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Dec 12, 2024
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2024-2025 Samford University Undergraduate Catalog
English Major (B.A.)
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The courses listed below are designed to give students both depth and breadth in English literary studies. Students learn the works of individual authors and genres as well as broad literary movements. They demonstrate their ability to research and analyze literature in depth by writing a senior paper in the senior year.
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General Education - University Core Curriculum: 22 Credits
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General Education - Distribution Areas: 27 Credits
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English Major: 44 Credits
English Electives: 24 Credits
Choose six courses (24 credits total) of English electives not already listed as a requirement for this major.
Of these six courses:
- At least four must be at the 300-level or above
- At least one must focus on literature pre-1800
- At least one must focus on diverse writers
- At least one must be a writing course
- Only one course may be a film elective
- Only one course may be a creative writing elective
NOTE: ENGL 214 , ENGL 215 , ENGL 216 , or ENGL 220 may be used to fulfill one of the above elective requirements. However, that course cannot simultaneously fulfill the survey requirement in the English Core.
Writing Electives
At least one English elective must be a writing course.
Diverse Writers
At least one English elective must focus on writers whose work engages the question of representation and identity with regards to race, class, ethnicity, ability, gender, etc.
Pre-1800 Courses
At least one English elective must focus on literature written before 1800. The courses below will consistently fill this requirement. Other courses may also meet this requirement depending on the topic.
Film Electives
Only one English elective may be a film course
Creative Writing Electives
Only one English elective may be a creative writing course
General Electives: 35 Credits
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