- English, BA requires 120 credit hours.
- Two courses (6 semester hours) at the 400 level
- 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.
- For graduation application instructions, see here.
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Freshman Composition | 6 | |
| COLLEGE WRITING I | ||
| COLLEGE WRITING II | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | 6 | |
12 hours of Humanities and Fine Arts chosen from the following categories below | ||
| Fine Arts: Choose one | 3 | |
| ARH SURV:ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SURV:RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR:NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| Literature | ||
Students will fulfill Literature requirements within the English Major Core. | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts: Choose one | 3 | |
| ARH SURV:ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SURV:RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR:NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| Intro to Rhetorical Communication | ||
Any WLC 100 or 200 level 1 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | ||
| INTRO TO ETHICS | ||
| TECH, SCIENCE & HUMAN VALUES | ||
PHL 201 | ||
| INTRO WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES | ||
| Mathematics and Natural Sciences | 11 | |
| Mathematics: Choose one | 3-4 | |
| ALGEBRA WITH APPLICATIONS | ||
| FINITE MATHEMATICS | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA | ||
| PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA & TRIG | ||
| MATH PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS | ||
| CALCULUS A | ||
| Natural Sciences: Choose two | 8 | |
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS I | ||
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS II | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY | ||
| ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY | ||
| INTRO TO CHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB II | ||
| 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 | ||
| History and Social and Behavioral Sciences | 12 | |
| History: Choose one | 3 | |
| WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 | ||
| WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500 | ||
| UNITED STATES TO 1877 | ||
| UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences: Choose three | 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 | ||
| GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I | ||
| LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY | ||
| ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS | ||
| INTRO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| SOCIOLOGICAL PERSP TECH & SCI | ||
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Professional Courses | 19 | |
| Any WLC 100 or 200 level course. | 3 | |
| Select 10 hours of pre-professional electives | 6 | |
| English Major Core | 12 | |
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE I | ||
or EH 242 | MYTHOLOGY | |
or EH 208 | READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE 2 | |
| INTRO TO ENGLISH MAJOR & MINOR | ||
| SURVEY BRITISH LITERATURE | ||
| SURVEY AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| Electives | 24 | |
| Select 7 courses from the following: | ||
| INTRO CREATIVE WRITING | ||
| MYTHOLOGY | ||
| STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS WRIT'G | ||
| TECHNICAL WRITING | ||
| TECHNICAL EDITING | ||
| PRAC & RSRCH IN TECH COMM | ||
| PRACTICUM IN WRITING | ||
| ACADEMIC WRITING | ||
| COMPOSITION STUDIES FOR TCHERS | ||
| THEORY & PRACTICE IN TECH COMM | ||
| LITERARY CRITICISM & THEORY | ||
| FEMINISM AND COMPOSITION | ||
| HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE | ||
| FICTION WRITING | ||
| POETRY WRITING | ||
| SPEC STUDIES CREATIVE WRITING | ||
| CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING | ||
| ANGLOPHONE/POSTCOLONIAL LIT | ||
| REP TEXTS-WOMEN WRITERS | ||
| STUDIES IN THE NOVEL | ||
| CONTEMPORARY BRITISH LITERATUR | ||
| POETRY AND POETICS | ||
| LITERATURE, SCIENCE & TECH | ||
| STUDIES IN AMERICAN CINEMA | ||
| THE AMERICAN NOVEL | ||
| AMERICAN LITERARY MODERNISM | ||
| WILLIAM FAULKNER | ||
| SCIENCE FICTION | ||
| SPECIAL STUDIES AMERICAN LIT | ||
| READING THE EARLY REPUBLIC | ||
| THE AMERICAN NINETEENTH CNTRY | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| ETHNIC AMERICAN NOVEL | ||
| SPECIAL STUDIES IN ENGLISH LIT | ||
| THE CIVIL WAR IN AMRCN IMGNTN | ||
| USABILITY STUDIES | ||
| THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE | ||
| CHAUCER | ||
| ARTHURIAN ROMANCE | ||
| NEW MEDIA WRITING & RHETORIC | ||
| 16TH CENTURY LITERATURE | ||
| RHETORIC AND WRITING | ||
| SHAKESPEARE I | ||
| SHAKESPEARE II | ||
| DRAMATIC LITERATURE | ||
| MILTON | ||
| EARLY MODERN LITERATURE | ||
| THE LONG EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | ||
| THE ENLIGHTENMENT | ||
| ROMANTIC LITERATURE | ||
| VICTORIAN LITERATURE | ||
| INDEPENDENT STUDY | ||
| Minor Courses | 21 | |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Elective hours vary by program, see advisor. | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 ENGLISH MAJOR MINOR | 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 | |