(Effective Fall 1998)
Students who entered under catalogs prior to Fall 1998 may elect the new program OR stay with requirements in place when they entered.
Exception: Transfer students must fulfill the new requirements.

I. All English majors are required to complete 36 hours credit in English.

• First-year English: English 1310 and 1320 are prerequisites to all other English courses.
• Sophomore Literature: Majors will select any two of the following courses: *2310, 2320, *2330, 2340, *2359, 2360
  Majors who earn at least a B in their first sophomore course have the option to enroll in an advanced literature course in place of the second sophomore course. No more than 6 hours of sophomore literature count toward the major.
• English 3301: Literature and the Contemporary Reader
  This course should be taken immediately after completing sophomore literature.
• Seven advanced Courses: One of the advanced courses must focus on the works of a single author (3343, 3354, 4351, 4355, or 4358). The department recommends that the students take this course at the end of the major. It is recommended that the students take at least two courses which center on genre, theme, or theory.
  
  Group A - British Literature:  *3351, *3352, *3353, *3354, *3356, *3357, *3359, 3362, 3365, 3368, 3370, *4351, *4355, *4358.
  
  Group B - American Literature:  3309, 3326, 3331, *3333, 3335, 3336, 3338, 3344, 3345, 3346, 3347, 4325, 4334.
  
  Group C - World Literature:  3321, 3322, 3323, 3325, *3327, 3328, 3329, 3341, 3350, 3385, 3386, 3388, *3392.
  
  Group D - Forms, Language, and Writing:  3302, 3303, 3311, 3315, 3316, 3319, 3320, 3342, 3343, 3348, 3349, 3389, 4310, 4323, 4348, 4349.
  
  Literature before 1800. In selecting sophomore and advanced courses, majors must include at least 6 hours of literature before 1800. Sophomore and advanced courses which satisfy this requirement are identified with an asterisk in the sections above.
  

II. English majors are also required to complete the following courses for graduation:

• Minor - 18 to 24 semester credit hours.
• Modern Language - a proficiency level of a successful completion of the second semester of the sophomore course in the language, provided at least six semester hours have been earned.
• Science requirement - Four semesters of work in at least two of the departments of biology, chemistry, mathematics, philosophy (logic only), and physics, provided two of the semesters are in the same laboratory science (this satisfies the general studies natural science perspective requirement of 7-8 hours).
  

III. General Studies requirements

IV. Other requirements for graduation

• A minimum of 128 semester credit hours
• A minimum of 54 semester credit hours in General Studies
• A minimum of 40 semester credit hours of advanced courses
• A minimum of 18 semester credit hours in writing intensive courses