The Writing
Major & Minor
| Program of study for major: Each student, in regular consultation with a department adviser, works out an individual program to complete 36 credit hours, to include the following: |
Core (9 credits)
English 61, Writing
Seminar
English 60, Literary Study
One course from English 20-80, 99
Choose Two:
ENG 86, Reading & Writing Sexuality
ENG 88, Reading & Writing about Class
ENG 90, Reading & Writing Drama
ENG 91,Reading & Writing Poetry
ENG 92, Reading & Writing Short Fiction
ENG 93, Reading & Writing Non-fiction
ENG 94, Business & Administrative Communication
ENG 95, Report & Proposal Writing
ENG 99, Special Topics (with advisor approval)Choose Two:
ENG 102, The Structure of American English
ENG 109,Prose Stylistics
ENG 111, Reading & Writing the Personal Essay
ENG 112, Reading & Writing Autobiography
ENG 113, Reading & Writing Poetry and Fiction
ENG 114, Poetry Workshop
ENG 115, Fiction Workshop
ENG 116, Topics in Creative Writing
ENG 171, Teaching Writing
ENG 174, Special Topics (with advisor approval)
ENG 183, Writing, Literacy, Schooling
ENG 197, Special Topics (with advisor approval)
Twelve hours (4 courses) of advisor-approved courses in a related area of interest. Courses may be from outside English. 9 hours must be at the 100-level. See examples.
One senior seminar selected from ENG 175-197
English 60 and 61 should be taken in the first year or second year. The Department recommends that students take courses numbered 20-99 earlier in their plan of study for the purpose of better preparing themselves for courses at the 100-174 level. Three elective credits toward the major (at the 1-99 level) are given for Advanced Placement. Transfer students must take a minimum of 18 credit hours in the Drake English Department.
Program of study for
minor: Minimum of 18 credit hours in English, including ENG 61,
ENG 60, one from each of the two columns in the writing core. An English faculty advisor
is required. |