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This recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and degree completion may take longer.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2023-2024 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- ^Gen Ed/Major: - GLOBAL AWARENESS – LITR 203 - METHODS OF LITERARY STUDY WI (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: Early Literature in English (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES formerly known as - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- ^Gen Ed/Major: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES – LITR 101 - THE STORY OF LITERATURE recommended to fulfill LITR elective (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- School Core: Language I* or Elective (HRS 4)
- ^Gen Ed: Distribution Category: - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY (Consider LITR 220 - SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: PRE-COLUMBIAN TO ROMANTIC; LITR 221 - SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: ROMANTIC TO CONTEMPORARY; LITR 224 - AMERICAN DRAMA; LITR 244 - SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS; LITR 245 - AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS: DIVERSE VOICES; LITR 280 - INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING; LITR 284 - PERSONAL ESSAY: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP; LITR 292 - TOPICS IN AMERICAN POETRY; LITR 293 - STUDIES IN AMERICAN FICTION; LITR 295 - TOPICS IN POPULAR LITERATURE; OR LITR 308 - CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE to fulfill a LITR requirement) (HRS 4)
- Major: Diverse Perspectives (HRS 4)
- Major: Global Perspectives (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- School Core: Language II* or Elective (HRS 4)
- ^Gen Ed: Distribution Category: - VALUES AND ETHICS (Consider LITR 241 - INTERNATIONAL POETRY, or LITR 306 - LITERARY THEORY, or LITR 366 - LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST to fulfill a LITR requirement) (OR) - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY (Must be outside of HGS) (HRS 4)
- ^Major: Early Literature in English (Consider LITR 244 - SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS to fulfill GE Culture/Creativity (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SCIENTIFIC REASONING (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH HG3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR HUMANITIES & GLOBAL STUDIES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: LITR 319 - AUTHOR STUDIES WI (HRS 4)
- ^Major: Critical Approaches (Consider LITR 306 - LITERARY THEORY to fulfill GE Values/Ethics (HRS 4)
- Major: Diverse Perspectives (HRS 4)
- School Core: Language III* or Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: Global Perspectives (HRS 4)
- Major: Literature Elective (HRS 4)
- Major: Literature Elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: LITR 414 - SEMINAR: WI (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 2.0
At least three (3) courses in the major must be at the 300-level.
^Only two GenEd courses may double count for the major. For GenEd Distribution courses, one course MUST be taken outside of HGS.+ May Double Count in General Education and Major
*If Needed
With 8 elective courses, students may consider: double major, minor or Teacher Education Certification program.
WI- Writing intensive courses needed prior to graduation
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