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Eight-Semester Plan for B.A. in English, Literature Concentration
Major Program Guide For: B.A. in English
Concentration: Literature
Suggested Course Sequence
- Total for Degree: 120 Credit Hours
- Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| First Year Seminar | 190/191 | 3 | ENGL (C1) | 102 | Composition II | 3 | |
| ENGL (C1) | 101 | Composition I | 3 | CMHC (C3) | 201 | Intro to Speech Communication | 3 |
| MATH (C2) | 101 | Mathematical Concepts | 3 | HEAL/HSCC (C4) | 111/123 | Wellness | 3 |
| C5 | Physical and Biological Sciences | 3 | C5 | Physical and Biological Sciences | 3 | ||
| MFL | 101 | Beginning Foreign Languages | 3 | MFL | 102 | Beginning Foreign Languages | 3 |
| Jumpstart | 101 | 0 | |||||
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| P1 | Social Science | 3 | P1 | Social Science | 3 | ||
| P3 | History | 3 | P4 | Humanities | 3 | ||
| MFL | 231 | 3 | MFL | 231 | 3 | ||
| ENGL | 231 | Interpretation of Literature | 3 | ENGL | 251 | British Literature I | 3 |
| ENGL | 261 | American Lit I | 3 | ENGL | 262 | American Lit II | 3 |
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| Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| P5 | Fine and Performing Arts | 3 | P6 | World Cultures | 3 | ||
| ENGL | 252 | British Lit II | 3 | ENGL | 496 | Seminar in Comparative Literature | 3 |
| ENGL | Jr-Sr Level | Literature Elective Credits | 3 | ENGL | Jr-Sr Level | Literature Elective Credits | 3 |
| Minor | Minor Credits | 6 | Minor | Minor Credits | 3 | ||
| General Electives | 3 | ||||||
| Upper Level Perspective (ULP): An approved Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories. | |||||||
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Senior Year | |||||||
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| ENGL | 389, 401, or 483 | Writing Courses | 3 | ENGL | Jr-Sr Level | Literature Elective Credits | 6 |
| ENGL | Jr-Sr Level | Literature Elective Credits | 3 | Minor | Minor Credits | 3 | |
| Minor | Minor Credits | 6 | General Electives | 6 | |||
| General Electives | 3 | ||||||
NOTES:
- Total for Degree: 120 Credit Hours
- Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.
- The B.A. in English requires a Minor. This curriculum assumes a minor of 18 credit hours. The curriculum may need to be adjusted for Minors requiring different hours.
- One course in a Perspective category must be taken at the Junior or Senior level to fulfill the Upper-Level Perspective Requirement (ULP).
- See catalog and advisor for guidelines regarding where a student should begin his or her language course of study. Should a student need or desire to take 101 and/or 102, either can count for P6.
- A student should always develop a course of study in consultation with his or her English Department Advisor.
- Students often complete a Coop/Internship during a summer session