English B.A.
Minimum Requirements for English B.A.: 120 credits
Students must earn a C- grade or better in each course.
| Credits | ||
|---|---|---|
| General University Requirements | ||
| Complete the general university requirements. | ||
| General Education Requirements | ||
| Complete the general education requirements. | 35-40 | |
| B.A. Degree Requirements | ||
| Complete the B.A. degree requirements. | 37 | |
| English Program Requirements | ||
| Complete the following: | ||
| ENGL F310 | Ways of Reading | 3 |
| ENGL F400 | Capstone Portfolio | 0 |
| Complete three of the following: | 9 | |
| Literature of the Ancient World | ||
| Medieval and Early Modern European Literature | ||
| Survey of American Literature: Beginnings to the Civil War | ||
| Survey of American Literature: Civil War to the Present | ||
| Survey of British Literature: Beowulf to the Romantic Period | ||
| Survey of British Literature: Romantic Period to the Present | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 3 | |
| Shakespeare: History Plays and Tragedies | ||
| Shakespeare: Comedies and Nondramatic Poetry | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 3 | |
| Traditional English Grammar | ||
| Modern English Grammar | ||
| Applied English Linguistics | ||
| History of the English Language | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 3 | |
| Women's Literature | ||
| Contemporary Indigenous Literature in North America | ||
| Contemporary Alaska Native Literature | ||
| Voices of Native American Peoples | ||
| Narrative Art of Alaska Native Peoples (in English translation) | ||
| Multiethnic American Literature | ||
| Topics in Colonial and Postcolonial Literature | ||
| Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in Language, Literature, and Culture | ||
| Northern and Environmental Literature | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 3 | |
| Studies in American Literature to 1900 | ||
| Studies in 17th- and 18th-Century British Literature | ||
| Studies in Medieval and 16th-Century British Literature | ||
| Studies in 20th- and 21st-Century British Literature | ||
| Studies in 19th-Century British Literature | ||
| Studies in 20th- and 21st-Century American Literature | ||
| Studies in Comparative/World Literature | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 3 | |
| Topics in Film Studies | ||
| Authors | ||
| Genre Literacies | ||
| Topics in Language and Literature | ||
| Teaching Composition in the Schools | ||
| Three ENGL F300- and F400-level courses (at least one at the F400 level) | 9 | |
| Electives | ||
| General Electives | 7-12 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |
Roadmaps
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| COM F121X, F131X, or F141X1 | 3 | General Education Requirement - Arts | 3 |
| ENGL F200X (*)3 | 3 | General Education Requirement - Natural Sciences | 4 |
| LS F101X15 | 1 | Degree Requirement - Alaska Native-themed | 3 |
| WRTG F111X1 | 3 | Minor Course | 3 |
| General Education Requirement - Social Sciences | 3 | Complete one of the following:1 | 3 |
| General Education Requirement - Mathematics | 3 | WRTG F211X (*) | |
WRTG F214X (*) | |||
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| General Education Requirement - Social Sciences | 3 | ENGL F31020 | 3 |
| Degree Requirement - Social Sciences | 3 | General Education Requirement - Natural Sciences | 4 |
| Program Requirement25 | 3 | Degree Requirement - Humanities | 3 |
| Program Requirement25 | 3 | Program Requirement25 | 3 |
| Minor Course | 3 | Minor Course | 3 |
| 15 | 16 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| COM F300X (*)11,25 | 3 | Degree Requirement - Humanities or Social Sciences | 3 |
| Degree Requirement - Humanities | 3 | Program Requirement25 | 3 |
| Program Requirement25 | 3 | Program Requirement25 | 3 |
| Program Requirement25 | 3 | Minor Course | 3 |
| Minor Course | 3 | General Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| Degree Requirement - Humanities or Social Sciences | 3 | ENGL F40020,21,25 | 0 |
| Degree Requirement - Social Sciences | 3 | General Education Requirement - Additional Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | General Elective | 3 |
| Program Requirement - Upper Division | 3 | Program Requirement25 | 3 |
| Program Requirement - Upper Division | 3 | Program Requirement25 | 3 |
| 15 | 12 | ||
| Total Credits 120 | |||
Footnote Definitions
| General Education Requirements | Degree Requirements | Program & Other Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| 1--Communication | 8--Alaska Native-themed | 20--Program Requirement |
| 2--Arts | 9--Communication | 21--Capstone Requirement |
| 3--Humanities | 10--Computation | 22--Concentration Course |
| 4--Social Sciences | 11--Ethics | 23--General Elective |
| 5--Additional Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences | 12--Humanities | 24--Minor Course |
| 6--Mathematics | 13--Human Relations | 25--Upper Division |
| 7--Natural Sciences | 14--Humanities or Social Sciences | 26--Program Elective |
| 15--Library & Information Research | ||
| 16--Mathematics | ||
| 17--Natural Sciences | ||
| 18--Other | ||
| 19--Social Sciences |
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes are specific, measurable statements that define the knowledge and skills students will gain by the end of the program.
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Through choices of evidence, demonstrate the ability to compare and contrast texts from a variety of genres, cultures, regions, languages, and periods (both early and modern)
- Articulate the ways submitted materials disrupt and/or confirm popular views of the past
- Demonstrate skill in close reading by annotating examples of it in the portfolio
- Demonstrate the ability to navigate multiple perspectives and extend ideas to create knowledge that crosses boundaries
- Demonstrate the ability to transfer knowledge from English classes into other contexts
- Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of multiple, relational, and culturally specific textual conventions
- By taking a coherent position, demonstrate a sophisticated understanding that the past is constructed
- Evaluate strategies for relating ideas, text structure or other textual features in order to build knowledge or insight within and across texts and subfields
- Demonstrate the ability to navigate multiple perspectives and extend ideas to create new forms of knowledge that crosses boundaries
- Fulfill the portfolio by choosing a format, medium or language (or other visual representation) that enhances meaning, making clear the interdependence of language and meaning, thought and expression
