Major: ENGL
Degree: BA
Unit: Arts and Sciences

The program for English majors is designed to lay a foundation for careers in writing, teaching, scholarship, and research, as well as for many other types of position in the business and professional world where skills in communication, creative, critical, or analytical writing, public relations, editorial skills, advertising, or the like are required.

For an application to become an English Major please visit the A & S Advising Center or apply on-line .

• Only 40 hours in the major department may be applied toward the Bachelor of Arts degree. Courses in freshman composition (English 101, 102, and 105) are not counted in computing the 40 hours for an English major.
• At least 50 of the minimum hours required must be at the 300 level or higher.
• Major must not include more than 9 hours of creative or expository writing or more than 6 hours of special topics courses.
• Student Learning Outcomes
• Completion of the Bachelor of Arts in English requires the student to submit one paper written for an English course taken at the University of Louisville during the student’s last or next-to-last semester.
• The paper should be critical or analytical in style, not creative, and be 4 to 10 pages long.
• Papers utilizing secondary sources are preferred over those that do not.
• Further details are available from Pam Drake, Assistant to the Director of Undergraduate Studies. (502) 852-6801.

General Education Requirements
Additional general education requirements may be listed in departmental and/or divisional requirements. See pages 20-22 of the Undergraduate Catalog for a complete list of General Education Requirements.

• Written Communication [WR] (First 3 hours must be a writing course in the Department of English or an approved Honors course) = 6 Hours
• Oral Communication = 3 hours
• Mathematics (105, 107, 111, 112, 152, 180, 190, 205 or 206)
  or EAC 101 = 3 to 4 hours
• Arts and Humanities (One course in Arts and one in Humanities) = 6 hours
• Natural Science
  One lecture / lab science course = 4 hours
  One course in 2^nd science discipline = 3 hours
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
  History = 3 hours
  1^st Discipline = 3 hours
  2^nd Discipline = 3 hours
• Cultural Diversity (One course designated CD1 and one designated either CD1 or CD2) = 6 hours

College of Arts and Sciences Program Requirements

• Gen 101 (Arts & Sciences Orientation) = 1 hour
• Electives outside your program (taken in addition to the courses used to meet General Education Requirements)
  One course at any level = 3 hours
  Two courses at 300 or above = 6 hours
• Foreign Language = 12 hours
• Writing [WR](For English majors, this requirement is already incorporated into the other degree requirements for the major)
• Total Hours = 22

Supporting Courses in Humanities

• Electives in Humanities (other than English)
  Four courses at 300 or above = 12 hours
  One course at 400 or above = 3 hours
• Total Hours = 15

Department of English Requirements

• English 310 (Students planning to major in English are strongly encouraged to take this course in the first semester after completion of English 102 or 105) = 3 hours
• Historical Surveys (This requirement is met by taking a course in each of the following historical divisions.  At least one course must be WR.)
• English 301, English 313 [WR], or English 314 [WR] = 3 hours
• English 302, English 315 [WR], English 316 [WR] or English 317 [WR] = 3 hours
• English 311, English 318 [WR], or English 319 [WR] = 3 hours
• English 312, English 320 [WR], English 321 [WR], English 322 [WR] or
  English 323 [WR] = 3
• English Electives at 300 level or above = 6 hours
• English Electives at 400 level or above = 9 hours
• English 491 = 3 hours
• Total Hours = 33

• Additional electives to bring total hours to required minimum = 7-14 hours

• Minimum Required Hours for Graduation = 121