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Program Requirements

Literature, 4 courses (12 credits), including three of the following:
ENG 7 Western Literature: Classical, Medieval, Renaissance
ENG 8 Western Literature: Enlightenment to Modern
ENG 11 Survey of English Literature: Anglos-Saxon Period to New-Classical Age
ENG 12 Survey of English Literature: Romantic Period to Twentieth Century
ENG 21 Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, Non-Dramatic Poetry
ENG 22 Shakespeare: Tragedies, Romances
ENG 71 Survey of American Writers to the Civil War
ENG 72 Survey of American Writers Since the Civil War

Linguistics, 1 course, 3 credits:
ENG 30 Grammar and Usage
(Students with a strong background in grammar may substitute SPH 51 Phonetics of English or a linguistics course)
Writing, 6 courses (18 credits), including 2 or 3 courses (6-9 credits) from the Writing Major Core and 3 or 4 courses (9-12 credits) in Writing for Performance and Writing for the Marketplace:

Writing Major Core:
ENG 6 Writing in Business
ENG 80 Advanced Expository Writing
ENG 81 Creative Writing Workshop I
ENG 82 Creative Writing Workshop II
ENG 83 Creative Non-Fiction
ENG 85 Disciplinary Literacy in English

Writing for Performance:
THE 45 Playwriting I
THE 46 Playwriting II
CIN 9 Screenwriting I
CIN 10 Screenwriting II
CIN 17 Advanced Screenwriting
CMA 5 Introduction to Media Writing
BDST 17 Writing for TV and Radio

Writing for the Marketplace:
PR 1 Introduction to Public Relations
PR 2 Writing and Editing for Public Relations
JOU 3 Basic Newswriting
JOU 4 Intermediate Reporting
JOU 5 Writing for Electronic Journalism
JOU 6 Feature and Article Writing
JOU 7 Review Writing
JOU 8 Copy Editing and Makeup
Capstone Seminar (3 credits):
ENG 100 Seminar in English
(Preferably on a rhetorical topic)