English B.A. – Liberal Arts Emphasis
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Location: Ross 1284
Email: HSS@unco.edu
Website: www.unco.edu/hss/english
Advising Information:
Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.
To find your advisor, log into ursa.unco.edu; go to 'Student' tab and click 'View Student Information' link. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.
The program consists of four parts:
- Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
- Required Major Credits
- Required Minor Credits
- University-Wide Credits
Program Description:
The English major is excellent preparation for any profession or occupation that stresses language usage, such as writing and teaching-related fields. Graduates of this program will be prepared to enter a variety of professional and graduate level programs, including law, theology, medicine (with appropriate science and mathematics preparation), library science, communications, media and business.
Program Admission Requirements:
Academic Good Standing
Program Requirements:
- Only two courses included in the Liberal Arts Core may count for elective credit.
- In accordance with University Policies, coursework earned more than 10 years prior to the date of matriculation to UNC may not be used to satisfy any major or minor requirements. Any exception to this policy is at the discretion of the academic program.
Degree Requirements — 120 Credits
1. Required LAC — 40 credits
See “Liberal Arts Core”
Required Major Credits — 15 credits
| ENG 195 | Introduction to the Discipline of English | 3 |
| ENG 295 | Approaches to Literary and Cultural Analysis | 3 |
| ENG 301 | Writing as a Job | 3 |
| ENG 345 | Literary Theory and Criticism | 3 |
| | Choose one of the following courses: | |
| ENG 218 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| | or | |
| ENG 219 | Language and Society | 3 |
Elective Major Credits — 12 credits
200-300 Level Electives - Choose one from each category and a fourth from any category:
Category A (British Literature)
| ENG 380 | Medieval Literature | 3 |
| ENG 381 | Renaissance Literature | 3 |
| ENG 382 | Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature | 3 |
| ENG 383 | Romanticism | 3 |
| ENG 384 | Victorian Literature and Culture | 3 |
| ENG 385 | Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Literature | 3 |
Category B (American Literature)
| ENG 236 | Ethnic American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 337 | Chicana/o Literature and Theory | 3 |
| ENG 370 | Colonial American Literature, 1492-1800 | 3 |
| ENG 371 | Antebellum American Literature, 1800-1865 | 3 |
| ENG 372 | American Realism and the Making of America | 3 |
| ENG 373 | American Modernism and the Crisis of Representation | 3 |
| ENG 374 | American Diaspora and Globalization | 3 |
Category C (World Literature)
| ENG 205 | Introduction to Folklore | 3 |
| ENG 206 | Regional Mythologies | 3 |
| ENG 262 | Masterpieces of World Literature | 3 |
| ENG 263 | Western World Literature I | 3 |
| ENG 264 | Western World Literature II | 3 |
| ENG 325 | Studies in Fantasy and Science Fiction | 3 |
| ENG 338 | Sacred Texts as Lit | 3 |
| ENG 375 | Literature and the Environment | 3 |
Professionalization Module — 6 credits
Choose two of the following courses:
Upper-Level Electives — 6 credits
3 credits from any 300 or 400 level ENG, FILM, or HUM courses and
3 credits from one of the courses below:
| ENG 400 | Special Topics in Literary and Cultural Theory | 3 |
| ENG 441 | Colloquium in Literature | 3 |
| ENG 495 | Advanced Cultural Studies | 3 |
3. Required Minor — 18 credits
4. University-Wide Credits — 23 credits
Complete additional credits to achieve the minimum credits needed for this degree at UNC; for this degree, that will typically be 23 credits.
Accelerated (4 +1) English Liberal Arts B.A. and English M.A.
Motivated and high-achieving students may seek to complete the requirements for the B.A. and M.A. in English in five years. To obtain both degrees, students must complete all the requirements for the B.A. described in the Undergraduate Catalog (120 credit hours) and all of the requirements for the standard M.A. described in the Graduate Catalog (33 credit hours). However, the accelerated B.A./M.A. program involves 9 credit hours that are shared between the Bachelor's and Master's programs, so the total number of credit hours to complete the accelerated Master’s program is 144. Completing the requirements for both degrees is made possible by taking the 9 double-counted B.A./M.A. credits in the Senior year (paid for at the undergraduate tuition rate) and 6 graduate-level credits (online at the graduate-level tuition rate) in the summer following the Senior year and completion of the undergraduate program. Students remain eligible for financial aid as an undergraduate; any Graduate School aid is not available until students are admitted as a Graduate student.
Due to its necessarily streamlined path of progression, admission to the Accelerated B.A. and M.A. in English occurs in the fall semester only. Students interested in transferring into the accelerated program must:
- Have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 to take graduate-level courses as a Senior.
- Meet with the English M.A. Director of Graduate Studies in the fall semester of the Junior year and apply during the spring semester of the Junior year (following the same procedure and meeting the same requirements as other M.A. applicants). Full admission is dependent on completing the B.A. requirements in the senior year while maintaining a minimum 3.0 GPA. The program application will be signed and forwarded to the Graduate School with signatures of the program advisor indicating the approval of graduate course transfer.
- Complete ENG 500 Introduction to Graduate Studies in the fall semester of their Senior year, followed by two 500-level elective courses in the spring semester of that year. These are the 9 credits that are double counted within the accelerated program only.
- Fulfill all requirements as outlined in the two-year M.A. in English.
- Students must apply for completion of their undergraduate degree the semester before completing their undergraduate degree (i.e. in the fall semester of their Senior year). To apply, students must be registered for all remaining courses in their final undergraduate semester (the spring semester of their Senior Year).
Outline for degree completion of the Accelerated B.A. and M.A. in English Liberal Arts
Meet with faculty advisor or Director of Graduate Studies and apply for the program in the fall semester, Junior Year.
- Fall Semester, Senior year
ENG 500 Introduction to Graduate Studies (3) [double-counted]
- Spring Semester, Senior year
Two ENG 500-599 courses (6 credits) [double-counted]
Note: Students must complete the Petition to Count Work Toward the Next Higher Degree form with the Graduate School.
Two ENG 500-699 courses (6 credits) - online
Note: Because students are required to register for six summer credits while they are still undergraduate students, they must call the Office of the Registrar no later than the drop period for the summer semester to change their registration to graduate level.
- Fall Semester, fifth year
Three ENG 500-699 courses (9 credits)
- Spring Semester, fifth year
ENG 601 Advanced Theory and Research Methods (3)
Two 500-699 ENG-coded courses (6 credits)
MA comprehensive examination
33 Credits