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Curriculum in English
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts
Literature and Language Concentration

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)

 

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
†ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors		 3
MATH 105 or
MATH 161G		 Finite Mathematics
College Algebra		 3
Foreign Language 1011 CHIN 101, SPAN 101, FREN 101, ITAL 101, LAT 101, or GERM 101 3
LS 102 Introduction to Information Research 1
ART 105 or
ART 106G		 Survey of World Art History I
Survey of World Art History II		 3
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern             2
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
†ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors		 3
MATH 162 or
MATH 163 or
MATH 165 or
MATH 185 or
MATH 241G		 Plane Trigonometry
Calculus for the Biological, Business, and Social Sciences
Pre-Calculus with Trigonometry
Contemporary Mathematics
Elementary Statistics		 3
Foreign Language
1021		 CHIN 102, SPAN 102, FREN 102, ITAL 102, LAT 102, or GERM 102 3
Music 151 Introduction to Music 3
Elective9   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ENGL 300G Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation 3
Foreign Language
2011		 CHIN 201, SPAN 201, FREN 201, ITAL 201, LAT 201, or GERM 201 3
HIST 101 Western Civilization to 1500 3
Biological Science2,G   3
THEA 131 Introduction to the Theatre 3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ENGL 301 or
ENGL 303		 British Literature I
British Literature II		 3
††ENGL Elective:
Area3 		   3
Foreign Language
2021		 CHIN 202, SPAN 202, FREN 202, ITAL 202, LAT 202, or GERM 202               3
HIST 102 Western Civilization since 1500 3
Biological or Physical
Science2,G		   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ENGL Elective:
World4		   3
††ENGL 395 or
ENGL 396		 Early American Literature
American Literature Since 1860                                        		 3
History Elective   3
Physical Science2,G   3
POLI 201 or
POLI 202G		 American Politics
State and Local Politics                                               		 3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††English Elective:
Period5		   3
††ENGL 435 or
ENGL 436		 Shakespeare: Comedies and Romance
Shakespeare: Tragedies and Histories                             		 3
Social Science
Elective10,G		   3
Philosophy Elective   3
COMM 211  Introduction to Public Speaking 3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††English Elective:
Major Author6		                                                         3
††English Elective:
Language/Writing7		                                                                                     3
Electives9   9
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††English 300-400
level		   3
††English 400-level
Literature		                                                                                          3
††English Elective:
Major Topic8		   3
Electives9   6
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120

GGeneral Education Courses
†Major course. Students are expected to take at least 6 hours in early literatures from the following courses: ENGL 301, 351, 435, 436, 455, 456, 457, 471, 472.
††Major course. Requires a grade of "C" or better in all courses in the major at the 300- and 400- level.
1Students must complete 12 hours of a single foreign language.
2Students must complete a minimum of 6 hours in a two-semester sequence of a biological science plus a physical science or a two-semester sequence of a physical science plus a biological science. See the General Education Requirements in the Academic Regulations chapter of this catalog for the approved sequenced courses.
3Three hours must be selected from the following courses: ENGL 309, 310, 316, 317, 369, 373, 374, 392.
4Three hours must be selected from the following courses: ENGL 351, 352, 487.
5Three hours must be selected from the following courses: ENGL 430, 437, 455, 456, 457, 459, 488, 489, 490.
6Three hours must be selected from the following courses: ENGL 435, 436, 458, 471, 472, 487, 491.
7Three hours must be selected from the following courses: ENGL 312, 321, 322, 371, 372, 380, 413, 414, 447, 448, 467, 476, 477, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 492.
8Three hours must be selected from the following courses: ENGL 426, 428, 429, 438, 439, 449, 465, 475, 493, 494.
9At least three hours must be at the 400-level.
10Students may elect a course in Anthropology, Economics, Criminal Justice, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology.