1997-1998 Academic Catalog

Language and Literature English Course requirements for the English major involve 74 quarter hours including: ENG-140 English Composition II .................................... 5 ENG-223 AdvancedComposition ................................... 3 (or ENG-303 or ENG-304 Creative Writing ................. 3) ENG-305 The English Language .................................... 5 ENG-422 English Seminar .............................................. 5 LIT-231 World Literature ............................................... 5 LIT-252 Major American Authors II ............................. 5 (or LIT-338 Contemporary British Literature ............... 5) LIT-335 Shakespeare ..................................................... 5 LIT-421 Literary Criticism .............................................. 3 PWRT-311 Style and Mechanics for Writers ................ 4 American Literature (one course) .................................. 5 English Literature (one course) ...................................... 5 Electives in English ....................................................... 24 English Major Curriculum Summary Proficiency requirements ............................................. 0-8 Englishmajor requirements ........................................... 74 Other General Education Requirements .................. 70-90 Electives ................................................................... 30-52 Total (minimum, not including proficiency) ........ 192 The language laborato1y enables professors to monitor class or individual progress with the touch of the finger, allowing students to learn a foreign language more effectively. A complete description ofthe General Education Requirements is found on page 34. Suggested Four-Year Curriculum for a Major in English First year: BEGE-171 The Christian Life .................................................... 4 BEGE-172 Introduction to Bible Study ..................................... 4 ENG-110 English Composition I ............................................... 5 ENG-140 English Composition II .............................................. 5 GSCI-161 Introduction to Physical Science ............................... 5 HUM-140 Introduction to the Humanities ................................ 5 PEF-199 P.A.C.L....................................................................... 2 Languageand/orelectives .................................................. 17 Physicaleducationelective ................................................. I Total ...........................................,............................................. 48 Second year: BEGE-273 Old Testament Survey ............................................. 4 BEGE-274 New Testament Survey ........................................... 4 BI0-100 Principles ofBiology ................................................... 5 COM-110 Fundamentals of Speech ........................................... 5 ENG-305 TheEnglishLanguage ................................................. 5 GSS-100 Foundations ofSocial Science ..................................... 5 HIST-111 United States History before 1865 ........................... 5 LIT-231 World Literature .....,..................................................... 5 LIT-334 19th Century English Literature .................................. 5 Mathematics elective .......................................................... 5 Total .......................................................................................... 48 Third year: BEGE-375 God and History ...................................................... 4 BEGE-376 God and the Church ................................................. 4 ENG-223 Advanced Composition ............................................. 3 PWRT-311 Style and Mechanics for Writers ............................ 4 LIT-329 British Literature: Beginnings through Renaissance ..... 5 LIT-335 Shakespeare .................................................................. 5 LIT-339 American Romanticism ................................................ 5 Humanities elective ............................................................. 5 Socialscienceelective ......................................................... 5 Electives .............................................................................. 8 Total ......................................................................................... 48 Fourth year: LIT-330 British Literature.: Renaissance to Romanticism ......... 5 LIT-336 American Realism and Naturalism ............................... 5 LIT-338 Contemporary British Literature ................................. 5 LIT-421 Literary Criticism ......................................................... 3 LIT-422Seminar ......................................................................... 3 Electives ............................................................................ 27 Total .................,..................................,.............. u .................... 48