English and Writing Major

B.J. Best	Professor of English and Interactive Arts
Timothy Galow	Chair, Department of English, Modern Language and Philosophy; Professor of English and Writing
Dolores Greenawalt	Assistant Professor of English and Writing
Lara Karpenko	Professor of English and Writing
Barbara J. Kilgust	Assistant Professor of English and Writing
Therese Novotny	Assistant Professor of English and Writing

We offer a combined major in English and Writing and minors in English, Creative Writing and Professional Writing. See sample four year plan.

The English and Writing major also serves as a valuable and practical double major with any program including the health sciences, social sciences, business, and education. See below our sample four-year plans for English and Writing with Business, Communication, Occupational Therapy, and Psychology.

English and Writing Major Goals:

To provide students with a body of knowledge about literature and other forms of representation that will allow them to recognize the interrelationship among ideas and provide them with the skills to be lifelong learners.
To teach students the critical and creative reading, writing and thinking skills that enable them to develop a personal value system and that will inform their understanding of their impact on the world around them.

Learning Outcomes for English and Writing

Students graduating with a degree in English and Writing will be able to

Develop strategies for originating and answering questions about literature.
Use language specific to the discourses of poetry, drama, fiction and nonfiction.
Analyze and respond critically to texts using research and bibliographic materials appropriate to the discipline.
Demonstrate the ability to synthesize and organize ideas.
Demonstrate knowledge of a writing process that includes reading, research, drafting, editing, and revising, and be able to analyze that process in their own writing and the writing of others.

Core Courses

British and American Literature Survey

Students must complete the following three survey courses (12 credits):

ENG 240 - British Literature I - Medieval to 1700 4 Hour(s)
ENG 241 - British Literature II - 1700 to Contemporary 4 Hour(s)
ENG 242 - American Literature - 1620 to Contemporary 4 Hour(s)

Visual Literacy

Students must complete one of the following courses (4 credits):

ENG 214 - Global Film Theory and Criticism 4 Hour(s)
ENG 288 - Images that Speak: Visual Culture before “talking films” 4 Hour(s)

Diversity/World Literature

Students must complete one of the following courses (4 credits):

ENG 165 - Cultural Explorations of Race, Gender, and Class 4 Hour(s)
ENG 210 - African American Literature 4 Hour(s)
ENG 255 - Postcolonial Literature and Theory 4 Hour(s)
ENG 262 - Introduction to Feminist Thought 4 Hour(s)
ENG 264 - American Indian Literature and Spirituality 4 Hour(s)

Professional English Requirement

Students must complete one of the following courses (4 credits):

ENG 120 - Introduction to Professional Writing 4 Hour(s)
ENG 199 - Reading and Writing in the Sciences 4 Hour(s)
ENG 230 - Grant Writing 4 Hour(s)
ENG 260 - Professional Writing in the Public Sphere 4 Hour(s)

Creative English Requirement

Students must complete one of the following courses (4 credits):

ENG 205 - Interactive Fiction Writing: Stories and Games for Online Environments 4 Hour(s)
ENG 206 - Fiction Writing 4 Hour(s)
ENG 207 - Poetry Writing 4 Hour(s)
ENG 333 - Advanced Creative Writing 4 Hour(s)
ENG 350 - Literary Magazine Publishing 4 Hour(s)

Upper Division Literature Requirement

Students must complete two of the following courses (8 credits):

ENG 300 - Great Authors I: Medieval to 1700 4 Hour(s)
ENG 302 - Great Authors II: 1700 to Contemporary 4 Hour(s)
ENG 303 - Milton and Moral Choice - His Age and Ours 4 Hour(s)
ENG 304 - Shakespeare: From Stage to Screen 4 Hour(s)
ENG 305 - Advanced Exposition and the Rhetorical Tradition 4 Hour(s)
ENG 312 - Modernism 4 Hour(s)
ENG 316 - Organizing an Undergraduate Conference in Victorian Studies 4 Hour(s)
ENG 323 - Early Modern British Literature 4 Hour(s)
ENG 377 - Academic Journal Editing 4 Hour(s)

Senior capstone experience

ENG 499 - English Major Capstone-Advanced Literature Seminar 4 Hour(s)

Required Support Courses*

*Required for primary majors only.

Students seeking education certification must take the following courses (12 credits):

ENG 219 - Introduction to Linguistics 4 Hour(s)
ENG 240 - British Literature I - Medieval to 1700 4 Hour(s) or
ENG 304 - Shakespeare: From Stage to Screen 4 Hour(s)
ENG 305 - Advanced Exposition and the Rhetorical Tradition 4 Hour(s)

Bachelor of Arts Requirement

The requirements for a Bachelor of Arts are:

Students are required to take two modern language classes on Carroll’s campus to fulfill the BA requirement, with the exception of 1) transfer students who have completed language courses at their previous institutions, 2) Carroll students who take language courses at other institutions of higher education while enrolled at Carroll, 3) international students who come from non-English speaking countries, and 4) students from Puerto Rico. Students who have taken a language course through a dual-enrollment high school program need to take only one language course at Carroll. Neither retroactive credits nor AP credits fulfill the BA requirement. These policies reflect Carroll’s commitment to promoting cross-cultural education and fostering global citizenship.
MAT 106 - Mathematics for the Liberal Arts 4 Hour(s) or higher
ENG 170 - Writing Seminar 4 Hour(s)
Degree requirements cannot be waived.

Note:

Each major may have specific course sequencing requirements. For specific requirements, see “Required Support Courses” within each major.

Students majoring in English and Writing may not receive General Education(F1) credit for writing courses.