- English, BA requires 120 total credit hours.
- Two courses (6 semester hours) at the 400 level are required in the major.
- No more than three sophomore literature courses (9 semester hours).
- No more than three courses (9 semester hours) in creative writing.
- 36 of 120 credit hours must be taken at 300 level or higher.
- Must have a 2.0 GPA in major, minor, and overall.
- No more than 6 credit hours of HPE may count in degree requirements.
- 12 of the last 18 credit hours must be taken at UAH, with an overall 25% of coursework taken at UAH.
- No more than 60 credit hours from a two-year school can be applied toward a UAH degree.
- Double counting of classes must be approved through the CAHS advising office.
- For graduation application instructions, see here.
Code | Title | Semester Hours |
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Area I: Freshman Composition | 3-6 | |
COLLEGE WRITING I | ||
or EH 101S | COLLEGE WRITING I W/STUDIO | |
COLLEGE WRITING II | ||
ACCELERATED COLLEGE WRITING | ||
HONORS ENGLISH SEMINAR | ||
Area II: Humanities and Fine Arts* | 12 | |
Fine Arts | 3 | |
ARH SURV:ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
ARH SURV:RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
ARH SUR: WORLD ART | ||
DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
INTRO TO FILM STUDIES | ||
INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
Literature | 3-6 | |
READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE I | ||
READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE 2 | ||
HONORS SEM READINGS LIT/CUL I | ||
HONORS SEM READINGS LIT/CUL 2 | ||
MYTHOLOGY | ||
Humanities and Fine Arts | 3-6 | |
Intro to Rhetorical Communication | ||
INTRO FOREIGN LANG I: SPANISH | ||
or WLC 101A | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I: ARABIC | |
or WLC 101F | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:FRENCH | |
or WLC 101G | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:GERMAN | |
or WLC 101J | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 101R | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:RUSSIAN | |
INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 102A | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II: ARABIC | |
or WLC 102F | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:FRENCH | |
or WLC 102G | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:GERMAN | |
or WLC 102J | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 102R | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:RUSSIAN | |
INTERM FOREIGN LANG:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 201A | INTERM FOREIGN LANG I: ARABIC | |
or WLC 201F | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:FRENCH | |
or WLC 201G | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:GERMAN | |
or WLC 201J | INTERM FOREIGN LANG: JAPANESE | |
or WLC 201R | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:RUSSIAN | |
INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 202A | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II: ARABIC | |
or WLC 202F | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:FRENCH | |
or WLC 202G | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:GERMAN | |
or WLC 202J | INTERM FORGN LANG II:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 202R | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:RUSSIAN | |
INTERNATIONAL CINEMA | ||
INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | ||
INTRO TO ETHICS | ||
INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC | ||
TECH, SCIENCE & HUMAN VALUES | ||
INTRO WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES | ||
ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL WORLDS | ||
ARH SURV:ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
ARH SURV:RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
ARH SUR: WORLD ART | ||
DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
INTRO TO FILM STUDIES | ||
INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
Area III: Mathematics and Sciences | 11-12 | |
Mathematics | 3-4 | |
NATURE OF MATHEMATICS | ||
ALGEBRA WITH APPLICATIONS | ||
FINITE MATHEMATICS | ||
PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA | ||
PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY | ||
PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA & TRIG | ||
MATH PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS | ||
CALCULUS A | ||
Natural Sciences (Lab) | 8 | |
SURVEY OF ASTRONOMY | ||
EXPLORING THE COSMOS I | ||
EXPLORING THE COSMOS II | ||
FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY | ||
PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY | ||
ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY | ||
HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I | ||
INTRO TO CHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB I | ||
GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB II | ||
GENERAL, ORGANIC, BIOCHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCE | ||
WEATHER, CLIMATE & GLOBAL CHNG | ||
CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS | ||
GENERAL PHYSICS I | ||
GENERAL PHYSICS II | ||
GEN PHYSICS W/CALCULUS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I | ||
GEN PHYSICS W/CALC II and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II | ||
GEN PHYSICS W/CALC III and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB III | ||
Area IV: History and Social and Behavioral Sciences* | 12 | |
History | 3-6 | |
WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 | ||
WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500 | ||
UNITED STATES TO 1877 | ||
UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 | ||
Social and Behavioral Sciences | 6-9 | |
PRINC OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
PRINC OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
GLOBAL SYSTEMS AND CULTURES | ||
WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | ||
INTRO TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT | ||
INTRO TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | ||
INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I | ||
LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY | ||
ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS | ||
INTRO TO CRIMINOLOGY | ||
SOC 105 |
* Take either 1 EH (Area II) + 2 HY (Area IV) <OR> 2 EH (Area II) + 1 HY (Area IV). Area V allows no more than six hours in a single discipline from Area II or Area IV. Area V should cover a breadth of disciplinary study.
Code | Title | Semester Hours |
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Pre-Professional Courses | 19 | |
WLC 101, 102, 201, or 202 | 3 | |
Select 16 hours of pre-professional electives | 16 | |
English Major 1 | 36 | |
Core Courses | 12 | |
EH 207 | READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE I | 3 |
or EH 242 | MYTHOLOGY | |
or EH 208 | READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE 2 | |
or EH 209 | HONORS SEM READINGS LIT/CUL I | |
or EH 210 | HONORS SEM READINGS LIT/CUL 2 | |
EH 211 | INTRO CREATIVE WRITING | 3 |
EH 305 | INTRO TO LITERARY STUDIES | 3 |
EH 300 | STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS WRIT'G | 3 |
or EH 301 | TECHNICAL WRITING | |
or EH 340 | ACADEMIC WRITING | |
Electives 2 | 24 | |
Select 8 courses from the following: | ||
EH 242 | MYTHOLOGY | 3 |
EH 209 | HONORS SEM READINGS LIT/CUL I | 3 |
or EH 207 | READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE I | |
EH 210 | HONORS SEM READINGS LIT/CUL 2 | 3 |
EH 208 | READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE 2 | 3 |
EH 301 | TECHNICAL WRITING | 3 |
or EH 300 | STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS WRIT'G | |
EH 302 | TECHNICAL EDITING | 4 |
EH 303 | PRAC & RSRCH IN TECH COMM | 3 |
EH 320 | PRACTICUM IN WRITING | 3 |
EH 340 | ACADEMIC WRITING | 3 |
EH 400 | COMPOSITION STUDIES FOR TCHERS | 3 |
EH 401 | THEORY & PRACTICE IN TECH COMM | 3 |
EH 403 | LITERARY CRITICISM & THEORY | 3 |
EH 406 | FEMINISM AND COMPOSITION | 3 |
EH 408 | HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 3 |
EH 410 | FICTION WRITING | 3 |
EH 411 | POETRY WRITING | 3 |
EH 412 | SPEC STUDIES CREATIVE WRITING | 3 |
EH 414 | CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING | 3 |
EH 415 | ANGLOPHONE/POSTCOLONIAL LIT | 3 |
EH 418 | REP TEXTS-WOMEN WRITERS | 3 |
EH 422 | STUDIES IN THE NOVEL | 3 |
EH 423 | CONTEMPORARY BRITISH LITERATUR | 3 |
EH 424 | POETRY AND POETICS | 3 |
EH 425 | LITERATURE, SCIENCE & TECH | 3 |
EH 429 | STUDIES IN AMERICAN CINEMA | 3 |
EH 430 | THE AMERICAN NOVEL | 3 |
EH 432 | AMERICAN LITERARY MODERNISM | 3 |
EH 433 | WILLIAM FAULKNER | 3 |
EH 434 | SCIENCE FICTION | 3 |
EH 435 | SPECIAL STUDIES AMERICAN LIT | 3 |
EH 437 | THE AMERICAN NINETEENTH CNTRY | 3 |
EH 438 | AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 |
EH 439 | ETHNIC AMERICAN NOVEL | 3 |
EH 440 | SPECIAL TOPICS ENGLISH STUDIES | 3 |
EH 442 | USABILITY STUDIES | 3 |
EH 448 | THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE | 3 |
EH 450 | CHAUCER | 3 |
EH 451 | ARTHURIAN ROMANCE | 3 |
EH 454 | NEW MEDIA WRITING & RHETORIC | 3 |
EH 460 | SIXTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE | 3 |
EH 475 | RHETORIC AND WRITING | 3 |
EH 461 | SHAKESPEARE I | 3 |
EH 462 | SHAKESPEARE II | 3 |
EH 465 | DRAMATIC LITERATURE | 3 |
EH 470 | MILTON | 3 |
EH 473 | EARLY MODERN LITERATURE | 3 |
EH 480 | THE LONG EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 3 |
EH 485 | THE ENLIGHTENMENT | 3 |
EH 498 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | 3 |
Minor Courses | 21 | |
Elective Courses | ||
Elective hours vary by program, see advisor. | ||
Total Semester Hours | 120 |
1 | 12 Hours at the upper level (300+) must be earned at UAH. |
2 | In the electives area, only one class may be at the 200 level, no more than 9 hours may be in creative writing, and 6 of the hours must be at the 400+ level. |
Year 1 | ||
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Fall | Semester Hours | |
EH 101 | COLLEGE WRITING I | 3 |
Fine Arts | 3 | |
Social/Behavioral Science | 3 | |
Math | 3 | |
FYE 101 | CHARGER SUCCESS | 1 |
Term Semester Hours: | 13 | |
Spring | ||
EH 102 | COLLEGE WRITING II | 3 |
Humanities or Fine Arts | 3 | |
Social/Behavioral Science | 3 | |
Science w/Lab | 4 | |
HY 104 | WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500 | 3 |
or HY 103 | or WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 | |
Term Semester Hours: | 16 | |
Year 2 | ||
Fall | ||
WLC 101 | 3 | |
EH 207 | READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE I | 3 |
or EH 242 | or MYTHOLOGY | |
Social/Behavioral Science | 3 | |
Science w/Lab | 4 | |
Area V Course | 3 | |
Term Semester Hours: | 16 | |
Spring | ||
EH 208 | READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE 2 | 3 |
Area V Courses | 6 | |
Minor Courses | 6 | |
Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
Year 3 | ||
Fall | ||
EH 305 | INTRO TO LITERARY STUDIES | 3 |
English Elective 200+ | 3 | |
English Elective 300+ | 3 | |
Area V Courses | 6 | |
Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
Spring | ||
EH 335 | SURVEY BRITISH LITERATURE | 3 |
English 300+ Elective | 3 | |
English 300+ Elective | 3 | |
Minor Course | 3 | |
Area V Course | 3 | |
Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
Year 4 | ||
Fall | ||
EH 336 | SURVEY AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 |
English 300+ Elective | 3 | |
Minor Courses | 6 | |
Elective | 3 | |
Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
Spring | ||
English 300+ Electives | 6 | |
Minor Courses | 6 | |
Elective | 3 | |
Term Semester Hours: | 15 | |
Total Semester Hours: | 120 |