Name: / Major/Minor: / NAID:

NORTH DAKOTASTATEUNIVERSITY

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

ENGLISH MAJOR (LIBERAL ARTS, BA)

SEMESTER CREDIT REQUIREMENTS 42 Credits + Intermediate Competency in a Foreign Language

I. Required English Studies Core Courses (15 credits):

167 / Semester Taken / 3 / Introduction to English Studies
271 / Semester Taken / 3 / Literary Analysis
275 / Semester Taken / 3 / Introduction to Writing Studies
358 / Semester Taken / 3 / Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences*
467 / Semester Taken / 3 / English Studies Capstone Experience

II. Required Literature Survey Courses (6 credits):

Choose one from the following list:

240 / Semester Taken / 3 / World Literature Masterpieces
251[230] / Semester Taken / 3 / British Literature I
261 [240] / Semester Taken / 3 / American Literature I

Choose one from the following list:

252 [231] / Semester Taken / 3 / British Literature II
262 [241] / Semester Taken / 3 / American Literature II

III. Required Cultural Diversity Courses. Choose two of the following (6 credits):

330 / Semester Taken / 3 / British and American Women Writers (GenEd-A-D)
331 / Semester Taken / 3 / Contemporary Women Writers
335 / Semester Taken / 3 / Multicultural Writers (GenEd A-D)
336 / Semester Taken / 3 / Literature and the Environment (GenEd A-G)
454 / Semester Taken / 3 / Language Bias
456 / Semester Taken / 3 / Literacy, Culture and Identity
474 / Semester Taken / 3 / Native American Literature

IV. Upper Division English Major Courses (15 credits):

Semester Taken / 3 / 300 or 400 level
Semester Taken / 3 / 300 or 400 level
Semester Taken / 3 / 400 level
Semester Taken / 3 / 400 level
Semester Taken / 3 / 400 level
  1. Fourteen (14) credits (or two years) of one foreign language are usually required for

this major, but intermediate competency can be demonstrated in other ways.

Language:
Semester Taken / 4
Semester Taken / 4
Semester Taken / 3
Semester Taken / 3

*Designated upper-division third year writing requirement.

A bracketed course number [ ] indicates the former number of the same course.ENGLISH Spring 2006 (effective Fall 2006)

A.UNIVERSITY GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (49 CREDITS)

1.0Communication9 credits

Engl 110 / Sem. Taken / and / Engl 120 / Sem. Taken / or
Engl 111 / Sem. Taken / and / Engl 121 / Sem. Taken / or
Engl 112 / Sem. Taken / and / Engl 122 / Sem. Taken / and
Comm 110 / Sem. Taken

2.0 Quantitative Reasoning3 credits*

Sem. Taken

3.0Science & Technology10 credits* (a minimum of 4 credits in natural or physical sciences. A one lab class co-requisite with one of the general education science and technology courses.) Co-Req. Lab Completed: Y / N

Sem. Taken / Sem. Taken
Sem. Taken / Sem. Taken

4.0 Humanities and Fine Arts6 credits*(no more than 3 cr. may be in fine arts performance and those must be outside the requirements for the student’s major.)

Sem. Taken / Sem. Taken

5.0 Social & Behavioral Sciences6 credits*

Sem. Taken / Sem. Taken

6.0 Wellness (W) 2 credits.*

Sem. Taken

7.0 First-Year Experience 1 credit (applies to freshmen and new students who transfer fewer than 24 semester credits)

Univ 189 / Sem. Taken

Cultural Diversity Requirement(a minimum of 3 credits in a course taken as part of the Humanities/Fine Arts or Social/Behavioral Sciences requirements)

Sem. Taken

Global Perspectives Requirement(a minimum of 3 credits in a course taken in any department either as General Education or as part of the major)*

Sem. Taken

B.ADDITIONAL AH&SS BASIC DEGREE REQUIREMENTS (12 credits)

A minimum of 3 credits is required in each of the FOUR following areas for a total of 12 credits.

AREA 1: Humanities: CLAS, ENGL, FREN, GERM, HIST, HUM, LANG, PHIL, RELS, SPAN or WS

AREA 2: Social Sciences: ANTH, CJ, COMM, POLS, SOC

AREA 3:Fine Arts: ART, MUSC, THEA

AREA 4: 3 credits from Area 1, 2, or 3 that is outside the student’s Major Area (e.g. If your major is Comm, in Major Area 2, the course is to fulfill this area cannot be in Anth, CJ, Pols, or Soc.)

Area 1: Hum / Sem. Taken / Area 2: Soc Sci / Sem. Taken
Area 3: FA / Area 4: Outside

C.ADDITIONAL MAJOR/MINOR/ELECTIVES (Min. 17 Credits)]

Credits needed to fill degree Requirement E; does not include B.A. Foreign Language or B.S. Minor requirements

Sem. Taken / Sem. Taken / Sem. Taken
Sem. Taken / Sem. Taken / Sem. Taken
Sem. Taken / Sem. Taken

D.300-400 LEVEL COURSES (37 credits minimum)

Completed / Total

E.TOTAL CREDITS COMPLETED (minimum required to graduate = 122)

Completed / Total

F.ACADEMIC RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS

60 credits at a 4-year institution; 36 credits at NDSU with at least 15 credits in major and 15 credits in 300 or higher courses

*From a list of courses approved by Committee on General Education and the University Senate AHSSGEN.071