English

• Bachelor of Arts
• Major
  • Literature
  • Writing
  • English Education
• Minor
  • Literature
  • Writing

Bachelor Degree Requirements: 128 credits

Literature Concentration Major Course Requirements:

• ENG 250 World Literature
• ENG 310 Early American Literature
• ENG 311 Recent American Literature
• ENG 343 Early British Literature
• ENG 344 Recent British Literature
• ENG 369 Advanced Composition
• ENG 490 Senior Seminar

Choose 12 credits from the following:

• ENG 220 The Short Story
• ENG 221 Creative Writing
• ENG 226 Adolescent Literature
• ENG 355 Shakespeare’s Drama
• ENG 356 The Novel
• ENG 360 Mythology
• ENG 371 English Language: Grammar and Linguistics

Six college credits of a foreign language or two years of successful high-school study of one foreign language. 

Writing Concentration Major Course Requirements:

• ENG 221 Creative Writing
• ENG 491 Senior Portfolio and Performance

Choose 12 credits from the following:

• ENG 222 Basic News Writing
• ENG 320 Advanced Poetry
• ENG 321 Advanced Fiction and Nonfiction
• ENG 322 Writing and Publishing
• ENG 323 Advanced Writing and Publishing
• ENG 324 Writing and the Visual Arts
• ENG 369 Advanced Composition

Education Emphasis Major Requirements:

• ENG 226 Adolescent Literature
• ENG 250 World Literature
• ENG 310 Early American Literature
• ENG 311 Recent American Literature
• ENG 343 Early British Literature
• ENG 344 Recent British Literature
• ENG 355 Shakespeare’s Drama
• ENG 369 Advanced Composition
• ENG 371 English Language: Grammar and Linguistics
• ENG 490 Senior Seminar

Students must also take an additional six credits of English of the student’s election (200 level or higher). English education students who plan on doing future graduate-level work in English are encouraged to take critical theory as an elective.

Literature Concentration Minor Requirements:

• ENG 369 Advanced Composition

Choose one of the following courses:

• ENG 310 Early American Literature
• ENG 311 Recent American Literature

Choose one of the following courses:

• ENG 343 Early British Literature
• ENG 344 Recent British Literature

Choose nine credits from the following, not taken above:

• ENG 220 The Short Story
• ENG 221 Creative Writing
• ENG 250 World Literature
• ENG 255 European Fiction
• ENG 310 Early American Literature
• ENG 311 Recent American Literature
• ENG 343 Early British Literature
• ENG 344 Recent British Literature
• ENG 348 Theatre: An Overview
• ENG 349 History of Film
• ENG 355 Shakespeare’s Drama
• ENG 356 The Novel
• ENG 360 Mythology
• ENG 371 English Language: Grammar and Linguistics
• ENG 490 Senior Seminar

Writing Concentration Minor Requirements:

• ENG 221 Creative Writing

Choose nine credits from the following:

• ENG 222 Basic News Writing
• ENG 320 Advanced Poetry
• ENG 321 Advanced Fiction and Nonfiction
• ENG 322 Writing and Publishing
• ENG 323 Advanced Writing and Publishing
• ENG 324 Writing and the Visual Arts
• ENG 369 Advanced Composition

With approval of the major advisor, students may elect to take three credits of independent study (ENG 299 or 399) in fulfillment of the minor.

Students must also take an additional six credits from among other courses in the english department (200 level or higher).

Dr. Jim Reese
Associate Professor of English

Dr. Katherine Blankenau
Assistant Professor of English

Get hands-on experience and publications with the literary journal Paddlefish and the online publishing platform treble hook. 

Bounce your ideas off of award-winning professional writers when they come to campus as part of the Great Plains Writers’ Tour. You’ll be inspired by such illustrious authors as former United States poet laureate Ted Kooser, American Book Award winner Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, David Lee and William Kloefkorn.

• Sigma Tau Delta - National English Honor Society