Bachelor of Arts in ENGLISH with a
WRITING EMPHASIS
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
The B.A. in English with a Writing Emphasis requires 40 hours in English (not including ENG 1113 and ENG 1213). At least 20 hours of the major must be upper division (3000/4000 level) courses. ENG 1113 and ENG 1213 must be taken before ENG 2413. ENG 1213 is a prerequisite for all 2000, 3000, and 4000 level courses. ENG 2413 is the prerequisite (or co-requisite with advisor approval) for asterisked ENG literature courses below. (ENG 3893 MAY NOT BE USED AS AN ELECTIVE.)
REQUIRED
ENG 2413 CRITICAL
APPROACHES TO LITERATURE Fall &
Spring
ENG 2873 LANGUAGE AND
CULTURE Fall
only
ENG 4990 RESEARCH (Capstone) Fall & Spring
FIFTEEN HOURS OF ENGLISH WRITING AND LANGUAGE COURSES CHOSEN FROM
ENG 3903
TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING Fall & Spring
ENG 4103 CREATIVE
WRITING Spring
only
ENG 4383 ADVANCED
COMPOSITION Fall only
ENG 4783 ENGLISH
GRAMMAR Fall only
ENG 4863 COMPOSITION THEORY AND
PRACTICE Spring only
ENG 4890
SEMINARS IN WRITING (may be repeated) Fall & Spring
SIX HOURS OF 3000/4000 LITERATURE COURSES (EXCLUDING ENG 3893)*
TWELVE HOURS CHOSEN FROM THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATION COURSES INCLUDING SIX
HOURS AT THE 3000/4000 LEVEL
OR ENGLISH COURSES AT THE 3000/4000 LEVEL (EXCLUDING ENG/HUM 2313
and ENG 3893)*
ART 2633 WEBPAGE DESIGN I
ART 3083 ISSUES IN AESTHETICS AND CRITICISM
COMM 1153 DESKTOP PRESENTATIONS
COMM 2113 WRITING FOR MASS COMMUNICATIONS I
COMM 2223 WRITING FOR MASS COMMUNICATIONS II**
COMM 2243 PUBLICATION PRODUCTION AND DESIGN
COMM 3113 COMMUNICATION THEORY**
COMM 3223 EDITING IN PRINT MEDIA**
COMM 3233 FEATURE WRITING**
COMM 3243 EDITORIAL WRITING**
COMM 3463 THEORIES OF PERSUASION
COMM 3543 POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
COMM 3583 PUBLIC RELATIONS CASE STUDIES
COMM 3773 ADVERTISING COPYWRITING AND DESIGN
COMM 3783 BROADCAST NEWS WRITING
(**pre-requisite COMM 2573 or permission from the instructor)
COMM 4443 COMMUNICATION CRITICISM
COMM 4463 FREEDOM OF SPEECH
COMM 4853 MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS
COMM 4950 RESEARCH IN COMMUNICATION
(**pre-requisite COMM 2113 or instructor permission)
It is the responsibility of students to read relevant sections of the university bulletin to determine that they meet all course requirements for degrees. As a service to students, Southeastern Oklahoma State University provides advisement, including check sheets and bulletins.
Effective Fall 2008