English

English
BA
Hours49 - 66 Credit Hours
MAPMajor Academic Plan

Program Requirements

requirement 1 Complete 1 option
GE Foreign Language option:
Students must complete the GE Foreign Language culminating course, even if an Advanced Mathematics option has already been completed. If a student has no prior foreign language experience, it will take four semesters to complete the culminating course. Check the University Core requirements for courses approved as the culminating course.
option 1.1 Complete 1 course
AFRIK 202 - Second-Year Afrikaans 4.0
ARAB 202 - Intermediate Arabic 4.0
ASL 202 - Second-Year American Sign Language, Part 2 4.0
BULGN 202 - (Not currently offered)
BULGN 330 - Cultural History of Bulgaria 3.0
CANT 202 - Second-Year Cantonese 4.0
CHIN 202 - Intermediate Mandarin 4.0
CHIN 301 - Third-Year Mandarin 4.0
CZECH 202 - (Not currently offered)
CZECH 330 - Cultural History of Czech Republic 3.0
DANSH 202 - Second Year Danish 4.0
DANSH 340 - Danish Literature 3.0
DUTCH 202 - (Not currently offered)
DUTCH 340 - Introduction to Dutch Literature 3.0
FINN 202 - Second Year Finnish 4.0
FINN 340 - Finnish Literature 3.0
FLANG 330R - (Not currently offered)
FLANG 330R - Advanced Language Proficiency Through Cultural Studies 3.0
You may take this course up to 1 time.
FREN 202 - Intermediate French, Part 2 3.0
FREN 340 - Introduction to Literary Analysis 3.0
GERM 202 - Second-Year German 4.0
GERM 330 - Cultural History of German-Speaking Peoples 3.0
GREEK 301 - Classical Greek Poetry: Homer's Iliad 3.0
GREEK 302 - Classical Greek Prose 3.0
HEB 202 - Second-Year Modern Hebrew 2 4.0
HEB 431 - (Not currently offered)
HUNG 202 - (Not currently offered)
HUNG 330 - Cultural History of Hungary 3.0
ICLND 202 - Second-Year Icelandic 4.0
ICLND 429 - Old Icelandic Language and Literature 3.0
ITAL 202 - Intermediate Italian 2 3.0
ITAL 340 - Introduction to Italian Literature 3.0
JAPAN 202 - Second-Year Japanese 4.0
JAPAN 301 - Japanese Reading and Culture 4.0
JAPAN 302 - Readings in Japanese History and Culture 4.0
KOREA 202 - Second-Year Korean 2 4.0
KOREA 301 - Third-Year Korean 1 4.0
LATIN 301 - Classical Latin Poetry 3.0
LATIN 302 - Classical Latin Prose 3.0
NORWE 202 - Second Year Norwegian 4.0
NORWE 340 - Norwegian Literature 3.0
POLSH 202 - Second-Year Polish 4.0
POLSH 330 - Cultural History of Poland 3.0
PORT 202 - Fourth-Semester Portuguese: Reading and Comprehension 4.0
PORT 315 - (Not currently offered)
PORT 321 - Third-Year Portuguese Reading, Grammar, and Culture 3.0
PORT 345 - Portuguese Civilization 3.0
PORT 355 - Brazilian Civilization 3.0
ROM 340 - Introduction to Romanian Literature and Culture 3.0
RUSS 202 - Second-Year Russian, Part 2 5.0
RUSS 330 - Cultural History of Russia 3.0
SPAN 202 - (Not currently offered)
SPAN 205 - University Spanish 3 4.0
SPAN 321 - Third-Year Spanish Reading, Grammar, and Culture 3.0
SPAN 345 - Iberian Civilization 3.0
SPAN 355 - Spanish American Culture and Civilization 3.0
SRBCR 202 - (Not currently offered)
SRBCR 330 - (Not currently offered)
SWED 202 - Second Year Swedish 4.0
SWED 340 - Swedish Literature 3.0
UKRAI 202 - (Not currently offered)
UKRAI 330 - Cultural History of Ukraine 3.0
If the language you completed is not listed, please contact the Humanities Advisement Center.
The English Department requires a minimum of 21 hours of English major course work to be taken in residence at BYU for this degree program. These hours may also go toward BYU's 30-hour residency requirement for graduation.
Because upper-division English courses require substantial writing, students should complete Engl 295 before beginning their first upper-division courses, preferably in the second semester of their sophomore year.
No more than 3 hours of any one R course may apply toward the hours required for the major.
It is strongly recommended that StDev 317, a 1-credit-hour course, be taken at the end of the sophomore year or the beginning of the junior year. Because liberal arts degrees provide preparation in a variety of useful fields rather than a single career track, this course is recommended to help liberal arts students focus on specific educational and occupational goals and to identify the career options or educational opportunities available to them. The course will introduce them to the resources needed for accessing information about graduate schools, internships, careers, and career development. Students will learn basic employment strategies, including the steps necessary for obtaining employment related to their own specialty.
requirement 2 Complete 4 options
Core courses:
A. Students are strongly encouraged to take a freshman college-level writing course, regardless of their AP test scores (Wrtg 150).
option 2.1 Complete 2 courses
B. Academic and Career Preparation:
option 2.2 Complete 1 course
C. Fundamentals of language and literature. Note: Students must complete Engl 251 before or concurrently with the Literary History requirements (Engl 291, 292, 293, 294).
option 2.3 Complete 1 group
D. British and American literary history. Note: Students must complete the literary history course in a period before taking any 300-level courses in that period.
option 2.4 Complete 1 course
E. NOTE: Students must complete Engl 295 before taking most 300- and 400-level courses for majors.
requirement 3 Complete 1 course
Major authors courses:
ENGL 381 - Chaucer 3.0
ENGL 382 - Shakespeare 3.0
ENGL 383 - Milton 3.0
ENGL 384R - Major Authors 3.0
You may take this course up to 1 time.
requirement 4 Complete 3 options
option 4.1 Complete 1 course
A. Literature before 1800 (note: Engl 390R, 396, & 397R must have a pre-1800 focus to count here):
option 4.2 Complete 1 course
B. Literature from 1800-1900 (NOTE: Engl 358R, 367R, 390R, 396, 397R must have a 1800-1900 focus to count here):
option 4.3 Complete 1 course
C. Literature from 1900-present (NOTE: Engl 358R, 367R, 390R, 396, 397R must have a post-1900 focus to count here):
requirement 5 Complete 1 course
Rhetoric and Theory:
ENGL 322 - Fundamentals of Rhetoric 3.0
ENGL 324 - Writing with Style 3.0
ENGL 325 - Visual Rhetoric 3.0
ENGL 326 - (Not currently offered)
ENGL 327R - Studies in Rhetoric 3.0
You may take this course up to 1 time.
ENGL 328R - Studies in Composing 3.0
You may take this course up to 1 time.
ENGL 328R - (Not currently offered)
ENGL 330 - Literary English: History and Style 3.0
ENGL 451 - Literary Theory and Criticism 1: The Critical Tradition 3.0
ENGL 452 - Literary Theory and Criticism 2: Contemporary Criticism 3.0
requirement 6 Complete 1 course
Genre:
requirement 7 Complete 1 option
Complete one English + course, or an equivalent course (contact the Humanities Career and Advisement Center for more information):
option 7.1 Complete 1 course
Note: If Engl 399R is taken, 3 credit hours are required.
requirement 8 Complete 1 course
Note: Students must complete a major author course (Engl 381, 382, 383, or 384R) before taking Engl 495. Students will take this course their senior year.
requirement 9 Complete 6.0 hours from the following option(s)
Electives:
Complete 6 elective hours from any 300- or 400-level English courses except English education courses (Engl 329, 377, 378, 379, 423, 479). (Double counting of courses used to fill previous requirements is not allowed):
option 9.1 Complete up to 6.0 hours from the following course(s)
ENGL 300R - English Literature in a Cultural Setting 6.0v
ENGL 305 - Critical Reading 3.0
ENGL 306 - Travel Writing 3.0v
ENGL 310 - Writing and Tutoring 3.0
ENGL 310 - Honors Writing and Tutoring 3.0
ENGL 314 - Writing About Literature 3.0
ENGL 317R - Writing Creative Nonfiction 3.0
ENGL 318R - Writing Fiction 3.0
ENGL 319R - Writing Poetry 3.0
ENGL 320R - Writing for Children and Adolescents 3.0
ENGL 321R - English Department Reading Series 1.0
ENGL 322 - Fundamentals of Rhetoric 3.0
ENGL 324 - Writing with Style 3.0
ENGL 325 - Visual Rhetoric 3.0
ENGL 326 - Digital Culture 3.0
ENGL 327R - Studies in Rhetoric 3.0
ENGL 328R - Studies in Composing 3.0
ENGL 330 - Literary English: History and Style 3.0
ENGL 333 - The English Novel 3.0
ENGL 336 - The American Novel 3.0
ENGL 337R - Advanced Studies in Contemporary Poetry 3.0
ENGL 337R - Advanced Studies in Genre 3.0
ENGL 337R - Advanced Studies in Contemporary Drama 3.0
ENGL 337R - Advanced Studies in Contemporary Fiction 3.0
ENGL 337R - Advanced Studies in Contemporary Creative Non-Fiction 3.0
ENGL 338 - Literary Studies of the Bible 3.0
ENGL 339 - Studies in Nonfiction 3.0
ENGL 341 - English Drama: Beginnings to 1800, Excluding Shakespeare 3.0
ENGL 343 - Modern American Drama 3.0
ENGL 343 - Modern English and American Drama 3.0
ENGL 343 - Modern British Drama 3.0
ENGL 345 - Literature and Film 3.0
ENGL 355 - (Engl-ClCv) Greek and Roman Classics and the English Tradition 3.0
ENGL 356 - Myth, Legend, and Folktales 3.0
ENGL 358R - Native American Literature 3.0
ENGL 358R - Asian American Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 358R - Ethnic Literatures Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 358R - Native American Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 358R - Ethnic Literatures 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 358R - Native American Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 358R - African American Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 358R - Ethnic Literatures 3.0
ENGL 358R - Jewish American Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 358R - Latino/a American Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 358R - Latino/a American Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 358R - African American Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 358R - Native American Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 358R - Jewish American Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 358R - Jewish American Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 358R - Ethnic Literatures 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 358R - African American Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 358R - Asian American Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 358R - Latino/a American Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 358R - Asian American Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 359 - The Short Story 3.0
ENGL 360 - American Literature to 1800 3.0
ENGL 361 - American Literature 1800 - 1865 3.0
ENGL 362 - American Literature 1865 - 1914 3.0
ENGL 363 - American Literature 1914 - 1960 3.0
ENGL 364 - Literature and Cultures of the American West 3.0
ENGL 365 - American Literature 1960 to Present 3.0
ENGL 366 - Studies in Poetry 3.0
ENGL 367R - Urban Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 367R - Urban Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 367R - Urban Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 367R - American Regional Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 367R - American Regional Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 367R - Southern American Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 367R - Southern American Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 367R - Southern American Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 367R - American Regional Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 367R - American Regional Literature 3.0
ENGL 368 - Literature of the Latter-day Saints 3.0
ENGL 371 - British Literature to 1500: The Medieval Period 3.0
ENGL 372 - British Literature 1500 - 1603: The Early Renaissance 3.0
ENGL 373 - British Literature 1660 - 1789: The Enlightenment 3.0
ENGL 374 - British Literature 1789 - 1832: The Romantic Period 3.0
ENGL 375 - British Literature 1832-1900: The Victorian Period 3.0
ENGL 376 - British Literature 1900 - 1950: The Modern Period 3.0
ENGL 380 - British Literature 1950 - Present: The Contemporary Period 3.0
ENGL 381 - Chaucer 3.0
ENGL 382 - Shakespeare 3.0
ENGL 383 - Milton 3.0
ENGL 384R - Major Authors 3.0
ENGL 384R - American Authors 3.0
ENGL 384R - Early British Authors 3.0
ENGL 384R - Later British Authors 3.0
ENGL 385 - British Literature 1603 - 1660: The Late Renaissance 3.0
ENGL 390R - Transnational/Transatlantic Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 390R - Transnational/Transatlantic Literature from 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 390R - Transnational/Transatlantic Literature 3.0
ENGL 390R - Transnational/Transatlantic Literature from 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 391 - Introduction to Folklore 3.0
ENGL 392 - American Folklore 3.0
ENGL 393R - Studies in Folklore 3.0
ENGL 394R - Applied English 3.0
ENGL 395R - Studies in Literature 3.0
ENGL 396R - Studies in Women's Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 396R - Studies in Women's Literature 3.0
ENGL 396R - Studies in Women's Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 396R - Studies in Women's Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - African Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 397R - Irish Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 397R - Caribbean Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - Irish Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - African Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - World Literatures in English 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 397R - Caribbean Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - Irish Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - Post-Colonial Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - South-Asian Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 397R - Hemispheric Literatures Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - World Literatures in English 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - Caribbean Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 397R - South-Asian Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - Scottish Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - Post-Colonial Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - World Literatures in English 3.0
ENGL 397R - Post-Colonial Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 397R - Hemispheric Literatures 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - South-Asian Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - Scottish Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - World Literatures in English Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - African Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - Scottish Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 397R - Hemispheric Literatures 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 398 - Career Preparation for English Majors 0.5
ENGL 400 - Portfolio Capstone for Writing and Rhetoric Minors 1.0
ENGL 401 - Creative Writing Minor Capstone 1.0
ENGL 419R - Creative Writing Projects in Fiction 3.0
ENGL 419R - Creative Writing Projects: Writing for Children and Adolescents 3.0
ENGL 419R - Creative Writing Projects in Poetry 3.0
ENGL 419R - Inscape Editing 3.0
ENGL 419R - Creative Writing Projects in Creative Nonfiction 3.0
ENGL 419R - Advanced Creative Writing Practice and Theory 3.0
ENGL 420 - Young Adult Literature 3.0
ENGL 451 - Literary Theory and Criticism 1: The Critical Tradition 3.0
ENGL 452 - Literary Theory and Criticism 2: Contemporary Criticism 3.0
ENGL 480R - Directed Research in English 3.0v
ENGL 490R - Individual Readings in English 3.0v
ENGL 495 - The Senior Course 3.0
ENGL 499R - Honors Thesis 6.0v
option 9.2 Complete up to 3.0 hours from the following course(s)
ENGL 218 - (Not currently offered)
option 9.3 Complete up to 3.0 hours from the following course(s)
Only one of the following English Advanced Written and Oral Communications courses can count as an English elective:
option 9.4 Complete up to 3.0 hours from the following course(s)
Only one of the following English language courses:
Program Outcomes

Interpretive and Communicative Skills

English graduates employ critical reading strategies, disciplinary writing expertise, and sophisticated analytical skills in their written and oral communication.

Interpretive and Communicative Applications

English graduates translate the skills of the humanistic tradition, including critical inquiry, scholarly research, communication, and creativity, to professional environments and narrate the value of these skills to prospective employers.

Interpretive and Communicative Contexts

English graduates know how to trace the development of literary traditions, investigate authors, and differentiate genres, and they know how to discuss disciplinary methodologies and scholarly conversations; they use these contexts to frame their written, oral, and visual work.

Interpretive and Communicative Ethics

English graduates embrace literature and writing as sources of wisdom, spiritual insight, and aesthetic pleasure; as mediums for encountering and reflecting upon the diversity of human experience; and as guides for building relation and discerning value.