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Required Coursework

Requirements for the English Major (40 credits):

NOTE: These requirements apply to students who began the Fall of 2011 or after.

Required Coursework:

• 8 credits of English 221-223
• 4 credits English 243: Literary Theory & Criticism
• 4 credits English 311: Writing Essays
• 4 credits English 365: Capstone Seminar
• 20 Credits of English Electives
 

Requirements for the English Major with a Concentration in Creative Writing (44 credits):

• 8 credits of English 221-223
• 4 credits of English243
• 4 credits if English 311
• 4 credits of English 364 (capstone)
• 4 credits of English 213
• 4 credits of English  313 (any topics version)
• 16 credits of electives in English--two of which must be at the 300 level.  One may be a non-departmental course from Comm 245, Comm 345, or Theo 311. 
• Students may apply only one course from 120-124 toward the major as an elective.

Guidelines

The Creative Writing concentration includes the requirements of the English major, plus the use of departmental electives for a minimum of four creative writing courses: English 213 (Introduction to Creative Writing) and three intermediate or advanced creative writing courses, one of which must be a capstone experience in Creative Writing.  Note that English majors on the Creative Writing path do not have to take a capstone experience in literature.

English 213, Creative Writing Seminar, taken at CSBSJU, is the prerequisite for English 313 and English 364--each required for the concentration.   Students pursuing the Creative Writing concentration may not use English 213 to satisfy the requirements for a gateway course, but must also take two courses numbered 220, 221, or 222, in addition to English 243, as foundational requirements for the major.  Note that English majors may declare an English with a Concentration in Creative Writing major, but switch to an English major, or vice versa, at any time before graduation as long as the relevant requirements are fulfilled.

In addition to the array of course offerings in creative writing, additional creative writing electives may include independent study (projects which prepare students for post-undergraduate writing such as graduate study, professional writing, or other uses and engagements with writing in the world), tutorials; and internships.

English Communication Arts & Literature 5-12 Licensure Requirements:

• 8 credits of English 221-223
• 4 credits English 243
• 4 credits English 311
• 4 credits Education 362 (capstone)

• 4 credits English 382 or 383
• 4 credits English 387
• 4 credits Comm 103
• 2 credits Comm 200
• 2 credits Comm 252
• 8 elective credits (English 352 recommended)

Requirements for the Minor (24 credits):

English Minor:

NOTE: For students who began Fall 2011 or after.

• 20 credits of English courses, including 12 at the upper-division level.
• The English Department strongly recommends that students take English 311.
• Students may apply only one course from 120-124 toward the minor.

Writing Minor:

NOTE: For students who began Fall 2011 or after.

• 12 credits of writing courses from:

• May be repeated for credit when genres differ

• 8 elective credits (above the 100-level) in English.
• The English department strongly recommends that students take English 311.
• Elective options include: 221, 222, 243, 286, 341, 342, 346, 347, 352, 355, 361, 362, 366, 367, 369, 381, 382, 383, 385, 386, 387, 388.