English Studies, BA

36 credit hours

The Bachelor of Arts in English Studies prepares you to use language both persuasively and creatively and to read, think, and write critically in any setting. Graduates pursue a variety of professional objectives and career paths, including graduate school in literature and creative writing, law school, teaching at the secondary level, journalism, technical and business writing, copywriting, editing, and proofreading.

A major in English Studies requires 36 credit hours of coursework through the Department of English Studies plus the foreign language requirement listed below.

The major is structured to provide you with a broad expertise in British and American literature while also allowing you the opportunity to study literatures of other regions and of traditionally underrepresented cultures and populations, and to conduct in-depth explorations of topics of your choosing.

Requirements

Two required courses (6 credit hours):

ENGL 30100	Methods of Literary Study	3
ENGL 45400	Senior Capstone in English Studies	3

Two courses selected from the following options in British Literature (6 credit hours):

ENGL 33200	Chaucer	3
ENGL 33300	Shakespeare	3
ENGL 33800	Medieval Literature	3
ENGL 33900	Early Modern Literature	3
ENGL 34101	London in the Eighteenth Century	3
ENGL 34200	Politics, Passion, Poetry and Problems: The Romantic Movement	3
ENGL 34300	Victorians: Vile or Virtuous?	3
ENGL 35700-35799	Topics in British Literature	3

Two courses selected from the following options in American Literature (6 credit hours):

ENGL 34400/SPA 34400	LatinX Literature	3
ENGL 34700-34799	Topics in American Literature	3
ENGL 35200	Early American Literature	3
ENGL 35300	Twentieth-Century American Literature	3
ENGL 35400	Finding Home: Space, Place, and Identity in American Literature	3
ENGL 37600	African-American Literature	3

Two more literature courses selected from the following options and/or from the options in British literature or American Literature above (6 credit hours):

ENGL 30900	The Novel	3
ENGL 35500	Literary Modernism: Experiment, Method, and Mystery	3
ENGL 36200	Translation and Literature	3
ENGL 37100	Reading and Writing of the Young Adult Novel	3
ENGL 38000-38099	Advanced Topics in Literature	3

Two courses selected from the following options in language, linguistics, and communication (6 credit hours):

COM 24200	Basic Reporting	3
COM 30700	Writing for Visual Media	3
COM 38200	Feature Writing	3
DCS 35000	Personal Branding and Content Creation	3
ENGL 20800	Introduction to Writing and Rhetoric	3
ENGL 21400	Introduction to Writing Poetry	3
ENGL 21500	Introduction to Writing Fiction	3
ENGL 22200	Writing about Reality	3
ENGL 25000/SPA 25000	Multiculturalism and Multilingualism	3
ENGL 30700	The Teaching of Writing	3
ENGL 31200	Technical Writing	3
ENGL 31500	Arrow Rock Literary Journal	3
ENGL 36300	Philosophy of Language: Secrets, Symbols, and the Literary Mind	3
ENGL 36500	Digital Humanities	3
ENGL 37200	Grammar and Writing	3
ENGL 38200-38299	Advanced Topics in English	3
ENGL 40400	History of the English Language	3
INTL 48070	International Business and Cross-Cultural Communications	3
MGMT 26030	Business Communications	3
MRKT 35040	Advertising and Promotional Strategy	3
NPA 37100	Grantwriting	3
PS 30700	Public Affairs: Writing and Reporting	3

Two courses (6 credit hours) selected from any of the above listed ENGL courses, or any other 30000 or 40000 level ENGL course, except for ENGL 39000-39999.

Note: At least two of the courses taken for the degree must be marked as GE-Human Diversity courses. No other duplication of coursework is allowed.

English Studies majors must demonstrate proficiency in one foreign language equivalent to Lindenwood University’s Elementary II level. Students who transfer in at least six college credit hours in such a language or who have a sufficient AP exam score in such a language are considered to have demonstrated proficiency. Students who have studied a language offered by Lindenwood University but who do not have sufficient college course credit in the language may consult with the program chair about having their proficiency tested by the faculty in our non-English language programs to determine which courses, if any, they must take to fulfill the requirement. Students who have studied a language not offered by Lindenwood University and who do not have sufficient college course credit in the language may consult with the program chair about taking an online proficiency test to determine whether they will need to undertake further language study at Lindenwood. (Note: Not all languages are available for testing.)

English Studies majors should take ENGL 30100 as soon as possible after completing ENGL 17000.

Note: ENG courses may satisfy program requirements at the discretion of the advisor.