The BA in English
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies:
Dr. Tom Ryan
Undergraduate Advisors:
Dr. Barbara Chiarello
Dr. Camille Adkins
Program Description:
By majoring in English, students are simultaneously involved with two activities that are essentially and uniquely human: language and art. They make contact with the literary classics of America, England, and the world. They learn what men and women have thought about themselves and their worlds over the course of history, and they experience what others have experienced in their own words. They learn to understand the power of language and to use it well.
Admission to Department of English Degree Programs:
There are no special requirements that prospective majors in the Department of English must fulfill beyond the minimum 2.0 GPA and the completion of (a) 30 hours in residence and 30 hours of the core curriculum or (b) 12 hours in residence and 40 hours of the core curriculum.
Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English:
Modern and Classical Languages1441, 1442, 2313, and 2314 or equivalent.
Political Science 2311, 2312.
History
1311, 1312, and six hours of English or world history.
Mathematics
Six hours at the level of college algebra or higher.
Science
Eight hours in a single natural laboratory science (biology, chemistry, geology or physics).
Fine Arts
Three hours from architecture, art, dance, music, or theatre arts.
Social/Cultural Studies
Three hours of social and cultural studies selected from designated courses which have been approved by the Undergraduate Assembly. For a list of approved courses, contact the University Advising Center or the English Department.
Electives
Sufficient to complete the total number of hours required for the degree.
Major: A total of 42 hours including:
ENGL 1301 and 1302 (or waivers for advanced standing).
Three hours of 2000-level literature courses: ENGL 2303, 2309, 2319, 2329.
ENGL 2350 (English majors must take this course before receiving credit for any 3000/4000-level English courses.)
18 hours of required 3000/4000-level courses:
ENGL 3340, History of American Literature
ENGL 3351, History of British Literature I
ENGL 3361 or 3362, History of World Literature I or II
ENGL 3344 or 3345 or 3346 or 3355 or 3364 or 3370 or 4340 (Cultural Diversity Group)
ENGL 3384 or 4301 (Linguistics/Philology Group)
ENGL 4355 or 4356 (Literary Criticism/Theory Group)
9 hours of 3000/4000-level electives:
Students may select these hours from any 3000- or 4000-level English courses. If they wish, students may focus these elective hours on a particular "track":
American Literature track: 12 3000/4000-level elective hours in American Literature
British Literature track: 12 3000/4000-level elective hours in British Literature
Rhetoric/Composition track: 12 3000/4000-level elective hours in rhetoric or writing courses
Multicultural track: 12 3000/4000-level elective hours in multicultural, ethnic, or world literature courses.
*Students may design their own track.
Minor: 18 hours, at least six of which must be 3000/4000 level.
Total:128 hours, of which at least 36 must be 3000/4000 level.
UT Arlington - Department of English
203 Carlisle Hall, Box 19035 · Arlington, TX 76019
(ph): 817.272.2692 ·
(fax): 817.272.2718
Associate Chair for
Undergraduate Studies: Dr. Tom Ryan
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