English

B.A. in English

Degree Outline
Detailed degree outline including course names and credits.
PDF, Catalog Year 2008-2009

I. College Core Curriculum (31-44 credits)

A. English (3-8 credits)

ENG 100 or ENG 101, ENG 102

Note: Students who complete ENG 102 will satisfy the Core Curriculum Requirement.

B. Study and Technology Skills (2 credits)

CEP 121, CEP 122

Note: Transfer students with 30 or more transferrable college credits will be able to waive the Study and Technology Core Requirement.

C. Mathematics (3-5 credits)

Choose one of the following: 

MATH 120, MATH 124, MATH 128, MATH 181, MATH 182

D. Natural Sciences (7-8 credits)

AST 103 (Must be taken with AST 105 to fulfill laboratory requirement), AST 104 (Must be taken with AST 105 to fulfill laboratory requirement), AST 105*, BIOL 101*, BIOL 189*, CHEM 105, CHEM 110*, CHEM 111*, CHEM 121*, CHEM 122*, ENV 101, GEOG 117, GEOL 100, GEOL 101*, GEOL 102*, PHYS 151*, PHYS 152*

Note: Students need to take two science courses, at least one of which must include an associated laboratory course. An asterisk (*) indicates a course that may be taken for laboratory credit.

E. Social Sciences (3 credits)

Choose one of the following: 

ANTH 101, COM 216, COU 300, ECON 103, PSC 210, PSC 211, PSC 231, PSY 101, PSY 460, SOC 101, WMST 101

F. Fine Arts (3 credits)

Choose one of the following:  

ART 160, ART 260, ART 261, ART 265, ART 475, FIS 110, MUS 121, MUS 122, MUS 128, MUS 134, THTR 100

G. Humanities (6 credits)

Choose two of the following:

CH 201, CH 202, COM 101, ETS 101, any Literature course ENG 231 or higher, any Philosophy course (other than 102, 105, 109), any History course , any Foreign Language Course 111 or above, AM 145, AM 146, AM 147, AM 148

H. Constitution (3-6 credits)

Choose one of the following: 

CH 203, PSC 101 (from an NSHE institution), PSC 101 (equivalent from out-of-state) and PSC 100, PSC 101 (equivalent from out-of-state) and HIST 217, HIST 101 and HIST 102 (HIST 102 must be taken at an NSHE institution excluding UNR), HIST 101 and PSC 100, HIST 101 and HIST 217

I. Community-Based Learning Capstone (3 credits)

CBL 400

II. Additional College Requirements (3-19 credits)

A. Foreign Language (0-16 credits)

• Complete and/or transfer to NSC a fourth semester in a foreign language or American Sign Language (AM)
• Demonstrate proficiency through a placement exam
• Show transcript evidence of successful completion of a fourth year high school course in foreign language

B. COM 101 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 credits)

III. Major Requirements (36 credits)

A. ENG 298 – Writing about Literature (3 credits)

B. ENG 303 – Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism (3 credits)

C. Select 30 credits from the courses listed below:

• At least 24 must be from 300 or 400 level courses.
• A maximum of 6 credits could be from 200 level courses.
• A class can only count towards one group, even if it appears in more than one group below.

Group I - British & Celtic or Irish Literature (at least 6 credits)

ENG 235 - Survey of English Literature I

ENG 236 - Survey of English Literature II

ENG 271 - Introduction to Shakespeare

ENG 432A - Chaucer

ENG 434A - Shakespeare: Tragedies

ENG 434B - Shakespeare: Comedies and Histories

ENG 440A - Medieval English Literature

ENG 441A - The Renaissance

ENG 444A - The Romantic Movement

ENG 445A - The Victorian Period

ENG 445C - Nineteenth-Century Prose Writers

ENG 446A - Modern British Literature

ENG 447A - Contemporary British Literature

ENG 449A - British Literature I

ENG 449B - British Literature II

ENG 470A - The British Novel I

ENG 471A - Modern English Novel

ENG 471B - Contemporary English Novel

Group II - American Literature (at least 6 credits)

ENG 241 - Survey of American Literature I

ENG 242 - Survey of American Literature II

ENG 290 - Introduction to African-American Literature

ENG 292 - Introduction to Chicano Literature

ENG 429C - Literature of the American West

ENG 436A - Major Figures in American Literature

ENG 450A - Studies in 20th Century Literature

ENG 451A - American Literature I

ENG 451B - American Literature II

ENG 462C - Modern American Poetry

ENG 467B - Modern American Drama

ENG 473C - The Contemporary American Novel

ENG 490 – Asian-American Literature

ENG 494A - Native American Literature

ENG 495C – African-American Literature

ENG 496A - Themes in Modern Chicano Literature

Group III – Cultural & Ethnic Studies (at least 6 credits)

ENG 290 - Introduction to African-American Literature

ENG 292 - Introduction to Chicano Literature

ENG 410A - Semantics

ENG 420A - Survey of Literary Criticism

ENG 426A - Religion and Literature

ENG 427A - Women and Literature

ENG 476B - History of the American Film

ENG 477A - Film and Literature

ENG 477C - Genre Studies in Film

ENG 487 – Feminist Voices of Color

ENG 488 – Outlaw Genres

ENG 490 – Asian-American Literature

ENG 490A - Gender and Sexual Identity in Literature

ENG 491B - Environmental Literature

ENG 494A - Native American Literature

ENG 495A - Early African-American Literature

ENG 495B - Modern African-American Literature

ENG 495C – African-American Literature

ENG 496A - Themes in Modern Chicano Literature

ENG 497A – Topics in Multicultural Literature

Group IV – World & Comparative Literature (3 credits)

ENG 231 - World Literature I

ENG 232 - World Literature II

ENG 481A - Comparative Literature

ENG 481B - Modern Comparative Literature

ENG 484A - The Bible as Literature

ENG 485 - Topics in Comparative Literature

ENG 485A - Asian Literature

Group V – Electives (can fulfill up to 9 outstanding credits)

ENG 243 - Introduction to the Short Story

ENG 252 - Introduction to Drama

ENG 253 - Contemporary Drama

ENG 261 - Introduction to Poetry

ENG 275 - Contemporary Literature

ENG 278 - Readings in the Contemporary Novel

ENG 401A - Advanced Composition

ENG 407A - Fundamentals of Business Writing

ENG 407B - Fundamentals of Technical Writing

ENG 411B - Principles of Modern Grammar

ENG 416C - Special Problems in English

ENG 499 - Independent Study

Summary of credit requirements for the B.A. in English

• College Core Curriculum: 31-44 credits
• Additional College Requirements: 3-19 credits
• Major Core Requirements: 36 credits
• Electives (at least 21 credits must be upper division): 29-58 credits
• Total Credits: 128 credits