey of US Literature II | ||
Literature of the American West | ||
Contemporary American Multicultural Lit | ||
American Women Writers | ||
Reading Nebraska | ||
Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature I | ||
Survey of British and Commonwealth Literature II | ||
Film Genre | ||
History of the Motion Picture | ||
History of the English Language | ||
Principles of Literary Criticism | ||
Children's Literature | ||
Literature for Adolescents | ||
Colonial/Early American Literature | ||
Seminar in the American Renaissance | ||
Seminar in American Realism | ||
Seminar in Early 20th Century American Literature | ||
Seminar in Post-World War II American Literature | ||
Seminar in World Literature | ||
The Graphic Novel | ||
Topics: Women's Literature | ||
Early/Middle English Literature | ||
Seminar in Shakespeare | ||
Seminar in the Renaissance | ||
Literature of the English Restoration and Eighteenth Century | ||
Seminar in Romanticism | ||
Seminar in Victorian Literature | ||
Seminar in Modernism | ||
Postmodern/Contemporary British Literature | ||
Classic Literature of Childhood | ||
Special Topics | ||
Individual Research 5 | ||
Experiential Learning | ||
Nebraska Life Writing | ||
Creative Writing Professionalism | ||
Critical Writing Professionalism | ||
Total Credit Hours | 36 |
- 1
Students with sufficient preparation may satisfy this requirement with ENG 102.
- 2
Designated courses with the appropriate content may be approved to satisfy one of the Broad Knowledge requirements plus LOPER 9 or Broad Knowledge plus LOPER 10. Courses may be approved to satisfy LOPER 9 or LOPER 10 alone. (Courses satisfying LOPER 9 or LOPER 10 alone must be 3 credit hours.) Students applying this option will need to take additional hours in other categories to meet the required GS hours.
- 3
For specific language requirements see #2 of Bachelor of Arts Degree requirements.
- 4
A minor or second major is required for a complete degree program. The number of required electives needed to reach 120 total credit hours overall will depend upon the specific program chosen.
- 5
3 credit hour maximum.