checksheet

							                                   CHECKSHEET FOR ENGLISH MAJORS
                                                     (Revised Fall 2009)


Name:                                                                      Student ID#

Minor (Required):                                            (at least 9 hours must be from USA)

English Major: Requirements
        2.0 GPA or better.
        At least 128 hours of required and elective courses—normally all within the College of Arts & Sciences.
        Note: Even if all requirements on this checksheet are completed, your total hours might not add up to 128 hours.
        Be sure your total hours equal 128 hours or greater. Also note: At least 32 hours, of all USA course work, must be
        at the 300- and/or 400-level to fulfill the University’s residency requirement.
        A minor field, other than English. At least 9 hours must be completed at USA.
        15 semester hours of 300- or 400-level courses in English at USA.
        36 semester hours of EH courses (not counting freshman composition) taken from A-F below. A grand total of
        four 200-level courses can count toward this requirement.
_____   Portfolio submitted in major’s final (graduating) semester of English coursework.

Confer with the instructor or department chair prior to taking 'special topics' courses to see if they satisfy
Requirements B, C, or D.

A.          Survey sequence: 215/216, 225/226, or 235/236.
            Course:                            Semester Completed:
            Course:                            Semester Completed:

B.          At least one Literature prior to 1660: 310, 314, 315, 321, 322, 323, 324, 461, 465, 467, 470,
            471, 472.
            Course:                              Semester Completed:

C.          At least one British or American Literature 1660-1900: 331, 332, 334, 340, 342, 343,
            351, 352, 353, 354, 462, 474, 475.
            Course:                              Semester Completed:

D.          At least one 20th Century Literature: 360, 361, 367, 369, 463, 468, 476, 478, 479.
            Course:                              Semester Completed:

E.          At least one of the following courses in Criticism, Theory, Rhetoric: 402, 421, 422.
            Course:                              Semester Completed:

F.          Six additional “elective” English courses: These may be taken from the above lists or
            may be other EH courses (but see above notes regarding limits on 200-level classes).
            Course:           Semester Taken:           Course:              Semester Taken:
            Course:           Semester Taken:           Course:              Semester Taken: ______
            Course:           Semester Taken: ______ Course:                 Semester Taken:

G.          At least three 400-level EH courses are required. List three 400-level courses, even if listed
            elsewhere on this page.
            1._______________             2._______________               3._______________

Other EH courses:
     English Major with Concentration in Creative Writing: Requirements

       2.0 GPA or better.
       At least 128 hours of required and elective courses—all within College of Arts & Sciences.
       Note: Even if all requirements on this checksheet are completed, your total hours might not add
       up to 128 hours. Be sure your total hours equal 128 hours or greater.
       Also note: At least 32 hours, of all USA course work, must be at the 300- and/or 400-level to
       fulfill the University’s residency requirement.
       A minor field, other than English. At least 9 hours must be completed at USA.
       15 semester hours of 300- or 400-level courses in English at USA.
       36 semester hours of EH courses (not counting freshman composition) from A, B, C:



A.        Survey sequence: 215/216, 225/226, or 235/236.
          Course:                         Semester Completed:
          Course:                         Semester Completed:

B.        Creative Writing (15 hrs):
          Select from 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 497, 498 )
          Course 1:                        Semester Completed:
          Course 2:                        Semester Completed:
          Course 3:                        Semester Completed:
          Course 4:                        Semester Completed:
          Course 5:                        Semester Completed:

C.        Literature (15 hrs):
          1. American novel course: 331 or 361

              Course:                       Semester Completed:

          2. Shakespeare Course: 322, 323, or 472
             Course:                     Semester Completed:

          3. Three 300- or 400-level literature courses (not selected from Category B above):

              Course 1:                     Semester Completed:
              Course 2:                     Semester Completed:
              Course 3:                     Semester Completed:



Extra EH courses:
                    General Education Requirements
                     for College of Arts & Sciences
CAS 100 (New Student Seminar)

Area I: Written Communication

      EH 101 (or exemption)
      EH 102 (or exemption)
      Two designated W courses; at least one must be in your major or minor.


Area II: Humanities & Fine Arts (21 hrs)

      A. Fine & Performing Arts (3 hrs):
         ARH 100, 103, 123, 240, 242, ARS 101, DRA 110, MUL 101
         Course:

      B. Oral Communication (3 hrs): CA 110

      C. Foreign Language (6 hrs):
         A one-year sequence as listed in Bulletin under General Education Requirements
         for Arts & Sciences (proficiency tests such as LG 024 can be an option).

         Language Course 1:                        Language Course 2:

      D. Literature Sequence (6 hrs that can also satisfy requirements for EH major):
         EH 215/216 or 225/226 or 235/236

         Literature Course 1:                      Literature Course 2:

      E. One Humanities (3 additional hrs):

         AFR 101
         ARH 100, 103, 123, 240, 242
         ARS 101, 121, 123, 124, 241, 281
         DRA 100, 101, 102, 110, 120, 121, 130, 131, 132, 220, 221, 240, 250
         LG or LGS courses at the 200-level
         MUA 101 - MUA 300
         MUB 101 - MUB 300
         MUE 102, 103, 202, 203
         MUL 101, 201
         MUO 111 - MUO 125
         PHL 110, 121, 131, 231, 240

         Humanities Course:
Area III: Natural Sciences & Mathematics (14 hrs)

       A. Mathematics (one course): MA 110, 112, 113, 115, 120, 125, 126
          Math Course (3 hrs):

       B. Natural Sciences: Choose Option 1 or 2:
                     Option 1: Three lab sciences.
                     AN 210, BLY 101 or 121, BLY 102 or 122, CH 101, CH 103, CH 131 or
                     141, CH 132 or 141, GEO 101, GEO 102, GY 111, GY 112, PH 101, PH
                     104, PH 114 or PH 201, PH 115 or PH 202
          Science Course 1:
          Science Course 2:
          Science Course 3:

OR                  Option 2: Any two sciences listed above +
                              MA 113 or a higher course, but not MA 199, 201, or 202.
          Science Course 1:
          Science Course 2:
          Math Course 3:                  (ST 210 will also satisfy this MA requirement.)

       C. Computer Proficiency:
                   Option 1: Pass competency exam through School of CIS.
OR                 Option 2: CIS 150.



Area IV: History, Social & Behavioral Sciences (12 hrs)

       A. History (3 hrs):
          HY 101, 102, 135, or 136.

          History course:

       B. Three courses (9 hrs—from at least two different disciplines):
          AN 100, AN 101, ECO 215, ECO 216, GEO 114, GEO 115, HY 101, HY 102, HY
          135, HY 136, IS 100, PSC 130, PSY 120, PSY 250, SY 109, SY 112

          Course 1:
          Course 2:
          Course 3: