Program Requirements: Composition & Rhetoric Track
Students following the composition & rhetoric track may choose either a thesis or a nonthesis program. Those who choose not to complete a thesis will take 6 hours of additional coursework. Students in this track must complete the 36-hour program outlined below:
| Core: 6 hours | |
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ENGL 600: Guided Study in Intensive Researhc ENGL 613: Intersections: Literary Theory and Faith ENGL 652: Rhetoric and Composition: Intersections of Theory and Praxis | |
| Language: 9–12 hours | |
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ENGL 622: Rhetoric and Belief ENGL 623: Discourse Theory ENGL 625: Literary Research Methods and Publication | |
| Discourse Studies: 0-6 hours | |
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ENGL 530: Advanced English Grammar ENGL 532: Introduction to Linguistics ENGL 558: Teaching ESL? ENGL 624: Non-Traditional Rhetoric | |
| Writing: 3–6 hours |
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ENGL 520: Creative Nonfiction Workshop ENGL 522: Fiction Workshop ENGL 523: Poetry Workshop ENGL 525: Advanced Composition ENGL 526: Business & Professional Writing ENGL 540: Special Topic: Playwriting |
| Literature: 0–9 hours |
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ENGL 562: American Literature to 1860 ENGL 563: American Literature after 1860 ENGL 564: American Novel ENGL 570: Multicultural Literature ENGL 571: Literature and Belief ENGL 572: Film and Belief ENGL 576: Fiction ENGL 577: Drama ENGL 578: Poetry ENGL 581: Medieval British Literature ENGL 583: Shakespeare ENGL 584: 17th-Century British Literature ENGL 595: 18th-Century British Literature ENGL 596: 19th-Century British Literature ENGL 597: 20th-Century British Literature ENGL 610: Studies in American Literature (may be repeated up to 9 hours) ENGL 612: Studies in British Literature (may be repeated up to 9 hours) |
| Support field: 0–6 hours |
| Thesis credits: 0–6 hours |
| Comprehensive Exams: 0–3 hours |
