2009-2010 - Bowie State University

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH
CONCENTRATION: AFRICANA LITERATURE
CORE REQUIREMENTS (39 semester hours)
Sem. Hrs.
ENGL 236 Introduction to Literature 3
ENGL 301‐302 English Literature I and II 6
ENGL 316‐317 American Literature I and II 6
ENGL 324‐325 African American Literature I and II 6
ENGL 345 Introduction to General Linguistics I 3
ENGL 408 Shakespeare’s Problem Plays, Trag., and Rom. 3
ENGL 409 Chaucer 3
ENGL 437 Literary Criticism and Theory 3
ENGL 438 Seminar for Majors and Minors 3
ENGL 446 History of the English Language 3
CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (21 semester hours)
ENGL 326 Literature of the Caribbean or
ENGL 370 Special Topics in Caribbean Literature 3
ENGL 327 African Literary Expression 3
ENGL 329 The African American Short Story 3
ENGL 330 African American Poetry and Poetics 3
ENGL 331 African American Vernacular Tradition 3
ENGL 424 Neo‐Slave Narratives 3
ENGL 425 Seminar in African American Literature 3
CATEGORY I (3 semester hours—Choose 1)
ENGL 210 Introduction to Grammar
ENGL 255 Advanced Composition
ENGL 260 Creative Writing II: Non‐Fiction
ENGL 445 Advanced Grammar
SAMPLE FOUR‐YEAR PLAN
FRESHMAN YEAR
Sem. Hrs.
First Semester
FRSE 101 Freshman Seminar 3
ENGL 101 Expository Writing 3
MATH 125 College Algebra 3
HIST 114 African American History to 1865 3
BIOL 101 Biological Science 4
16
Second Semester
HEED 102 Life and Health 3
ENGL 102 Argument and Research 3
COSC 110 Computer Literacy and Applications 3
HIST 115 African American History Since 1865 3
PHSC 101 Earth Science 4
16
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