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English: Literature Emphasis - BA, BS


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For more information about English: Literature Emphasis, see the Department of English website.

Following is a sample four-year plan. Please note that student-specific plans may differ.

Admitted students must meet with an academic advisor. Current students should also meet with an academic advisor and log on to Degree Works  to check student-specific program progress.

 

Minimum University Requirements

Total Credits 120

 

Grade Point Average (most majors require higher GPA)

2.00 GPA
Credits of C- or better 100 Credits of upper-division courses (#3000 or above) 40
Total USU Credits 30 Upper-division USU Credits 20
USU Credits within the Major 10 Credits in Minor (if required) 12
Credits in Major see below Credits in American Institutions 3
General Education Requirements    see link University Studies Depth Requirements    see link
NOTES: The highest math requirement for this degree is Quantitative Literacy (QL)  of the student’s choice.

 

Admissions Requirements for this Program

New freshmen Admitted to USU in Good Standing

 

Transfer students from other institutions or other programs at USU 2.75 GPA

First Year

 Fall Semester

Credits

General Education Info and Notes:

 

Spring Semester

Credits

General Education Info and Notes:

*Any Quantitative Literacy (QL) course, but  STAT 1040 - Introduction to Statistics (QL)  or  STAT 1045 - Introduction to Statistics with Elements of Algebra (QL)  is recommended 3  or 5     ENGL 1010 - Introduction to Writing: Academic Prose (CL1)   3    
ENGL Culture Exploration Course   3   Breadth Requirement    3  
Breadth Requirement    3   Breadth Requirement    3  
Breadth Requirement    3   Breadth Requirement    3  
Elective Course 3   Elective Course 3  
TOTAL CREDITS: 15-17   TOTAL CREDITS: 15  
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Second Year

 Fall Semester

Credits

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Spring Semester

Credits

General Education Info and Notes:

ENGL 2010 - Intermediate Writing: Research Writing in a Persuasive Mode (CL2)   3     ENGL Writing Exploration Course 3  
ENGL 2600 - Literary Analysis   3     ENGL Literature Course 3  
Breadth Requirement    3   Quantitative Intensive (QI) Course    3  
Breadth Requirement    3   Depth Life and Physical Sciences (DSC) Course    3  
Elective Course 3   Elective Course 3  
TOTAL CREDITS: 15   TOTAL CREDITS: 15  
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Third Year

 Fall Semester

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Spring Semester

Credits

General Education Info and Notes:

ENGL Literature Course 3   ENGL Literature Course 3  
ENGL Literature Course 3   ENGL Literature Course 3  
Upper-Division ENGL Elective 3   Upper-Division ENGL Elective 3  
Depth Social Sciences (DSS) Course   3   Elective Course 3  
Elective Course 3   Elective Course 3  
TOTAL CREDITS: 15   TOTAL CREDITS: 15  
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Fourth Year

 Fall Semester

Credits

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Spring Semester

Credits

General Education Info and Notes:

Literary Seminars Course (CI) 3   ENGL Literature Course 3  
ENGL Literature Course 3   Elective Course or ENGL Diversity Course (if needed) 3  
Upper-Division ENGL Elective 3   Communications Intensive (CI) Course    3  
Elective Course 3   Elective Course 3  
Elective Course 3   Elective Course 3  
TOTAL CREDITS: 15   TOTAL CREDITS: 15  
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Literature Emphasis

Minimum GPA for Admission: 2.5 within all English courses (other than ENGL 1010, ENGL 2010, CLEP, AP, etc.); 2.5 USU cumulative (including courses taken for another USU major); 2.5 career total (including transfer credits) for new transfer students

Minimum GPA for Graduation: 2.75 within major courses; 2.0 USU cumulative; 2.0 career total

Minimum Grade Accepted: C within major courses (no grades of pass/fail)

Number of required credits: 42

Credits in Residence: Students must complete 21 credits of major-applicable coursework at Utah State University.

Students in this emphasis learn the value of literature as they practice important career skills: writing, speaking, researching, collaborating, and thinking critically.

Literature students learn to solve problems both logically and creatively, both independently and in teams. Graduates will thus be well prepared to pursue their individual goals in a wide variety of educational and professional paths, including (but not limited to) business and marketing, publishing, teaching, museum and library work, arts organizations, legal students–in short, any field that requires strong communication skills, cultural awareness, and critical thinking. Literature graduates can also look forward to a lifetime of intellectual curiosity and cultural enrichment.

ENGL 2600  is the introductory course in Literary Analysis, which teaches students to read texts closely, to draw connections between form and content, to make interpretative claims, and to write persuasive arguments.

Students in 3000-level and 4000-level courses learn to draw connections between literature and its historical, cultural, social, and biographical contexts. These courses put texts in conversation with one another and with the conventions of different genres. 

The Advanced Seminars at the 5000 level serve as a capstone to the student’s Literature emphasis. ENGL 5300  is a Special Topics course, which brings together diverse literary texts in imaginative ways, encouraging students to think across historical, biographical, and generic boundaries. ENGL 5310  is a course on Contemporary Literature, in which students bring literary history up to the present day. ENGL 5320  and ENGL 5330  explore literary and cultural representations of, respectively, gender identities and sexualities, and racial and ethnic identities. ENGL 5340 , a course on Multimedia Literature, gives students a chance to explore new and emerging forms of literary and cultural representation.

The emphasis includes nine elective credits: three additional English courses in Literature or any other area of the department. Students may devote three of these credits to an internship that combines their academic skills with their professional interests.


English General Education Requirements

Students must complete the General Education Requirements.

Students must also complete the University Studies Depth Requirements:

 

A. English Department Requirements


Students should take note of the superscripts to find emphasis-specific requirements. 

Literature Exploration (3 credits)


Writing Exploration (3 credits)


Diversity Requirement


All English majors are required to take one course that examines the experiences, perspectives, literatures, cultures, and/or creative expressions of underrepresented and/or marginalized communities. For this requirement, the USU English department includes communities who have been underrepresented or marginalized due to race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability and/or the intersections of these identities in conjunction with one another and with class. If a course listed under the Diversity Requirement appears under another requirement for the major, the course may be used to fulfill both requirements.

Emphasis Requirements


D. English Electives (9 credits)


Select 9 elective credits from ENGL courses numbered 3000 and higher or TCR courses numbered 2000 and higher.

No more than three elective credits may be taken as ENGL 4900: Internship/Cooperative Work Experience .

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