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DESCRIPTION OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Department offers two undergraduate degrees in English—the Bachelor of Arts (BA) with
concentrations in Africana Literature, Creative Writing, and Language and Literature, and the Bachelor
of Science (BS) in Secondary Education. It also offers six minors: Creative Writing, Literature, Literature
of the African Diaspora, French, Spanish, and Hispanic Culture. Students seeking teacher certification, via
the BS degree, must apply for admission into the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Professional
Development.
To receive a BA degree or a BS degree in English, the student must successfully complete at least 120
semester hours. Entering students must officially declare English as a major, and students who change
their major after having begun matriculation at the University must submit a Declaration of
Major/Program Form. All students who declare English as a major will be evaluated (1) after the
completion of, Introduction to Literature (ENGL 236), the introductory course to the major, and (2)
periodically throughout their matriculation at the University
Students who pursue a major or a minor in English must earn a grade of "C" or above in all English
language and literature courses, and all students taking English 100, 101, or 102 and Reading 100 or 101
must earn a "C" or higher. All students who minor in a modern language or who take modern language
courses to meet discipline requirements must earn a grade of "C" or higher in each course. All students
must take and pass the Bowie State University English Proficiency Examination (EPE).
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The Department also offers the Master of Arts (MA) in English degree for individuals who (1) have
earned the traditional bachelor’s degree in English and allied fields (e.g., language arts, humanities) and
wish to supplement that degree with training in literature and rhetorical theories and in humanities
computing; (2) now teach on the secondary or collegiate level and wish to investigate literary and
rhetorical theories and practices; and (3) wish to pursue doctoral studies upon completion of the
master’s degree.
GENERAL EDUCATION AND INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR OF ARTS AND
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREES*
English Composition (6 semester hours—two courses in English composition)
ENGL 101 Expository Writing 3
ENGL 102 Argument and Research 3
Arts and Humanities (6 semester hours—one course in each of two disciplines)
____ ___ Arts and Humanities Elective 6
Natural Sciences (7‐8 semester hours—two science course, at least one of which shall be a laboratory
course)
____ ___ Natural Sciences Electives 7/8
Mathematics (3 semester hours—one course in mathematics at or above the college level)
MATH ___ Mathematics Elective 3
Social Sciences (6 semester hours—one course in each of two disciplines in social and behavioral
sciences)
HIST 114 African American History to 1865 or
HIST 115 African American History Since 1865 3
____ ___ Behavioral Sciences Elective 3
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