Program Requirements: Literature Track
Students following the literature 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: Literary Theory and Faith ENGL 613: Intersections: Literary Theory and Faith ENGL 652: Rhetoric and Composition: Intersections of Theory and Praxis | |
| Language: 9 hours | |
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ENGL 620: Literary Research Methods and Publication ENGL 631: Contexts: Studies in a Single Author ENGL 633: Connections: Studies in a Literary Period | |
| Discourse Studies: 0-9 hours | |
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ENGL 530: Advance English Grammar ENGL 532: Introduction to Linguistics ENGL 622: Rhetoric and Self ENGL 623: Discourse Theory ENGL 624: Non-Traditional Rhetoric | |
| Writing: 0-6 hours | |
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ENGL 520: Creative Nonfiction Workshop ENGL 522: Fiction Workshop ENGL 523: Poetry Workshop | |
| General literature: 3-12 hours | |
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ENGL 571: Literature and Belief ENGL 576: Fiction ENGL 577: Drama ENGL 578: Poetry ENGL 615: World Literature | |
| American literature : 6-12 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 610: Studies in American Literature (may be repeated up to 9 hours) | |
| British literature to 1700: 3-12 hours | |
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ENGL 581: Medieval British Literature ENGL 583: Shakespeare ENGL 584: 17th-Century British Literature ENGL 612: Studies in British Literature (may be repeated up to 9 hours) | |
| British literature after 1700: 3-12 hours | |
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ENGL 595: 18th-Century British Literature ENGL 596: 19th-Century British Literature ENGL 597: 20th-Century British Literature ENGL 612: Studies in British Literature | |
| Support field: 0-6 hours | |
| Thesis credits: 0-6 hours | |
| Guided study : comprehensive exams: 03 hours | |
